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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (6/25/22)
By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car. MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
He very quickly concluded the cause: When crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.
They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout “Cah”, not a single one could shout “Truck.” H/T Isophorone Blog
Can you spot the
Optical illusion shows four women in snap – but only 2% can spot them all
The mind-boggling optical illusion could leave you baffled for days as it shows four women in the snap, although only 2% of people who viewed the picture can spot them all
I have heard that flying is safer than driving a car. But if my car's engine stops I can pull over to the side of the road. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
Kevin Mayes, pilot of a single-engine Cessna, was on his way to Sacramento from Seattle, WA when he suffered catastrophic engine failure at 9,000 feet. Luckily, he was close to an airfield at Hillsboro, OR. Kevin managed to glide to the airport, spiral down to the runway, and make a textbook non-powered landing, all while seeming to barely break a sweat.
I guess it sucks to be you. Call your dog any damn thing you wish to.
'I'm so embarrassed by what my dad named my puppy - I’ll never get a 'I'm so embarrassed by what my dad named my puppy - I’ll never get a girlfriend'
A man has taken to Reddit to share how his dad went 'rogue' when registering his new puppy at the vets - he was so embarrassed he ended up walking away from the 'cute girl' he had been trying to chat up'
A man has taken to Reddit to share how his dad went 'rogue' when registering his new puppy at the vets - he was so embarrassed he ended up walking away from the 'cute girl' he had been trying to chat up
Dogs eat homework. And snakes eat pants. Genius Award Winner.
A woman found naked from the waist down told Pennsylvania police that snakes had eaten her pants, according to a court filing. Responding last Thursday afternoon to multiple 911 calls about a half-dressed woman walking in the middle of a road about 25 miles from Philadelphia, cops found Gloria Harpel, 35, “naked from the waist down and she was rambling.”Oh I bet she was rambling.
Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire, AceCorp, LLC and the scoundrels who are in the building on a Saturday night.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 09:54 PM (e6EtB)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 09:55 PM (e6EtB)
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Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 09:57 PM (kf6Ak)
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Posted by: Ciampino - Dark Matter is the old aether at June 25, 2022 09:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2022 09:58 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 25, 2022 09:58 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 25, 2022 09:58 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at June 25, 2022 09:59 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 09:59 PM (kf6Ak)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 25, 2022 09:59 PM (MGB5H)
* Dances to the music! *
Thank you so much, Misanthropic Humanitarian.
This year in Corsicana.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:00 PM (u82oZ)
https://youtu.be/F78XV6fjxCE
This one from 1982 at Florida U. Something called 'Bandshell'? The late Dan Toler was the second guitarist. Died of ALS some time ago. His brother was in the band at this time too. They sounded great here.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 25, 2022 10:00 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 10:01 PM (kf6Ak)
"AceCorp, LLC and the scoundrels who are in the building on a Saturday night."
Harrison Ford visits on Saturday night? Hmmm.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (hOUT3)
https://tinyurl.com/42jkmchm
The WaPo liars at the link are attempting it on the new center-right PM, who has only been in office since May.
In reality, the country has been run for several years by a "democratic socialist", who did all the usual "democratic socialist" things. An especially boneheaded move was to essentially ban chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Rice is now three times as expensive as it was a year ago.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (bW8dp)
Posted by: davidt at June 25, 2022 10:03 PM (oTZbj)
Posted by: Ciampino - Dark Matter could power the world at June 25, 2022 10:03 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 25, 2022 10:03 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at June 25, 2022 10:03 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:03 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 25, 2022 10:04 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: RI Red at June 25, 2022 10:06 PM (V2phK)
Posted by: Robert at June 25, 2022 10:06 PM (9jfoy)
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My "pet" name for everyone.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (bW8dp)
A small price to pay for saving the earf!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (oHd/0)
Been a little busy.
So...anything going on in the news?
Posted by: Robert
Nah, pretty quiet.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 25, 2022 10:08 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 25, 2022 10:09 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 25, 2022 10:08 PM (sAmhv)
A nice change of pace. Cool beans.
Posted by: Robert at June 25, 2022 10:09 PM (9jfoy)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:09 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: RI Red at June 25, 2022 10:09 PM (V2phK)
https://youtu.be/xPWRS4TKn10
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 25, 2022 10:10 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 25, 2022 10:10 PM (EZebt)
Rice is now three times as expensive as it was a year ago.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 25, 2022 10:02 PM (bW8dp)
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Wait, soon ours will also be three times as expensive as last year.
Posted by: Ciampino - Dark Matter could power the world at June 25, 2022 10:10 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (oHd/0)
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Also pretty typical of the UP in Michigan...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2022 10:10 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (oHd/0)
It's thought that during the ice age a large portion of the north American continent was covered by thousands of feet of glacier. That's a lot of shovelin'.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (xT18z)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 25, 2022 10:07 PM (oHd/0)
Wouldn't Ebbetts Pass be closed with snowfall like that?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 25, 2022 10:09 PM (YynYJ)
Crocs gotta eat.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (anj39)
Winter wheat harvest will be fraught. 45% poor to very poor quality in Western Kansas. Eastern Colorado is also hit hard.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: davidt at June 25, 2022 10:14 PM (oTZbj)
https://fxn.ws/3OoN83A
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SLJ is a nijjerian.
Posted by: Ciampino - Dark Matter could power the world at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (IP7Gi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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A lot of people are going to be in for a shock this winter.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (MGB5H)
If it was nurse, the story would be No survivors of woke mob attacking an innocent nurse.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: wing at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (PlW9M)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (anj39)
I'd be shocked if they didn't attack people with opposing views.
I do feel a bad for Justice Thomas.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:16 PM (+lVUW)
Is this due to weather poblems, fuel problems, and/or fertilizer problems?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:16 PM (hOUT3)
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Speaking of house negroes...
SLJ is a very useful idiot to the racist Dem party.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:16 PM (+k1PK)
Is this due to weather poblems, fuel problems, and/or fertilizer problems?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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Yes.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: Ciampino - Dark Matter could power the world
>This is why we have extension cords. Hello?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (0ocXn)
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (DgWEj)
Posted by: nerdygirl
At least, our children and grand-children will know what a principled public figure looks like!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (hOUT3)
And a hearty hello to Ex-Ex.
We are prepared. We are surrounded by soybeans, Angus & some Jersey cows, goats, sheep, and 4 llamas down the hill. We will eschew wheat carbs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (u82oZ)
I call Justice Thomas uncle Clarence lovingly, like he's americas awesome ass uncle.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (MGB5H)
If it was nurse, the story would be No survivors of woke mob attacking an innocent nurse.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:15 PM (u82oZ)
Indeed. I've been shooting with her. In such a target rich environment, I'd expect some impressive numbers.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (anj39)
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (WcGJT)
Posted by: azjaeger at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (u82oZ)
A GoFundMe for a Burger King employee has reached almost $80,000
https://mol.im/a/10951813
Posted by: Ciampino - a burger sounds good at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (qfLjt)
How? The government has printed and given away hundreds of billions of dollars, especially by paying people not to work.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: RI
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Two local pregnancy counseling services have been vandalized. Windows broken, covered with Jane's Revenge grafitti. Care to guess who is directing them? Here's part of the story, and some pics:
https://tinyurl.com/3br6m3tf
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (ac89p)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:11 PM (anj39)
We support women's rights and any fucking cvnt says otherwise gets her fucking teeth knocked out, ya hear me?!?
Posted by: Pantifa at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (eI0Hy)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (xT18z)
That's determination, right there.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (DgWEj)
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I find it weird calling someone who's not family aunt or uncle unless they're close friends.
Some judge on the supreme court doesn't count.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (+k1PK)
Now having vodka, peach schanps and orange juice.
Smooooooth.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (yk7js)
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
A man truly on the right side of history, morality and law.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (Msys3)
Yes.
Need power for lots of stuff on all those acres, like the water pumps and combines.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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So many people have no clue what is coming.
Oh well.
Enjoy the summer.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:21 PM (+k1PK)
I'm sure Judge Thomas will endeavor to persevere.
Posted by: Puddleglum at June 25, 2022 10:21 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (u82oZ)
{{{Salty}}}
We had such a blast. The first room had a success rate of 32%, the second 24%. We made it out of both with only a couple of minutes to spare.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:21 PM (DgWEj)
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:17 PM (DgWEj)
(snaps fingers)
Shoot!
Posted by: Hordians at June 25, 2022 10:22 PM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Muad'dib at June 25, 2022 10:22 PM (1+XdT)
A GoFundMe for a Burger King employee has reached almost $80,000
https://mol.im/a/10951813
Posted by: Ciampino - a burger sounds good at June 25, 2022 10:18 PM (qfLjt)
I bet it's a scam. Who commemorates such an odd number?
Posted by: Pantifa at June 25, 2022 10:22 PM (eI0Hy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
just got in from mowing at dusk. On a day where it hit 102 here, it was either mow at 7 am or mow as the sun went down, and in spite of all my good intentions I didn't do it at 7 am.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:23 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: RI Red at June 25, 2022 10:24 PM (V2phK)
So another Hollywood millionaire opens his mouth without a script and demonstrates his ignorance to the general public.
*yawns*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:24 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Muad'dib at June 25, 2022 10:22 PM (1+XdT)
Side trip to Phipps?
Posted by: davidt at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (oTZbj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
Ha!
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (DgWEj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (VwHCD)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Interesting, there was a major storm near DaughterH which took out a LOT of big trees and consequently a lot of power lines.
Suddenly, people realized that if the grid is not reliable, the local gas station may not have operable pumps so your house generator may run out of fuel and for a while.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:25 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:26 PM (+lVUW)
https://mol.im/a/10951979
Posted by: Ciampino - a spicy burger tastes better at June 25, 2022 10:26 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:26 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: nerdygirl
MSM Stylebook says the proper term is "peacefully assaulted"!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:27 PM (hOUT3)
Thew answer is a propane generator, with a separate tank just of it. Those tank rent pretty cheaply. I think I have a 250 gal tank for our whole house generator. Should last for two weeks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:28 PM (u82oZ)
Some judge on the supreme court doesn't count.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 10:20 PM (+k1PK)
I agree. Now my wife grew up with an "Aunt" who wasn't related, but this woman was a close personal friend of her mothers who had no children of her own, and she did a lot for my wife when she was a child. A very kind and big hearted woman.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:28 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Doof at June 25, 2022 10:28 PM (yUjc0)
Posted by: Muad'dib at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (1+XdT)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (hOUT3)
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Is the bar with the wooden Indian outside still there, with the big fish tank inside? Fished on Big Sissabagama since I was a kid.
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (b9Rih)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
#twoweeks
Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2022 10:30 PM (Msys3)
Been searching all over for that.
Posted by: Robert at June 25, 2022 10:30 PM (eI0Hy)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (u82oZ)
DOOF!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (hOUT3)
Hello to you both!!
Posted by: Doof at June 25, 2022 10:30 PM (yUjc0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:31 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:28 PM (r46W7)
I have one of those, exact same situation.
Posted by: Jordan61 at June 25, 2022 10:32 PM (DgWEj)
A GoFundMe for a Burger King employee has reached almost $80,000
https://mol.im/a/10951813
Posted by: Ciampino - a burger sounds good
I've known people who own fast food franchises. Whoever owns that particular franchise should have done better. One of their biggest problems is getting dependable employees who stay any length of time. At least other people stepped up.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:32 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (+ya+t)
Louie Spraag's world record muskobb?
Posted by: davidt at June 25, 2022 10:33 PM (oTZbj)
Posted by: Ciampino - a spicy burger tastes better at June 25, 2022 10:34 PM (qfLjt)
The answer was higher levels of oxygen, due to all the greenery.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Mega-flora, mega-fauna. Is there anything that CO2 can't do?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 25, 2022 10:34 PM (r0Wry)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 25, 2022 10:34 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Zeera at June 25, 2022 10:35 PM (cjyv8)
What's really disturbing is the amount of attention actors and other celebrities get for their opinions. When some dude is sitting in a tavern drinking beer and shooting off his mouth, his opinion is probably of more value than that of an actor.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:38 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: LRob in TX at June 25, 2022 10:38 PM (KTPXo)
Posted by: Ciampino - a spicy burger tastes better at June 25, 2022 10:34 PM (qfLjt)
Several years ago Mrs D and I travelled through YNP. Stayed a couple nights at a hotel. It was the second week of September. Beautiful weather but they were already rolling up the sidewalks fot the winter.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:38 PM (anj39)
Is the bar with the wooden Indian outside still there, with the big fish tank inside? Fished on Big Sissabagama since I was a kid.
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 10:29 PM (+ya+t)
Don't think so. There is a pizza place with a 2000 gallon fish tank in town but no wooden Indian
Posted by: Muad'dib at June 25, 2022 10:39 PM (1+XdT)
Been searching all over for that.
Posted by: Robert at June 25, 2022 10:30 PM (eI0Hy)
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Good book is "Oxygen: The Molecule That Made The World", by Nick Lane. It helps to know some science but very readable.
Posted by: Ciampino - a spicy burger tastes better at June 25, 2022 10:40 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: nerdygirl
usually. i've never heard an actor say something intelligent that someone else hadn't already written down for them. drunkards in a bar, however...i've heard some articulately put argumemts for some interesting shizz
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at June 25, 2022 10:41 PM (UgAdJ)
It was 100 here at Schloss Hadrian but I got the yard mowed and edged today. To dinner at Lupe Tortilla for our 28th anniversary. Her Majesty, hawt as ever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2022 10:42 PM (/U27+)
I'm so impressed with SCJThomas. Most intelligent, constitutionally sound, and commen sense justice on the bench. He seems friendly. I think the children of family friends would call him uncle.
Still celebrating the end of terrible period in our history. I think ir should be a national holiday!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:42 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 25, 2022 10:43 PM (KFhLj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 25, 2022 10:43 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:43 PM (anj39)
Been searching all over for that.
Posted by: Robert at June 25, 2022 10:30 PM (eI0Hy)
saw Ciampino's post - to add, in the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian period, atmospheric oxygen levels may have been double what they are today. Insects have a passive respiration system, so the amount of oxygen in the air is the limiting factor on their size. There are fossils of very early dragonfly's that were the size of seagulls.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:44 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Eromero at June 25, 2022 10:44 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 25, 2022 10:44 PM (EZebt)
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Such a thrill for kids to go to Hayward and Spooner. Always wanted that wooden Indian. This was in the mid 60s though so some things may have changed, lol.
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 10:45 PM (+ya+t)
https://mol.im/a/10951979
Posted by: Ciampino - a spicy burger tastes better at June 25, 2022 10:26 PM (qfLjt)
So expected. Africans invade, mob and beat to death a bunch of people. The title of the article:
"Is this just the start of new Africa migrant chaos fuelled by Putin's Ukraine grain blockade?"
I expect to see:
"Scientists discover it was Putin that killed off the dinasoars not a meteor"
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:46 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:46 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: Wally at June 25, 2022 10:47 PM (m7HMI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2022 10:42 PM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 10:48 PM (dyIHq)
It was 100 here at Schloss Hadrian but I got the yard mowed and edged today. To dinner at Lupe Tortilla for our 28th anniversary. Her Majesty, hawt as ever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2022 10:42 PM (/U27+)
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You didn't have your Alsacian landscaper do the yard at the Schloss?
(One of my late wife's granddads was a landscaper for the Kaiser before he absconded with a friend and made his way to S. Illinois where he started a flower and nursery business. And here I am)
Posted by: Ciampino - is flatulence good for a greenhouse? at June 25, 2022 10:48 PM (qfLjt)
Glad you are on the prayer list. Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:49 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:50 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:26 PM (+lVUW)
It's looking like not too many. Looks like the Democrats have told their local AntiFa and FemiNazi commanders to keep a tight rein on their troops this time. They do not want to rile-up the law abiding Deplorables more than they already are due to inflation and baby formula shortages. Not this close to the mid-terms. Idiot Joe publicly repeated the message in his anti-SCOTUS screed Friday, on national TV, just in case the lower-level thug commanders didn't read the emails.
It is once again amazing how easily the Dems can switch on/off the burning and pillaging tactics of their battalions, based on political calculations.
Posted by: El Rojo at June 25, 2022 10:50 PM (AMIL/)
And congrats on the first in some indecipherable language Zettai!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:50 PM (K0jo2)
That can't be true, I got it in about a minute and my Perception score isn't THAT high.
Posted by: pookysgirl still can't find the grill attachment at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (dyIHq)
There are not many men that ask for prayers for common sense. Robert is wise beyond his years.
Wives may have that on a short speed dial prayer. According to what they see.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:52 PM (u82oZ)
I've bookmarked the decoder site
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 10:53 PM (kf6Ak)
Yum! Wish I could find invite myself over. I found a Jameson ginger and lime in a can. Little sweet, but oh, so good.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:53 PM (K0jo2)
That can't be true, I got it in about a minute and my Perception score isn't THAT high.
Posted by: pookysgirl still can't find the grill attachment at June 25, 2022 10:51 PM (XKZwp)
***
And your cars warranty really is coming due.. No. Really. Swearsies.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:53 PM (anj39)
Ah, Perception, charisma, and wisdom were my dump stats.
Wait. What did I buff up? Hit points?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:54 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski
Because they, and we, don't have millions of dollars to shield us from our mistakes.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 25, 2022 10:54 PM (+lVUW)
https://tinyurl.com/3br6m3tf
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 25, 2022 10:19 PM (ac89p)
Gander/Goose google it !!!
Drs. Andrea Swartzendruber and Danielle Lambert, the professors behind the map,
Posted by: commenter what bought a shirt at June 25, 2022 10:54 PM (0CF1W)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2022 10:55 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:46 PM (K0jo2)
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The "Pahk the cah in Havhad Yahd" with an Aussie accent is hilarious. When I was a postdoc in Cambridge MA, two of my fellow postdocs were from Australia. Another was from Scotland and you knew it.
Posted by: Ciampino - the cah is pahked at June 25, 2022 10:55 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 10:50 PM (r46W7)
Cajun guacamole? I'll accept it.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:55 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:55 PM (K0jo2)
Better check your math.
I installed a 22,000 watt unit for my dad a few years ago.
Propane consumption is three to five gallons per HOUR, depending on the load.
If you manage your use you may be able to stretch your 250 gallons to last two weeks, but running full.time you will run your tank dry in a few days.
It gets hot in the upper Sacramento Valley and dad is multiple times twenty nine. The summer heat would do him in without AC. His tank is 500 gallons and is set up to automatically notify the gas company if it gets low.
Posted by: waepnedmann at June 25, 2022 10:56 PM (oHve+)
Posted by: Southie at June 25, 2022 10:56 PM (H2Zrt)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at June 25, 2022 10:57 PM (S7une)
I've bookmarked the decoder site
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 10:53 PM (kf6Ak)
I wish I could have been more help. It looks like the site owner had the encoding change on them.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:57 PM (0fVbu)
This is turning out to be the best Pride Month I've endured in recent memory!
IKR!!!
Celebrate life!
I've only seen two pics of prolife people celebrating. I would love to see more.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 10:58 PM (K0jo2)
Holding a chip under the USB port...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 10:58 PM (anj39)
Yum! Wish I could find invite myself over. I found a Jameson ginger and lime in a can. Little sweet, but oh, so good.
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You put the lime in the coconut .....
Posted by: Ciampino - lime - coconut hmm at June 25, 2022 10:59 PM (qfLjt)
Thanks. Off to check the size of my tanks.
I barely lived through my geothermal pumps needing to be replaced one hot summer. Because my wife was very unhappy.
Helping the WHG would be load-shedding down to refrigerator, freezer, and HVAC. Nothing else on.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 10:59 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (0fVbu)
I thought Chicago was under about a mile thick glacier during the last Ice Age, 21,000 years ago, but it was a bit more than a half mile thick. Barely an inconvenience.
Boston, over 3/4 of mile thick. Montreal? Nearly two miles thick.
https://tinyurl.com/4rf7bxv6
Evening, y'all.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 10:59 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at June 25, 2022 10:16 PM (hOUT3)
I am looking at my maples and the masses of seeds on them, and I will be watching the oaks too. I am concerned there is going to be a nasty winter this year
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:00 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:01 PM (u82oZ)
Accents are fun. And my Australian friend is always telling jokes. Lotta fun!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:01 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 11:02 PM (+ya+t)
Boston, over 3/4 of mile thick. Montreal? Nearly two miles thick.
https://tinyurl.com/4rf7bxv6
Evening, y'all.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 10:59 PM (F0YaR)
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Pretty sure the main glacier that was over my property included the biggest moraine.
Friggin rocks!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:03 PM (anj39)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:57 PM (0fVbu)
Yeah, it's a shame
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 25, 2022 11:03 PM (kf6Ak)
Mmm! I'm watching Death in Paradise, mostly for the accents and the scenery.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:03 PM (K0jo2)
This winter should be OK. We are moving smartly away from the solar output trough bottom.
But this year the Sun is acting in ways that puzzle the Sun specialist astrophysics people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 25, 2022 11:04 PM (H2Zrt)
https://mol.im/a/10951559
Posted by: Ciampino - lime - coconut hmm at June 25, 2022 11:04 PM (qfLjt)
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Except for the diesel shortage.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:04 PM (+k1PK)
At the very least, the National March for Life could be moved to June to commemorate not only the end of Roe but the birthday of its founder, Nellie Gray (1924-2012).
Posted by: Secret Square at June 25, 2022 11:04 PM (n0mhD)
(Good luck, mom and dad - you'll need it :-D )
Posted by: Lady Lil at June 25, 2022 11:05 PM (0WGkK)
Like minded, anti-woke, on the right side of things. Good neighbors to have. Make for a bit of optimism, in the midst of things.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 25, 2022 11:05 PM (tkOps)
Posted by: dartist at June 25, 2022 11:06 PM (+ya+t)
Can you make your own?
I've got cubed beef in the slow cooker, just added rice. When the rice is done it's time to eat. The spices make it
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:07 PM (K0jo2)
Yeah. School systems will be hit hard as well. Along with everyone else.
Ben Had wanted to collect urea from her horses. I expect a lot of ingenuity coming up to solve this.
For example, with the right Iridium catalyst, you can turn wood into diesel fuel. But Iridium compounds are very expensive, and a lot of our iridium comes from Russia.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 25, 2022 11:08 PM (H2Zrt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:03 PM (K0jo2)
Oh, that's a fun one! I like the detective, he's unintentionally hilarious!
Posted by: pookysgirl normally doesn't go for fish-out-of-water stories at June 25, 2022 11:08 PM (XKZwp)
Officials with Longmont Public Safety said they were called to Life Choices at 3:17 a.m. on Saturday morning after dispatch received reports of a fire breaking out at the business.
Posted by: DB is well-positioned to maximize outcomes at June 25, 2022 11:08 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:08 PM (u82oZ)
My order with top being best:
Guac
Buffalo wing stuff guy brought into work
Baba ganoush
Hummus
Queso (after about 3 minutes so it sets up)
French onion
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:08 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:09 PM (u82oZ)
Tres cool.
The norse are fierce about maintaining their accessways.
Posted by: West at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM (QY+6a)
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For those of us on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, all that stuff you just mentioned means less than nothing.
A lot of people are gonna die, which is just what the govt wants.
If it can't kill us in the womb, they'll starve us out of it.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: Advo at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM (LcnVR)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 10:13 PM (0fVbu)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 10:59 PM (F0YaR)
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Yep and the underlying strata are still slowly rising after the release from all that weight.
Posted by: Ciampino - he ain't heavy, he's my glacier at June 25, 2022 11:11 PM (qfLjt)
Agreed! It is a win that needs to be celebrated. TPTB have decided that the end of slavery is to be celebrated on June 19th. We can celebrate both in a week long celebration.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:11 PM (K0jo2)
Neither country currently has a constitutional right to abortion.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 25, 2022 11:11 PM (H2Zrt)
There is a counter to what the Government wants.
Desperate American people are very hard to stop.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:12 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:12 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: Muad'dib at June 25, 2022 10:39 PM (1+XdT)
Bunco Kelley probably shanghai'd and it's on a sailing vessel to China.
Again.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:13 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:07 PM (u82oZ)
Sorta related humor
https://tinyurl.com/37utpve5
Posted by: El Rojo at June 25, 2022 11:13 PM (AMIL/)
Holy shit, that's nearly the ENTIRE population of Illinois or Pennsylvania
Posted by: Secret Square at June 25, 2022 11:13 PM (n0mhD)
The norse are fierce about maintaining their accessways.
Posted by: West at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM (QY+6a)
Similar machinery just did Broadway, three lanes each way, right through the middle of Galveston. And, such machines are even now under the floodlights, tearing up old lanes in the I-45 expansion project, which will run from the Bayou Vista neighborhood just North of Galveston, about 20 odd miles North to League City, where it'll connect with an already expanded I-45. 5 lanes either side, wide shoulders and reverse-flow HOV lane in the middle. Progress, and about another 4 years of endless roadwork to make it happen.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 25, 2022 11:14 PM (tkOps)
A scared populace is a dangerous one.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:14 PM (+k1PK)
'It is once again amazing how easily the Dems can switch on/off the burning and pillaging tactics of their battalions'
It's easy if you're a borderline personality and can subordinate your will and morality to an all powerful cult.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:14 PM (roH4R)
Like minded, anti-woke, on the right side of things. Good neighbors to have. Make for a bit of optimism, in the midst of things.
Always good to know which neighbors are the good ones.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:14 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: Advo at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM
*golf clap
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:15 PM (h5L9i)
Posted by: Advo at June 25, 2022 11:10 PM (LcnVR)
Well played.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 11:15 PM (F0YaR)
The drug is made in China, and sold to the Cartels in Mexico.
Kinda the Chinese revenge for the Opium Wars, but that was the British, not the US.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:14 PM (roH4R)
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Sadly, there are all too many weak-willed people who are unable to think for themselves. They surrender their will to the cult because they are easily manipulated.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2022 11:15 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:16 PM (u82oZ)
Gorn episode of Star Trek TOS is on MeTV right now.
We see Kirk and the Gorn captain go at it. The Shat is at his Shattiest Kirk here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 25, 2022 11:16 PM (Mzdiz)
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Which describes the majority of Americans.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:16 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: pookysgirl normally doesn't go for fish-out-of-water stories
I like it. But i do like fish out of water stories. And murders mysteries.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:17 PM (K0jo2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bafVveN1qlc
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (vuisn)
It opens up Twitter's message to me that my account is suspended until I go in and remove the offending tweet with my own fingers and keyboard and mouse. How Stalinesque of them.
Earlier this evening, after seeing the images of tweets the haters of the left posted about Clarence Thomas, calling him a ni66er and worse, I did a response to Twitter using the way they permit you to write to them in the please remove my ban please please dialog they give you.
I told them I was a nobody with fewer followers than toes, and my offending tweet was to a similar nobody, all while they are allowing blue checkers to spew hate to the justices, and in particular, call Clarence Thomas a ni66er and worse.
I called them nasty little cunts and told them to go fuck themselves.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (4ZE6o)
I'll bet that the most untrustworthy Americans are concentrated in a few areas already.
Your wider point is that individually, fearful people do stupid stuff. I agree to that.
The counter is to organize your near neighbors, if trustworthy. Plan in advance, even if plans do not work. The forethought is of benefit, and helps to organize locally.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at June 25, 2022 11:20 PM (3Or4S)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:20 PM (h5L9i)
The drug is made in China, and sold to the Cartels in Mexico.
Kinda the Chinese revenge for the Opium Wars, but that was the British, not the US.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:15 PM (u82oZ)
Salty, iianm the commies also send over two precursor chemicals, which the cartels can then easily react together for 'fentanyl on demand'.
And so it goes.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 11:21 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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We do what we can.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:22 PM (+k1PK)
Sorta related humor
https://tinyurl.com/37utpve5
Posted by: El Rojo at June 25, 2022 11:13 PM (AMIL/)
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That's funny but needs to be blown up into a large poster and distributed everywhere for educashn!
Posted by: Ciampino - electricty can be made by rubbing 2 cats together at June 25, 2022 11:22 PM (qfLjt)
I'm charging a line of infantry on my trusty steed. On the way I reach into a saddle bag and pull out a bowl of dip and a chip. I plunge the chip in then raise it with my hand swinging it around in a mighty show of aggression. The front line starts to break in fear and i shove the chip into my mouth enjoying all the dip that was still firmly adhered to the chip.
This is the way it should be.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:22 PM (0fVbu)
If you are a empty person, you have no reason not to take dangerous drugs. A person filled with purpose or a good religion is much more resistant to that call of the wild.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
The Left says the same thing about you, nearly verbatim.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2022 11:23 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 25, 2022 11:23 PM (m0zqP)
I love that Dobbs was released on the Feast of the Sacred Heart and St John was he Baptists' Day!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:24 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:20 PM (h5L9i)
Ahh. You've described my definition of 'optimism'.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 11:24 PM (F0YaR)
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Considering that the difference in mass is only about 5.74 x 10^-11 of the current mass of the Earth, probably not much.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2022 11:24 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
That sounds suspiciously like math.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2022 11:25 PM (Msys3)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 25, 2022 11:25 PM (Msys3)
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I'm not sure back of the envelope calculations count as "real" math...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 25, 2022 11:26 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:28 PM (u82oZ)
'The Left says the same thing about you, nearly verbatim.'
The old "I know you are but what am I?"
Maybe. But I'm the one who's right.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:29 PM (roH4R)
I have a vague but gnawing feeling something massively tragic is about happen in the world...
Posted by: Zettai at Jun
You may be right. We can't control what we are not in control of.
Haha. I sound like Harris.
None of us can add an inch to our height thru worry.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:29 PM (K0jo2)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (KAi1n)
The earth "weighs" 6.6E+21 tons.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:31 PM (0fVbu)
If you are a empty person, you have no reason not to take dangerous drugs. A person filled with purpose or a good religion is much more resistant to that call of the wild.
This sounds like common sense.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:31 PM (K0jo2)
Even I would not attempt a joke of such transcendental lameness.
Posted by: Miklos, doing the teacher "look over the top of glasses" look at June 25, 2022 11:18 PM (thbCK)
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Actually this is a very old joke in the genre of those shaggy doggy stories, purposely embellished to make them long and have a sort of lame punchline, though I think this one is very good as it has two great plays on well-known phrases.
Posted by: Ciampino - i like puns and homonyms at June 25, 2022 11:31 PM (qfLjt)
If you are a empty person, you have no reason not to take dangerous drugs. A person filled with purpose or a good religion is much more resistant to that call of the wild.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:23 PM (u82oZ)
Getting addicted to opioids for fun is a dumb idea; absolutely true. But TPTB have made acquiring legal prescriptions for real pain, the kind of pain that cannot be wished away by 'good thoughts', is also insanity of a gubmint sort.
I met this problem not so long ago. I *strongly* considered finding an illegal solution, but my totes lack of mobility made that 'problematic'.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 11:32 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:33 PM (u82oZ)
Okay I really just got home from the movie and can't sleep.
Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2022 11:35 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:36 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:31 PM
I wonder how many stone that is...
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (h5L9i)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2022 11:19 PM (KAi1n)
Dinos, especially the giant sauropods, got big because they were pneumatic, that is, they had air sacs through the bones, pleural and body cavities, and the rest of the body to differing extents.
Like birds they had hollow bones, and under pressure the tissues would stiffen with the gas pressure, as well as be lighter than solid bones.
this tendency may have contributed as well to the rise of birds.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (xhaym)
We see Kirk and the Gorn captain go at it. The Shat is at his Shattiest Kirk here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 25, 2022 11:16 PM (Mzdiz)
I think a movie about Kirk and Gorn going on a road trip in an old VW bug would be nice. Comedy but with heart. Unfortunately the man I'd need to direct it died in '09.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:38 PM (0fVbu)
Mt wife is doing much better. We are out of our quarantines, and I was her plucky sidekick when she went shopping. She spent a lot at Dillons.
You can always dance with your husband.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:38 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:20 PM (u82oZ)
This.
Know your hood. Know your neighbors. Do NOT tell anyone what hour status is in terms of stockages. But identify those neighbors who you can trust when things get ugly.
Common sense precautions.
And backhoes are always handy.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:40 PM (anj39)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:31 PM
I wonder how many stone that is...
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (h5L9i)
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You want us to count all the stones now? What's the smallest size and when does a stone become a boulder?
Posted by: Ciampino - Earth's mass in Troy ounces? at June 25, 2022 11:40 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2022 11:41 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (xhaym)
Shitty karen drivers have also contributed to rising birds.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:42 PM (anj39)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:43 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:44 PM (+k1PK)
Posted by: Whoopi Goldberg at June 25, 2022 11:45 PM (3Or4S)
Hope you are doing better. We need your posts here. You add to the blog.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:33 PM (u82oZ)
That's a kind assessment. I know you add too. A lot.
Nah, I'm fine now, but a broken ankle a few years back made life tough for a while. The surgeon had to drive a titanium rod down thru the marrow to the ankle, add some nut and bolts etc etc etc, and I'm all healed up. But that shit hurt. And my pain med scrip; I've gotten better pain control meds after having a wisdom tooth extracted. Fuck those Karen-gubmint assholes in particular.
Not every buyer of illegal drugs is an addict. Many are though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 25, 2022 11:45 PM (F0YaR)
I am motivated to dance to your music. So COVID was a nothing-burger for me.
This year in Corsicana.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:46 PM (u82oZ)
How the hell does Whoopi Goldberg know so much about propane?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:47 PM (roH4R)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 25, 2022 11:47 PM (+k1PK)
I think a movie about Kirk and Gorn going on a road trip in an old VW bug would be nice. Comedy but with heart. Unfortunately the man I'd need to direct it died in '09.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 25, 2022 11:38 PM (0fVbu)
Maybe playing a video game instead
https://youtu.be/4hnBp7x2QAE
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:47 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 25, 2022 11:48 PM (K0jo2)
"Fuck those Karen-gubmint assholes in particular."
We need Elon Musk to print this or a similar sentiment in letters 100 miles long, in rainbow colours lit by the sun, on the Moon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Miklos uses a form of International Sign Language at June 25, 2022 11:45 PM (thbCK)
Yes.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:48 PM (anj39)
How the hell does Whoopi Goldberg know so much about propane?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:47 PM (roH4R)
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Fartclam emanations?
(she has a different bacterial flora)
Posted by: Ciampino - Earth's mass in Troy ounces? at June 25, 2022 11:48 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:50 PM (b9Rih)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 25, 2022 11:51 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: jewells45 at June 25, 2022 11:51 PM (nxdel)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:50 PM
They should have! I've read that the crocodilians are more closely related to the birds than they are to other "reptiles"...
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:51 PM (dyIHq)
Trump isn't going to be indicted. The Democrats (wrongly) think they can beat him. They are very worried about DeSantis and taking Trump out makes DeSantis the nominee in 24.
Trump is inching closer to over 50% in the popular vote. It doesn't matter if Biden can get within 3 or 4 points of Trump. Once the 50% threshold is reached, then Trump wins under all scenarios.
As bad as Biden is, he is, by far, the best candidate the Democrats have for 2024. Susquehanna started looking at this and Trump beats everyone else in the Dem field at 1984 level margins.
2024 is shaping up to be the "I Told You So" election. Every prediction Trump made during the campaign about Biden has come true.
Looking like Republicans will pickup at least 50 House seats and 3-4 Senate seats. MAGA candidates will increase in the Senate by 6 or 7 depending on what happens in Alaska. While not pick ups, MO, NC, and OH will slip out of GOPe control.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 25, 2022 11:52 PM (5p7BC)
Goldberg, iceberg, they are all the same.
Posted by: Ciampino - the difference at June 25, 2022 11:52 PM (qfLjt)
Like birds they had hollow bones, and under pressure the tissues would stiffen with the gas pressure, as well as be lighter than solid bones.
this tendency may have contributed as well to the rise of birds.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:37 PM (xhaym)
I saw a museum exhibit on the Sauropods that was very eye opening, based on the fact that biologists realized that the necks of the large sauropods were far too long for them to have had a simple 2 step breathe in, breathe out respiration process like we do. They concluded that they had a complex 3 step respiration system which included air storage sacks, with the effect that they were able to move fresh air into their lungs whenever they breathed in OR out.
Biologically, they were very sophisticated creatures.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 11:53 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:51 PM (dyIHq)
That's why I asked. I'm always hearing they are the last dinosaurs.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:54 PM (b9Rih)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Jim Morrison, the Lizard King.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 11:54 PM (r46W7)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:50 PM (b9Rih)
I don't believe so, from my one minute troll indicates that some ancestral, non crown group crocs indicate a degree of pneumaticity, current crocs don't
"The presence of apparent osteological correlates of postcranial pneumaticity is here reported in some non-crown-group archosaurs, and some of the fossil taxa more closely related to crocodilians than to birds. This suggests that the last common ancestor of birds and crocodilians might have had a pneumatized postcranium, and that the absence of this feature in crocodilians might be derived."
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:55 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:55 PM (b9Rih)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:56 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Zettai at June 25, 2022 11:57 PM (dyIHq)
Mexican americans as a subgroup are also moving toward Trump, as of today Trump would win Nevada without difficulty.
Currently McMasters in AZ, Walker in GA, and Laxalt in NV are almost certain to win. Flipping NH is possible but the hardest of the 4 potential flips. Holding PA is pretty likely right now, the Dem candidate there is deeply flawed. PA is the only real possibility for a Dem pickup this year.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 25, 2022 11:58 PM (5p7BC)
Looking like Republicans will pickup at least 50 House seats and 3-4 Senate seats. MAGA candidates will increase in the Senate by 6 or 7 depending on what happens in Alaska. While not pick ups, MO, NC, and OH will slip out of GOPe control.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 25, 2022 11:52 PM (5p7BC)
I see the same likelihoods. And I think the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade advances Trump's comeback chances dramatically. Reason: in spite of the Nevertrumpers buffoonery, *everyone* is crediting Trump with this win, even his enemies. There's no getting around it, it's what everyone on the ground level believes and no amount of howling on twitter will change that belief.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 25, 2022 11:59 PM (r46W7)
The Homecoming by Barry B. Longyear explores intelligent, space-traveling dinosaurs. I liked that story.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 25, 2022 11:59 PM (u82oZ)
You all do know my fantasy was that a lissome, young blonde thing wearing lingerie would cuddle up to me and start saying things like this in my ear
Posted by: Kindltot at June 25, 2022 11:59 PM (xhaym)
No, those are in the Senate.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 25, 2022 11:59 PM (Bd6X8)
Sounds like all we need are fair elections.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 26, 2022 12:00 AM (roH4R)
Looking like Republicans will pickup at least 50 House seats and 3-4 Senate seats. MAGA candidates will increase in the Senate by 6 or 7 depending on what happens in Alaska. While not pick ups, MO, NC, and OH will slip out of GOPe control.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 25, 2022 11:52 PM (5p7BC)
I'll have what he's having. Heh. A serious question -- Have you read the Mollie Hemingway piece at The Federalist yet. JJS linked it this yesterday; I beat him by a day. The title is (from memory, not exact)
"Yes, Biden Has A Plan To Steal The 2022 Midterm Elections"
It's a MUST-READ piece. THE TLDR version is the Dems are weaponizing the fedgov to "get out the vote" across all Agencies. Every agency has been tasked with showing their work on this goal.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 26, 2022 12:00 AM (F0YaR)
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Yes. Blunt, Burr, and Portman are being replaced.
We will see if Murkowski gets replaced.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 26, 2022 12:00 AM (5p7BC)
Doesn't sound like logical evolution.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:55 PM (b9Rih)
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Well it is just a "Theory of Evolution" after all.
Sex in alligators and I presume crocs, is dependent in the egg temperature during incubation. Is this true of other reptiles?
Posted by: Ciampino - the difference is heat at June 26, 2022 12:01 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 26, 2022 12:01 AM (+k1PK)
It's a MUST-READ piece. THE TLDR version is the Dems are weaponizing the fedgov to "get out the vote" across all Agencies. Every agency has been tasked with showing their work on this goal.
Posted by: GnuBreed
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Yes, it is pretty irrelevant. They can only improve voting in areas that were already going to vote Democrat.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 26, 2022 12:02 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 26, 2022 12:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:54 PM (b9Rih)
They are probably the most recent dinosaurs.
Birds also breath circularly through the pneumatic sacs, and not like we do, this probably helps them a lot with the energy needs in flying too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2022 12:03 AM (xhaym)
*wanders off*
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at June 26, 2022 12:01 AM
Sit yer ass back down, young lady!
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 12:04 AM (dyIHq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 26, 2022 12:05 AM (u82oZ)
***
A second look at maths on the blog.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2022 12:06 AM (anj39)
***
A second look at maths on the blog.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2022 12:06 AM (anj39)
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But beautifully, nay, artfully disguised.
Posted by: Ciampino - now integrating the cranium and cervical bones through 0 to infinity at June 26, 2022 12:08 AM (qfLjt)
Have a great night.
May it be all you dream. Even if a evolutionary biologist in scanty lingerie needs to whisper in kindltot's ear.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 26, 2022 12:09 AM (u82oZ)
Doesn't sound like logical evolution.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at June 25, 2022 11:55 PM (b9Rih)
no it doesn't - and yet it's the only possible explanation that works for the giant sauropods. No other system can get enough oxygen into a body with that much bulk.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2022 12:09 AM (r46W7)
G'night all.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 26, 2022 12:10 AM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2022 12:10 AM (63Dwl)
Biology talk is a bit easier for me to understand than many of the legal matters and maths discussed here!
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 12:11 AM (dyIHq)
https://tinyurl.com/wchdnxat
Posted by: Armchair Sinner at June 26, 2022 12:11 AM (Nig2g)
>All I need to know is if Greta Thunberg is old enough, and ready for a new training bra.
We need to get this girl on the right track and mentor her with the big, hard truth.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 26, 2022 12:15 AM (0ocXn)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 25, 2022 11:40 PM (anj39)
Front, back, works both ways.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 26, 2022 12:16 AM (3vQN0)
I need a shower.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2022 12:19 AM (anj39)
Ice Ages suck. Global Warming is a good thing. That's why the whole thing since it started has been somewhat of a mystery to me. In geological terms, in terms of the earth's history, 12,000 years is a blink of the eye. It's why North America was (practically speaking) virtually empty when explorers from the rest of the world.
Even south of the glacier's farthest extent, the weather patterns were undoubtedly far cooler and made agricultural stuff much more difficult.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 26, 2022 12:19 AM (3m11Z)
https://tinyurl.com/yckvyzat
Posted by: Ciampino has not had his late night coffee yet at June 26, 2022 12:19 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 26, 2022 12:20 AM (3vQN0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2022 12:10 AM (63Dwl)
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If man is still alive
If woman can survive
Posted by: Zager & Evans at June 26, 2022 12:20 AM (XG2Fi)
Australian Greens senator, Lidia Thorpe has escalated societal divisions after expanding on an attention-seeking publicity stunt from Greens leader Adam Bandt.
The Greens leader removed the Australian flag before a press conference on Wednesday, claiming the national flag ‘represented lingering pain for “First Nations” people.’
Thorpe’s oppressor/oppressed cognitive distortion culminated in The Greens senator stating:
“The Australian flag does not represent me or my people. It represents the colonisation of these lands, and it has no permission to be here, there’s been no consent, there’s been no treaty, so that flag does not represent me.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2022 12:21 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 26, 2022 12:15 AM
Thunberg is 19 now, believe it or not!
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 12:21 AM (05SBg)
Antifa being antifa isn’t shocking. What is shocking? The police stopping them. In a college town at that.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at June 26, 2022 12:21 AM (3vQN0)
Side note: Tranny used to mean transvestite and not a trans woman.
Posted by: Ciampino has not had his late night coffee yet at June 26, 2022 12:25 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 26, 2022 12:28 AM (3m11Z)
Just got back from sunset at the beach. It was lovely. We almost got 80 today. My little basement is cool and protected.
The juvenile bald eagle was practicing in the updrafts against the mountains and the sound and the setting sun. It was pretty awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 26, 2022 12:29 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Ciampino has not had his late night coffee yet at June 26, 2022 12:25 AM
The difference being?
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 12:30 AM (05SBg)
Christian women's center in Longmont Colorado firebombed.
I reluctantly left Longmont in '86; forced career change. Mostly grew up there. Looks like I got out before the crazies got in.
What a waste of a good place to live. Swore it off for visits after Mother passed, won't go back on a bet. I blame John Denver.
Posted by: boynsea at June 26, 2022 12:30 AM (cx155)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 26, 2022 12:31 AM (3m11Z)
Posted by: Muldoon at June 26, 2022 12:33 AM (kXYt5)
All the boys think she's high
She's got
Beady Davos eyes
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 26, 2022 12:35 AM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2022 12:36 AM (63Dwl)
You aren't the only one having that feeling.
Lots of Christians are having this same sense at the moment. Lots of prediction of upheaval.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 26, 2022 12:36 AM (oP7JP)
Posted by: Common Tater
I saw them with Big Head Todd and the Monsters at Skully's in '95.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2022 12:38 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Dr Ian Malcolm at June 26, 2022 12:39 AM (KP7aq)
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2022 12:39 AM (P1f+c)
You aren't the only one having that feeling.
Lots of Christians are having this same sense at the moment. Lots of prediction of upheaval.
__________________________________________
I have a vague premonition of a slow build up. Pretty much like you better get right with Jesus. Post Haste.
How much time we got? I'll let better people than me comment on that.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 26, 2022 12:44 AM (1DgE4)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at June 26, 2022 12:45 AM (1DgE4)
Do they let you run around loose? No offense-- just asking.
I think you're smoking some kind of happy agent... but I LIKE you!
I bear the scars of many lost campaigns. I'm old and bitter and pessimistic and full of doubt & loathing. But...did I mention I LIKE you?
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2022 12:46 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 12:47 AM (U2p+3)
"Understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into."
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 26, 2022 12:48 AM (oP7JP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2022 12:49 AM (XG2Fi)
I HOPE things are going to get better.
U r probably younger than I.
I think I would make a fairly good defensive specialist, but a lousy offensive coordinator.
The '50's were my formative years. I've seen the trend line.
As Queen Victoria once said (NOT apocryphal), "I don't think we should give away things which are already ours!"
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2022 12:53 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 12:47 AM
In the camps, those who have hope are more likely to survive, so there's that...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 12:55 AM (yoya8)
Well. We still live in the most amazing country the world has ever known. You can still figure out a way to make it work and be a good person and raise your kids right. We can still go to Mass or Church or Temple. We can still buy groceries and go to farmers market. We can still own land.
I don't get being a defeatist.
Live your life. Love your loved ones. Scale down and micro focus if you have to.
Be happy.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 12:57 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 26, 2022 12:58 AM (Bd6X8)
A federal court on Friday temporarily blocked the government’s order for Juul to stop selling its electronic cigarettes.
Juul had filed an emergency motion earlier Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington so it can appeal the sales ban, and the court later granted the request.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2022 01:00 AM (63Dwl)
The real key to survival was having a support group-- like co-religionists.
During the Korean police action, S. Korean POWs did a lot better than U.S. POWs because they looked after one another. Same with Turk POWs.
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2022 01:00 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 12:57 AM (U2p+3)
Hoppy would be happy.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2022 01:01 AM (7bRMQ)
I'm just noting that many are predicting a reckoning for the wicked.
That actually sounds like good news, but from the Christian perspective even the destruction of the wicked and the unbeliever is tragic. At that time that will be many people's family members and friends, not just a faceless enemy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 26, 2022 01:01 AM (oP7JP)
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2022 01:00 AM
I'd read the Turkish POW's fared better because the Norks had no one that could speak Turkish and thus they were mostly left alone...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:04 AM (UU5xR)
https://tinyurl.com/yckvyzat
Posted by: Ciampino
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See: 73 Note that the Jane's Revenge people identify counseling as a threat to 'Safe' ...something.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:06 AM (ZbDG5)
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2022 01:00 AM
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I'd read the Turkish POW's fared better because the Norks had no one that could speak Turkish and thus they were mostly left alone...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:04 AM (UU5xR)
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It's been about 70 years (1952 ?) since Korea started. It has taken me this long to find out that there were Turkish troops there?! Wow.
Posted by: Ciampino has now had his late night coffee at June 26, 2022 01:09 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Dr Ian Malcolm
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‘Ooh, ah,’ that’s how it always starts. But then later there’s running and screaming
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:10 AM (ZbDG5)
Posted by: Ciampino has now had his late night coffee at June 26, 2022 01:09 AM (qfLjt)
You must have missed that MASH episode with the Turk.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2022 01:11 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Ciampino has now had his late night coffee at June 26, 2022 01:09 AM
The Turks in the Korean War had a reputation and the Norks were terrified of them!
A great many nations sent small contingents to the peninsula...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:14 AM (UU5xR)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Well, I still think, 'Powerglide'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:14 AM (ZbDG5)
Posted by: Ciampino has now had his late night coffee at June 26, 2022 01:09 AM (qfLjt)
You must have missed that MASH episode with the Turk.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2022 01:11 AM (7bRMQ)
Where Father Mulcahy threatened to punch their lights out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 01:14 AM (VwHCD)
https://tinyurl.com/mvsr7se2
Posted by: Ciampino now like another coffee at June 26, 2022 01:15 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 01:16 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:18 AM (U2p+3)
That actually sounds like good news, but from the Christian perspective even the destruction of the wicked and the unbeliever is tragic.
It is, considering those lost in the process, but I think God's purpose in the destruction is that it will motivate others to repent. Though the most obvious Biblical example (the Babylonian sack of Israel) seems to have been about sifting out the remnant from those that chose their own way, so that the remnant could get back to their work unhindered.
Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2022 01:18 AM (kOpft)
What do You recommend for a commuter bike
For a marine in San Diego?
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:18 AM (U2p+3)
Well, depends on how far this commute is, what kind of riding will be done other than the commute, budget, mechanical ability, and most important, how fucking cool do you want to look. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 01:20 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Ciampino has now had his late night coffee at June 26, 2022 01:09 AM (qfLjt)
You must have missed that MASH episode with the Turk.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2022 01:11 AM (7bRMQ)
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Most likely since all I saw were reruns when we returned. I spent 40 odd years in Africa and TV only came to South Africa in 1976. Up to then TV was regarded as evil by the Government - I think they were right.
Posted by: Ciampino thinks TV is mostly evil at June 26, 2022 01:21 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:23 AM (UU5xR)
My favorite bumpersticker:
Behave. I have a .45 and a backhoe.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at June 26, 2022 01:27 AM (ZobkP)
A country was considered industrialized if it made its own sulfuric acid, a chemical used in almost any industry one would care to list, including food.
Posted by: Ciampino - phosphoric acid removes rust at June 26, 2022 01:31 AM (qfLjt)
Commute under 10 m
He'd like to take it out for a spin in the weekends
Cost under 15k
Cool factor? Ffs he's 21 and a Marine. You tell me.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:31 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:32 AM (U2p+3)
Commute under 10 m
He'd like to take it out for a spin in the weekends
Cost under 15k
Cool factor? Ffs he's 21 and a Marine. You tell me.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:31 AM (U2p+3)
Does it have to be new?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 01:33 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., riding a Triumph Sprint R/S at June 26, 2022 01:33 AM (ZbDG5)
A great many nations sent small contingents to the peninsula...
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Were they Young Turks?
Posted by: Guidons, Guidons, Lariat Advance at June 26, 2022 01:34 AM (mTSL0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:34 AM (ZbDG5)
My favorite bumpersticker:
Behave. I have a .45 and a backhoe.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at June 26, 2022 01:27 AM (ZobkP)
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My favorite is one I made up from "The Rifleman"?
'Have backhoe, will travel.'
Posted by: Ciampino - rust remover for cloth HF, H3PO4, EDTA, buffer all in water at June 26, 2022 01:35 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Miklos just had the Feeling at June 26, 2022 01:33 AM (thbCK)
It moved!
Posted by: Lindsey in SC at June 26, 2022 01:35 AM (7bRMQ)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:36 AM (zhODj)
For a marine in San Diego?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Do you have any idea how hard it is for an Army guy to suppress a snarky reply?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:37 AM (ZbDG5)
I've ridden one, and that transmission is INSANE. Smoother than silk, likely smoother than most of your four-wheelers. Lets 'im concentrate on the road and riding, and not the bike and shifting.
Plus, as BERSERKER himself has said in recent past, most beginners buy too small, and then weeks into their riding, soon realize that they need a bigger bike. Bigger bike has better equipment, suspension, brakes, and ability to accelerate and merge with aggressive, Southern CA traffic. https://tinyurl.com/59t23dx2
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 01:38 AM (tkOps)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:40 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 01:41 AM (zhODj)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:42 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Ciampino - rust remover for cloth HF, H3PO4, EDTA, buffer all in water at June 26, 2022 01:42 AM (qfLjt)
If you'd ever suppressed a fart when at attention in formation, this should be easy for yo*ppphhttt!!!*
I didn't say it would be easy for ME, though, did I?
Jim
Stunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 01:46 AM (tkOps)
You're my only hope!
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:50 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2022 01:54 AM (ZbDG5)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:00 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
Nope
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 01:40 AM (U2p+3)
Well, there is so much about this situation I don't know. Is the commute going to be in the traffic from hell? That might dictate some stuff. I only know harleys, and I don't know how much used ones are in your neck of the woods, but around here they are almost giving them away. Most bikes really, because there is just so many. A few examples. I picked up a springer softail 2 years ago for $4200, low millage and really nice. I just missed a street glide for 4K, and last month one of my customers was selling a 100th anniversary 1200 sportster that I had done a lot of work to for $1800. 6 months ago I just missed a fatboy for $3500 and it was really clean. Not sure how it is by you, but around here you can get into a nice used well kept bike fairly cheap. If...If I was going to go harley I would get something in the softail line, because a 10 mile commute is nothing, the bike isn't huge but big enough to be nice on the highway and local riding. Continued...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:00 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: BR 549 Miklos, feet in a bucket of cool well water at June 26, 2022 01:58 AM
All the #winning of the past few day done got us all tuckered out, I reckon...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:01 AM (tyVPK)
I have no problem with the first two ........
Posted by: Ciampino - rust remover for cloth HF, H3PO4, EDTA, buffer, all in water at June 26, 2022 02:01 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino - rust remover for cloth HF, H3PO4, EDTA, buffer, all in water at June 26, 2022 02:02 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 02:04 AM (3HMeY)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:05 AM (tyVPK)
If it was up to me, he'd not get a bike at all.
But. Since it's not and he really wants one, for valid reasons, and willing to pay the insurance, I'd like to help him figure out what would be a good ride for him.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 02:05 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 02:06 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:07 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 02:10 AM (3HMeY)
Posted by: Theodore at June 26, 2022 02:11 AM (GJnvT)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:12 AM (VwHCD)
If it was L.A. traffic on the 405, I'd suggest he get a Rokon TrailBreaker. 2wd motorcycle, with hubs that can be filled with water for extra traction.
Don't ride *around* the traffic. Goat Climb OVER the traffic, while it's at 0.5 mph on the "freeway".
Kidding aside. Any +700cc Jap water-cooled bike is the SoCal ticket, for precisely the overheating issues you'd raised, and the entry price on used ones is negligible.
H-D is still getting bucks in CA and in TX, 'cause of the year-round riding seasons. Not the HUGE bux of the peak Yuppie years, but.. bux.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:13 AM (tkOps)
If Marine Son has not had much time on a bike, starting out big might not be so wise...
Also, chrome won't get you home, but it will get you laid!
And one moar thing: Loud Pipes Save Lives!
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:15 AM (g4w/R)
Screenshotting and sending to marine.
I appreciate all the help.
Once again, I'm not crazy about him getting a bike.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 02:17 AM (U2p+3)
Honda offers a new ride this year: the Navi...
109cc's of raw, untamed power!
And I'd thought the Honda Grom was the epitome of GHEY...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:18 AM (g4w/R)
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Course. Contact any franchise motorcycle dealer for details.
Of course, his base will REQUIRE that he take the course, and also, that he have his flourescent DayGlo vest, helmet, gloves, boots and full length pants and long sleeve shirts.
But the MSF course is a lifesaving education, regardless. In my book he takes it, or he doesn't ride.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:18 AM (tkOps)
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 02:20 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Miklos, starting a Ventures Tribute band at June 26, 2022 02:14 AM (thbCK)
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The Ventures were one of my favorite instrumental bands after the Shadows (UK) sort of quit. I have two LPs still.
Posted by: Ciampino - guitars and drums is all you need at June 26, 2022 02:21 AM (qfLjt)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:18 AM
Assless chaps -- you left out assless chaps...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:22 AM (g4w/R)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:18 AM
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Assless chaps -- you left out assless chaps...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:22 AM (g4w/R)
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Assless, just assless is enough ...... you are triggering me now.
Posted by: Bathhouse Bob in SF at June 26, 2022 02:26 AM (qfLjt)
The lovely and long-suffering Mrs Z assures me that a Hoover is better than a Harley as it's far easier to change the dirtbag on a Hoover...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:26 AM (g4w/R)
H-D is still getting bucks in CA and in TX, 'cause of the year-round riding seasons. Not the HUGE bux of the peak Yuppie years, but.. bux.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:13 AM (tkOps)
yeah one other thing, california being the land of fruits and nuts has some weird pollution gadgets on the bikes. I worked on a bike a couple years ago that had some strange shit on it. I was scratching my head thinking damn this almost looks like pollution crap, then it occurred to me that it might be the dreaded "california" model, the only different harleys in the entire frigging country. I have no clue how they even run out there in that climate. Usually they leave the factory as lean as you can get them to run, and that blows ass in hot traffic. If he is registering it in california no doubt that bike will have to have the eternal cork in it's ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:26 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 02:27 AM (3HMeY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:27 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 26, 2022 02:29 AM (KMICP)
Not .mil-spec, but you're in the spirit of things.
Nurse. He won't have a choice. Base WILL require the MSF course, and all the clothes as mentioned. Or, he'll never ride the bike onto the base. Period.
He needs to know all that, going in. Good thing on any MSF course though? The fee includes the riding of the bike provided at the course. They won't let him ride his own in the Basic Course, anyway. They're teaching all the basic physics, weight/balance, and etc., all on one standardized bike/chassis. Everyone learns the same basic lesson thus, accordingly.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:30 AM (tkOps)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:31 AM (VwHCD)
Inspections are required in Newyorkistan -- I had to have blinkers on my bike because it was sold with them... I didn't have the required high-beam indicator light but the inspectors always let me skate on that one!
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:36 AM (IP7Gi)
New fluids and tires, and it'll be Good to Go. California, as far as vehicles go, is Eternal Life on Wheels.
Only their sunlight decays the rides. And that's only the vinyls and paints.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:37 AM (tkOps)
The lovely and long-suffering Mrs Z assures me that a Hoover is better than a Harley as it's far easier to change the dirtbag on a Hoover...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:26 AM (g4w/R)
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That is funny. Reminds me of the one:
"What's the difference between a BMW sedan and a cactus?"
Posted by: Ciampino - "The BMW has the prick on the inside." at June 26, 2022 02:38 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:38 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Ciampino at June 26, 2022 02:38 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:27 AM (a4EWo)
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LOL. Who did the original for the show?
Posted by: Ciampino at June 26, 2022 02:41 AM (qfLjt)
The difference between a Dog and a Porche, is the Dog has it's asshole on the outside.
The difference between a Pussy and a Corvette...well, the Pussy has it's douchebag on the outside, but is Fuel Injected in the same process.. so, it's a wash. Literally.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:42 AM (tkOps)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:45 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
For us, it was TSOP
Posted by: Miklos, who alos danced a dance called the Bus Stop at June 26, 2022 02:43 AM (thbCK)
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Who is TSOP ?
Bus Stop - favorite Hollies song.
Posted by: Ciampino at June 26, 2022 02:46 AM (qfLjt)
And they cannot get a job as a lobbyist. Ever.
Posted by: nurse ratched, just call me Pollyanna at June 26, 2022 02:46 AM (U2p+3)
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Are you targeting Congress or State politicians first?
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits are overdue at June 26, 2022 02:48 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 02:51 AM (VwHCD)
Anyway, enjoy the big old glass of wine. I'm drinking a 9.7% imperial stout, which always gives me a bit of a buzz. I'll save a beans story for another night.
Posted by: Theodore at June 26, 2022 02:51 AM (GJnvT)
And retired Officers above the rank of Lt.Col/0-5, can't work as Program Managers for defense contractors until 10 years after Date of Separation.
full Col., and above, NEVER.
Gotta break the food chain, and it ain't gonna be pretty. A 20 year prohibition oughta do it, and then let the retired Gentry Class back in, on a limited basis. Their knowledge has value, but only when focused on Doing the Right Things. Anything else, is but grift.
/hastalanitenitehordezzzz
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 26, 2022 02:52 AM (tkOps)
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits are overdue at June 26, 2022 02:52 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: CA Token at June 26, 2022 02:52 AM (2+yws)
Posted by: Theodore at June 26, 2022 02:53 AM (GJnvT)
Players of professional sports are forbidden from betting on matches over which they might have influence, yet Congreſsmen are allowed to trade stocks...
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 02:54 AM (1ZzJW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:45 AM (a4EWo)
I concur on the need for term limits, a very important issue/problem now thanks to the 17th Amendment removing states' voice in the Senate.
The issue is to pass a Constitutional Amendment, one of two things must happen. One is it must go through Congress, which we both know is never going to happen because Congresscreeps would be voting themselves out of a job. The other method for amending the Constitution is a Constitutional Convention called for by 67 states (2/3 of the states). The problem is, there has never been an Amendment passed via a Constitutional Convention of the States.
A term limit Amendment will be a huge uphill battle, but it is definitely a hill on which the citizenry should die. It would require some major 'Constitution' education to get people behind it, though, and I'm not sure the current electorate has such an attention span.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 02:58 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: NCKate at June 26, 2022 03:00 AM (2oJif)
Watching an epsiode of Mannix on feTV (another classic TV channel), Season 6, c. 1972.
I was amused. Mannix was somewhere off without his car. He had a briefcase telephone, on which Peggy called him with some critical information.
They actually made some of these things, I was looking, for the IMTS system (VHF radio system, well before cellular).
It looked nothing like the one Mannix used, and I think that was just a made-up prop to look cool.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:01 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 26, 2022 03:02 AM (thbCK)
There was outrage over Congressional insider trading soon after the '08 crash, and they actually passed a law to "ban" it. By the time they got through with it, it was so watered down as to be meaningless.
These guys trade on inside information all the time. Hell, Pelosi gets rich off it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:03 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Surreal Miklos at June 26, 2022 03:04 AM (thbCK)
Dude
There's only 57 states
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 26, 2022 03:02 AM (thbCK)
Oopsie-daisy!
I was thinking of 100 senators. So it would be 34 states.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 03:04 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 02:45 AM (a4EWo)
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I think that short of the use of force, Congress will never vote itself out of a lifetime of grandiose leisure and riches. A Convention of States is too risky with our uniparty structure that we have. The wrong Amendment(s) will be passed (think abolishing the 2nd.)
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits are needed at June 26, 2022 03:05 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits
"Worse is Better"
Posted by: Miklos the anti-commie Leninist at June 26, 2022 03:07 AM (thbCK)
Watching an epsiode of Mannix on feTV (another classic TV channel), Season 6, c. 1972.
I was amused. Mannix was somewhere off without his car. He had a briefcase telephone, on which Peggy called him with some critical information.
They actually made some of these things, I was looking, for the IMTS system (VHF radio system, well before cellular).
It looked nothing like the one Mannix used, and I think that was just a made-up prop to look cool.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:01 AM (Mzdiz)
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Was that Peggy the scam repairman?
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits are needed at June 26, 2022 03:07 AM (qfLjt)
full Col., and above, NEVER."
Explain this to me. Seems, umm, contradictory.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:08 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ciampino - term limits are needed at June 26, 2022 03:05 AM (qfLjt)
That is a very serious risk indeed to a Constitutional Convention of the States. I can only hope there would be more than 16 states against such a proposal. But with 'you scratch my back I scratch yours' horse trading, both term limits and the weakening/destruction of the 2nd Amendment is a very real possibility.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 03:10 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 03:10 AM (yoya8)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:11 AM (KAi1n)
Peggy was Mannix's faithful secretary. Also could be counted on in a pinch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:13 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 03:13 AM (z52X6)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:14 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:11 AM (KAi1n)
Unfortunately, most long term senators bring home the financial slop to the government troughs of their states. They are labeled 'heroes' for this piggish endeavor.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 03:15 AM (ldL4g)
You had to dial in for a patch to the other number.
It had a regular handset, no hands-free talking.
Posted by: Miklos recalls at June 26, 2022 03:15 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:17 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
I need one of those.
There are a couple Svetlanas on the market.
Posted by: Miklos in understaffed at June 26, 2022 03:18 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:18 AM (a4EWo)
You had to dial in for a patch to the other number.
It had a regular handset, no hands-free talking.
Posted by: Miklos recalls at June 26, 2022 03:15 AM (thbCK)
I had one in the 80's. It was the size of a small contractor tool bag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2022 03:19 AM (VwHCD)
Barnaby Jones had Betty, who was also his daughter-in-law. Cannon didn't have a secretary. Probably wasn't enough room for anyone else in the office with him.
And Rockford just plain couldn't afford one, I imagine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:21 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:11 AM (KAi1n)
Unfortunately, most long term senators bring home the financial slop to the government troughs of their states. They are labeled 'heroes' for this piggish endeavor.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 03:15 AM (ldL4g)
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People are really stupi - that's our tax money coming back seemingly at the pleasure of the Fed. Why don't the States just keep it in the first place? The States should decide how much money to send to the fed gov, not the other way around.
Posted by: Ciampino - it's raining here. at June 26, 2022 03:22 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 03:13 AM (z52X6)
If we repealed the 17th Amendment, we wouldn't necessarily need term limits. Yes, the House could still be a problem with the Pelosis of the world, but with state legislatures or governors appointing senators, it is less likely we'd have 20 or 30 year serving senators. And the point of the Constitution when it came to appointing senators was to give the states representation in Congress being, after all, we are The United States Of America. The Senate's policies/politics are now party driven, not state driven. The 17th Amendment was quite destructive when it came to bastardizing the Founders' original governing concepts/principles.
Posted by: RickZ at June 26, 2022 03:23 AM (ldL4g)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
In the early 90s, I was required to have one by Newsweek, and required to lug it around. Weighed about like a motorcycle battery, and terrible reception among the buildings of downtown Budapest (Pest side).
Posted by: Miklos is no longer working for the Ministry of Propaganda at June 26, 2022 03:24 AM (thbCK)
There were two original "car phone" or mobile phone systems. MTS was the first, Mobile Telephone Service, and the IMTS, or "improved MTS", which came out in '64.
These were simply two way radio systems, which tried to behave like telephones. The old MTS systems required operator assistance to make a call. IMTS added direct-dialing. The damn thing transmitted the pulse dial sequence using varying tones on the carrier. They were quite amazing for the technology level. No ICs of any sort, all logic was discrete components.
Transmitter power was 25W, and they were bandwidth hogs of course. Very limited total number of channels.
And they were quite expensive. The units themselves were usually leased for a high fee, and the air time was cost over $1 per minute, back in the '60s.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:25 AM (Mzdiz)
My dad. Was a legit war hero. He served with over 30 years in the Marine Corps.
He worked for Mcdonnel Douglas and Boeing. He hated both
Companies. This him, only the Corps mattered.
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 03:25 AM (z52X6)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
I left Rockfish messages
Lotta messages
Posted by: Miklos AKA Angel at June 26, 2022 03:26 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:26 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:28 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: publius,
And in them days, a dollar was a dollar
Posted by: Miklos was seriously punished over the car phone bill at June 26, 2022 03:28 AM (thbCK)
Yeah, Rockford couldn't afford a car phone -- they cost more than a secretary. Barely could afford a regular phone. All he had was that answering machine.
Youtube has some compilations of the most amusing messages left for ol' Rockfish.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Miklos sees how it works at June 26, 2022 03:30 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:32 AM (a4EWo)
Believe it or not, MTS and IMTS systems are still operational in remote areas.
AMPS, or Advanced Mobile Phone Service came into operation in 1983 in North America. This was the "1G" analog cellular system, though they didn't call it that then.
AMPS is no longer in operation anywhere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:33 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Miklos learned this from Geoge Thorogood and the Original Two man Quartet at June 26, 2022 03:33 AM (thbCK)
Barnaby Jones had Betty, who was also his daughter-in-law. Cannon didn't have a secretary. Probably wasn't enough room for anyone else in the office with him.
And Rockford just plain couldn't afford one, I imagine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:21 AM (Mzdiz)
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I liked those shows, no woke crap. Watching Cannon run was hilarious and I like your quip about office space. But then watching Shatner run in TJ Hooker was funny too - it bore watching for the lovely Heather Locklear. I liked Petrocelli too after seeing the actor in "Vanishing Point". Barry Newman and Susan Howard.
Posted by: Ciampino - enjoyed old cop shows. at June 26, 2022 03:35 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
This requires empirical study.
Let me ask Dennis about the Svetlanas first.
Posted by: Aspiring Federal Grant Aspirer Miklos at June 26, 2022 03:35 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Zettai at June 26, 2022 03:38 AM (yspKJ)
Starting with at least Peter Gunn, we learn every good private dick needs a Dennis, a frenemy sort of Lt. at the police dept. Gunn's Dennis was named Lt. Jacoby.
Now, they get mad at each other, Dennis is always warning the PI to stay out of police business, and threatening to take his license away.
But guess what. They are always there for each other. Dennis bails you out every time you're about to get killed. You're lying there, in a bloody mess, and the bad guy is about to deliver the coup de grace. Dennis takes him out right at the last second.
And then Dennis gets in trouble from time to time, and you must bail him out and shoot the bad guy at the last second.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:39 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 26, 2022 03:39 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Come to think of it, I probably am and have been the Dennis for a lot of people.
Posted by: As is the Fate of Miklos at June 26, 2022 03:40 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 03:42 AM (z52X6)
Indeed. It changed a bit over the course of the series. Here's a Youtube long version, with all the guitar solos:
https://tinyurl.com/26ojsnz8
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:42 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 03:47 AM (a4EWo)
Do you remember the TV ads by phone companies vieing for long distance? A dime a minute, then 8 cents then a nickel, etc. Doesn't seem to matter any longer as they have us captive with almost everyone having a cellphone.
Posted by: Ciampino - bag phones were dorky at June 26, 2022 03:48 AM (qfLjt)
She claims to be Lumbee Tribe from NC (Locklear is a common Lumbee name).
I probably am some part too. But that has to be established for me to open the Casino.
30 years ago I would have asked for an exchange of DNA samples.
Posted by: Miklos is probably more Native than that shrill senator chick at June 26, 2022 03:49 AM (thbCK)
How the hell does Whoopi Goldberg know so much about propane?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 25, 2022 11:47 PM (roH4R)
She used to watch King of the Hill?
Posted by: Fox2! at June 26, 2022 03:51 AM (qyH+l)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
*Mutual Thankings*
Posted by: Miklos, and prayers too at June 26, 2022 03:53 AM (thbCK)
Bag phones were indeed cellular. AMPS, 1G. Some of the later ones operated on an advanced version of that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 03:54 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 26, 2022 03:58 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: publius,
I just bought a CB station
Because
Posted by: Breaker breaker, it's Ole Miklos at June 26, 2022 03:58 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity
Well, there's morning, and then there's official morning.
Not so official, but there was this one morning over in Pixley...
Posted by: County Morning Agent Hank Miklos at June 26, 2022 04:02 AM (thbCK)
That Rockford theme clip I posted has scenes from one of the most hilarious episodes. Somebody puts nitrous oxide in Rockfish's Firebird, and there is he is, laughing his ass off as he careens all over the road, nearly getting killed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:03 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino - bag phones were dorky at June 26, 2022 04:05 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 26, 2022 04:06 AM (a4EWo)
Might want to get a ham radio set, too. These will be important for communication in the Burning Times.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:09 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
In Those Days, some friends offer to disconnect the catalytic converter and add a nitrous pack to my 1975 Ford Mustang.
Posted by: Big Daddy Don-Miklos Garlits at June 26, 2022 04:09 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Ciampino - sleeping kittens are gorgeous at June 26, 2022 04:09 AM (qfLjt)
While I hold Dean Martin is the coolest cat what has yet walked this earth, Rockfish gives him a run for his money.
Mark Steyn tells a story that as a young man, he actually went out on a date with Jim Garner's daughter. She wasn't impressed, as he tells it. He said, we a gal's Dad is Jim Rockford, that's sets a pretty high bar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:10 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Miklos, damn Right at June 26, 2022 04:12 AM (thbCK)
This journey we are on is not easy! And yes! one day we will get to the same MoMe
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 26, 2022 04:13 AM (Z/jzm)
It took years for me to understand I was talking to him in Vietnam. It is what it is. The one advice I give anyone. Listen to those who have been through it. There is no one experience. Learn from those who where there, and decide for yourself.
Posted by: Quint at June 26, 2022 04:15 AM (D4CEd)
Posted by: publius
Trailer houses on the beach go for 6-7 million these days
Posted by: Miklos, never seen one for one lousy million at June 26, 2022 04:15 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
In Those Days, some friends offer to disconnect the catalytic converter and add a nitrous pack to my 1975 Ford Mustang.
Posted by: Big Daddy Don-Miklos Garlits at June 26, 2022 04:09 AM (thbCK)
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You had a catalytic converter in 1975? I thought those came out much later. My '74 Mustang didn't have one.
Posted by: Ciampino - it's donner und blitzen out there at June 26, 2022 04:16 AM (qfLjt)
Mid 70s is when they first started putting that pollution control shit on. Basically just killed engine performance for a while. Really, wasn't until fuel injection became a thing that they recovered.
Our '74 LTD didn't have a cat, but they had started putting some other shit on it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:20 AM (Mzdiz)
Yep, looked it up, the cats were mandated starting in '75. And the first generation sucked. Well, the were constrictive, and just killed performance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:21 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino
First year.
Mandatory.
Just my fuckin' teenager first car luck.
If you never get a second chance to make a first impression, the gummint fukked itself mightily.
Posted by: Miklos, evreything I needed to know I learned in teenage driver school at June 26, 2022 04:22 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Miklos, tryina be nice at June 26, 2022 04:24 AM (thbCK)
Mid 70s is when they first started putting that pollution control shit on. Basically just killed engine performance for a while. Really, wasn't until fuel injection became a thing that they recovered.
Our '74 LTD didn't have a cat, but they had started putting some other shit on it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 26, 2022 04:20 AM (Mzdiz)
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My 74 Mustang II, which I took to South Africa in 75, didn't a cat converter but did have things like a positive crank case ventilation system to burn off oil vapors in the oil pan. It worked on engine vacuum and gave me problems so it was eventually disabled with a very short piece of lab vacuum tubing with the other end plugged by a glass rod. It was still there when I left the car 20 years later with my Sister and BIL.
Posted by: Ciampino - it's donner und blitzen out there at June 26, 2022 04:27 AM (qfLjt)
It's gotta be dinner time there, and the pizzas have to be cut upside down and counter-clockwise.
Posted by: Miklos, tryina be verra nice at June 26, 2022 04:28 AM (thbCK)
Posted by: Miklos, tryina be verra nice at June 26, 2022 04:28 AM (thbCK)
As long as it's cut into squares. All pizza tastes better when it's cut into squares.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 26, 2022 04:30 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity
Now see?
Posted by: Jr. High Cafeteria Lady Miklos at June 26, 2022 04:33 AM (thbCK)
I remember there was a pretty good local industry of disabling and removing the pollution control shit. Cutting the cats out, disabling EGR, PCV, etc, etc. Vapor cannister shit.
Re-tuning to proper performance those engines which had been disabled by govt. mandate.
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Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 26, 2022 04:30 AM (Z/jzm)
All Sicilians are squares.
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Posted by: Miklos, this is Rayleen , she's new here at June 26, 2022 04:44 AM (thbCK)
Still dragging those $50 bills through the trailer park?
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Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 26, 2022 04:30 AM (Z/jzm)
All Sicilians are squares.
Posted by: '50s Beatnik, Finger-Snapping Away at June 26, 2022 04:46 AM (ldL4g)
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Considering Sicily is more of a triangle ...... Don Corleone would like a word with you.
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I got it back
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Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I got it back
Posted by: Miklos von Trailer Acres at June 26, 2022 04:51 AM (thbCK)
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You got a refund?
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