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Overnight Open Thread (18 Mar 2017(

Fed's rate hikes are really a bullish validation of Trumponomics. Oh don't say that to Obama fluffers. They think Trump has inherited this recent rise in economic numbers. They won't want to believe this.

And the fact is, the economy was losing steam going into this year, before Donald Trump stepped into the Oval Office. Yes, it's true, since Trump was elected the job-market has perked up, with February's 235,000 new payroll positions a pleasant upside surprise. And business confidence is soaring.

But Obama-era economic growth rates provide no reason at all for rate hikes.

In the fourth quarter, Obama's last as president, real GDP grew just 1.9%, which equaled the mediocre pace set for the entire year and for all of Obama's presidency.

Video Games

Give me a break. Why I'm giving 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' a hard pass: It's more of the same colonialism.

A more realistic beef with this game is here. Mass Effect: Andromeda's weird animations won't get fixed with day-one patch. Although, part of that problem could be this. A cosplayer with no video game experience was the lead facial animator.

Chris Evans

It must be so hard to be this brave in Hollywood. Chris Evans is ready to fight. Good luck with that chump. Just so you know, I won't be going to any of your movies.

Chuck Berry

Damn. Chuck Berry passed away today at the age of 90.

Guns

Might be a good time to start gun shopping. How Donald Trump shot the gun industry in the gut.

Long Hair

Real-life Rapunzel has more than 4 pounds of hair. I'd hate to have that shampoo bill.

RS-25 Engine Test

360 view if your browser supports it.

Privilege Tax

Haha, um no. A proposal has been making its way through the social justice sewer system to have white people pay a 5% privilege tax. How about a dumbassery tax?

Taxes and Work

I thought this was self evident. CBO analyst: Higher taxes and government programs decrease incentive to work.

Cat Video

Tonight's ONT brought to you by an extreme comparison of population density:

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1 Howdy ya'll.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 09:50 PM (smD62)

2 ONT!

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 09:50 PM (KXn9t)

3
I was fortunate to see the Filming of Berry's 60th birthday party,
'Hail Hail Rock-n-Roll' at the Fox theater in in St. Louis, MO, in
1986. Berry's backup band included Eric Clapton and Keith Richard.
They were both like little school boys obviously in awe of the master.
Chuck Berry, the God Father of Rock-n-Roll, and a True American Original, R.I.P.

Posted by: jrg at March 18, 2017 09:50 PM (PIPMd)

4 It's quiet in here. Too quiet.

Posted by: huerfano at March 18, 2017 09:51 PM (jkkMG)

5 Hello Horde! teej sends his greetings from stage.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 09:51 PM (tHwdc)

6 Changing socks

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 09:52 PM (KXn9t)

7 Howdy, Horde!

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 18, 2017 09:52 PM (nvMvs)

8 Yah!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 09:53 PM (EnKk6)

9 Truth hurts. Ya fkn dems. Thanks CDR_M for laying it on us. And for the fun stuff!

Posted by: NC Ref at March 18, 2017 09:54 PM (SpeiC)

10 Well done Tickled.

See, you're a winner at AoSHQ!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 09:54 PM (EnKk6)

11 I'm kind of drunk. How's everyone doing tonight? I'm GREAT!!!

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 18, 2017 09:54 PM (CNHr1)

12 It's quiet in here. Too quiet.

Posted by: huerfano at March 18, 2017 09:51 PM (jkkMG)

This is library.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 18, 2017 09:56 PM (dargh)

13 awww man... so sad to hear Chuck Berry passed. Now I'm sad. I was great. Now I'm sad.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 18, 2017 09:56 PM (CNHr1)

14 I'm sorry to hear about the passing of Chuck Berry. I've been out of pocket today and this is the first I've heard. Few people have had as much influence on popular music as he had.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 18, 2017 09:57 PM (nvMvs)

15 On the gold plated laser disk, recording the sounds of earth, on the Voyager spacecraft, is a one of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto's. And Gregorian Chants.

...and Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Good. Rock on, Chuck; you're immortal... now well out of the heliosphere, and headed into deep space on Vee-ger.

willowed in chess thread

Posted by: retropox at March 18, 2017 09:57 PM (QBrcC)

16 I heard someone talk about how Chuck Berry directly influenced the hip hop culture of today, and it just about made me sick.

To compare Berry's music with the usually vile disgusting lyrics of today is a disrespect to his memory.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 09:58 PM (smD62)

17 Chuck's Buried?

Bummer.

Otherwise, All Hail the ONT!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 09:58 PM (v5iqM)

18 Hola amigas, amigos, y amigxs de le ONT.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2017 09:59 PM (DMUuz)

19 All Hail Eris, music like this?

https://youtu.be/6A0rwG39Jzk?t=3m17s

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2017 09:59 PM (DotZb)

20
Chuck Berry had talent. Genius, even.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 09:59 PM (ryKqg)

21 RIP Chuck Berry.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 09:59 PM (o/90i)

22 Woot woot & woot
ONT

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 18, 2017 10:00 PM (voOPb)

23 3 I was fortunate to see the Filming of Berry's 60th birthday party, 'Hail Hail Rock-n-Roll' at the Fox theater in in St. Louis, MO, in 1986. Berry's backup band included Eric Clapton and Keith Richard.
They were both like little school boys obviously in awe of the master.
Chuck Berry, the God Father of Rock-n-Roll, and a True American Original, R.I.P.
Posted by: jrg at March 18, 2017 09:50 PM (PIPMd)


I've seen that movie several times. Berry treats Richards like a drunk pimp in a bad mood treats a hooker. Richards takes it.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (nvMvs)

24 ...and bird's songs. And Tuvans. And the Choral Movement of Beethoven's Ninth. And children laughing.

And Johhny B. Good.

Posted by: retropox at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (QBrcC)

25 After eight years of careful groundwork by Obama, the economy was just about to take off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (JZdsf)

26 McFly really launched Mr. Berry. Well, that and Surfin' U.S.A.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (DMUuz)

27 I love that girl's long hair, but your arms would get tired just combing and braiding it. If my long hair gets caught in everything, what must hers be like?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (EnKk6)

28 I will most likely pick up ME:Andromeda. I am a diehard Bioware fan even though they have made it difficult at times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2017 10:02 PM (R7+kO)

29 chuck opened for tom petty here a few years back....it was sad.....his guitar was out of tune....he was fighting with the roadie who was trying to have him use another while he tried to tune it.....every song became johnny b goode.....after three songs....he said thanks and good night only to be helped back on stage for another song to become johnny b goode...it was sad...

Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 18, 2017 10:02 PM (0O7c5)

30 25 After eight years of careful groundwork by Obama, the economy was just about to take off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:01 PM (JZdsf)

Green shoots. Poised.

*laughs hysterically* We heard this shit for EIGHT years!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2017 10:02 PM (R7+kO)

31 Hi ONTers

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 18, 2017 10:03 PM (wmaTe)

32 I heard someone talk about how Chuck Berry directly influenced the hip hop culture of today, and it just about made me sick.

To compare Berry's music with the usually vile disgusting lyrics of today is a disrespect to his memory.


Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 09:58 PM


Directly influenced? Not a chance. This is disregarding lyrics, too. Musically he "influenced" it, the way he impacted everything in pop/rock. But, through many degrees of separation.

Posted by: otho at March 18, 2017 10:03 PM (lmIoG)

33 You Never Can Tell is a great Chuck Berry song. I think it was in Pulp Fiction.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:04 PM (JZdsf)

34 cool map ... so 5% of the world's people live in that red area ... and 5% live in the blue. Most of the blue is rather harsh ... cold or dry or mountainous. Plenty of room to move into when Gore's global warming smacks us in the face ... should be any day now.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 10:04 PM (BrMft)

35 Fighting ghosts (dust motes in the sunlight) right after is an hour long video of winter driving crashes.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 10:05 PM (ryKqg)

36 Caturday!

And damn, I was enjoying the movie and movie soundtrack suggestions and discussion.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:05 PM (GsAUU)

37 Tickled pink.. I agree. He had to think this hip hop was just what it is. CRAP.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 18, 2017 10:05 PM (CNHr1)

38 I'm LOLing Anna!

"Hold it, sucka!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:05 PM (EnKk6)

39 chuck opened for tom petty here a few years back....it was sad.....his guitar was out of tune....he was fighting with the roadie who was trying to have him use another while he tried to tune it.....every song became johnny b goode.....after three songs....he said thanks and good night only to be helped back on stage for another song to become johnny b goode...it was sad...
Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 18, 2017 10:02 PM (0O7c5)

======

I had the same experience with a Frank Sinatra show in the 90s....he was using teleprompters for lyrics and still mixing songs. The backup orchestra was great as always, but his voice was pretty weak. Also sad to see.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 10:05 PM (KXn9t)

40 All Hail Eris, plus the weight of all that hair. Geez.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2017 10:06 PM (DotZb)

41 "Privilege Tax"


Last I checked you can give more money to the IRS if ya feel like it.
So --- feel free to assert your privilege and donate all you like.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:06 PM (NOIQH)

42 The guy who wrote that article about the "proposed" 5% White "Privilege" tax gave a lot of thought to it. Way too much actually. I believe a simply "oh shut the fuck up" would have sufficed.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:06 PM (X3MK1)

43 Tickled Pink

what ever happened on the tile project?
was always curious

Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2017 10:06 PM (pe9k3)

44 Live performances of Milli Vanilli were incredibly consistent through their entire career.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:07 PM (JZdsf)

45 RIP Chuck, making fine music in a better place. Say hi to Timmy for me.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 10:07 PM (tHwdc)

46 >>All Hail Eris, plus the weight of all that hair. Geez.


Does it ever get dry? Just imagine how heavy that it straight out of the shower. Ugh.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:07 PM (NOIQH)

47 Fed's rate hikes are really a bullish validation of Trumponomics.




Is anyone getting tired of winning????

Posted by: The Orange Quokka at March 18, 2017 10:07 PM (GsAUU)

48 Hail Hail Rock &Roll

Posted by: fireman1 at March 18, 2017 10:08 PM (I2s4+)

49 Since I stupidly forgot to paste in last thread . . .

The Power of One Soundtrack:

https://youtu.be/3xPLSdj_6u0

Posted by: The Orange Quokka at March 18, 2017 10:08 PM (GsAUU)

50 Hillary! is coming out of the woods. Did she accomplish anything? Depends.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 18, 2017 10:08 PM (DMUuz)

51 All Hail Eris, that video is truly a gem of movie making.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2017 10:09 PM (DotZb)

52 @43

Wow, that's a deep cut.

I just let it go. It doesn't look perfect, but it still looks pretty great.

I decided down the road, if I ever wanted to have it re-done professionally, I would.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 10:09 PM (smD62)

53 Hillary! is coming out of the woods


She doesn't come here to hunt bears.

Posted by: A Bear at March 18, 2017 10:09 PM (JZdsf)

54 Hillary! is coming out of the woods





She doesn't come here to hunt bears.

Posted by: A Bear at March 18, 2017 10:09 PM (JZdsf)

No, she comes to haunt them.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 10:10 PM (tHwdc)

55 All Hail Eris, plus the weight of all that hair. Geez.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 18, 2017 10:06 PM (DotZb)


However, 5 lbs is not the weight of a cat. Not a full grown one.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2017 10:10 PM (WQX/u)

56 Chuck Berry, the God Father of Rock-n-Roll, and a True American Original, R.I.P.
Posted by: jrg at March 18, 2017 09:50 PM (PIPMd)

--R.I.P.

The Beatles loved his music.

The Godfather of Soul as well.

Now Chuck Berry is with James Brown in Rock and Roll Heaven.

Posted by: The Orange Quokka at March 18, 2017 10:10 PM (GsAUU)

57 We can tell a difference in the economy at our house. Hubby's flooring business is booked solid through May! He is thinking about hiring more people soon. Yay for Trumponomics.

Posted by: Jmel at March 18, 2017 10:11 PM (0CuUa)

58 So I bought a stepped lower before the election assuming the hildebeast would win. (It cost $45 plus the $20 transfer fee.)

Building an AR was a thing I wanted to do in the future but didn't know what that would hold.
Now I'm part shopping for the rest (lower is fully assembled now). I'm looking at an Odin works 16". 223 wylde barrel. Free float shroud. Past that haven't thought much.

Posted by: Tsrblke at March 18, 2017 10:11 PM (dzmBR)

59 Not surprised about Evans. He must be nauseous every time he films as Cap.

After reading the description of his latest film, Gifted, it's cemented that he's a dope. What a load of bull meant to propagandize parents into holding their children back from being exceptional.

Posted by: soulpile at March 18, 2017 10:11 PM (73HcQ)

60 Hip hop is directly influenced by Gregorian chants.

Posted by: Gregor E at March 18, 2017 10:12 PM (IqV8l)

61 deep cut?...i was hoping it ended the way you wanted is all.

someday i'm going to re-do all my counters in concrete.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 18, 2017 10:12 PM (pe9k3)

62 CBO analyst: Uj, ever hear of the Laffer Curve?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:13 PM (NOIQH)

63 I thought the densest population was in Washington D.C.

Specifically around Capitol Hill.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 18, 2017 10:13 PM (Tstsj)

64 /sock

I am not worthy to maintain the Orange Quokka sock for more than one comment.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:14 PM (GsAUU)

65 Okay, ick, but, we shed hair, and finding two-foot-long hairs is gross enough. Imagine having five-foot-long hairs all over. I'd be sweeping and vacuuming all the time.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:14 PM (EnKk6)

66 Okay, ick, but, we shed hair, and finding two-foot-long hairs is gross enough. Imagine having five-foot-long hairs all over. I'd be sweeping and vacuuming all the time.

You could make a wall hanging.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (JZdsf)

67 60 Hip hop is directly influenced by Gregorian chants.


Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (X3MK1)

68 Bewillowed:

Just about any soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is awesome.
Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 09:53 PM (GsAUU)


Morricone was on deck to do the score for Sergio Leone's planned movie on the siege of Leningrad, starring Robert DeNiro. Leone died before it got off the ground.

So... hello, fellow denizens of what is clearly the wrong timeline.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:03 PM (8nWyX)

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:16 PM (8nWyX)

69 Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (X3MK1)



That was Vatican I.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:16 PM (JZdsf)

70 62
CBO analyst: Uj, ever hear of the Laffer Curve?


Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:13 PM (NOIQH)



Hahahahaha what? That sounds funny, but...no way, never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at March 18, 2017 10:17 PM (SpeiC)

71 Somebody -- Ice T? -- jokingly said Johnny Cash was the first rapper.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:17 PM (EnKk6)

72 I would still have Chris Evans' gorgeous children.

I would hate myself for it afterwards but...I would take one for the team.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 10:18 PM (smD62)

73 If interest rates catch up with real inflation as it did after Carter it's time to buy long term loans or save up your cash for CDs. There were 16 percent CDs for a while in the 80s.

Posted by: NoNothing at March 18, 2017 10:19 PM (4lzWT)

74 You could make a wall hanging.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (JZdsf)


Or a really disturbing ghillie suit!

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:19 PM (8nWyX)

75 "Hip hop is directly influenced by Gregorian chants."



My subjects chant all the time.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess of Gregoria at March 18, 2017 10:19 PM (tHwdc)

76
Chuck Berry's rhythmic rhyme was said to be the inspiration for rap, rhyming percussion beats.

I am not an expert on music construction.

no particular place to go

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 10:20 PM (ryKqg)

77 Chuck Berry is the Rothko of music.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:21 PM (JZdsf)

78 Or a really disturbing ghillie suit!
Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:19 PM (8nWyX)
---
Eewwwhahahahahewwwwwwhahahahaeewww

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:21 PM (EnKk6)

79 I didn't click the link for the Chris Evan's thing. Didn't care. I'd have to look up who he is anyways. (Guardians of the Galaxy?)

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:21 PM (X3MK1)

80 My husband, who is a huge Chuck Berry fan read a lot about him. Berry started out as a poor kid with a beat up guitar with only 3 strings. He took it from there. Absolute genius. Best guitar riff ever...

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 18, 2017 10:22 PM (CNHr1)

81 Damn, the Gaytors are taking the Wahoos to the woodshed.

[clicks to Iowa State-Purdue]

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:22 PM (GsAUU)

82 Ugh, "Gifted" sounds dumb.

A good movie about a gifted kid is "Vitus" (German). Particularly loved the relationship between Vitus and his grandfather.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:22 PM (NOIQH)

83 privilege tax ... ha

so they say the criminals go to jail and "paid their debt to society"

Really? Why does it cost taxpayers $30K per year to keep them? Whatever ills they brought to society don't magically go away just cuz they did some time. They were punished, they didn't "pay" anything. It cost us to punish them, and they probably come out worse than they went in, maybe even became jihadist.

they seem to have the language backwards. the WASPy heritage built the country most everyone wants to come to. That took training up a lot of kids in the right ways, and even losing some of those kids in battle. They fought to break free from pope and king (or any such tyranny).

The cultural Marxists, on the other hand, work to tear all that down. And all these PC turkeys think a free ride based on trashing traditional America is groovy. But whitey is finally laughing in their face and calling them out for the racists and bigots they truly are.

hurray

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 10:22 PM (BrMft)

84 extreme comparison of population density:

That must be Hell-on-Earth.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (eeTCA)

85 Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.

Your wish is my command: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001719/posts

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (bZ7mE)

86 Trump's win has had the unintended consequence of throwing the firearms industry into a deep slump, driving prices deep into the red, and forcing some gun dealers out of business.

Prices certainly have plunged since Trump won. Weapons and ammo are way down.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (LTHVh)

87 Ethan Ralph's article on how Mass Effect: Andromeda because a, er, mass of defects is great and the comments by tone-policing feminists is even better.

I'm over there triggering everyone. It's got to be more fun than the game.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (6FqZa)

88 >>>I didn't click the link for the Chris Evan's thing.
Didn't care. I'd have to look up who he is anyways. (Guardians of the
Galaxy?)

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:21 PM (X3MK1)<<<

Captain America.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 18, 2017 10:24 PM (Tstsj)

89 I stopped my casual perusal of the Chris Evans thing right when I saw the pic of him in the I'm A Serious Ack-tohr black nerd frames. I just know they have non-prescription lenses.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:24 PM (EnKk6)

90 Imagine having five-foot-long hairs all over. I'd be sweeping and vacuuming all the time.

Not sure a vacuum could handle it. I'd use a rake.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2017 10:25 PM (eeTCA)

91 Thought for sure we'd be treated to the video of Chuck Berry giving the classic WTF look when he and John Lennon were singing together and Yoko decided to add her warble to the song.

Posted by: RustyG at March 18, 2017 10:25 PM (Zc7fg)

92 Prices certainly have plunged since Trump won. Weapons and ammo are way down.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (LTHVh)


#WINNING

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 10:25 PM (tHwdc)

93 85 Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.

Your wish is my command: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001719/posts
Posted by: Grey Fox



Hah!! That was groovy. Must have taken a lot of work to convert ghetto speak into Latin.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:26 PM (X3MK1)

94 Not sure a vacuum could handle it. I'd use a rake.
Posted by: t-bird
------------------

Lint roller the size of a lawn roller.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2017 10:26 PM (ZO497)

95 extreme comparison of population density:


You have to read the article. You won't get the full impact just from the graphic. Good find by CDR M.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 10:26 PM (ryKqg)

96 the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?

Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 18, 2017 10:26 PM (0O7c5)

97 86 Trump's win has had the unintended consequence of throwing the firearms industry into a deep slump, driving prices deep into the red, and forcing some gun dealers out of business.

Prices certainly have plunged since Trump won. Weapons and ammo are way down.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2017 10:23 PM (LTHVh)
---
I read a mess o' post-apocalyptic fiction during the Obama Terror. I recall a lot of dystopian stuff from teh Left during the Reagan and Dubya years. Will they now be hunkering down again in their literature?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:27 PM (EnKk6)

98 the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?
Posted by: phoenixgir
-------------

Worshipers, throne-sniffers, hangers-on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (ZO497)

99 I got the EA Origin Access and have been playing ME:A. Yeah a couple of the facial animations are bad. But that's kind of funny/shoulder shrug. From what I've played combat is ok. I miss Paragon/Renegade interrupts. Haven't even gotten to any of their new interrupts. Going around a planet/level is much closer to Mass Effect 1 than ME2 or 3 though. Galactic exploration might be kind of annoying with the animation between each planet/asteroid playing each time.

Posted by: buzzion at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (cAnNx)

100 66 Okay, ick, but, we shed hair, and finding two-foot-long hairs is gross enough. Imagine having five-foot-long hairs all over. I'd be sweeping and vacuuming all the time.

You could make a wall hanging.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (JZdsf)

********

Or knit a sweater.

Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (MjCMw)

101 "A good movie about a gifted kid is "Vitus" (German). Particularly loved the relationship between Vitus and his grandfather."

Always liked "Searching for Bobby Fischer", about a grade school kid who is a chess prodigy. Joe Mantegna was good as the regular Joe dad who doesn't quite know what to do with a genius for a kid.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (1aMQH)

102 Prices certainly have plunged since Trump won. Weapons and ammo are way down.

buyers market.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (0O7c5)

103 the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?

Model what?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (bZ7mE)

104 Hi fapsters. How's the Horde this evening?

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 18, 2017 10:29 PM (0mRoj)

105 93 85 Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.

Your wish is my command: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1001719/posts
Posted by: Grey Fox


Hah!! That was groovy. Must have taken a lot of work to convert ghetto speak into Latin.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:26 PM (X3MK1)

Worthy of Catullus!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:29 PM (EnKk6)

106 103 the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?

Model what?
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (bZ7mE)

--After Moochie's star turn in Skull Island, the sky's the limit.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (GsAUU)

107 >>>the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?



Model what?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (bZ7mE)<<<

Squatch Fancy

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (Tstsj)

108 "the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?"

There's a magazine for Stoned Twerking Festival Goers? Who knew.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (1aMQH)

109 >>the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model.......seriously?



Eh, that seems to be the new thing:celebrity offspring are all into modeling, guys and gals alike.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (NOIQH)

110 My fear for businesses is that they are gearing up in anticipation that Obamacare repeal and tax cuts are coming. Congress is not cooperating. If these two major issue aren't resolved, and bussinesses don't get the breaks, won't that send them back in where we were before Trump was elected?

Posted by: Pet Pal at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (6RA2x)

111 At some point Evans is going to realize that Hillary is the real life equivalent of the Robert Redford character in 'CA:Winter Soldier.'

Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (AK5Ni)

112 Model what?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (bZ7mE)
i don't know.....and i don't know why....except as hammer mentioned...the hangers on......

Posted by: phoenixgirl..spring training at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (0O7c5)

113
Guns.
"Buy High, sell Low"

That is what I have always practiced. Buy the hot stuff everyone else is buying, sell it when no one wants it because I need to pay the rent.

That was why I bought Iridium stock just before the company went bankrupt. At least I passed on the Greek Bonds, having learnt my lessons.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 10:31 PM (ryKqg)

114 Geez, FL just stomped a mud hole in UVA.

..and my bracket, she is wreck.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 10:32 PM (1aMQH)

115 Re the density article. The author of 'The Camp of the Saints' specifically addressed the red areas.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2017 10:32 PM (ZO497)

116 Hip Hop in Latin would be interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:15 PM (X3MK1)


Neither Spanish Hip-Hop or Rap is particularly interesting to me.

I think it is because English poetry is based on the foot and meter, and hip-hop and rap rely on shifting rhythm to keep them entertaining, and can take advantage of inner patterns of the various forms of feet to alter the patterns within the meter, and Spanish poetry is based on syllabic counts, so it can shift, but feels more repetitive and less flexible.

And that is odd, because the African influenced Caribbean drum rhythms are very complex and shifting.

(The Spanish modernist movements did experiment with foot-based prosody, but I don't remember much coming of it, outside of some of Federico Garcia Lorca's work)


Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2017 10:32 PM (WQX/u)

117 Must have taken a lot of work to convert ghetto speak into Latin.

Vulgar Latin, presumably . . .

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 18, 2017 10:32 PM (6FqZa)

118 Naw, the Obama girls are cute, and the oldest is leggy enough to be a model. I can see it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (EnKk6)

119 Model what?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 18, 2017 10:28 PM (bZ7mE)

Squatch Fancy
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 18, 2017 10:30 PM (Tstsj)

--LMAO

You win the thread.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (GsAUU)

120 @89: "I just know they have non-prescription lenses."

Zooey Deschanel? Most of her glasses in New Girl don't even have lenses.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (3Vlkn)

121 Poor Chuck.

Ding-a-Ling Cancer?

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (4/95V)

122 >>"the older daughter of the former president has been repeatedly approached to model


She could model Mustache Wax.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2017 10:34 PM (4/95V)

123 I actually dig Barkley's suit. Not sure if that's a tie from 10 years ago, or a super-wide '70s tie.

Wow, I doubled my fashion comments for today.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:35 PM (GsAUU)

124 Humans don't live forever. 90 years is a good run.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 10:35 PM (IqV8l)

125 Now I'm pissed. The 'Noles get eliminated, and the Gaytors are going to advance.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:36 PM (GsAUU)

126 in one sense that dystopia could come sooner with Trump than with Hillary.

Hillary was the slow death march on their plotted course to global governance. Trump interrupted that, along with Brexit and Frexit ... so now media and the left are going insane trying to drive their loonies into mass hysteria and riot.

But certainly there is now a better chance of turning the death march around. The rebels have broken ranks, and now the RINOs are having to reveal they too want to enforce the death march. They too are globalists.

it's a thriller ... should be an exciting eight years.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 10:36 PM (BrMft)

127 Zooey Deschanel? Most of her glasses in New Girl don't even have lenses.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (3Vlkn)
---
Yeah, but they suit her character. Even without lenses! Cuz she's so wacky.

this is just Chris wanting to look intellectual, but puckering his brow in thought causes wrinkles, so...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:36 PM (EnKk6)

128
Is This Something?
--Ace

ah just kidding

it's just a kitty putting herself to bed in a little bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGDf2VrvK8

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 18, 2017 10:37 PM (X4K8V)

129 124 Humans don't live forever. 90 years is a good run.


My Grandmother has defied all expectations and is still alive at 98. She's frail but manages. Those Great Depression era kids were tough.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 18, 2017 10:37 PM (X3MK1)

130 Humans don't live forever. 90 years is a good run.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
----------------

Three score and ten is the allotment. Everything after that is gravy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 18, 2017 10:38 PM (ZO497)

131 Hip hop is directly influenced by Gregorian chants.
Posted by: Gregor E


The funniest thing i've ever heard vis 'origin of music:' rap was invented by Chinese monks.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2017 10:38 PM (4YGWz)

132 Poor Chuck.

Ding-a-Ling Cancer?
Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2017 10:33 PM (4/95V)

=====

He was 90. More than just his ding-a-ling wore out, I'm sure.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 10:38 PM (KXn9t)

133 in one sense that dystopia could come sooner with Trump

--

yep.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kdmg4me

Not sure it this is the right cite; Four types of Military officers.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2017 10:40 PM (ryKqg)

134
Baby cat thinks he's a baby human

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrhtAfd3OLE

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 18, 2017 10:40 PM (X4K8V)

135 it's just a kitty putting herself to bed in a little bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGDf2VrvK8
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 18, 2017 10:37 PM (X4K8V)
---
OMG I want this kitty! I love the big fuzzballs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:40 PM (EnKk6)

136 Is there a good quick guide to How To Mass Effect If Ur Dum out there somewhere?

I played KOTOR 1 and 2 and they seem to be pretty similar, but I got an XBONE last year and downloaded ME (original) and I'm not doing that great. KOTOR was pretty straightforward - here are things that you hit other things with, here are things that you shoot at other things, and here are your inevitable Jedi skills because of course you're a Jedi. Keep buffing someone on your team in crate-opening, another in computer breaking, and Bob's yer movva's bruvva.

ME is similar, but has some major differences, and I cannot be bothered to micromanage all of the characters' kit because Glorfnax has a pistol specialty so he'd do more damage with a rusty Iver-Johnson .32 than with the Kill-o-tron BrainMelter X500 rifle that does 20 times the damage on paper.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:41 PM (8nWyX)

137 Thought for sure we'd be treated to the video of Chuck Berry giving the classic WTF look when he and John Lennon were singing together and Yoko decided to add her warble to the song.
Posted by: RustyG at March 18, 2017 10:25

Anyone have a link to that? It was posted here while ago, hysterical. I'd look but I need another drink. BRB.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 10:43 PM (o/90i)

138
OMG I want this kitty! I love the big fuzzballs.

I want the tiny bed and little rudolph stuffed animal!

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 18, 2017 10:44 PM (X4K8V)

139 My favorite Chuck Berry moment?

His duet with Yoko Ono:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kgu71d81U

At about 1:09, the magic happens.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 18, 2017 10:44 PM (1JnAL)

140 Naw, the Obama girls are cute, and the oldest is leggy enough to be a model. I can see it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes




how do you type the raspberry sound? no one would shoot them for pocket hose or flex seal commercial if they were not celebrity kids.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:44 PM (cPsPa)

141 The quick blurbs warning about copyright infringement of the NCAA Tournament sometimes make me chuckle.

Accounts of the game without the express permission of the NCAA?

Will ICE be knocking at my door for commenting on March Madness games?

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:44 PM (GsAUU)

142 Went to the local shelter.

Tabby cat loved, LOVED to be petted.

She hated other cats. Hissed if they walked near her. Loved it when I petted her, rubbed tummy, etc.

...

...

God has abandoned me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 10:45 PM (MZcWR)

143 how do you type the raspberry sound?


Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:44 PM (cPsPa)

I know.

Posted by: Bill the Cat at March 18, 2017 10:46 PM (GsAUU)

144
Anyone have a link to that? It was posted here while ago, hysterical. I'd look but I need another drink. BRB.
Posted by: Farmer


Many versions. Here's one:

https://youtu.be/V2i9RvBOSZ4

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 10:46 PM (IqV8l)

145 I love me some long hair on the ladies, but that may be taking things too far.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 18, 2017 10:46 PM (0mRoj)

146 horrck ptooooo!

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:46 PM (cPsPa)

147 #136

www.gamefaqs.com is the most popular place for free strategy guides and walkthroughs. There are probably plenty on YouTube as well.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 18, 2017 10:47 PM (AK5Ni)

148 how do you type the raspberry sound?
------------

Btfsplk

Posted by: Al Capp at March 18, 2017 10:47 PM (ZO497)

149 My favorite Chuck Berry moment?
His duet with Yoko Ono:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kgu71d81U

At about 1:09, the magic happens.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 18, 2017 10:44

LOL, ask and yee shall receive. TY

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 10:48 PM (o/90i)

150 When youse guys talk about video games it's like reading DroogSpeak.

Whatever happened to the gamer thread of yesteryear?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:48 PM (EnKk6)

151 Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:41 PM (8nWyX)

It's been a while since I played 1, but my strategy almost always involves focusing on my main PC then just trying to deck out the npc characters with whatever the best thing I have that matches their skills set regardless of raw numbers.

Posted by: Tsrblke at March 18, 2017 10:48 PM (dzmBR)

152 so, has anyone here ever had someone teach them how to spit?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:48 PM (cPsPa)

153 ME is similar, but has some major differences, and I cannot be bothered to micromanage all of the characters' kit because Glorfnax has a pistol specialty so he'd do more damage with a rusty Iver-Johnson .32 than with the Kill-o-tron BrainMelter X500 rifle that does 20 times the damage on paper.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 10:41 PM (8nWyX)



They reduced that down a little bit in later games. You didn't have 12 skill trees that you are putting experience points into. And they each only carry 2 weapon types instead of all of them. I just always gave characters the best weapons and armor available in ME1, you're eventually to the point where you don't have to give it that much focus.

Posted by: buzzion at March 18, 2017 10:48 PM (cAnNx)

154 Bill the Cat always said something like, "Ack-pfthttttttttttttttttt!"

Posted by: Lizzy at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (NOIQH)

155 that map site says Greater Tokyo has the same population as greater New york and greater LA combined, but in one-tenth the space. yikes ... 38 million.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (BrMft)

156 142 Went to the local shelter.

Tabby cat loved, LOVED to be petted.

She hated other cats. Hissed if they walked near her. Loved it when I petted her, rubbed tummy, etc.

...

...

God has abandoned me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 10:45 PM (MZcWR)

--It may not be that tabby, but some day a kitteh is going to steal your heart again. I can see it.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (GsAUU)

157 Good evening, all!

Thanks for the great content, CDR M!

Baby Sister Update on the way

Posted by: ibguy at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (vUcdz)

158 This is a pretty spot-on explanation of why the female characters in Mass Effect Andromeda look so weird:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-0nCsE2zMA

If you don't want to watch, it's because BioWare has gone full SJW and is deliberately making their female characters unattractive to avoid the dreaded "male gaze".

Posted by: Viridian at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (mVnZo)

159 Bill the Cat always said something like, "Ack-pfthttttttttttttttttt!"
Posted by: Lizzy at March 18,




that would work.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:49 PM (cPsPa)

160 Come on, Cyclones. UVA-FU is already a blowout. Keep this interesting.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:50 PM (GsAUU)

161 We are already paying a privilege tax.

Mr. H and I bought groceries today, and paid for our with money we earned doing gainful employment. We filled 3/4 of our cart.

Two aisles over, another couple, unmarried, in their pajama pants and house slippers, paid for their two carts full with their EBT card.

Must be nice.

Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2017 10:50 PM (Z56vq)

162
I don't know -- gotta love a cat that hates cats.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 18, 2017 10:51 PM (X4K8V)

163 If I spit while alexa is listening how does she transcribe the sound?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:51 PM (cPsPa)

164 Don't blame me.

I voted for Bill 'N' Opus.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:52 PM (GsAUU)

165 so, seems the horde may have forgotten to set their clocks ahead.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:53 PM (cPsPa)

166 "Might be a good time to start gun shopping."


yay! I might finally be able to afford an AR!

Posted by: Shoey at March 18, 2017 10:54 PM (OYK2S)

167 so my cold/flu/malaria seems to be hanging on with everything it has. have asked my doc, doc feel good, for something stronger. was thinking polonium. play a little chicken with the virus, see who yields first.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:55 PM (cPsPa)

168 Logprof, you are an incurable romantic.

Normally an admirable trait. Except when cats are involved.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 10:56 PM (MZcWR)

169 Baby Sister Update

This is from her dear friend Roni, with whom she spent this afternoon:

Joyce and I had a lovely outing on a beautiful day! We visited "our" mountain bike park and saw some of our friends at their clinic. We visited my farm and Joyce loved seeing all of the horses-including 2 new babies- she was really in her element. We put things on a large calendar so that Joyce can reminisce about and look forward to her visitors.

Joyce LOVED her outing, and so did I! Joyce is speaking more and even reading a little bit. She is also starting to walk a bit. YAY!!!!

[Mrs Ibguy and I are headed down there tomorrow to spend a few days with Joyce and her family]

Posted by: ibguy at March 18, 2017 10:57 PM (vUcdz)

170 ME is not too bad. You have the soldier class for just the straight up shootin things. Maybe a bit of slowed time thrown in.

Engineer class for something or other.

And Biotics for blowing people up with their Godless sorcery/science magic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 18, 2017 10:58 PM (R7+kO)

171 Two aisles over, another couple, unmarried, in their pajama pants and house slippers, paid for their two carts full with their EBT card.

Must be nice.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2017 10:50 PM (Z56vq)

That infuriates me.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 18, 2017 10:58 PM (0mRoj)

172 Wonderful news ibguy, and constant prayers for y'all.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 10:58 PM (tHwdc)

173 168 Logprof, you are an incurable romantic.

Normally an admirable trait. Except when cats are involved.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 10:56 PM (MZcWR)

--You are correct.

My mom's even worse. My dad joked that if you're a tray dog, the best thing that could ever happen to you would be to come across my mom.

We also adopted the occasional stray cat when I was a young'un. A favorite of mine was a beautiful cat that was kind of calico, but with a weirdly pretty greyness suffused throughout her coat, in all the patches of color. Hence, we named her Ashes. I miss that swamp cat.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:00 PM (GsAUU)

174 Unfortunately for the Obama girls, they have inherited their mother's broccoli-sniffing expression. Smiles are as rare to their sullen, bored faces as they are to Mama Mooch.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 18, 2017 11:01 PM (dargh)

175 Purdue is just too much in the zone. Iowa State can't help but look out of sorts against a team clicking like this.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:01 PM (GsAUU)

176 it's just a kitty putting herself to bed in a little bed



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGDf2VrvK8
---
OMG. So effing adorable.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2017 11:03 PM (FkAXz)

177 Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843127547416248320

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843127637832880132

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843127726341050369

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843127815226712065

Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2017 11:04 PM (AOrEZ)

178 Joyce LOVED her outing, and so did I! Joyce is speaking more and even reading a little bit. She is also starting to walk a bit. YAY!!!!

--Wonderful news, ibguy.

Work this past week, despite my having yesterday off, ended on a down note but at least the weekend has been happier.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:04 PM (GsAUU)

179 In Mass Effect 1, you can set all your squadmates to "auto level up" if you don't want to deal with levelling them up yourself. You will need to eventually give them better weapons and armor, though.

Posted by: Viridian at March 18, 2017 11:05 PM (mVnZo)

180 We also adopted the occasional stray cat when I was a young'un. A favorite of mine was a beautiful cat that was kind of calico, but with a weirdly pretty greyness suffused throughout her coat, in all the patches of color. Hence, we named her Ashes. I miss that swamp cat.
--

I'm thinking it was a gray dilute calilco.

They're very pretty.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2017 11:05 PM (FkAXz)

181 More Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843127905609768960

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843128011922771969

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843128108228186112

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/843128202059042818

Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2017 11:05 PM (AOrEZ)

182 "Purdue is just too much in the zone. Iowa State can't help but look out of sorts against a team clicking like this"

They're creepin back in...

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:05 PM (1aMQH)

183 Be Goode Chuck, RIP!

Posted by: Locke Common at March 18, 2017 11:06 PM (2AeoE)

184 That infuriates me.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 18, 2017 10:58 PM (0mRoj)

=====

I was once on a thread where someone bitched about an EBT type buying Lobster and Filets when the person who helped them buy that stuff could not afford it.

On cue, along came a welfare Mama to say "SNAP and EBT is for food, ain't it?! All that is food!".

They are multigenerational and will never get it. They do not know or care that other individuals are paying for their shit. It all just comes from Uncle Sugar.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 11:06 PM (KXn9t)

185 171 Two aisles over, another couple, unmarried, in their pajama pants and house slippers, paid for their two carts full with their EBT card.

Must be nice.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2017 10:50 PM (Z56vq)

That infuriates me.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 18, 2017 10:58 PM (0mRoj)

--I got the same vibe when I worked for Jackson Hewitt last year, seeing all the single moms raking in the EITC while making paltry wages.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:06 PM (GsAUU)

186 RIP Chuck. 90 is a good run for anyone much less a rock 'n roller, considering Elvis, MJ, Otis, Jimi and Janis. And Yoko's husband.

Posted by: FOAF at March 18, 2017 11:07 PM (p0JMG)

187 I love dogs and cats. If an alien race demands we prove ourselves worthy, I would say, "Look at dogs."

And they'd be like DAMN DANIEL and stuff.

And if they said, "Has your race ever been conquered?" I'd say "Look at cats"

And they'd say, "Good thing you don't taste good."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 11:07 PM (MZcWR)

188 If I spit while alexa is listening how does she transcribe the sound?
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:51

You have that bitch in your house too? We were given one for Christmas, basically use it as an alarm clock. Wife plays some music.

It is fun to confound her w/ questions. She's not very bright.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 11:08 PM (o/90i)

189
We also adopted the occasional stray cat when I was a young'un. A favorite of mine was a beautiful cat that was kind of calico, but with a weirdly pretty greyness suffused throughout her coat, in all the patches of color. Hence, we named her Ashes. I miss that swamp cat.
Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:00 PM (GsAUU)


Sounds like "dilute calico". We adopted the cleverly-named Girlcat back when I was in high school, and she lives with my sister now, over 20 (!) years later.

http://stoatnet.org/girlcat.jpg

It isn't a super picture of her coat coloration, mostly because she's retired and no longer has to care what people think about her grooming and hygiene. Do elderly cats become people ladies?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 11:09 PM (8nWyX)

190
Two aisles over, another couple, unmarried, in their pajama pants and house slippers, paid for their two carts full with their EBT card.

Must be nice.
Posted by: ALH


The standard SJW response is :"Would you trade places with them?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 11:10 PM (IqV8l)

191 For the record, I'd lived 16 years with my previous cat, who was not only wonderful, but patiently starred in a bunch of PhotoShop things. I loved her, she loved me, and when she left, it hurt a lot.

I kind of want another cat, but I kind of don't. Lots of cables, everywhere...audio cables, MIDI cables...cables that don't even have a name yet.

Cables that probably look pretty chewy.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 11:11 PM (MZcWR)

192 Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 11:09 PM (8nWyX)

--Pretty cat, Girlcat. Ashes had short hair, though.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:12 PM (GsAUU)

193 Berry was a big influence, but never forget Holly and Didley. Hail, hail rock and roll.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 18, 2017 11:12 PM (PX+kj)

194 Cyclones are waking up.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:12 PM (GsAUU)

195 Woo hoo!

Two treys in a row!!

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:12 PM (GsAUU)

196 It is fun to confound her w/ questions. She's not very bright.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 11:08 PM (o/90i)

Why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess of Firesign Theatre at March 18, 2017 11:13 PM (tHwdc)

197 Iowa State is on a tear.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:14 PM (GsAUU)

198 Well damn, it's the Cyclones who are in the zone now.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:15 PM (GsAUU)

199 Is anyone else having the cheers coming like...a second after the shots are made?

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:16 PM (smD62)

200 The standard SJW response is :"Would you trade places with them?"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 11:10 PM (IqV8l)

--Which is stupid because it's fucking out of the question.

I would never not marry the mother of my children.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:16 PM (GsAUU)

201 >>>Why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess of Firesign Theatre at March 18, 2017 11:13 PM (tHwdc)<<<

To get to the other side.
...
...........
**smoke starts spewing out of device**
**flames appear**

Posted by: Alexa at March 18, 2017 11:16 PM (Tstsj)

202 Purdue/ISU...dang, this is what all that Madness chatter's about.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:17 PM (1aMQH)

203 By the way, if you like cats, check Robin Seplut's channel on YouTube. He's some Russian guy who loves cats, feeds them bins full of boiled chicken, and they...they love him.

It's so fun to see when he comes across a new colony of strays. They all know he's got food. It's really cool. They pretend that they're all "shy" but they know food is in the offing.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 18, 2017 11:17 PM (MZcWR)

204 I'd never have any form of Alexa or whatever the competing devices are out there.

Hell, you've already got attorneys issuing subpoenas for the memory circuits of 'em, both on prosecution and defense sides of the courtroom.

It's Orwell's always-spying TeleScreen, that you're paying for the privilege to own and use.

You've GOT to be EFFING KIDDING me, that any sane Moron or Ette (now, there's a self-contradictory phrase, I'll freely admit!)... would VOLUNTARILY put one in their domicile!

By the same measure, I'm happy with my 10 year old, non-"smart TV", 42 in. Samsung flat screen. It has neither camera nor mic, and I'd not have it any other way.

And if laptop makers want to cash in on a bonanza, sell a unit with physical ON/OFF switches at both camera and mic.

Ah, well. I suppose Bob at NSA has already told 'em they can't sell 'em that way, anymore.

Hmm...might be some good loot to be made by setting up a modification bench, to do exactly that to existing machines?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:19 PM (v5iqM)

205 202 Purdue/ISU...dang, this is what all that Madness chatter's about.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:17 PM (1aMQH)

--Wisconsin-Villanova was awesome, but this one could top it.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:19 PM (GsAUU)

206 trump
trump
trump

deport
deport
deport

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:20 PM (dV8w+)

207 199 Is anyone else having the cheers coming like...a second after the shots are made?
Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:16 PM (smD62)

--Are you in Indiana or Iowa?

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:20 PM (GsAUU)

208 hey

I live in the purple density part of the USA!!

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:21 PM (dV8w+)

209 I was once on a thread where someone bitched about an EBT type buying Lobster and Filets when the person who helped them buy that stuff could not afford it.

On cue, along came a welfare Mama to say "SNAP and EBT is for food, ain't it?! All that is food!".

They are multigenerational and will never get it. They do not know or care that other individuals are paying for their shit. It all just comes from Uncle Sugar.
Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 11:06 PM (KXn9t)


I was in a thread when EBTer's buying steaks and lobsters was brought up, and there were some that thought it was great that they could treat themselves to that, they deserve it.

The ones only able to buy hamburger on their salaries and paying taxes were not amused.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 18, 2017 11:21 PM (1JnAL)

210 @207

Indiana why?

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (smD62)

211 And if laptop makers want to cash in on a bonanza, sell a unit with physical ON/OFF switches at both camera and mic.

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:19 PM

--Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (GsAUU)

212 196 lay his eggs in the air?

Since when did his (of any species) lay eggs anywhere, including in the air? Educate this poorly schooled farm boy.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (PX+kj)

213 @211: "Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops."

So does Mark Zuckerberg. Yes, really.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 18, 2017 11:23 PM (3Vlkn)

214 210 @207

Indiana why?
Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (smD62)

--Purdue is in Indiana.

And it's a 1 point game.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:23 PM (GsAUU)

215 --Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops.





Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (GsAUU)

First thing I did when I got this thing 4 years ago. Even James Comey recommends doing that, and he ought to know.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 11:23 PM (tHwdc)

216 188 If I spit while alexa is listening how does she transcribe the sound?
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 18, 2017 10:51

You have that bitch in your house too? We were given one for Christmas, basically use it as an alarm clock. Wife plays some music.

It is fun to confound her w/ questions. She's not very bright.
Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 11:08 PM (o/90i)


Every day I ask her "Is Hillary Clinton President of the United States".

I smile at her answer.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 18, 2017 11:24 PM (1JnAL)

217 @214

I am aware of both.

Haha. There just seems to be a delay on the audio or something.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:24 PM (smD62)

218 >>>You've GOT to be EFFING KIDDING me, that any sane
Moron or Ette (now, there's a self-contradictory phrase, I'll freely
admit!)... would VOLUNTARILY put one in their domicile!
Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:19 PM (v5iqM)<<<




Got an Amazon Tap that I won at work. It has Alexa, but you need to push a button to get her going (heh... can I call "Phrasing" on myself?).



Anyways. Never had it connected to home wifi, just basically use it as a portable Bluetooth speaker. And it's actually pretty decent in that role.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 18, 2017 11:24 PM (Tstsj)

219 Since when did his (of any species) lay eggs anywhere, including in the air? Educate this poorly schooled farm boy.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (PX+kj)

Reference from "I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus" by Firesign Theatre. Calculated to undermine computer's logic.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 11:25 PM (tHwdc)

220 I am working under the assumption that the rate hike is just another deep state attack on a Republican President.



By that, I do not mean that interest rates should not be much higher than they are... they should have been raised long ago (hell they never should have been lowered as they were to a zero effective rate). I attribute most of the increase in stock prices over the last 8 or 9 years to mal-investment caused by the combination of the Fed pumping money into the economy like they were drunken sailors on perpetual shore leave while at the same time acting as if money was free and the feckless federal government passing law after law (and regulation after regulation) that pretty much guaranteed only a fool would invest in anything productive that could be taken away by the government.





The timing of this rate hike that should have happened YEARS ago (and the not so coincident action of starting to pull "excess liquidity" out of the market tells me that they are trying to inhibit growth just when it might start to take off.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 18, 2017 11:25 PM (FTXAT)

221 went rock climbing to day for the first time since 2003.

will get some new gear and start the kids off climbing, wife too

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:25 PM (dV8w+)

222 That is a fabulous kitteh.

Posted by: Heide Radieshen at March 18, 2017 11:26 PM (nwUB+)

223 Two aisles over, another couple, unmarried, in their pajama pants and house slippers, paid for their two carts full with their EBT card.
Posted by: ALH at March 18, 2017 10:50 PM



I've got a pair of what are technically pajama bottoms (but don't look it) that I wear sometimes to run errands. I draw the line at slippers, though.

In the early 80's my sister and I used to steal my Dad's brand-new boxer shorts, sew the front slit up, and wear them as regular shorts (baggy and sitting low on the hips) over our panties or bathing suit bottoms. Paired with a t-shirt and flip-flops, super comfy. This was around the time everybody cut off the tops of their sweatshirts to wear them off the shoulder.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 18, 2017 11:27 PM (dargh)

224 Reagan had a good quote about the best social program being a job. Making being a ward of the state comfortable enough to remove the incentive for folks to make their own way in the world is a grave disservice to them. And then they get teachers and 'community organizers' telling them they are and always will be victims who cant get ahead because whites/patriarchy are keeping them down.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 18, 2017 11:27 PM (Jen0I)

225 217 @214

I am aware of both.

Haha. There just seems to be a delay on the audio or something.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:24 PM (smD62)

--I know my cable is a second or two slow. I can tell when I see play-by-play on the Internet versus the TV feed.

Plus, in your case, sound is slower than light, enough so that it makes a difference if you're hearing cheers a house or two away.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:28 PM (GsAUU)

226 Ask Alexa "Why?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 11:29 PM (IqV8l)

227 TIE GAME!

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:29 PM (GsAUU)

228 Wow, 23-8 scoring run by Cyclones.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (GsAUU)

229 My favorite Chuck Berry moment?
His duet with Yoko Ono:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kgu71d81U


John should have instead trashed a thousand hotel rooms rather than carry that milestone.

But not as grating to me as the long guitar strings that are dangling off the headstock.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (VdICR)

230 Hillary! is coming out of the woods. Did she accomplish anything? Depends. Posted by: Duncanthrax

Thank God! She terrifies me. That bitch is evil!

Posted by: A Snake Still Hiding Under a Rock at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (v8Lx/)

231 Come on Purdue!!!

Posted by: Tickled Pink at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (smD62)

232 >>>Ask Alexa "Why?"



Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 11:29 PM (IqV8l)<<<

Why ask "why"?
Try Bud Dry.

**orders Bertram 10 cases of Bud Dry**

Posted by: Alexa at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (Tstsj)

233 Miley at 219,

Computer logic? I don't need no stinking computer logic as I quietly fondle the grip of my S&W model 65. No sock or barrel required.

Posted by: colfax mingo at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (PX+kj)

234 Plus, in your case, sound is slower than light, enough so that it makes a
difference if you're hearing cheers a house or two away.


I just don't want to wake up the downstairs neighbors.

Posted by: Heide Radieshen at March 18, 2017 11:31 PM (nwUB+)

235 Good Evening everyone. Anybody here ever had the "Mozilla cannot find runtime" problem? If so, appreciate a share on how you solved it.

It's getting late and not a big deal. Just thought I'd ask. I'll work on it tomorrow.

Nice ONT. Thanks

Posted by: gracepmc at March 18, 2017 11:31 PM (OU4q6)

236 Ask Alexa "Why?"



Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2017 11:29 PM (IqV8l)

"When you were born, where will you go?"

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 11:31 PM (tHwdc)

237 I'd never have any form of Alexa or whatever the competing devices are out there.
Hell, you've already got attorneys issuing subpoenas for the memory circuits of 'em, both on prosecution and defense sides of the courtroom.
It's Orwell's always-spying TeleScreen, that you're paying for the privilege to own and use...
And if laptop makers want to cash in on a bonanza, sell a unit with physical ON/OFF switches at both camera and mic.
Ah, well. I suppose Bob at NSA has already told 'em they can't sell 'em that way, anymore.
Hmm...might be some good loot to be made by setting up a modification bench, to do exactly that to existing machines?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:19

We were given one for Christmas, use it as an alarm clock. Shut it off most of time. It is never hearing our conversations.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 11:33 PM (o/90i)

238 Heh, my Kindle Fire HD8 has Alexa and I have never been tempted to use it.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:34 PM (GsAUU)

239 LMAO at the Charles Barkley Clapper ad.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:34 PM (GsAUU)

240 we got an Alexa for Christmas, we gave it back

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:34 PM (dV8w+)

241 I found myself eligible for SNAP a few years back. Presumably you can get steak and lobster, since they're food (I never tried because there is a monthly allotment and two weeks of cereal and canned vegetables and soup beats a big fancy dinner and then nothing). You can get coffee - good thing, especially if your job is trying to get a job. Store-brand coffee filters? Newp, not food, won't go on the card. Clean T-shirts, cut with some creativity, will suffice though.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 11:35 PM (8nWyX)

242 Aw shit, Iowa State stumbling again.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:35 PM (GsAUU)

243 211 And if laptop makers want to cash in on a bonanza, sell a unit with physical ON/OFF switches at both camera and mic.

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:19 PM

--Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops.



Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:22 PM (GsAUU)



I recently heard the recommendation for the microphone to go and buy a cheap microphone. Apparently if you plug in a microphone to the laptop that takes priority over the in system microphone.

So you have your cheap mic plugged in, then you cut off the microphone part so its just a wire, and will no longer work for all you paranoid types.

Posted by: buzzion at March 18, 2017 11:37 PM (cAnNx)

244 >>>LMAO at the Charles Barkley Clapper ad.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:34 PM (GsAUU)<<<

It's turrible. Just turrible.

Posted by: Charles Barkley at March 18, 2017 11:37 PM (Tstsj)

245 Store-brand coffee filters? Newp, not food, won't go on the card. Clean T-shirts, cut with some creativity, will suffice though.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 11:35 PM (8nWyX)

I got a mesh filter for the Mr. Coffee and I've been very happy with it, just rinse it out every time.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 11:37 PM (tHwdc)

246 "--Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops. "

Me too.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:38 PM (1aMQH)

247 @85 Grey Fox, can't thank you enough. Latin Vernacular is a hobby in our family, and one of our kids is right in the midst of that shit storm in Korea.

I have just this moment dispatched it out there. Expect a PSY version by the end of the weekend.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2017 11:38 PM (H5rtT)

248 241 I found myself eligible for SNAP a few years back. Presumably you can get steak and lobster, since they're food (I never tried because there is a monthly allotment and two weeks of cereal and canned vegetables and soup beats a big fancy dinner and then nothing). You can get coffee - good thing, especially if your job is trying to get a job. Store-brand coffee filters? Newp, not food, won't go on the card. Clean T-shirts, cut with some creativity, will suffice though.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2017 11:35 PM (8nWyX)

--I have been on SNAP twice. Same as you, never shot the wad on steak or lobster (fanciest I got was ground turkey). Yeah, could not get booze with it (which is a good thing), but I could get soft drinks, and I even discovered I could get tea bags and Splenda.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:38 PM (GsAUU)

249 Crucial review

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:38 PM (GsAUU)

250 Hillary! is coming out of the woods. Did she accomplish anything? Depends. Posted by: Duncanthrax

Thank God! She terrifies me. That bitch is evil!
Posted by: A Snake Still Hiding Under a Rock at March 18, 2017 11:30 PM (v8Lx/)

========

Let her stumble and *shuffle, clomp* out of the woids with her walker. As the campaign showed, the more people see of her, the less they like her.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 11:40 PM (KXn9t)

251 This silly 15 min film made me laugh

https://www.viki.com/videos/1041865v-manila-running

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 18, 2017 11:40 PM (Om16U)

252 oh shoot - did I blow the margins?

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 18, 2017 11:40 PM (Om16U)

253 ISU wasted too much time not fouling.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:41 PM (GsAUU)

254 It is uncanny how the Cyclones are getting free timeouts even though they offically have none left.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:42 PM (GsAUU)

255 I've got black electrical tape over the camera on this laptop. But I do like the idea of using a non-operative external mic.

Besides. It's not that I'm paranoid, it's just that they're out to get me. See? SEE!?

*runs around with hair on fire*



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:43 PM (v5iqM)

256 ISU needed that rebound badly.

Yeesh.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:44 PM (GsAUU)

257 cltuch.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:45 PM (1aMQH)

258 Purdue ekes out a win in a thriller.

Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 11:45 PM (GsAUU)

259 RIP Chuck Berry.

But calling him the father of rock & roll goes a little too far, I think. Here are two earlier recordings off the top of my head:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg

I'm sure there are others.

Posted by: rickl at March 18, 2017 11:45 PM (sdi6R)

260 and then the other kid...

clutch.

Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:46 PM (1aMQH)

261 oh shoot - did I blow the margins?
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 18, 2017 11:40 PM (Om16U)

====

Leans back and lights one up.....
Thank you, baby.

Posted by: The Margins at March 18, 2017 11:46 PM (KXn9t)

262 "--Heh, a couple of colleagues at work keep Post-Its over the camera eyes of their laptops. "
Me too.
Posted by: Twin Cities Daydrunk, getcher DQ cones free next week! at March 18, 2017 11:38

Now that you mention it, and bandaid at home and a post it note at work. Why not to be on the safe side.

Posted by: Farmer at March 18, 2017 11:46 PM (o/90i)

263 *runs around with hair on fire*


your cell phone is just as hackable

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:47 PM (dV8w+)

264 So does Mark Zuckerberg. Yes, really.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 18, 2017 11:23 PM (3Vlkn)



For a reason

https://youtu.be/VZsI9Ii2VBs

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2017 11:48 PM (WQX/u)

265 your cell phone is just as hackable

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:47 PM (dV8w+)



They might get some audio from my cel phone, but the video would be awfully disappointing to 'em.

I carry it in my pocket, and if it's in the car, it's stuffed down into the center console.

Thrilling video, that.

Fact is, if work didn't require smart fone functionality, I'd go back to a simple flip fone.

Hell, if I could get a digital cel phone with a rotary dial, I'd call that about right, I think.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2017 11:51 PM (v5iqM)

266 Reference from "I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus" by Firesign Theatre. Calculated to undermine computer's logic.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 18, 2017 11:25 PM (tHwdc)


Mr President, Mr President, this is Worker speaking.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2017 11:51 PM (WQX/u)

267 ", paid for their two carts full with their EBT card"

in 2004 there was a woman in front of me, couldn't speak english, trying different cards to find one that worked. he had a full cart of nice stuff, her husband was next line over and his cart was stuffed as well. He came and helped her find a card that worked. It seemed clear they were getting all the cards they could, probably signing up their dog and kids, and maxing them out.

It is all done to stimulate the welfare state economy and buy votes. They could easily put limits on what specific foods can be purchased with EBT cards. The UPC codes would be easy to manage, maybe put little blue stars on the available foods. But the Dems are buying votes, not managing the system for efficiency.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 11:52 PM (BrMft)

268 when EBT cards in the USA no longer work will be the kick off to Rodney King Super Jams....

Posted by: Original Jake at March 18, 2017 11:55 PM (dV8w+)

269 Losing sock.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 18, 2017 11:56 PM (KXn9t)

270 Somebody -- Ice T? -- jokingly said Johnny Cash was the first rapper.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:17 PM (EnKk6)

"Talkin' Blues" has been a thing for more than 90 years. Bob Dylan has done some. Woody Guthrie, and Jimmie Rogers, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:00 AM (WDdjT)

271 "But calling him the father of rock & roll goes a little too far, I think."

Yes there was definitely rock before Berry. Besides the two links (Rocket 88 and Shake Rattle & Roll) there was Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock. But Berry's records may have been the purest example of the early rock sound - if someone asked you what 50s rock sounded like "Johnny B Goode" might be the first record you played. Plus it didn't hurt to have his records covered by the Beatles and Rolling Stones.

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 12:02 AM (p0JMG)

272 WTF just happened?

Posted by: Virginia Cavaliers at March 19, 2017 12:02 AM (GsAUU)

273 Early alarm in the a.m., so I'm checkin' out.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 19, 2017 12:04 AM (v5iqM)

274 Wow, I did not see what a terribly blown call that was of the goaltending by Gonzaga.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:07 AM (GsAUU)

275 out

Posted by: Original Jake at March 19, 2017 12:08 AM (dV8w+)

276 Early alarm in the a.m., so I'm checkin' out.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 19, 2017 12:04

Same here Jim et al. work beckons tomorrow. Be well.

Posted by: Farmer at March 19, 2017 12:10 AM (o/90i)

277 Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2017 11:52 PM (BrMft)

I'm not doubting your story, but I've always wondered how exactly people pull this kind of thing off. I had to present lots of documentation in person to be eligible, and even then, it's just a monthly allowance. It'll get you through if you stick to staples - rice, beans, cheese, canned vegetables and soup, and some meat. Little luxuries once in a while, if you budget right, like a bag of chocolates. It's not a buy everything free card.

I guess if you work up a scheme to eat at a shelter every day for lunch and mooch what you can from a food bank, maybe you can save the SNAP and splurge, but that seems like a lot more work than actually trying to find work.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 19, 2017 12:10 AM (8nWyX)

278 Chuck Berry's gotta be the greatest thing that's come along

He made the guitar beats and wrote the all-time greatest song

Well now do you remember all the guys that gave us rock and roll?




(Do You Remember?, All Summer Long, 1964)

Posted by: Brian Wilson and Mike Love at March 19, 2017 12:11 AM (JO9+V)

279 Maybe the gun industry should have prepared for the decline of a sales spike. I'm not going to fret over gun and ammo prices being lower . Why would I? They made a lot of money selling over-priced .22. Capitalism giveth and taketh away.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 19, 2017 12:12 AM (IDPbH)

280 Hell, if I could get a digital cel phone with a rotary dial, I'd call that about right, I think.

You're not alone.

https://is.gd/trr1oX

Sadly, retired from that site...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, somewhere at March 19, 2017 12:13 AM (66CWr)

281 @270 I have a talking blues in a Carson J Robison songbook, full of "Bible humor" verses. That would be, I guess, 1934.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 19, 2017 12:13 AM (H5rtT)

282 RIP Chuck Berry - the Godfather of Rock and Roll

youtube.com/watch?v=_T3vCfmfW3w

youtube.com/watch?v=2zxoGFjFJlk

Posted by: Fritz at March 19, 2017 12:15 AM (YAPkP)

283 I guess if you work up a scheme to eat at a shelter every day for lunch and mooch what you can from a food bank, maybe you can save the SNAP and splurge, but that seems like a lot more work than actually trying to find work.
Posted by: hogmartin


I still think it would be cheaper and more encouraging to have a bi-weekly delivery of basic food instead of the current set up.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:16 AM (4YGWz)

284 I voted for Bill 'N' Opus.
Posted by: logprof at March 18, 2017 10:52 PM (GsAUU)

My wife has a book of Bloom County strips (It's called Happy Trails). The other day, she noticed the quote at the beginning of the book:

"I never thought Berke Breathed had talent, so he was probably forced to quit"

Donald Trump

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 19, 2017 12:17 AM (BXC+l)

285 Posted by: ibguy at March 18, 2017 10:57 PM (vUcdz)

Sounds like a lovely day and good news overall. Blessings and prayers for you all.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:17 AM (OU4q6)

286 I've always wondered how exactly people pull this kind of thing off.

Me, too. I qualified for food stamps once (1980) and got a *whopping* $55 for the month. Sure, the bux were worth more back then, but still it waw barely enough to buy ramen and hamburger for 30 days.

Probably helps to have numerous "dependents" which increase the benefit.

Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 19, 2017 12:18 AM (044Fx)

287 I still think it would be cheaper and more encouraging to have a bi-weekly delivery of basic food instead of the current set up.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:16 AM (4YGWz)

Michelle Obama should love to run that program!

Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 19, 2017 12:18 AM (GzDYP)

288 waw = "was"

Posted by: JQ Flyover at March 19, 2017 12:19 AM (044Fx)

289 Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:16 AM (4YGWz)

And some of the unemployed could be employed as drivers and delivery people.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:20 AM (OU4q6)

290 286 I've always wondered how exactly people pull this kind of thing off.

--

I'm guessing it's connections/scam that the local bureaucrats are in on

Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at March 19, 2017 12:20 AM (Om16U)

291 Maybe the gun industry should have prepared for the decline of a sales spike.

That which goes up, must eventually come down. I think they were fairly sure it was going to be Hillary!!11!! commandeering Toonces' bus for four more agonizing years.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 19, 2017 12:21 AM (Tyii7)

292 Well all Chuck's children are out there playing his licks


(Rock and Roll Never Forgets)

Posted by: Bob Seger at March 19, 2017 12:21 AM (JO9+V)

293 271
Yes there was definitely rock before Berry. Besides the two links (Rocket 88 and Shake Rattle & Roll) there was Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock. But Berry's records may have been the purest example of the early rock sound - if someone asked you what 50s rock sounded like "Johnny B Goode" might be the first record you played. Plus it didn't hurt to have his records covered by the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 12:02 AM (p0JMG)


Many of those earlier R&B songs had the saxophone as the lead instrument. Maybe Chuck Berry's contribution was making the electric guitar front and center in rock music.

And of course, his recording of "Johnny B. Goode" is now beyond the heliopause and sailing out into the galaxy, contained in the record of Earth sounds carried by Voyager 1 & 2.

I remember a SNL Weekend News Update skit around the time the Voyagers launched. Apparently we received a transmission from the aliens which, when decoded, said, "Send more Chuck Berry".

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 12:21 AM (sdi6R)

294 @28 I will most likely pick up ME:Andromeda. I am a diehard Bioware fan even though they have made it difficult at times.
--------------------

I've played through the preview, and there are some promising aspects so far. I'm inclined to get it.

But...

The lead writer (I think) is the same idiot that was posting anti-white people stuff in his Twitter feed. I'm still half-expecting to get burned.

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2017 12:22 AM (To4O8)

295 Evenin' everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 12:22 AM (IcT7t)

296 That which goes up, must eventually come down.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 19, 2017 12:21 AM (Tyii7)


Shoulder things! I knew it was shoulder things!

Posted by: hogmartin at March 19, 2017 12:22 AM (8nWyX)

297 And some of the unemployed could be employed as drivers and delivery people.
Posted by: gracepmc


AKA the US Post Office in 10 years.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:23 AM (4YGWz)

298 The duck walking guitar god is no more. He's pinin' for the fjords.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 19, 2017 12:24 AM (JO9+V)

299 Shoulder things! I knew it was shoulder things!

Those, and the Glock machine guns.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 19, 2017 12:24 AM (Tyii7)

300 A little disappointed that Chris Evans is such a lefty nut. He is in one of my all time favorite movies: Not Another Teen Movie
It's one of the few "R" rated spoof movies ever made.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at March 19, 2017 12:25 AM (hVdx9)

301
My wife has a book of Bloom County strips (It's called Happy Trails). The other day, she noticed the quote at the beginning of the book:

"I never thought Berke Breathed had talent, so he was probably forced to quit"

Donald Trump
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 19, 2017 12:17 AM (BXC+l)

--LMAO

Sometimes I envy the whippersnappers, how they have so much at their fingertips --e.g., no need to rummage through record stores to find a tune they like.

OTOH, I took for granted when I was younger that for example I could open one of those newspaper thingies and I was immersed in a Golden Age of comic strips (c. 1986-1996): Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, early Dilbert, Fox Trot --hell, even Garfield was still funny back then.

And while I love that I can, for instance, go to dilbert.com and retrieve a favorite strip (and hey, the daily ones are even in color online!), sometimes I just feel old.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:26 AM (GsAUU)

302 There are entire generations of kids out there that never had to be the TV remote. Little b*stards.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at March 19, 2017 12:30 AM (hVdx9)

303 Sad to read of Chuck Berry's passing. But he had a good run. I think his impact on rock and roll was that he was one of the first R&B stars to tailor his music for a white teenage audience.

Long day today, and I was doing some lifting and toting in the hot sun down east of Tucson. But I got another Studebaker in the driveway, so it's all good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:30 AM (WDdjT)

304 And some of the unemployed could be employed as drivers and delivery people.
Posted by: gracepmc


And, no, I shouldn't be that flip because you're correct.

If we're going to have a permanent system of welfare, it should be a set of limited programs that interlock and depend on the success of each other, rather than the scatter-shot, multi-government mess we have.

The most fundamentally dysfunctional element of our entitlement mess is the fact that it has never been easier to perform labor for an enterprise. 30 years ago you had to go to a factory, to an office, to some place to perform work.

Not the case anymore. You have 'ten keeds and baybays'? Ok, here's your assignment for the next week, check and food dependent.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (4YGWz)

305 Godspeed, Johnny B Goode

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (JO9+V)

306 283 I guess if you work up a scheme to eat at a shelter every day for lunch and mooch what you can from a food bank, maybe you can save the SNAP and splurge, but that seems like a lot more work than actually trying to find work.
Posted by: hogmartin

I still think it would be cheaper and more encouraging to have a bi-weekly delivery of basic food instead of the current set up.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:16 AM (4YGWz)


At Food Lion and Kroger they have these boxes you can buy for $10 that you can donate to the local food bank. The box has different canned foods and some other foods. Those would be perfect.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (1JnAL)

307 Back from cloudy, rainy, & cold Pensacola...it did warm up yesterday and everyone then proceeded to get a sun burn. We had one nice day the whole week, kinda sucked.

I really wish actors would just stay out of politics and social issues....it really ruins things...makes it hard to watch movies and shows.

'Nite, just spent all day in an RV driving back, I'm wiped out.

Posted by: lindarising on a beach for spring break at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (JNDQi)

308 >>>A little disappointed that Chris Evans is such a lefty nut. He is in one of my all time favorite movies: Not Another Teen Movie
It's one of the few "R" rated spoof movies ever made.


Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at March 19, 2017 12:25 AM (hVdx9)<<<

And he was in that movie Push. One of TheJamesMadison's favorites from the movie thread earlier.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (Tstsj)

309 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 18, 2017 10:24 PM (EnKk6)

I think they are handmedowns from Marie Harf.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:32 AM (OU4q6)

310 OTOH, I took for granted when I was younger that for example I could open one of those newspaper thingies and I was immersed in a Golden Age of comic strips (c. 1986-1996): Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, early Dilbert, Fox Trot --hell, even Garfield was still funny back then.

And while I love that I can, for instance, go to dilbert.com and retrieve a favorite strip (and hey, the daily ones are even in color online!), sometimes I just feel old.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:26 AM (GsAUU)

You missed out on Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, Pogo, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Major Hoople, and a host of others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:33 AM (WDdjT)

311 Hey Horde, me again

Thanks to all for continued prayers for Joyce and her family, they seem to be working.

I'm on a borrowed tablet (long story) that I don't like, so will likely just lurk for a while.

Posted by: ibguy at March 19, 2017 12:34 AM (vUcdz)

312 Long day today, and I was doing some lifting and toting in the hot sun
down east of Tucson. But I got another Studebaker in the driveway, so
it's all good.


You going to start a "Studebaker Rescue" like people do for dogs and cats?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 12:34 AM (IcT7t)

313 I want to thank Presdent Obama for all the good years Brattleboro has lived. Thank You Sir and we all love you and miss you so much.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at March 19, 2017 12:34 AM (WmgTn)

314 . Apparently if you plug in a microphone to the laptop that takes priority over the in system microphone.

Posted by: buzzion


No.

If you have an on-board mic/camera, there's nothing to stop crackers from turning it on. It's just a digital switch. You can set priorities from a delivered malware.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:35 AM (4YGWz)

315 i poasted this earlier today, prior to all the weekly threads...

it is to laugh
www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-18/liberal-protesters-boost-trumps -economy-sign-making-supplies-sales-soar-30

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 12:35 AM (G1F7B)

316
You missed out on Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, Pogo, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Major Hoople, and a host of others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:33 AM (WDdjT)

--Oh, no doubt. That's why I was humble enough to put it as a Golden Age, not The Golden Age. I'm a Gen Xer, but I won't be one of those who believe that Our Day was the Bestsest Evah! I'll leave that to Boomers and Millennial Snowflakes.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:37 AM (GsAUU)

317 You going to start a "Studebaker Rescue" like people do for dogs and cats?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 12:34 AM (IcT7t)

Start? I've been doing it for decades, and I might now be approaching 10% of the number of cars and trucks in the collection from whence this one came.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:39 AM (WDdjT)

318 Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:31 AM (4YGWz)

Be flip. The chances are that it wouldn't work anyway no matter the common sense of it. The work ethic has almost been totally bred out.

I shouldn't be so negative. But truth is that those checks for babies are powerful incentives. And it's just plain sad. It's generational.

Maybe something like everyone who is collecting as of a certain date retains a large portion of those benefits. But for the newbies, new ball game.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:40 AM (OU4q6)

319 Sigh.

Posted by: Mutt and Jeff at March 19, 2017 12:40 AM (JO9+V)

320 If you have an on-board mic/camera, there's nothing to stop crackers from turning it on. It's just a digital switch. You can set priorities from a delivered malware.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 12:35 AM (4YGWz)

Camera fix: black paint on lens.

Mic fix: drip hard-setting cement into mic grille as it faces up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:42 AM (WDdjT)

321 310
You missed out on Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, Pogo, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Major Hoople, and a host of others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:33 AM (WDdjT)


I remember Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, and Pogo, although I was more of a Peanuts fan when I was a kid. I never paid much attention to Terry and the Pirates or Steve Canyon. I never even heard of Major Hoople.

But I wish I had paid more attention to Pogo back in the day. That was one of the greatest strips in history, comparable to Calvin & Hobbes.

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 12:42 AM (sdi6R)

322 Sigh

Posted by: Nancy and Sluggo at March 19, 2017 12:43 AM (JO9+V)

323 Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at March 19, 2017 12:34 AM (WmgTn)

Mary perhaps he will remember you and the good people of Brattleboro with a postcard from Tahiti.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:43 AM (OU4q6)

324 Haven't read the whole thread, but,

God bless Chuck Berry. I'm guessing the majority of morons are familiar with this, but in case you're not, here's Chuck doing a bit of interactive crowd performance in the early '70's in England. My Ding-a-Ling. Genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Um7CvPMPx0

Posted by: Vertov at March 19, 2017 12:46 AM (D0D9N)

325 Latter-day Major Hoople:

http://comicstripfan.com/newspaper/o/ourboardinghouse.htm

The artist had a true knack for developing character types.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:48 AM (WDdjT)

326
What happened with the spacex launch?


Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 19, 2017 12:49 AM (X4K8V)

327 >>>You missed out on Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, Pogo, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Major Hoople, and a host of others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:33 AM (WDdjT)



I remember Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, and Pogo, although I was more of a
Peanuts fan when I was a kid. I never paid much attention to Terry and
the Pirates or Steve Canyon. I never even heard of Major Hoople.



But I wish I had paid more attention to Pogo back in the day. That
was one of the greatest strips in history, comparable to Calvin
Hobbes.



Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 12:42 AM (sdi6R)<<<

Y'all can go eat a bag of dicks. **flips double birds** **storms off**

Posted by: Jeffy, from The Family Circus at March 19, 2017 12:49 AM (Tstsj)

328 322 Sigh
Posted by: Nancy and Sluggo at March 19, 2017 12:43 AM (JO9+V)

--Heh, back when Bela Pelosi was Speaker and Slow Joe was Senate President I called them Nancy and Pluggo.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:50 AM (GsAUU)

329
Y'all can go eat a bag of dicks. **flips double birds** **storms off**
Posted by: Jeffy, from The Family Circus at March 19, 2017 12:49 AM (Tstsj)

NOT ME

Posted by: NOT ME at March 19, 2017 12:52 AM (GsAUU)

330 I remember being the television remote.

Those little photo developer huts in the grocery store parking lots were kinda cool too.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 19, 2017 12:53 AM (3Vlkn)

331 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuDWDIgrdQ

I volunteer as tribute.

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 12:54 AM (sdi6R)

332 Good night all. Thanks for chat. The Studebaker Rescue is great. And all the cartoon stuff, fun.

If anyone comes in later and has some experience with the "Mozilla cannot find runtime" error, drop a note please.

Rescuing my data and getting it running -- my dreaded tomorrow.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 19, 2017 12:56 AM (OU4q6)

333 330 I remember being the television remote.

Those little photo developer huts in the grocery store parking lots were kinda cool too.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 19, 2017 12:53 AM (3Vlkn)

--Fotomat?

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 12:57 AM (GsAUU)

334 Y'all can go eat a bag of dicks. **flips double birds** **storms off**


Posted by: Jeffy, from The Family Circus


ICYMI, The Dysfunctional Family Circus:

http://dfc.furr.org/

Sadly, just an another archived site now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 12:57 AM (IcT7t)

335 >>>It is more like maybe. Some headphone/microphone
jacks mechanically disconnect the main source when you plug them in.
Some don't.

Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 12:56 AM (bEHhv)<<<

Sooooooo, you're saying there's a chance.

Posted by: Lloyd Christmas at March 19, 2017 12:58 AM (Tstsj)

336 Raise and Mezcal Head are pretty much the Swervies' Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Same with Learning to Walk and Everything's Alright Forever for the Boo Radleys.

--and since Robert Duvall came into the discussion in the Movie Thread, I have officially squared another circle for the Horde.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 01:01 AM (GsAUU)

337 I volunteer as tribute.

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 12:54 AM (sdi6R)

Ella Mae Morse certainly was a hottie, wasn't she?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:01 AM (WDdjT)

338 326
What happened with the spacex launch?


Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 19, 2017 12:49 AM (X4K8V)


The one at 1:30 am on Thursday morning? It went fine. It launched a communications satellite, Echostar 23, to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

This time they didn't attempt to recover the first stage. The flight profile demanded maximum performance from the first stage, so there wasn't enough fuel remaining for a landing.

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 01:03 AM (sdi6R)

339 AOP, your Studebaker collection doesn't include a US6 deuce-and-half from WWII, does it?


What a prize that would be. Probably could scrounge the Katyusha rocket launching racks somewhere (Angola? Egypt? Ukraine?) with sufficient $$$$, and then you'd have a right fine item for the drive-way.


Would be the talk of Apache Junction.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:06 AM (QDnY+)

340 AOP, your Studebaker collection doesn't include a US6 deuce-and-half from WWII, does it?


What a prize that would be. Probably could scrounge the Katyusha rocket launching racks somewhere (Angola? Egypt? Ukraine?) with sufficient $$$$, and then you'd have a right fine item for the drive-way.


Would be the talk of Apache Junction.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:06 AM (QDnY+)

Sure does, back in Alberta. Sadly, lacking rocket launcher. Also have an M29 Weasel that is functional.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:08 AM (WDdjT)

341 Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT

I'm glad Mary finally fixed the spelling on B'boro in her nic. Was wrong for days. Schnappes is a dreadful drug.

HI, HORDE!

I'm in no condition to be commemmenting. And yet, there's so many things said upstream on which I would comment! Lemme see... I'll think of one...

Posted by: mindful webworker - spitfllish phflugginah at March 19, 2017 01:08 AM (PukHz)

342 Sadly, just an another archived site now.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 12:57 AM (IcT7t)


IIRC the original maintainer got an extremely polite letter from Bil Keane requesting that it be taken down and felt really bad about it and complied.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 19, 2017 01:10 AM (8nWyX)

343
I'm in no condition to be commemmenting. And yet, there's so many things said upstream on which I would comment! Lemme see... I'll think of one...

Posted by: mindful webworker - spitfllish phflugginah at March 19, 2017 01:08 AM (PukHz)

--The Movie Thread was a doozie. It's already one of my faves. A group of friends and I used to joke that regardless of a given topic, our converstations would always steer towards movies at some point.

Pretty much goes for every thread at the HQ as well.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 01:11 AM (GsAUU)

344 You missed out on Dick Tracy, Lil Abner, Pogo, Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon, Major Hoople, and a host of others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 12:33 AM (WDdjT)


IMAO, there were two types of comics: Funny ones and 'serious' ones. My favorite 'serious' one was The Phantom. A comic that became a life goal was Andy Capp. A character who plays pool, throws darts, drinks pints and ignores his wife. When I finally bought my own set of darts (to play in bars and drink pints), I just knew Andy Capp would be proud.

Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2017 01:13 AM (L0PQJ)

345 Muldoon would appreciate the title:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxdBJZffJ5U

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:13 AM (WDdjT)

346 Been putting tape and post-its over the cameras for ever. Used to get teased about it by my neffuse. Laughed a little less when I told them last year that Comey recommended it.

Jim said upthread a company could profit making hard-switch-offs for cam & mic. I've always said that. I'd buy one!! Must be hard switch off, not soft, tho.

Cameras are (relatively) easy to block. BUT IT's SOUND that's the real spy.

I had a headset - stereo ear + mic - that had gone bad. I took the plug, cut off the rest, and plugged that into the cell. Did NOT NOT NOT cut off the mic as anticipated. (Ominous basso music)

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing to hide at March 19, 2017 01:14 AM (PukHz)

347 AOP, that's outstanding. Any idea of its history? Think they were used on construction of the Alcan Hwy.


A truck singled out for praise by Stalin. Not just another truck.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:14 AM (QDnY+)

348 Calvin and Hobbes is to Pogo as Pajama Boy is to John Wayne.

and i LIKE Calvin and Hobbes.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 01:16 AM (G1F7B)

349 Here is another way early rocker from 1951, later covered by Johnny Burnette, the Yardbirds and Aerosmith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4EQDD4CqA

I was not even aware of this original version until a couple years ago.

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 01:18 AM (p0JMG)

350 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5ysmjLlaw

Did I hear her say "homie"? In 1945?


Dang, maybe I was born 30 years too late. I just might be crushing on her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Mae_Morse

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 01:18 AM (sdi6R)

351 IIRC the original maintainer got an extremely polite letter from Bil
Keane requesting that it be taken down and felt really bad about it and
complied.


It was something like that. No DMCA, copyright lawyers, or threats of a suit. Just a polite "please" and it was done.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 01:18 AM (IcT7t)

352 i've never had a computer with a camera and/or a mic...

just places to plug such things in that i've never used.

i still don't have a smart phone either.


Posted by: redc1c4 the luddite at March 19, 2017 01:18 AM (G1F7B)

353 AOP, that's outstanding. Any idea of its history? Think they were used on construction of the Alcan Hwy.


A truck singled out for praise by Stalin. Not just another truck.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:14 AM (QDnY+)

Pretty sure it was surplused out in late '45 as a new-in-box truck. Served as a rural fire truck for Yakima County, Washington. Then sold to a local orchard and fitted with a flatdeck and used to haul crates of apples out of the orchard.

Frame has been extended about twenty inches; might have been a factory job, as it's very well done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:20 AM (WDdjT)

354 Bill Burnett's Train Kept A Rollin' seems to be the inspiration for Aerosmith's version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZhJJ8sPmw

Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2017 01:23 AM (L0PQJ)

355 Tales of Japan, a shape shifting vampire cat.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13015/13015-h/13015-h.htm#page200

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2017 01:23 AM (DotZb)

356 LOL at Train kept a rollin...

there was/is an FM station here in Lost Angels, that started out being "all about the music", but which slowly, but inevitably morphed into yet another "same 250 songs over and over again"...

the writing was on the wall when the morning show female DJ played her i-Pad shuffle tune of the morning, the Yardbirds version, and the FakeBook crowd exploded with "who ruined the Aerosmith song?"

no amount of pointing out that they were unhappy listening to either Jeff Beck or Jimmy Page (maybe both) play the song could dissuade the children...

these days we just listen to Little Steven's Underground Garage on Sirius/Xm.

Posted by: redc1c4 the luddite at March 19, 2017 01:25 AM (G1F7B)

357 349 Calvin and Hobbes is to Pogo as Pajama Boy is to John Wayne.

and i LIKE Calvin and Hobbes.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 01:16 AM (G1F7B)

--I think Bloom County is more parallel to Pogo than Calvin and Hobbes. Oedipal penguin, cross-dressing cockroach . . .

But has there been anything like unto The Far Side? Rubes and Tundra aspire to wear that mantle, but I think Gary Larson tossed better ideas into his wastebasket than some of what the latter have done.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 01:28 AM (GsAUU)

358 I realize that the Evolution of Rock goes back to the 19th Century. Or fifteenth or something.

I'm aware of the confluence of threads of folk, jazz, blues, and so on, that brought us to modern rock.

When I was a youngish boomer I thought how old the rockers were. When I look back it's sometimes amazing how YOUNG hit rockers were back In The Day. 4+20

But, then, I see, Chuck Barry, RIP at 90, just six years younger THAN MY MOTHER... and I, well, wow... time does march on, doesn't it?

Well, rock on, universe, rock on.

Earliest recorded song
https://youtu.be/7JqA2aR-2Ls

Posted by: mindful webworker - rawk n roullle at March 19, 2017 01:28 AM (PukHz)

359 Very cool, AOP. And I imagine the Weasel makes an impression when you pull up to the Tim Horton's for coffee .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:28 AM (QDnY+)

360 RickZ,

That is Johnny Burnette, and is clearly a cover of the earlier version by Bradshaw though he changes the feel from more swing-y to rockabilly. Aerosmith's version is closer to the 1966 version by the Yardbirds though they also change the beat somewhat.

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 01:31 AM (p0JMG)

361 Very cool, AOP. And I imagine the Weasel makes an impression when you pull up to the Tim Horton's for coffee .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 19, 2017 01:28 AM (QDnY+)

I should try that sometime. No Timmie's near me, but there is Rocky's Drive-through....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:31 AM (WDdjT)

362 "Earliest recorded song"

It's been all downhill since then. Get off my lawn.

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 01:32 AM (p0JMG)

363 I loves me some Maria Bartiromo, but it appears that Ella Mae Morse was the original "Money Honey":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj-cjmOT0wI

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 01:33 AM (sdi6R)

364 @358 But has there been anything like unto The Far Side? Rubes and Tundra aspire to wear that mantle, but I think Gary Larson tossed better ideas into his wastebasket than some of what the latter have done.
-----------------

In some ways, I think Bizarro was (is? Haven't looked for it in a while) the best heir to The Far Side. The two had very different tones, though.

Posted by: junior at March 19, 2017 01:33 AM (To4O8)

365 i-Pad shuffle tune of the morning
Posted by: redc1c4 the luddite at March 19, 2017 01:25 AM (G1F7B)


The Juice Newton version of iPad Shuffle Tune of the Morning is probably the best, but tastes vary.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 19, 2017 01:34 AM (8nWyX)

366 When my 2 sons were small enough to fit in a "tub" together, they affixed a cardboard dial so they could set it to visit past eras like Calvin & Hobbes.

They had many adventures in their transmogrifier.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 19, 2017 01:34 AM (GzDYP)

367 Can't neglect Wanda Jackson, either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJ3hiqsi0U

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:38 AM (WDdjT)

368 Aerosmith's version is closer to the 1966 version by the Yardbirds though they also change the beat somewhat.

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 01:31 AM (p0JMG)


Yep, have to agree. Just listened to the Yardbird's version. Funny thing about the Yardbird's video, Steven Tyler still dresses like the Yardbird's did, but with more 'old lesbian look'.

Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2017 01:38 AM (L0PQJ)

369 In some ways, I think Bizarro was (is? Haven't
looked for it in a while) the best heir to The Far Side. The two had
very different tones, though.



Posted by: junior
*****

Just saw the Bizarro site. He's a raging Trump hater. Pass.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at March 19, 2017 01:39 AM (hVdx9)

370 * brandy really kicks in *

Twenty-one years ago yesterday, I published my first webpage. MindfulWebworks has been a thing since. Not much of a thing, but a thing. The web's best-kept secret, as I like to say.

In the last month... website and hardware problems.

My web host said my database was 2x the size limit. They shut down my site.

What, I said? Looks like 1/2 the limit to me.

Oh, said techies, that wasn't the problem - you have too many records.

What, I said? That wasn't in the rules! How does that affect anything?

Oh, never mind, they said, it's the connection string. You can pay for our techies to fix that.

Whatever. $30 later, the website is back up, but I have no clue what went wrong in the first place, nor whether it might happen again tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the 2yo tablet has decided I don't need touchscreen, speakers, or other basic functions. Hardware meltdown. That was my main life support.

And now, the ol' XP desktop, so important to me, has taken to freezing up randomly. Could be fine for hours. Could lock up during bootup. Looks like a RAM problem.

Basically, this old mindfulguy is out of the webworking business for the time being. With no other side of the time being in sight.

Interesting times.

/complaint.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not exactly professional at March 19, 2017 01:40 AM (PukHz)

371 And now, the ol' XP desktop, so important to me, has taken to freezing up randomly. Could be fine for hours. Could lock up during bootup. Looks like a RAM problem.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not exactly professional at March 19, 2017 01:40 AM (PukHz)


If you can wrangle enough uptime to burn a CD or a bootable USB stick, you can run memtest86 which can at least prove or disprove the RAM thing. Also... XP hasn't been getting security patches for a long time. Upgrading isn't free, but I wouldn't keep anything important on an XP install nor keep one connected to the internet for too long.

signed,
another currently out-of-work webworker

Posted by: hogmartin at March 19, 2017 01:49 AM (8nWyX)

372 Interesting times.

/complaint.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not exactly professional at March 19, 2017 01:40 AM (PukHz)


When it rains it pours.

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 01:50 AM (4lzWT)

373 This is my exit ramp.

Later, folks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - zonk at March 19, 2017 01:53 AM (PukHz)

374 Well, I am tired, and off to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 19, 2017 01:53 AM (WDdjT)

375 Fed's rate hikes are really a bullish validation of Trumponomics.

Not really. The Fed was waiting for the first non-democrat (and white for a real bonus) to be in the White House in order to finally let go of the insanity of zero interest rates (or even the absolutely ludicrous negative interest rate bullshit) and to finally begin to unwind their balance sheet (which are both going to cause such economic and monetary pain that people really have no idea).

The Fed's decision to hike rates up has nothing to do with economics. It's 100% purely political and it is going to cause PAIN and DESTRUCTION, but ... "at the right time" - i.e. under a Republican.

Don't get me wrong, I prefer interest rates being normal and the Fed going back to where it should be ... but they should have done that years ago instead of wasting so much money and so much monetary integrity and now they are just using that whole scheme to try and kill off anything resembling a conservative for a very long time. That's their intention, at least.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2017 01:54 AM (zc3Db)

376 hogmartin: memtest86

Yeah, I know.... if I can get it to be up long enough to run it.

XP hasn't been getting security patches for a long time

No kidding. Sure do appreciate how long this old box has run, all the brazillian bytes it has processed, but it is 'way past its day.

Then there's the 3T drive which is only accessible by the XP box, and if I don't get all the files on it copied off soon, all that data could be lost.

All I need is a 6G RAID system or two...

GOOD NIGHT, GRACIES!!!

Posted by: mindful webworker - zzzzonk at March 19, 2017 01:57 AM (PukHz)

377 WinXP is/was especially susceptible to long term installation crud.

It wasn't meant to last more than 5 years without a refresh.

If you have reinstalled recently:

Crack it open, blow out the dust, check for burst caps, replace the CMOS, make sure the fans are working, and do a disk check on that compiled Win XP disk with updates circa 2015 that you've kept for no good reason.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 01:59 AM (4YGWz)

378 Yes, Wanda Jackson is definitely an unsung heroine of rock & roll.

Posted by: rickl at March 19, 2017 02:02 AM (sdi6R)

379 I'm sorry, I've been absent, but iPad etc are not helping my neck and ? arthritic hands.

Please pray for my Goddaughter because she's an H addict & has been on drugs for at least 10 years, probably longer.
At this point, we are resigned that she's going to die or end up in jail.

Some people should not have kids. Her parents are perfect example. Two year old w/b outside alone, while parents were passed out on drugs or alcohol.


Thank you very much, my loved Horde.

I'm going to try to dsleep.

Good Night.

Posted by: Carol at March 19, 2017 02:04 AM (sj3Ax)

380 Chris Evans can go sit on a tack. I will never get how so many people can be OUTRAGED that their candidate didn't win.

Do they think there is some rule that says they're always supposed to get their way or something? What about the rest of us?

I've got a friend like that. It drives me nuts. I don't understand why she thinks that elections are supposed to go her way.

Chris Evans thinks not all of us are bigots. I think that is supposed to make him open-minded or something. He thinks if they yell and froth at the mouth they might not be able to change our minds.

It doesn't occur to them that they might not be able to change our minds, period.

My friend, she thinks her job is to make me change my mind. I finally got her to shut up.

Posted by: Alana at March 19, 2017 02:06 AM (1dzlq)

381 Cat: Themz dust motes is tasty.

Posted by: Alana at March 19, 2017 02:08 AM (1dzlq)

382 Then there's the 3T drive which is only accessible by the XP box, and if I don't get all the files on it copied off soon, all that data could be lost.

Posted by: mindful webworker - zzzzonk at March 19, 2017 01:57 AM (PukHz)


Just boot up the system with a linux disc and copy the drive - image it if you are really anal about ALL the files on it.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2017 02:08 AM (zc3Db)

383 RIP Chuck Berry. Just imagine if his cousin Marvin hadn't called him during Marty McFly's performance at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance.

A joke I wish I made.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 19, 2017 02:10 AM (VdICR)

384 I know it's no politics BUT it's Ted Kennedy.

"Connecticut State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. (D-Branford); son of former U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.); wants to give state government control over what happens to citizens; organs after they die. Kennedy recently introduced SB 750, which would automatically enroll Connecticut's citizens in the organ donation program."

Another grave robbing son of a Kennedy.

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 02:11 AM (4lzWT)

385 "Connecticut State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr. (D-Branford) ... which would automatically enroll Connecticut's citizens in the organ donation program."

'That word "donation" ... you keep using it but I don't think it means what you think it means.'

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 19, 2017 02:13 AM (zc3Db)

386 It's similar to voluntarily paying your taxes.

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 02:17 AM (4lzWT)

387 Good wee hours, Horde.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:18 AM (tHwdc)

388 does he still want the organs if they've been immersed in sea water for some time?

Posted by: redc1c4 the luddite at March 19, 2017 02:19 AM (G1F7B)

389 Hello, heartless!

I, too, am a semi-Luddite.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:21 AM (tHwdc)

390 Seawater is OK but shallow tidal basin water is unacceptable.

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 02:21 AM (4lzWT)

391 *wanders back in from reading more Japanese folk tales*

Not sure if the Kennedy clan should be classified as goblins.

Anyway Ted ol boy, care to be a live organ donor?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2017 02:21 AM (DotZb)

392 heard from Gruntw*rks this afternoon...

i get to order another shirt Monday!

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 02:21 AM (G1F7B)

393 Shallow tidal basins are where the action is.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:22 AM (tHwdc)

394 Carol, I know how much it hurts when you want to help someone, but they won't let you.

Posted by: OldDominionMom at March 19, 2017 02:22 AM (GzDYP)

395 >>>They think Trump has inherited this recent rise in economic numbers.

Whatever. We need to keep electing conservative Presidents so that they can continue to "inherit" Obama's economic boom. I'm OK with that spin, as long as we keep electing non-Democrats.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 19, 2017 02:24 AM (W8bn5)

396 Prayers for you and yours, Carol.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:25 AM (tHwdc)

397 Not impressed with the RS-25 engine test. Didn't even get off the ground.

I usually see those Mass Effect facial expressions on people after they've had way too much to drink. Or I have had way too much to drink.

And Bangladesh? Get the tubes tied! Give it a rest!

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 19, 2017 02:25 AM (X+eRS)

398 395 Shallow tidal basins are where the action is.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:22 AM (tHwdc)

---------

Yeah but some of those blowjobs have a surprise ending. Bring water wings is what I'm saying.

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at March 19, 2017 02:28 AM (JZdsf)

399 <leans against the side of the thread, smoking a cigarette>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:29 AM (tHwdc)

400 Oh, Ted, you're even less attractive as a zombie.

I was referring to sea life. Hermit crabs, mussels.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:30 AM (tHwdc)

401 as long as we keep electing non-Democrats.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 19, 2017 02:24 AM (W8bn5)


Yep.

Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at March 19, 2017 02:31 AM (qoAfa)

402 <crushes a spider>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:32 AM (tHwdc)

403 Prayers for your Goddaughter and you, Carol.

Posted by: Catwrangler at March 19, 2017 02:33 AM (lpNIx)

404 *dies unexpectedly*

Posted by: A Spider at March 19, 2017 02:34 AM (IcT7t)

405 The ONT - not for spiders.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:35 AM (tHwdc)

406 apropos of Chuck Berry, Ben and Jerry's used to have a flavor called "Berry Garcia" after the Grateful Dead person. When Garcia died, this guy I used to work with joked they should change the name to "Bury Garcia".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 19, 2017 02:36 AM (W8bn5)

407 rickl, I saw Wanda Jackson at a club in San Jose a couple years ago. She is pushing 80 and still going strong!

Posted by: FOAF at March 19, 2017 02:37 AM (p0JMG)

408 It was Cherry Garcia. Good stuff.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:38 AM (tHwdc)

409 And no, I did not work with Muldoon.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 19, 2017 02:38 AM (W8bn5)

410
I think yoga pants on young, cute Moms in the grocery store should be outlawed.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong's Missing Nut at March 19, 2017 02:41 AM (tJGHm)

411 A 5% tax for being white? Yeah ok, that's frigging gunfire talk.

Shame about chuck berry. RIP.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:41 AM (aMlLZ)

412 Mornin Horde Of 2:45am-ish Awesome......

O-11, appreciate the time an dedication as always.

Thank You.

Hope all is well y'all.....

Had a memory lane night on the town with a college pal of the ol' Warrior Queen tonight.....20 yrs later, dig the past, etc,etc....

The rekindled, (positive/happy) emotions and memories made the Queens evenin.

It could be the Octane talkin.....but some people are genuinely Good people, no matter how much time has past. It's simply their nature. Wonderful.

Just don't start drunk dialin......just drunk answer that 2:45am call....

Till next time...










Posted by: Hillbillyking at March 19, 2017 02:42 AM (p2abv)

413 I think yoga pants on young, cute Moms in the grocery store should be outlawed.

Posted by: Lance Armstrong's Missing Nut at March 19, 2017 02:41 AM (tJGHm)

I heard that yoga pants pollute the environment.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:43 AM (tHwdc)

414 SEND...MORE...CHUCK...BERRY

Posted by: Disembodied Punchlines at March 19, 2017 02:43 AM (JZdsf)

415 Best tribute to Jerry Garcia ever:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p6g7Sr7fKRA

Patchwork Quilt

Posted by: Lance Armstrong's Missing Nut at March 19, 2017 02:43 AM (tJGHm)

416 <smacks hillbillyking on the butt on his way out>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:44 AM (tHwdc)

417 I'm actually shocked with gun prices the way they are people aren't buying up shitloads at the prices they are. I would think there is a lot of bucket list guns out there that are cheaper now. I would thinks its total horde time.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:46 AM (aMlLZ)

418 <smacks hillbillyking on the butt on his way out>

Dude has no idea what she could've done to him.

Posted by: Zombie Spider at March 19, 2017 02:47 AM (IcT7t)

419 Certain members of the Horde are acquiring.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:47 AM (tHwdc)

420


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:44 AM (tHwdc)


Well now...aren't we the chipper one. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:48 AM (aMlLZ)

421
I heard that yoga pants pollute the environment.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:43 AM (tHwdc)
***

They certainly polluted my innocent mind this evening. I got distracted and forgot half the shit I went to the store for (cornmeal, baking powder...)
I ended up with a bunch of stuff that I didn't know I needed, though. Like a deli rotisserie chicken that I demolished, grapes and two tubs of ice cream (BOGO).

Posted by: Lance Armstrong's Missing Nut at March 19, 2017 02:48 AM (tJGHm)

422 Dude has no idea what she could've done to him.


Posted by: Zombie Spider at March 19, 2017 02:47 AM (IcT7t)

It's a cute butt. I've wanted to do that for a long time.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:48 AM (tHwdc)

423 Certain members of the Horde are acquiring.


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:47 AM (tHwdc)


At these prices I would buy till my ass bleeds.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:49 AM (aMlLZ)

424 There are no such things as ghosts. That cat is probably fighting aliens from another galaxy that have perfected a cloaking device.

Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at March 19, 2017 02:49 AM (W8bn5)

425 Mr. Nut, you should return with a list of staples - stapled to your hand, so you don't forget.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:50 AM (tHwdc)

426 It's a cute butt. I've wanted to do that for a long time.

I'm crushed madam. You can verify that on the bottom of your shoe, BTW.

Posted by: Zombie Spider at March 19, 2017 02:51 AM (IcT7t)

427 At these prices I would buy till my ass bleeds.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:49 AM (aMlLZ)

I'm still trying out 9mm alternatives, focusing on ammo meanwhile. Good deals on .38?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:52 AM (tHwdc)

428 I'm crushed madam. You can verify that on the bottom of your shoe, BTW.


Posted by: Zombie Spider at March 19, 2017 02:51 AM (IcT7t)

I'm barefoot.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:53 AM (tHwdc)

429 Trump, scratching off, blowing off, doing away with climate regulations. Emissions, new rules for appliances (who knew?), on and on he's just tearing up stuff. wattsupwiththat

http://preview.tinyurl.com/lplua22

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 02:57 AM (4lzWT)

430 I'm still trying out 9mm alternatives, focusing on ammo meanwhile. Good deals on .38?


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:52 AM (tHwdc)


Are you looking for a .38, or the ammo?

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 02:57 AM (aMlLZ)

431 Should I have another drink, or go to sleep?

<ponders>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:57 AM (tHwdc)

432 Oh, the ammo.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 02:57 AM (tHwdc)

433 >>>RS-25 Engine Test

I knew I shouldn't have eaten that extra spicy burrito.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 19, 2017 02:57 AM (W8bn5)

434 Time Crystals

The following message was delivered via hypercube from a scientist by the name of "John Smith" working at the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce...

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=13093

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 19, 2017 02:58 AM (vBeA5)

435 I'm barefoot.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess


Go on ...

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at March 19, 2017 02:59 AM (W8bn5)

436 i want the $$ for one of these...

https://www.460rowland.com/

Wiki says that Dan Wesson made a revolver that fired this, and a buncha other oddball 45 rounds....

time to go hunting for one.

right after i come up with some disposable income.

/sigh

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 03:00 AM (G1F7B)

437 Let's see, I have long toes that I can light matches with. Does that turn you on, Mr. Tarantino?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:00 AM (tHwdc)

438 Thought time was considered a helix of semi-precious stones there Hat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2017 03:00 AM (DotZb)

439 G'night everyone.

I've been "invited" to a 4 AM meeting at work. Good thing it's call-in only.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 19, 2017 03:01 AM (IcT7t)

440 More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=13093

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 19, 2017 02:58 AM (vBeA5)


This is about those reptiles living on the far side of Mars isn't it?

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 03:02 AM (4lzWT)

441 and that big pile of firewood to be isn't going to move, reduce itself...

hasta, y'all.

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 19, 2017 03:02 AM (G1F7B)

442 Don't forget to put tape on the camera lens.

Posted by: gNewt at March 19, 2017 03:04 AM (4lzWT)

443 More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=13093

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 19, 2017 02:58 AM (vBeA5)


I have nothing against Jon Pertwee, but isn't it about time that we had an African American Doctor Who? *cough* *cough*

Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at March 19, 2017 03:07 AM (W8bn5)

444 Let's see, I have long toes that I can light matches with. Does that turn you on, Mr. Tarantino?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess


*fap* *fap*

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at March 19, 2017 03:08 AM (W8bn5)

445 and that big pile of firewood to be isn't going to move, reduce itself...

What the hell it's the middle of the night. What are you doing at my woodpile?


Posted by: redc1c4's Neighbor at March 19, 2017 03:10 AM (W6Ch1)

446 And I just learned a new word - lupanar

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2017 03:11 AM (DotZb)

447 I don't even know what a trench lighter is...

<tosses a lit match in Quentin's direction>

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:13 AM (tHwdc)

448 What are you doing at my woodpile?


Posted by: redc1c4's Neighbor


Um, auditing for the TPM report?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 19, 2017 03:13 AM (4YGWz)

449 M-Awesome......

Humbled.

Thank Ya Queen M-agnificence....;-)

Btw, plus P 9mm will do the job.....just pick a quality weapon.
Even tiny CC types are rated for plus P an the numbers don't lie.

Check out G2 Research R.I.P. rounds......Daily carry insurance.

Be Good Darlin....or Good at it.

Posted by: Hillbillyking at March 19, 2017 03:15 AM (p2abv)

450 Mommy gave me her Taurus Model 605. Jim in Galveston says that if I can get good with that, I can shoot any other gun.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:18 AM (tHwdc)

451 I found Chuck's sound.

Posted by: Marvin Barry at March 19, 2017 03:19 AM (bc2Lc)

452 Guaranteed to make even Milo straight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRMmpriI3k

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at March 19, 2017 03:21 AM (W8bn5)

453 Mommy gave me her Taurus Model 605. Jim in Galveston says that if I can get good with that, I can shoot any other gun.


Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:18 AM (tHwdc)



That should be fun to shoot.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 03:24 AM (aMlLZ)

454 Guaranteed to make even Milo straight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRMmpriI3k

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at March 19, 2017 03:21 AM (W8bn5)


Yeah, for some reason I just didn't give a shit about the banana. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 03:27 AM (aMlLZ)

455 Let's see, I have long toes that I can light matches with.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:00 AM (tHwdc)


Another 'America's Got Talent' contestant. You could even try to get on 'Survivor'. When your arms are swollen beyond use and infected by spider bites, you'll still have fire.

Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2017 03:28 AM (L0PQJ)

456 Oh no, I'm not a sideshow freak. Only a chosen few have ever seen this trick.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:33 AM (tHwdc)

457 It's 2:43 CST. Been up since 4 yesterday morning.
2 hours windshield time.
Set up. Tear down. Not too much shy of 3 hours of playing which is always fun.

I'm not too old for this shit.
I'm not too old for this shit.

Posted by: teej at March 19, 2017 03:37 AM (tnOuI)

458 Got a new Vizio TV and Vizio sound system. This Smartcast option from my phone to tv/speakers is awesome.

Posted by: X-Ray at March 19, 2017 03:39 AM (W6Ch1)

459 M-Awesome...

Take a look at Underwood Ammo for .357 Mag loads...

I got feelin Our Guru of GalV would approve....

All the Best M......be good at it.


Posted by: Hillbillyking at March 19, 2017 03:42 AM (p2abv)

460 teej! Did you have fun?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:42 AM (tHwdc)

461 Take a look at Underwood Ammo for .357 Mag loads...



I got feelin Our Guru of GalV would approve....



All the Best M......be good at it.

------

Jim said that .357 would be rather unpleasant in this particular model, and recommended .38 special.

I plan to be, hillbillyking! Having lots of fun.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:44 AM (tHwdc)

462 well, it's late, so I'm off - 'nite folks!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 03:48 AM (tHwdc)

463 Pretty much impossible to not have fun playing music with those two.
People lovin' what you're doing,,, bonus.

Did the photo come through clear enough?

Posted by: teej at March 19, 2017 03:48 AM (tnOuI)

464 Night duchess.
Glass of milk about gone and headed to bed myself.

Posted by: teej at March 19, 2017 03:50 AM (tnOuI)

465 It did, teej! Sweet dreams!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 19, 2017 04:01 AM (tHwdc)

466 "Jim said that .357 would be rather unpleasant in this particular model, and recommended .38 special."

Yes
it will kick harder. But buy a box of .357 and try. One shot wont hurt
too much but then you will know. My .357 is a S and W 629 6 inch and
heavier so it recoils less.

Posted by: X-Ray at March 19, 2017 04:02 AM (W6Ch1)

467 It's 2:43 CST. Been up since 4 yesterday morning.
2 hours windshield time.
Set up. Tear down. Not too much shy of 3 hours of playing which is always fun.

I'm not too old for this shit.
I'm not too old for this shit.

Posted by: teej at March 19, 2017 03:37 AM (tnOuI)


Yeah, no sympathy from me. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at March 19, 2017 04:25 AM (aMlLZ)

468 It's 2:43 CST. Been up since 4 yesterday morning.
2 hours windshield time.
Set up. Tear down. Not too much shy of 3 hours of playing which is always fun.

I'm not too old for this shit.
I'm not too old for this shit.

Posted by: teej at March 19, 2017 03:37 AM (tnOuI)


I think Rachel Maddow will be available soon to help you out. I hear she's a Roads Scholar.

Posted by: RickZ at March 19, 2017 04:30 AM (L0PQJ)

469 How do the "Recent Comments" in the sidebar get picked? One of them, Farmer's "RIP Chuck Berry" is comment 21 above, posted about 6.5 hours ago.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 04:42 AM (3jGss)

470 Pet thread has a nasty anti-dog comment at comment 205. Or, if it's a joke, I'm not getting it.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 04:45 AM (3jGss)

471 See if I can get the right thread this morning.
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at March 19, 2017 05:37 AM (GPaiX)

472 474 All in all, this has to be some of the slowest comments on an ONT ever, even taking out the sports tards ones.


And the rate of comments was really slow also.
Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 04:37 AM (bEHhv)

--What do you mean by "sports tards"?

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 05:43 AM (GsAUU)

473 Mornin' all.

It's snowing outside here (wel,l snushing).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 19, 2017 05:50 AM (EnKk6)

474 Guns? Always buy guns and ammo. But don't forget rations, medical supplies, and tools. Read up on your SERE manual. Zombies can become real at any moment. They just need a trigger and many dollars are being spent by the left to pull that trigger.

Posted by: Eromero at March 19, 2017 05:51 AM (zLDYs)

475 Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 04:45 AM (3jGss)

Give it a few minutes. It will be gone soon. The morning shift hamsters are just waking up.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:00 AM (rF0hx)

476 I mean tards that have to emote about every useless sports event of no meaning. For further clarification seek out a mirror.
Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:01 AM (bEHhv)

--Ergo, I am a "tard"?

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:06 AM (GsAUU)

477 No. a "sports tard". On rare occasions you post things of interest. But, of late, you post tardy tripe about tripe.

Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:09 AM (bEHhv)

--I don't know who you are (would you like to cite "things of interest" you have posted?), but I don't think Moron-on-Moron shitposting is someplace you want to venture.

Please, stand down.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:14 AM (GsAUU)

478 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:09 AM (bEHhv)

Stop being an ass.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:17 AM (rF0hx)

479 Was somejoe the "Stop punching down!!!" guy?

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:20 AM (GsAUU)

480 >>>481 Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 04:45 AM (3jGss)

Give it a few minutes. It will be gone soon. The morning shift hamsters are just waking up.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:00 AM (rF0hx)

Thanks! Now I realize that, if comment 250 is zapped, my comment will become 250, and I'll seem to be trashing myself--what a perfect moron!

Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 06:20 AM (3jGss)

481 "comment 250"-->"comment 205"
moar coffee

Posted by: m at March 19, 2017 06:21 AM (3jGss)

482 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:22 AM (bEHhv)

--YOU'RE PUNCHING DOWN!!!!!!

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:24 AM (GsAUU)

483 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:22 AM (bEHhv)

I am curious whether you noticed my admonition to stop being an ass.

Was it unclear?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:27 AM (rF0hx)

484 @somejoe

Last chance.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:30 AM (rF0hx)

485 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:28 AM (bEHhv)

Dang dude. Don't you think it's a bit early for all this? Can't be good for your blood pressure.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:30 AM (qmlhV)

486 What's up peeps ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 19, 2017 06:32 AM (fiGNd)

487 What's up peeps ?
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 19, 2017 06:32 AM (fiGNd)

CBD has had just about enough. Otherwise, another day.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:34 AM (qmlhV)

488 In all fairness, if I was refereeing a message board at this hour ... I might be a little testy too.

"Refereeing" ... SWIDT ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 19, 2017 06:36 AM (fiGNd)

489 Hey somejoe, STOP!!!!! PUNCHING!!!!! DOWN!!!!!

Oh, and I'm still waiting for you to link to something, anything, of any interest *you* have posted in the comments, ever.

I'll be sleeping on it for at least 8 hours, so take your time.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:36 AM (GsAUU)

490 Posted by: ScoggDog at March 19, 2017 06:36 AM (fiGNd)

Hopefully the comments will rebound from that unfortunate low.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:39 AM (rF0hx)

491 Nood EMT.

Posted by: Catwrangler at March 19, 2017 06:40 AM (lpNIx)

492 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:39 AM (bEHhv)

Do it on another blog.

Goodbye.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:41 AM (rF0hx)

493 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:41 AM (rF0hx)

ANNNNDDDD CBD brings the high and tight fastball.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:42 AM (qmlhV)

494 503 Posted by: somejoe at March 19, 2017 06:39 AM (bEHhv)

Do it on another blog.

Goodbye.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:41 AM (rF0hx)

--You are a far better man than I, Gunga Din.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:45 AM (GsAUU)

495 493 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2017 06:41 AM (rF0hx)

ANNNNDDDD CBD brings the high and tight fastball.
Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:42 AM (qmlhV)

--You're a sports tard for calling that.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:46 AM (GsAUU)

496 Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:46 AM (GsAUU)

Heh. "Sports" is an unnecessary modifier in your comment about me.

Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:47 AM (qmlhV)

497 Heh. "Sports" is an unnecessary modifier in your comment about me.
Posted by: weirdflunky at March 19, 2017 06:47 AM (qmlhV)

--Go easy on yourself.

Posted by: logprof at March 19, 2017 06:50 AM (GsAUU)

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