Saturday Overnight Open Thread (12/10/22)

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The Saturday Night Joke

Sam was sitting behind A woman, Deborah who was riding the bus while trying to breastfeed her baby. The baby, however, did not seem to be interested. After several tries, Deborah is quite angry. "Drink the milk or I'll give it all to the man sitting at the back!" she says.

The baby is still playing around. A few minutes later she tries again, "drink the milk or I'll really give it all to the man at the back, and you'll go hungry!" The baby continues rejecting her. She tries again, very angry this time, "I'm definitely going to give it all to the man at the back if you don't behave!"

This goes on a few more times. Suddenly she hears Max’s voice from the back of the bus - "Lady will you please make up your mind? I was supposed to get off 5 stops ago." (H/T Isophorone Blog)

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I think most of us have been on a bad date or two over the years. This one will be remembered for some time.

Man arrested during dinner date in Seattle on suspicion of child molestation, sexual exploitation

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Well that certainly didn't work out as planned.

EXCLUSIVE: Mum's dream wedding becomes 'worst day of her life' after 150 half-naked ravers turn up
Natalie Rhodes paid thousands to have her dream wedding abroad, but she was in for a shock as on the day she found the venue had been double booked with a 'rave'
A fuming woman has told how her wedding became 'the worst day of her life' after the venue was swarmed with ' ravers '.
Natalie Rhodes, 40, splashed out almost £6,000 to have her dream wedding abroad in Malta, hiring a wedding planner make sure they had the day of their dreams.
Perfect Weddings Abroad promised Natalie's big day, on August 26, was in good hands but as it finally rolled around the bride-to-be, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, was in for a shock.

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Just another problem in California. But you can help!

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Those who follow The ONT know I am not much of a soccer fan. The following story proves that soccer really isn't more than back ground noise. Thousands watched 'live games from Qatar' not realising they were FIFA 23 replays

Forty thousand French footy fans were fooled into thinking they were watching a bootleg stream of a World Cup match – but it was really low-resolution video game footage.
Despite enticing headlines promising live games being streamed direct from Qatar, fans hoping for World Cup action were instead treated to highly-pixelated game replays from EA Sports’ FIFA 23.

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Don't tell your significant other to "Calm down". Do this instead.

How to Calm Someone Down
We’ve all likely encountered someone who’s acting angry or hysterical.
A customer flips his lid at you because he didn’t get his order exactly how he wanted it.
A co-worker goes berserk because someone failed to fill up the coffee pot.
A friend is freaking out because she lost her job.
These kinds of situations can feel fraught and catch us flat-footed.
Because the person is making you and others uncomfortable, may escalate their emotional outburst into something legitimately dangerous, or is someone you simply care about and want to help, you’d like to be able to calm them down.
But how do you do that?

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Thee Old Field Sobriety Test.

No word if our failed field tester had one of these.

Our 15 Most Popular Cocktail Recipes of 2022
Come for the frozen drinks, stay for the cocktails that went viral on social media.
If you've so much as glanced at a cocktail menu in 2022, you likely encountered miniature cocktails, low-ABV spirits hitting center stage, and Martini madness. But when we weren't heading out to restaurants and bars to have someone make us a perfectly crafted drink (the post-pandemic shine hasn't worn off, and likely never will), we were whipping up drinks inspired by those trends at home, from a dirty pasta water Martini, to a party-ready Spaghett. And then, of course, there were the drinks made viral by the Internet, like the Negroni Sbagliato and the Dirty Shirley. Whether you're feeling a little nostalgic for the year past, or want to give something new a try, read on for our 15 most-read cocktail recipes of 2022.
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Frozen Salted Espresso Martinis

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She will be looking for a new Baby Sitting job now.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV/Gray News) - A manager at an Olive Garden restaurant in Kansas was fired after a harsh message was sent to employees about taking time off.
A representative with the chain confirmed the Overland Park restaurant manager’s firing to KCTV on Tuesday.
“We are no longer taking ANY excuse for calling off,” the manager’s message read in part. “If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If it’s a ‘family emergency,’ too bad. Go work somewhere else.”
The message also said anyone who calls in more than once in the 30 days since it was sent out will no longer work at the restaurant.

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Shot Glass Emporium

Is Stephen Kruiser right, wrong or somewhere inbetween?

It is very important that I get this out of the way at the beginning of this column: I despise all secular Christmas music. You will have wasted time and energy that you'll want at the end of your life if you try to change my mind, even if it's only about one song. Here is a Twitter exchange I had after I mentioned that I'd be writing this:

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How the Grinch ~~stole Christmas~~ became a Genius Award Winner.

DECEMBER 8--A holiday party fracas involving a man dressed as the Grinch and a coworker wearing a reindeer costume required the intervention of Michigan cops who arrested the Seuss wannabe for assault and battery, according to police reports.
Officers were summoned late Saturday night to a Traverse City hotel, where a “work Christmas party started an altercation in the bar area.” The men involved in the fight are employed by a local oil and gas equipment company.
Before cops arrived, the dispute spilled out of the bar and into the main lobby of the Hotel Indigo. Employee Keri Stock told police she saw “the man in the green Grinch outfit” fighting and “yelling back and forth” with a man wearing a plaid jacket.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 09:45 PM

Comments

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1 LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 09:47 PM (o0Fxd)

2 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:48 PM (qoGsy)

3 rd

Posted by: Zettai at December 10, 2022 09:49 PM (hP2FM)

4 Evening.

Posted by: Robert - Metallica, 72 Seasons, out 4/14 at December 10, 2022 09:49 PM (1Yy3c)

5 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeface?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:50 PM (qoGsy)

6 Stopped to read the content.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 09:51 PM (W+kMI)

7 California drivers are still being assholes? Good to see that the action movies of my youth were correct.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 09:52 PM (W+kMI)

8 Before cops arrived, the dispute spilled out of the bar and into the main lobby of the Hotel Indigo. Employee Keri Stock told police she saw “the man in the green Grinch outfit” fighting and “yelling back and forth” with a man wearing a plaid jacket.

You just know the part of the police report read:

"He's a mean one, Mr. Grinch."

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:53 PM (qoGsy)

9 Are you allowed to post the Saturday Night Thread early? I'll write that down.

Posted by: Pastor Charles the Simple at December 10, 2022 09:54 PM (moMmw)

10 I know the manager of that Olive Garden overdid it. But I'm inclined to be sympathetic, given the slow service I get at every sort of restaurant up and down the quality level because they are perpetually short-staffed.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 09:54 PM (W+kMI)

11 “We are no longer taking ANY excuse for calling off,” the manager’s message read in part. “If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If it’s a ‘family emergency,’ too bad. Go work somewhere else.”

The message also said anyone who calls in more than once in the 30 days since it was sent out will no longer work at the restaurant.

The boss called and said, where were you for your last shift, we had three servers out sick and you never called in?
I am so sorry, boss, I was becoming a father.
Oh, wow, that's unexpected, I didn't know. Boy or girl?

I will let you know in 9 months.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (xhaym)

12 I'm freezing my buns off waiting for a Christmas parade to start. Grandkids are singing from the back of a truck. I doubt they'll even see us. With my luck they'll be the last entry in the parade.

Bah Humbug.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (fbExV)

13 9 Are you allowed to post the Saturday Night Thread early? I'll write that down.
Posted by: Pastor Charles the Simple at December 10, 2022 09:54 PM (moMmw)

Yes.
Be my guest.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (aA3+G)

14 I'm finishing off a quart of Evan Williams, what the hell do I know?

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (0OP+5)

15 Oh - and a minor FWP win tonight:

Reset the garage door opener buttons in the cars for the new house. It took me all day and a dozen tries because -

I. Am. A. moron.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (qoGsy)

16 Coney McConeface?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:50 PM (qoGsy)

Gavin the Butt-Plug

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 09:56 PM (xhaym)

17 Randy lay there like a slug! It was his only defense!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 09:56 PM (4I/2K)

18 Lovely night in New Mexico. The luminaires are out in force and the Las Cruces plaza makes a case that all this white Christmas stuff is optional. The Village of Mesilla*, which is still mostly adobe buildings, is just lovely. On Christmas
Day evening both plazas fill up with people because we can. It is all quite lovely.

*Billy the Kid was put on trial here.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 09:57 PM (c1mVn)

19 almost 20 already

Posted by: Theodore at December 10, 2022 09:57 PM (pGonq)

20 Can someone come and do my dishes they're piling up.

Posted by: Robert - Metallica, 72 Seasons, out 4/14 at December 10, 2022 09:57 PM (1Yy3c)

21 15 Oh - and a minor FWP win tonight:

Reset the garage door opener buttons in the cars for the new house. It took me all day and a dozen tries because -

I. Am. A. moron.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:55 PM (qoGsy)

Oh c'mon, there's more to it than that.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 09:57 PM (aA3+G)

22 Buy Scotch in the future.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 09:58 PM (xhaym)

23 Oh - and a minor FWP win tonight:

Reset the garage door opener buttons in the cars for the new house. It took me all day and a dozen tries because -

I. Am. A. moron.
Posted by: Tonypete

This made me feel good. I will let you guess why.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 09:58 PM (c1mVn)

24 EXCLUSIVE: Mum's dream wedding becomes 'worst day of her life' after 150 half-naked ravers turn up
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The worst day, or the BEST day?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 10, 2022 09:58 PM (Dc2NZ)

25 "Six Rules for Calming Someone Down"

I didn't see, "Lighten up Francis."

Posted by: lowandslow at December 10, 2022 09:59 PM (76Foq)

26 "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
e. e. cummings

Which is why I come here!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 09:59 PM (hOUT3)

27 15 Oh - and a minor FWP win tonight:

Reset the garage door opener buttons in the cars for the new house. It took me all day and a dozen tries because -

I. Am. A. moron.
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My father is a man with considerable expertise in successfully twiddling with machinery 'cause he was a farm boy back in the day. Even he has taken multiple hours to adjust a garage door opener system. Something about that type of device resists all easy fixes.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 09:59 PM (W+kMI)

28 Before cops arrived, the dispute spilled out of the bar and into the main lobby of the Hotel Indigo. Employee Keri Stock told police she saw “the man in the green Grinch outfit” fighting and “yelling back and forth” with a man wearing a plaid jacket.

Herb Tarlek is still kicking ass!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 10:00 PM (4I/2K)

29 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeFace.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:00 PM (sAmhv)

30 24 EXCLUSIVE: Mum's dream wedding becomes 'worst day of her life' after 150 half-naked ravers turn up
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The worst day, or the BEST day?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at December 10, 2022 09:58 PM (Dc2NZ)

Probably the worst, I believe her loved ones call her "Karen" by the looks of it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:00 PM (aA3+G)

31 Good evening morons and thanks for the laff mh

It rained here most of the day and Boy F. and I got drenched.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 10, 2022 10:01 PM (EZebt)

32 10 I know the manager of that Olive Garden overdid it. But I'm inclined to be sympathetic, given the slow service I get at every sort of restaurant up and down the quality level because they are perpetually short-staffed.

ADDENDUM: I should note that this in no ways refers to Waffle House and any of the 3 area Mexican restaurants I choose to patronize. They all get the food in front of me fairly fast, correct every time, and hot.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:02 PM (W+kMI)

33 Waffle House, where the drunks go to proclaim their sobriety.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:03 PM (0OP+5)

34 28 Before cops arrived, the dispute spilled out of the bar and into the main lobby of the Hotel Indigo. Employee Keri Stock told police she saw “the man in the green Grinch outfit” fighting and “yelling back and forth” with a man wearing a plaid jacket.

Herb Tarlek is still kicking ass!
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I would totally have believed it if you told me that news report was a lost WKRP episode.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:03 PM (W+kMI)

35 My musician find of the week (well, Spotify force fed it to me) is Dave Hole. He is based in Western Australia and crushes the slide blues guitar. His whole catalog is flat out great. An excellent starting point is Short Fuse Blues - 1992. I am thinking I need to Perth to hear him.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:04 PM (c1mVn)

36 If this parade waiting could get any worse, somebody is playing Mariah Carey Christmas music behind us.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 10, 2022 10:04 PM (fbExV)

37 I LOLed at the joke

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 10, 2022 10:05 PM (Kd4bG)

38 Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:04 PM (c1mVn)

Thanks for the blues tip. I'll check it out.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:05 PM (aA3+G)

39 exdem13

Name a societal "elite" that creates as much happiness as a Waffle House cook. Those people are amazing. Saw it in Corsicana.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:05 PM (u82oZ)

40 33 Waffle House, where the drunks go to proclaim their sobriety.
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Where I am it's where the seniors and families on a budget go to hang out, except for Friday night when the kids get out of the Monroe or Lakota West game.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:05 PM (W+kMI)

41 Rifftracks: "Did you hear that? I thought I drowned that cat."

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 10, 2022 10:05 PM (ybIRR)

42 I always loved the way luminaries look with the adobe walls - it all goes together so well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:06 PM (q3gwH)

43 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum!

Great joke up top!

So... saying "calm your tits" is not the best way to defuse an angry situation, eh? Who knew? (wink)

Posted by: Legally Sufficient & Ungovernable at December 10, 2022 10:07 PM (hPMYc)

44 Good joke, Misanthropic Humanitarian.

And on dating, when I used to do it back in the day, there were differences between the zeppelin Hindenburg and me on a date.

There were survivors on the Hindenburg.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:08 PM (u82oZ)

45 5 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeface?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:50 PM

29 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeFace.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:00 PM

Gotta be fast around here!!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (qoGsy)

46 36 If this parade waiting could get any worse, somebody is playing Mariah Carey Christmas music behind us.
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If I hear her "All I Want for Christmas" one more time.... Man, you are in pageant hell right now! I'd like to be more sympathetic, but my little grade-school Lutheran butt was put into pageants so many times I get anxiety attacks if I hear certain carols played on an organ.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (W+kMI)

47 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (U2p+3)

48 Why the fuck do they even build screensavers into operating systems anymore? Who uses CRT screens?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (tkR6S)

49 Hi Nurse! I missed your hello the other night.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (fbExV)

50 39 exdem13

Name a societal "elite" that creates as much happiness as a Waffle House cook. Those people are amazing. Saw it in Corsicana.
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That's no lie, NaCly, the cooks that survive their training period bring good cheer all the time.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (W+kMI)

51 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Good for the both of you! May you have a wonderful time together.

And buy the Marine a Guinness from me and I will pay you back in Corsicana!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (hOUT3)

52 Nurse!
Happy Christmas early!!

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (BbSpR)

53 I remember a Woody Allen line - " oh yeah our date was great. It reminded of the Nuremberg trials."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:11 PM (q3gwH)

54 That lady really knows how to seduce the menfolk

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 10, 2022 10:12 PM (dReA3)

55 Happy Saturday night, All.

Bought the Christmas tree today. Tomorrow we put it up and decorate it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 10, 2022 10:12 PM (atmen)

56 exdem13

For an unknown reason, a student plays "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Every school day. She likes it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

57 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (U2p+3)

Tell Marine the Horde says, "Semper fi!"

Posted by: Robert - Metallica, 72 Seasons, out 4/14 at December 10, 2022 10:12 PM (1Yy3c)

58 47 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
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Merry Christmas!

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:13 PM (W+kMI)

59 I remember the flying toasters screensaver.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:13 PM (q3gwH)

60 Finally, a break, we can break for home as soon as the grandkids go by.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (fbExV)

61 No! It wasn't a quart of Evan Williams. It was 1.75 L. What does that mean in dog years?

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (0OP+5)

62 45 5 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeface?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:50 PM

29 That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeFace.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:00 PM

Gotta be fast around here!!
Posted by: Tonypete

I'm as fast as an '81 Chrysler K Car. 0-60 in 25 minutes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

63 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:08 PM (u82oZ)

Don't sell yourself short sir.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (aA3+G)

64 *snoopy dance*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (U2p+3)

65 All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread)

I'm sure you would handle that Rave situation with aplomb. Think of the new friends after that party.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (u82oZ)

66 My father is a man with considerable expertise in successfully twiddling with machinery 'cause he was a farm boy back in the day. Even he has taken multiple hours to adjust a garage door opener system. Something about that type of device resists all easy fixes.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 09:59 PM (W+kMI)
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Sadly true. My garage door opener has a loose wire in it or or something...Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (BpYfr)

67 #59 So do I!

Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel "Baby it's Cold Outside".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-4aOi3AzQ

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (oi8wL)

68 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Woohoo!!! So happy for you!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (pkAcY)

69 Had a tropical fish screensaver on the old Mac.

Every now and then... a flying toaster went through the scene. LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (o0Fxd)

70 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (U2p+3)
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Congratulations, Nurse! Sweet homecoming!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient & Ungovernable at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (hPMYc)

71 Almost went postal today.

I was at a big box store, there was actually more than one cashier open, I got on one line that had two people in front of me with not very much stuff, so I thought it would go quick.

Wrong, major issues, with price check because apparently the idiots in front of me picked up the four things in the entire f**king store that didn't have price tags on them.

Gave up on that line, moved to another line with relatively few people and few items, different problems arose as apparently this line had shoppers who regarded the whole putting your stuff on the conveyor belt, letting the cashier scan them then paying for them as a bewildering and confusing impossibility of dark wizardry.

Bailed on that line, saw a line with about 5 people but they looked to be shopping for the entire Spanish Armada.

Resigned and defeated, I went to the self checkout corral, where surprisingly all of the machines worked and was able to quickly do my business and depart.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:16 PM (up/3i)

72 59 I remember the flying toasters screensaver.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:13 PM
I confess I watched the flying toasters for more than a few minutes.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:16 PM (0OP+5)

73 I am doing an update to freshly-installed Linux Mint on my desktop, so I'm stuck with the laptop for the moment.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 10:16 PM (tkR6S)

74 56 exdem13

For an unknown reason, a student plays "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Every school day. She likes it.
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Tha's a fun cute song, which is prob'ly why she does it. It's not a favorite of mine, but it's nothing to Scrooge about. I do remember one year in high school when Men's Chorus (myself included) got scolded for singing "Grandma Got run Over by a Reindeer" in school. (It was still new and shocking good fun back then.)

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:17 PM (W+kMI)

75 nurse!

Great news for a great mom.

You!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 10, 2022 10:17 PM (i+mOk)

76 Worst date I ever went on the woman just complained about her ex the whole time.

Can't imagine someone on a date getting arrested.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:17 PM (lc5cP)

77 Tom Servo

After Dark! What a fun program.

Also why I don't respect some modern art. If a small computer program can do it, you have no talent. Piet Mondrian, looking at you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

78 My favorite restaurant to hate on is Buffalo Wild Wings. They are uniformly filthy with a staff that makes it clear they give exactly zero fucks about anything, especially the customers and microwaved food that shouldn't be allowed anywhere near anybody that needs just one more thing to push them over the edge and commit suicide.

So that is exactly where I am headed in a few minutes because it is the only place within 100 miles around that has UFC 282 for free. We are not allowed to have nice things in New Mexico aka Improved Mexico, it's a 2.5 world country. I so love this place in spite of itself.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:17 PM (c1mVn)

79 The prestige of the Olive Garden will get you employee parking at the food mall.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 10, 2022 10:18 PM (geVLo)

80 64 *snoopy dance*
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Hit it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zypc_LhnM

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:19 PM (W+kMI)

81 61 No! It wasn't a quart of Evan Williams. It was 1.75 L. What does that mean in dog years?
Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:14 PM (0OP+5)

It means that soon, you will not be able to tell dog years from human years.

Howdy Eromero!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 10, 2022 10:19 PM (i+mOk)

82 . I so love this place in spite of itself.
Posted by: Lost In Space

I understand. Really.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:19 PM (U2p+3)

83 @78]

>>My favorite restaurant to hate on is Buffalo Wild Wings.

I used to love buffalo wild wings, the one near me was awesome, and then f***king Arby's bought them.

F**king Arby's, WHAT??

Changed the menu, changed the atmosphere, service quality declined.

Sad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (up/3i)

84 72 59 I remember the flying toasters screensaver.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:13 PM
I confess I watched the flying toasters for more than a few minutes.
Posted by: Eromero

I can guarantee you can find a YTube video of it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (sAmhv)

85 Merry Christmas, Nurse! Happy for you!

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (o0Fxd)

86 JQ

I used that screen saver as part of a big research pitch to the Chemistry Department.

I had a new chemical I could make that would take mercury out of seawater, with a self-reporting indicator to say when the mercury was complexed. Good times.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (u82oZ)

87 Resigned and defeated, I went to the self checkout corral, where surprisingly all of the machines worked and was able to quickly do my business and depart.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Checking out a Walmart is a daily horror. It is even worse than the produce which goes to rot by the time you get home.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (c1mVn)

88 >>>Is Stephen Kruiser right, wrong or somewhere inbetween?

>>>Baby its Cold Outside - Dean Martin

A counterpoint? It's definitely a winter song but is it a Christmas song?

Close enough! Kruiser can eat (frozen) dirt.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 10, 2022 10:20 PM (gv7Yb)

89 @76

>>Worst date I ever went on the woman just complained about her ex the whole time.

You still banged here though, right?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (up/3i)

90 Resigned and defeated, I went to the self checkout corral, where surprisingly all of the machines worked and was able to quickly do my business and depart.

My usual problem is a Karen that has brought her own bags, has 3 different ways to pay including a check she hasn't started, 5 coupons of what 2 are expired, and wants to argue that she was overcharged by 2 bucks on her hundred dollar order. All while mumbling through her mask to the Guatemalan born cashier that barely speaks English to begin with. And when the Indian born manager, who does speak English, comes over with a mask below his nose well...then the fun REALLY starts.

We truly are living in the future aren't we?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (lc5cP)

91 I can guarantee you can find a YTube video of it.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Eight hours worth Baby!!

https://youtu.be/OVsK20z_GvA

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (qoGsy)

92 nurse ratched

May his path be smooth, and the reunion joyous.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (u82oZ)

93 One time at Lockheed decades ago I had to take an online training about how not to, "allow a fellow employee to force you to the roof of the building and threaten to throw you off to your death". It was exactly that specific.

One helpful pointer they provided was to offer the crazy murderous employee food. Like I have meatloaf just ready to go in my file cabinet. Hey Chad before we go up to the roof for my certain doom could we stop by the vending machines? Maybe try out this season's Twinkie or HoHo selection? I'm buyin'...

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:22 PM (2oHWb)

94 Favorite restaurant to hate on?

Taco Bell. Lousy service, lousy food, and filthy. Don't know how this one stays in business, frankly

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 10:22 PM (o0Fxd)

95
Checking out a Walmart is a daily horror. It is even worse than the produce which goes to rot by the time you get home.

I swear there is a timer on strawberries. They can look perfect when you buy them in the store, and when you go to eat them the next day the SECOND one will have a big splotch of mold on it...leaving me to wonder if the first did as well and I didn't see it...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:22 PM (lc5cP)

96 My favorite restaurant to hate on is Buffalo Wild Wings.

In Texas they tell you right-away that they hate you and don't want your business by hanging large, obnoxious 30.06 and 30.07 signs at the entryway.

(Texans will know what this means)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2022 10:22 PM (3hSHB)

97 Taco Bell. Lousy service, lousy food, and filthy. Don't know how this one stays in business, frankly

Just understand that the "food" exercises your immune system and makes you stronger.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2022 10:24 PM (3hSHB)

98 >> Resigned and defeated, I went to the self checkout corral, where surprisingly all of the machines worked and was able to quickly do my business and depart.

We truly are living in the future aren't we?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (lc5cP)

When self check outs became available I refused to use them. My reasoning is the check out labor is built into the cost of the product. However, after being stuck in many of the aforementioned scenarios I now use them if I don't have many items.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:24 PM (aA3+G)

99 16 Coney McConeface?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 09:50 PM (qoGsy)

Gavin the Butt-Plug

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 09:56 PM (xhaym)

++++

lol You should be a winner. But, I predict not.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 10, 2022 10:24 PM (gv7Yb)

100 So that gets ass and grass out of the way.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:25 PM (2oHWb)

101 @94

>>Taco Bell. Lousy service, lousy food, and filthy. Don't know how this one stays in business, frankly

The food is inexpensive and relatively healthy for fast food.

Also Dot Indians love themselves some Taco Bell because Taco Bell is essentially a vegetarian restaurant that happens to also sell meat with their meals.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:25 PM (up/3i)

102 I had a new chemical I could make that would take mercury out of seawater, with a self-reporting indicator to say when the mercury was complexed. Good times.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You mean, the toaster flying through all those fish, meant that the mercury was all gone then?

/

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 10:25 PM (o0Fxd)

103 I've been tracking the "anarchist" "instance" on Mastodon, since many of the worst Portland Antifa accounts have been kicked off of Twitter.

Unlike Twitter, there is no centralized moderation - that's up to the instance. Anyone can set up an instance, and you can determine the rules for joining your instance (to be on Mastodon, your account has to be associated with a specific instance). You can also decide whether to ban interacting with other instances or not.

Well, the anarchist instance got into it with a much smaller tranny instance, with predictably hilarious results.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 10:26 PM (KCOCK)

104 Dworkin Barimen

The woman in the joke has ... skills.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:26 PM (u82oZ)

105 Has Coney McConeface been take yet?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 10, 2022 10:26 PM (1DgE4)

106 The food is inexpensive and relatively healthy for fast food.

Huh? Not anymore.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 10:27 PM (Xrfse)

107 Well, the anarchist instance got into it with a much smaller tranny instance, with predictably hilarious results.

I can only quote excerpts from the anarchist instance moderators, because they go on and on and on...

A short summary/explanation of events:

1) A user on Kolektiva (Person A) made a post criticizing the admin/moderator of Eighpoints.app (Person B).

2) In her post, Person A claimed that Person B had attempted to silence her for speaking out about abuse carried out by a third individual (Person C) linked to another account. All three individuals involved are trans women.

3) Person B and several other users on Eightpoints.app submitted reports to Kolektiva.social’s moderators, calling on us to delete the post in question and suspend Person A’s account. They cited their own moderation rules, and linked to an overview of the Jewish principle Lashon Hara (included here: https://cohost.org/shel/post/29079-lashon-hara-direct). Several of these reports also claimed that Person A’s allegation of abuse was untrue, and had been manufactured by users on Kiwi Farms to target trans women.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 10:28 PM (KCOCK)

108 You mean, the toaster flying through all those fish, meant that the mercury was all gone then?

/
Posted by: JQ

Sure sounds like a NaCly trademark!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:28 PM (hOUT3)

109 JQ

That would be cool, but no. My powerpoint slides had the tropical fish background, but the indicator part relied on a frequency change of a strong peak in the IR part of the spectra.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:29 PM (u82oZ)

110 In her post, Person A claimed that Person B had attempted to silence her for speaking out about abuse carried out by a third individual (Person C) linked to another account. All three individuals involved are trans women.

M->F trannies seem to end up incorporating the worst parts of both men and women...which I guess makes sense?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:29 PM (lc5cP)

111 @106

>>Huh? Not anymore.

Near me, you can get three crunchy tacos and a large drink for less than 7 bucks, that's better than pretty much any of the fast food chains except White Castle and even their prices have gotten crazy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:30 PM (up/3i)

112 Damn. Now I want some real tacos.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 10:30 PM (Xrfse)

113 Of course it was already taken.

:/

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 10, 2022 10:30 PM (1DgE4)

114 All the Buffalo Wild Wings I've been to have been uniformly bad food and service wise. It was the only place around to play trivia though.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:30 PM (2oHWb)

115 Went to the pub last night that has the best tacos Las Cruces. The man next to me struck up a conversation with me. The short version went like this: Hi, I am native American and I fucking hate white people. And then it got personal. I got my tacos to go pronto. It is a miracle I he didn't attack me with a chair or something more deadly.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:30 PM (c1mVn)

116 We truly are living in the future aren't we?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:21 PM (lc5cP)

++++

Not yet. It's going to get worse.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 10, 2022 10:31 PM (gv7Yb)

117 Outside of these reports, no communication was ever received directly by the Kolektiva.social team from moderators or admins of Eightpoint.app. Instead, the conflict soon devolved into a series of public accusations, drawing in more parties and outside observers.

The trannys then tried to get other leftist instances to ban the anarchist instance:

We hope that those instances who have decided to defederate from Kolektiva.social consider reversing their decision, or following up with us if they have any outstanding questions or concerns. We are not seeking to further escalate this matter, but are willing to engage with people who think that we have misrepresented events, or left something out.

SPLITTERS!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 10:31 PM (KCOCK)

118 Sorry, I would still eat at Taco Bell if I could. I love fast food, but it doesn’t love my body.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 10, 2022 10:32 PM (atmen)

119 M->F trannies seem to end up incorporating the worst parts of both men and women...which I guess makes sense?

Accept that I am a woman, or I'll beat the crap out of you!

Posted by: Trannies! at December 10, 2022 10:32 PM (KCOCK)

120 Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again!

As if. It was a fraught presentation.

The real story is the Department wanted a black female from Southeast DC, rather than me, a veteran of the Cold War. Even two years later there was resentment. I was merit over skin color. I claimed to be American Indian to make their diversity numbers look better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:32 PM (u82oZ)

121 71
'Resigned and defeated, I went to the self checkout corral,'

I go straight to self-checkout anymore. It eliminates most of my frustration similar to yours.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:32 PM (roH4R)

122 Mentally ill men wearing dresses, wigs and makeup are not women.

There's no such thing as "transgender."

It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:33 PM (U2p+3)

123 Wild Wing Cafe is a bit better food wise.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:33 PM (2oHWb)

124 Dancing drunk is fine guys, just keep the arms and hands below ear level.

And never mess with an oilfield worker in a Grinch costume.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 10:34 PM (AmoqO)

125 111 @106

>>Huh? Not anymore.

Near me, you can get three crunchy tacos and a large drink for less than 7 bucks, that's better than pretty much any of the fast food chains except White Castle and even their prices have gotten crazy.
=======
Same goes for the Taco Bell only a few miles away from me & CPT Charles. They are the most popular fast food joint on the local strip, even for Wendy's, and they stay open later than all the others.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:34 PM (W+kMI)

126 So... saying "calm your tits" is not the best way to defuse an angry situation, eh? Who knew? (wink)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient & Ungovernable at December 10, 2022 10:07 PM (hPMYc)

I don't even have to read that one. You offer a Midol and a nap to the to the upset person. That always works.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 10, 2022 10:35 PM (cupoy)

127 It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Not if the Democrat/socialist/fascists/liberals can keep it alive!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:35 PM (hOUT3)

128 Well, just looked outside and it's snowing again.
25 degrees and also a chance of freezing rain and freezing fog.
Glad I don't need to travel the next couple of days.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 10, 2022 10:36 PM (BbSpR)

129 Mentally ill men wearing dresses, wigs and makeup are not women.

There's no such thing as "transgender."

One of the problems that Leftists have identified with Mastodon is the lack of centralized moderation - because, after all, it's not enough to have Correct Thought on your instance - you have to be able to ban Bad Thought on all the other instances.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 10:36 PM (KCOCK)

130 Wild Wing Cafe is a bit better food wise. Posted by: banana Dream

We had one in Las Cruces until they got fed up the governor and her totalitarian covid edicts, shutdowns, and lockdowns. On the way out they make it clear why.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:36 PM (c1mVn)

131 >>> It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:33 PM (U2p+3)

If I had a nickel for every time I've used those exact words about one of our societies teaming zoo of perversions and craziness over the past 29+ years.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:36 PM (2oHWb)

132 It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ah yes, the Liz Warren ploy!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:36 PM (hOUT3)

133 Accept that I am a woman, or I'll beat the crap out of you!
Posted by: Trannies!
---
Calm your tits!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 10:37 PM (pkAcY)

134 Marine just got on a plane for home! Whoopie!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:09 PM (U2p+3)
* * * *
Congratulations, Nurse! Sweet homecoming!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient & Ungovernable at December 10, 2022 10:15 PM (hPMYc)
___

Yay!

Now you two can celebrate Navy's win together!

Oh, wait...

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 10:37 PM (LvUcv)

135 Zoey Dechanel can make a person's mitral and atrial valves get out of sync.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:37 PM (0OP+5)

136 114
'It is a miracle I he didn't attack me with a chair or something more deadly.'

A tomahawk maybe?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:38 PM (roH4R)

137 Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again!

The way for the male transgendered to change their tune is to have real women chastise them with the pointy heels of high heeled shoes. And not just one. Mob attack if they are in your locker room. It would be Justice.

I will root for those creepy biological men to have injuries.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

138 136
Shit. I meant 115.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:38 PM (roH4R)

139 83 @78]
>>My favorite restaurant to hate on is Buffalo Wild Wings.
I used to love buffalo wild wings, the one near me was awesome, and then f***king Arby's bought them.
F**king Arby's, WHAT??
Changed the menu, changed the atmosphere, service quality declined.
=========
Same thing has gradually happened to Wendy's after Arby's bought them. Food quality went down, combos largely lost their value, and now they apparently can't get lettuce anywhere in Ohio.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (W+kMI)

140 @135

>>Zoey Dechanel

The amazing thing about her is that when she pulls her bangs back she looks like an entirely different person, to the point she can go out and nobody knows who she is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (up/3i)

141 SMH!

What a game! Oh well. Those kids all played hard and in the end would actually die for each other. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (U2p+3)

142 Oh, wait...
Posted by: SMH

{{{SMH}}}
I did not realize that you had such a mean streak!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (hOUT3)

143 Zoey Dechanel can make a person's mitral and atrial valves get out of sync. Posted by: Eromero

Get back to me with what color the walls are at your local emergency room.

https://youtu.be/fkg4W-k3eUA

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:40 PM (c1mVn)

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

Army played well today. They earned that victory.

The AF has the C-inC award, and that strikes me as wrong for some reason. (Although I know a senior at the AF academy. He is a very good football player.)

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:40 PM (u82oZ)

145 The best food deals around me are at big chain gas stations like Parkers. They have a little fastfood place inside where they fry chicken. You can get chicken tenders fries and a drink for about $5. And your purchases get you money off your gas purchases. Perhaps not the highest quality food. I wouldn't base your diet around it. But you'll see a lot of day laborers and construction guys going there.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:41 PM (2oHWb)

146 126
'I don't even have to read that one. You offer a Midol and a nap to the to the upset person. That always works.'

Don't forget to let them know they're over reacting too.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:41 PM (roH4R)

147
Yay!

Now you two can celebrate Navy's win together!

Oh, wait...
Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 10:37 PM
I watched part of that game but missed the end. So yay!
Eromero
EOC (SCW/AW) USN Ret.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:41 PM (0OP+5)

148 Mentally ill men wearing dresses, wigs and makeup are not women.

What if they add prosthetics?

And what happened to all of this "sex and gender are just a social constructs"? And far more many women don't wear dresses than do. So if some dude wants to dress like a chick he would just put on jeans and a top.

I don't get the 1950s housewife LARPing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 10, 2022 10:41 PM (3hSHB)

149 135 Oooooh, Zooey Deschanel…mmmmmm.

And Emily wasn’t bad either, back in the day.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 10, 2022 10:41 PM (atmen)

150 @139

>>Same thing has gradually happened to Wendy's

The only thing I eat at the Wendy's is the Taco Salad.

The one thing that I've really noticed is the salsa that comes with it is now preloaded with about two tablespoons of pure acid.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:42 PM (up/3i)

151 >>> Same thing has gradually happened to Wendy's after Arby's bought them. Food quality went down, combos largely lost their value, and now they apparently can't get lettuce anywhere in Ohio.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (W+kMI)

Wendy's ran out of lettuce down here in GA too. Damnit Putin!

Posted by: banana Dream at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (2oHWb)

152
There's no such thing as "transgender."
It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Just like "same sex marriage"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (63Dwl)

153 Hey, SMH, are you watching the dancing worms in the scrotum thing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (atmen)

154 Okay, tonight's joke was funny enough to read it to my mom. 2 thumbs up.

Though Sam and Max ought to be the same character imho.

In honor of Sam -- Steppenwolf Don't Step On The Grass Sam

https://youtu.be/7Q6sUP4NHVs

Evening, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (JOtiF)

155 Here's the question I'll ask Kruiser; do you go to church, do you read scripture regularly, do you believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior, have you been baptized?

If no to any other those then piss up a rope cause no one cares whether you listen to religious Christmas music or whatever. You do you.

If yes then why are you judging when the Lord says leave the judging up to Him?

That's my take anyway.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (+ldAm)

156 Army played well today. They earned that victory.
----------------

I've got the game recorded but haven't watched it. I look forward to hearing the announcers and coaches using required pronouns when talking about the players.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (1e1u+)

157 exdem13

Wendy's has no lettuce in Kansas, either. Log chain issues.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:44 PM (u82oZ)

158

Also Dot Indians love themselves some Taco Bell because Taco Bell is essentially a vegetarian restaurant that happens to also sell meat with their meals.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:25 PM (up/3i)

Dot Indian? What kind of Indian is that?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 10, 2022 10:44 PM (oi8wL)

159 I don't get the 1950s housewife LARPing.

One would think it would be the women most angry about what feminism has done...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 10:45 PM (lc5cP)

160 The best food deals around me are at big chain gas stations like Parkers. They have a little fastfood place inside where they fry chicken. You can get chicken tenders fries and a drink for about $5. And your purchases get you money off your gas purchases. Perhaps not the highest quality food. I wouldn't base your diet around it. But you'll see a lot of day laborers and construction guys going there.
Posted by: banana Dream

Believe it or not, I've been in a few WaWas where the offerings were much better than I expected. Not familiar with Parkers but, out in the hinterlands where I am, many of the Mom and Pop gas stations have a small grill in the back. The specials are usually pretty good and very inexpensive.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:45 PM (qoGsy)

161 A rather sobering 3 part series of talks between Michael Vlahos and Col. Douglas MacGregor about the conflict in Ukraine, foreign and domestic policy, American military capability and where things are going.

It's in three 30 minute plus segments, but I found it very well historically informed and not just bloviation from opinion writers.

Perhaps worth a look.

https://tinyurl.com/3ezwuu6v

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 10:45 PM (LI2tq)

162 115 Went to the pub last night that has the best tacos Las Cruces. The man next to me struck up a conversation with me. The short version went like this: Hi, I am native American and I fucking hate white people. And then it got personal. I got my tacos to go pronto. It is a miracle I he didn't attack me with a chair or something more deadly.
Posted by: Lost In Space

Scrooge, Comanche version.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

163 re: secular music

There's a Pitch Meeting episode about guys trying to come up with Christmas songs, and how one of them is working out Frosty the Snowman. It really is a terrifying song when you think about it.

youtube.com/watch?v=HKzXXEsLSO0

The very last joke is the best one, though.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:46 PM (1e1u+)

164 So, one bunch of ring knockers beat another bunch of ring knockers.

Big effen’ deal. You may as well watch soccer.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 10, 2022 10:46 PM (atmen)

165 Darn, I was hoping "Free Gas" would be a Classical Gas mystery click.

Or maybe the Maestro's "Titties and Beer."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at December 10, 2022 10:46 PM (5pTK/)

166 158

From India the country

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:46 PM (roH4R)

167 Same thing has gradually happened to Wendy's after Arby's bought them. Food quality went down, combos largely lost their value, and now they apparently can't get lettuce anywhere in Ohio.
Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 10:39 PM (W+kMI)

Lettuce last Sunday was $2.99/head.
Too expensive to add lettuce.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:47 PM (aA3+G)

168 Best deal at Taco Bell is on their $2 menu.

The Chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito. I eat a lot and two of them is almost enough. ( so I get 3😀

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 10:48 PM (E1m1K)

169 Dot Indian? What kind of Indian is that?
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 10, 2022 10:44 PM (oi8wL)

Not the casino type.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:48 PM (aA3+G)

170 Lettuce last Sunday was $2.99/head.
Too expensive to add lettuce.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

A head of cauliflower today in middle TN - $7.99.

yeah, no.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:48 PM (qoGsy)

171 Dot Indian? What kind of Indian is that?
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 10, 2022 10:44 PM (oi8wL)
-----------

Actually from India.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at December 10, 2022 10:48 PM (5pTK/)

172 168 Best deal at Taco Bell is on their $2 menu.

The Chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito. I eat a lot and two of them is almost enough. ( so I get 3😀
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 10:48 PM (E1m1K)

Starving artist my ass.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (aA3+G)

173 >>> Has Coney McConeface been take yet?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 10, 2022 10:26 PM (1DgE4)

Yes, I was first.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (2oHWb)

174 Sam? Max?

Who wrote this joke, Brian Bendis?

Posted by: Weak Geek remembers when BB's comics were entertaining at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (Om/di)

175 Why is Sam mentioned in the beginning of the joke? Max delivers the punchline.

Posted by: GWB at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (xwOj+)

176 Dot Indian? What kind of Indian is that?

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 10, 2022 10:44 PM (oi8wL)

++++

From India. Mostly Hindus. Many wear a dot in the center of their forehead.

vs Feather Indians.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (gv7Yb)

177 Jeepers, we've not had a fast food thread in a really long time! Go figure.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (U2p+3)

178 Lettuce last Sunday was $2.99/head.
Too expensive to add lettuce.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

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Remember how we had to allow 50M illegals here or else lettuce would cost 11 cents more per head?

Funny how that worked out, isn't it?

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (1e1u+)

179 >>> Has Coney McConeface been take yet?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80. at December 10, 2022 10:26 PM (1DgE4)

Yes, I was first.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (2oHWb)

Nu uh girlfriend.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (2oHWb)

180 Shameless plug. Era Snow is a 20ish sing/songwriter her in Las Cruces and I think she has some real talent. Her first album on Spotify, Troubled Bones, is quite lovely.
What is remarkable is she can pull off these arrangements all by herself when playing live. She is something of a looping genius - it is pretty incredible and it is utterly musical. The trick is she plays barefoot and somehow does all the looping magic with her toes. I dubbed her, one day, Era Snow and the Piggies. She was mildly not amused.

Here is a video of her from 2018 when she still had braces. In case you were wondering she matured into being quite the looker.

And no, I am not related to her.

https://youtu.be/wZYp_hrgy1E

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (c1mVn)

181 159
'One would think it would be the women most angry about what feminism has done...'

That would involve critical analysis and the courage to challenge mainstream leftism.
They've been told what to think...and they think it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (roH4R)

182 @158

>>Dot Indian? What kind of Indian is that?

You know Dot Indian, eats vegetables, smells of curry and produces ridiculously hot women when they are young, versus a scalping, wampum, tee pee Indians that can't hold their liqueur but seem to have overcome and dealt with the whole colonization deal and doesn't seem to hate whitey that much.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (up/3i)

183 Hey, SMH, are you watching the dancing worms in the scrotum thing?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
___

lol, no.

Didn't watch the Army/Navy game either, but glad that those that did had a good time.

Just couldn't resist, nurse.
But so happy you get to spend Christmas with your kids.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (LvUcv)

184 Actually from India.
Posted by: blake

"Hullo. My name is Steeeeeve."

No it isn't Raj or Parth or Vihaan. Give me a break.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (qoGsy)

185 Wife and I are both under the weather. We really didn't want to cook so, hit the local In N Out and ate in the car with our pooches.

Oh, and today is the 1 year anniversary of our escape from CA.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at December 10, 2022 10:51 PM (5pTK/)

186 "I may be crazy but I'm a dancin' fool" ~Zappa of course...
Good evening all!
Hiya MisHum!
Many Merry days to all ❤

So much coincidence. I made a batch of Buffalo wings earlier for a bit of a snack. Way better than fast food....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 10, 2022 10:51 PM (xOQpB)

187 I've got the game recorded but haven't watched it. I look forward to hearing the announcers and coaches using required pronouns when talking about the players.
Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:43 PM (1e1u+)
__

Big reason why we don't watch TV.

Huge, even.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (LvUcv)

188 Oooooh, Zooey Deschanel…mmmmmm.

She reminds me a lot of Pam Dawber in the 70's

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (xhaym)

189 If people wouldn't make grocery shopping a family event, we would all get finished with enough time for the family to do something.

Posted by: Weak Geek was socked in at Sam's today at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (Om/di)

190 *waves to Hrothgar and Salty*

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (LvUcv)

191 Army played well today. They earned that victory.

Defense and special teams, for sure. In the overall scheme of things, total yards gained were Navy 284, Army 153. In any event, a great game.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (Xrfse)

192 So if some dude wants to dress like a chick he would just put on jeans and a top.
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That's a really great point. The vast majority of the time if you want to dress like a girl you just dress like a guy.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (1e1u+)

193 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Hope you and your man are loving life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:52 PM (u82oZ)

194 No it isn't Raj or Parth or Vihaan. Give me a break.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (qoGsy)

I once told a "Kevin" that my name was Kumar, and he cussed me out in what I suspect was Hindi.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 10:54 PM (xhaym)

195 Weak Geek was socked in at Sam's today

My wife just did her first order on line and have it delivered to the car. She liked the convenience.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 10:54 PM (u82oZ)

196 Starving artist my ass.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 10, 2022 10:49 PM (aA3+G)

Hah. Life is short. You have to live a little .

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 10:55 PM (E1m1K)

197 Yeah, during the coof hysteria the drive thru places were booming but the suppliers couldn't keep up.

The local McDs was out of cheeseburgers, so was Checkers. At regular restaurants, you had to ask first if items on the menu were actually available.

This happens when gubmint pays people to NOT work.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2022 10:55 PM (JOtiF)

198 This happens when gubmint pays people to NOT work.

...and scares the crap out of them with a false narrative.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 10:57 PM (Xrfse)

199 The Taco Bells I'll visit are all three, clean, well managed, staffed and efficient. Not a top end delight in terms of TexMex fare, but I can still get two crispy tacos, made the way I want 'em, for under $5.

And when your workday is so busy that you've barely got time to snarfle those down before getting back on the road, then that's -$5 well spent.

Conversely, a good sit down Tex Mex deal is gonna cost more, take more time, and be far more enjoyable. Oh, and is best accompanied by a Negra Modelo, no salt, no lime, frosted mug, if you please?

ONT Greetings, Horde. Cheers!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 10:58 PM (e6UQI)

200 Well, we hit the rack unwounded, sound of mind and body, and justifiably tired. Put a checkmark in the plus column.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 10:58 PM (0OP+5)

201 Yeah, during the coof hysteria...

--------------------------

Speaking of, apparently a hugely popular 49 year old soccer journalist died of his injections. Just your normal everyday 49 year old collapsing and immediately dying. Nothing weird, happens every day.

"Prominent American journalist Grant Wahl has died in Qatar after collapsing while covering the World Cup..."

https://tinyurl.com/2fsph5ue

His wife is part of Biden's booster-mania push, too. Serves in an official capacity in the administration IIRC.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 10:59 PM (1e1u+)

202 I once told a "Kevin" that my name was Kumar, and he cussed me out in what I suspect was Hindi.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 10:54 PM (xha

I asked one guy if he knew my friend Ravi Ramaswammi. ( well I thought it was funny in a country of over a billion people) . I don't think he got it.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 10:59 PM (E1m1K)

203 This happens when gubmint pays people to NOT work.

...and scares the crap out of them with a false narrative.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

And allows millions of never-will-work illegal aliens to cross "our" border to get the payout.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:59 PM (hOUT3)

204 I am pulling for Croatia vs Morocco in the World Cup finals because it will annoy France and Argentina.

In other news, the English could have beat France today but they somehow managed to boot two penalty kicks into space. Even better, the French goalie broke to the wrong side of the goal each time, the English blew two gimme goals. It was pretty excellent fun.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 11:00 PM (c1mVn)

205 I'm usually OK at most stuff, and websites and YouTube videos are a godsend for DIYers.

Computer stuff still sucks though. Trying to get a computer and printer to work over a wifi connection, shit like that.

"Hexadecimal C.187 at register Q-977B rev. C is Not Found."

Oh. Well allrighty then.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 10, 2022 11:00 PM (/UMsK)

206 Natalie Rhodes paid thousands to have her dream wedding abroad, but she was in for a shock as on the day she found the venue had been double booked with a 'rave'.

Of all the weddings I've bartended, how come I've never lucked into a fun scenario like this!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 11:00 PM (LI2tq)

207 Well, we hit the rack unwounded, sound of mind and body, and justifiably tired. Put a checkmark in the plus column.
Posted by: Eromero

So, another day in the successful completion column!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:00 PM (hOUT3)

208 203 This happens when gubmint pays people to NOT work.

...and scares the crap out of them with a false narrative.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

And allows millions of never-will-work illegal aliens to cross "our" border to get the payout.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 10:59 PM
Tell it all, Brother!

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 11:00 PM (0OP+5)

209 {{NaCly}}

Guy's b-day in a couple of days. Givin' him a 2023 U.S. atlas - don't tell him...it replaces a duct-taped together version from 2010. Totally romantic, no? 😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 10, 2022 11:01 PM (xOQpB)

210 https://youtu.be/TjG3caq2Erw

'night

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 10, 2022 11:01 PM (sAmhv)

211 Well, just a short visit.

Thanks again, Mis. Hum, for another job well done.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at December 10, 2022 11:02 PM (5pTK/)

212 Never been to Taco Bell. Wouldn't know what to order.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 11:03 PM (AmoqO)

213 204 I am pulling for Croatia vs Morocco in the World Cup finals because it will annoy France and Argentina.

I'd say the French are already pretty annoyed since every time Morocco wins, all the camel jockeys they've imported riot in the streets and set things on fire.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 11:03 PM (LI2tq)

214 Yes MisHum, another valiant effort to keep us on an even keel if not entirely sober.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 11:04 PM (0OP+5)

215 Posted by: Puddleglum

Thanks!

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

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:05 PM (hOUT3)

216 I am pulling for Croatia vs Morocco in the World Cup finals because it will annoy France and Argentina.---

If I ever moved from the United States, which I never will, Croatia is on the short list .

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:06 PM (E1m1K)

217 Just another problem in California. But you can help!

I'm guessing Coney McConeface is in the running?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 11:06 PM (LI2tq)

218 Givin' him a 2023 U.S. atlas - don't tell him...it replaces a duct-taped together version from 2010. Totally romantic, no?
---
Howdy neighbor!

Sounds very romantic to me - planning road trips & adventures!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:07 PM (pkAcY)

219 COMountainMarie

Romantic sight-seeing trips in your future. Very nice. And smart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 11:07 PM (u82oZ)

220 {{{screaming in digital}}}

May your move preps seem effortless.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 11:07 PM (u82oZ)

221 @212

>>Never been to Taco Bell. Wouldn't know what to order.

Uhm, Tacos?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 11:08 PM (up/3i)

222 hello. glad marine is coming home. hope our navy guy does too.

kickball - niece loves it

I just flip people off who tell me to calm down.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:08 PM (bQL1V)

223 We did bad Xmas songs on Thursday. Funny thing about the article if its the same one, was the writer was hating on perfectly fine songs for a good share of the list.

I am tired tonight. But at least I replaced a couple of broken fence posts today and took a very short ride on my little mare in our lovely weather which is supposed to stay until Monday. I love it when the crap weather hits during the work week when I'm mostly stuck inside anyway.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 10, 2022 11:09 PM (3cGpq)

224 May your move preps seem effortless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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{{{Salty}}}

Staying busy is good for me right now. I think everything is on track!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (pkAcY)

225 I just flip people off who tell me to calm down.
Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:08 PM (bQL1V)

Hello sis!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (hOUT3)

226 Alright.

Enough with the Coney McConeface. We're better than that.

Papa Conehead.
Orange-haired Conehead.
Cone Killer - AKA a concrete Pillar.
Just as a start.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (u82oZ)

227 Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit...wife won 55" tv at work raffle. I don't have any place to put it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (Angsy)

228 My retirement plan I made 15 years ago was to buy an RV and travel the country with my fiancé who would be my wife at that time.

Lot of things can change in 15 years.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (E1m1K)

229 ..Never been to Taco Bell. Wouldn't know what to order.
Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 11:03 PM (AmoqO)

Don't feel to down on yourself for that, amigo. Hell, I was fourteen before I learned that Taco Bell wasn't the Mexican Telephone Company!

/s

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:11 PM (e6UQI)

230 202 I once told a "Kevin" that my name was Kumar, and he cussed me out in what I suspect was Hindi.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 10:54 PM (xha

I asked one guy if he knew my friend Ravi Ramaswammi. ( well I thought it was funny in a country of over a billion people) . I don't think he got it.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 10:59 PM (E1m1K)

--------------------------------

Would have been funny if he came back with "Which one? I know three"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 10, 2022 11:11 PM (uPgE/)

231 Can't imagine someone on a date getting arrested.

Mug shot of a murder suspect showed him in suit and tie. The deputies had picked him up at a casino, where he was on a date.

I can't imagine going on a date, knowing that you had killed a man weeks earlier during a burglary.

Posted by: Weak Geek wonders whether he'll ever start tonight's movie at December 10, 2022 11:11 PM (Om/di)

232 "Givin' him a 2023 U.S. atlas - don't tell him...it replaces a duct-taped together version from 2010. Totally romantic, no?"
-----

Truckers atlas?

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 11:11 PM (AmoqO)

233 going to Galveston for Christmas....yup

How is everyone?

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:11 PM (bQL1V)

234 Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit...wife won 55" tv at work raffle. I don't have any place to put it!
-------------------------

That's a good problem to have.

Look into the jointed wall hangers if you've got somewhere that will work for it. I think they make them now that can support TVs way bigger than 55s, so you can probably pick one up for $20 or so.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:12 PM (1e1u+)

235 "There's no such thing as "transgender." It's a dangerous fad that will hopefully die out."

imo it is more "spiritually insidious" than a fad. On the Marxist critical theory level it is part of their attack. On the spiritual level is Sodom and Gomorrah with a (new insane) twist. ... The Beatles were a fad, or Cabbage Patch Dolls ... grooming children and sexually mutating them permanently while hiding it from parents ... not just a fad. It is Evil. It is a tactic (of evil).

Posted by: illiniwek at December 10, 2022 11:12 PM (Cus5s)

236 Don't know what to order? Nachos Locos Doritos Taco Supreme! Not that i go therecor anything.

Beef quesadilla is pretty good too. Ive heard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 11:12 PM (q3gwH)

237 218, 219

Well, hopefully we'll find a better route to Corsicana next year...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 10, 2022 11:13 PM (xOQpB)

238 But how do you do that?

Chokehold.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 10, 2022 11:13 PM (KFhLj)

239 I've never been to a Taco Bell either.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (U2p+3)

240 It is Evil. It is a tactic (of evil).
Posted by: illiniwek

Stan doesn't have to work so hard when he has so many helpers here willing to do it for free!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (hOUT3)

241 Hey Jim, how is Galveston...May move there soon...over in okieville. had to buy a jeep just to get down the roads...

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (bQL1V)

242 Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit...wife won 55" tv at work raffle. I don't have any place to put it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (Angsy)

That must mean you current TVs are 55" or more.
Or are you one of those people who shun TV?

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (E1m1K)

243 They should make the Traffic Cones colored Oragne, Brown & White.

Call 'em Kandy ~~Korn~~ Kones.

(and watch some poor fool try n' take a bite outta one?)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveton, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:15 PM (e6UQI)

244 Look into the jointed wall hangers if you've got somewhere that will work for it. I think they make them now that can support TVs way bigger than 55s, so you can probably pick one up for $20 or so.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:12 PM (1e1u+)

There's a 42" in the living room now. I'm not sure if the thing will support a 55".

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:15 PM (Angsy)

245 Have a great night, everyone.

May there be joy and deep sleep in abundance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at December 10, 2022 11:15 PM (u82oZ)

246 The Beatles were a fad, or Cabbage Patch Dolls ... grooming children and sexually mutating them permanently while hiding it from parents ... not just a fad. It is Evil. It is a tactic (of evil).

Posted by: illiniwek
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And tied to population reduction. Convince ten million boys to end their reproductive future and you probably wouldn't ever notice it on a graph. Convince ten million girls to end their reproductive ability and you probably lose 1% of population growth.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:16 PM (1e1u+)

247 Have a great night, everyone.
May there be joy and deep sleep in abundance.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

The same for you NaCly!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:16 PM (hOUT3)

248 My retirement plan I made 15 years ago was to buy an RV and travel the country with my fiancé who would be my wife at that time.

Lot of things can change in 15 years.
Posted by: polynikes
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Yep. Met Jesse, fell in love, and lost him all in just under a year. But in that time we went to Montana, Idaho, Texas, South Carolina, Maryland/NoVa, mostly in my Jeep Renegade except for the long Uhaul drive from Rockville to Laramie - even that was fun with J...

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:17 PM (pkAcY)

249 Convince ten million girls to end their reproductive ability and you probably lose 1% of population growth.
Posted by: Press Juan For English

China would like a word with you!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:17 PM (hOUT3)

250 163
'There's a Pitch Meeting episode '

These are hilarious.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 11:17 PM (roH4R)

251 Or are you one of those people who shun TV?

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (E1m1K)

I use the tv for computer stuff. Hardly watch, and it's mostly OTA old stuff.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:18 PM (Angsy)

252 ..Hey Jim, how is Galveston...May move there soon...over in okieville. had to buy a jeep just to get down the roads...Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (bQL1V)

Galveston is pretty chill. Fairly low crime, but stupid (d) City Council. County Government though is solid (R)ed.

But, I'm still looking for a parcel of land, 20ish acres or so, two to three hours to the North, or perhaps, Eastern Tennesse or the Pensacola, FL area. Rural though, not "in town". I just don't want to be in or near a population area, come the burning times.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:19 PM (e6UQI)

253 The Italian pizza place at the end of my street told me they had to refuse a delivery of lettuce the other day because it was brown and wilted. And it was expensive.

Posted by: GWB at December 10, 2022 11:19 PM (xwOj+)

254 Lot of things can change in 15 years.
Posted by: polynikes
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Yep. Met Jesse, fell in love, and lost him all in just under a year. But in that time we went to Montana, Idaho, Texas, South Carolina, Maryland/NoVa, mostly in my Jeep Renegade except for the long Uhaul drive from Rockville to Laramie - even that was fun with J...
Posted by: screaming in digital

I often say if someone would have sat us down when we were 21 and told us how our lives would unfold, we would have run screaming from the room.

It's good we don't know and our blessings and trials are surprises.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:19 PM (qoGsy)

255 >>Never been to Taco Bell. Wouldn't know what to order.

Uhm, Tacos?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 10, 2022 11:08 PM (up/3i)

I drove past one five days a week, at least, for 30 years. Kept promising to myself that I would try it. I like TexMex food. Have to look up the menu.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 11:20 PM (AmoqO)

256 Or are you one of those people who shun TV?

Nothing wrong with that. I gave it up a while back and feel liberated.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 11:21 PM (Xrfse)

257 Content heavy and free gas. I'll pass on the gas.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:21 PM (BJC33)

258 But, I'm still looking for a parcel of land, 20ish acres or so, two to three hours to the North, or perhaps, Eastern Tennesse or the Pensacola, FL area. Rural though, not "in town". I just don't want to be in or near a population area, come the burning times.
--------------------

Keep your eyes open for timber companies selling off land they just cut. They're done with it and just want to get rid of it and move to the next investment, and I've seen it going for $2000-3000/acre in SC in the last year or so. It might be stripped of trees, but pine and tulip poplars grow quickly.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:21 PM (1e1u+)

259 Stan doesn't have to work so hard when he has so many helpers here willing to do it for free!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (hOUT3)
___

So, so true.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 11:22 PM (LvUcv)

260 Well, back on line with the desktop. Linux Mint 20 is installed, and so is the current version of Brave browser. And I have my bookmarks imported.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 11:22 PM (tkR6S)

261 Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:19 PM (e6UQI)

Ever consider the Texarkana area? That's where I'm considering.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:22 PM (E1m1K)

262 But, I'm still looking for a parcel of land, 20ish acres or so, two to three hours to the North, or perhaps, Eastern Tennesse or the Pensacola, FL area. Rural though, not "in town". I just don't want to be in or near a population area, come the burning times.

Jim

Jim consider mid/east Tennessee out by Cookeville/Crossville. Close by I40 and reasonably rural yet close enough to Nashville or Knoxville if you need major medical or the normal offerings of a good sized city.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:22 PM (qoGsy)

263 The traffic cone thing makes me think of Minnesota...one thing I have to give credit to that state for, when they do road construction they actually do it and in a reasonable time frame. Not like other states I've lived in (including CA) where dropping the cones and doing a whole lot of nothing for like 3 years is the norm.

Actually, setting aside the looting, and the rioting, and the pandering to leftist pet causes and whatnot, the MN state government is surprisingly functional. Sad that they're throwing it all away, they really had a chance.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2022 11:23 PM (UewuT)

264 thank Jim,
got relatives outside of Houston...sugarland?

My other dum dums live there. Trying to get out of Ok...sick of these people. Lake property is high. transplant from tx many years ago.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:23 PM (bQL1V)

265 Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 10:50 PM (qoGsy)

When the very first thing you do on my support call is lie to me, I will have a hard time believing the rest of it is really going to help me.

Posted by: GWB at December 10, 2022 11:23 PM (xwOj+)

266 Well, hopefully we'll find a better route to Corsicana next year...
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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What route did you take? I take 287 most of the way and enjoy going through all the little towns in CO and TX. We found an epic junkyard in southern CO.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:24 PM (pkAcY)

267 216 I am pulling for Croatia vs Morocco in the World Cup finals because it will annoy France and Argentina.---

If I ever moved from the United States, which I never will, Croatia is on the short list .
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Croatia was a dark horse with great mojo this time around. It's great watching them boot some of the usual contestants out of the way.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 11:24 PM (W+kMI)

268 256 Or are you one of those people who shun TV?

Nothing wrong with that. I gave it up a while back and feel liberated.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Hello everyone, My name is Braenyard and I've been TV free for 6 years. It's a healthy inexperience.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:24 PM (BJC33)

269 Or are you one of those people who shun TV?

Nothing wrong with that. I gave it up a while back and feel liberated.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 11:21 PM (Xrfse)

No criticism from me but TV is part of my family. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:25 PM (E1m1K)

270 Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit...wife won 55" tv at work raffle. I don't have any place to put it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Yes, tell us more about this 'problem'...

Posted by: 87k IRS agents at December 10, 2022 11:25 PM (IyrhE)

271 "That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.

Coney McConeFace."

You'd think they'd have learned better from the attempts at crowd-sourced naming that other municipalities have done in previous years.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 10, 2022 11:26 PM (oRXQU)

272 I actually think Cabbage Patch dolls were a fad, but Beatles were part of the sixties march through the institutions ... and "Stan" was part of that. (I don't see Stan's involvement in those dolls, but as they went gay/trans ... really, Stan is everywhere, as we see with dolls with SnM bondage dress).

Posted by: illiniwek at December 10, 2022 11:26 PM (Cus5s)

273 Crossville/Cookeville is a nice area, I'd recommend looking there too if you want to relocate to a semi-rural area. Nearby McMinnville seemed nice when I visited there on a job interview a while back, but it's not on an interstate. One of just a couple of jobs that I regret not getting, I think the smaller town life would have suited me well.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2022 11:26 PM (UewuT)

274 halito.

Yeah, Sugarland is about an hour West of Galveston. Pleasant enough, but with the City mandated "architecture" for the retail areas, it's all very Stepford Wives in the pre-planned sameness of it all. Crowded roads, too. Sugarland, Gridlock Be Thy Name!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:26 PM (e6UQI)

275 Yes, tell us more about this 'problem'...

Posted by: 87k IRS agents at December 10, 2022 11:25 PM (IyrhE)

Sorry pals, it's only worth $379. Not worth your time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:28 PM (Angsy)

276 That must mean you current TVs are 55" or more.
Or are you one of those people who shun TV?
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:14 PM (E1m1K)
___

We don't watch TV because of all the crap that is shown on it, so it's easy not to even turn it on. Especially since the enemy makes it so easy for us to shun, with perversity the order of the day.

We have a 42" one that collects dust except for one time of the year...the latest season of The Chosen.

No ads, and the greatest story every told in HDTV.
When this season ends, TV will stay off until Season 4.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 11:29 PM (LvUcv)

277 I have air cable. The extent of my TV.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 11:29 PM (G/v5P)

278 I lost the power cord to one device I had and had to go research how to get a new one.

And that led me to wonder why the hell does almost every device have its own custom power cord/adaptor? Yes yes I get you can whatever your device is oh so slightly more efficient by designing a custom one but...why hasn't the industry standardized on a few power ratings/plug sizes? Computer/phones have sort of done this already (screw you Apple)

Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2022 11:29 PM (lc5cP)

279 I dont watch any broadcast tv anymore except weather. Still watch old movies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 11:29 PM (q3gwH)

280 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 10, 2022 11:26 PM (e6UQI)

I worked in Sugarland in the mid 1980s. Lived in Richmond. Would probably get lost there today.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 11:30 PM (AmoqO)

281 Hello everyone, My name is Braenyard and I've been TV free for 6 years. It's a healthy inexperience.

Keep coming back.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 11:30 PM (Xrfse)

282 Rural though, not "in town". I just don't want to be in or near a population area, come the burning times.

I'm surprised Tonypete didn't recommend Wartburg!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 11:31 PM (LI2tq)

283 'That’s why we’re asking YOU to help us name our new cone mascot.'

I'm going to submit Stoppy McFuckYourHurry.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 11:33 PM (roH4R)

284 266 sid

287 was our original plan. We ended up on 282 (I think). Hardly any traffic, but also no good pull-offs for overnight. Came back on 287, and except for Ft. Worth, smooth sailin'. Lessons learned...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 10, 2022 11:33 PM (xOQpB)

285 Croatia was a dark horse with great mojo this time around. It's great watching them boot some of the usual contestants out of the way. Posted by: exdem13

Agreed. And their goalie is living his best life. Best goalie on the planet right now.

Moracco - what is there not like? They are the teamiest team that ever teamed. Nobody gave the a chance and *boom*.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 11:36 PM (pIcuw)

286 278 I lost the power cord to one device I had and had to go research how to get a new one.

And that led me to wonder why the hell does almost every device have its own custom power cord/adaptor?
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Use and extra cord or cut a cord off something you don't use and skin back the wires. If you can't twist them in place you can jam them into the holes then wedge the wires tight with match sticks.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:37 PM (BJC33)

287 Moracco - what is there not like? They are the teamiest team that ever teamed. Nobody gave the a chance and *boom*.
Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 11:36 PM (pIcuw)

Mo-rack-oh? Sounds like a boob enhancement shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 11:38 PM (tkR6S)

288 The tines off plastic picnic forks work well as wedgies.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:38 PM (BJC33)

289 286 is this where I electrocute myself and die or blow the entire house to smithereens?

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

290 Even WhataBurger doesn't taste quite as good as it used to. I think maybe the bun is different.

Posted by: Theodore at December 10, 2022 11:38 PM (pGonq)

291 95 -- 18-1 -- Peaches have about a twenty second window of opportunity. Hard and flavorless before that twenty seconds, brown and mushy afterwards. My favorite fruit and it drives me insane.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 10, 2022 11:39 PM (z7W9M)

292 Trader Joe's Stores Are Out Of Thousands Of Grocery Items As Shortages Intensify

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDOgly7JlKo

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 11:39 PM (LvUcv)

293 Cone name? Easy, 'Beldar'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 11:40 PM (wAqo5)

294 "Stan doesn't have to work so hard when he has so many helpers here willing to do it for free!" Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

well .. "Stan" doesn't have payroll, he "works hard" all the time. People that do it "for free" were won over by Stan's efforts over the long term. Those "helpers" were won by that "expensive" long march through the institutions, for example.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 10, 2022 11:40 PM (Cus5s)

295 287 was our original plan. We ended up on 282 (I think). Hardly any traffic, but also no good pull-offs for overnight. Came back on 287, and except for Ft. Worth, smooth sailin'. Lessons learned...
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Yeah, I hate going through Ft Worth. This year I came back a different way after Amarillo. I went through a little corner of NM, then picked up I-25 through Pueblo and the Springs. Mostly to add another state to my list (NM), but it was getting dark as I hit the state line... anyway I loved the views of Pikes Peak, but CO Springs was a bit crazy to get through.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:41 PM (pkAcY)

296 you can jam them into the holes then wedge the wires tight with match sticks.

Posted by: Braenyard
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What could go wrong?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 11:41 PM (wAqo5)

297 Whataburger not as good? That's just a damn shame.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 11:41 PM (G/v5P)

298 I'm surprised Tonypete didn't recommend Wartburg!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

This will probably surprise no one, but there is a kick ass Mexican Restaurant there. And the Walgreen's is absolutely spotless. The ladies' room is R. approved!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:42 PM (qoGsy)

299 From the pics at Bing, the Croatian and Moroccan female players look like ...women.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:43 PM (BJC33)

300 I have air cable. The extent of my TV.. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factor

Once upon a time air TV was my primary source and then I moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Because it's rule that we can't have nice things in New Mexico having air TV is nearly impossible. I finally gave in and signed up for You Tube Tv because I could get New Mexico local TV news. I must say it is pretty fantastic. I only watch about four or five channels out of the like 90 or whatever they have.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 11:43 PM (pIcuw)

301 Trader Joe's Stores Are Out Of Thousands Of Grocery Items As Shortages Intensify
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The most disturbing part is knowing that there aren't really any shortages. It was all manmade and on purpose. Nothing is different between now and when Trump brought in the best economy in 50 years (with Republicans and Democrats fighting him tooth and nail at every turn) except what government restrictions put in place.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:43 PM (OeAlt)

302 290 a whataburger sounds good, I haven’t had one in years. I haven’t had any fast food in years. It would probably result in a not so happy tummy now.

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

303 If you haven't started buying an extra couple of cans of beans and soup every time you go to the grocery store, you better get started.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:45 PM (OeAlt)

304 Whataburger family sold out to a corporate interest.
.
So, What a Burger is not what a burger used to be.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:46 PM (BJC33)

305 My bro travels a lot, is frequently stuck eating fast-food.

He also says that the foods "taste different than they used to", mostly the bread/ buns but also hamburgers.

He thinks cricket flour in the bread. I suggest fake meat burgers. (People weren't buying that Impossible chemical cocktail crap, so... where did it all go?)

I had SarahLea butter bread toast the other day & got sick by that afternoon. Heartburn, nausea, but felt fine after couple of hours. Wth? Threw the loaf away.

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 11:46 PM (o0Fxd)

306 Whataburger used to be happiness.

Too bad.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 11:47 PM (G/v5P)

307 Sugarland.... it's all very Stepford Wives in the pre-planned sameness of it all...
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It didn't even spawn Jennifer Nettles, as she's an Atlanta product. Were Sugarland her home, they might have scored a pass.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 11:48 PM (+apjR)

308 304 Whataburger family sold out to a corporate interest.
.
So, What a Burger is not what a burger used to be.
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I think that's that's happened to many restaurant chains in the past decade, to their inevitable decline. The non-epidemic just hastened the decline in quality and quantity of items.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 10, 2022 11:48 PM (W+kMI)

309 304 Whataburger family sold out to a corporate interest. So, What a Burger is not what a burger used to be.

So it wasn't just my imagination?

Cinco Hombres is still good.

Posted by: Theodore at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (pGonq)

310 He thinks cricket flour in the bread. I suggest fake meat burgers. (People weren't buying that Impossible chemical cocktail crap, so... where did it all go?)

I had SarahLea butter bread toast the other day & got sick by that afternoon. Heartburn, nausea, but felt fine after couple of hours. Wth? Threw the loaf away.
Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 11:46 PM (o0Fxd)

Somebody needs to invent a simple test kit to detect adulterants in food, like cricket flour or frankenmeat. A reagent that changes color when exposed to chitin should work for the cricket flour.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (tkR6S)

311 303 I have stocked up on dried beans and rice. Adding canned soup to the mix now.

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

312 Even WhataBurger doesn't taste quite as good as it used to. I think maybe the bun is different.
Posted by: Theodore at December 10, 2022 11:38 PM (pGonq)

They kept all their vendors except the bun supplier.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (E1m1K)

313 US orders from China have dropped 40%. If there's a China product that you reuse - Stock Up.

Does toilet paper come from China?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (BJC33)

314 I'm not a big Whataburger fan, although it's a much better product than average fast food.nzI really like In-N-Out. That is the one fast food restaurant where the food takes like something you would make it home and doesn't leave you with a fast food hangover 30 minutes later.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 10, 2022 11:51 PM (pIcuw)

315 I'm butthurt that the county executive where I work promised us that he'd try to get Whataburger to come to Knoxville, but they went to those dirty bastards in Nashville instead. Apparently politicians say a lot of stuff and don't always do it, who knew right?

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2022 11:51 PM (UewuT)

316 I agree about the bread. Even store-bought has become tasteless, and the consistency is odd.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 11:51 PM (hjwuP)

317 I actually like Sonic burgers.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:52 PM (E1m1K)

318 Sugarland.... it's all very Stepford Wives in the pre-planned sameness of it all...
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It didn't even spawn Jennifer Nettles, as she's an Atlanta product. Were Sugarland her home, they might have scored a pass.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 11:48 PM (+apjR)

Sugarland used to be the home of the Texas State Penitentiary. Leadbelly's song "Midnight Special" refers to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 11:52 PM (tkR6S)

319 My favorite fast food (ish) place is Smashburger but they don't have those here either. It should be noted that I take my burgers plain, with none of that veggie nonsense, so the quality of the meat and bun is naturally very important.

Posted by: CppThis at December 10, 2022 11:53 PM (UewuT)

320 316 if you don’t mind not having a perfectly shaped loaf or perfect slices, making your own bread isn’t terribly hard. It may be time to get back to this and stock up on yeast.

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

321 "The most disturbing part is knowing that there aren't really any shortages. It was all manmade and on purpose." Posted by: Press Juan For English

Yes, much is manipulated. Joseph in Egypt used food for control ... there MIGHT be merit to strategic use of resources (as USA has done for decades) and control of military might ... to acquire "the greater good".

But that is not how the globalists and (bailed out) billionaires are using their coercive powers. Coal is abundant, t can be scrubbed (not of CO2, though they COULD do that at unnecessary expense). but scrubbed of the real pollutants. And we have a lot of oil and nat gas. The corrupt powers just want evil control, they want servants ... but don't realize if they kill off the producers, their (nirvana) world will collapse.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 10, 2022 11:54 PM (Cus5s)

322 Willowed: Thanks, guys, for the suggestions for helping the Persian not spit his kibble everywhere. I tried a 8" x8" baking tin to no avail. Right now, he gets his food in two plastic bowls about three inches off the floor in a slanted holder that is supposed to relieve "whisker fatigue", and he spits kibble everywhere. I'm beginning to suspect he's nothing more than a lazy slob.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at December 10, 2022 11:54 PM (z7W9M)

323 I think everything is on track!
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:10 PM (pkAcY)

Just so long as you didn't pack any of the move paperwork in the boxes!

Posted by: GWB at December 10, 2022 11:55 PM (xwOj+)

324 Somebody needs to invent a simple test kit to detect adulterants in food, like cricket flour or frankenmeat. A reagent that changes color when exposed to chitin should work for the cricket flour.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

YES!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 11:56 PM (o0Fxd)

325 Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 10, 2022 11:16 PM (1e1u+)

You don't shoot the bucks to cull a herd. You shoot the does.

Posted by: GWB at December 10, 2022 11:57 PM (xwOj+)

326 ...making your own bread isn’t terribly hard. It may be time to get back to this and stock up on yeast.
Posted by: Piper

and YES!!! again!

Posted by: JQ at December 10, 2022 11:57 PM (o0Fxd)

327 if you are ever in Dallas, go to Dairy-Ette

used to go there with my sis when we were young, like 8-9

hasn't changed a bit, same booths and still got carhops

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 11:57 PM (us2H3)

328 322 but a cute lazy slob! My big black cat just plopped himself down on J’s legs. They are having a conversation about all the room available in the bed, mama only being 5’2, and why Kovu chose that particular spot. I am going to let them sort it out.

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

329 I'm beginning to suspect he's nothing more than a lazy slob.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin --
------------------------------------

Ration down his food and see if that alters his behavior.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:58 PM (BJC33)

330 US orders from China have dropped 40%. If there's a China product that you reuse - Stock Up.

Does toilet paper come from China?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:50 PM (BJC33)
***

You reuse toilet paper?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:00 AM (anj39)

331 329 this sounds like crazy talk - all the cats in the world

Posted by: Piper at December 11, 2022 12:00 AM (ZdaMQ)

332 You don't shoot the bucks to cull a herd. You shoot the does.

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Yep. The transgender push is exactly the same thing.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 11, 2022 12:00 AM (OeAlt)

333 Sugar land is I-59 West Houston suburb , The Woodlands is the I-45 North suburb, Katy is the I-10 West suburb , League City I-45 South suburb.

I don't think anyone wants to live in any I-10 East suburb if they don't have to.

Posted by: polynikes at December 11, 2022 12:01 AM (E1m1K)

334 the town in which I shop, Great Barrington (yes, the home of the Great Barrington covid declaration) has one Mickey Ds and a DD

and 8 pot shops

in a town of 8K

stoned

Posted by: REDACTED at December 11, 2022 12:02 AM (us2H3)

335 I've never had any problems with restaurant chain food poisoning, but I do have two gripes. The Chilies restaurant I last visited was bland. I expected a little spice!

And the last pancake joint I went to had some maple syrup that tasted like it was made in New Jersey.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 11, 2022 12:02 AM (geVLo)

336 This will probably surprise no one, but there is a kick ass Mexican Restaurant there. And the Walgreen's is absolutely spotless. The ladies' room is R. approved!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:42 PM (qoGsy)

The barbecue isn't too bad at The Warden's Table if you take a tour of the old Brushy Mountain prison up there. The moonshine they make there is meh.

And if you like four wheeling (not in your Toyota), Windrock ATV park is pretty much a destination point for that regionally. I used to wait on people from all over the country that were in town with their ATVs. Plus their is a range nearby if you choose to rent a cabin and make a weekend of it.

And Frozen Head State Park has some good hiking trails and you can occasionally catch the brewers open and at work at the Lilly Pad Hop Yard if you are looking for a beer.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 11, 2022 12:03 AM (LI2tq)

337 "Reuters reports the White House wants to simplify licensing and approval procedures for more routine space activities,"
======

And when a Democrat says he's doing one thing,
what's he really doing?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 12:03 AM (BJC33)

338 Short faced cats, such as Persians, are pretty much doomed to dribbling the kibble as they eat it. There's just not enough chewing room in their abbreviated mouths to work the mush around and grind it down to swallowable, and keep it 100% on-board.

Long face breeds, such as Siamese, or even normal yellow tabbies, seldom have this problem. Bonnie Wee Lass here, the Six Pound Kitty, dribbles the kibble because she's about 1/2 short faced, and just so damn tiny, they don't make a kibble in "her size"!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 11, 2022 12:03 AM (e6UQI)

339 Just so long as you didn't pack any of the move paperwork in the boxes!
Posted by: GWB
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Heh. This sounds like something I would do. Most of it is online though.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2022 12:03 AM (pkAcY)

340 For his weekly monologue today, U.K pundit Neil Oliver looks at the climate change agenda, energy policy, and the constructs of how the new green agenda manifest to create new ways for people to die.

https://tinyurl.com/4r967y4z

Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:03 AM (LvUcv)

341 Paddy Pimblett. Isn't that against the rules of UFC to have a name like that? Let alone be a heavy favorite? Why yes, I am at my local Buffalo Wild Wings for UFC 282 and BBW is pathetically and predictably disappointing.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 11, 2022 12:04 AM (pIcuw)

342 You reuse toilet paper?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:00 AM (anj39)

Mr Whipple will rise in anger from his grave.

The Buffalo Trace is good tonight.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 11, 2022 12:04 AM (0ZuC6)

343 The Drive ^ | SEP 20, 2022 | CALEB JACOBS
News emerged this week that Ford has parked around 40,000 unfinished new vehicles waiting for parts.
----------------------

They priced the F-150 out of my budget anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 12:06 AM (BJC33)

344 I thought Pete BootEdgeEdge fixed the supply chain?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 11, 2022 12:07 AM (63Dwl)

345 Today I made a serious effort to start the parts Jeep in my side yard, jointly owned by me and a friend. I used my compressed air to blow most of the dust, leaves, and litter from under the hood, and used the battery out of MY Jeep to crank it. Would not start. Took air intake duct off, and sprinkled a little gasoline in the throttle body. It fired for a second or two. And then the battery died. Tried the battery out my Lark, same deal, would fire on on a prime, but would not stay running. Went and borrowed a big battery from the partner. Again, ran on prime, not on its own. Started trouble-shooting the fuel pump. Juice to the relay, check. Line from relay to pump? Open circuit. Bridged the relay contacts with a paper clip, and crawled under rear of vehicle with a flashlight and a test light. Juice to the harness plug for the tank unit, OK. Pierced the ground wire in the harness with the probe. No light. If the pump were OK, or just stuck, the light should have lit if there was a fault at the grounding point on the vehicle body. Conclusion: pump is burned out.

I now know the engine would likely run if it had fuel pressure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:08 AM (tkR6S)

346 The Buffalo Trace is good tonight.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 11, 2022 12:04 AM (0ZuC6)

Always a good choice.
Doing some Redbreast 15. Felt I deserved it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:08 AM (anj39)

347 This year I came back a different way after Amarillo. I went through a little corner of NM, then picked up I-25 through Pueblo and the Springs.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 10, 2022 11:41 PM (pkAcY)

I drove that route - I25 to Raton, then 87 to Amarillo, then 287 to the DFW area - for 5 1/2 years. Lots of interesting experiences (including multiple cars in the ditch in snow in NM, forcing a semi to jack-knife outside Dumas, caught speeding for 99mph, sleeping in TX pull-outs...) in that time. It's an excellent route.

(We forced the semi to jack-knife because we were trying to stop traffic from hitting an already present accident, and the road was icy. The trailer came to a stop across the road about 10 feet from us. That was a very long night for our two-car convoy.)

Posted by: GWB at December 11, 2022 12:09 AM (xwOj+)

348 Repurchase?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 12:11 AM (BJC33)

349 Conclusion: pump is burned out.

I now know the engine would likely run if it had fuel pressure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:08 AM (tkR6S)

Damn. I got tired just reading that. And in the back of my mind I was glad I kept my old feeler guages.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:11 AM (anj39)

350 I actually like Sonic burgers.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:52 PM (E1m1K)

The nearby Sonic closed. Sonic corporate is pushing the LBJQWERTY crap and the Sonic franchisee said F. U. and shutter down.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 11, 2022 12:11 AM (kts79)

351 Whoa.

The Dairy-ette on Ferguson road? Awesome milkshakes? We used to go there in the late 70s, early 80s. Omg.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:14 AM (U2p+3)

352 I drove that route - I25 to Raton, then 87 to Amarillo, then 287 to the DFW area - for 5 1/2 years. Lots of interesting experiences (including multiple cars in the ditch in snow in NM, forcing a semi to jack-knife outside Dumas, caught speeding for 99mph, sleeping in TX pull-outs...) in that time. It's an excellent route.

(We forced the semi to jack-knife because we were trying to stop traffic from hitting an already present accident, and the road was icy. The trailer came to a stop across the road about 10 feet from us. That was a very long night for our two-car convoy.)
Posted by: GWB
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Yikes!

I still hate winter driving after 8 years in the Mountain West, and even now that I have a Jeep. (You can take a girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl...) I've had a few harrowing trips over the Summit on 80. But nothing like that!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2022 12:15 AM (pkAcY)

353 Damn. I got tired just reading that. And in the back of my mind I was glad I kept my old feeler guages.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:11 AM (anj39)

I have feeler gauges. I saw a real nifty old timing light at a yard sale today, with a meter on the side to indicate degrees of spark advance, I was just about to get my wallet out, and I saw that it had a big Cannon plug on the end of the cable; it was an accessory for an engine scope of unknown brand, so useless as a stand-alone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:16 AM (tkR6S)

354 Paddy Pimblett kicked ass unlike the English soccer team. I still find it disturbing that a UFC fighter could be named Patty Pimblett. UFC is not a Dickens novel.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 11, 2022 12:17 AM (pIcuw)

355 The Dairy-ette on Ferguson road? Awesome milkshakes? We used to go there in the late 70s, early 80s. Omg.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:14 AM (U2p+3)

I had a chocolate malt at a Culvers in Mesa yesterday. It was real good. Culvers is known for their malts and shakes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:17 AM (tkR6S)

356 Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2022 12:15 AM (pkAcY)

That was about 3 trips a year for 5 1/2 years, so probably 16 total, some of which I did not drive.

Posted by: GWB at December 11, 2022 12:17 AM (xwOj+)

357 Night, all!
Thanks for being the Horde.

Posted by: GWB at December 11, 2022 12:18 AM (xwOj+)

358 Well, so far, no DNS errors with this new build of Mint + Brave. I guess the old one had just run its course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:19 AM (tkR6S)

359 Good Night, all.

Posted by: Theodore at December 11, 2022 12:19 AM (pGonq)

360 Night, all!
Thanks for being the Horde.
Posted by: GWB at December 11, 2022 12:18 AM (xwOj+)

Night, GWB.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:19 AM (tkR6S)

361 The Dairy-ette on Ferguson road? Awesome milkshakes? We used to go there in the late 70s, early 80s. Omg.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:14 AM (U2p+3)

yes, my sis and I would ride our bikes over there in the summer

jesus, that was a long time ago

Posted by: REDACTED at December 11, 2022 12:19 AM (us2H3)

362 g'night GWB!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2022 12:20 AM (pkAcY)

363 The nearby Sonic closed. Sonic corporate is pushing the LBJQWERTY crap and the Sonic franchisee said F. U. and shutter down.

I gotta wonder if that's what happened to the local one here. Shut down on the first of October. They just hung a banner that said "This location permanently closed." and started hauling stuff out of the building.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at December 11, 2022 12:21 AM (Bd6X8)

364 Once upon a time I had a garage full of feeler gauges, wrenches and stuff. I could rebuild a V8 in my sleep. Today? I barely can find the place where the key goes to start the damn car. The number of electronics in these modern vehicles is stunning and has turned them into magic boxes.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 11, 2022 12:21 AM (pIcuw)

365 I have feeler gauges. I saw a real nifty old timing light at a yard sale today, with a meter on the side to indicate degrees of spark advance, I was just about to get my wallet out, and I saw that it had a big Cannon plug on the end of the cable; it was an accessory for an engine scope of unknown brand, so useless as a stand-alone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:16 AM

That's a bummer. It's fun when you can score a good find.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:21 AM (anj39)

366 That's a bummer. It's fun when you can score a good find.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2022 12:21 AM (anj39)

I should have snagged it anyway. Would make a nice wall hanger for the shop, if nothing else.

And there was a tray full of mixed ammo. Looked like a bunch of .308, plus some 9 mm, and some 45 ACP. I should have asked about that, too.

Maybe tomorrow, I will go back. Only about 10 blocks from here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 12:25 AM (tkR6S)

367 I think I'm out, too. Y'all have fun.

Posted by: Press Juan For English at December 11, 2022 12:28 AM (OeAlt)

368 >>>Conclusion: pump is burned out.

I now know the engine would likely run if it had fuel pressure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'll have a drink on that, pass you one through usb too.
I know Modern can't but mechanicals were so easy.
Or design one to bolt on the tank. Does it really need to be inside it?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 12:29 AM (BJC33)

369 REDACTED,
Did you also frequent a spot in Oak Cliff, Bob White's BBQ?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:29 AM (U2p+3)

370 I've not seen any woke Sonic commercials yet. I guess that will be next.

Posted by: polynikes at December 11, 2022 12:30 AM (E1m1K)

371 We watched the Army/Navy game but didn't see or hear anyone mention FJB, or the Secretary of the Navy or Army or any political military. Did they just not show up? None of the announcers mentioned the absence either.

Posted by: Megthered at December 11, 2022 12:31 AM (MeUWh)

372 And didn't all the kids from Bishop Lynch hang out at the Dairy-ette?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:32 AM (U2p+3)

373 Dr Mark McDonald on where society is headed.

https://tinyurl.com/2p9kd3fs

Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:32 AM (LvUcv)

374 Main UFC event. Jan Blachowicz. That is a proper UFC name.

Posted by: Lost In Space at December 11, 2022 12:35 AM (pIcuw)

375 369 REDACTED,
Did you also frequent a spot in Oak Cliff, Bob White's BBQ?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:29 AM (U2p+3)

no, never went there

almost all the old spots are gone now

like Greenville ave Bar and grill and the Grape and others

Posted by: REDACTED at December 11, 2022 12:36 AM (us2H3)

376 372 And didn't all the kids from Bishop Lynch hang out at the Dairy-ette?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2022 12:32 AM (U2p+3)

on Fridays for the fish sammies

Posted by: REDACTED at December 11, 2022 12:37 AM (us2H3)

377 Sorry.. but those who think they can not dance?

Well... let just say my life has been.. different.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 11, 2022 12:41 AM (oHd/0)

378 What's sjin you Morons? I'm too tired to read 367 messages to catch up.

Posted by: Farmer at December 11, 2022 12:41 AM (55Qr6)

379 Hub and I had to laugh, though not all that mirthfully, at James Cameron proclaiming testosterone is a poison.

Of course, him stating this while pimping out his second smurf movie isn't all that surprising.

Soft men creating hard times, and all that.

Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:42 AM (LvUcv)

380 As a sort of 5-point Baptist, I understand Kruiser; but he's mostly wrong. No one can come to a saving faith in Christ without God calling him or her. So let the lost sing of Grandma getting tun over by a reindeer and enjoy a good laugh before they spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.

Yes, the point of Christmas is Easter, not Saint Nick or Frosty; but we should spend our efforts on spreading the Gospel rather than dissing songs we don't understand.

Posted by: setnaffa at December 11, 2022 12:47 AM (WgEgc)

381 Feebs...or Not?

*cue dumdumDUM! music*

https://tinyurl.com/2wnarh84

Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:54 AM (LvUcv)

382 Yes, the point of Christmas is Easter, not Saint Nick or Frosty; but we should spend our efforts on spreading the Gospel rather than dissing songs we don't understand.
Posted by: setnaffa
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Hooahrogerthat.

However, the image of our Almighty Father, cradling little Lord Jesus as His gift to us, our redemption, though with tears in His eyes, knowing what His Only Begotten Son will endure, well...it's a gift I don't deserve, and as a parent myself, cannot imagine doing.

Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:59 AM (LvUcv)

383 I remember when a Big Mac actually WAS big, and 2 were way too much to eat.

The sausage biscuits with/without egg even though downsized still taste just fine. For me, they make a dandy quick breakfast, you just get 4 instead of 2.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 11, 2022 01:02 AM (KATBx)

384
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Posted by: Wendy Doyle at December 11, 2022 01:07 AM (Jlwsh)

385 Wendy Doyle is a whore with a sticky keyboard.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 11, 2022 01:10 AM (KFhLj)

386 My McChicken has gone up from $1 to $1.25.
Most nutrition per penny that can be purchased.
Their biscuits are tasty.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 01:11 AM (BJC33)

387 Well, I think it's time for me to go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2022 01:15 AM (tkR6S)

388 I'm dubious of these testosterone clinics.
They did studies in the '50s (pre soi) that indicated testosterone, like other steroids (estrogen and progesterone) can cause cancer.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 01:15 AM (BJC33)

389 Just don't go to bed with Wendy Doyle. She will give you AIDS.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 11, 2022 01:16 AM (KFhLj)

390 'night AOP.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 11, 2022 01:16 AM (BJC33)

391 Nite, AOP.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 11, 2022 01:21 AM (KATBx)

392 >>> 379 Hub and I had to laugh, though not all that mirthfully, at James Cameron proclaiming testosterone is a poison.

Of course, him stating this while pimping out his second smurf movie isn't all that surprising.

Soft men creating hard times, and all that.
Posted by: SMH at December 11, 2022 12:42 AM (LvUcv)

He's saying that for the same reasons "Joss" Whedon played the Sensitive New Age Guy, and it doesn't change that he's an asshoe. Cameron *was* married to Kathryn Bigelow for a while...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 11, 2022 01:22 AM (llON8)

393 My new fave restaurant is a barbecue joint. It's owned and operated by a Christian family. Service is great, food is awesome and a sign on the exit door reads " anyone caught exiting through this door will be asked to leave. When you pay the cashier she says "have a blessed day" and means it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 11, 2022 01:25 AM (Wy1BU)

394 Tis time here also.

Goodnite, good people. Be safe stay warm and sleep well.

Posted by: irongrampa at December 11, 2022 01:29 AM (KATBx)

395 Coming in hot here folks, just got home from the neighbor's Christmas party. Had a blast, got a good beer blast on.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 11, 2022 01:33 AM (a4EWo)

396 303 If you haven't started buying an extra couple of cans of beans and soup every time you go to the grocery store, you better get started.
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A 20-lb bag of rice neatly fills up 3 1-gallon plastic jugs, and keeps for years.
Yes, the eating will be bland, but at least it will be eating... ;-)

Posted by: the last to post at December 11, 2022 01:35 AM (7X7yz)

397 ..A 20-lb bag of rice neatly fills up 3 1-gallon plastic jugs, and keeps for years. Yes, the eating will be bland, but at least it will be eating... ;-) Posted by: the last to post at December 11, 2022 01:35 AM (7X7yz)

If you're storing rice in 20# lots, then you're also storing up things like seasonings, bullion cubes and other such as to make your offerings not so damn boring.

Pro-tip. Endeavor NOW, to not throw leftovers out of your fridge, but always find ways to work them into subsequent meals. You gotta practice these skills to get good at 'em, y'know.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 11, 2022 02:02 AM (e6UQI)

398 Rice won't be useful food if there's no clean water or cooking fuel.

And isn't that *really* what the WEFfers are all about?

Fk. My demoralization is complete

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:10 AM (o0Fxd)

399 Merry Christmas, JQ, luv ya!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 11, 2022 02:14 AM (a4EWo)

400 I can find cooking fuel, even if it's the timbers from the Mayor's house. Or, etc. The fuel is there, take it by any means necessary.

If you've got the fuel, you can purify the water.

The rest is details, and/or the ability and will for you to defend what YOU'VE got.

Pro-tip II. Will, applied with ruthless, unblinking force. If ever was a time to be a bastard, that would be the time to BE a bastard.

Party on, Garth!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 11, 2022 02:14 AM (e6UQI)

401 Hey DDS! You party animal, you! LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:15 AM (o0Fxd)

402 59 I remember the flying toasters screensaver.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 10, 2022 10:13 PM (q3gwH

First the aquarium screen saver.

Then the ocean screen saver, Where every now and then a predator ate the fish ahead of it in the endless procession of fish.

Posted by: Fox2! at December 11, 2022 02:18 AM (qyH+l)

403 You're right, Jim SND. There's fuel to be had. Water may be a challenge but not impossible.

It's just... damnit!... It doesn't NEED to be that way! It should never even be considered a possibility here!

WTAF

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:20 AM (o0Fxd)

404 So last night i sipped 2 or 3 sam adams winter lagers and maybe an ounce, total, of different scotches - ate plenty of food and water. When i got home, my body started getting more and more sore and achey. Not remotely a hangover. Had to take a few aspirin and turn the heat up to 70. Pain didn't fade for hours. I rarely drink, but even a few beers these days and bam. Maybe it's a metabolite thing? Sucks.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 11, 2022 02:22 AM (KAi1n)

405 JQ. THEY wanna go all NAZI on us, with reporting us, trains, camps, ovens, the works.

Not letting them even get started with all that, is our calling. And nice words ain't gonna talk 'em out of it, anymore.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 11, 2022 02:29 AM (e6UQI)

406 SF Goth

Repeat the experiment with a brown liquor.

Few days later:

Repeat the experiment with a clear liquor.

Your results should be.. interesting?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 11, 2022 02:33 AM (e6UQI)

407 Jim, I understand that. I believe it and am infuriated.

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:34 AM (o0Fxd)

408 I don't like clear liquor; no point in drinking it. But i get what you're saying. I sure could've used an edible or bong hit last night.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 11, 2022 02:41 AM (KAi1n)

409 402 59 I remember the flying toasters screensaver.

They did neckties full of flying toasters. Think I still have mine. Was actually very well done.

Posted by: JEM at December 11, 2022 02:43 AM (8erNz)

410 Repeat the experiment with a clear liquor.

Your results should be.. interesting?

What was the sequence of drinks in Chumbawumba's 'Tunthumping'. Try that...

Posted by: JEM at December 11, 2022 02:46 AM (8erNz)

411 Good night, Horde, I am mighty sleepy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 11, 2022 02:46 AM (a4EWo)

412 Wish mj was legal* in my state.

*yes, fedlaw notwithstanding

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:47 AM (o0Fxd)

413 'Nite, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:53 AM (o0Fxd)

414 Yup, nothing better to do on a saturday than fix the frigging heating system in the house. I am victorious.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 11, 2022 02:53 AM (VwHCD)

415 SF Goth that's a little scary. Wouldn't think alcohol was factor but not sure

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2022 03:04 AM (xhxe8)

416 . I rarely drink, but even a few beers these days and bam. Maybe it's a metabolite thing? Sucks.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 11, 2022 02:22 AM (KAi1n)

Maybe it's your body saying booze baaad, weed gooood.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 11, 2022 03:06 AM (VwHCD)

417 Crazy Days

The whole department was fired today.

Boss said we did not meet our Fun KPIs

Posted by: # mikklos, insufficient in the key Fun Factor at December 11, 2022 03:11 AM (NOVDU)

418 410 Repeat the experiment with a clear liquor.

And dry ice

The kids love that

Posted by: # mikklos, adopted Uncle at December 11, 2022 03:13 AM (NOVDU)

419 Crazy Days

The whole department was fired today.

Boss said we did not meet our Fun KPIs

Posted by: # mikklos, insufficient in the key Fun Factor at December 11, 2022 03:11 AM (NOVDU)

WTF? what the hell is fun KPIs?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 11, 2022 03:14 AM (VwHCD)

420 Yup, nothing better to do on a saturday than fix the frigging heating system in the house. I am victorious.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

VICTORIOUS

One keg of beer for the four of Us

(you must know)

Posted by: Polkacide lederhosen Punk Miklos at December 11, 2022 03:17 AM (NOVDU)

421 WTF? what the hell is fun KPIs?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Kill Provocative Individuals

Posted by: The tiny but strategic village of Novdu at December 11, 2022 03:19 AM (NOVDU)

422 BREAKING

The Local defense forces of Novdu have retaken the village of Maly Novdisku with assistance of of seven Japanese samurai and some American cowboys

Posted by: The Magnificet Mikos at December 11, 2022 03:26 AM (NOVDU)

423 Four in a row, I run this place.

Posted by: Miklos, according to rules and/or old at December 11, 2022 03:28 AM (NOVDU)

424 Yay, Berserker!

Conqueror of the belligerent heating system!

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:28 AM (o0Fxd)

425 Now let me tell you how I had a private concert from Frank Zappa.

Posted by: Miklos, not expecting the Ladies to come around at December 11, 2022 03:30 AM (NOVDU)

426 412 Wish mj was legal* in my state.

*yes, fedlaw notwithstanding
Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 02:47 AM (o0Fxd)

Just became legal here one year ago. It's like all I've ever had was moonshine and then you walk into a well stocked bar with a giant wine list. There's a wide variety of consistent quality available without dealing with shady folks.

Of course I am in very real danger of becoming THAT guy. You know the wine guy who sniffs the wine and rambles bullshite about oak and tanins? I'm becoming that guy in weed. "I'm looking for a sativa dominant hybrid with a high limonene content," etc...

I'll give the marketing folks credit. The different brand names are hilarious. Currently have some Lemon Cake and Alaskan Thunder F*ck in the cupboard.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 11, 2022 03:31 AM (cupoy)

427 Haha, Bilwis. I can just imagine...

"Budz R Us" or "Weed Emporium" or "Reefer Madness"

"MaraWanna MegaMart"

"Blunt Barn"

LOL

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:36 AM (o0Fxd)

428 https://tinyurl.com/bdh6t84j

For Informationing and Pleasurings

*skip to 2:21*

Posted by: Miklos, who forgot his lederhosen at December 11, 2022 03:36 AM (NOVDU)

429 Yay, Berserker!

Conqueror of the belligerent heating system!

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:28 AM (o0Fxd)

Its been a bastard. I was occasionally smelling the exhaust gas from the oil burner in the house. I had a chimney liner done and it didn't cure it. I would smell it out in the garage and why I don't know, but never in the basement. I figured maybe its a negative pressure thing and the exhaust was getting pulled down the fireplace flue since they are next to each other, and maybe getting sucked into the eve vents of the garage. The last week or so i was hearing a rumbling in the boiler, like an uneven flame burn. Today it quit. It would fire up, run 10 seconds and shut off. I did an entire service on it, which was done 7 months ago. It fired up and ran, but still rumbled a bit. Then I checked the flame and it looked too cold, so I adjusted the air intake, got a nice flame, the rumble went away, not smelling anything in the house. All is right with the world.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 11, 2022 03:42 AM (VwHCD)

430 My heater-fixing woes (besides ash-cleanouts) involve mostly just basic troubleshooting and motor replacements.

*knocks on wood*

Lord, help me, if the circuit board goes....

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:43 AM (o0Fxd)

431 Ich habe den Threaden gekillit.

Threadgekillingkieitundsohnwunsckenskeitungskeit

Posted by: Miklos, von und zu MoMeStein at December 11, 2022 03:45 AM (NOVDU)

432 I'll give the marketing folks credit. The different brand names are hilarious. Currently have some Lemon Cake and Alaskan Thunder F*ck in the cupboard.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 11, 2022 03:31 AM (cupoy)

The original was Matanuska Thunderf*ck. They call it "Alaska" because Lower 48 folks wouldn't know Matanuska from a hole in the ground.

It's still just skunkweed from the valley, but knock yourself out.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 11, 2022 03:45 AM (LOVUx)

433 Threadgekillingkieitundsohnwunsckenskeitungskeit
Posted by: Miklos, von und zu MoMeStein at December 11, 2022 03:45 AM (NOVDU)

And you, watch yer language there, buddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 11, 2022 03:46 AM (LOVUx)

434 *knocks on wood*

Lord, help me, if the circuit board goes....
Posted by: JQ

I read that in a Tony Orlando and Dawn voice

Posted by: Miklos, who just did that at December 11, 2022 03:47 AM (NOVDU)

435 I remember when weed did NOT smell skunky.

'Twas a gentler time, and the aromas were quite pleasant.

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:49 AM (o0Fxd)

436 Maybe it's your body saying booze baaad, weed gooood.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 11, 2022 03:06 AM (VwHCD)

Some asshole showed up at bowling on Thursday stinking of old skunkweed. Went out between games and lit up again. The G*dawful smell was enough to make me gag.

I'm going to buy a portable fan and some of those Febreeze stickon thingies to take to the lanes next time. Stinkers gotta learn they stink. At least the drunks don't smell so bad.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at December 11, 2022 03:49 AM (LOVUx)

437 ...twice on the pipe...

*toke* *toke*

...if the answer is "no"...

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:50 AM (o0Fxd)

438 The guys down the hall in the dorm nicknamed it "Polio Weed", and judging how difficult it was to get them to leave the couch, it must have been an apt description.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2022 03:51 AM (/UMsK)

439 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 11, 2022 03:51 AM (T4tVD)

440 And you, watch yer language there, buddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK

*starts GoFundMe for firewood and salmon*

Posted by: Miklos, only a small S&H fee required at December 11, 2022 03:52 AM (NOVDU)

441 hiya

It is a Word of our People

Posted by: the Lumbee at December 11, 2022 03:53 AM (NOVDU)

442 Polio-weed, yeah. There was some going around (back in the day) that was laced with muscle relaxer. Cheap way to boost crappy bud I guess. Anyway, only know because a friend had a reaction to it-- bella donna. Donnatal (sp?)

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:56 AM (o0Fxd)

443 Supposed to go shroom picking with a friend in the morning. Gotten some rain lately so should be good.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 11, 2022 03:58 AM (KAi1n)

444 ...if the answer is "no"...
Posted by: JQ

Now see?

The Horde Knows All

Posted by: Miklos likes his little jokes and ancient cultural references at December 11, 2022 03:58 AM (NOVDU)

445 Happy picking, SFGoth!

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 03:59 AM (o0Fxd)

446 I heard the stuff today stinks way worse than the stuff back in the day. There is also supposed to be this synthetic weed that stinks even more.

You have to give it to the potheads. They are not hiding it. Everyone knows how you spend your leisure time.

Posted by: Quint at December 11, 2022 04:00 AM (iit1O)

447 AOP - you (maybe) should have bought that timing light. For resale. Can sometimes flip that stuff for a nice chunk of change.

The old SUN machines, Allen, etc haven't reached cult status but there is a steady demand for them. For a long time, couldn't give them away.

Oftentimes though, they are incomplete and missing parts - like the timing light. People will pay good money for the missing bits, because they are useless without them.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2022 04:01 AM (/UMsK)

448 Yes, Quint, the new stuff REEKS.

Posted by: JQ at December 11, 2022 04:02 AM (o0Fxd)

449 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at December 11, 2022 04:02 AM (T4tVD)

450 Supposed to go shroom picking with a friend in the morning. Gotten some rain lately so should be good.
Posted by: SFGoth

The "special" mushrooms like to grow on cow patties.

I know where to get them in at least two states.

Here it is just down the river, where the wild cows grow.

Posted by: Miklos notes that wild cows are lean and stringy, takes time at December 11, 2022 04:03 AM (NOVDU)

451 Nice joke, MisHum, and thanks for Dino !

Posted by: JT at December 11, 2022 04:03 AM (T4tVD)

452 Pixy's nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 11, 2022 04:05 AM (ju2Fy)

453 The old ladies are awake.

They will bake bread for us.

Later, perhaps soup.

On Some days, hot soup.

Posted by: Miklos is re-reading "Goodbye to all That" at December 11, 2022 04:08 AM (NOVDU)

454 The guys down the hall in the dorm nicknamed it "Polio Weed", and judging how difficult it was to get them to leave the couch, it must have been an apt description.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 11, 2022 03:51 AM (/UMsK)

We call it elephant testing weed.

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