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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (5/31/22)
Quote I If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson
Quote II Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau
Quote III Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. Don Marquis
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If your trusty toothbrush has been with you for so long that you can’t even remember buying it, you might want to trot on down to the nearest drugstore posthaste. According to the American Dental Association—not to mention countless dentists and toothbrush manufacturers—we should all be replacing our toothbrushes (or toothbrush heads, if your brush is electric) about every three to four months. And if the bristles look frayed earlier than that, feel free to do it more frequently. The advice isn’t just a marketing ploy by Big Dental to get you to shell out more bucks on brushes. For one, overused bristles can’t scrub plaque from your pearly whites as effectively, and they can also be rough on your gums
Born on this day: 31 May 1948
English drummer John Bonham from Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single 'Whole Lotta Love'. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven, has sold over 37 million copies. He is regarded as the greatest and most influential rock drummer of all time. Bonham died on September 25th 1980 aged 32 after choking on his own vomit. via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: 31 May 2006
71 year-old songwriter Hal Bynum, (whose credits include Kenny Rogers "Lucille,") and his wife were arrested and charged with growing marijuana inside their Nashville home and possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms. After receiving a tip, police searched the couple's home and confiscated 256 marijuana plants, 7.5 pounds of harvested marijuana, 14 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms, growing lamps and other drug paraphernalia. Bynum, and his wife were released on $73,500 bond each. via thisdayinmusic.com
AY 26--Proving again that Florida Man + Speedo = trouble, a 64-year-old retiree was arrested Tuesday for allegedly exposing himself to a female beachgoer, according to a police report. Investigators say Charles Hixon was busted Tuesday afternoon for indecent exposure following an incident at Sunset Beach in Tarpon Springs, a Tampa suburb. Hixon was in the water “about knee deep wearing a Speedo” when he pulled down the front of his swimsuit and exposed his penis, cops allege. Hixon, seen above, was allegedly “holding it in his hand” while staring and grinning at the 28-year-old victim, who was on the beach.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:00 PM (K/7fJ)
Posted by: wing at May 31, 2022 10:00 PM (PlW9M)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (gsaS2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (WFMLs)
Thanks to you guys, I have already finished the Sunday Morning Book Thread (more or less)!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Adrian the Card Playing Critic ... at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (okV1R)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (ufFY
The speed of light is like cold molasses compared to the Zettai!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Billy Bass at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (7bRMQ)
How can both of those things be simultaneously true?
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: ballistic at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (oXNqT)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
How many times have all of us Moron's had to say that?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:04 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Florida Man at May 31, 2022 10:05 PM (4I/2K)
Thanks to you guys, I have already finished the Sunday Morning Book Thread (more or less)!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (K5n5d)
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Even less is more. You're doing a great job.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:05 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Theodore at May 31, 2022 10:05 PM (GJnvT)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:05 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:05 PM (7bRMQ)
Something fishy going on here, I think.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2022 10:06 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at May 31, 2022 10:03 PM (duT0u)
Anyone else say hello last night?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:06 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Fritzy at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (GgBE/)
And I am heading up to bed so if you need the info and haven't asked me yet, email me now or forever hold your peace. Otherwise when I snooze, you lose.
Posted by: bluebell - last day to register for NoVaMoMe 2022! at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit
They said the crop was in the field, not the house ...
Just sayin'
Posted by: Adriane the Card Playing Critic ... at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (okV1R)
Posted by: Rex B at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (GMlj0)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:02 PM (K5n5d)
That doesn't mean you can slack off, you know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:08 PM (7bRMQ)
And I am heading up to bed so if you need the info and haven't asked me yet, email me now or forever hold your peace. Otherwise when I snooze, you lose.
Posted by: bluebell - last day to register for NoVaMoMe 2022! at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (aeePL)
I only need to email you find out where the hell everybody is staying so i can book the hotel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 10:08 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
How many times have all of us Moron's had to say that?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:04 PM (Msys3)
Better early than never I always say.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:08 PM (0fVbu)
Oh, and Lucille is a ho.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 31, 2022 10:09 PM (+lVUW)
Take the Captain Morgan pose and something's gotta fall out.
Posted by: mikeski at May 31, 2022 10:09 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: bluebell - last day to register for NoVaMoMe 2022! at May 31, 2022 10:09 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:09 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at May 31, 2022 10:10 PM (HMWox)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:08 PM (7bRMQ)
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If I were slacking off, I'd wait until 7 a.m. on Sunday to even start thinking about creating a Book Thread...I'm way ahead of my usual schedule...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:10 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:11 PM (K/7fJ)
Posted by: a.moron at May 31, 2022 10:11 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:12 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: a.moron at May 31, 2022 10:11 PM (F6Xpw)
Ok, I admit it. The vomit was mine.
Posted by: Zombie Cass Elliot at May 31, 2022 10:12 PM (7bRMQ)
As always with these incessant retreads, the original was better. Much better. But I realized after thinking about it that both movies are dumb, and for the same reason... Dunaway/Russo's character.
Both movies make no sense to anyone who knows about thieves, money, art or rich people. That's fine... Any heist movie requires an industrial-strength disbelief suspension. The part where that suspension can't bear the weight is that character
Thomas Crown is this unprincipled, thrill-seeking & debonair rich guy who can never find a woman exciting enough to shake his ennui. If they made his foil a crooked cop who sleeps with the enemy, it could work... For '70s & '80s Hollywood. In the '60s and '90s, studios and audiences *needed* the cop to be good.
If they made her another thief out to get his treasure, but who finds the real treasure in his pants, that could've worked at any time. In either case, she should be super hot and naughty looking... Maybe Olga Kurylenko.
But they made her a boring but slutty... insurance adjuster of middling to fair looks. This is too much. It never made sense as a movie.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (FIJ+3)
Posted by: a.moron
Did anyone else's grade school bus have a monster coffee can of mystery sawdust something or other to dump on the inevitable barf of your classmates?
This would have been a good idea for college come to think of it.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (Msys3)
(I don't know why it bugs me so much. It's not like we haven't had to clean up barf many times before. And yet, every time one of them reports a tummy ache, I get a pit in my own stomach.)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (8548M)
I usually am angling for a mess of redeye.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (pJ/9/)
The world would be a far different place today had Karen Carpenter eaten that tuna fish sammich instead of Mama Cass...
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (K/7fJ)
Posted by: a.moron at May 31, 2022 10:11 PM (F6Xpw)
Ok, I admit it. The vomit was mine.
Posted by: Zombie Cass Elliot at May 31, 2022 10:12 PM (7bRMQ)
If only you had shared that sandwich with Karen Carpenter.
Posted by: Done to death R&R memes at May 31, 2022 10:15 PM (F6Xpw)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at May 31, 2022 10:15 PM (4+wAL)
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (FIJ+3)
Steve McQueen>>>>>>>> Pierce Brosnan
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:15 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (K+OwO)
Posted by: BignJames at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Corona Exile-Back_in_exile at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (YmsdJ)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (K/7fJ)
I thought it was a hang sammich.
Posted by: BignJames at May 31, 2022 10:18 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:18 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: fd at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (vrz2I)
The woman and Hixon “had both made eye contact,” and “the victim described his penis as being large, 7-8 inches and it was similar in color to his body which was tanned,” an officer reported.
I wonder if she had to spend some time with a sketch up artist.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Fritzy at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (GgBE/)
And standing ON Water looking stupid is called Paddle Boarding...
Reminds me... got to get the board out for the season...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: fd at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (vrz2I)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (8548M)
I know what's for breakfast tomorrow... and the next couple days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (BFigT)
Reminds me to thaw some more for nest weekend. Somewhere around 200 pounds gross, probably 40 pounds net.
I like fishing. I like catching more.
Posted by: MkY at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (M2RfL)
I wonder if she had to spend some time with a sketch up artist.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (0fVbu)
Can we just call it a Tallywhacker?
Posted by: Principle, Angel Beach High at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: BignJames at May 31, 2022 10:18 PM
I change this comment around a bit every time I repeat it... 'Tuna fish' is in line with the theme of this evening's convocation...
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (K/7fJ)
Just sayin'
Posted by: Adriane the Card Playing Critic ... at May 31, 2022 10:07 PM (okV1R)
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille.
They just brought in a gusher, out there in the field.
The land man said, "Look son, she ain't on the books, son."
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (K+OwO)
Posted by: banana Dream
"Can you describe the penis Ma'am?"
(I'm not convinced I could ask this with a straight face)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 31, 2022 10:22 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
If your belly button is rubbing against your spine, it's the fish that is important. Ask the Venezuelans or the Norks, or perhaps the Sri Lankans. And it could easily be headed our way if incompetent leadership is involved. We have top notch incompetence down pat.
Evening, y'all.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 31, 2022 10:23 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: banana Dream
"Can you describe the penis Ma'am?"
(I'm not convinced I could ask this with a straight face)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Msys3)
Can we call it a tallywhacker?
Posted by: Ms. Ballbricker, Angel Beach HS Phys Ed Dept at May 31, 2022 10:23 PM (4I/2K)
(I'm not convinced I could ask this with a straight face)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Msys3)
Now, this is serious...
Posted by: Bullah Ballbricker at May 31, 2022 10:23 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at May 31, 2022 10:23 PM (sjtZ7)
Ending of By The Grace of the Gods anime.
https://youtu.be/taYpbN8fd-o
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 31, 2022 10:23 PM (koBuh)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM (PZWSb)
How can both of those things be simultaneously true?
----
It's all a ploy to sell toothbrushes.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM (qfLjt)
Did you have to evacuate because of the fire?
And whose zoning department puts industrial chemical plants in the urban collective?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM (lKAqb)
Not a total wash for one reason. Durham proved he lied as part of a conspiracy... but no punishment.
So even when you prove it, Dems get away with it, which will make them even bolder, and shows Conservatives that we cannot trust the system.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM (oHd/0)
I'll say this, just because, who knows? there may be some competent people yet... but the defense skated because they argued everyone knew the lie he told wasn't believable.
That's open court testimony. Now, will anything come of it? Probably not. But it's out there, and perjures some awfully important folks who testified differently.
Posted by: MkY at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (M2RfL)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Don't understand how the Dept of Public Safety are allow to do the investigation since there were a multitude of them standing around with the other cops.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (gsaS2)
(I'm not convinced I could ask this with a straight face)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:21 PM (Msys3)
Elon just asked that question to his accuser. Last I heard, he's still waiting for an answer.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (F0YaR)
You picked a fine time to get high, Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times
But this time your hurting won't heal
You picked a fine time to get high Lucille
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 31, 2022 10:27 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:27 PM (PZWSb)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at May 31, 2022 10:27 PM (sjtZ7)
Posted by: davidt at May 31, 2022 10:27 PM (Vg5Sd)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (F0YaR)
Best part of that whole thing? There is no real accuser. Its a Friend of the victim, who was supposed to be a flight attendant on Musk's plane... the one that does not have flight attendants.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (oHd/0)
I had to get a set of wiper blades for the Crown Vic this afternoon. Total for a pair was $40. I just about shit right there at the counter.
Maybe I should give in and get Alexa -- Alexa, fix my wipers!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Braenyard
It is easier to understand once you grasp the concept of the collective!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Corona Exile-Back_in_exile at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (YmsdJ)
Taj Mahal shares some thoughts on fishing:
https://youtu.be/wNsQI-abvCo
Gets is a crack about Bob Dylan, too. LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (K+OwO)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:19 PM (0fVbu)
That doesn't always work out.
https://tinyurl.com/yc45ws43
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (7bRMQ)
https://youtu.be/iQC2_NJj2iA
Taj Mahal
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"pulled down the front of his swimsuit and exposed his penis, cops allege" - only the latest, finest news on an MH ONT.
Punch line: she says, "That looks just like a penis... only smaller."
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Just checking...
🍒
™
Posted by: mindful webworker - ULTRA MAGA Deplorable at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (dAFYB)
Posted by: Principle, Angel Beach High at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (oHd/0)
I was watching a video about those or tally sticks. They were sticks you made a number of marks on down its length to record things like taxes paid or land traded. Then you'd take a knife to split it along its length such that the marks could be seen on both halves. It was kind of the first carbon copy. You'd take a half and the kingdom would take a half. At one point a building in London got do full of them that they decided to just destroy them all. So they just started burning them all in a furnace that got out of control and burned down most of the palace at west minister.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (dKiJG)
That would be just so sad.
Posted by: mnw at May 31, 2022 10:30 PM (NLIak)
Best part of that whole thing? There is no real accuser. Its a Friend of the victim, who was supposed to be a flight attendant on Musk's plane... the one that does not have flight attendants.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (oHd/0)
A California court ruled today that a bee can be a fish. So a flight without FAs can sure as hell have FAs. Anything is possible if you believe it.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:30 PM (PZWSb)
Demand resignations, deputize the citizens for however long it takes to hire a new cadre of experienced, proven officers from any Texas department.
And I deeply suspect a rot of "woke" emimating from the Uvalde City Council. After all, the current Uvalde ISD chief, himself a Beto donor, was recently elected to said council. That said, it's encouraging that the City is delaying swearing in a new council till blurry facts come into sharper focus.
All of those disgraced cops need to take themselves, and their careers, far away. Uvalde need to embrace the practice of Shunning, and Shunning HARD.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2022 10:31 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:29 PM (0fVbu)
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That sounds about right for a government operation...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:32 PM (K5n5d)
Can we just call it a Tallywhacker?
Posted by: Principle, Angel Beach High at May 31, 2022 10:20 PM (oHd/0)
_________
The term we use for the boys is Whifferdill.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:33 PM (/U27+)
Let their names be stricken from the record. Erase their names from everything. They don't exist.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:33 PM (Mzdiz)
I use peroxide without rinsing right before I brush, so maybe the peroxide is eating them up.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:34 PM (FIJ+3)
Let their names be stricken from the record. Erase their names from everything. They don't exist.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:33 PM (Mzdiz)
__________
Damnatio memoriae
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (PZWSb)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 10:26 PM (gsaS2)
As I understand it, TX DPS are tasked with all investigations of gubmint agencies or officials in Texas. This was a recent change to take away Travis County (Austin) DA's prosecutorial power who only seemed to investigate Republican office holders endlessly.
I reserve the right to be totally wrong.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (4I/2K)
See the legal battle over whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. It's a fruit, scientifically per the definition. But legally, it's a vegetable for purposes of commerce regulation. That went all the way to the Supreme Court.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (sJHOI)
Maybe I should give in and get Alexa -- Alexa, fix my wipers!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (Mzdiz)
There is an easier solution.
https://tinyurl.com/27xrjysv
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 31, 2022 10:36 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:36 PM (6mMzd)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:36 PM (PZWSb)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 31, 2022 10:14 PM (8548M)
Honey, Mummy wants you to sit in the middle of this big blue tarp. You can have the washable binky. Do you want an Alka-Seltzer too?
(follow me for more parenting tips)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2022 10:36 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (PZWSb)
Almost like a biased woke judicial system infested with liberal lawyers might have a downside for the peasants!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:37 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Theodore at May 31, 2022 10:38 PM (GJnvT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 10:16 PM (K+OwO)
Yeah. When I was in college my roommates and I saw a flasher while walking back to our apartment. We ran back to the apartment laughing. This was November in Michigan. The cop came over to take our complaint and we all had a good laugh with him.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 31, 2022 10:38 PM (+lVUW)
Of course, my second thought was "Given how I feel right now, I sorta wish I had."
Never came close to drinking that much again.
Posted by: PabloD says start up the rotors at May 31, 2022 10:39 PM (ZfIh5)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:39 PM (6mMzd)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at May 31, 2022 10:40 PM (Q+K8B)
Honey, Mummy wants you to sit in the middle of this big blue tarp. You can have the washable binky. Do you want an Alka-Seltzer too?
___________
Woman to dog:
- I'm leaving for a while, sweetie.
- I love you.
- We'll snuggle when I get home.
Woman to husband:
- Bye
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:40 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:41 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:09 PM (r46W7)
I think I have decided that lying is the one single thing that has fucked this country over. Ever since Billy Jeff and his bullshit defense of the indefensible, nobody seems to be able to just tell the damned truth, and everything just gets worse. People lie when they don't have to, they lie because they made a mistake, or they were ignorant, or whatever portion of the human condition they may be experiencing.
Just tell the damned truth, own up, fix the mistake, apologize to those who were hurt or lost, and get on with it. Lying just makes it worse for everyone, even the liar.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:41 PM (LOVUx)
Of course, my second thought was "Given how I feel right now, I sorta wish I had."
Posted by: PabloD
I remember that morning. It was when the beautiful, long blond hair of the person facing away from me also had shoulders that seemed juuuuuuust a bit too wide.
Fervent silent prayer - "Please be a girl! Please be a girl!"
Took me 20 years to try Ouzo again.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2022 10:31 PM (QzJWU)
This is the attitude that is required to repair our culture.
Those cops were happy to cash their paychecks when nothing was required of them.
It is reasonable on the part of the citizens of Uvalde to expect that the cops do the jobs they were being paid to do when something was required of them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (XIJ/X)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (bW8dp)
Once.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:41 PM (XG2Fi)
I don't fish anymore, I dipnet. I'm not wading into a freezing river if I'm not walking out with a year's worth of quality protein.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (LOVUx)
Mommy drinks because het membership in the Scold of Wine Guzzling Karens requires her to do so.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:12 PM (r46W7)
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See? You can still get someone to Back the Blue when you're paying $650 an hour.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (XG2Fi)
The Chief was just elected to the City Council.
https://bityl.co/CT5D
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (Q+K8B)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (Msys3)
Well?
Was it a girl?
It's okay...you are among friends.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (XIJ/X)
That's what she said.
Posted by: Methos at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Theodore at May 31, 2022 10:38 PM (GJnvT)
It's one of the top misheard lyrics along with hendrix's "kiss this guy".
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (FIJ+3)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (0fVbu)
"There's a bathroom on the right."
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (LOVUx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (/U27+)
It is reasonable on the part of the citizens of Uvalde that the cops do the jobs they were being paid to do when something was required of them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2022 10:42 PM (XIJ/X)
It has been noted umpteen times here that the popo has no legal obligation to protect you. Courts have said that.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (PZWSb)
Maybe I should give in and get Alexa -- Alexa, fix my wipers!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (Mzdiz)
The wipers come in two sizes IIRC: For my Subaru that had 3 wipers, I would buy a replacement for the longest one (in front of the driver), and take the one it replaced and trim it to size and replace the passenger side one - trying to clean up the edge a tad, then taking that one and cutting it down to replace the rear window wiper.
It worked sort of.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 10:08 PM (VwHCD)
I was looking at Dumfries. They have the only close-to-reasonable prices I've seen for Saturday night.
Posted by: GWB at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (f4IaF)
The most fun I had fishing was dipping for smelt at the outlets of streams that emptied into Lake Superior in the spring. Waders and a net, with a bucket to dump them into. Open fire on the beach and adult beverages.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (pNxlR)
I remember coach telling me I can be as good as I wanted to be and not really giving a crap. As an 17 year old I had other things on my mind.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (FIJ+3)
Why do you need the line?
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (PZWSb)
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2022 10:31 PM (QzJWU)
I find it hard to believe that ANY Uvalde cop is still a resident in the town. I would have thought they would all be slinking out of town by the cover of night!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:44 PM (PZWSb)
No, but men have an ethical and moral obligation to protect innocent children. Ask God about that.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (LOVUx)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: MyInnerBeth at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (cRbt7)
You used to could get wiper "fillers", just the actual rubber wiper, with a little backbone thing, and slide that into the old blades. Now all the sell is the whole blade, although I think you can order some of the fillers -- I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (PZWSb)
I can. They're cowards. And moreover they exposed their cowardice at probably the single most critical time in their lives they most needed to display valor.
The fear of lawsuit line you're arguing is clearly not a thing either. A lot of them were talking to the press until their legal counsel finally got a hold of them and told them all to shut up because of the inevitable lawsuits that will follow.
Posted by: Sjg at May 31, 2022 10:46 PM (gDSJf)
How can both of those things be simultaneously true?
My gums get sore with a new toothbrush.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 31, 2022 10:46 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Squid at May 31, 2022 10:46 PM (vwnAA)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (LOVUx)
Sure. But as far what they were getting paid for - which is the comment I was responding to - they have no obligation to run into a building with an active shooter.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (PZWSb)
The last time I'd drank ouzo I was found several hours later on the beach, smashing plates and dancing frenetically in the nude to bouzouki music...
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (j9yGm)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (BP3/z)
Inflation is about the value of the currency, not the value of things
*feels rantfully rantfull*
Posted by: Miklos, economist from Karl Marx U (true) at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (WS6Pg)
The intarwebs tell me that stuff is called "vomitus absorbant".
Probably the kind of thing that any well-stocked janitorial supply would have on hand.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Joe XiDen
That "Liberty and Justice For All" phrase was deconstructed by the "judicial system", right?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:48 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (FIJ+3)
that's the spirit
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 31, 2022 10:48 PM (sJHOI)
It's an easy attitude to grow, when people fly flags, show bumper stickers, and say shit like "whatever it takes for that brave office to get home to his family at night".
They were deified, and they believed it after a while. More skepticism is what is necessary. Which isn't going to happen from the traditional Right. Because "back the blue" is a virtue signal.
Posted by: Nic of the Day at May 31, 2022 10:48 PM (9vpMr)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:48 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: MyInnerBeth at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (cRbt7)
I was in the public library downtown, I was probably about 9 years old, and some old pervert whipped it out between the stacks. All I could do is point and laugh hysterically, which probably was not what he had hoped for. Then I went and told the librarian and she went total banshee on him. I doubt he tried it again.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:48 PM (LOVUx)
Posted by: Zettai
Yep - par for the course when attending the Sons of Pericles and Daughters of Penelope Youth Dances.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (Msys3)
For straight, non-flashy drumming, Charlie Watts from the Stones and Bill Ward from Sabbath were both better.
For flashy, over-the-top drumming, Keith Moon kicked Bonham's ass.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Theodore at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (GJnvT)
Probably the kind of thing that any well-stocked janitorial supply would have on hand.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (bW8dp)
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AKA "kitty litter" (not really, but you could probably use kitty litter if you don't have anything else handy. It's pretty absorbent)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 31, 2022 10:43 PM (Q+K8B)
epochtimes is now personal info walled. They require you to surrender something to them like an email. Which i could use one of those throwaway sites but these places aren't worth the effort.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (0fVbu)
Inflation is about the value of the currency, not the value of things
*feels rantfully rantfull*
Posted by: Miklos, economist from Karl Marx U (true) at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (WS6Pg)
Yup... I had a couple of major purchases I had dialed in for the next couple of years... Solar for the House... and a fun car.
In process of buying both NOW, because next year they will cost at least 10% more.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: tcn in AK
There will be a reckoning, just not on our timeline!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~every book has been totally rewritten ~ at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (hOUT3)
Cowardice is rampant in these times, and it all has to do with the Woke, and their Media enablers.
[snipped]
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (m0zqP)
Pink sawdust. I don't know what the pink is. Probably just dye.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (FIJ+3)
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Yeah. It seems like personal honor should come into play at some point, but apparently it doesn't.
"Hey kids, sucks to be you!"
*spit*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Cicero
Hamms
Posted by: Miklos, from the Land of Sky Blue Waters at May 31, 2022 10:51 PM (WS6Pg)
You'd take a half and the kingdom would take a half. At one point a building in London got do full of them that they decided to just destroy them all. So they just started burning them all in a furnace that got out of control and burned down most of the palace at west minister.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit
"Wut? Yeah, it were a controlled burn. 'Oo says different? Point 'em out!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 31, 2022 10:51 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:47 PM (j9yGm)
So you've been to Malcom's too?
Posted by: MacBride and Ryan at May 31, 2022 10:51 PM (7bRMQ)
For just keeping time, and a clever back beat ? Willy Cantu, from Buck Owens and the Buckaroos.
Posted by: Nic of the Day at May 31, 2022 10:52 PM (9vpMr)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:52 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Zettai
STOP THAT BOODY BOUZOUKI
Posted by: Miklosolopoloulopoulos at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (WS6Pg)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (j9yGm)
No. A brand on their forehead so everyone they meet knows them. Something like in Inglorious Basterds.
Posted by: davidt at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (Vg5Sd)
If you're not going to do a job, you need to find another job.
And part of the job of being a cop is accepting the risk that you'll be killed in the line of duty, or sued, or any number of other bad things.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (bW8dp)
Ice fishing is all the thrill of regular fishing amplified by sitting in an ice-cold hut.
Posted by: Cicero
Not with tip up rigs and your cabin at the edge of a frozen lake. All you gotta do is keep an eye peeled for their flags being up, signifying something took the line, and then bundle up and go get 'em.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Squid at May 31, 2022 10:53 PM (vwnAA)
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 10:54 PM (FIJ+3)
Yep. I'm old.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 31, 2022 10:54 PM (J00IM)
Maybe I should give in and get Alexa -- Alexa, fix my wipers!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:28 PM (Mzdiz)
Just looked up wiper blades for my car. From the MFG, $5,385.52. Must be some supply issues. Think I'll got to O'Reilly.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 10:54 PM (AmoqO)
(Pumpkins and other squashes are also fruit. Strawberries are "false fruits".)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 31, 2022 10:54 PM (8548M)
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 10:54 PM (0fVbu)
It has been noted umpteen times here that the popo has no legal obligation to protect you. Courts have said that.
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But then there is no justification to take our guns.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 31, 2022 10:49 PM (K5n5d)
I spent a summer as a sweeper at Busch Gardens, The Old Country. In the shed near/behind certain rides was a large container of this stuff for spreading over puke. It got used a lot at the octopus ride which was near the big restaurant in the Oktoberfest section.
You'd get a shovelful of the stuff, spread it over, and wait a few minutes. Then sweep it up into your bin and dump it in the trashcan.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 31, 2022 10:55 PM (4I/2K)
What is that, a Bugati or something? You know the ones where an oil change costs $18K or something, and new tires require shipping it back to the factory and you spend probably close to $100K for the whole thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 10:56 PM (Mzdiz)
That would probably work pretty well, especially the stuff with odor destroying ingredients.
But as TonyPete said, the classic stuff, as used by surly, 59-year-old WWII veteran janitors who kept a bottle of Old Grandad in their basement lairs, along with a Playboy calender or two, was some kind of treated sawdust.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 10:56 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Squid at May 31, 2022 10:56 PM (vwnAA)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 10:56 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
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The cops have the right not to be intimidated by your gun when they're taking the report.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 10:56 PM (XG2Fi)
It's totally green and sustainable.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 31, 2022 10:57 PM (BP3/z)
Posted by: MacBride and Ryan at May 31, 2022 10:51 PM
There's footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cJfIbMbw_4
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 10:57 PM (j9yGm)
Six out of seven dentists agree! And they aren't really dentists but they do play them on television. After the last couple years, I don't trust ANYONE in the health business. Right down there with the used car salesman.
Posted by: azjaeger at May 31, 2022 10:57 PM (3/XaG)
None of them, none, are drafted. But let's review.
What do you want to do, Little Johnny, when you grow up ? Hammer nails, build houses ? Fine - it'll be hard, but I wish you well. What - keep books and do accounting ? Good luck, remember to do a little exercise after work.
Eh ? You want to put on a gun and a badge ? Enforce every edict, without question, given to you by a mayor or judge or other such politician - directed at your neighbor - without any personal consequences ? Little Johnny, how about you forget the time and date of the regular cookout here. Find something else to do. Stay away.
Posted by: Nic of the Day at May 31, 2022 10:57 PM (9vpMr)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 31, 2022 10:58 PM (8GBH4)
Maybe I should give in and get Alexa -- Alexa, fix my wipers!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
In Grandpa's day, everybody made their own wipers from okra leaves and such.
Posted by: Mikols, get off my lawn, especially where the Projects is up on blocks at May 31, 2022 10:58 PM (WS6Pg)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 31, 2022 10:59 PM (sJHOI)
What are you, a cop?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at May 31, 2022 10:59 PM (sJHOI)
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He might be a taxi driver.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:00 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2022 11:00 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel
Fruits have seeds, simple
So.
I'm a fruit.
Fuck
Posted by: Miklos, producer of seed essence at May 31, 2022 11:00 PM (WS6Pg)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (llON8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Mikols, get off my lawn, especially where the Projects is up on blocks at May 31, 2022 10:58 PM (WS6Pg)
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Grape leaves and Windex. The old ways are the best ways.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 31, 2022 11:02 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 31, 2022 10:45 PM (LOVUx)
That's why it's easier if you're an atheist.
Posted by: Planned Parenthood at May 31, 2022 11:03 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Cicero
My last taxi driver claimed to have a PH.D. in Maths.
Probably true, his parents run a shoe and boot repair shop down the road. Ukrainians, been here for years.
Posted by: Miklos, speaker of languages at May 31, 2022 11:03 PM (WS6Pg)
In process of buying both NOW, because next year they will cost at least 10% more.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 10:50 PM (oHd/0)
What would be the advisability of paying off a mortgage on a house now? Fixed rate around 4 1/2%.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (AmoqO)
In the old days, they used to use vacuum motor powered wipers. Now, if vacuum got low, like in a loaded truck going uphile at WOT, they wouldn't work so hot. So, some put a hand crank. Others did not.
Back in the '70s, my father still used to run this old trap F-500, with vacuum wipers. Going up a hill, they'd stall, but no hand crank. If it was really raining, you'd have to let off, and let vacuum build up. That meant losing your momentum and having to downshift.
A neighbor had an old trap Chevy truck in the same boat. He rigged some twine, so he could pull them back and fro when needed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (Mzdiz)
Indeed.
Also, back in the day, no one would have taken a bet on there being more living Rolling Stones than Beatles 40 years down the road.
I think they're tied at two each at the moment, 60 years down the line, (depending on how you count members), but that's only because Watts just recently died.
Lennon's been dead for over 40 years, Harrison for over 20.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2022 11:05 PM (Mf7Vh)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (llON
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Lame.
We always got hard candy a coke at my dentist.
Posted by: Englishman at May 31, 2022 11:05 PM (FIJ+3)
Alexa, my wipers don't work!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:06 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (llON
That's how we hook you. The first one's free.
Posted by: Big Toothbrush at May 31, 2022 11:06 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Bullshit Durham at May 31, 2022 11:07 PM (ONvIw)
Naw, and double Naw...they have these "things" and events to control us here... now... (God slay them) on the bodies of dead children.
Because THAT is what they do.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 31, 2022 11:07 PM (J00IM)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2022 11:07 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (AmoqO)
Yeah, actually thinking about maybe going into debt, for the first time in 12 years.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:08 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2022 11:07 PM (ESjRY)
Same as any cold. When you're not coughing and blasting snot all over the place.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (FIJ+3)
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (AmoqO)
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That is the wrong direction, my friend. Borrow and spend your way to financial security!
So, no. Do not pay off any debts early.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (EZebt)
https://tinyurl.com/mrytw7he
hence, the exposure.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (XG2Fi)
Naw, and double Naw...they have these "things" and events to control us here... now... (God slay them) on the bodies of dead children.
Because THAT is what they do.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 31, 2022 11:07 PM (J00IM)
Funny how SUDDENLY the MSM is talking about the death rate in Chicago... of course they don't mention that it has very stringent gun laws already.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (oHd/0)
I reserve the right to be totally wrong.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 31, 2022 10:35 PM (4I/2K)
You are right - Travis County whipped up so many politically driven "investigations" that the Lege finally took the power of investigating public officials away from local government completely. It now belongs to the Texas Rangers, who are organizationally a branch of the DPS. The most significant aspect is that the Rangers now report directly to the Governor, not to anyone else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (r46W7)
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My parents always had a bottle. If you like bitters, a teaspoon in a (tiny) cup of espresso. Very good to settle an upset stomach. Very bitter taken neat.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (XG2Fi)
My friend is a dentist and she gives toothbrushes. I keep telling her her house is going to get egged.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 31, 2022 11:10 PM (sK7nj)
Posted by: 18-1
My personal rule of thumb - when she feels better and isn't snarfing on anyone. Really.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 11:11 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 31, 2022 11:11 PM (KATBx)
A neighbor had an old trap Chevy truck in the same boat. He rigged some twine, so he could pull them back and fro when needed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:04 PM (Mzdiz)
It is really astounding, how many kludges the auto makers used, to try make vacuum wipers work when the engine wasn't making vacuum. You had vacuum reservoirs, kind of a mind-bending concept, that, a tank to hold nothing. You had vacuum-booster fuel pumps, with a second diaphragm to suck air, and even electric vacuum pumps. All to avoid putting a two-dollar electric motor on the windshield wipers. Trico must have had some shit-hot hookers servicing the auto company engineers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:11 PM (A8Mbo)
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But then there is no justification to take our guns.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
That tragedy in Texas makes for an argument against gun control.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 31, 2022 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
The point is that *is* what the citizens pay them for. Their unwillingness to do so means they are of no value and their pay should be refunded entirely, at a minimum.
Posted by: Methos at May 31, 2022 11:12 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2022 11:12 PM (Mf7Vh)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 31, 2022 11:13 PM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 31, 2022 11:01 PM (llON
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My dentist does this, as did my last dentist. I find it rather funny, as they've always told me that electric toothbrushes are so much better than regular ones, and yet they still hand out the regular ones.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 31, 2022 11:13 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:13 PM (r46W7)
That I did not know, they actually used an electric motor to power a vacuum pump, just to run vacuum wipers? Yep, something hinky was going on there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (EZebt)
Thought that was the right answer.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: DBCooper at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (y1Mvi)
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But then there is no justification to take our guns.
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
That tragedy in Texas makes for an argument against gun control.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 31, 2022 11:11 PM (+lVUW)
I think they are using a crisis for political gain, just maybe.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (sK7nj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (r46W7)
The FNM: You don't need a good guy with a gun...you need the police to protect you.
The current news cycle: The cops stood around eating donuts while a tranny murdered school children until a good guy with a gun got past them and ended the tranny.
You can't make this shit up.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 31, 2022 11:13 PM (CAJOC)
Well, the electric ones all go to their 30-something single female patients.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:15 PM (A8Mbo)
That I did not know, they actually used an electric motor to power a vacuum pump, just to run vacuum wipers? Yep, something hinky was going on there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (Mzdiz)
Yeah, an amateurish engineering design.
Posted by: Rube Goldberg at May 31, 2022 11:15 PM (4I/2K)
Say what you will about Pskanki, she was able to spout lies without showing the slightest hint of shame.
This new one looks like she's mortified.
I predict less than six months before she gets replaced.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:15 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:16 PM (r46W7)
John Bonham was a freaking wild man.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2022 11:05 PM (Mf7Vh)
Yes, he was. I was never much of a zep fan, but that dude had the single bass foot from hell. The drum beat in Achilles last stand is frigging horsepower. Its practically a full blown metal gallop beat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 11:16 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 31, 2022 11:13 PM (CAJOC)
Well, the electric ones all go to their 30-something single female patients.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:15 PM (A8Mbo)
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Hmmm.... my current dentist may be a 30-something single female (maybe even 20-something)...
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 31, 2022 11:17 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (KATBx)
Still a kludge. And if the fuel pump diaphragm springs a leak, the other one can start sucking oil out of the engine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:17 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:09 PM (r46W7)
Thanks for the clarification - it is the Texas Rangers specifically who conduct these investigations.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 31, 2022 11:18 PM (4I/2K)
There aren't many Oakland A's fans at games, but they have to be the most annoying ones with their stupid little rattles.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 11:19 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Ciampino at May 31, 2022 11:20 PM (qfLjt)
Only three episodes out - pretty good so far.
First two episodes are faithful to the book, deviated a little in the third episode with a side story.
Leslie Rose (you know nothing, Jon Snow!) is hawt.
For the ettes, Theo James is buck naked quite a bit.
Steven Moffar, of Dr Who fame, is a producer/bigwig. Say what you will, he can tell a story, and has time travel shit down pat.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 31, 2022 11:20 PM (ufFY8)
Setting the political lunacy of that aside, someone should point out to him that the people who he expects to confiscate firearms on his behalf are the same useless cowards who wouldn't protect children when they outnumbered the shooter 20 or 40 to 1.
Posted by: Methos at May 31, 2022 11:20 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Methos at May 31, 2022 11:20 PM (kOpft)
VERY good point.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:21 PM (oHd/0)
They didn't have rare-earth magnets in those days, or even Alnico. Looks like Alnico didn't make it into general use until the late '30s - early '40s.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:21 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (r46W7)
I still cannot fathom why they did not go inside.
I have family members that are police, one used to love to start arguments with me by saying things like "they don't pay me enough to chase anyone" " I don't tip because I don't get a tip when I save your life".
He still chased people and tackled them but I guess that's what they say to each other maybe?
Everyone on the scene, odds are that they all weren't worthless. You'd think one of them would have done it anyway, damn the consequences.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 31, 2022 11:21 PM (sK7nj)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:14 PM (Mzdiz)
Yeah, an amateurish engineering design.
Posted by: Rube Goldberg at May 31, 2022 11:15 PM (4I/2K)
I actually snagged an electric vacuum pump at a swap meet a few years ago. That's how I know they existed. Makes a certain degree of sense; the vacuum wiper system is already in place, so you can make it a little better by adding on the electric pump. But real electric wiper motors were available at least as early as 1940, and probably before then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:21 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: davidt at May 31, 2022 11:23 PM (Vg5Sd)
My granddad, who did not indulge in tobacco at all, always kept a new plug of cheap chewing tobacco in his glove box. If the wipers quit entirely or the rain got pretty heavy, he'd scrub the plug over his side of the windshield and, Poof!, essentially like Rain X!
Posted by: LRob in TX at May 31, 2022 11:23 PM (g/nSe)
Hey baby, how 'bout you come back to my place and see just how much tartar we can scrape off together?
Posted by: Lines to use on your dentist at May 31, 2022 11:23 PM (ESjRY)
It's been said here before that Beatoff's behavior makes a lot more sense if you assume that he's intending to run for office and LOSE. That way he can convince the billionaire father-in-law he's been grifting off for decades that he's "trying to get a job", while actually spending his time traveling around getting wined and dined and likely banging the occasional bored housewife on the side.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:23 PM (bW8dp)
They didn't have rare-earth magnets in those days, or even Alnico. Looks like Alnico didn't make it into general use until the late '30s - early '40s.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:21 PM (bW8dp)
Small motors for automotive use, like heater fans and wipers, were series-wound universal motors well into the 1970's. Permanent-magnet motors were Johnny-come-latelys.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:24 PM (A8Mbo)
"A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later." - George Patton
"Ask me for anything except time." - Napoleon
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 31, 2022 11:25 PM (/U27+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:25 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Zettai at May 31, 2022 11:26 PM (6qwNK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:26 PM (A8Mbo)
Because most 1970s Dodges sucked. Yep, they'd run like a bat outta hell, but when interior pieces are falling off while the car is being shipped to the dealer, that's a pretty good sign of suckage.
Oddly though, their upscale cars, such as a Chrysler Imperial, actually DID have a better build quality, but a Plymouth Duster was already self-disassembling it's interior, which made installing a roll-bar, all the easier. Dodge D-100 trucks solved this by basically having nothing IN the interior, other than the seats, steering wheel and window cranks. And boy howdy, did those doors and windows RATTLE, from day one!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 31, 2022 11:27 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: LRob in TX at May 31, 2022 11:27 PM (g/nSe)
Ergo, a Companies Speech rights, somehow Trump an actual CITIZENS speech right.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (oHd/0)
https://tinyurl.com/chicomrolex
Pretty interesting.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Maybe it's vaccum lag.
Posted by: davidt at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (Vg5Sd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:29 PM (XG2Fi)
Go old school, get a self-winder mechanical. Those things are making something of a comeback. I got Miley one for Christmas, but she doesn't flail her arms around enough to keep it wound. And she forgets to manually wind it. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:29 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:29 PM (XG2Fi)
Lol. For what you pay, they better be.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2022 11:30 PM (Mf7Vh)
The last couple of little PM motors I worked on, I could hardly get the armature out of the housing. Magnets were so strong, it was a bitch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:31 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: davidt at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (Vg5Sd)
Go old school, get a self-winder mechanical. Those things are making something of a comeback.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:29 PM (Mzdiz)
I aspire to a level of inactivity to cause a self-winding watch to stop dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: No One of Consequence
And, oddly enough, never has to ask you to 'turn towards me a bit more' - does she?
LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Methos at May 31, 2022 11:20 PM (kOpft)
It's not that hard to be "brave" when you and seven of your buddies show up at a dudes house at 3:33am armed with kevlar vests and rifles and shotguns and the element of suprise.
Your opponent? Maybe has a gun but is sleeping and won't get to it before the dog is shot and they're in your room screaming several commands at once and shining you with tac lights.
One of the most overused and reprehensible of the tactics police use on what used to be reserved for the worst of the worst-case scenarios.
Yes, I'm very down on the thin blue line the past few years.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (MFphb)
I have 1400 ft of it
so yeah, I fish
I'm supposed to have a license but I never had one here in MA
and now I'm 70, they are free
I lived here 26 years and never seen a gamey statey
Posted by: REDACTED at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (us2H3)
"Do not place nutsack between two of these magnets and turn them loose" is the gist.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (bW8dp)
Captain Koons : The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright, so he hid it, in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
Posted by: banana Dream, now 40% less explicit at May 31, 2022 11:33 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: REDACTED at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (us2H3)
That you guys know of.
Posted by: REDACTED'S Shovel at May 31, 2022 11:34 PM (7bRMQ)
Cowardice is rampant in these times, and it all has to do with the Woke, and their Media enablers.
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This is true. And I’m surprised so many on the right refuse to see this.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 11:34 PM (PZWSb)
Hmm... still bulkier and more expensive than a vacuum cylinder and piston, I'd think. You can put the vacuum pump where there's room for it and just run a hose, while the motor either has to be on-site or else connected to the site through a linkage.
Same basic theory as with hydraulics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:35 PM (bW8dp)
Oh, I see it just fine.
It's one of the risks of the job. If you're not willing to take the risk, don't take the job.
And I'm not criticizing anyone who wouldn't take the job, note. Hell, I'm no hero.
But if you do take the job, do the fucking job.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:36 PM (bW8dp)
That could explain why they didn't want to go go in - but how does that explain handcuffing anyone else who wanted to go in? The cops there weren't just passively bad, they were actively evil, willing partners with the shooter to help him cause as much carnage as possible.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:36 PM (r46W7)
Swiss watch outfit Zenith recently came out a with new high frequency mechanical oscillator. It's a whopping 15 Hz, which is quite high for a mechanical watch. Oscillators that high used a lot of energy, and caused wear and tear, and they claim they've worked the bugs out, and have something that will last 60 hours and keeps time to 0.3 s per day.
It's only $30K or so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:37 PM (Mzdiz)
"Do not place nutsack between two of these magnets and turn them loose" is the gist.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (bW8dp)
This actually happened to a kid at Pretend College week when my daughter was an RA. Took a trip to the ER to get him loose.
Posted by: sal at May 31, 2022 11:38 PM (bJKUl)
It's only $30K or so.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:37 PM (Mzdiz)
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Hmm. You can barely get a decent sundial for that kind of scratch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:39 PM (XG2Fi)
4 drug mule children and budding crops in the field…
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 31, 2022 11:39 PM (Mf7Vh)
It's been said here before that Beatoff's behavior makes a lot more sense if you assume that he's intending to run for office and LOSE. That way he can convince the billionaire father-in-law he's been grifting off for decades that he's "trying to get a job", while actually spending his time traveling around getting wined and dined and likely banging the occasional bored housewife on the side.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:23 PM (bW8dp)
I remember years ago, probably 35 years ago. I was at a range. The dude next to me had an FN-FAL. It looked really cool, it was the first time I ever saw one. I don't remember the comment I made, but I think it was around the time the commies were first trying for an "assault" rifle ban. Anyway, the dude says "confucius say that men who try to take assault rifles will face men with battle rifles". It took some years before I figured out what he meant.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 11:39 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:39 PM (gsaS2)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:29 PM (Mzdiz)
I aspire to a level of inactivity to cause a self-winding watch to stop dead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:32 PM (A8Mbo)
I've got probably 10 old watches now... ranging from Grandfathers, to Dad's, to the pocket watches I used to carry in the Navy (could not wear a wristwatch as I worked on high power Electronics).
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:40 PM (oHd/0)
Hmm... still bulkier and more expensive than a vacuum cylinder and piston, I'd think. You can put the vacuum pump where there's room for it and just run a hose, while the motor either has to be on-site or else connected to the site through a linkage.
Same basic theory as with hydraulics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:35 PM (bW8dp)
Saw a Leno's garage episode where he had an old MB limo with hydraulic power windows and trunk closure. Said yo didn't want your hand or arm in the way when they were activated.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:40 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 31, 2022 11:36 PM (r46W7)
One of the signs of being in over your head is focusing on the ONE thing you can control. In this case it appeared to be "keep civilians out by any means necessary to keep them safe"
Doesn't have to make sense, doesn't have to work, just has to be something to focus the mind on, and be approved of by superiors at some time in the past.
We are seeing a lot of that nowadays.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2022 11:40 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Uvalde PD at May 31, 2022 11:41 PM (hRlnp)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:37 PM (Mzdiz)
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Hmm. You can barely get a decent sundial for that kind of scratch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:39 PM (XG2Fi)
Damn, got a sundial in the Garden, guess the House is worth more than I thought!
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:41 PM (oHd/0)
it is obvious on the vids
and they damn well know for sure that Darren Wilson only did his job
one if in jail for life and one has had his life ruined
that'll make you pause
esp if you are short
Posted by: REDACTED at May 31, 2022 11:42 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 31, 2022 11:42 PM (xhaym)
Does your sundial have the Equation of Time built in? If not, it's a cheap one, probably costs only $15K.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:44 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:44 PM (gsaS2)
Same basic theory as with hydraulics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:35 PM (bW8dp)
The vacuum motors were semi-circular housings made of die-cast zinc alloy. Radius was about 2 inches. Mostly, there was no vacuum "pump"; vacuum came from a tap on the engine's intake manifold. Slightly less bulky than an electric motor of the same capacity, but engine compartments of the day were scarcely crowded. Both vacuum and electric motors used linkage rods to the wiper spindles. The one "advantage" of the vacuum motors was that their speed could be regulated by the manual control valve.
Typical vacuum motor: https://tinyurl.com/ndc6m6x9
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:44 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: CMU VET at May 31, 2022 11:45 PM (mMV7W)
Fuck
Posted by: Miklos, producer of seed essence at May 31, 2022 11:00 PM (WS6Pg)
I'm not a fruit.
Why are strawberries false fruits? They have seeds, they're just on the outside.
Miklos, you have Mileymail from a week or two back.
Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 31, 2022 11:46 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Cicero
It all fun and games until you have to set your sundial ahead or behind due to the time change.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 11:46 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 11:46 PM (Msys3)
And now ya know why they quit using Henges to tell time.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:47 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: Cicero
It all fun and games until you have to set your sundial ahead or behind due to the time change.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 31, 2022 11:46 PM (Msys3)
Not if they were smart enough to build one on a rotating platform.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 11:47 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:48 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: MkY at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (ZfIh5)
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Forgot about that. Electric driven wiper setting were really clunky - #1 or #2 whereas vacuum motor speeds settings were infinite.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (gsaS2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2022 11:47 PM (oHd/0)
By the time you pull out your pocket Henge, and orient it to True North, the Sun has set. You know what that means: Beer Time!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:48 PM (A8Mbo)
First things that went out on big trucks, synchronizer, fuel gauge and wiper motors. Guess they are more reliable now than 40 years ago.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:52 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: PabloD at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (ZfIh5
If I'm a cop, I aint leaving the car in a situation like that without the shotgun
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 31, 2022 11:52 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (gsaS2)
Yeah, delay wipers were not practical until solid-state timer electronics became cheap and plentiful. But a toe button to trigger a single sweep would have been useful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:53 PM (A8Mbo)
But if you didn't, you didn't. If you're some random dude passing that school, you have to at least try to stop it. If you're charged with being there, all the moreso. I can't blame a Minnesota jury for the dicklessness of these cops in Texas.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at May 31, 2022 11:54 PM (FIJ+3)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 31, 2022 11:50 PM (WF/xn)
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It's fishing for some, masturbation for others.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:54 PM (XG2Fi)
As far as expensive watches go, Patek-Phillipe, a Swiss outfit, takes the cake. One really fancy one of theirs sold for over $31M at auction, and they take most of the top 10 or 20 expensive watches lists.
Why do the cost so much? Well, as one person, here I think, put it, that's so Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, and so forth don't have to settle for some common Rolex that any millionaire could afford.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at May 31, 2022 11:54 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:52 PM (AmoqO)
Haven't really checked, but I expect they use electric motors now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 31, 2022 11:55 PM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: Infidel at May 31, 2022 11:55 PM (E0NVW)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at May 31, 2022 11:56 PM (PZWSb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 11:56 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:58 PM (gsaS2)
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I had a high-end Chinese jeweler as a client a few years ago. They sold top-of-the line watches. Patek Philippe, IWC, Rolex, Audemars, Vacheron Constantin.
What I learned was, if you're able to pay cash, you can get HUGE discounts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 31, 2022 11:58 PM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Infidel at May 31, 2022 11:55 PM (E0NVW)
Odd, I was just wondering to myself today how many people are around that remembered those.
Posted by: Javems at May 31, 2022 11:58 PM (AmoqO)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 31, 2022 11:59 PM (9uFjF)
You can pay seven figures for a Patek Philippe.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2022 12:00 AM (XG2Fi)
Posted by: Infidel at May 31, 2022 11:55 PM (E0NVW)
Yep. Starter on the floor used to be the rule, not the exception. Some makes had it operated by depressing the clutch pedal, and some by depressing the accelerator, and some had an independent floor button. Usually, you used the key to turn on the ignition, and then stepped on the starter. I have Studebaker trucks here with starter buttons arranged to be depressed when you push the clutch pedal right to the floor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2022 12:00 AM (A8Mbo)
Posted by: Javems
Clutch in, heel on the gas and toes on the starter. Pump the gas a bit.
Posted by: Infidel at June 01, 2022 12:00 AM (E0NVW)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 31, 2022 11:58 PM (gsaS2)
I got to where I slip shifted anything with a clutch for a while. All our stuff is auto now.
Posted by: Javems at June 01, 2022 12:03 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Ripley at June 01, 2022 12:03 AM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 01, 2022 12:04 AM (gsaS2)
Me, I've oft said, and it's generally true, that even if I had Bill Gates money, I wouldn't be blowing it on baubles and shiny shit.
I would indulge my electrical fetish to the max though, with all sorts of ridiculously fancy instruments and meters.
However, I would likely go for the watches. I'd have me a Patek-Phillipe, one of the grand complication ones. Also, Purdy rifles. Those would be my shiny baubles.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 12:05 AM (Mzdiz)
It sounds like lots of the Minneapolis disability claims and resignations were younger cops who decided a long term police career wasn't a bright idea. Worse, there's a generation of cops who came in during the Clinton crime bill years that will be aging out fairly soon. It's gonna be kinda bleak for the foreseeable future.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 01, 2022 12:05 AM (4NlP1)
Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2022 12:05 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Infidel
Choke on the dashboard.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 01, 2022 12:06 AM (Msys3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 31, 2022 11:56 PM (VwHCD)
Share a pic.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 01, 2022 12:06 AM (Mf7Vh)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2022 12:06 AM (A8Mbo)
You can pay seven figures for a Patek Philippe.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2022 12:00 AM (XG2Fi)
The only watch I have is a rolex. A regular cheapo Datejust in stainless. It desperately needs service, but I'll be damned if I'm spending $800-1000 on that. I don't even wear watches. I only got it to piss off the rich people when they see some asshole metalhead wearing one. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2022 12:07 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 01, 2022 12:08 AM (gsaS2)
It had the vacuum windshield wipers. When it got tired, you couldn't drive it in the rain.
I was told the engine could run backwards. Never personally experienced that.
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:08 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: JROD at June 01, 2022 12:09 AM (0jZnq)
Posted by: Tonypete
Yep. Tiny dashboard compared with today's standards. Dad still had the 55 chevy he bought in 57 during that time. 4 on the tree. Red. And yes, had an Earl Schieb paint job and mexicans redid the tuck and roll. I was lucky in that I had great parents and a fun childhood.
Posted by: Infidel at June 01, 2022 12:09 AM (E0NVW)
Yep the ones who quit post St Floyd of Fentanyl were young ones who didn’t have much to lose. The ones who stuck around are ones who are close to retirement and don’t want to give up the pension. Once they’re gone, who will be there to take their place? If you’re a 22 year old today do you want to be a cop? Hated by the media, detested by 1/2 the country, ready to be put in prison for life for defending yourself? All with the backdrop of a society that has told criminals do whatever you want there will be no consequences. No 22 year old in his right mind will sign up for that shit.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 01, 2022 12:09 AM (PZWSb)
That assumption didn't work out for the redcoats.
Posted by: Methos at June 01, 2022 12:11 AM (kOpft)
Posted by: Javems at June 01, 2022 12:11 AM (AmoqO)
Posted by: Joe XiDen
That's the plan. Then the Federal Police Force, "just as large as the military" will fill in.
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:11 AM (cPGH3)
I didn't even notice her voice.
Emily Campagno held her own quite well.
Posted by: Theodore at June 01, 2022 12:12 AM (GJnvT)
Posted by: JROD at June 01, 2022 12:12 AM (0jZnq)
Posted by: 496 at June 01, 2022 12:13 AM (U1eOr)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 01, 2022 12:14 AM (PZWSb)
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He'll be a rock-ribbed conservative again when re-election time rolls around.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2022 12:15 AM (XG2Fi)
@2Aupdates
Yesterday: 9mm will blow your lung out of your body
Today: .223 will literally decapitate you
Quote Tweet
NPR
@NPR· 2h
The AR-15 is designed to blow targets apart. Its bullets travel with such velocity that they can decapitate an adult.
Unfortunately, this Uvalde coroner has now seen first-hand what the weapon can do to children.
https://n.pr/3x3PCy7
9:09 PM · May 31, 2022
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at June 01, 2022 12:15 AM (MFZ8i)
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:08 AM (cPGH3)
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So instead of going up and down the pistons would go down and up?
Posted by: 496 at June 01, 2022 12:15 AM (U1eOr)
This is perfectly analogous.
Because, IIRC, George Floyd was in a school murdering children, and Derek Chauvin was convicted for stopping him from shooting children.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 01, 2022 12:17 AM (jOKqt)
The rest of the billion goes to bribes and blackmail, so I can force politicians to my whim. They're cheap and easily compromised. I figure with even one measly billion, you could cause a lot of fucking havoc among those craven chiselers.
Posted by: @TheRealWilliamHayes at June 01, 2022 12:18 AM (FIJ+3)
Some old Detroit 2-cycle diesels could run backwards easily. Not very well, but they could do it. The design was a blower, a big supercharger that blew air into ports off the side of the cylinder on the downstroke.
Turning it backwards, that blower would suck, and it would suck intake air in through the exhaust. Governor wouldn't work right either. I remember hearing talk of kickback trying to start one, that resulting in it starting backwards. They couldn't shut it off. The shut-off was an air-valve, which wouldn't work backwards.
They were trying to cram shit in the exhaust to choke it down. Didn't work, and someone just cut the fuel line, IIRC to finally kill it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 12:19 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JROD at June 01, 2022 12:12 AM (0jZnq)
I don't wear jewelry, not even watches, especially while playing. I don't want anything on my wrist or fingers. The only time I ever wear one is on the rare...rare occasions I have to get dressed up, and the rolex then fulfills its place as a long running inside joke. My brother is Mr GQ. Perfectly fitted suits, all the bling, the right shoes, etc. The inside joke is "well, I got my watch". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2022 12:20 AM (VwHCD)
It was probably a two cycle that would run backwards.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 01, 2022 12:22 AM (gsaS2)
Republicans are pieces of shit. At least Dems are upfront with what they want. The garbage gop lies to you and still fucks you, giving the Dems everything they want.
But remember vote team red cuz reasons.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 01, 2022 12:23 AM (PZWSb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
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On the underside, it's really monster engine that won't quit running.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 01, 2022 12:24 AM (gsaS2)
Dems wanted to ban every single gun. We fought hard and allowed you peasants to keep revolvers and bb guns. Send $100 ASAP so we can continue fighting for you.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 01, 2022 12:25 AM (PZWSb)
However, I would likely go for the watches. I'd have me a Patek-Phillipe, one of the grand complication ones. Also, Purdy rifles. Those would be my shiny baubles.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 12:05 AM (Mzdiz)
I would buy a Cartier panther rings, one of the big ones that cost 250,000. Because they're pretty.
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 01, 2022 12:28 AM (sK7nj)
But Jim..the 1973 DODGE MONACO...with the 474 BIG BLOCK????
To get that extra UUUmph..all I had to do was flip over the air filter lid which exposed a 1 inch gap around the air filter over the carburetor's intakes and hell yes!!!
Police interceptor on a Friday night with the boys...but a tank O' gas without ever leaving town....my Dad would always be pissed beyond words.
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 01, 2022 12:29 AM (J00IM)
Posted by: Theodore at June 01, 2022 12:31 AM (GJnvT)
I don't wear jewelry, not even watches, especially while playing. I don't want anything on my wrist or fingers. The only time I ever wear one is on the rare...rare occasions I have to get dressed up, and the rolex then fulfills its place as a long running inside joke. My brother is Mr GQ. Perfectly fitted suits, all the bling, the right shoes, etc. The inside joke is "well, I got my watch". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads D
Wouldn't a big ol' diamond encrusted watch scratch your guitars?
Posted by: CaliGirl at June 01, 2022 12:31 AM (sK7nj)
And I would sleep like a baby afterward.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 01, 2022 12:32 AM (CJsZH)
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 01, 2022 12:32 AM (J00IM)
The blurb I read said that at least the Mona Lisa was covered by a glass shield. So we got that going for us at least, CBD.
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at June 01, 2022 12:33 AM (08ncd)
Dems wanted to ban every single gun. We fought hard and allowed you peasants to keep revolvers and bb guns. Send $100 ASAP so we can continue fighting for you.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 01, 2022 12:25 AM (PZWSb)
Lol.
The Recucklicans biggest victory that has them all walking around with Viagra-assisted boners was getting rid of Madison Cawthorn, who wasn't mature and statesmanlike, like their fearsome leader Kevin McCarthy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 01, 2022 12:33 AM (jOKqt)
Posted by: Romeo13
They do still use them. They are just really really tiny and only found inside Swiss watches of very high quality.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 01, 2022 12:35 AM (CJsZH)
We are irreconcilably broken . We need to split either peacefully or otherwise. We cannot continue to exist together.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 01, 2022 12:35 AM (4+wAL)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at May 31, 2022 11:59 PM (9uFjF)
Hey SMH! Sorry for the delay, I had to take a shower. Today was a sweaty day
Posted by: Miley the duchess at June 01, 2022 12:38 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Romeo13
They do still use them. They are just really really tiny and only found inside Swiss watches of very high quality.
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There are tiny nice stones and tiny gneiss stones.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 12:39 AM (qfLjt)
Slow Joe until 2024? Even if the 2020 election is finally proved to be bogus..this POS will continue to destroy our country every day.
Options??
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 01, 2022 12:40 AM (J00IM)
They ought to bring him back to life 23 times and kill him for each of those babies and the teachers.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 01, 2022 12:45 AM (gsaS2)
Righties are spending $60 billion in Ukraine, upheld Obamacare, legalized fag-marriage, are pushing for red flag laws, bail out mega banks, spend trillions more than the tax receipts, are pushing amnesty bills, rub the tips of their flaccid cocks between their thumb and pointer fingers while J6 protesters sit in jail, keep renewing the Patriot Act provisions to spy on my communications, yell "Shoot 'em" to the Capitol police, and back the blue-ballless cowards that watch children get slaughtered wholesale from their surplus military Hum-V.
Is that the group I get to hang with when the split occurs?
Does it come with a G-D eyepatch and a monthly subscription to Cuck Rifle Coffee?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 01, 2022 12:45 AM (jOKqt)
British Colombia is set to decriminalize possession of up to 2.5 grams opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA starting January 31, 2023
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 12:46 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Yeah... you kinda summed it up.
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:46 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2022 12:47 AM (KATBx)
It looks pretty cool
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 12:47 AM (WF/xn)
I always preferred diver's watches. Wanna be Mike Nelson.
Posted by: Javems
Just wait until your lungs are aching for air!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 01, 2022 12:49 AM (63Dwl)
Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
So. You had to buy the Spaceview that goes with the tuning fork?
I keed, I keed...
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:49 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Sharkman at June 01, 2022 12:50 AM (CJsZH)
Posted by: Nightwatch at June 01, 2022 12:50 AM (J00IM)
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:50 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 12:51 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 12:53 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:54 AM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 12:54 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at June 01, 2022 12:55 AM (0OmEj)
Does it come with a G-D eyepatch and a monthly subscription to Cuck Rifle Coffee?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 01, 2022 12:45 AM (jOKqt)
You think the same people would be elected? That said I save most of my anger for the Left.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 01, 2022 12:56 AM (4+wAL)
I just got to reading about these fancy watches. The "quartz revolution" almost killed the Swiss mechanical watch industry. Well, low and middle-end. Up until that time, they had just about a monopoly on watches and time pieces, or at least the biggest market share.
They didn't adapt too well, and they lost 2/3 of their watchmakers and employed. The Swiss call this the "quartz crisis".
On the high end, there's been a resurgence of demand for high precision mechanical watches. The remaining high-send Swiss watchmakers are doing pretty well, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 12:56 AM (Mzdiz)
I have a Bulova Spaceview I inherited that runs on a little tiny tuning fork.
I inherited a little tiny tuning fork, that runs a Bulova Spaceview.
A Bulova Spaceview runs on a little tiny tuning fork. I inherited one.
I...
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 12:58 AM (cPGH3)
I have a Bulova Spaceview that runs on a little tiny tuning fork that I inherited.
Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
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A comma before each 'that' would suffice.
Just curiosity from one who spent 16 years with kiSwahili- speaking people, your monniker is Hatari = danger. Is there a story there?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 12:58 AM (qfLjt)
In reading, turns out that Vacheron Constantin holds the record for most complications, 24 total in a "commissioned watch". These are those that are custom made -- they don't make one until a buyer agrees to buy one. Sort of like Purdy rifles.
You request to please have them make one for you. If you pass muster, you get fitted for one. The process can take years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 12:59 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM
I'd be willing to bet the plant was there since the 1950s and the residential area was built around it.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 01, 2022 12:59 AM (hOAT3)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 01, 2022 12:56 AM (4+wAL)
I apologize.
I shouldn't rant late at night. I'm just sorely, sorely disgruntled with all of them.
I'm just praying for Jesus to come back these days.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 01, 2022 01:00 AM (jOKqt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
I bought a puzzle with whimsys. Does that count for anything?
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 01:01 AM (cPGH3)
Just curiosity from one who spent 16 years with kiSwahili- speaking people, your monniker is Hatari = danger. Is there a story there?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 12:58 AM (qfLjt)
Yes ! Liked the movie, and saw a boat named that once.
Hatari !
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 01:03 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 31, 2022 10:25 PM
I'd be willing to bet the plant was there since the 1950s and the residential area was built around it.
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As a chemist I always want to know what chemicals are involved. Any one know?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:03 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
We should beg for Jesus. I fear SMOD or Michael the Archangel. Maybe plagues and locusts. What, of this world now, would induce our God to grant us mercy?
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 01:03 AM (cPGH3)
And I return like a moth to the flame.
Instead of flame autocorrect suggested horde. It's wiser than it knows. Creepy.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 01, 2022 01:06 AM (Jzz++)
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 01:07 AM (cPGH3)
I dunno, but it looks like aromatic solvents? Is that the right term?
Posted by: MkY at June 01, 2022 01:10 AM (cPGH3)
Yep that movie was made in 1962 around Arusha in Tanganyika. I was in Nairobi at boarding school. We moved from Uganda to Tanzania in 1963.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:11 AM (qfLjt)
She should be hanged for that alone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 01:16 AM (Mzdiz)
I dunno, but it looks like aromatic solvents? Is that the right term?
Thanks MkY, yes correct term.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:16 AM (qfLjt)
Womble Watch Works:
https://womblewatch.com/watch-restoration/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 01, 2022 01:17 AM (4E7Sa)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:11 AM (qfLjt)
Cool
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 01, 2022 01:18 AM (WF/xn)
If you want a Purdy, and have to ask how much they cost, well, you can't afford one. If you don't and can, you request James Purdy and Sons to please make you one.
You will be vetted. They don't want just anybody as their customers. If you pass muster, they will fly you out to London. You'll be put up in the best hotels and then a limo will drive you out to their foundry.
You will shoot, while they take all sorts of measurements. Imagine all sorts of computer imagining and laser imagining taking pictures of your shooting stance, how you hold a rifle, and all that.
The rifle will be custom made for you. After that, maybe in a year, you can come pick you rifle.
Prince Harry threw that away.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 01:20 AM (Mzdiz)
https://tinyurl.com/23byjxjy
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:28 AM (qfLjt)
Similarly, it's bolt rifles are on Mauser '98 commercial actions, of exacting quality control standards. Barrels & stocks are British, of course.
Like Purdey though, you're going to be flown there, hoteled, fed, fitted and measured to the n'th degree. A bespoke British gun is worth an average house's mortgage, if you're lucky.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 01:30 AM (QzJWU)
By the way, in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, every single electricity pole had a metal sign with a red skull and crossbones with the word HATARI below the bones. So wherever I looked there was that word.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:33 AM (qfLjt)
Reading Steve Kircsh, one of my favorite Substackers, he say's he's got a "red-pilled" state AG willing to go agin' Pfizer and Moderna on these Covid "vaccines".
Now, the ridiculous immunity of the PREP act can be "pierced" by fraud and criminal negligence. Also, some state laws can come into play as well.
He says they've got one (who remains nameless) ready to go, but he wants good evidence. Don't know if this will go anywhere, but I like it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 01:34 AM (Mzdiz)
6.5x55, Model M-77. 25in. bbl., genuine ebony foreend, ramp front sight, express rear sights. SUPERB walnut, cut checkered stock.
Nightforce 3x10x40 scope, Ruger rings. Altogether, about $3k, market. The Holland and Holland boltie equivalent would run TWENTY TIMES that price.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 01:34 AM (QzJWU)
Kirsch said previously there were 6 stage AGs sympathetic to this, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, Florida, Idaho, and Arizona.
It's likely one of those.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 01:39 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:49 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:54 AM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/chicomrolex
Pretty interesting.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 31, 2022 11:28 PM (bW8dp)
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Thank you for linking to this.
Posted by: Biden's Dog at June 01, 2022 01:54 AM (8ioiJ)
Is that the watch that had been up where the Sun don't shine?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:56 AM (qfLjt)
The left is sending incoming, and they think they've got the momentum.
It's up to us to prove that they don't, and we have to "hills to take" in the doing. One, defeat the (d) at the polls. Two, defeat the GOPe, at the polls.
Dirty work, but it's gotta get done. The alternative is not only dirtier, but hotter and bloodier, too.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 01:57 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:49 AM (qfLjt)
Partial? Shirley you jest. Grandpa Dementia is kept under wraps better than an Egyptian mummy.
They say Nixon hunkered down in the White House, turning it into a bunker. Slow Joe has hunkered down in the White House, turning it into an assisted care facility.
Posted by: RickZ at June 01, 2022 01:58 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 01:49 AM (qfLjt)
Should be zero recall.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2022 01:59 AM (VwHCD)
Speaking of Bulova space watches, a Bulova worn by David Scott on the surface of the Moon sold for $1.6M a while back. It's the only Bulova that even gets close that territory.
Omega won the NASA contract for "space watches" -- Bulova was in the competition, and they got chosen as some "backups" or something. Anyway, Scott cracked the crystal on his Omega, and used the Bulova backup.
NASA had been very meticulous about trying to keep this stuff out of private hands for auction, but this Bulova slipped through their clutches somehow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:00 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Doof at June 01, 2022 02:03 AM (robF6)
Reminds me of the one about the soldier in the foxhole. He runs out of ammo so he stands up to face the charging enemy and shouts "Bang! Bang! Bangety bang!".
Just then this enormous guy, with no weapon, runs over him shouting "Tank! Tank! Tankety tank!"
We need some simple humor from time to time.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:04 AM (qfLjt)
Scott was wearing that watch when he did the famous recreation of Galileo's experiment where he dropped the hammer and the feather, and saw them hit the lunar ground at the same time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:05 AM (Mzdiz)
Hi Doof. Have fun.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:08 AM (qfLjt)
David Scott doing the hammer and feather on the Moon:
https://tinyurl.com/kfny5wz
Equivalence Principle, verified.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:08 AM (Mzdiz)
Again, I must toast the Moonwalkers. Total of 12 men. Americans. Toxically masculine. They knew no fear. They boldly went where no man has gone before. They had the rightest of the right stuff. They were Moonwalkers.
Only 4 remain alive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:11 AM (Mzdiz)
https://tinyurl.com/muna93yb
It would be neat to have but keep the furniture polish away!
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:11 AM (1DgE4)
David Scott doing the hammer and feather on the Moon:
https://tinyurl.com/kfny5wz
Equivalence Principle, verified.
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I wonder how they managed that, after all the Moon shots were all really done in a movie studio didn't you know?
/s
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:12 AM (qfLjt)
/s"
Some pretty convincing evidence floating around out there but our gubber'mint would never lie to us, now would they?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:14 AM (1DgE4)
Again, I must toast the Moonwalkers. Total of 12 men. Americans. Toxically masculine. They knew no fear. They boldly went where no man has gone before. They had the rightest of the right stuff. They were Moonwalkers.
Only 4 remain alive.
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Sheesh, everyone knows that Michael Jackson was THE Moonwalker .
/s
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:15 AM (qfLjt)
We went to the Moon. Period. I remember a video of some of the best CGI guys in Hollywood looking at all the details of the Apollo photos and videos talking about how much trouble it would take to fake all that. Impossible, even at today's tech.
It's all in the little details of lighting, and the effects like perfect parabolic arcs of the moon dust flying off the rover wheels.
And the details of the 1/6th g effects you see. No too easy to duplicate that with SFX to the degree of detail you see.
If it's on a sound stage on earth, you've got 1 g. Not too easy to slow that down, and still have normal speed for everything else.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:20 AM (Mzdiz)
Keep. Rowing.
Even if the Cap'n wants to go water skiing. Just Keep Rowing.
And enjoy your "cruise!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 02:24 AM (QzJWU)
Row faster, I can hear banjos!
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:27 AM (qfLjt)
They all concurred. The signals came from the transition phases, lunar orbit and lunar landing phases. And later Apollo laser reflector targets bear this out.
Ain't no faking the physics, ain't no jinking the signal.
We. Went. To. The. Moon., and RETURNED. More'n once't, too!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 02:29 AM (QzJWU)
I can't see how either choice will have any.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:29 AM (1DgE4)
By time you hear the banjos, it's all done but for the squealing.
/nedbeatty
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 02:31 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Ciampino
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As an aside, I have paddled and camped the stretch of the Chattooga where Deliverance was filmed. Never heard banjos. *cough* *cough* years ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 01, 2022 02:36 AM (E5ADw)
If it was faked, then most of your electronics wouldn't wor..
/minorglitch/nevermind.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 02:38 AM (QzJWU)
Buzz Aldrin will punch you in the face if you doubt it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:39 AM (Mzdiz)
No, not to the squealer. The SNOOZER.
bunchapervs! LOL
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 01, 2022 02:39 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Doof at June 01, 2022 02:40 AM (robF6)
Jim, I wanted to put 'posted by Ned Beatty' but I couldn't remember his name though I could picture his face. I blame statins for memory lapses. That was a great movie.
I also remember Ned in Hopscotch where the FBI agents (he is one too) are shooting up a house and suddenly he says "But that's my house!"
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:41 AM (qfLjt)
After Epstein didn't kill himself, besides his procurer henchwoman, just what 'client' has been arrested, much less put on trial? It's just a conspiracy theory that there is a cabal of pedophiles in high positions of political/economic power across the globe pulling strings to achieve The Great Reset.
Some people find the latter conspiracy 'theory' harder to believe than the moon landing one. I guess that's because the latter one is so vast that they can't wrap their minds around it while the former is low hanging fruit what with all the video 'evidence'. Plus, it's easier to believe the US government lied about the landing than acknowledge we actually did it.
I think lefty conspiracy theories are just that, theories. But righty conspiracy 'theories' end up being proven true, time and time again, i.e., Trump was spied on, critics of the Clintons seem to mysteriously die, gay marriage was a slippery slope, et al.
Posted by: RickZ at June 01, 2022 02:47 AM (ldL4g)
As an aside, I have paddled and camped the stretch of the Chattooga where Deliverance was filmed. Never heard banjos. *cough* *cough* years ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 01, 2022 02:36 AM (E5ADw)
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Now that is cool.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:48 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:39 AM (Mzdiz)
LoL... Yeah I guess that's one.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:48 AM (1DgE4)
.......testPosted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:49 AM (1DgE4)
LLR, lunar laser ranging, has verified General Relavity to unprecedented precision. Kenneth Nordtvedt, one of the high priests of experimental General Relativity and Gravitation has used that to show the Moon is within 2 cm of where General Relativity predicts it will be, the limits of precision. They have been working on getting it down to mm precision.
He's verified the Strong Equivalence Principle and frame-dragging/gravitomagnetism to high precision using it.
The astronauts put laser reflectors on the Moon. They bounce lasers off them all the time. Been doing so for decades, and have verified the gravitational motion of the earth-moon system with that to very high precision.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 02:49 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 02:51 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 02:52 AM (1DgE4)
On the Moon, in 1/6th g, the Moonwalkers learned the "bunny hop" was the best method of locomotion, Gene Cernan illustrated that here:
https://tinyurl.com/y9qeg6tb
You want to fake that on a sound stage, with 1969 tech? Good luck.
Walking wasn't too efficient under those conditions. They learned that bunny hop was the best way to do it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:05 AM (Mzdiz)
(sips coffee)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 01, 2022 03:06 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 01, 2022 03:06 AM (4E7Sa)
On the Moon, in 1/6th g, .....
Walking wasn't too efficient under those conditions. They learned that bunny hop was the best way to do it.
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I wonder what a 4-legged animal would do or cope?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:09 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Mebbe confer with NGU....
Posted by: JT at June 01, 2022 03:12 AM (arJlL)
I agree. Very difficult. However, the next question from a skeptic will be, so totally impossible?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 01, 2022 03:13 AM (1DgE4)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:15 AM (qfLjt)
I'm sure they had contingency plans. They'd didn't say. I guess Apollo 13 came the closest to needing that.
I don't know if they every had suicide pills -- they probably did. But I don't know for sure. I'm remember reading some of the astronauts said they'd just vent the atmosphere to space, as they would be a quick way to die if something catastrophic happened. Others said they'd stay alive as long as possible, sending data all the way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:17 AM (Mzdiz)
I was looking, you wouldn't believe how much research has been done on the "bunny hop" and the most efficient method of human locomotion on the Moon.
Turns out the bunny hop was the most metabolically efficient. The Moonwalkers just naturally figured it out. On Earth, with 1g, that's not very efficient. On the Moon, with the spacesuit configuration, it was very efficient.
NASA claims to have invented some spacesuits that will allow efficient normal walking on the Moon now, but only a true real-Moon test can confirm that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:20 AM (Mzdiz)
Basically, walking (and running) is controlled falling. You lean forward, fall, and move your leg to catch the fall. Rinse, repeat. You're walking.
On the Moon, with the stiffness of the pressure space suits vs actual weight, the force of gravity, that equation gets all fucked up.
Long story, but the little bunny hop was the most efficient way to move given all the conditions, 1/6th g and the spacesuit restraints.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:24 AM (Mzdiz)
NASA claims to have invented some spacesuits that will allow efficient normal walking on the Moon now, but only a true real-Moon test can confirm that.
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Probably tested on the bottom of a pool buoyed to 1/6 their weight.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:24 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 03:29 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:31 AM (qfLjt)
Re Mars suits: there is an idea, which would work, of using some strong elastic material for most of the body. The helmet would be pressurized, with breathing mixture, but the rest of the suit would not.
Think compression hose on steroids. Very tight fabric. In under normal pressure, you couldn't move, but in Mars pressure, you could move just fine.
That's one of the ideas.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:39 AM (Mzdiz)
Think compression hose on steroids.
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Interesting, though I think claustrophobia would be an even bigger factor with tight suits. As it is living in a very small space will be a terrible psychological problem over time.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:46 AM (qfLjt)
One of the advantages of these mechanical counter-pressure designs is they would be very form fitting. So, space babes will have their boobies and butts quite accentuated on the surface of Mars.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:48 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:51 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 03:55 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 03:51 AM (qfLjt)
We got that covered.
Posted by: Weight Watchers In Space, Inc. at June 01, 2022 03:56 AM (ldL4g)
No, Trigglypuff in such a suit would not go over too well.
I'm also thinking, you probably need on hell of a jock strap there to keep from squeezing things too much.
In smoking this over, I see they're working on some controlled tightness system. That is, allow you to don the suit in full atmosphere and only tighten up as needed when external pressure drops.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 03:57 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 03:55 AM (2JoB
Only if she's in lots of little tiny pieces.
/A man can dream . . . .
Posted by: RickZ at June 01, 2022 03:57 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:05 AM (qfLjt)
I got away from the blog yesterday. My boss is on an extended business trip and everything I had to do, which wasn't much, could wait; so I wound up reading fun stuff about classic Golden Age mystery novels and their authors. A wasted day in some aspects, but I needed some mental play time that didn't involve the horrors of Bidenia.
Anyway! Up early to work out. How about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 01, 2022 04:07 AM (c6xtn)
You mean Soylent Green don't you.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:05 AM (qfLjt)
Not trying to feed to continent of Africa or anything.
I'm thinking more of that beached whale carcass in Oregon years ago, when they blowed it up real good.
Posted by: RickZ at June 01, 2022 04:08 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:09 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 04:10 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:11 AM (qfLjt)
If you're interested, look up the history of space suits. Not a trivial design problem at all. The Apollo space suits were a marvel of engineering. They were pressurized to just 3.7 psi absolute, pure O2. Note that's just a little bit over the partial pressure of O2 at sea level. That's what your breathing depends on.
Very low absolute pressure. Your in balloon, under pressure, but you need to move your joints. You can read the details of how that was engineered. You want as low an absolute pressure as you can stand.
Also, cooling. In vacuum, cooling ain't so efficient. The Apollo moon suit backpacks, the PLSS (personal life support system) had water cooling. There was very clever self-regulation ice sublimation system that provided the cooling.It had a porous plate that would sublimate ice to vacuum. Too hot, and it would sublimate away. Too cold, and it would shut down. All of this was regulated via the size of some pores on a metal plate. Totally passive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 01, 2022 04:15 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:15 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:17 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 04:19 AM (2JoB8)
This is very sad, no ridicule in mourning.
A youngster led astay by trendy trans culture.
I am researching obits in my home-state.
https://archive.ph/8oyPZ
Posted by: zigzag at June 01, 2022 04:21 AM (EFNMO)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:22 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 04:25 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:30 AM (qfLjt)
Pixy nood
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 04:31 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Skip at June 01, 2022 04:32 AM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:37 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 01, 2022 04:37 AM (qfLjt)
Speaking of 500. Went to the Indy 500 this weekend and spread my Godfather's ashes. (which I believe is illegal in Indiana...who knew) The great man is now permanently part of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Fitting. 40 or 50 year ticket holder. Nice to see again, plus over 100 thousand fans and nary a mask in sight. Fast gorgeous shrieking cars and deplorables as far as the eye could see. The roar of the greasepaint, and the smell of the crowd....ahhh. It's something to experience at least once. Bucket list shit.
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 01, 2022 05:25 AM (duT0u)
It seems too complіcated and extremely broad for me.
I am looking forᴡard for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!
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