Happy Fun Thread: Day After Thanksgiving Edition!

Howdy, Y'all, and welcome back to the Happy Fun Thread, Day After Thanksgiving edition! You can stop eating now! Well, right after you make the post-Thanksgiving sammich I invented.

Weasel's Turkey Sammich
2 slices squishy white bread with every possible nutrient removed
Some leftover turkey
Duke's mayo
S&P

Turkey, mayo and S&P go betwixt the bread slices. Prep time: < 2 minutes. Enjoy!

Welp, another Thanksgiving is in the can. Friends and family are thankfully gone, the kitchen is clean and the extra dining room table leafs are back in the hall closet. Did I forget anything? Is your refrigerator jammed full or did you send stuff home with any guests you may have had? Inquiring minds would like to know in the comments, below.

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So yesterday we strolled down memory lane looking at the idyllic life in America in the 1950's. Looked pretty dang idyllic to Weasel, that's for sure. Dad went to work and mom took care of the house and the kids did went to school, washed their hands before supper and were never brought home in the back of a police car. Did I miss anything? Was there anything not included in this wonderfully wholesome view of suburban America from yesteryear?

Well, there is one teensy-weensy little thing that was on people's minds at the time which wasn't covered in the material yesterday. Of course I'm referring to nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Rooskies, and the amount of time and attention devoted to Civil Defense education in the 1950s.

Let's take a look!

Duck and Cover!
Atomic Attack!
Warning Red!
Atomic Alert - Elementary School
Civil Defense in Schools
Food Supply After the Bomb
Survival Under Atomic Attack
Protect yourself From Fallout
Self-Preservation in an Atomic Attack
Flash of Darkness
Atomic War
Distant Early Warning

I wonder why these aren't still airing? Any ideas?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:30 PM

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1 Howdy

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 26, 2021 07:31 PM (+ldAm)

2 Woot, woot. Off to get the corgis.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 26, 2021 07:31 PM (+ldAm)

3 In early.

Posted by: Farmer at November 26, 2021 07:33 PM (55Qr6)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 26, 2021 07:34 PM (arJlL)

5 Nood given. Now off to make a sammich!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at November 26, 2021 07:34 PM (+ldAm)

6 Weasel!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 26, 2021 07:34 PM (kTF2Z)

7 Okay, so I made yesterday's Thanksgiving meal.

Ribeyes and Halibut (we don't like Turkey)
Candied Yams
Roasted brussels sprouts with pearl onions
Broccoli with cheese sause
Twice baked potatoes
Asian cucumber salad
Crescent rolls
Two pies

Not bad but I'm a nervous wreck.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 26, 2021 07:35 PM (rz+/y)

8 Hey Weasel, thanks for the thread.

I was talkin' 'bout old CD bomb shelters under colleges a few weeks ago I believe.

I think it fell out of the public's conscience more or less once US/USSR relations started to thaw in the 1970s. It didn't hurt that it was obvious by then that Lenin and Stalin's Great Socialist Experiment was a massive failure (or, obvious to anyone but liberals of the time).

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2021 07:35 PM (L2ZTs)

9 Turkey sammiches ftw!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 26, 2021 07:35 PM (PoI2l)

10 Sonic Attack:
https://youtu.be/XMSnVplyTOM

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 07:35 PM (wAnMi)

11 I heard that SoB Biden went to rich New England son's house and who knows where the Hooker went? Trump had Thanksgiving with the troops and the media said he was only doing a photo op. Makes me sick!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at November 26, 2021 07:35 PM (XqD2r)

12 The threads be blowin' in thick and fast!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (Dc2NZ)

13 Is this not where the bats are supposed to be?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (a3Q+t)

14 Good evening everyone.

I certainly remember all the films and warnings in the early 60s but I don't recall any of us kids being overly worried about the Red Threat. We went about our business sled riding, playing smear the queer, red rover and hide-n-seek.

Certain winters we didn't eat the snow though due to our mothers' warnings of it being contaminated with fallout.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (mD/uy)

15 I remember all those things, which is amazing since I'm only 29.

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (JrN/x)

16 yeah, withya 100% Weasel, the 79 cent Aldi whitebread is good enough for its purpose; a carrier for sandwich ingredients & to keep grease off the fingers while eating !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (ahosz)

17 One of the elementary schools I went to in CA in the 60's had big steel louvers over the windows to keep us safe when the H Bomb dropped on Moffett Field 12 miles away.

There's still some air raid sirens hanging out around here - 90% of the people probably have no idea what those yellow towers are for.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 07:37 PM (wAnMi)

18 Covid is way more fun fear porn than nuclear war.
It's invisible. You can make people close up their business and go broke. You can sell vaccines that make people get sick and maybe die. You can make them wear stupid masks or even four masks. You can keep making them take more shots for an endless train of varient diseases. And nobody can prove you wrong.

Posted by: torabora at November 26, 2021 07:38 PM (2mydD)

19 One little adjustment to the sandwich..
Leave out the mayo and use a nice hot sauce. and that turkey sammich is cherry!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 26, 2021 07:38 PM (Vxu+H)

20 some outstanding links there too !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (ahosz)

21 Who says atomic war can't be fun?!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (0IeYL)

22 We had tornado drills in elementary school which looking back were probably duck and cover drills.

I was more afeared of tornadoes than Commie bombs! Thanks, kindergarten!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (Dc2NZ)

23 Oh yeah, that sandwich be perfect.

No muss, no fuss, delicious, although here we use Hellman's mayo.

Posted by: Pony Tail at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (tzZq2)

24 $ rolls preferred over squishy white bread.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (MRxsn)

25 Sausage & Pepperoni?

Posted by: Methos at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (kOpft)

26 I have been unbelievably lazy today, simply exhausted from yesterday. I just had a delicious hot turkey sandwich with some leftover antipasto. I am trying to decide which dessert I will consume later. I needed a day like this.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (a4EWo)

27 Stuffing waffles.

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (0hbQ6)

28 Peace sells, but who's buying?

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (/6GbT)

29 You know damn well after the CCP nukes us our government is still going to insist we're vaccinated to get our free government cheese.

Posted by: torabora at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (2mydD)

30 Organized looters broke in and looted all the bat videos that Weasel was going to post. That's the only explanation.

And the WD and FSJ videos are being rationed in order to supply the GT. That must be it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:40 PM (a3Q+t)

31 Who says atomic war can't be fun?!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (0IeYL)

*Raises digital hand*

Posted by: WOPR at November 26, 2021 07:41 PM (kOpft)

32 I had pizza today that I found in the back of my freezer. I needed a break from the bird.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:41 PM (Dc2NZ)

33 oh jeez, we overloaded the guests with takehome leftovers and still have a ton on hand ... though the dog and I are working the problem even as I type !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:41 PM (ahosz)

34 I am trying to decide which dessert I will consume later. I needed a day like this.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Treat yourself DDS - have a bit of all of them! I hope you all had a great one.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 07:41 PM (mD/uy)

35 I only had to make a couple of pies and whipped cream. Brought half a pie home, and left a full pie with our hostess. Wife snagged some leftovers.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:42 PM (CAJOC)

36 We had tornado drills in elementary school which looking back were probably duck and cover drills.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (Dc2NZ)

We had earthquake drills, which were probably much the same.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 26, 2021 07:42 PM (qxz9B)

37 " I wonder why these aren't still airing? Any ideas?"

falls squarely under the "hate us and want us dead" heading.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (ahosz)

38 I want to try these gravy-stuffed stuffing muffins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIr5BaqghKM

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (Dc2NZ)

39 Now just had pumpkin pie and whipped cream

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (2JoB8)

40 ha

He who must not be named. It appears the W.H.O. has skipped the next Greek letter after Nu to name the new variant. The next letter is Xi. The concern is that W.H.O. is again avoiding any discomfort for the Chinese government. So they named it Omicron

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (yrol0)

41 As for leftover turkey sandwich:

oatmeal bread - the pepperidge farm kind.
schmear of cranberry sauce on the bread, then layer with bacon, sliced tomato, leaf or butter lettuce, sliced turkey breast. Make sure to slice the sandwich on the diagonal, because that makes it taste better.

Or...

Toast white or wheat bread, place on a plate. Chop up some turkey and heat with leftover gravy. Pour turkey and gravy over toasted bread. Crumble bacon over the top and enjoy!

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (JrN/x)

42 >>One little adjustment to the sandwich..
Leave out the mayo and use a nice hot sauce. and that turkey sammich is cherry!

I'm all about the "and". A nice chipotle mayo on my Turkey sammich.

The gym in my grammar school was in the basement of the building. That's where we went for fallout drills.

The building was the proverbial brick house. I think we would have survived and be left to rebuild society like The Lord of the Flies. Probably wouldn't have worked out well.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM (ZLI7S)

43 18 Covid is way more fun fear porn than nuclear war.
It's invisible. You can make people close up their business and go broke. You can sell vaccines that make people get sick and maybe die. You can make them wear stupid masks or even four masks. You can keep making them take more shots for an endless train of varient diseases. And nobody can prove you wrong.
Posted by: torabora at November 26, 2021 07:38 PM (2mydD)
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And "the enemy" is your own countrymen.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM (Dc2NZ)

44 what torabora said !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM (ahosz)

45 Stephen Sondheim RIP

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM (yrol0)

46 Would you like to play a game?

Posted by: WOPR at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM (/6GbT)

47 What's S & P.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (KOlLu)

48 during a tribute to Todd Beamer

FOX has to show George Bush say "lets roll"

whata fucking scumbag

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (us2H3)

49 Racist Joe Biden just banned travel from 8 African countries

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (yrol0)

50 We actually had nuke drills since our school is only about 8 miles from a military weapon facility. I currently live about 3 miles from the main gate. When they start detonating old ordinance, it shakes my house.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (Vxu+H)

51 S & P = salt and pepper

Or Standard & Poor's.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (OTzUX)

52 Salt and Pepper.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (mD/uy)

53 I want to try these gravy-stuffed stuffing muffins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIr5BaqghKM
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM

I just sent that video to some friends. Hordemind!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (PoI2l)

54 47 What's S & P.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (KOlLu)

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Standard and Poor.

Or, in this case, I assume salt and pepper.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (CAJOC)

55 And I was just planning a third world shithole safari tour.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KOlLu)

56 An Atomic attack prior to intercontinental missiles was sort of "doable" (sure, we might get our hair mussed a little ...) in the thinking of the time.

Once hydrogen weapons came online and the means to deliver them accurately, then fallout shelters and the rest of it became a moot point.

And everybody in Washington sold us out by the 1990s anyway. They hate you, and want you dead, near as I can figure.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KNsfV)

57 >>> 49 Racist Joe Biden just banned travel from 8 African countries
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM (yrol0)

Hmm, I bet rather than actual woofloo issues, the criteria for exclusion includes allowing citizens to use horse paste and / or how Christian the population is.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 26, 2021 07:47 PM (llON8)

58 So my Mil got a small turkey breast (this was many years ago) and my Fil was upset.

To find out he wanted to make sammichs to take to work. He was a VP at Walmart.

About 20 years ago.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (yrol0)

59 and what Eris said, too !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (ahosz)

60 Chips & queso!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Semi-Stuffed Meatbag at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (4I/2K)

61 We had sirens on Tuesdays - don't recall we actually did anything in response, past 1st or 2nd grade. Was more of a siren test I guess.

Siblings and others who are older never really worried about global thermo-nukyler war, toe to toe with the russkis. I think the psychological "impact" of the whole thing varied quite a bit, and as usual much more has been made of it by the usual suspects than was actually the case.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (OTzUX)

62 SonH made a brined, spatchcocked, smoked turkey that was fantastic. DiL made what I think of as an English Pudding variation of stuffing (incredibly tasty). DaughterH Made a fantastic mac and cheese dish and Five Cup Salad (also know by the heathen as ambrosia). and there was too much other stuff to mention.

My contribution was two Costco pies with the labels removed and relabeled as Hrothgar's Bakery Specials!

All of which tasted great on T-Day + 1. I am in a food coma!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (hOUT3)

63 What's S & P.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM

The Urban Dictionary lists a number of meanings, only a couple of which have been mentioned here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)

64 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (0IeYL)

65 Imagine losing your job for not getting a vax that doesn't work.

Posted by: I mean at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (SJDa9)

66 At the High school I went to, now the junior high, there were air raid shelter under the gym. I never saw it but many did and sure my dad did.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (2JoB8)

67 Who says atomic war can't be fun?!
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:39 PM (0IeYL)

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And with a sturdy refrigerator from the 1950s an atomic blast can be an efficient means of transportation.

Posted by: Indiana Jones at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (VxC1e)

68 It's hard to enjoy holidays now. All my relatives who would invite me over are dead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (KOlLu)

69 55 And I was just planning a third world shithole safari tour.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KOlLu)

Baltimore, Chicago, and SF?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (yrol0)

70 I downloaded the nuclear attack siren ringtone for when WW calls!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (0IeYL)

71 Toast white or wheat bread, place on a plate. Chop up some turkey and heat with leftover gravy. Pour turkey and gravy over toasted bread. Crumble bacon over the top and enjoy!
Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (JrN/x)

Delish! Love open face sandwiches, and yes, diagonal slice makes it so much tastier.

Posted by: Pony Tail at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (tzZq2)

72 And with a sturdy refrigerator from the 1950s an atomic blast can be an efficient means of transportation.
Posted by: Indiana Jones

Until you realize that there is no way to open the door from the inside.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (mD/uy)

73 Air raid siren tests were every Friday at noon.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Semi-Stuffed Meatbag at November 26, 2021 07:50 PM (4I/2K)

74 64 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (0IeYL)

I knew an Aggie that found out most traffic deaths happen within 5 miles of house.

He moved!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:50 PM (yrol0)

75 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM

Weasel, the CEP has improved significantly since those films were made.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

76 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (0IeYL)

If you change your mind remember to not dig too deep in case you hit those secret tunnels.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 26, 2021 07:50 PM (P9T5R)

77 Do NOT discomfort us. Stay safe.

Posted by: Wi Tu Lo and Sum Ting Wong at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (Xrfse)

78 63 What's S & P.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:45 PM

The Urban Dictionary lists a number of meanings, only a couple of which have been mentioned here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)

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I assume the remaining meanings should not be mentioned in mixed company... or possibly not at all?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (CAJOC)

79 I remember the tests of the emergency broadcast system with the civil defense logo back in the 1970's.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Summer Biden Special! Sunblock 10,000 SPF 20% Off! at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (Zw+vc)

80 I had that turkey sammich for lunch today! Some cranberry salad on the side. Tomorrow night we will have sliced turkey and gravy over leftover stuffing, cranberry salad and green bean casserole.

Have I said lately how much I love Thanksgiving?

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (PzBTm)

81 And I was just planning a third world shithole safari tour.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KOlLu)

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Remember, hippos are the most dangerous animal on the savannah.

DO NOT PET

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (VxC1e)

82 Once a week the Emergency Broadcasting Network Test.

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (0hbQ6)

83 sadly, all the gravy Mrs Eez made yesterday is gone, gone, gone.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (ahosz)

84 Weasel, the CEP has improved significantly since those films were made.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)
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I hope so! I figure we'll be toast.

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:52 PM (0IeYL)

85 Imagine losing your job for not getting a vax that doesn't work.
Posted by: I me

Not against wuhanbola, but it does something, whatever that is

Posted by: Y5 at November 26, 2021 07:52 PM (qbcwS)

86 I downloaded the nuclear attack siren ringtone for when WW calls!
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM

* frowns *

Posted by: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You at November 26, 2021 07:52 PM (a3Q+t)

87 EBS test was on Wednesdays.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:52 PM (KOlLu)

88 never noticed before but Tuca has a quasi mullet

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 07:52 PM (us2H3)

89 Time to make some turkey stock!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (Dc2NZ)

90 Weasel I looked for the WWII-era USN destroyer siren (not the klaxon) to use as a ringtone, never found it.

Use instrumental of "Sacred War" (Soviet WWII anthem) for most callers. Former SEAL buddy has Anchors Aweigh of course. Another friend who appreciates it has the fanfare to "Deutsche Wochenschau" (Nazi-era newsreel propaganda that played in theaters). Boss has the Darth Vader Imperial March for me (my idea).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (OTzUX)

91 A test sound performed every Friday at noon.

Three hours till freedom.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (l029t)

92 64 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (0IeYL)

Grew up 1.5 miles from a SAC base... B-52s and KC-135s.

In third grade we had the air raid sirens go off, and thought it was just another drill... but teachers were kinda freaking out. Did not find out until years later that there had been an Alert, and a B-52 LOADED with Atomic Bombs, had gone off the runway, and caught fire.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (oHd/0)

93 So they named it Omicron
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:43 PM (yrol0)

I saw it called Nu yesterday and this morning. They must've figured that would get confusing.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (qxz9B)

94 Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (OTzUX)
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Ha!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (0IeYL)

95 Test Pattern > CNN

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 07:54 PM (BCnx7)

96 Sorry, but the ONLY suitable bread for post Thanksgiving sammiches is sourdough bread, with a thin veneer of bleu cheese dressing on the lightly toasted slices.

Bonus points if the bread is homemade from your own starter!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 07:54 PM (hOUT3)

97 I went to school within the fallout radius of Indian Point nuclear plant. We did the hide under your desk and the fetal curl in the hallway a few times.

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at November 26, 2021 07:54 PM (b+v9B)

98 >>> 65 Imagine losing your job for not getting a vax that doesn't work.
Posted by: I mean at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (SJDa9)

I think several of us will not have to *imagine* that, even those who have had one vax and / or receive(d) an exemption, because the cult scum will continue to demand more and more.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (llON8)

99
Paris's fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral risks resembling a "politically correct Disneyland" under controversial plans for its renovation seen by The Telegraph.

Critics have warned that the world-famous cathedral will be turned into an "experimental showroom" under plans to dramatically change the inside of the medieval building.
Under the proposed changes, confessional boxes, altars and classical sculptures will be replaced with modern art murals, and new sound and light effects to create "emotional spaces".

Notre Dame de Paris was erected to the glory of God and made beautiful to praise Him. If it can't be restored with that same aim, it would be better to tear it down.

It should be noted, however, that Notre Dame is actually the property of the French government; the Archdiocese of Paris only has use of it. Don't know who is calling the shots here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (/U27+)

100 Banned travel from AFRICAN countries???!!!!!

Do I need to say it?

Where is a federal district judge to rip up the constitution, centuries of normal practice, and the US Code to usurp authority and block Joe's travel ban?

Oh.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (OTzUX)

101 https://tinyurl.com/yyd3nbdq

Half a mile from Google HQ and a bunch of other tech heavyweights.

Posted by: JEM at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (cgz1y)

102 Excellent threads from all the COBs today. I'd tip my hat if I had one. We've been listening to Christmas music on our favorite radio station ( listener supported, ad free) all day. The progtards can suck the joy out of their own lives. Not going to phase me and mine.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * jus a pohr wayfarin stranger at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (TiWUk)

103 56 An Atomic attack prior to intercontinental missiles was sort of "doable" (sure, we might get our hair mussed a little ...) in the thinking of the time.

Once hydrogen weapons came online and the means to deliver them accurately, then fallout shelters and the rest of it became a moot point.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KNsfV)

Alas, Babylon was a story pre or extreme early tech icbm. I think some cabinet member was president in the us capitol in Colorado

Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (/6GbT)

104 I have memories of being led to a trench dug during the Cuban missile crisis. Lot of tension even I could feel as a yute. We were in Japan, near Camp Zama and Atsugi NAS, prime targets.

Glad those days are over.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (u82oZ)

105 My wife always makes a honey ham to go along with the turkey. The turkey itself may not survive Thanksgiving day if we have enough people over.

But there is always some leftover crockpot honey ham!

I just finished two massive ham, cheese, mayo, and golden mustard sandwiches on fresh onion rolls!

(If I ate like this all of the time, I would probably be mistaken for a hog at the next TXMoMe - with the obvious dire consequences that would ensue for the hog.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (tkyK5)

106
Have I said lately how much I love Thanksgiving?
Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (PzBTm)

You and my husband and daughter. They love turkey, dressing and green bean casserole, and have had it every meal since yesterday lunch, except for breakfast. Needless to say, we like leftovers at chez Moki.

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (JrN/x)

107 Ever notice on 9/11/2001 the Emergency Broadcast System was never activated? I mean, if that doesn't qualify whst does?

Some people claim "well, it was on every TV station". OK, by that logic just shut 'er down then. Why spend gazillions on it then, correct?

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There is actually some debate, a little bit anyway, on the first object to achieve orbit, or leave earth orbit. It is at least possible that the very first object was a manhole cover. Really. One of the underground Atomic tests in Nevada. They never found it, and some have crunched the numbers and determined it may have launched into space.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (KNsfV)

108 "This was only a test. If there were a real emergency... Buh-Bye."

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (0hbQ6)

109 stripped exhaust manifold threads >> CNN

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (us2H3)

110 The bake your own sourdough bread thing must be huge. Everyone is talking about it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (KOlLu)

111 If Ford were a gun company, our betters in politics and the legacy media would be wringing their hands calling for accountability and liability right now.

When SUVs are outlawed only Outlaws with own SUVs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (yrol0)

112
I think several of us will not have to *imagine* that, even those who have had one vax and / or receive(d) an exemption, because the cult scum will continue to demand more and more.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (llON

Time for your daily colonoscopy!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (/U27+)

113 106
Have I said lately how much I love Thanksgiving?
Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM (PzBTm)

You and my husband and daughter. They love turkey, dressing and green bean casserole, and have had it every meal since yesterday lunch, except for breakfast. Needless to say, we like leftovers at chez Moki.
Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (JrN/x)

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Breakfast is for pie.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (CAJOC)

114 There are at least two air raid siren towers, retired but standing around here.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (YW+V7)

115 Three Doctor Whos defeated Omicron in the anti-universe.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (63Dwl)

116
Alas, Babylon was a story pre or extreme early tech icbm. I think some cabinet member was president in the us capitol in Colorado
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (/6GbT)

Very good book. We had to read it in 10th grade, along with A Canticle for Leibowitz. My English teacher had excellent taste in American literature.

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (JrN/x)

117 Under the proposed changes, confessional boxes, altars and classical sculptures will be replaced with modern art murals, and new sound and light effects to create "emotional spaces".

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So, high end shopping mall then. Where will the Starbucks go?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (VxC1e)

118 You and my husband and daughter. They love turkey, dressing and green bean casserole, and have had it every meal since yesterday lunch, except for breakfast. Needless to say, we like leftovers at chez Moki.

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM

Green bean casserole is the food of the devil.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (bVYXr)

119 We still have monthly siren testings here in the midwest.
Tornadoes, you know!

Posted by: MkY at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (Foq6I)

120 I assume the remaining meanings should not be mentioned in mixed company... or possibly not at all?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:51 PM

I only looked at the first page (of at least 9), and surprisingly only a couple would fall into the mixed company part, and none in the not at all.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (a3Q+t)

121 A dude in MI

You are correct. The rest of the US was smashed., even with jets delivering nukes. That part of Florida in the story was blessed.

That book made a big impression on me as a teen.

The war started in Syria, in Alas, Babylon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 07:58 PM (u82oZ)

122 Thanks for this Weasel. People forget that kids always lived w/ the idea they could be killed in nuclear annihilation. I don't think many think that way today. Cept maybe those living in Israel.

As a museum curator one of my neatest donations was the bomb shelter package given to me by the curator at the historic home museum nearby. He was a small town industrialist and the basement of the big Italian house was to serve as a bomb shelter, if needed.

You have provoked me, I should dig it out and put it on display. It was a heavy cardboard box, maybe 1' x 2.5', red printing.

Posted by: Farmer at November 26, 2021 07:58 PM (55Qr6)

123 Don't know who is calling the shots here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 07:55 PM (/U27+)

Pro-tip: It is NOT the faithful!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 07:58 PM (hOUT3)

124 >>I went to school within the fallout radius of Indian Point nuclear plant. We did the hide under your desk and the fetal curl in the hallway a few times.

I lived within the fallout area of the Plymouth, MA nuclear plant. First week we moved there they had a full test of the siren system. Unfortunately, they did not tell us it was a test.

We spent a long few minutes waiting for the fallout to hit and vaporize us.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 07:58 PM (ZLI7S)

125 and new sound and light effects to create "emotional spaces".

Sigh. That sounds heavenly! *hic*

Posted by: Suburban Wine Moms at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (Xrfse)

126 117 Under the proposed changes, confessional boxes, altars and classical sculptures will be replaced with modern art murals, and new sound and light effects to create "emotional spaces".

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So, high end shopping mall then. Where will the Starbucks go?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 07:57 PM (VxC1e)

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Just gotta move that altar out of the way...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (CAJOC)

127 My very nice neighbor lady brought over a delicious home cooked Thanksgiving plate, easily the best meal I had all year.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (YW+V7)

128 Just the 2 of us, and properly scaled down the food, so just a nice amount of leftovers. 2-3 more meals' worth, less, if sammiches.

And as always froze the lazily trimmed turkey breast to make turkey frame/wild rice soup soon.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (OTzUX)

129 Sandwich is right on, except for the mayo. Blue Plate for the win.

Posted by: Javems at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (AmoqO)

130 I downloaded the nuclear attack siren ringtone for when WW calls!
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (0IeYL)

Heh, I have that one too. I also had the CTU ringtone from 24 assigned to my boss.

But for regular use, I used a widget with my laptop to strip the theme music from "Police Squad" and converted that to a ring tone.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (ZSK0i)

131
Breakfast is for pie.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (CAJOC)

This is truth.

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (JrN/x)

132 Since I'm about 5 miles from the White House, I'm not spending a lot of time digging a bomber shelter.
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (0IeYL)

That's where you need it the most. You wouldn't have to be very far underground to survive anything but direct hit ground burst. Wait a day until the mushroom cloud dissipates, and then come out of there with your dirt bike, gas mask, fuel, and weapons, and make a beeline for the tree farm.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2021 07:59 PM (P3gRi)

133 I rarely use a microwave anymore but I remember our first one as a kid, I thought it was made for leftover Thanksgiving stuffing.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (4thlk)

134 They love turkey, dressing and green bean casserole, and have had it every meal since yesterday lunch, except for breakfast. Needless to say, we like leftovers at chez Moki.
Posted by: Moki

I had pumpkin pie for breakfast! It was awesome.

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (PzBTm)

135 I attended public school from 1957 to 1969. I don't remember any hiding under the desk drills.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (63Dwl)

136 Austria and Australia. Australia and China. China and Taiwan. NU variant and 50s Nuke videos. Nicely done Weasel. Happy Day After.

Posted by: MIMimi aka Mimi or MI if'n you're into the brevity thing at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (wamUX)

137 Oh yes, pie and coffee for breakfast, fated to happen tomorrow or the next day.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (OTzUX)

138 Breakfast is for pie.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (CAJOC)

My brother...

but I ma sure you know that whipped cream is also part of the pie diet, right!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (hOUT3)

139 Alas, Babylon was a story pre or extreme early tech icbm. I think some cabinet member was president in the us capitol in Colorado
Posted by: A dude in MI

"Alas Babylon" was the code phrase, iirc, of one of the main characters to let his kin know the shhtf and to execute the prearranged plans.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (mD/uy)

140 rhomboid

I recorded the wake-up call to Our Man, Flint, and use that on my flip phone. No iPhone in the house or through work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (u82oZ)

141 The American civil defense culture of the 50s would have laughed at COVID.

I have ordered a DaVinci 1.0 Pro, miniature making here I come.

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (Lzpvj)

142 138 Breakfast is for pie.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 07:56 PM (CAJOC)

My brother...

but I ma sure you know that whipped cream is also part of the pie diet, right!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM (hOUT3)

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Absolutely! I had to go out this morning and buy some more heavy whipping cream, as I left my last batch of whipped cream with our Thanksgiving hostess.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (CAJOC)

143 I see we're getting primed for another lockdown. It's a serial drama now, the greatest political too for control, culling, power and government expansion in human history. And nothing or nobody to stop them.

Problem is, every Republican including Trump rushed to jump on the pandemic and vaccination bandwagon. No one pulled, or apparently will ever pull, an RFK and call it all totalitarian bullshit.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (H8QX8)

144 siren tests were 10 am tuesday? in chicago ...

here in the driftless they are mostly daily at noon ... time for lunch for the farmers, of whom there are not a few ... including amish who stay on cst all year.

with my own nist-traceable & calibrated wristwatch (so not joking) I enjoy carrying time updates to the locals who are interested in keeping the pendulum clock sort-of-updated ... there are others who just work by judging noon by eye & setting accordingly, NTTAWWT ... we may all come to that one of these days, amirite ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (ahosz)

145 Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid

You have skills. Manly skills.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (u82oZ)

146 I downloaded the nuclear attack siren ringtone for when WW calls!
Posted by: Weasel

I need to download the M1 Garand 'ping' as the ringtone for the kids.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (mD/uy)

147 I attended from 1968 to 1981. We were just barely close enough to Muskegon and Grand Rapids that we got to do the duck and cover when I was in elementary school.

And far enough away that it might actually do some good.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (ZSK0i)

148 139 Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (mD/uy)

The protagonists' brother spoke it into a telephone with about 18-24 hours notice IIRC.

In the Stand (the literary version) when the Army figures out containment of blue is no longer possible the global purposeful release of it is ordered with, "Rome falls."

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (Lzpvj)

149 No iPhone in the house or through work.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (u82oZ)

Child, you are wise far beyond your years!

How ya doin', NaCly?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (hOUT3)

150 I attended public school from 1957 to 1969. I don't remember any hiding under the desk drills.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 26, 2021 08:00 PM

I was doing the hiding under desks at school because of Nuclear attack drills in Ohio from kindergarten in 1962 until I got to high school in 1971.

We also had the run out into the hall and stand up by the lockers with your hands over your neck and head drills.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM (bVYXr)

151 143 Posted by: Ordinary American at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (H8QX

Every time the mule gets cornered we will be in a new Plandemic.

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (Lzpvj)

152 Watching a profoundly stupid and pretty funny movie with Mila Kunis and Rachel McAdams called "The Spy Who Dumped Me".

Mindless fun and McAdams is a complete loon in this.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (M8yB3)

153 I have ordered a DaVinci 1.0 Pro, miniature making here I come.
Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM (Lzpvj)

Ooh, let me know what you think! Might get son one for Christmas.

Posted by: Jordan61 at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (qxz9B)

154 my wife made 3 puhkhan pies

we had 2 at our dinner party last night

one didn't make it, bit the dust a little early

wifey was kinda pissed

I was happy tho and that's what really matters

Posted by: REDACTED at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (us2H3)

155 I once bribed a co-worker's teen daughter to obtain her Dad's cellphone PIN code for me, which she did.

Downloaded a very loud and pronounced FART ringtone on the thing. Guy is a very senior, very accomplished and very popular New Car/Truck salesman and inventory manager at a local dealership. His phone rings alllll the time. ALL the time.

Much hilarity ensued.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (QzJWU)

156 Weasel, a most excellent post and thread. Well done, good sir!

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (JrN/x)

157 I left my last batch of whipped cream with our Thanksgiving hostess.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 26, 2021 08:02 PM (CAJOC)

As I should have figured, a gracious guest!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:05 PM (hOUT3)

158 When Ashcroft was AG, his bug out place was Wallops Island..Mom figured that meant it was outside the blast radius.

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at November 26, 2021 08:05 PM (b+v9B)

159 Tonypete

Right, His brother worked for SAC in Omaha. He did not make it, but his wife sent to Florida did.

He went to the local grocery store and bought an ungodly amount of food, and increased his milk delivery, which did not work.

Pat Frank wrote some other interesting books, and has a full life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:05 PM (u82oZ)

160 As stupid as I thought it was when we'd have to crawl under our school desks for a "nuclear attack drill," I miss those days. Life was better when the enemy was still outside our borders.

Also, by 1st grade I was savvy enough to figure out that a small desk full of pencils and crayons was likely not going to shield me from a hydrogen bomb. I had it in my mind that if it ever happened for real, everyone else could crawl under the desks. I'd go to the window. I'd end up dead either way, but at least that way I'd get to see it, and I figured it would look pretty awesome.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 08:05 PM (lNHqD)

161 Russian for "civil defense" is "grazh-DAHN-skaya oba-RONA". Soviets sarcastically shortened that to "grob" - which means coffin, conveniently.

T-giving related, so the rest of the story.

In the early 80s, one of the least persuasive parts of the otherwise respectable alarmist case about Soviet nukyler war-fighting capabilities/intentions involved highlighting their extensive urban evacuation plans. In a crisis, evacuate cities, leaving the "counter-value" (city-busting) dynamic rather limp on the US side - whose cities would presumably be non-evacuated.

Leaving the other weaknesses aside, it was pointed out that the greatest person/mile day on Earth was the Wednesday before T-giving in the US, in which an enormous % of the population traveled more than 50 miles from home. Without, of course, any "program" or any state involvement of any kind. So - the Soviets (primitive road network, limited rail) were actually in a vastly inferior position if it came to city evacuation to gain leverage.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:06 PM (OTzUX)

162 And with a sturdy refrigerator from the 1950s an atomic blast can be an efficient means of transportation.
Posted by: Indiana Jones at November 26, 2021 07:48 PM (VxC1e)

Reminds me of a weird dream I had a few nights ago. Was in a small plane, maybe a Piper Navajo, and tried to make a landing at some airport. Tower said, "Don't land here, it's going to blow!". Pilot climbed away, and seconds later, the shock wave from the atomic blast picked up the plane and carried us to 30,000 feet. Engine quit from lack of oxygen; pilot put plane in dive to get us down to where we could breathe again, got the engine restarted, and we landed several hundred miles away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2021 08:06 PM (P3gRi)

163
Stephen Sondheim RIP

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 26, 2021 07:44 PM

another grim milestone for the biden administration

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2021 08:06 PM (DUIap)

164
I see we're getting primed for another lockdown. It's a serial drama now, the greatest political too for control, culling, power and government expansion in human history. And nothing or nobody to stop them.

In science - which the Left says they worship - if you try an approach and it doesn't work, you don't do exactly the same think expecting different results.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 26, 2021 08:06 PM (/U27+)

165 I figured it would look pretty awesome.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 08:05 PM (lNHqD)

And think of the "Moron Emeritus" commendation you would have gotten!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:07 PM (hOUT3)

166 153 Posted by: Jordan61 at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (qxz9B)

Will do, it is a good beginner self-contained unit from what my foster brother says, Lad will be the primary mover on it and if it does well we will eventually use it as a 2d printer.

Remind me on occasion, it is to be here next week and hopefully I can give you a report prior to the holiday.

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:08 PM (Lzpvj)

167 NaCly, that's a great ringtone to have.

Tonypete, I've got the M1 ping on this laptop somewhere. It's so brief, not all that good as a ringtone, unless you just repeat it I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:08 PM (OTzUX)

168 This Tucker opening monologue absolutely requires VDH to contextualize.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:08 PM (t62Lg)

169 As if the French would let a Starbucks in

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:09 PM (BCnx7)

170 & now rly g'night !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (ahosz) at November 26, 2021 08:09 PM (ahosz)

171 OF COURSEEEE VDH!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:09 PM (t62Lg)

172 If we ever had a atomic drill I really don't remember it, and think I would.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 08:09 PM (2JoB8)

173 Thomas Bender, care to summarize for the TV-less?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (OTzUX)

174 Hate to destroy your cherished illusions, Mt Weasel, Sir, but there were plenty of kids being brought home in the backs of police cars during the 50s.... my pappy and his brothers being some of them, mainly because the Mingo County jailhouse and the deputies who ran it were simply not up to the task of containing them.

The poor lawmen were far more afraid of my granddaddy than they were of the judge, or the governor for that matter.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (KrMCC)

175 Pie is calling...

Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (PzBTm)

176 In third grade we had the air raid sirens go off, and thought it was just another drill... but teachers were kinda freaking out. Did not find out until years later that there had been an Alert, and a B-52 LOADED with Atomic Bombs, had gone off the runway, and caught fire.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 26, 2021 07:53 PM (oHd/0)

Living in Vancouver, B.C., I remember seeing a formation of B52's go overhead, northbound, at well under 10,000 feet. They made a lot of noise. Probably around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (P3gRi)

177 174 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (KrMCC)

It was understood if we got in trouble the law getting us would be preferable to my father doing so.

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (Lzpvj)

178 I recorded the wake-up call to Our Man, Flint, and use that on my flip phone. No iPhone in the house or through work.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:01 PM

The greatest ring tone, ever.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (a3Q+t)

179 Piper Navajos are nice planes but I doubt that one would take a nuclear blast. You'd need a KingAir for that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (VxC1e)

180 Tonypete, I've got the M1 ping on this laptop somewhere. It's so brief, not all that good as a ringtone, unless you just repeat it I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:08 PM (OTzUX)
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I use it for text message alerts.

One ping is sufficient for my needs.

"House of the Rising Sun" for phone calls.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (2SdPm)

181 172 If we ever had a atomic drill I really don't remember it, and think I would.
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 08:09 PM (2JoB

In, The Atomic Bomb Movie they had footage of what looked like a Civil Defense drill (late 50's maybe early 60s, B&W) where a guy is interviewing people from whatever town it was.) It was interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (csEWM)

182 @173

>>Thomas Bender, care to summarize for the TV-less?

I was watching/listening to Tucker walk us through the nightmare of The Biden administration and was thinking the only person equipped to discuss it was VDH and lo and behold VDH appears to contextualize it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (t62Lg)

183 Oh, on Notre Dame.

Actually I'm only 64% sure they'll ruin/deface this cultural treasure of mankind.

If it were the US - or Afghanistan, or Somalia, or North Korea, or Canada, actually that's a pretty reasonable grouping - then I'd be 93% sure they'd vandalize/ruin it.

France is some ways is still not completely barbaric, stupid, and insane, as the US has become.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:12 PM (OTzUX)

184
The poor lawmen were far more afraid of my granddaddy than they were of the judge, or the governor for that matter.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (KrMCC)

I hope you are writing all of this down for the book you are going to publish about your family. I want more of this story!!

Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 08:12 PM (JrN/x)

185 it was VDH and lo and behold VDH appears to contextualize it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (t62Lg)

I thought his piece on the Left as the new Confederacy was damn good.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 26, 2021 08:12 PM (H8QX8)

186 I was in, what i remember as the Civilian Air Patrol, or something like that. Used to go out and search the sky for enemy aircraft, when i didn't fall asleep.

Posted by: Javems at November 26, 2021 08:12 PM (AmoqO)

187 I read Alas Babylon several times in my youth. Lots of lucky coincidences in the story to allow the characters to survive.

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 08:13 PM (0hbQ6)

188 The Red scare was real to me because of the relative close Minuteman nuke silos. That and we had a small interceptor squadron at the airport plus a SAC bomber base for the DEW line in the NE corner of the state.

Going to my grandmothers' homes we would often have to pass Air Force missile conveys on the 2 lane highways. One grandma got payments from the Air Force because the powerline to one of the missile silos ran underneath her farm.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 26, 2021 08:13 PM (KTaZ8)

189 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2021 08:06 PM (P3gRi)

I know an entire family that was killed in a Piper Navajo. Absolutely horrific. I also knew something was going to happen as dad could barely afford that thing so too much deferred maintenance. I told the ex she'd do well to steer clear of going up with him (she never listened). He also had a pretty high opinion of his skill level. It's terrible to attend a funeral for parents and 3 young kids. If you're in a hurry to get somewhere in bad weather, let somebody else fly. Because they'll tell you to wait a day.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (wAnMi)

190 @185

>>I thought his piece on the Left as the new Confederacy was damn good.

VDH is a national treasure like Paul Harvey was a national treasure.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (t62Lg)

191 Our farm has the nicest water well I have ever seen in my life. All brass fittings on redundant systems, insulated walls on the well house and electric heaters. But everything is clearly dated.

I asked my neighbor about it, and he said it was a water supply well to the missile silo. Turns out there was a Titan II missile silo just adjacent to our property.

I have taken the Boy Scouts there with an old map of the facilities. You can still see almost all of the design features, although many are now massive pads of concrete.

Now that the site has been inactivated, if I can get my family to the farm, we can survive the next nuclear war!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (tkyK5)

192 I need to download the M1 Garand 'ping' as the ringtone for the kids.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:03 PM

Weasel promised to video an example of Garand Thumb for the edification of the younger GT readers.

Assuming even a modicum of realistic reaction, his expletive and excoriative string might be just what you need.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (a3Q+t)

193 180

One ping is sufficient for my needs.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (2SdPm)
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I heard you the first time, Captain.

Posted by: Vasili Borodin at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (lNHqD)

194 175 Pie is calling...
Posted by: Rosasharn at November 26, 2021 08:10 PM (PzBTm)

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That's no pie.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (VxC1e)

195 Thomas Bender - thanks! Will catch it on UToob.

blake - so you're saying, in effect, "one ping only" - but without "Vasiliy" at the end?

Gotta go look up the Our Man Flint tune, vaguely recall it.

How about the sound made by the Q-Bomb in "Mouse That Roared"? Am I mis-remembering it had a cool tune?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:15 PM (OTzUX)

196 I remember during school in the 80's the teachers mentioning because of the massive munitions plant nearby, we had nukes picked out just for us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 26, 2021 08:15 PM (csEWM)

197 The greatest ring tone, ever.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 26, 2021 08:11 PM (a3Q+t)

The strangest watch stem ever.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:15 PM (wAnMi)

198 187 Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 08:13 PM (0hbQ6)

Kind of like real life, I don't think any of us will be hunkered safely down for 15 hours straight perfectly stocked waiting for the light show.

A lot of desperation and luck.

Posted by: sven at November 26, 2021 08:16 PM (Lzpvj)

199 Posted by: Moki at November 26, 2021 08:04 PM (JrN/x)
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Hi Moki! Thank you!

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 08:16 PM (0IeYL)

200 The old civil D stuff was mocked by all the best people because they were closet commies and loved Stalin and Mao and the USSR.

Then when the USSR failed they started to hate the new Russia because it wasn't communist which is how it is to this day.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:17 PM (eoQWY)

201 70 I downloaded the nuclear attack siren ringtone for when WW calls!
Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 07:49 PM (0IeYL)

I used the Tarzan yell for my wife...she was #notamused.

She's now my "ex"...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 26, 2021 08:17 PM (BgMrQ)

202
iper Navajos are nice planes but I doubt that one would take a nuclear blast. You'd need a KingAir for that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

King Harv in a can.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 26, 2021 08:18 PM (63Dwl)

203 *looks at calendar *

Soylent Green took place in 2022.

Act accordingly.

Posted by: I mean at November 26, 2021 08:18 PM (zpOmS)

204 How about the sound made by the Q-Bomb in "Mouse That Roared"? Am I mis-remembering it had a cool tune?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:15 PM (OTzUX)

I don't remember anything associated with that - then again I don't think I've seen that movie for maybe 20 years.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:18 PM (wAnMi)

205 Pillage Idiot that's very cool.

Still remember, early 80s, when I was sort of in a branch of the business, and there were one or two Titan II mishaps (dang liquid-fuel boosters need to be handled with care), fuel leaks led to explosions which "launched" the payloads a few thousand feet. We amended our range entries for the Titan II down to 800 yards or something.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:18 PM (OTzUX)

206 If I wanted my phone to have a ring tone instead of just vibrate, it would be the Hotline Phone from In Like Flint.

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (0hbQ6)

207 Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew...

Doing OK. AoSHQ and chores saved my bank account. Did not get into town to shop for stuff I really did not need.

We are blessed with wonderful content and comments. I am so thankful for all of you. Except Raimondo.

Don't let ace know. I trust he is in a torrid and extended bacchanal, and is sated for another year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

208 If you're in a hurry to get somewhere in bad weather, let somebody else fly. Because they'll tell you to wait a day.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:14 PM (wAnMi)

Too bad Kobe's pilot didn't give that advice. They could have almost driven the route in the same time, there was no traffic I was on the highway that morning.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (eoQWY)

209 You forgot the cranberry sauce in that sandwich.

Posted by: bluebell at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (wyw4S)

210 Weasel promised to video an example of Garand Thumb for the edification of the younger GT readers.

Assuming even a modicum of realistic reaction, his expletive and excoriative string might be just what you need.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

On the range at the MoMe, even our illustrious LEO representative was loath to load the M1 as he was unfamiliar with it's operation. He had heard some things. . . . LOL

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (mD/uy)

211 Yellow. And black. And rectangular.

I see them everywhere, Doctor.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (OssQ4)

212 Pillage Idiot

Yes, I remember you telling me about that on that drive to Texas.

Did they find out who burned your property?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

213 The secret to Weasel's sammich is the salt and pepper. Makes all the difference.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (axyOa)

214 Leftover cranberry sauce (store-bought, and sauce, not the canned jell) - if it survives - becomes salsa. Easy. Add salt, diced jalapeno, garlic, red wine vinegar.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (OTzUX)

215 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

Pace yourself, a little less than eleven months to go...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:22 PM (hOUT3)

216 A lot of desperation and luck.
Posted by: sven

So just a typical Friday night, then.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 26, 2021 08:22 PM (PTevG)

217 You can still see almost all of the design features, although many are now massive pads of concrete.

Now that the site has been inactivated, if I can get my family to the farm, we can survive the next nuclear war!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Visited the Titan silo South of Tucson and marveled at it!
I suggest you check for layout plans online and find the emergency stairwell (off to the side of the main entrance) those have been known to be excavated and to gain entrance to the entire 'dig'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 26, 2021 08:23 PM (mMQZc)

218 https://directorblue.blogspot.com/2021/11/
top-20-tweets-from-badblue-tonight_26.html

At end is couple minute of a verbal argument ( neighbors?) and you see guy get shot.

Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 08:23 PM (2JoB8)

219 Too bad Kobe's pilot didn't give that advice. They could have almost driven the route in the same time, there was no traffic I was on the highway that morning.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:20 PM (eoQWY)

Same thing with that young girl years ago who was crossing the US. Flew in shitty weather my step bro actually landed his Cessna Citation in TX to wait out. But looking for a record can cloud one's mind. Bill Graham also comes to mind. Helicopters and fog in particular are a bad mix.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:23 PM (wAnMi)

220 I forget the name, but one of the gun UToobers has a Garand thumb episode where he intentionally does some version of it.

Just make sure the bolt isn't hung up on the follower - i.e. make sure bolt's really pulled back all the way - and load it like they show in WWII training films. Or, if you're a cheese-ass, use the blade of your hand to hold the op-rod handle back, then release.

l know many gunnies who are afraid to load the M1.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:24 PM (OTzUX)

221 I went thru several nukes drills when I briefly attended parochial school ages 8- 10, nuns would get all worked up like they were accomplishing something vitally important. Even at that age I knew it wasn't going to save anyone's life. Crawl under the desk, put your hands behind your neck, ha! Be ok for a tornado drill, which was that hunkering down against the wall of underground tunnel from the church to the nunnery house, Why that area wasn't used for the nuke drill too I will never understand. Tornado practice we did tunnel but the nuke drill it was just crawl under desk/neck protect. Of course tunnel wouldn't protect much in a blast but it was still odd.

Posted by: MIMimi aka Mimi or MI if'n you're into the brevity thing at November 26, 2021 08:24 PM (wamUX)

222 Old-timey Eromeros went to church 3 times a week. This Eromero doth goest to church once on Sunday morning, but at least I don't labor on Sunday anymore. Unless you count shooting a hog.

Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:25 PM (0OP+5)

223 AZ deplorable, that's on my list when doing my museum sweep in AZ.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:25 PM (OTzUX)

224 Leftover cranberry sauce (store-bought, and sauce, not the canned jell) - if it survives - becomes salsa. Easy. Add salt, diced jalapeno, garlic, red wine vinegar.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 26, 2021 08:21 PM (OTzUX)

You know, I couldn't find a bag of cranberries anywhere this year. I almost broke down and bought a can and then thought better of it. My sis iL has a recipe with orange zest and walnuts that's really good, but you can only eat so much of that. Just plain old cranberry sauce for me.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:26 PM (wAnMi)

225 Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 08:23 PM

The Left will be okay with this. The victim was 1. Male, 2. White, and 3. the father. To the left, therefore, he needed shootin'.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 26, 2021 08:26 PM (OssQ4)

226 People at anytime can get focused on 'getting there' and throwing caution to the wind.

Hence JFK Jr, wife, and friend are swimming with the fishes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:26 PM (BCnx7)

227 Weasel's sammich is classic and very good.

Replace the S&P with Tony Chachere's creole seasoning and it becomes moar gooder!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 08:26 PM (mZUr4)

228 One of my profs told me about the famous Chem professor whom he was a post-doc for.

He was a machine in his approach to keeping up with the literature. He had a number of chest freezers filled with meals for a entire year, less one week.

He had no recreation at all, until the week he went to Vegas. His Mom refilled his chests with food that week, and he relieved a lot of stress with women of negotiable virtue.

Heard he has gotten married, and changed his entire approach.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

229 Miracle Whip for leftover turkey sammich, not mayo.

Posted by: davidt at November 26, 2021 08:28 PM (0hbQ6)

230 I wonder why these aren't still airing? Any ideas?
Posted by: Weasel at 07:30 PM

adult male drivers drive around with bumper stickers that say "new driver, please be patient"

I hear many don't even try for their license. In my day you would have to be catatonic or such to not get your license at 16. I guess they figure it out and go there own way. But my guess is global warming is their version of The Bomb. In the 80s, we just didn't worry about either. Not saying the first one wasn't real, but then what are you going to do?

Posted by: Quint at November 26, 2021 08:28 PM (NXntH)

231 Heard he has gotten married, and changed his entire approach.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

No longer interested in living?
(I keed, I keed)

Posted by: MkY at November 26, 2021 08:28 PM (Foq6I)

232 Or, if you're a cheese-ass, use the blade of your hand to hold the op-rod handle back, then release.

l know many gunnies who are afraid to load the M1.
Posted by: rhomboid

I am a proud cheese-ass!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 26, 2021 08:29 PM (mD/uy)

233 Miracle Whip for leftover turkey sammich, not mayo.
Posted by: davidt

*slowly backs away*

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at November 26, 2021 08:31 PM (PTevG)

234 MkY

Maybe the married lifestyle is the one to have.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:31 PM (u82oZ)

235
I'm here for the happy and the fun.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- "f*ck around and find out" at November 26, 2021 08:31 PM (jDEAS)

236 An Atomic attack prior to intercontinental missiles was sort of "doable" (sure, we might get our hair mussed a little ...) in the thinking of the time.

Once hydrogen weapons came online and the means to deliver them accurately, then fallout shelters and the rest of it became a moot point.

And everybody in Washington sold us out by the 1990s anyway. They hate you, and want you dead, near as I can figure.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 26, 2021 07:46 PM (KNsfV)

Pre ICBMs the Russian bombers only had the range to reach Maine and a bit of the NE states. The Rand corps advised that the few million casualties in an exchange was survivable. The government at the time was horrified and refused any idea of going on.

Of course they then spent the next generation building more and more weapons that they were never going to use at billions of dollars planning for all sorts of 'limited' nuclear war situations.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (eoQWY)

237 FIRST opportunity.

Posted by: Weasel at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (0IeYL)

238 At end is couple minute of a verbal argument ( neighbors?) and you see guy get shot.
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2021 08:23 PM (2JoB

It sounded like there was a custody argument going on - like ex husband or something. Talk about escalating a situation. The guy with the rifle straight up murdered the dude. A little face hose down of pepper spray would have solved that - since it appeared they just couldn't bring themselves to go back in the house and close the door.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (wAnMi)

239 MkY

Before I was married I was an idiot. This is known.

But don't ask my wife if I have improved, please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

240 >>Miracle Whip for leftover turkey sammich, not mayo.

Miracle Whip is unclean. Crime against humanity.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (ZLI7S)

241 I'm here for the happy and the fun.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- "f*ck around and find out" at November 26, 2021 08:31 PM (jDEAS)

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Line on the left, one cross each.

Posted by: Centurion #4 at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (VxC1e)

242 So here is a little story.

Gentleman showed up todan, yes Black Friday, and said he wanted to buy a rifle. Do I have a 30-06? Tell him, after checking inventory, that I do. So bring it from the back to show him. He wants it. As we are starting the purchase process his wife makes an appearance.

Only part of the conversation I hear is, "I'll be nice to you for the rest of the year."

She goes off and we resume filling the form out. Little while later he receives a text message and says he can't buy the rifle.

"I don't want to sleep on the couch."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:33 PM (BCnx7)

243 The Left will be okay with this. The victim was 1. Male, 2. White, and 3. the father. To the left, therefore, he needed shootin'.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 26, 2021 08:26 PM (OssQ4)

Yep.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:33 PM (wAnMi)

244 A guy I used to work with had the Star Wars Imperial March song as his dedicated ringtone for only when his wife called.

My ringtone for calls, which gets a lot of good comments when people hear it, the ending credits version of the theme song to Justified (just the music with the opening 3 drum beats).
https://youtu.be/DhCWcNHfF-k

My tone for texts is the Super Mario Bros coin sound.
https://youtu.be/qfx6yf8pux4

Posted by: Doof at November 26, 2021 08:34 PM (mZUr4)

245
What is HBO "Max?"

Maximum amount of tasteless, unoriginal hollywood garbage?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 26, 2021 08:34 PM (jDEAS)

246 Of course they then spent the next generation building more and more weapons that they were never going to use at billions of dollars planning for all sorts of 'limited' nuclear war situations.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (eoQWY)

That was when they perfected the perpetual graft!

Ahem, "Never let a crisis go to waste!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:34 PM (hOUT3)

247 But don't ask my wife if I have improved, please.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (u82oZ)

Oh shit, you should have led with that. Sorry!

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:34 PM (wAnMi)

248 So, new thread. We were just getting started in this one, huh?

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at November 26, 2021 08:34 PM (OX9vb)

249
"I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Posted by: Anna Puma

He'll be back after the end of Dec...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 26, 2021 08:35 PM (mMQZc)

250 Oldcat

The book Stockpile: The Story Behind 10,000 Strategic Nuclear Weapons by VADM (ret) Jerry Miller discusses this at length.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:35 PM (u82oZ)

251
Line on the left, one cross each.
Posted by: Centurion #4

Mel Brooks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 26, 2021 08:35 PM (jDEAS)

252 Only part of the conversation I hear is, "I'll be nice to you for the rest of the year."

She goes off and we resume filling the form out. Little while later he receives a text message and says he can't buy the rifle.

"I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:33 PM (BCnx7)

"Well, since your weekend is fucked, you might as well go fishing."

Posted by: Just the punchline at November 26, 2021 08:35 PM (P3gRi)

253 "I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:33 PM (BCnx7)

Talk about missing the plot. Buy the rifle and you won't be sleeping on the couch.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 26, 2021 08:36 PM (wAnMi)

254 I follow Alex Berenson's substack, which is a great source of information on The 'Rona.

He just published an article with this hed and subhed:

A frightening new potential explanation for vaccine-driven myocarditis and other problems

Researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine raise the possibility of an uncontrolled autoimmune response to the coronavirus spike protein that may last indefinitely

Posted by: Sharkman at November 26, 2021 08:36 PM (M8yB3)

255 "I don't want to sleep on the couch."
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 26, 2021 08:33 PM (BCnx7)

Great story!
I told my wife I had to drive half an hour south this afternoon to buy a gun.
"What're you getting?"
'61 Colt in .36 caliber.
OK.
No lead yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Posted by: MkY at November 26, 2021 08:37 PM (Foq6I)

256 >>Miracle Whip for leftover turkey sammich, not mayo.

Miracle Whip is unclean. Crime against humanity.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 08:32 PM (ZLI7S)

We grew up poor enough that mayo and butter were too expensive.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:37 PM (eoQWY)

257 Oh shit, there's now an Omnicron varient of the Bat Flu to go along with the South African Varient.

Great, we're surrounded by variants.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:37 PM (t62Lg)

258 Miracle Whip for leftover turkey sammich, not mayo

There is no substitute for real Mayo. And it has to be Hellmans, not that crappy olive oil mayo either.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 26, 2021 08:38 PM (fLri9)

259 Oh shit, there's now an Omnicron varient of the Bat Flu to go along with the South African Varient.

Hey, what about the letter before Omicron?! Where's the Xi variant?

Posted by: t-bird at November 26, 2021 08:38 PM (ELgVT)

260 Oh shit, there's now an Omnicron varient of the Bat Flu to go along with the South African Varient.

I dare anyone to go to twitter and start a #AfricanizedCovid trend.

Posted by: WOPR at November 26, 2021 08:39 PM (kOpft)

261 @259

>>Hey, what about the letter before Omicron?! Where's the Xi variant?

Omnicron sounds a lot like Unicron and that dude ate worlds.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:39 PM (t62Lg)

262 >>We grew up poor enough that mayo and butter were too expensive.

Brandon has brought those times back.

I've never liked the taste of Miracle Whip. blech

Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 08:39 PM (ZLI7S)

263 Oh shit, there's now an Omnicron varient of the Bat Flu to go along with the South African Varient.

Hey, what about the letter before Omicron?! Where's the Xi variant?
Posted by: t-bird at November 26, 2021 08:38 PM (ELgVT)

Omicron is the South African variant.

Just as fake as Delta. They are skipping the uncool Greek Letters.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:39 PM (eoQWY)

264 t-bird

Too on the nose. The W.H.O. was bought in toto by China

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:40 PM (u82oZ)

265 Brandon has brought those times back.

I've never liked the taste of Miracle Whip. blech
Posted by: JackStraw at November 26, 2021 08:39 PM (ZLI7S)

First time having real butter, I didn't like it either.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 26, 2021 08:40 PM (eoQWY)

266 I see we're getting primed for another lockdown. It's a serial drama now, the greatest political too for control, culling, power and government expansion in human history.
----

I watched the Garbo film "Ninotchka" today (great flick).

Buljanoff: How are things in Moscow?

Ninotchka: Very Good. The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at November 26, 2021 08:40 PM (Dc2NZ)

267 Yikes. Thanks, Pixy Misa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:41 PM (u82oZ)

268 @261

>>I dare anyone to go to twitter and start a #AfricanizedCovid trend.

If Africanized Covid is transmitted by Africanized bees riding on the backs of murder hornets is also part of it, then the internet may break.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:41 PM (t62Lg)

269 >>> 259 Oh shit, there's now an Omnicron varient of the Bat Flu to go along with the South African Varient.

Hey, what about the letter before Omicron?! Where's the Xi variant?
Posted by: t-bird at November 26, 2021 08:38 PM (ELgVT)

#stopasianhate

Posted by: This... is XiNN at November 26, 2021 08:41 PM (llON8)

270 Thomas Bender

Spread by dancers sweat from Tik Tok.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:42 PM (u82oZ)

271 @263

>>Omicron is the South African variant.

Yeah, but the funny thing is they were showing pictures of Europe when discussing it.

Weird, huh?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:42 PM (t62Lg)

272 271 @263

>>Omicron is the South African variant.

Yeah, but the funny thing is they were showing pictures of Europe when discussing it.

Weird, huh?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 26, 2021 08:42 PM (t62Lg)
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My knee-jerk reaction is that they were sticking to the Never Imply Anything African is Bad narrative, but in actuality, the fact is that most of the media types are so pants-on-head retarded that they likely couldn't differentiate between Europe and Africa on a map. So, not devious. Just dumb.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 26, 2021 08:45 PM (lNHqD)

273 Nordstrom don't have any of those, you know....what were they....oh yeah, rooftop Koreans.

Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:46 PM (0OP+5)

274 Also the news is hyperventilating that the new variants are more dangerous to children.

Nice timing, huh? Perfect, even.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 26, 2021 08:46 PM (OssQ4)

275 Nordstrom don't have any of those, you know....what were they....oh yeah, rooftop Koreans.
Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:46 PM (0OP+5)

Comrade Eromero, .223 justice from a rooftop in NOT who we are!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:48 PM (hOUT3)

276 Also the news is hyperventilating that the new variants are more dangerous to children.

Nice timing, huh? Perfect, even.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 26, 2021 08:46 PM (OssQ4)

If I thought they were smart, I might think it was part of a plan. Since they are idiots, I assume it is part of a script written by someone else, a very evil someone else!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:50 PM (hOUT3)

277 Also the news is hyperventilating that the new variants are more dangerous to children.

Whoever is making this shit up on the fly is good. Hate to admit it but it's pretty amazing.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 26, 2021 08:50 PM (Xrfse)

278 275 Nordstrom don't have any of those, you know....what were they....oh yeah, rooftop Koreans.
Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:46 PM (0OP+5)

Comrade Eromero, .223 justice from a rooftop in NOT who we are!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:48 PM Concur. But what the plans specify, in a most specific way, is rooftop Koreans.

Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:51 PM (0OP+5)

279 Nood

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 26, 2021 08:55 PM (u82oZ)

280 But what the plans specify, in a most specific way, is rooftop Koreans.
Posted by: Eromero at November 26, 2021 08:51 PM (0OP+5)

Sounds like a business opportunity "Rooftop Koreans Я Us!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ If only Comrade Fauci knew... ~ at November 26, 2021 08:59 PM (hOUT3)

281 I am making posole from the turkey carcass. My kid is home from college, so we are going all out on homemade foods.

Posted by: sassy at November 26, 2021 09:17 PM (xSICi)

282 In the UK, my Royal Artillery father was attached to a Civil Defence unit as an instructor.

Posted by: Davod at November 26, 2021 09:18 PM (fGRf+)

283
Mel Brooks?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 26, 2021 08:35 PM[/i[

Monty Python

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2021 09:22 PM (DUIap)

284 Had an interesting talk with my neighbor. He & family have been the most stringent followers of all the gov't issued COVID protocols: the masking, the distancing, the avoidance of crowds, etc. His wife is an Episcopal pastor, which was their impetus, even conferring weekly with the County health folks, to keep abreast with all the latest. Gotta care for the flock. And that's all fine.

You know where this went: the whole family came down with COVID: hubby & wife felt all the carp and lethargy and loss of senses and loss of will that COVID brings to all and sundry. The kids did a little better, as kids are supposed to. He groused to me at some length for having had to endure all this stress and distress despite their most assiduous adherence to all the protocols.

I commiserated with him, and wished him well. I expressed my delight that their cases weren't worse, and shared his hope & joy that they will now have better resilience in the future.

I did not bother sharing with him that I have never given a happy carp about any of the COVID b.s.; nor that we (just four doors up the street from him) had a dozen neighbors join with our family for the festivities. Poor guy.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 26, 2021 11:12 PM (K58O6)

285 Here is my "Snoopie" fighting the Barron: https://tinyurl.com/228nuxay

Posted by: Sean Giordano at November 27, 2021 12:11 PM (uwijz)

286 No longer aired. Generations already normed to cringing terror. See also "COVID-19".

Posted by: Belisarius at November 28, 2021 12:09 AM (Fbx+b)

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