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Lovely Alkmaar, Netherlands by
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Giving a stray a doggie chew-toy. He's super-happy! Doggy gets into the wrong dog-bed, gives no arfs. Snow is cold. Strange brood. Baywatch but with dogs. Leftover from Christmas: Little dog with a little Christmas tree. Animals are often obsessed with computers. This bird might be the worst on that score. Little spudmuffins. Guy gets out his raft and rescues cats stranded by very high-water flood. Inman: Guy gets his truck hung up on a parking lot barrier. I don't even know how he did that. Then stuff happens. If you're having trouble seeing what happened: the jolt set off his airbag, which then decked him right in his f***ing face.
Searching for videos of Jingxi -- where that Covid Shaming Parade took place -- disclosed this neat vista of a mountainside village.
How does it feel to sleep on the cliff? Try the B&B perched on the sheer mountainside in Shangrao, east China's Jiangxi, and enjoy an unforgettable experience. pic.twitter.com/rDjpXMgYSI
— libijian李碧建 (@libijian2) December 28, 2021
Making your own fun.. pic.twitter.com/JgeODaRmdo
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) December 30, 2021
Swan Lake..🌊🦢🦢🥰 pic.twitter.com/EB8KirNvRP
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Something something stupid games and prizes pic.twitter.com/hayUh5b5b2
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:22 PM (4fSQf)
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:24 PM (/U27+)
Very pretty
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at December 30, 2021 07:25 PM (lCui1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 07:22 PM (g3B3J)
Prayers
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:25 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Mishdog at December 30, 2021 07:26 PM (/VWLE)
Made it home safely in two hours. Prayers up to the hundreds of Superior and Louisville residents that lost their homes
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2021 07:27 PM (/UQ/R)
This isn't how we planned to spend our first hours home after Christmas vacation, but we knew this time was coming. Bandit is 13+ years old; most Great Pyrenees don't live past 10-11 years.
Don't know yet if this is the end, but trying to be realistic.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 07:27 PM (g3B3J)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:27 PM (dNqv+)
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Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:29 PM (2JoB8)
But the CDC backtracked on that alarming estimate this week, revising it down to just 22.5% for the week ending Dec. 18, more than a 50-point drop.
Killing Americans more than illegal immigrants!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:30 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2021 07:32 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:33 PM (b+v9B)
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Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:33 PM (2JoB
Probably pretty good. Not much meat there though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:36 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:33 PM (2JoB
Like small sandhill crane
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:36 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 07:36 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: ace at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (0G13K)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (V13WU)
Let Her Majesty talk me into getting a pedicure, because I had an ingrown toenail that was uncomfortable. It was interesting but I don't think many more are in my future.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (b+v9B)
Red pandas are kind of cool. Shifty little bastards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:38 PM (4fSQf)
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Built by the best engineering and craftsmen a yuan can buy.
Posted by: Braenyard, at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (jg5Rp)
*** Does Happy Dance to see your comment. ***
** Tips my hat to you, in respect. **
*Stops dancing, asks for ibuprofen. *
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (+WWsf)
So was training for a race and left my friend house about 0500. I ran about an hour and came up on a sandhill crane eating a rat. I thot is was a fucking velociraptor.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (yrol0)
Let Her Majesty talk me into getting a pedicure, because I had an ingrown toenail that was uncomfortable. It was interesting but I don't think many more are in my future.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
Did they dig that bastard out?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (mPyRa)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (b+v9B)
We have trash pandas!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:40 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:35 PM (b+v9B)
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Yeah, so I've been doing a deep dive on China for new new book (tentatively titled "Something Something Dragon: A military study of China") and I'm starting to get into a weird form of burnout.
Last night I took a break and went over to Gunbroker to see how certain benchmark items were doing (I like to keep tabs on the market) and every time I closed my eyes there was a parade of Chinese ritual priests walking by. Confucian-style procession.
I opened them abruptly and quickly closed the browser, because I really don't want to end up bidding on a $3,000 Steyr Hahn because "Confucius said so."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:40 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Braenyard, at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (jg5Rp)
FIFY.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:40 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:39 PM (OssQ4)
need any medical advice ? dating and marriage tips ??
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:41 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2021 07:41 PM (CYnTg)
Did they ask you what colour they want your toenails to be?
I tell them to Leave Them Alone. Just trim, please.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:41 PM (u82oZ)
Very sweet of you. Was not having a good day today. Was feeling kind of lonesome. Knew I had to come see my friends. Yup. Feel better.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 07:42 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:42 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 07:43 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
The pedicurial is one of the lesser known offices of the Vatican. Probably should have been retired with the loss of status of the Knights of Malta, but that's a funded bureaucracy for you
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:43 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:41 PM (V13WU)
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First, you must...
Posted by: Mel Gibson at December 30, 2021 07:43 PM (llXky)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (yrol0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
I get one every month. No more ingrown nails. And the feet/legs massage is nice. One of my few luxuries.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (F0YaR)
Just in case. And if such a need arises, and I doubt that it will, I'll keep the HQ in mind for dating and marriage tips.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (ZMraq)
And it's retroactive, meaning it applies to those in jail already.
Why? Well, you know why.
Racial equity. That's why.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:43 PM (ZMraq)
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That's the Pedicuria. They walk everywhere.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (llXky)
And it's retroactive, meaning it applies to those in jail already.
Why? Well, you know why.
Racial equity. That's why.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (4fSQf)
They really hate black people.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (dNqv+)
WMDS - hugs, my girl, and prayers who will not may get home safely. So sad.
TiFWT - prayers for your doggo. Our Aussie's hind legs gave out and it turned out to be coonhound disease. May yours be treated and get better.
Posted by: SnailRacer at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (H1Zwv)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (yrol0)
==
Dems are addicts.
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (U1eOr)
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: TB24601 at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (ONfKH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 07:47 PM (dNqv+)
Both their domestic and foreign policies show that Dems think of brown people as savages. They just expect them to act this way. Only whites can be expected to act civilized.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (BJKQV)
Hope your day tomorrow is better. I trust your extended family is nearby and thriving.
You can call Hrothgar. He is a happy conversationalist. Tell him it was my idea, and he will send mew a message.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (ZMraq)
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Nice, but ludicrously overvalued. Unless it was owned by a Habsburg, I wouldn't go north of two grand on them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (llXky)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (U1eOr)
What? Of course there is!
John 3:16
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:46 PM (llXky)
Don't be silly. How do you walk to Malta?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: Weasel at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (0IeYL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (U1eOr)
Posted by: Kinkade Galleries, Inc. at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (JPtHE)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 07:48 PM (U1eOr)
Except for Jesus Christ no, there is not. But then again, there never has been.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (BJKQV)
Meanwhile, at the moment, I have headache, fever, and congestion. Obviously, I'm about to die.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (8548M)
Gonna be a very rough decade or two before the very most progressive cities let the pendulum swing back towards law and order. A generation of kids raised without overbearing cops isn't gonna magically restore small businesses or improve school test scores in those communities.
Oh, wait, never mind. They're gonna outlaw standardized testing too.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (+WWsf)
Rotterdam is not bad.
Tilburg is heaven (mainly for the concerts I have seen there)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (qoLdL)
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Cool flowers.
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (+ya+t)
I looked at the trunk. Figured it for a Twisteria.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (V13WU)
We live in Bizarro World.
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (ZMraq)
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The Knights of Malta are based in Rome. They lost Malta in 1798.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:33 PM (2JoB
tastes like chicken.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Leda at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (6pcCr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
What color polish did you get?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (EFVbm)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM
I think bicycles outnumber cars in the Netherlands. So it is possible no car is ever parked there.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (qoLdL)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (U1eOr)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (ZMraq)
Wait, are you saying we could have walked?!
Posted by: Paul at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (llXky)
They wouldn't have lost if they'd had Alsatians instead of those little yappy white dogs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (b+v9B)
Isn't the family scared of the trash pandas?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (4fSQf)
From a distance (21 ft or more); asks for healing for you.
You have a lot of toughness in you, based on your years of comments.
You even put up with Insomniac.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:54 PM (u82oZ)
ULCA does not
Thats a forfeit!
NCAA declares no game happened.
TADA
Posted by: rhennigantx
In these unprecedented times, all rules have been suspended or made arbitrary. Laws, too. Also guidelines.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:54 PM (OssQ4)
We live in Bizarro World.
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (mNhhD)
I saw we go all the way and offer $100 bounty for every documented gang kill they can do. but no pay for the civilians.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 07:54 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (mNhhD)
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Alternative explanation: the masks are coming off.
Getting rid of standardized testing means no more admissions scandals, because connections, not test scores or grades, will be all that matters.
Freeing gang members makes no sense unless the politicians are in fact working with the gangs. Which they are.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (llXky)
Posted by: ace at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (0G13K)
Wow, thank you so much, Ace!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (g3B3J)
Oh, wait, never mind. They're gonna outlaw standardized testing too.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:50 PM (+WWsf)
To achieve equity, it's clear that us White Folks need to step up our Drive By shooting ratio!
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (oHd/0)
You doing better?
Spun up 1A and 2 B prayer wheels for you today.
And there are easier ways to meet young nurses.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (b+v9B)
Buy him a BB gun.
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: runner at December 3
Boy, you're telling me.
Posted by: Florida Tiger at December 30, 2021 07:56 PM (AsEYt)
Posted by: Bill Cosby at December 30, 2021 07:56 PM (n/szn)
More subtle. It's only racist to long imprison black drive-by shooters for their first offense. A more equitable and just society must offer those young men very early release followed by caring spiritual and social support. Too many non-shooters in those cars are simply misguided and misunderstood.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:56 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 07:49 PM (ZMraq)
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The Knights of Malta are based in Rome. They lost Malta in 1798.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (llXky)
If they serve lunch, is it a Malta Meal?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:51 PM (V13WU)
Churchill kep swans. He believed he could speak to them in "swan talk." He would call and they would come. When a visitor called and they came for him too Churchill got sad.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (oHd/0)
Won't have much of a choice.
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 07:54 PM (OssQ4)
Suggestions, maybe?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (hOUT3)
From a distance (21 ft or more); asks for healing for you.
You have a lot of toughness in you, based on your years of comments.
You even put up with Insomniac.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:54 PM (u82oZ)
Hey!
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (II3Gr)
Has the grand-baby issue been resolved? This COVID mental illness is hurting the non-involved.
And may your dog scamper anew.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (mD/uy)
So you grab something off the shelf and try to hustle to the next aisle, hoping to distance yourself, but then they show up there, too. Constantly in your way.
And then it's like you have this sort of awkward shopping relationship, where they are kind of your shopping nemesis. And it's like a battle of shopping wills for dominance.
And then eventually, you're like f*ck it, and go back to the produce aisle at the beginning of the store just to distance yourself from them. And then when you finally think all is clear, and you can resume your shopping flow in peace, you wind up behind them in the checkout line and you secretly wish they would die.
Has that ever happened to you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (P3gRi)
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They didn't "lose" per se. Being a Catholic Crusading order, they are forbidden to wage war on fellow Christians. When the French rolled in, they (mistakenly, as it turned out) thought they were still Catholic. So they offered no resistance.
BTW, the same rules were observed in Spain. The Carlist militia generally didn't take prisoners from the International Brigades (because they were Communists), but an American they captured happened to have a St. Christopher medal, so he was spared. It's in my other book.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 07:22 PM (g3B3J)
Oh, no! Let us know what's up.
Prayers up for the little guy. And you.
Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (n/szn)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
That was you??
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (4fSQf)
Ha, Ha! Knew you would delurk for that.
How have you been? And I do wish good things for you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/s65xj8d4
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (yrol0)
Why does every website, every writer, even those that aren't psycho leftist, even those that claim to oppose psycho leftists, in articles specifically about guys who get off on forcing people to call them what they're not, kindly oblige and do that very thing calling this asshole a she? Are they all self gassing conservatives? What the absolute fuck is compelling not leftist writers to participate in the obliteration of speech, truth, thought, humanity? STOP IT! A he is a he! Enough with calling dudes she! It's like you already gave up and are walking the rest of us through the sad details of your emotional, moral failings. This goes to GP, anyone. I don't care if you have to edit quotes with [sic] or whatever. He or She. You are grown damned adults and know the difference.
End of rant...
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (mPyRa)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (6pcCr)
Posted by: I Mean at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (Hzb+/)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
Yes
Posted by: Washington Drive-by Shooters at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (oHd/0)
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Surely you've heard of Malta milkshakes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Kinkade Galleries, Inc. at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (JPtHE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Leda at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (6pcCr)
Or moose. A moose once bit my sister.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
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All. the. time.!!!
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:01 PM (0TVNF)
they look steampunk and dramatic.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:01 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:01 PM (UewuT)
Has that ever happened to you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
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Even worse: you reverse course, reset your shopping routine by going directly away from them, get into a rhythm and then head up to checkout...and there they are.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:01 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (Y+l9t)
I thought that too. Maybe Odette's variation...?
Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
You're talking out loud, now let me write my check and dig out my coupons.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (qpolg)
Has that ever happened to you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
you know my wife tells me stories like that, and I say c'mon, admit it, you were the only person in the store when that happened.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (evAgx)
I blushed. I'm such a doofus.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (eGTCV)
I was able to play with the little neighborhood urchins today - I wouldn't go as far as to say "all is right with the world", but still, there certainly are some bright spots.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (mD/uy)
Has that ever happened to you?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (7+6YJ)
Yep. They're like the proverbial bad penny.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 07:22 PM (g3B3J)
Oh, no! Let us know what's up.
Prayers up for the little guy. And you.
Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2021 07:58 PM (Rbu5d)
Same from Conor and me. Prayers ascending!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Gref at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:00 PM (llXky)
Malteasers! They are a candy sold in Canada. Little marbles of bubbly malted-milk nougat, dipped in milk chocolate. Yummy!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (n/szn)
Posted by: I Mean at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (Hzb+/)
Types
*Thinks*
**Deletes**
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 07:52 PM (llXky)
See? Long overdue to get rid of that office. Like you need a special department to walk across town.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (ZMraq)
Or a package of hot dogs if you prefer non-violence.
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Or antifreeze and a few pieces of sponge.
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (n/szn)
My kinda guy.
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 07:53 PM (EFVbm)
Black, like my heart. Seriously, the first time I refused polish, natch, but let her buff the nails...
Damn things stayed shiny for two months. Yech.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:01 PM (ZMraq)
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For all that, pretty nice to shoot. You look at them and they seem like a weird Colt 1902 clone, but they load from the top via stripper clip.
Ammo still in production, btw. Something about it being a non-military/police caliber, so the Euros keep making it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:05 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2021 08:05 PM (AmoqO)
I blushed. I'm such a doofus.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (eGTCV)
Well at least you didn't say "Wait a minute, I paid you to give me head too!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 08:05 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:59 PM (u82oZ)
And I you. On the whole, pretty good. Still have some things to straighten out but it's all in the game.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM (n/szn)
My kinda guy.
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:04 PM (UewuT)
He got a prescription for booze from his doctor when he visited the US during prohibition.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 07:37 PM (/U27+)
I get one every month. No more ingrown nails. And the feet/legs massage is nice. One of my few luxuries.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2021 07:44 PM (F0YaR)
I used to get ingrown toenail all the time. Hurts like )^&$%&*(. Every night before bed, put some kind of salve or oil on the affected nail. Helps keep it soft so it doesn't "grow in" again. worked for me.
Posted by: Flyover at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (+WWsf)
I hear they Knight of Malta do good work with hospitals these days. Killing Infidels is right out these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (+WWsf)
I blushed. I'm such a doofus.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (eGTCV)
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I go either way on that. Ahoy!
Posted by: Bill Kristol at December 30, 2021 08:07 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:08 PM (qpolg)
I blushed. I'm such a doofus.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 30, 2021 08:02 PM (eGTCV)
If everyone felt like you our VP would be sweeping streets somewhere in Canada.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:09 PM (BJKQV)
Well, she liked it! ::happy Snoopy dance::
So dark beads with gold highlights is now added to my repertoire, for anyone interested.
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at December 30, 2021 08:09 PM (JJatH)
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2021 08:09 PM (r02gd)
Reread your Man of Destiny series. I really like the ending between the PM and the Emperor. Hits a sweet spot for me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
My Brother! Also, to hear my gal say "You feet, they ugly!" and "You like (some addon service)? Only six dollar more."
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
True...
Yes, I am doing much better. Thank you! Probably home tomorrow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (EFVbm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (u82oZ)
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They remain a Sovereign Military Order, and in fact provide the Medical Corps to the Italian Army. Run a network of global hospitals but they do NOT apologize for anything related to the Crusades.
Much respect for them. Pope Francis hates them, because of course.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (llXky)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:11 PM (ZLI7S)
17-year-olds trying to use a rotary phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OADXNGnJok
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 08:11 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Jamaica Queens at December 30, 2021 08:12 PM (b+v9B)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (mD/uy)
Not 20 dollar? Like in town?
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:12 PM (BJKQV)
Another irritant to me is when you make a triage decision while shopping and then somebody screws it all up.
Like if I'm trying to select an item that will require some consideration and then a fellow shopper kind of darts in to that area, I will generally back away thinking they must know what they want, so I'll defer, allow them to grab what they need and then move on.
And instead they start comparison shopping. And so then I'm irritated because I'm thinking, I deferred to you to grab what the hell you needed, but you didn't even know what you needed, so you were just jamming your way into my space.
You can go to hell lady. And by the way, you shouldn't wear yoga pants, you can't pull that look off.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 30, 2021 08:12 PM (7+6YJ)
Biden Signs $137 COVID Test Factory Which Won't Open Till 2024
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (FVME7)
And may your dog scamper anew.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 07:57 PM (u82oZ)
Grandbaby was born on the 12th - we folded like a cheap suit and got the J&J booster. Don't know when we will be able to see him, though - Truckee got hit with over 6 feet of snow, and the Reno airport was shut down for a day or two.
We've never driven in snow, much less mountainous snow, so it may be a while before we are able to visit.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (g3B3J)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (V8JPv)
I'll email you. I have some close friends that walk the walk, Pope Francis notwithstanding, and will appreciate your artistry.
They are AoS curious. Maybe this will get them to lurk, then post. They are good people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (EFVbm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
My Brother! Also, to hear my gal say "You feet, they ugly!" and "You like (some addon service)? Only six dollar more."
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (mD/uy
'why you no marrie?' 'You no good in bed?'
You need do situps. You hair too gray.
Why are Vietnamese women so mean?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:14 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:09 PM (u82oZ)
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That's great! Glad you liked it.
I read it aloud to my wife and (of course) found a bunch of errors and things I want to fix, so at some point, I'm going to do a revised all-in-one edition with a new short story that takes place between books 3 and 4. The short story's already been written, it's just about sitting down and grinding the corrections out...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:14 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:14 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 30, 2021 08:14 PM (F0YaR)
17-year-olds trying to use a rotary phone.
Posted by: SMH
I can understand the young folks not knowing how to dial as they have never experienced it but what does baffle me is this: Have they never watched an 'old' movie where one of the characters dials a rotary phone? Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (V13WU)
So hard to keep up with new genders and sexual orientations these days.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (r02gd)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (mD/uy)
Not 20 dollar? Like in town?
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:12 PM (BJKQV)
Dammit, you beat me to that one!
PS: TP, got a phone number or address for that place?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (u+Y3T)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:06 PM (4fSQf
My pedicure gal use to massage up to my knee. That's all I have to say about that.
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at December 30, 2021 08:13 PM (V8JPv)
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Yep, and then the British showed up and kicked them out.
Another win for the Corsican Ogre!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:14 PM (a3Q+t
Apparently massaging the foot of the bosses wife gets you tossed out a window.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (4fSQf)
I'm fine. I just have a cold...or possibly, the deadly omicron!!!! My hubby and kids had delta a few months ago, but I didn't get sick despite extensive exposure to them, so I think it's more likely just a random cold.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (8548M)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Megthered at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (sfWd9)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (mD/uy)
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No.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (llXky)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (V13WU)
It is decent if a bit cliché, I preferred the Wild Bunch
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (Lzpvj)
Wait until they learn about payphones and long distance changes!
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (u82oZ)
Here is a great story about why that is.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32544343
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (BJKQV)
I had an idea for one of your ever-present plot points. From the EU Patent Office last decade.
Do I go to your website for contact?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:18 PM (u82oZ)
*Thinks*
**Deletes**
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:03 PM
This is not an example of the kind of courage that built the Motherland, Comrade Commissar.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (V13WU)
They were great but when the radio DJ told you it was time to call in it took two minutes to dial! Meanwhile those touch tone snobs were winning your copy of Cargo!!!
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:18 PM (u82oZ)
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Yep. Contact info on the left sidebar.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (llXky)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:11 PM (ZLI7S)
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Mebbe, but not a fan of the Netherlands. Got strip searched at Amsterdam airport many moons ago by a big bruiser of a lady security cop.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: PabloD at December 30, 2021 08:15 PM (r02gd)
Gal who cuts my hair was a "Boat Person". She , and her family of 10, fled on her Uncle's boat and were picked up by a U.S. Navy vessel in the Sough China Sea. They were the lucky ones. A lot of good folks rest at the bottom.
Posted by: Javems at December 30, 2021 08:21 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:21 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (+WWsf)
Parents refuse collect calls so they know you made it to your destination.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (AiZBA)
Washington Dems are pushing House Bill 1692, which lessens punishments for drive-by shootings.
The 1692 Project
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 08:16 PM (u+Y3T)
Hopefully the original. I see there was a remake in 2016 which I assume sucked. Also, you might check out a dubbed version of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai which it was based on.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (mPyRa)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (0TVNF)
Did the find the hashish?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)
Thank you for reminding me of my roots, Comrade Duncanthrax!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2021 08:10 PM (EFVbm)
This is good news.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:19 PM (V13WU)
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My grandparents had a rotary phone until the very end. There came a point where dial tone was mandatory, and rotary calls wouldn't go through.
Us grandkids loved to dial out on it. So exciting!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:23 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:17 PM (V13WU)
I have several, I even have a Princess, but it is a push button.
I have a land line still and my theory was that if the power goes off I could still make calls with the Black Beauty since it was powered off the phone system's house battery. Unfortunately last year when the power went off, I discovered that no one had a phone that worked like that and I could dial out all I wanted but no one could get my calls.
It was like owning the last Telex in the world.
Winning!!
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:23 PM (ZMraq)
Washington Dems are pushing House Bill 1692, which lessens punishments for drive-by shootings.
The 1692 Project
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (63Dwl
You got it. Not even hiding it.
Why any same person still lives in the northwest is beyond me.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:23 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: IrishEi
You're lucky she didn't shanghai you to work in the Sex SuperMarket just down the street.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:23 PM (mD/uy)
"I never had sex with that man, Mr. Epstein." So says Norwegian heiress Celina Midelfart:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
news/article-10356037
Nothing really interesting there other than a heiress named Midelfart.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:23 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (0TVNF)
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Say, Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish Prison?
Posted by: Captain Over at December 30, 2021 08:24 PM (llXky)
Me too. But it was in Amsterdam not the airport.
Costs more in town.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:24 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (mPyRa)
I saw the remake. I don't remember anything about it, except some guy kept calling Chris Pratt guero.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:24 PM (T42To)
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Ernestine at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (T42To)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM
Did you get to stick a finger in the dike?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (Y+l9t)
Yes the original. I would never watch a remake. They all suck as far as I am concerned.
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (u+Y3T)
Old rotary dial phones have become of interest, and there are quite a few places to get restored old phones. Western Electrics of all models, etc, etc.
Here's one I've bought several from. There are many others:
https://www.oldphoneworks.com/
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Lilly Tomlin at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:22 PM (4fSQf)
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No, but our American cigarettes disappeared.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: Jordan61
We talking Amsterdam or Internet addys here?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (mD/uy)
Bandit is getting x-rays. She has some feeling on one side, but not so much on the other.
She is alert and still her sweet self. We can't care for her if she can't get up, though.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (g3B3J)
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:25 PM (UewuT)
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You mean the big-bosomed lady with the Dutch accent who tried to change your point of view?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (llXky)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (u82oZ)
I remember some comedienne used to have a bit where she would tell about going to the nail shop. She would mimic two of the workers talking in Vietnamese and said she could see one of them pointing at her and looking at her while she went on for a about 30 seconds. So she asked her manicurist " what was she saying about me???" and her manicurist said "Oh she say you very nice."
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (2JoB
May not work out the way they think it would.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 08:28 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz)
She's a one.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at December 30, 2021 08:29 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (2JoB
MAE would love that...
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:29 PM (T42To)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:29 PM (coYBh)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Here you go: Always a scream.
https://youtu.be/IG1myqu4CbA
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:30 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at December 30, 2021 08:30 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 08:28 PM (4thlk)
They were rentals and AT&T did not want to bother EVER replacing one!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:30 PM (hOUT3)
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With party lines!
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 08:30 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:26 PM (mD/uy)
The latter, unfortunately.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:30 PM (T42To)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:31 PM (2u35I)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:29 PM (coYBh)
Holy hell. Son and I were walking a trail (well north of there) and saw the smoke. No idea it was that bad.
Paryers ascending.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 08:31 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: lowandslow
I have a working plugged in one. Heavy as hell. Love it.
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:32 PM (qpolg)
What started the fires in CO?
And don't tell me "wildfire." That's bullshit.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:31 PM (2u35I)
I'm not saying it was Aliens.
but it was aliens.
(maybe of the illegal variety.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 08:33 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:33 PM (a3Q+t)
Also wanna get a restored IBM Selectric, and the same cassette tape answering machine they used in Sneakers.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:33 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (4fSQf)
or a cautionary tale...
It is funny that she is bothered to some degree by her child's choice of boinking partners given my direct knowledge of her own cast of characters.
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (u+Y3T)
Costs more in town.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:24 PM (ZLI7S)
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They say the red lighting makes even the hideous look better.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:33 PM (a3Q+t)
you miss him, don't you.
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:29 PM (coYBh)
Wow, I hadn't heard about that. Not good.
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (T42To)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:35 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:35 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (V13WU)
Lots.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (Y+l9t)
Costs more in town.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:24 PM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~
They say the red lighting makes even the hideous look better.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:34 PM (0TVNF)
Must be why they use it in submarine movies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at December 30, 2021 08:33 PM (+WWsf)
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Back in the day, we had an IBM Selectric II in our office and someone taped a card on it.
"Y2K Backup Plan." Those were the days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (llXky)
some of the best western are Japanese flicks, my son was in love with the 47 Ronin at first sight, add in the bonus that they are a large part of the basis for the jedi....
like he said "Knightfall" is the best star wars film of the last ten years.
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 30, 2021 08:37 PM (OTzUX)
I've got a WE 500 and a 554 wall phone I got from there. I'm probably going to get a 202 one of these days.
Miley got me an old Automatic Electric "space saver" (or it may be a Stromberg-Carlson -- they look a lot alike) wall phone off e-bay. It needs repair. Dial needs a lot of work.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:37 PM (Mzdiz)
I will never get used to talking on a "smartphone" to my ear.
I hate it. I hate pressing this flat square against my head. I hate dialing on a "screen."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:37 PM (2u35I)
And don't tell me "wildfire." That's bullshit.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:31 PM (2u35I)
110 mph wind gusts knocked over power lines.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 08:37 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (CMSbs)
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The Red Zone is for loading and unloading only. There is no parking in the Red Zone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (llXky)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:35 PM (4fSQf)
Analog copper was too hard to convert and file to your permanent record, comrade!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 08:27 PM (x8Wzq)
My church sponsored a Vietnamese family. They started a Vietnamese/Cambodian/Laotian grocery store for all the other refugees. It was a huge success, the American Dream. Which is why so many blacks hate them - they disprove the lie of minorities not being allowed to succeede in America.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:20 PM (0TVNF)
My wife had a relative that was in this vitamin club/company. It was a stupid pyramid scheme, the amway of vitamins. I tried to talk her out of it but she ended buying a mess of vitamins from this person because family. And she decided to take a big bag assortment with her on our trip to Europe. We changed carriers in London to Scotland, to air France who wanted to charge something like $150 for an extra bag so she stuffed the bag with vitamins in my bag and on we went. Until I got pulled out at security, taken to a room, swabbed and examined, in various places, questioned in bad English about drug trafficking then let go. Also I had the flu and was sick as a dog the whole ordeal. They were gloved up pretty well though. Being sick and mostly out of it probably helped. But they should at least bought me a drink first. I would have preferred the Cosby method.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (mPyRa)
Then on to drinking at home in front of the fire.
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (qpolg)
You are too kind, sweet lady.
And yes, your deep red and gold rosary is absolutely beautiful. It really honors the prayers being said and the Queen of Heaven to whom we ask intercession.
Thank you again.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:39 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (hOUT3
Egg zactly.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:39 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM (Y+l9t)
~~~~~
Stayed in a youth hostel the first night there and woke up covered in bed bug bites.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:39 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
I need to buy you a drink next MoMe. . . LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:39 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:39 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (coYBh)
Kids today are looking at each other while talking on the phone!
Why would you want Video of your phone conservation?
Anyone who says "face time" needs to go fuck themselves silly.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (2u35I)
We have many Cambodians here. They work all the time. Success! Very nice people.
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (qpolg)
I've been told that pitch black suits me best.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: SMOD at December 30, 2021 08:41 PM (X5CsJ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 08:41 PM (4fSQf)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (coYBh)
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In a blizzard, she was lost.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:42 PM (llXky)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at December 30, 2021 08:42 PM (Dc2NZ)
The remnants of the old POTS network are still going around here. When I was a kid in the '70s, the lines ran for miles back to the CO in town(s).
Now, the "last mile" is really no more than 2 miles. The copper pairs are interfaced to fiber at various cabinet units. There's a name for those that escape me.
They are trying to phase that out, but still they are required by law to hook up to anyone who wants it. There's not too much money to made maintaining the lines. They will be gone before too long, I'm sure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:42 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (ZLI7S)
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A face for radio, eh?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (llXky)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (fLri9)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:37 PM (2u35I)
I dislike the lack of tactile feedback on everything. And no, the buzzword haptic doesn't fix this. Vibrations might have there use elsewhere but they are not a replacement for texture, keys, bumps, etc...
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (mPyRa)
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (qpolg)
I grew up with the "boat people." I went to Jr High with a bunch of late-teens SE Asians. They'd been through hell, had little English and often no education and they worked their asses off and did great for themselves, their families and the community.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (CMSbs)
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I've been told that pitch black suits me best.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:40 PM (ZLI7S)
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See now, I was talking about the "ladies."
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:43 PM (0TVNF)
Yup, and good Americans helped them as they could because that is what we do and that is who we are...
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:44 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: dartist at December 30, 2021 08:44 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:38 PM (BJKQV)
It's kind of an open secret that the Rodney King rioters marched on Koreatown because the Koreans started with nothing and were making it. Didn't fit the narrative, so they gots to go!
Posted by: CppThis at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (u+Y3T)
every direction I turn, it's eggshells
which should be as satisfying as popping bubble wrap bubbles
but is instead strangely disquieting
like the burst eggs of that mama rock critter in Star Trek.
Posted by: mindful webworker - walken on thin ice at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (WyNbh)
Posted by: Walter Freeman
If we can hack them to ring with the sound from Our Man Flint's presidential phone, we'd make a Billion.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:42 PM (Mzdiz)
Varies by state, in VA they told me forget it, you have no choice, we are shutting down the copper, and admittedly, copper is a stone cold bitch to maintain!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 08:46 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: mindful webworker - walken on thin ice at December 30, 2021 08:45 PM (WyNbh)
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The Horta.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 08:46 PM (llXky)
It's not Christmas without some sort of horrendous deadly inferno.
It's usually some dope on Christmas who lights his house on fire via Christmas lights or space heater and kills his whole family.
But this year it's Colorado and "wind" and "power lines."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:46 PM (2u35I)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Gonna say it again. Think we might be related. Roots in the Leeville TN area.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * operating in the shade at December 30, 2021 08:46 PM (RWNwc)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
There are several acupressure points on the feet that are good for stimulating and healing the liver.
I gotta say, I'm pretty good.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (U2p+3)
https://tinyurl.com/Beautiful-Goodbye
Posted by: Sharkman at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (Fzpfa)
Thank you for the prayers for Mrs IMG. Her surgery went well and the Doc was very upbeat in his outbrief.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (8C7+r)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: CppThis
This how we got rooftop Koreans. And I'm ok with that.
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 08:48 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:48 PM (0TVNF)
Thank you for the prayers for Mrs IMG. Her surgery went well and the Doc was very upbeat in his outbrief.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (8C7+r)
That's great IMG.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:48 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Yes they do. Even better though: Tillamook Ice Cream has a Chocolate Malted ice cream that tastes *exactly* like Whoppers.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at December 30, 2021 08:48 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 08:48 PM (coYBh)
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With party lines!
Posted by: dartist
Yeah, who remembers those?
My Dad got a hold of a rotary wall phone (back in the 1960's ) and installed it in the basement, but disconnected the ringer. His theory was that The Phone Company (TPC, see The President's Analyst) could tell if you had a phone attached to the line by the current draw from the ringer.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: banana Dream
So our version 1.0 sexbots may not sell well.
Posted by: Apple at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: free tibet at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM (CL76w)
I liked Madden, always did....
You want dusty rooms watch him speak on the then recently deceased Don Coryell....
https://youtu.be/GIeG4s4D6g4
It was a better game then, ran by better men.
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM (Lzpvj)
I haven't been following it that closely after the first night but from what I read earlier today it sounds like that was the worst of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 08:44 PM (Lzpvj)
Yeah. One of the first things that made me realize that the Left are full of **it. All those hippies that cared so much about the Vietnamese during the war just kind of disappeared during the refugee crisis and the Commie-led slaughters in Vietnam & Cambodia.
It was American churches and non-profits that worked hard to get people to America and to help them achieve the American Dream.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 08:50 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:50 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
And if you tell a post-millennial it's a phone, they'll think you've quacked up.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2021 08:50 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 30, 2021 08:47 PM (8C7+r)
Great news!
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 30, 2021 08:51 PM (T42To)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at December 30, 2021 08:51 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 08:51 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:51 PM (ZMraq)
Another Festivus Miracle!
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2021 08:52 PM (6pcCr)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 08:51 PM (ZMraq)
I remember that. Eye patch!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 30, 2021 08:52 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 08:53 PM (II3Gr)
The beginning of the end of the telephone was "NYNEX."
We had New England Telephone. Then they merged.
Bell Telephone was, what?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at December 30, 2021 08:53 PM (2u35I)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 08:53 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:54 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: free tibet
The USPS has been authorized to seize any suspected packages that contain Ivermectin that is shipped from overseas. In case you didn't know that.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 08:55 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Ben Had at December 30, 2021 08:55 PM (CMSbs)
Posted by: Skip at December 30, 2021 08:55 PM (2JoB8)
Here's a video from 1954 by Ma Bell explaining how to use the new-fangled dial phones. This was when they were about to phase out the old "number please?" systems for good.
However, some very small such exchanges survived until as late as 1990.
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=PuYPOC-gCGA
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 08:56 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 08:57 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2021 08:36 PM
Omdat het pannenkoeken waren, was ahornsiroop toegestaan.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 30, 2021 08:57 PM (a3Q+t)
Michelle was the one who found Bandit all those years ago - I take a small measure of comfort knowing that she will be on the other side, waiting to greet her there.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 08:58 PM (g3B3J)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 08:57 PM (0jZnq)
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You dated Naomi Campbell?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes at December 30, 2021 08:59 PM (Dc2NZ)
I hope all goes well.
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 09:00 PM (mNhhD)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at December 30, 2021 09:00 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 09:00 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Bete at December 30, 2021 09:00 PM (Ojki1)
It was American churches and non-profits that worked hard to get people to America and to help them achieve the American Dream.
Posted by: 29Victor
Joan Baez, one of those "lefties" was very sympathetic to the boat people and campaigned to help them.
Jane Fonda, another one of those "lefties" harshly criticized her for helping people escape the new communist paradise of Viet Nam.
Jane is a stone-cold bitch, and I really hope she dies an unpleasant death.
Joan Baez and her group visited N. Viet Nam during the war and talked to American POW's while there, and then were willingly debriefed by the US military and told them everything they learned about the men they met.
The US military was grateful for the information and cooperation.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 09:01 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2021 09:01 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 09:01 PM (4thlk)
Hmm...there might have been a human with him, too. I don't remember now...
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (8548M)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (N86eO)
Posted by: JuJuBee at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (mNhhD)
That was something. Thanks.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (8548M)
Posted by: Toni at December 30, 2021 09:02 PM (PgM6e)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas
I hope that Our Father can comfort you in this loss and the loss of Michelle. I know a little bit about the heartbreak of losing a child (mine are fine, but my sister lost her son last summer).
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (tjZg/)
Posted by: Mookie at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (u+Y3T)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (3cGpq)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 09:01 PM (tjZg/)
I almost mentioned Joan. Yes. She was the only famous lib that I know of who actually meant what she said about the Vietnamese. God bless her.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (BJKQV)
It's strange in life how sometimes insight into past events and the solice that provides still doesn't turn out to be as helpful as something as simple as a really high quality lubricant.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (mPyRa)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 08:58 PM (g3B3J)
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I'm very sorry, Teresa.
Posted by: IrishEi at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (0TVNF)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 09:03 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:04 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 08:55 PM (tjZg/)
Tell them to label it as fentanyl, and postmark it in china.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 09:04 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 09:04 PM (u82oZ)
Teresa, prayers up for you, your family, and Bandit!
FWIW, I do believe there must be a Rainbow Bridge, because without one the universe is way too harsh!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:04 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at December 30, 2021 09:01 PM (/UQ/R)
this sucks. Stay safe, dear lady. And I mean that in a non-Karen way. The video is terrifying. We've been to Superior a lot. Just awful.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 09:04 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:05 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 08:57 PM (0jZnq)
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-1 to hit, +3 damage, stun on an 18+.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 30, 2021 09:05 PM (llXky)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:05 PM (0jZnq)
You sure do likes 'em crazy. Yikes!
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:06 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:06 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at December 30, 2021 09:06 PM (5HBd1)
Have a bug out plan. We went through that two weeks ago. Lots of county wide devastation to the west of us.
But you have abundant fire service and people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 30, 2021 09:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
Amazing how they can't stop/delay Fentanyl isn't it?
This IVR stuff must be damn effective, amirite?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (mD/uy)
So very sorry. Had to do that a few months ago.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (Xrfse)
Stay warm.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (axyOa)
Michelle was the one who found Bandit all those years ago - I take a small measure of comfort knowing that she will be on the other side, waiting to greet her there.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 08:58 PM (g3B3J)
Condolences, Teresa.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (P3gRi)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (mD/uy)
Is NOT for mere peasants, comrade!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:08 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:08 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at December 30, 2021 09:08 PM (g3B3J)
Peace to your pup.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 09:09 PM (U2p+3)
Prayers would be much appreciated.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:09 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:10 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:11 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2021 09:11 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:10 PM (0jZnq)
Roger that. It's the ones that can mask it longer term who are super dangerous IMHO.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:12 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 09:12 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (axyOa)
Yeah. Those are the folks I grew up with. The Nguyen section of my HS yearbook is about two pages long
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:12 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 09:07 PM (U2p+3)
Always Winter but never Christmas.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:13 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:11 PM (kMPrp)
Of course. Prayers for Robin.
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:13 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:13 PM (0jZnq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 30, 2021 09:13 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 09:13 PM (U1eOr)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2021 09:14 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: JROD at December 30, 2021 09:15 PM (0jZnq)
>>Hmm...there might have been a human with him, too. I don't remember now...
Par for the course.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 09:15 PM (ZLI7S)
Military Intelligence- Being wrong about the Arden Forest being Impenetrable.
Three different times.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:15 PM (F4kQO)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:09 PM (kMPrp)
{{{SMH}}}
Prayers up for Robin, her family, and all who know her!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (hOUT3)
TFW,
Do the right thing by Bandit. If it's her time, sit with her through the end. And our condolences.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at December 30, 2021 08:49 PM
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Yep my dad did the same thing. Back in the AT&T monopoly days you had to pay a monthly fee for every active phone. We had several "illicit" phones not acquired through AT&T, so Dad turned off the ringers so they couldn't be detected.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (G/mW5)
Thank you.
If/when I get annoying with my evangelism, it's only because I want to be in Heaven with y'all. Swearsies.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:17 PM (kMPrp)
Three different times.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:15 PM (F4kQO)
I recently rewatched "The Lost Battalion", took place in the Ardennes. One of the best WW1 films, I believe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 30, 2021 09:18 PM (evAgx)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:18 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Infidel at December 30, 2021 09:18 PM (qpolg)
Posted by: sven
Thanks for that link, Sven. You're right.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 30, 2021 09:18 PM (Fzpfa)
Finally found the actual make and model for the old "spacesaver" telephone. It's a Northern Electric model 211. These were made from the mid '30s until as late as 1960, I see.
It requires a "subset" to operate.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:19 PM (Mzdiz)
Only comfort was knowing my buddy would be in heaven waiting on me to show up.
Shit still hurts like hell. 14 years with that cat. Every day.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:20 PM (4fSQf)
I tell you, don't mess with the phone cops, man!
Posted by: Dr. Johnny Fever at December 30, 2021 09:20 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:12 PM
I was in recruiting for the army in the 80's and the Burien office was.one of mine. Started seeing those kids coming thru then. Great scores.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2021 09:21 PM (axyOa)
That sort of thing will never get old, and it's exactly what people need to hear. I know I needed to.
Posted by: 496 at December 30, 2021 09:21 PM (U1eOr)
We are expecting snow tomorrow morning. Sounds like a good one from the Pacific.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at December 30, 2021 09:21 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy.
From your lips to God's ears. Glad you're my friend.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 09:21 PM (Y+l9t)
First time I ever knew what the term 'wail' really meant.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:22 PM (F4kQO)
Posted by: Diogenes
___
You would have loved me.
GT score of 120 and ASVAB score of 72 in 2987 (74 ASVAB, GT score of 124 in 2001).
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (G/mW5)
Seriously, the nearest central office monitored the current draw on the circuit, and every active ringer added to the current for your line, and thus added to your bill.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:22 PM (F4kQO
I felt embarrassed being a man crying like that but it hurt too much. I was so choked up at times holding it back I couldn't even speak to the vet tech. She was kind and patient with me. Imagine they see it too often.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: SMH
And we love you for it!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (kMPrp)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:24 PM (nxdel)
Progs yammer about lethal injection being cruel and unusual punishment. I've sat through the last act with more of our guys than I care to count. None showed anything but peaceful acceptance and went off quietly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SMH
*will attempt to walk through the Heavenly Turnstile very quickly right behind SMH*
Posted by: Miklos, having seen in done terrestrially at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (nxdel)
Anyone here ever get a Microsoft certification? I'm taking tests for two of them for Azure tomorrow. Never done any before, so not quite sure what to expect (I've done a bunch of studying and practice tests, though).
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2021 09:26 PM (CAJOC)
Well, heck, if you're going to be there then it's worth the trip.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 30, 2021 09:27 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Miklos, having seen in done terrestrially at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (QzkSJ
We got a tailgater!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:27 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:22 PM (F4kQO)
A true "wail" comes up from a part of your entire being/soul that you did not know existed!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:27 PM (hOUT3)
Unauthorized equipment connected to the phone company's line was a big no-no indeed. That would get the phone cops after you, and as Johnny Fever noted, they didn't need no stinkeen badges.
Extensions were luxuries only those with more money that sense would have, according to my father when I asked why we couldn't have one. Only one phone in this house, dammit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:27 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 30, 2021 09:28 PM (3cGpq)
Posted by: Miklos, having seen in done terrestrially at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (QzkSJ)
There's gonna be quite a crowd trying to sneak in...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:29 PM (hOUT3)
Only comfort was knowing my buddy would be in heaven waiting on me to show up.
Shit still hurts like hell. 14 years with that cat. Every day.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:20 PM (4fSQf)
My buddy was a wooly Maine Coon cat, his name was Mickel. Just like a dog slept right next to me every night for a year when I had cancer. I'd wake up and there he'd be purring and watching my face. Since Mrs. E was still working he was my most constant companion. He went to sleep on my lap sitting in the very chair, at about age 13. Now we have Madison and she sleeps next to me every night. GOD works in mysterious ways.
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2021 09:29 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (G/mW5)
That reminds me of my Mom, In the late 80's I tried to call her and couldn't get through, called my sister and she said Mom's phone died. I went and bought one and brought it over for her. She thought I was doing something illegal, I had to explain to her that the phone company doesn't care about the phone anymore. It took a while to convince her she wasn't an outlaw.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 30, 2021 09:29 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Miklos, having seen in done terrestrially at December 30, 2021 09:25 PM (QzkSJ
Had a guy do that to me at a toll booth. I was mad and impressed at the same time. He then did the same thing to another car at the next toll booth.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:30 PM (F4kQO)
Until Jesus returns, disease and sickness will be a thing.
What's important is where you spend Eternity, not how long you have in this sinful world.
If people spent as much time and effort in where they will spend Eternity as they do their retirement, there would be a lot less sin in the world.
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:30 PM (kMPrp)
And I'm remembering. Back then, the local phone exchange was an independent sort of red-headed stepchild thing that served Simpsonville. They had a few linemen.
One was notorious for accidentally listening in on active phone conversations for gossip, which he'd pass on to the girls at the office. No joke.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:30 PM (Mzdiz)
Yep my dad did the same thing. Back in the AT&T monopoly days you had to pay a monthly fee for every active phone. We had several "illicit" phones not acquired through AT&T, so Dad turned off the ringers so they couldn't be detected.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 30, 2021 09:16 PM (G/mW5)
It was a BIG DEAL about 50 years ago when The Bell System/Western Electric went to the 4-wire quick disconnect modular wall and phone plugs. Before then, an installer from the local Bell Company came out to your place with the phone you ordered from your local Bell Company and spliced its wires to the wall cable's wires. The Bell System was perhaps the best example ever of a vertical organization corporation and its products.
I cannot recall if Bell/Western Electric voluntarily went to modular plugs or were forced to by court orders out of FedGov monopoly litigation.
Posted by: Gref at December 30, 2021 09:31 PM (AMIL/)
Love, Sharon
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 30, 2021 09:32 PM (Y+l9t)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2021 09:26 PM (CAJOC)
Yo! I got an MCSA back in 2000-ish. IIRC the practice tests do a pretty good job of replicating the real tests. The questions can be tricky, but they're not trying to trick you - just trying to find out if you really know the subject. If you do know the subject you should not have any problem at all - just be careful to read the questions thoroughly, it's the details that can catch you. God bless you on these tests.
So does this mean that I can come to you with all of my Azure questions?
Oh, and have you used Microsoft's Virtual Labs? Those can be really helpful getting guided hands-on experience.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:32 PM (BJKQV)
Queensland now has 3,118 cases covid up from yesterday's 2,222 and now one person in ICU, up from none yesterday.
Posted by: Braenyard, at December 30, 2021 09:32 PM (jg5Rp)
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2021 09:29 PM (0OP+5)
Brother E, they are "dumb" animals only in that they cannot speak words to us!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:33 PM (hOUT3)
oops - I just remembered the correct term. It's vertical integration, not vertical organization.
Posted by: Gref at December 30, 2021 09:33 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
Old Papa was a Presbyterian deacon of the Old School. Them and the Baptists will keep out the Unitarian Universalist riff-raff (and a number of "presbyterians and so-called Reverends")
Posted by: Miklos, having no doubt at December 30, 2021 09:33 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2021 09:29 PM (0OP+5
Yeah, I always told myself it's a gift from God, however much time we get to spend with them. Ya humans though, we think we got all the time in the world.
My boy was perfectly fine one day and had a bad stroke the next. He has a brother who's still with me. Same litter. When he leaves me, I think I'll get two more. But after I take a really long trip somewhere like Japan.
Never could travel like that.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:34 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:27 PM (Mzdiz)
Many fathers with teenage daughters relented, and got them that bedroom princess phone, because they wanted to be able to use their own phone from time to time.
The dial on the princess phone was really clever, technically. They made it smaller by having that little finger-catching hook by the "O" move.
Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2021 09:34 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Gref
The story I posted above was about how that documentary is new and Madden sat down with his entire extended family on Christmas and watched it with them. Next day was his 62nd wedding anniversary and the day after that he died.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 30, 2021 09:34 PM (Fzpfa)
You just have to do three things.
Admit.
Believe.
Confess.
http://christward.net/what-gospel/abc-salvation
Posted by: SMH at the wonder of His mercy at December 30, 2021 09:35 PM (kMPrp)
A true "wail" comes up from a part of your entire being/soul that you did not know existed!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft!
This is true. I'm so very sorry for those who have experienced it. It's not easily forgotten.
Posted by: Moki at December 30, 2021 09:35 PM (JrN/x)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:35 PM (nxdel)
They invented modular plugs in 1975 to cut down on maintenance costs. Turns out their biggest headache was people breaking the cords. Modular plugs made it easy to replace the cord without tools.
Divestiture was something like 1982 or 83.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at December 30, 2021 09:35 PM (SchxB)
Now it has no purpose. But while I have unloaded tons of stuff I don't use, because I don't like owning things I don't use, somehow I can't bear to part with it.
The only way it could be better is if it had "Western Electric Property - Not For Sale" stamped on the bottom, as so many did.
Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2021 09:36 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:37 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:33 PM (hOUT3)
IDK. My cocker spaniel just spent two minutes barking at a snowman.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:37 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 30, 2021 09:37 PM (coYBh)
That was not the Princess, but the Trimline. The early models had an incandescent dial light, which required way more power than the line could supply. A transformer was required to operate the light.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:38 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius
Some of the boy kids with talkative little sisters made a neighborhood telephone system with stuff we had or found and cheap wire from Radio Shack. Never figured out a switchboard, so it was a Party Line for the girls.
Then again, even Edison was defeated by the switchboard. Took a Hungarian named Tivadar Puskas.
Posted by: Miklos, 12 year old engineering and project manager at December 30, 2021 09:38 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2021 09:39 PM (PQ4Fz)
Extensions were luxuries only those with more money that sense would have, according to my father when I asked why we couldn't have one. Only one phone in this house, dammit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December
Dad was a manger at a baby Bell and we had seven extension and two lines. We got all the cool stuff years before it was available for most. We had a punch card phone that used hard plastic cards. They were about the size of a credit card and you punch out a hole for each number. There was a grid numbering system on the card.
You would insert the card in the top of the phone and it dialed the number. This worked great until, someone who will remain nameless, just punched out random numbers and called Tokyo. Phone was gone shortly after the bill arrived.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 30, 2021 09:39 PM (j7VPE)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:38 PM (Mzdiz)
Ah, right. The Princess had the dial on the base. The Trimline had it in the handset. IIRC. It's been a long time.
Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2021 09:40 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:37 PM (BJKQV
Dog knows a misplaced carrot when it sees one.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:41 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:37 PM (BJKQV)
He is trying to tell you "Do not underestimate the potential for evil that resides in snowmen!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:41 PM (hOUT3)
Oh, and have you used Microsoft's Virtual Labs? Those can be really helpful getting guided hands-on experience.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:32 PM (BJKQV)
----------------------------
Absolutely! Can't guarantee I can answer them, but always happy to share what I know.
I haven't used the Virtual Labs before. I'll give them a try if things don't go as well tomorrow as I hope. I've learned quite a bit from studying, but I'm also much more of a hands-on learner.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (nxdel)
I worked for AT&T for a few years post divesture when they were trying to build a computer organization. It was like being in a communist country after the government fell and they tried to implement capitalism, the old timers had no idea what competition was all about.
But boy howdy did they know how to spend money on themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (ZLI7S)
No problem, Coryell was beloved by a lot of west coast coaches.
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (nxdel
I haven't seen them anywhere. Not exactly a market for them anymore.
You can still get digital phones. My dad has one. He hates cell phones.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:43 PM (4fSQf)
The Princess also had a lighted dial, early models requiring the plug-in transformer as well. Later models used LEDs that could easily be powered by the line.
The Trimline was the one with the small dial in the handset with the movable stop.
If anyone is interested in this, you can get restored versions of these from many places.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:43 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2021 09:43 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:43 PM (F4kQO)
Posted by: Splunge at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (PQ4Fz)
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (rDgjh)
Posted by: JackStraw
And all you got was a lousy boat.
Damn.
Posted by: Miklos, former consulationer of Corporatings at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (4fSQf)
There is a big nostalgia type market for them now. I'm one of the customers. Many outfits restore and sell the old phones.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:44 PM (Mzdiz)
You would insert the card in the top of the phone and it dialed the number. This worked great until, someone who will remain nameless, just punched out random numbers and called Tokyo. Phone was gone shortly after the bill arrived.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 30, 2021 09:39 PM (j7VPE)
Long Distance calls back in the day were monthly budget-destroyers for a lot of talkative people. Nighttime and Weekend Rates were your friends but the minutes were still not free nor unlimited for a single-fee per month.
Posted by: Gref at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (AMIL/)
Do they even sell regular phones anymore?
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB
__________
There are people who still rent them. The phone company isn't about to tell them the alternative.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (/U27+)
Np, I think it was the depression and the war....
we have been too prosperous for too long so we are in a position where retards have to create imaginary dragons to slay...
I feel old.
Posted by: sven at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (r0ADi)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2021 09:42 PM (CAJOC)
Well, if you need them they're right here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/my-virtual-labs
They're self-paced and (best of all) free.
Posted by: 29Victor at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (BJKQV)
Please feel free. And to me, that individual is Cardinal Bergoglio (sp?) or AntiPope Francis ... I'm not Catholic, but I do take an interest, and since Pope Benedict's resignation wasn't according to canon law, he's still the real Pope.
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (JJatH)
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (rDgjh)
Posted by: Bell System ad at December 30, 2021 09:46 PM (JPtHE)
The Trimline was the one with the small dial in the handset with the movable stop.
If anyone is interested in this, you can get restored versions of these from many places.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
With My Little Pony and Harry Potter collectibles?
Posted by: Miklos, jus' axin' at December 30, 2021 09:46 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 09:46 PM (/U27+)
I can still remember our home phone numbers from when I was a kid.
__________
Windsor 3-0434
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2021 09:46 PM (/U27+
Lol. Switchboards.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:47 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:43 PM (F4kQO)
Same here. Weird, isn't it?
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. at December 30, 2021 09:47 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: davidt at December 30, 2021 09:47 PM (RF+3N)
Long Distance calls back in the day were monthly budget-destroyers for a lot of talkative people. Nighttime and Weekend Rates were your friends but the minutes were still not free nor unlimited for a single-fee per month.
Posted by: Gref at December 30, 2021 09:45 PM (AMIL/)
And if you lived overseas, calls home were a once a quarter thing. We did stuff like write letters on those "Avion" papers with the plane on them to make sure the local post office put them in the overseas bin. Six weeks between sending and receiving, if you were lucky.
I don't really miss those days, to be honest.
Posted by: Moki at December 30, 2021 09:48 PM (JrN/x)
Got the MCDBA many moons ago. It wasn't easy but I'm sure you'll do just fine.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2021 09:48 PM (Xrfse)
Making it for you was my pleasure, and I greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank YOU, gracious lady!
Posted by: Ann Wilson, aka Empire 1 at December 30, 2021 09:48 PM (JJatH)
My parents have had the same phone number for over 50 years. When I finally switched them over to Spectrum voice, I transferred the number.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:49 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Moki at December 30, 2021 09:48 PM (JrN/x)
I remember asking the hotel operator to set up a long distance call back to the states so I could talk to my wife. She said "Stand by, I'll call you when I can get a line!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 09:51 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
They fired me.
"retired" but fired.
After 63 years, if you can believe that
But got a Senior Position with the NSA
Posted by: Bob from NSA's Mom, formerly of Hooterville Phone Company at December 30, 2021 09:51 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Ciampino at December 30, 2021 09:51 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Eromero at December 30, 2021 09:51 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: easily confused Miklos, who could dial BR-549 at December 30, 2021 09:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 30, 2021 09:53 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative
when? Mine came through fine.
Posted by: free tibet at December 30, 2021 09:53 PM (CL76w)
My parents have had the same phone number for over 50 years. When I finally switched them over to Spectrum voice, I transferred the number.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:49 PM (Mzdiz)
-------------------------------------
My mom still has the same number that we had growing up. Up until about 4 months ago, she still lived in the same house that I grew up in (almost 50 years).
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2021 09:53 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:54 PM (F4kQO)
While "Sarah" of Hooterville and Andy Griffith fame was a humorous exaggeration, it was based on some truth.
The phone company preferred an old maid, living with her folks in town to be the small exchange operator. They were the most reliable. Ma and Pa could keep Sarah up and fed and allow her to be on-call just about all the time.
Nature would call, and Sarah would have to sleep of course, but Sarah could be there all the time. If there was an emergency, they'd just ring long and loud and wake Sarah up.
Sometime Sarah's mother would have to try work the switchboard, with hilarious results.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at December 30, 2021 09:55 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2021 09:55 PM (ZMraq)
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 30, 2021 09:55 PM (nxdel)
We were lucky that we got 2 shipments in October and November, then found out the pharmacy we ordered from (in Canada) has been shut down, and shipments are being confiscated.
Posted by: Toni at December 30, 2021 09:59 PM (PgM6e)
Posted by: Just a side note at December 30, 2021 09:54 PM (F4kQO)
Jenny broke my heart, more than once!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Lie back and think of the sweet graft! ~ at December 30, 2021 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
MS Certified Engineer
Novell Certified Engineer
Lotus Certified something or other
Apple Service and Support
Compaq/Dell/HP Certified
All totally worthless in getting more $$ out of my employer(s).
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 30, 2021 10:01 PM (BFigT)
I blushed. I'm such a doofus.
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Brunette: I gave my boyfriend Head 'N Shoulders.
Blonde: [..... thinks ... then ....] How do you give shoulders?
Posted by: Ciampino at December 30, 2021 10:27 PM (qfLjt)
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Does that mean no one does DSL any longer? That was via a regular landline.
Posted by: Ciampino at December 30, 2021 11:03 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Lynne at December 30, 2021 11:28 PM (xCOLA)
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Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)