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Monday Overnight Open Thread (7/11/22)

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The Quotes of The Day


Quote I
NSFW
"I loved being around people who seemed to be so confident and carefree. It made me realise that a body is just a body. It's a vessel that we live inside of. Social media star Kate, known as @fullplatekate

And you think being a Cob is nothing but fun and games with wonderful dental.


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Quote II

“CPAC is proud to host Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The fight against socialism is a global one,” American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp


Quote III

Congressman Cleaver has been a deep disappointment — relentlessly partisan and AWOL on the issues that matter most to his constituents. When Josh took on the scumbag absentee landlords in Kansas City preying on the most vulnerable, Cleaver wouldn’t lift a finger to help despite repeated outreach. But he’s happy to hobnob with Washington lobbyists.” Spokesperson Abigail Marone

Quote IV

"This is really, really stupid. His vision for an amendment allows for abuse that would effectively remove all limitation from the federal government. He’s even got a special carve out for thought crime,"musician Phil Labonte

Quote V

Mitt Romney is like a hemorrhoid: easily forgotten when it stays in it's place, infinitely irritating when it decides to make it's presence felt.Matthew Noto

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The US keeps printing money. Sooner or later math will hit the fan. Will the USA look like this?

In Sri Lanka right now, before you've woken up, you're losing.

Power cuts that run late into the sweltering nights steal hours of sleep as the fans cease; whole families waking up sapped from the months-long trial of shuffling their lives around daily blackouts after the country went bankrupt and essentially ran out of fuel.

There are long days to be lived; work days, errands to be run, daily essentials to be bought at twice the price they had been last month.


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You mean American prisons are kinder and gentler? Boo-fucking-hoo.

Women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is living a life of privation, according to the brother of an American imprisoned in a Russian jail.

On Thursday, the former Olympian and Phoenix Mercury center pleaded guilty to the drug possession and smuggling charges against her.

“I’d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law,” Griner said, according to Reuters. “I’d like to give my testimony later. I need time to prepare.”

A rightwing anti-doping dog put those hashish laden vaping pens in my luggage your Honor.


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It's been a while since I featured one of her videos. It's always interesting to hear what the pre-29 crowd thinks. Or is it?


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Most school boards consist of a good old boys/girls club. And how dare you rankle their feathers. Loudoun County School Board didn't do so well in court.

The Loudoun County School Board has just lost their bid in court to shut down the grand jury investigation into their mishandling of a sexual assault of two different students at two different high schools by a 15-year-old.

The judge felt that the leftist school board had not proven their argument that they would suffer irreparable harm because of the investigation:

The only ones who suffered irreparable harm are the young ladies they allowed to be raped while they were practicing their virtue signaling.

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The Future WHO (World Health Organization)

"The alarming amendments offered by the Biden Administration to the WHO's International Health Regulations would grant new unilateral authority to [WHO] Director-General Tedros to declare a public health crisis in the United States or other sovereign nations, without any consultation with the U.S. or any other WHO member. Specifically, the Biden Amendment would strike the current regulation that requires the WHO to 'consult with and attempt to obtain verification from the State Party in whose territory the event is allegedly occurring in,' ceding the United States' ability to declare and respond to an infectious disease outbreak within the United States, dependent on the judgment of a corrupt and complicit UN bureaucracy." — Rep. Chris Smith, ranking member of the House Global Health Subcommittee, May 18, 2022.


More bureaucracy to fvck things up biggly.


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Maybe I'm being too judgmental. But, perhaps working for Domino's is not a lucrative full-time career. Just sayin'.

‘Domino’s, you need to learn how to do better’: Domino’s assistant manager says she was reprimanded after a driver didn’t show up for Independence Day shift
'$13 an hour to put up with the sh*t that we have to put up with is not worth it.'

You should probably talk to someone at your company who can do something rather than social media. But, that's me.


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Get rid of the title "Sandwich Artist and get rid of that freak Lesbo soccer player.

Subway Is Making Over Its Menu with 12 New Sandwiches
The sandwich chain is giving away a million free subs to celebrate

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I guess there are different definitions of "Floaters".

tate officials propose installing a “SCAT machine” to dispose of human waste at the Smith River takeout as they implement new rules for floaters.

The Montana State Parks and Recreation Board in May adopted several new rules for floating the Smith River. Among them is a requirement that floaters collect and pack out human waste in approved commercial devices.

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You know what Nanny Nancy? I'll take that damn chance.

Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life, study finds
Research involving 500,000 Britons reveals link to earlier death for those who always season their meals

What's next, the extinction of bacon?


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Labor Unions Reduce Product Quality


A very nice paper in Management Science by Kini, Shen, Shenoy and Subramanian finds that labor unions reduce product quality. Two strengths of the paper. First, the authors have relatively objective measures of product quality from thousands of product recalls mandated by the FDA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covering many different industries. Second the authors use 3 different methods. First, they find that unionized firms are more likely to have recalls than non-unionized firms (a simple difference in means subject to many potential cofounds but I still like to see the raw data), second they find that in a panel model with industry and year fixed effects and other controls that firms which are more unionized have a greater frequency of product recalls. Finally they find that firms where the union just barely won the vote are more likely to have subsequent product recalls than firms for which the union just barely lost the vote–a regression discontinuity study.

***SNORT***

LOS ANGELES — A week ahead of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium, the union representing concession workers at the ballpark announced today it has authorized a strike that “could be called at any moment.”

Maria Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the Unite Here Local 11 union, said in a statement that stadium food and beverage workers voted by a 99% margin Sunday to authorize a walkout.


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We've all done some stupid things. But what is worse, doing the stupid act or telling the whole world?

man has been left a little red faced and red arsed after using toilet cleaning wipes instead of loo roll.

Leon Gleed, 29, suffered soreness in an intimate area after using the antibacterial wipes from Tesco.

He didn’t realise that they were actually meant to be used to clean the toilet, not his backside, causing a Johnny Cash moment.

Dumb Fvck


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The ONT Musical Interlude & Co-Pay Emporium


On this day: July 11, 2014 - Tommy Ramone
Producer and drummer Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi), from the influential punk rock band the Ramones died aged 65 following unsuccessful treatment for bile duct cancer. He was the last surviving original member of the Ramones before his death. Erdelyi was also an assistant engineer for the production of the Jimi Hendrix album Band of Gypsys. via thisdayinmusic.com


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Born on this day: July 11, 1951 - Bonnie Pointer
Bonnie Pointer, singer with American R&B singing group The Pointer Sisters who had the 1981 US No.2 single, 'Slow Hand' and the 1984 UK No.2 single 'Automatic'. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985. She died on 8 June 2020 from a cardiac arrest aged 69. via thisdayimusic.com


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Its a lawn & garden tool. Not a hot rod. Genius Award Winner.

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested Saturday after trying to outrun Okaloosa County deputies by putting his lawnmower into high gear.

Dusty Mobley, 40, is charged with grand theft, grand theft of a vehicle, felony criminal mischief, two counts of resisting an officer, possession of a concealed weapon by a felon, carrying a concealed handcuff key, possession of drug paraphernalia, as well as other felony charges after a warrant was served for his arrest Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at a home on Pasco Broxson Circle.

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It isn't easy always doing the right thing. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

17-Year-Old Returns Woman's Lost Purse And Gets $15K Reward

A California teen drove to a woman's house to return a lost purse.

His act of kindness has earned him over $15,000.

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ZETTAI

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 09:57 PM (loQBo)

2 First

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 09:57 PM (MGB5H)

3 "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."
~Soren Kierkegaard

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 09:57 PM (hOUT3)

4 good evening

Posted by: wing at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (PlW9M)

5 2

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (GJnvT)

6 Grrr this close to a back to back

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (MGB5H)

7 When microseconds count...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (hOUT3)

8 Top 10

Posted by: Lurking Cheshire Cat at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (w3u3d)

9 8

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 09:58 PM (GJnvT)

10 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 09:59 PM (Msys3)

11 Beautiful pic.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 09:59 PM (mn1Pi)

12 nevermind

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 09:59 PM (GJnvT)

13 ZETTAI
Posted by: Zettai


Congratulations Zettai, but you could have made a bold statement!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 09:59 PM (hOUT3)

14 Hey Kate!

You need to drop about 100 pounds. Then you can prance around nude. But right now you are too fucking fat to do anything but be modest.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:00 PM (XIJ/X)

15 Damn... top 20 maybe. Anywho, ONTONT ONT

Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at July 11, 2022 10:00 PM (+ldAm)

16 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 11, 2022 10:01 PM (Bd6X8)

17 hey hey

Posted by: Ciampino - perhaps to dream at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (qfLjt)

18 I thought being a COB was all hot tub parties and smoking weed on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace. Are you telling me there are responsibilities?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

19 The old people playing music were pretty good. That was a nice song.

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (GJnvT)

20 14 Hey Kate!

You need to drop about 100 pounds. Then you can prance around nude. But right now you are too fucking fat to do anything but be modest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:00 PM (XIJ/X)

100? My aren't you being kind this evening.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:03 PM (aA3+G)

21 18 I thought being a COB was all hot tub parties and smoking weed on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace. Are you telling me there are responsibilities?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

For most of us Cobs that is.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:03 PM (aA3+G)

22 "Research involving 500,000 Britons reveals link to earlier death for those who always season their meals"

Dildo's recipe for a great steak:

Salt. And lots of it. Salt liberally (both sides, ya moron!) with large-grained salt at least 30 minutes before you cook the steak.

Oh...you know the strip of fat on the side? Salt that too!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:03 PM (XIJ/X)

23 MisHum fooled us and went early at 8:57.

Posted by: Ciampino - dang! at July 11, 2022 10:04 PM (qfLjt)

24 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:04 PM (K5n5d)

25 I thought being a COB was all hot tub parties and smoking weed on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

The Wisconsin coblogger meeting this year is going to be lit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:04 PM (XIJ/X)

26 Is that dildo with righteous fire OSHA-approved?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:05 PM (Dc2NZ)

27 Howdy Mis Hum

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2022 10:05 PM (yUjc0)

28 Funny meme:

'Has anyone tried unplugging The United States and then plugging it back in?'

Posted by: Ciampino - one way to get rid of the bots at July 11, 2022 10:05 PM (qfLjt)

29 I thought being a COB was all hot tub parties and smoking weed on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

The Wisconsin coblogger meeting this year is going to be lit!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:04 PM (XIJ/X)

WOOT! Can't wait!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:06 PM (K5n5d)

30 Good evening morons and thanks mh

This ONT is as unique as a breakfast burrito.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2022 10:06 PM (EZebt)

31 Whee Doggies! Got a haircut today... No more wild-man look..

Posted by: Garth Stonehocker at July 11, 2022 10:06 PM (gWAUD)

32 'Has anyone tried unplugging The United States and then plugging it back in?'
Posted by: Ciampino - one way to get rid of the bots


Think they tried that in Sri Lanka...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:06 PM (hOUT3)

33 'Has anyone tried unplugging The United States and then plugging it back in?'
Posted by: Ciampino - one way to get rid of the bots at July 11, 2022 10:05 PM (qfLjt)
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The Left is very busy trying to unplug the United States off life support. Not too keen on plugging it back in, however.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (K5n5d)

34 Hello Doof.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (aA3+G)

35 The Wisconsin coblogger meeting this year is going to be lit!
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Can't wait until the shrooms kick in mid-podcast and CBD thinks the hot tub is sous vide-ing them to death, and Grammie has to break the door down and talk you all down from the freaky high.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (Dc2NZ)

36 There's that Doof guy again.
How you doing Doofmeister?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

37 Thanks for the ONT.

re: full plate kate

Not so much thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:08 PM (diceA)

38 Baking soda works as a decent deodorant. It can also sub as a toothpaste and is handy for cleaning Silver.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:08 PM (xhaym)

39 Baking soda works as a decent deodorant. It can also sub as a toothpaste and is handy for cleaning Silver.
Posted by: Kindltot

I used that very substance today to scrub the marks off of my SS skillet. Worked great!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (Msys3)

40 I thought being a COB was all hot tub parties and smoking weed on a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace. Are you telling me there are responsibilities?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWVMXLSS1cA

The Tim Burton rule of colorful people being awful and black-and-white people being elegant and searching for their elan.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (ybIRR)

41 Wooo buddy what a way to kick off the final run of Better Call Saul.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (MGB5H)

42 35 The Wisconsin coblogger meeting this year is going to be lit!
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Can't wait until the shrooms kick in mid-podcast and CBD thinks the hot tub is sous vide-ing them to death, and Grammie has to break the door down and talk you all down from the freaky high.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (Dc2NZ)


***SNORT***

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

43 Can't say I ever noticed that BO was a big problem at professional conferences.

This ONT is as unique as a breakfast burrito.

It's as unique as a cheetoh. (makes just as much sense as Dr. Jill's analogy)

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:10 PM (/NCI4)

44 Unions are complete poison. There's a union where I work, and it's every negative stereotype possible.

Actually talented employees hate the union because it prevents them from getting paid what they are actually worth - because their pay is locked to the union rate the company literally CANNOT pay them more, no matter how much better their performance than others.

Meanwhile the union spends 90% of its time fighting to keep the absolute bottom of the barrel trash from getting fired for cause.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (AjL/0)

45 "My mom always told me since I was little to always do the right thing when nobody's around."

Well done, young man. Wish there were a lot more of you out there.

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

46 There's that Doof guy again.
How you doing Doofmeister?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:07 PM (hOUT3)


Howdy Hrothgar. Doing pretty good, thanks. Nice graduation party for younger son of Doof yesterday. He and I and a few friends of ours are finally seeing a concert tomorrow that was originally scheduled for August 2020. Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett. In Hershey PA -- "The Sweetest Place on Earth"

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (yUjc0)

47 Has anyone tried unplugging The United States and then plugging it back in?'
Posted by: Ciampino - one way to get rid of the bots


2020 . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (xhaym)

48 I used that very substance today to scrub the marks off of my SS skillet. Worked great!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (Msys3)

You have a Nazi skillet? Figures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (diceA)

49 Primus, "Shake Hands with Beef":

https://tinyurl.com/3futj7rr

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ)

50 It's as unique as a cheetoh taco chip. (makes just as much sense as Dr. Jill's analogy)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:10 PM (/NCI4)


Fixt for inclusivity!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (hOUT3)

51 On Thursday, the former Olympian and Phoenix Mercury center pleaded guilty to the drug possession and smuggling charges against her.

Important safety tip: When you go to another jurisdiction, do some research on the laws of that jurisdiction, especially for things your home jurisdiction is lenient on or ignores. There will usually be signs like "importation of drugs into this country is illegal"

Also, if you possess something that may cause you trouble in another jurisdiction, make sure that you only ever put that into a specific bag.

Posted by: Chuck C at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (hOAT3)

52 Wooo buddy what a way to kick off the final run of Better Call Saul.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (MGB5H)


No spoilers, please. Haven't started Season 6 yet

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (yUjc0)

53 Can't say I ever noticed that BO was a big problem at professional conferences.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:10 PM (/NCI4)
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Oh, it's very much a thing at gaming conventions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (K5n5d)

54 Brown trout on the Smith? Definitely catch and release.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (0ocXn)

55 44 Unions are complete poison. There's a union where I work, and it's every negative stereotype possible.

Actually talented employees hate the union because it prevents them from getting paid what they are actually worth - because their pay is locked to the union rate the company literally CANNOT pay them more, no matter how much better their performance than others.

Meanwhile the union spends 90% of its time fighting to keep the absolute bottom of the barrel trash from getting fired for cause.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (AjL/0)


And yet educators teachers love the union......
See they really don't care about the children

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (aA3+G)

56 The Tim Burton rule of colorful people being awful and black-and-white people being elegant and searching for their elan.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (ybIRR)


And, what about Sepia tone?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (xhaym)

57 No spoilers, please. Haven't started Season 6 yet
Posted by: Doof

No worries! I hate spoilers I would never do that to someone.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (MGB5H)

58 And, what about Sepia tone?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (xhaym)

That is for dustbowl photos and pictures of civil war battlefields.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (diceA)

59 I've sat in room with Michael Moore, he is a spectacularly hateful, mean and vicious marxist.

Here's hoping a plaque in one of his arteries decides to go walk-about.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (aKTN6)

60 Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett. In Hershey PA -- "The Sweetest Place on Earth"
Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (yUjc0)


Sounds fantastic, hope the weather is beautiful for you all!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (hOUT3)

61 And, what about Sepia tone?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:13 PM (xhaym)

That is for dustbowl photos and pictures of civil war battlefields.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

And old timey family pics at the fair

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (MGB5H)

62 Getting a cheesesteak at Subway has got to be the worst idea evah. I wouldn't go to Geno's for a steak, they think I'm going to a Subway??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (EZebt)

63 "The only ones who suffered irreparable harm are the young ladies they allowed to be raped while they were practicing their virtue signaling."

School Board Privilege. How Dare You question the authority and purity of these community serving souls.

heh ... I think they do see themselves as Saints of the School, and they deserve the public worship ... Because They. Are. Delusional. ( and self absorbed)

Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (Cus5s)

64 Meanwhile the union spends 90% of its time fighting to keep the absolute bottom of the barrel trash from getting fired for cause.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 11, 2022 10:11 PM (AjL/0)

I had an employee who failed his drug test three times!

His job? Driving an 80,000 pound semi on public roads.

The teamsters were gung-ho to protect him.

Fuck them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (XIJ/X)

65 I'm not too concerned about the WHO--Our Betters have demonstrated that they don't need outside moral support to go off and do whatever they feel like doing.

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (UewuT)

66 Just send $100 and you too can paint this scene at the top of the thread!

Posted by: Painter Instruction Schools at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (7bRMQ)

67 The Tim Burton rule of colorful people being awful and black-and-white people being elegant and searching for their elan.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (ybIRR)
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That was groove-a-licious!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (Dc2NZ)

68 Congressman Cleaver has been a deep disappointment — relentlessly partisan and AWOL on the issues that matter most to his constituents.

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So par for the course.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:16 PM (FVME7)

69 You have a Nazi skillet? Figures.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (diceA)

"Ein Reich, ein volk, ein Bratpfanne!"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (xhaym)

70 Great ONT, MisHum!

Good evening, Horde!

Posted by: Ladyl at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (qpPdw)

71 I clicked on one of your quotes at the top and ended up at the Washington Times site. They did an article about Cumala's speech on the Highland Park shooting. According to them, she managed to use the word serious or seriously 3 times in one sentence.
I'm starting to think she has dementia too. Or maybe all of the "man juices " she swallow sucked in have seeped into her brain.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (+lVUW)

72 Thanks for the swell ONT, Mis Hum!

Ahhhh, lovely tropical paradise up top with nice Pegi behind it.

The Smith River in Montana must be really crowded and popular, to have to implement poo rules.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (xT18z)

73 Quote V: chef’s kiss

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (eyOOK)

74 Good evening, Horde!
Posted by: Ladyl


Good evening again, {{{Ladyl}}}!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (hOUT3)

75 Mitt Romney is like a hemorrhoid: easily forgotten when it stays in it's place, infinitely irritating when it decides to make it's presence felt.

- Matthew Noto

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[Holds back tears] That's beautiful, man.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (FVME7)

76 Congressman Cleaver has been a deep disappointment

No shit. He represents my district. The guys a clown.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (nxdel)

77 How long before JJ starts sounding like Marge Gunderson from Fargo?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (aKTN6)

78 59 I've sat in room with Michael Moore, he is a spectacularly hateful, mean and vicious marxist.

Here's hoping a plaque in one of his arteries decides to go walk-about.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (aKTN6)

I imagine he's too stupid to even be aware of the "positive rights/negative rights" debate of the 30's. (And using positive/negative is unfortunate framing, but that's the terms that were used so we're stuck with it) Put very briefly, the Bill of Rights is a list of "negative rights" - these are restrictions on government, things that they Government may NOT do. For nearly 100 years, leftists have longed for a "bill of positive rights", things that the Government MUST do. Left unsaid is that requiring Govm't to do those things necessitates giving the government absolute power over everyone and every thing so that it can do them.

And that's more thought and analysis than Michael Moore ever put into his own idiot amendment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (r46W7)

79 Can't say I ever noticed that BO was a big problem at professional conferences.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:10 PM (/NCI4)
----
Oh, it's very much a thing at gaming conventions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11

And the fantasy/sci-fi tables at library book sales.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (ftFVW)

80 There was a time when unions made sense. Then labor law happened, and they turned to institutional corruption to justify their existence. All downhill from there.

Re: teachers, the problem there is that "union scale" is terrible for STEM types with valuable technical skills but really fantastic for non-STEM humanities types whose only other viable job prospect is flipping burgers. So the more ambitious/motivated ones go into the union and jealously defend their turf, ensuring continued dysfunction.

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (UewuT)

81 [Holds back tears] That's beautiful, man.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (FVME7)


Ah, the majesty of the English language properly used!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (hOUT3)

82 Mitt Romney is like a hemorrhoid: easily forgotten when it stays in it's place, infinitely irritating when it decides to make it's presence felt.

- Matthew Noto

-
[Holds back tears] That's beautiful, man.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I liked "I would call him a pussy but he's neither deep nor warm"

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (MGB5H)

83 77 How long before JJ starts sounding like Marge Gunderson from Fargo?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (aKTN6)

That could be an interesting transformation of accent we can observe through the podcast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (diceA)

84 Ok. I want to be wherever that top Pic is, listening to that music...
Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (cf0dB)

85 38 Baking soda works as a decent deodorant. It can also sub as a toothpaste and is handy for cleaning Silver.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:08 PM (xhaym)


If the usual types of deodorants give you rashes or you're worried about the amount of aluminum in most anti-perspirants, you may want to try what are called crystal or rock crystal deodorants. Deodorant only, not an anti-perspirant.

Some info:
Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.

Potassium alum has been used as a deodorant in Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Crystal deodorant has become more popular in Western cultures in the last 30 years.

Also, it is inexpensive.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (AMIL/)

86 {{{Hrothgar}}}

Posted by: Ladyl at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (qpPdw)

87 I hope the tattoo artist who put that tat on the bow of that tugboat named Kate got battle pay.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (Ti+Tv)

88 77 How long before JJ starts sounding like Marge Gunderson from Fargo?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (aKTN6)

Use guys are way too fockin' rough, dontcha know.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (aA3+G)

89 Sounds fantastic, hope the weather is beautiful for you all!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:14 PM (hOUT3)


Thanks! Some off and on rain in the forecast. No big deal.

Posted by: Doof at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (yUjc0)

90 We live in a fucked up world when illiterate stoners who work at Dodgers stadium are unionized.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (eyOOK)

91 84 Ok. I want to be wherever that top Pic is, listening to that music...
Thanks MisHum!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (cf0dB)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (aA3+G)

92 {{{Jewells}}}

Posted by: Ladyl at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (qpPdw)

93 @71

>>I'm starting to think she has dementia too.

She just seems like she's always hopped on goofers.

She can't get through a single interview or speech without coming across like a barely able to keep it together lunatic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (aKTN6)

94 I'm starting to think she has dementia too. Or maybe all of the "man juices " she swallow sucked in have seeped into her brain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (+lVUW)


She is tripping balls. She is hitting high end THC and probably Xanax to keep the anxiety under control.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (xhaym)

95 It's always a Florida Man. Used to be California.
Florida man arrested for battering a police officer with a hot dog.
https://tinyurl.com/ye9dnty7

Posted by: Ciampino - a salame would be better and tastier at July 11, 2022 10:22 PM (qfLjt)

96 The top pic looks kinda like Makakilo from Ala Moana.

Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2022 10:22 PM (oTZbj)

97 The Wisconsin COBmeet's hot-tub won't be mistaken for a sous-vide machine.

Oversized dirty water hot dog cart, that'd be believable though.

Some folks relish those things!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 11, 2022 10:22 PM (tkOps)

98 Full plate Kate. Yeah, more like empty plate. Good thing I only scrolled just past her face....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 11, 2022 10:23 PM (7bRMQ)

99 How long before JJ starts sounding like Marge Gunderson from Fargo?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (aKTN6)

the prowler needs a jump.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:23 PM (x8Wzq)

100 Posted by: Ciampino - a salame would be better and tastier at July 11, 2022 10:22 PM (qfLjt)

You're about a week late and a $5er short.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (aA3+G)

101 Doof!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (cf0dB)

102 Maria Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the Unite Here Local 11 union, said in a statement that stadium food and beverage workers voted by a 99% margin Sunday to authorize a walkout.

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Hey, not just anybody can pass out hot dogs and draw beers and soft drinks. It takes a concessioneer.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (FVME7)

103 In my burg McDonald’s pays MORE than 1st year teachers. $18 an hour vs $35k. Of course the teachers work fewer hours and get bennies. But still a full time McDs worker would make $36k a year, vs $35k.

We live in a weird time.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (eyOOK)

104 JJ will always sound like a gavone from Ave U

/jk

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (EZebt)

105 I hope the tattoo artist who put that tat on the bow of that tugboat named Kate got battle pay.
Posted by: Roy at July 11

I'm surprised the artist didn't try to talk her into something. Such a large canvas could have accommodated something more interesting. Like a mural.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (ftFVW)

106 Southeast Wisconsin has more of a Polish flavored accent, rather than the Scandi of Marge's Minnesota.

Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (oTZbj)

107 I had mentioned on the earlier thread that I was going down a rabbit hole on wiki. I looked up the Dyatlov Pass incident and saw something new: Some believe that a US spy plane dropped a photoflash bomb on the group.

You have to love wikipedia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (diceA)

108 Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life,

Meanwhile, in the real world, life insurance companies are seeing death rates rising by well over 100% vs the previous year.


Obviously it's because of OrangeManBad trying to grab the steering wheel!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (llON8)

109 You're about a week late and a $5er short.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian


Inflation is a b!tch!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (hOUT3)

110 99 How long before JJ starts sounding like Marge Gunderson from Fargo?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:18 PM (aKTN6)

the prowler needs a jump.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:23 PM (x8Wzq)


We'll know JJ has been assimilated into the Upper Midwest Borg when he begins calling non-alcoholic carbonated beverages 'pop'.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (AMIL/)

111 Going to a convention this week, and that last picture speaks to me.

Posted by: Wally at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (m7HMI)

112 14 Hey Kate!

You need to drop about 100 pounds. Then you can prance around nude. But right now you are too fucking fat to do anything but be modest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:00 PM (XIJ/X)

I'm not sure that would help...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (BgMrQ)

113 REDACTED - if you're still here, I'm looking to rent the smallest van to move stuff from my mom's house when she dies. It's not imminent, but at 86 and with serious bone issues, it could happen anytime. She still lives in the house I grew up in and there's quite a bit of stuff I want (that she's letting me have).

Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (KAi1n)

114 Tommy Ramone (Thomas Erdelyi)

In Hungarian, Erdelyi means "from Transylvania"

Posted by: Miklos with Magyars for the Win at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (thbCK)

115 103 In my burg McDonald’s pays MORE than 1st year teachers. $18 an hour vs $35k. Of course the teachers work fewer hours and get bennies. But still a full time McDs worker would make $36k a year, vs $35k.

We live in a weird time.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (eyOOK)

There's also the whole three months off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (diceA)

116 "Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life..."
___

This is a bad thing?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (rpTfl)

117 Anyhow, I will probably post a link for the daywalkers but I wanted to share a lovely lady with poise, elegance, and Look At Those Headlights.

https://tinyurl.com/y6dndxfw

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (xhaym)

118

Shoe0nHead is delightful!

I watched the entire thing...

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (Of7tb)

119 Great content, Misanthropic Humanitarian. By the way, regarding your comment on school boards being good old boys or good old girls clubs, if you've ever attended a school board meeting you know what I mean. These are unimportant people, who think that being on a local board makes them big shots. The same thing is true of city commissioners.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (+lVUW)

120 ‘Domino’s, you need to learn how to do better’: Domino’s assistant manager says she was reprimanded

If I had a $1 for every time was reprimanded.

I had one boss that just used to stop by my apartment on his way into work and beat on my door until I woke up in on Saturdays because he knew I was probably passed out drunk and wouldn't be on time.

After about 2 months of that, he eventually started bringing coffee a and biscuit for me, but still talked to me like a dog.

He cussed me out in front of my customers, but I just laughed, because I deserved it. It was a mutual understanding, I sucked at working Saturday mornings and we both understood I deserved a good cussing.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 10:28 PM (su8GX)

121 48 I used that very substance today to scrub the marks off of my SS skillet. Worked great!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:09 PM (Msys3)

You have a Nazi skillet? Figures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:12 PM (diceA)

The ONT is a cruel mistress.

Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 10:28 PM (AmoqO)

122 105 I hope the tattoo artist who put that tat on the bow of that tugboat named Kate got battle pay.
Posted by: Roy at July 11

I'm surprised the artist didn't try to talk her into something. Such a large canvas could have accommodated something more interesting. Like a mural.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (ftFVW)

Or a semitrailer.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:28 PM (aA3+G)

123 She is hitting high end THC and probably Xanax to keep the anxiety under control.

Today for the first time it seemed to me like she might not run for president. Being in a job for which you are unqualified, particularly one so high profile, must be really, really, stressful. The Dems need a Plan B, and then Plans C-Z.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:28 PM (/NCI4)

124 Talked to the daughter of a guy I used to work with. Really good guy, a bit younger than me. Found out he'd had a massive stroke and was still recovering. Really makes me think I should retire. You just don't know how long you have to do what you want.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 11, 2022 10:29 PM (YynYJ)

125 77

Marge...one of my favorite movie characters

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 11, 2022 10:29 PM (cf0dB)

126 Both of my parents lived under Nazi occupation in Norway 1940-45. I would never consider owning a SS skillet-for shame!

Posted by: Jens Jensen at July 11, 2022 10:29 PM (PIlQh)

127 This is a bad thing?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming


{{{SMH}}}, always looking at the bright side of things!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:29 PM (hOUT3)

128 41 Wooo buddy what a way to kick off the final run of Better Call Saul

Yeah, this one was full of surprises. And Kim looks better all the time

Posted by: Pete Seria at July 11, 2022 10:29 PM (7ZQe3)

129 I can understand the mower guy

when I'm doing long runs on my cheetah

It feels like I'm doing 40, when in reality, it's maybe 15, which is fast for a mower

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (us2H3)

130 Hispanics are livid after First Lady Jill Biden compared them to "breakfast tacos" during a Monday speech to the 2022 UnidosUS Annual Conference held in Texas, where she opined on Hispanics' "Quest for Equity."

.. it runs in the family

Posted by: SMOD at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (X5CsJ)

131 106 Southeast Wisconsin has more of a Polish flavored accent, rather than the Scandi of Marge's Minnesota.
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2022 10:25 PM (oTZbj)

It does have a hybrid dialect of the German dairy farmers and Chicago "Da Bears", definitely Eastern European-like. Nothing at all like the Yoopers or Scandi Northerners, as you said.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (Ti+Tv)

132 85
If the usual types of deodorants give you rashes or you're worried about the amount of aluminum in most anti-perspirants, you may want to try what are called crystal or rock crystal deodorants. Deodorant only, not an anti-perspirant.

Some info:
Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.
----
As a Chemist I had to laugh. If you're worried about the amount of aluminum in OTC antiperspirants, why would you switch to an acidic crystal of pure aluminum salt? Great styptic by the way. Used a lot in earlier days by Dads everywhere after shaving.

Posted by: Ciampino - chrome alum has a prettier color at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (qfLjt)

133 Great content, Misanthropic Humanitarian. By the way, regarding your comment on school boards being good old boys or good old girls clubs, if you've ever attended a school board meeting you know what I mean. These are unimportant people, who think that being on a local board makes them big shots. The same thing is true of city commissioners.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (+lVUW)
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Faculty committees are the same way. It's a mark of prestige to be on or to chair the "right" committees. Some faculty just want to stick that on their CV and not actually *do* anything worthwhile on the committee (believe it or not, some committees do need to get actual work done).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (K5n5d)

134 119 Great content, Misanthropic Humanitarian. By the way, regarding your comment on school boards being good old boys or good old girls clubs, if you've ever attended a school board meeting you know what I mean. These are unimportant people, who think that being on a local board makes them big shots. The same thing is true of city commissioners.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (+lVUW)


Thanks nerdygirl.
Once upon a time I ran for school board against an incumbent retired teacher. She beat me by the skin of her teeth.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (aA3+G)

135 new unilateral authority to [WHO] Director-General Tedros to declare a public health crisis in the United States or other sovereign nations, without any consultation with the U.S. or any other WHO member.

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

Try to enforce it. Go ahead. Light that match, finally.

We're going from a republic to a modern feudal dictatorship to complete anarchy in under 3 years.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (pcd43)

136 Hey, not just anybody can pass out hot dogs and draw beers and soft drinks. It takes a concessioneer.

I think a lot of people are on the cusp of finding out just how expendable they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (/NCI4)

137 Always, Hrothgar.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (rpTfl)

138 MisHum, how do I send you an email?

Posted by: Half Dozen at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (makxf)

139 79 Can't say I ever noticed that BO was a big problem at professional conferences.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2022 10:10 PM (/NCI4)
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Oh, it's very much a thing at gaming conventions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11

And the fantasy/sci-fi tables at library book sales.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:19 PM (ftFVW)

There's either too little deodorant, or too much cologne...

Never a happy medium.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (BgMrQ)

140 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)

141 The same thing is true of city commissioners.
Posted by: nerdygirl


and the BOCS (Board of County Supervisors) in my area...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (hOUT3)

142 My doc always goes on about my blood pressure, which is under control, and says cut back on the salt intake.

I almost never add salt to anything I eat. Srsly. My Dad and Grandpa added salt to things like termaters and watermelon. Me? I add black pepper.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (x8Wzq)

143 Well, I've fat and I've been fit.
Fit is better.
Gravity is a stone cold, heartless motherhumper.
Kate will find out.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (jTmQV)

144 I am happy when you post Ramones music.

Posted by: Jens Jensen at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (PIlQh)

145

Viktor Orbán really is a credit to his race...

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 10:32 PM (Of7tb)

146 138 MisHum, how do I send you an email?
Posted by: Half Dozen at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (makxf)


petmorons at the gmail dot com

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:32 PM (aA3+G)

147 I've "been" fat, sorry.
Fit is better.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 10:32 PM (jTmQV)

148 >>> 140 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)

*tee hee*

Posted by: Great Resetters at July 11, 2022 10:32 PM (llON8)

149 Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (KAi1n)

if you just go a little outside that area, you can get a 12-16 ft Budget for around 1750

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (us2H3)

150 142 My doc always goes on about my blood pressure, which is under control, and says cut back on the salt intake.

Is there any scientific study that directly correlates salt intake to blood pressure? I can't find anything. Your body can piss out salt pretty easily.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (Ti+Tv)

151 Adding salt to food at table can cut years off your life, study finds
___

*perks up*
*adds salt to grocery list*

And I see Subway got rid of my favorite sandwich. *sigh* what is next 2022, disappointment in the form of still being in remission?

Posted by: Bete at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (04UJL)

152 Every America album is unplugged.

Posted by: Gonna booglarize you baby at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (63Dwl)

153 You have a Nazi skillet? Figures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

I never thought much of it but now that you mention it, whenever it gets used, there's an odd sense of Teufelslied that wafts through the air.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (Msys3)

154 117 Anyhow, I will probably post a link for the daywalkers but I wanted to share a lovely lady with poise, elegance, and Look At Those Headlights.

https://tinyurl.com/y6dndxfw
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (xhaym)

your Grandmother is not amused. Does she look amused?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:34 PM (r46W7)

155 Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:26 PM (KAi1n)

and sorry about your mom

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:34 PM (us2H3)

156 JJ in WI? Not exactly the same thing, but I think he'd snort if someone referenced the classic scene in Annie Hall, at Annie's parents', dinner.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 11, 2022 10:34 PM (OTzUX)

157 Gott mit Gusseisen

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:34 PM (xhaym)

158 @125

>>Marge...one of my favorite movie characters

"Pete's sake!! He's fleeing the interview!!"

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:34 PM (aKTN6)

159
Fatso Moore could have just written this:

Section 1. The second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to regulate the ownership and use of firearms by appropriate legislation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (/U27+)

160 Mitt Romney is an inverted boneless pork rectum.

Our enemies are not dumb, they're incredibly spiteful.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (ybIRR)

161 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)
===
Now, what caste did you say you were again?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (EZebt)

162 140 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)

Huh, we wrote that book. Pay up esse.

Posted by: South America at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (04UJL)

163 Once upon a time I ran for school board against an incumbent retired teacher. She beat me by the skin of her teeth.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
Had you won, those meetings would have been LIT!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (xT18z)

164 142 My doc always goes on about my blood pressure, which is under control, and says cut back on the salt intake.

Is there any scientific study that directly correlates salt intake to blood pressure? I can't find anything. Your body can piss out salt pretty easily.
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (Ti+Tv)

No. Which is why it's so weird that he keeps bringing it up. I may seek out a new doctor. I also suspect he is either vegetarian or full-on vegan. Dude is wafer-thin.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (x8Wzq)

165 There's also the whole three months off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (diceA)

Right, I said work fewer hours.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (eyOOK)

166 I never thought much of it but now that you mention it, whenever it gets used, there's an odd sense of Teufelslied that wafts through the air.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:33 PM (Msys3)

I was thinking that eggs would be a bitch to scrub out of the eagle swastika thing (Reichsadler?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (diceA)

167 142 My doc always goes on about my blood pressure, which is under control, and says cut back on the salt intake.

Is there any scientific study that directly correlates salt intake to blood pressure? I can't find anything. Your body can piss out salt pretty easily.
Posted by: Roy at July 11

I can't remember the percentage, but I read a research article a few years back showing that only a small proportion of people's blood pressure is affected by salt consumption. Yet they blanket warn people away from it anyway. Which can have it's own bad effects if sodium is too low. But here, take this "vaccine."

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (ftFVW)

168 Domino's girl is the Lady Captain America of her epoch.

It is a known known that it is harder than hell to staff the holidays in a pizza barn so you hire get this *adults* to be your anchor drivers and make their hours contingent on performance.

*Duh* and now you know.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (Lzpvj)

169 Oh, it's very much a thing at gaming conventions

Comic book conventions, too. Judging from the blurry sign at the edge of the photo, that might be a manga or anime con.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 11, 2022 10:37 PM (U+Oxn)

170 Also, I had to look up 'Teufelslied'. Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 10:37 PM (diceA)

171 Oh, it's very much a thing at gaming conventions...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And the fantasy/sci-fi tables at library book sales.
Posted by: She Hobbit

There's either too little deodorant, or too much cologne...
Never a happy medium.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

A neighborhood Yia-yia used to have me help her serve when her buddies came over to play Canasta.
The overpowering stench of cheap Avon products and Gardenia scent would take your breath away.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:37 PM (Msys3)

172 No. Which is why it's so weird that he keeps bringing it up. I may seek out a new doctor. I also suspect he is either vegetarian or full-on vegan. Dude is wafer-thin.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (x8Wzq)
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Had a doctor try to tell me to cut back on salt once. He looked like Humpty Dumpty, so he was not exactly the picture of health himself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:37 PM (K5n5d)

173 I hope Tucker has plenty of security

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM (us2H3)

174 163 Once upon a time I ran for school board against an incumbent retired teacher. She beat me by the skin of her teeth.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
Had you won, those meetings would have been LIT!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (xT18z)


Those were in the days when I quoted PJ O'Rourke frequently. They didn't like the kids with keys drinking whiskey.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM (aA3+G)

175
Is there any scientific study that directly correlates salt intake to blood pressure? I can't find anything. Your body can piss out salt pretty easily.
Posted by: Roy

___________

I can see it affecting water retention, which is bad for people with congestive heart issues.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM (/U27+)

176 No. Which is why it's so weird that he keeps bringing it up. I may seek out a new doctor. I also suspect he is either vegetarian or full-on vegan. Dude is wafer-thin.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (x8Wzq)


There is a possible correlation between high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome, itself linked to HFC and high simple carbohydrate intake. Attia and Cummins discuss this in their podcasts and newsgroups

Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (xhaym)

177 Michael Yon is not optimistic about the next couple years:
https://is.gd/SYxelj
h/t Sarah Hoyt, who isn't convinced it will be that bad.

But we're all going to see, thanks to Stan's imbeciles.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (llON8)

178

I'd read that it's actually the choride, not the sodium, that's the culprit in high blood pressure... Also, that some types of high blood pressure are not responsive to salt intake...

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (AD8eQ)

179 I thought both sodium and hypertension, and even cholesterol and something-something - the long-standing conventional medical wisdom, that is - had been s**t-canned? One of them fairly recently? Turns out they had *DONE THE STATS WRONG IN THE FOUNDATIONAL STUDY THAT LED TO THE GUIDANCE*.

Am I imagining this? Fortunate to have zero cardio issues, I really don't pay much attention to that stuff, and so have a vague grasp.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (OTzUX)

180 Lessons for better living, powered by earlier news stories.

Pro Tip #1: The best way to ensure that your population revolts is to forcibly impoverish, starve, and cut power to them in the name of some vague foreign ideology.

Pro Tip #2: Making your nation-state's ability to meet basic needs dependent on a rival/enemy state, then ramrodding a war with that state, is a really, really stupid idea.

Pro Tip #3: Wokesters are a bucket of crabs that pull each other down if one threatens to escape the bucket. Play crab games, win crab prizes.

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (UewuT)

181 Comic book conventions, too. Judging from the blurry sign at the edge of the photo, that might be a manga or anime con.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 11, 2022 10:37 PM (U+Oxn)
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That's a reasonable guess. The trigglypuff that's partially in frame on the right-hand side of the pic looks like she may be cosplaying...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (K5n5d)

182 This ONT is as unique as a breakfast burrito.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2022 10:06 PM (EZebt)


On that note, you'e think that with that precious doctoral degree FLOTUS would understand that connecting Hispanic people with tacos probably isn't a good idea.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (+lVUW)

183 Yeah, this one was full of surprises. And Kim looks better all the time
Posted by: Pete Seria at

Rhea Seahorn is quite comely

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (MGB5H)

184
I can't remember the percentage, but I read a research article a few years back showing that only a small proportion of people's blood pressure is affected by salt consumption. Yet they blanket warn people away from it anyway. Which can have it's own bad effects if sodium is too low. But here, take this "vaccine."
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (ftFVW)

A bigger factor for blood pressure is the stress fear that doctor instill by scaring you about bullcrap that isn't even true. Remember - more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (Ti+Tv)

185 Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:27 PM (xhaym)

Looks like Lake Shasta.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (mn1Pi)

186
After about 2 months of that, he eventually started bringing coffee a and biscuit for me, but still talked to me like a dog.

Who's a good boy? You're a good boy!

Posted by: Big Boss man at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (63Dwl)

187 Here is a radical idea Dominos. Pay more Nd yiu will get better quality people

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (eyOOK)

188 send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka.

-
Didja see a few days ago a poohbah from somewhere in the Middle East was arrested as he attempted to enter Britain with a slave he intended to use as a source of organs to be transplanted into him?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (FVME7)

189 Doctor: You're in great shape for your age.

Patient: Thanks. I lift weights and eat beef and fish.

Doctor: You should do cardio and eat more vegetables.

Patient: You said that last time, and you were wrong.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (ybIRR)

190 A neighborhood Yia-yia used to have me help her serve when her buddies came over to play Canasta.
The overpowering stench of cheap Avon products and Gardenia scent would take your breath away.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11

I could never understand the habit of dousing oneself with that much fragrance. Walked past a guy at work last week and it was like being slapped in the face with a cologne paddle. I'm not particularly sensitive to scents, but whoa dude! Dial it back a little.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (ftFVW)

191 Remember - more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (Ti+Tv)
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They are better for your throat! Or so I've heard...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (K5n5d)

192 I hope Tucker has plenty of security
Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM (us2H3)


REDACTED, I had that very thought, but hesitated to voice it because...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (hOUT3)

193 39 Baking soda works as a decent deodorant. It can also sub as a toothpaste and is handy for cleaning Silver.
Posted by: Kindltot

I used that very substance today to scrub the marks off of my SS skillet. Worked great!
Posted by: Tonypete


Drain opener, baking soda and vinegar.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (+lVUW)

194 177 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 10:39 PM (llON

NYC is playing "updated" in case of nuclear attack PSAs that encourage "sheltering in place and tuning in."

I figure if they make agribusiness 30% less efficient here they will get us purposefully into a nuclear war with the goal of "limited exchange" to break America's nationalism.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (Lzpvj)

195 Fatso Moore could have just written this:

Section 1. The second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to regulate the ownership and use of firearms by appropriate legislation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:35 PM (/U27+)

Note that this would have been far more benign than what he actually wrote. He wants to give the Government Absolute Power to "Guarantee" everyone's Safety - and the only way to do that is to create an absolute Totalitarian State with literally unlimited powers.

and the fact that he chose this wording instead of what you wrote is big flashing sign as to what his true motives are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (r46W7)

196 I hope Tucker has plenty of security

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM



TuCa? What's he done now?

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (AD8eQ)

197 190 A neighborhood Yia-yia used to have me help her serve when her buddies came over to play Canasta.
The overpowering stench of cheap Avon products and Gardenia scent would take your breath away.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11

That still beats out patchouli and cat piss.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (Ti+Tv)

198 Also, didn't get a chance to say it at the time but need to air it out...much respect to the late Shinzo Abe. I admittedly don't know a whole lot about him, but he seemed to be the rare (at least by 21st century Western standards) example of a politician who's chiefly interested in the prosperity of his own people, not enriching himself or being in thrall to some coven of slutty foreign meddlers who get their jollies by making those outside their clique miserable.

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (UewuT)

199 184
I can't remember the percentage, but I read a research article a few years back showing that only a small proportion of people's blood pressure is affected by salt consumption. Yet they blanket warn people away from it anyway. Which can have it's own bad effects if sodium is too low. But here, take this "vaccine."
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:36 PM (ftFVW)

A bigger factor for blood pressure is the stress fear that doctor instill by scaring you about bullcrap that isn't even true. Remember - more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (Ti+Tv)


Every one with acceptable blood pressure will also die.

I choose to die eating steaks liberally applied with salt as CBD recommends.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (aA3+G)

200 187 Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (eyOOK)

I made 3 to 700 bucks a week in tips as a delivery driver.

Money ain't the issue champ.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (Lzpvj)

201 Quote V
Mitt Romney is like a hemorrhoid: easily forgotten when it stays in it's place, infinitely irritating when it decides to make it's presence felt.Matthew Noto

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

I can't recall a more accurate description, ever.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (sy5kK)

202 Is JJ really moving to Wisconsin?

Posted by: Ladyl at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (qpPdw)

203
Baking soda works as a decent deodorant. It can also sub as a toothpaste and is handy for cleaning Silver.
Posted by: Kindltot

I used that very substance today to scrub the marks off of my SS skillet. Worked great!
Posted by: Tonypete

___________

Sort of like how pot cures every disorder known to man.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (/U27+)

204 Michael Yon is not optimistic about the next couple years:
https://is.gd/SYxelj

-
We need Ozzy Osbourne in the White House!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (FVME7)

205 192 I hope Tucker has plenty of security
Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:38 PM (us2H3)

REDACTED, I had that very thought, but hesitated to voice it because...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (hOUT3)

just a sec

someone's banging on the front door

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (us2H3)

206 Didja see a few days ago a poohbah from somewhere in the Middle East was arrested as he attempted to enter Britain with a slave he intended to use as a source of organs to be transplanted into him?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 10:41 PM (FVME7)

He should have known you got to keep that shit back in the home country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (r46W7)

207 Michael Yon is not optimistic about the next couple years:
https://is.gd/SYxelj
h/t Sarah Hoyt, who isn't convinced it will be that bad.

But we're all going to see, thanks to Stan's imbeciles.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
___

Not surprising.

I know how it ultimately ends, but between now and then is going to be unlike anything ever experienced in human history.
And mercifully, it will be brief.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (V9KQP)

208 Did someone say tacos?

Posted by: Mittens Rombley at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (Xrfse)

209 and the fact that he chose this wording instead of what you wrote is big flashing sign as to what his true motives are.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Also, Golden Corral shall be open 24/7, with Permanent Early Bird Special

Posted by: Michael Fatso-Moore at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (thbCK)

210 Every one with acceptable blood pressure will also die.

I choose to die eating steaks liberally applied with salt as CBD recommends.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (aA3+G)

I read that bacon may help mitigate any negative effects.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (Ti+Tv)

211 Salt, pepper, and garlic powder on my steaks.

Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (oTZbj)

212 Who's a good boy? You're a good boy!

Posted by: Big Boss man at July 11, 2022 10:40 PM (63Dwl)


Lol.

No he was more into helping me become introspective.

He would ask me self-growth questions like "What the f*ck is wrong with you?"

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (su8GX)

213 So about you calling that guy a dumb f*** who wiped his butt with the wrong wipes. It almost happened to me several times in the Spokane Hospital because the nurse had left the wrong lights in the bathroom. She made the same mistake several times and I don't blame her because they look just like each other. I probably wouldn't be as upset as I am if I wasn't suffering from cancer that keeps me in these places for weeks at a time where I'm completely at the mercy of the nurses and the staff who work there and whatever they are on or whatever they're recovering from now that marijuana is completely legal in Spokane. F*** you for that comment

Posted by: Curtis Rathburn at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (vxm/f)

214 On that note, you'e think that with that precious doctoral degree FLOTUS would understand that connecting Hispanic people with tacos probably isn't a good idea.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11

Taco, taco... taco, burrito. I fulfill your wishes with my taco flavored kisses.

Posted by: Jennifer Lopez at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (ftFVW)

215 I read that bacon may help mitigate any negative effects.
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (Ti+Tv)
----
Salted, cured meats are known to alleviate numerous ailments...It's right there in the name: "CURED" meats!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (K5n5d)

216 Michael Yon's piece - well it's nice, in a horrific way, to someone else put to paper what I've been thinking about all year.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (r46W7)

217 I choose to die eating steaks liberally applied with salt as CBD recommends.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

A veritable Hill of Ribeyes to die on.

Posted by: Noble Gestures by Miklos at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (thbCK)

218 Meanwhile the union spends 90% of its time fighting to keep the absolute bottom of the barrel trash from getting fired for cause.
Posted by: DudeAbiding


My father was a skilled trade member of the UAW in a company that was not part of the auto industry. He had to work alongside people who came to work drunk, and would go into a corner for naps. Unions make it almost impossible to fire even the worst employees.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:46 PM (+lVUW)

219 211 Salt, pepper, and garlic powder on my steaks.
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (oTZbj)

That's really all that is needed for good beef.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:46 PM (Ti+Tv)

220 I read that bacon may help mitigate any negative effects.
Posted by: Roy


So, I have unknowingly found the cure?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:46 PM (hOUT3)

221 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)
* * * *
Nothing new under the sun, unfortunately. I sure hope the Sri Lankan people can find their way out of this mess, quickly and efficiently.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2022 10:47 PM (xT18z)

222 Tell JJ it is possible to switch back and forth. Family is from Hayward and went to the UW for school but live in Chicago now married to a Polish off the boat for 25 years, so I have an alternating Scandi-Northwoods/Chicago accent depending on where I am.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 11, 2022 10:47 PM (Spr0s)

223 216 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (r46W7)

Take heart, there will either be a course correction after the fall or there will not.

Either way in the end the good guys win.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:47 PM (Lzpvj)

224 209 and the fact that he chose this wording instead of what you wrote is big flashing sign as to what his true motives are.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Also, Golden Corral shall be open 24/7, with Permanent Early Bird Special
Posted by: Michael Fatso-Moore at July 11, 2022 10:44 PM (thbCK)

My Sekrit Evil Dream is to be right in front of Michael Moore in the Golden Corral buffet line, and to sneeze on all the food just as he reaches for it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (r46W7)

225 Note that this would have been far more benign than what he actually wrote. He wants to give the Government Absolute Power to "Guarantee" everyone's Safety - and the only way to do that is to create an absolute Totalitarian State with literally unlimited powers.

and the fact that he chose this wording instead of what you wrote is big flashing sign as to what his true motives are.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (r46W7)


Moore wants the FedGov empowered to guarantee everyone's safety? Methinks he does not know the definition of guarantee. One of an uncoutable number of things he does not know or understand.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (AMIL/)

226 So, I have unknowingly found the cure?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:46 PM (hOUT3)

You found The Cure?

You seem to have a The Knack for that!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (BgMrQ)

227 We live in a fucked up world when illiterate stoners who work at Dodgers stadium are unionized.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (eyOOK)
***

Well, the people who go to Dodger stadium certainly live in a fucked up world.
Oh hum...

Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (anj39)

228 He would ask me self-growth questions like "What the f*ck is wrong with you?"
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Dad? Is that you?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (Msys3)

229 My Sekrit Evil Dream is to be right in front of Michael Moore in the Golden Corral buffet line, and to sneeze on all the food just as he reaches for it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hah liked that would give him pause

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (MGB5H)

230 I looked up the Dyatlov Pass incident and saw something new: Some believe that a US spy plane dropped a photoflash bomb on the group.

You have to love wikipedia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I came across Dyatlov when reading about Karman vortex streets. Yeah, our planet is alive with all kinds of fascinating weather phenomena.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:49 PM (KAi1n)

231 My Sekrit Evil Dream is to be right in front of Michael Moore in the Golden Corral buffet line, and to sneeze on all the food just as he reaches for it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:48 PM (r46W7)

Mine would be to see him have a grabber there and hit the floor. I'd take a bread roll and stuff it in his maw.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:49 PM (Ti+Tv)

232 Ok, this was funny:

@marcorubio 35m

#NewProfilePic
twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1546679005730017281

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2022 10:49 PM (IEa8U)

233 230 Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:49 PM (KAi1n)

America is responsible for every ill on Earth just ask wiki.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:50 PM (Lzpvj)

234 My Sekrit Evil Dream is to be right in front of Michael Moore in the Golden Corral buffet line, and to sneeze on all the food just as he reaches for it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

back Atchoo!

Posted by: suddenly bulimic Michael Moore at July 11, 2022 10:50 PM (thbCK)

235 I choose to die eating steaks liberally applied with salt as CBD recommends.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

You could avoid choking if you would chew a little longer.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:50 PM (ftFVW)

236 Important safety tip: When you go to another jurisdiction, do some research on the laws of that jurisdiction, especially for things your home jurisdiction is lenient on or ignores.

When I was on a cruise, as we were heading toward Jamaica, there were multiple announcements telling people not to try to buy weed on the island. Apparently people think it would be cool to buy weed in Jamaica.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:50 PM (+lVUW)

237
Some believe that a US spy plane dropped a photoflash bomb on the group.

___________

Sure. Nothing mysterious ever happens but that the US was involved in some covert operation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:51 PM (/U27+)

238

I made 3 to 700 bucks a week in tips as a delivery driver.

Money ain't the issue champ.
Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:43 PM (Lzpvj)

300 a week is $15k a year. You think that is incentivizing the best of the best? Champ? Hint: it is not.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:51 PM (eyOOK)

239 I had an employee who failed his drug test three times!

His job? Driving an 80,000 pound semi on public roads.

The teamsters were gung-ho to protect him.

Fuck them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...with righteous fire at July 11, 2022 10:15 PM (XIJ/X)

At what point does his CDL get cancelled? are you expected to continue paying him if he can't drive?

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 11, 2022 10:51 PM (qyH+l)

240
You could avoid choking if you would chew a little longer.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 10:50 PM (ftFVW)

_________

True

Posted by: Zombie Jimmie Foxx at July 11, 2022 10:52 PM (/U27+)

241 223 216 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:45 PM (r46W7)

Take heart, there will either be a course correction after the fall or there will not.

Either way in the end the good guys win.
Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:47 PM (Lzpvj)

I agree, I think our win is now inevitable. But everyone should be aware, so they won't be surprised when it happens - we are voting so that we have our people in positions of power when the rebuilding starts. It is now far, far too late to avoid the collapse; this ship has already hit the iceberg, and as Yon says, we have at least two years (probably more) of worldwide famine and economic depression to go through no matter what we do right now, or in November. It's just too late to make any significant course corrections now, and the only way out is through.

I do hope we can avoid another world war, but that's going to be mainly up to luck and Providence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:52 PM (r46W7)

242 this was funny:

@marcorubio 35m

#NewProfilePic
twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1546679005730017281
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I like this one

https://tinyurl.com/5n6j6wh5

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (MGB5H)

243 I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4. I said yeah but its rather plain looking, I want something nice looking like I had in the old house. He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)

244 I looked up the Dyatlov Pass incident and saw something new: Some believe that a US spy plane dropped a photoflash bomb on the group.

Yeah, a US spy plane flew thousands of miles across Russia to the Urals to drop a photoflash bomb on a group of campers.

That's plausible.

Posted by: Ann Dunham! at July 11, 2022 10:54 PM (I2/tG)

245 I do hope we can avoid another world war, but that's going to be mainly up to luck and Providence.
Posted by: Tom Servo
___

Newsflash, we're already in WWIII.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:54 PM (V9KQP)

246 >> I choose to die eating steaks liberally applied with salt as CBD recommends.

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (ZLI7S)

247 He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)

Find a plumber and ask them which brand of toilets they never have to repair. Buy that one.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (Ti+Tv)

248 He wants to give the Government Absolute Power to "Guarantee" everyone's Safety - and the only way to do that is to create an absolute Totalitarian State with literally unlimited powers.

and the fact that he chose this wording instead of what you wrote is big flashing sign as to what his true motives are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:42 PM (r46W7)

We can start with him. Since being overweight is a massive danger, the govt can swoop in, grb him and drop him at a weight loss clinic that means business. Pretty sure the is one at Paris Island that will motivate his tubby ass to move.

Posted by: Bete at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (04UJL)

249 You can spend a lot of money on a toilet these days.
Ones that heat the seat, shoot a little spritz of water toward your gentles.
Even ones that will analyze your, er, product for covid, occult blood, too much sugar.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (jTmQV)

250 Subway in Canada now has Mark Messier as their spokesman. He seems like a cool dude. Still won't shop there, though. Subways have a bad odor to them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (LDM9d)

251 238 Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 11, 2022 10:51 PM (eyOOK)

That was tips, I made 10 bucks an hour wage with fuel per diem.

It was a good side hustle in Indy metro.

1) the notion that fast food work entitles the worker to a middle middle class lifestyle is "funny" and was never part of the business model.

2) I said 3 to 700, 3 was a bad week 700 plus a bout 300 in wage last I checked was closer to 50 thou a year.

Again, I have done it as a side hustle and made enough money to furnish our house in Indiana.

People suck, part of an ongoing series.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:56 PM (Lzpvj)

252 I was around my dad towards the end

and he was a lot like Biden
thought he was cool, still good looking, laughed at his own BS

and he had no idea, in the end, that he was none of these

that's where Biden is

he's mentally gone

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 10:56 PM (us2H3)

253 Yeah, a US spy plane flew thousands of miles across Russia to the Urals to drop a photoflash bomb on a group of campers.

That's plausible.
Posted by: Ann Dunham! at July 11, 2022 10:54 PM (I2/tG)

ehhh... I'm not saying it was Yeti.

but it was Yeti.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:56 PM (r46W7)

254 250 Subway in Canada now has Mark Messier as their spokesman. He seems like a cool dude. Still won't shop there, though. Subways have a bad odor to them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (LDM9d)

Messier did color commentary for the Stanley Cup. Interesting perspective on the game.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (Ti+Tv)

255 Subways have a bad odor to them.
___

Even the ones in Iraq.

Like stale pee and pine sol.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (V9KQP)

256 245 Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 10:54 PM (V9KQP)

Not legally or morally, we are in a sitzkrieg of sorts with the turd world with a lot of quislings here.

You'll know when the real WW3 starts.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (Lzpvj)

257 @243

>>Yup, a lot of help there.

Koehler has some pretty ornate shitters.

Tend to be pricey though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (aKTN6)

258 You can spend a lot of money on a toilet these days. Ones that heat the seat, shoot a little spritz of water toward your gentles. Even ones that will analyze your, er, product for covid, occult blood, too much sugar.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 10:55 PM (jTmQV)

.....

I like the ones that light up when you open the lid for night pissing.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (su8GX)

259 230 I looked up the Dyatlov Pass incident and saw something new: Some believe that a US spy plane dropped a photoflash bomb on the group.

You have to love wikipedia.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I came across Dyatlov when reading about Karman vortex streets. Yeah, our planet is alive with all kinds of fascinating weather phenomena.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 11, 2022 10:49 PM (KAi1n)


I've read two books about the Dyatlov Pass incident and some on-line stuff. My take: The wind caused sounds what they imagined an avalanche sounds like (I doubt many if any had ever heard an avalanche), and the leader, Dyatlov, told everyone to get out NOW and run for their lives in a direction he gave them.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (AMIL/)

260 Poetry in Motion ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down

Posted by: kbdabear at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (qAR6u)

261 "300 a week is $15k a year. You think that is incentivizing the best of the best? Champ? Hint: it is not."

idk the context of your statement, but my doctor nephew said (when they limited how much reward doctors could accept for prescribing a drug) that even free meals would influence the doctor.

The point seems to be that people are easily bought. Add in the threats of being cancelled or outed (for taking money from China, or multiple other concessions to enemies) and we find much of our government is bought, often on the cheap.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2022 10:58 PM (Cus5s)

262
On the 9:00 to 2:00 shift watching mama and the puppies. We screwed up from the beginning. Her Majesty is the night owl and I'm the early riser. It would have been better if she had an 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM shift and I took over then.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2022 10:58 PM (/U27+)

263 Bers,
shorturl.at/FLSV5

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (hOUT3)

264 IIRC Subway's previous PR guy was a fat dude who turned out to be a major league pervert. Is it like a job requirement that the person's gotta be damaged goods?

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (UewuT)

265

One can discern a great deal about a man by the style of toilet he installs in his half bath...

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (AD8eQ)

266 I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The lovely Mrs. insists on a Kohler Highline Arc Comfort height.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (Msys3)

267 260 Poetry in Motion ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down
Posted by: kbdabear at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (qAR6u)

What is simple harmonic motion?

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at July 11, 2022 11:00 PM (Ti+Tv)

268 IIRC Subway's previous PR guy was a fat dude who turned out to be a major league pervert. Is it like a job requirement that the person's gotta be damaged goods?
Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (UewuT)
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Not just any run of the mill pervert. He was a p3d0, I believe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 11:00 PM (K5n5d)

269 I love my Subway. Sometimes I just gotta have it. even at 2:00 AM

Posted by: Jussie Smollier at July 11, 2022 11:00 PM (Spr0s)

270 China’s cash crisis includes big state-owned banks and people are scared. Where has the money gone?

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

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 11:01 PM (V9KQP)

271 259 Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (AMIL/)

Russian hiking expeditions are sorta doomed a lot.

Seriously there are decent youtube channels dedicated to them essentially people forget the old USSR was a lot of badlands.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:01 PM (Lzpvj)

272 I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The lovely Mrs. insists on a Kohler Highline Arc Comfort height.
Posted by: Tonypete


I say opt for Dr. Toilet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPtpQlz-_KI

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 11, 2022 11:01 PM (MGB5H)

273 Subway still puzzles me, in that you can't get curry as a topping on their sandwiches.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 11:02 PM (Ti+Tv)

274 134
Thanks nerdygirl.
Once upon a time I ran for school board against an incumbent retired teacher. She beat me by the skin of her teeth.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
----
See MisHum if you hadn't brushed your teeth regularly the patina/tartar may have beaten the skin on her teeth.

Posted by: Ciampino - alum is not good as a toothpaste at July 11, 2022 11:02 PM (qfLjt)

275 >>>Mitt Romney is an inverted boneless pork rectum.

>My Mexican buddy says you can wrap anything in a tortilla call it a taco. He also said none of the animal is wasted.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 11:02 PM (0ocXn)

276 Picture up top is definitely Shasta Lake. Bridge Bay Resort is a bit out of view behind the palms.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (ZTJjv)

277 2 of my toilets are wall mounted

I replaced the old ones like 15 years ago

kinda expensive but they make cleaning easy and the whoosh is cool

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (us2H3)

278 Hey I had a thought. When the current DC regime finally self destructs, Hunter Biden can be the next Subway spokesman!

Posted by: CppThis at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (UewuT)

279 So, I have unknowingly found the cure?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at July 11, 2022 10:46 PM (hOUT3)

Well, you haven't truly found them till you've heard Disintegration.

Posted by: Bete at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (04UJL)

280 269 I love my Subway. Sometimes I just gotta have it. even at 2:00 AM
Posted by: Jussie Smollier at July 11, 2022 11:00 PM (Spr0s)


I'm laughing my ass off.

Posted by: Ladyl at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (qpPdw)

281 261 Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2022 10:58 PM (Cus5s)

Quite, two people handed 50 grand for good effort will wind up in very different spots.

I think the moral basis of too much of western civ is debased to the point we may well get outcompeted.

It breaks my heart that our "leaders" sold out our nations so cheaply.....kind of like the academics bray about the way we got Manhattan.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (Lzpvj)

282 >My Mexican buddy says you can wrap anything in a tortilla call it a taco. He also said none of the animal is wasted.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 11:02 PM (0ocXn

Isn't that where TexMex came from?

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 11:03 PM (Ti+Tv)

283 ..I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4. I said yeah but its rather plain looking, I want something nice looking like I had in the old house. He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)

Buy a Ferguson Toilet. Al Bundy Tested, Al Bundy Approved.

.."Bud, the toilets of today aren't worthy of the name. They come in designer colors and they're too low. And when you flush them, they make this little weak, almost apologetic sound. Not the Ferguson. It only comes in white. And when you flush it, 'BA-WOOSH'. That's a man's flush, Bud. A Ferguson says, 'I'm a toilet. Sit down and give me your best shot'."

https://tinyurl.com/yc6xay76

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 11, 2022 11:04 PM (tkOps)

284 259
Good evening all!

I read that some of the campers had their eyes missing! Ewwwww.
Maybe it was an asshoe Yeti

Posted by: Jmel at July 11, 2022 11:04 PM (bVhJi)

285
this ship has already hit the iceberg

How good are our damage control parties?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:05 PM (63Dwl)

286 284 Posted by: Jmel at July 11, 2022 11:04 PM (bVhJi)

I saw Asshole Yetis open for Chupacabras at the Cow Palace back in 77.....

never trust an overpriced cooler.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:05 PM (Lzpvj)

287 Man. My baby girl never likes being closed out of a room. But usually, she just cries for a minute or five, and wanders off. Tonight, her mom closed her out of a room with a glass door, where she could actually *see* her actively not letting her in, and SHE FUCKING LOST IT. It was a pure, incandescent rage. An indefatigable Russian rage. She shrieked at the top of her lungs until she ran out of air and projectile-vomited.

It was impressive. Top form. I give it 11/10.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 11, 2022 11:05 PM (Zhwz2)

288 Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.

Potassium alum has been used as a deodorant in Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Crystal deodorant has become more popular in Western cultures in the last 30 years.

Also, it is inexpensive.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (AMIL/)

Which has aluminum in it, in case you missed it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (1WTzU)

289 I like the ones that light up when you open the lid for night pissing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (su8GX)

opens lid ?

fancy

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (us2H3)

290 The BBC. "The Sri Lankan crisis was caused because they cut taxes in 2019." Not a word about the brain dead order that all farming would be organic. So I guess the Dutch will be fine if their gubmint quashes the farmers protests and implements the "cut herds and greatly reduce nitrogen in fertilizers" since they didn't cut taxes 3 years ago.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (3cGpq)

291 267
What is simple harmonic motion?

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at July 11, 2022 11:00 PM (Ti+Tv)
----
Well libs lie all the time so it is when they all move their lips in unison.

Posted by: Johnny Carson - But I am Carnac The Magificent ... at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (qfLjt)

292 The lovely Mrs. insists on a Kohler Highline Arc Comfort height.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 10:59 PM (Msys3)

Almost got that one, but I went with the Kohler Memoirs because it matched the new vanity. We used Kohler a lot back in the day. I had the Kohler Devonshire in the old house, but would have to special order it now and said screw it. maybe I'll put it in the main bath when the time comes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (VwHCD)

293 I read that some of the campers had their eyes missing! Ewwwww.
Maybe it was an asshoe Yeti
Posted by: Jmel at July 11, 2022 11:04 PM (bVhJi)
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There was a Futurama episode where the gang goes camping. Fry has his nose stolen by aliens because "human horn" is an aphrodisiac on the alien black market...

Not saying it was aliens...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (K5n5d)

294 243 I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4. I said yeah but its rather plain looking, I want something nice looking like I had in the old house. He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)

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

Make sure to get one with a standard flush system. We've got Kohler toilets in our house. One doesn't seem to be flushing well, so I looked in the tank. Discovered that Kohler has its own proprietary flush system, so I can't just run to Home Depot and pick up a universal flapper.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2022 11:07 PM (CAJOC)

295 HHS officials said the guidelines make clear that EMTALA pre-empts state abortion bans without exceptions to protect pregnant women’s life and health. They pointed to examples in the guidelines indicating when a woman requires emergency stabilization, such as ectopic pregnancy [nobody is saying ectopics can't be treated], complications of pregnancy loss [The pregnancy is already lost, therefore not viable so not an abortion] and preeclampsia with severe features [almost universally happens after viability, no need to murder the baby].

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 11, 2022 11:07 PM (AutJR)

296 103 In my burg McDonald’s pays MORE than 1st year teachers. $18 an hour vs $35k. Of course the teachers work fewer hours and get bennies. But still a full time McDs worker would make $36k a year, vs $35k.
Posted by: Joe XiDen


But don't underestimate the importance of benefits. Having health insurance and money paid into a pension fund matters, and isn't cheap. When I would sign my yearly contract, it would list three items, the salary, the cost of medical insurance, and the amount of money paid into the pension fund for that year. Then the 3 were totaled, so that you saw what your true compensation was.

I have friends and relatives who are public school teachers, they get raises every year and their income grows past that early starting salary pretty fast.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 11:09 PM (+lVUW)

297 It appears Murder Inc. has more than enough signatures to get 'reproductive rights' on the ballot...yipee

Posted by: a dude in MI at July 11, 2022 11:09 PM (+I6Y/)

298 "It breaks my heart that our "leaders" sold out our nations so cheaply.....kind of like the academics bray about the way we got Manhattan." Posted by: sven

cheap beads (and guns and alcohol?) for "Indian lands" ... now we buy cheap chit form China to build their military, and they buy all our government. ... sheesh .. we didn't sell them the rope to hang us, we BOUGHT them the rope with which they are hanging U.S. -- thanks Wall Street leveraged fluckers .. (who also bought our government)

Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2022 11:09 PM (Cus5s)

299 So, I have unknowingly found the cure?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

Well, you haven't truly found them till you've heard Disintegration.
Posted by: Bete at July 11

You only need the cure if you're down with the sickness, or you know, disturbed.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 11:10 PM (ftFVW)

300 Posted by: weft cut-loop

----------

That's two consecutive threads that you've posted a long link and blown the margins. Maybe you could stop doing that?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2022 11:10 PM (u73oe)

301 243 I gotta have my head examined. I just spent 2 hours trying to pick out a frigging toilet for the 1/2 bath. I call my brother, Mr Style, who is a contractor, and I ask hey bro, whats a good toilet these days. His answer- American standard Champion 4. I said yeah but its rather plain looking, I want something nice looking like I had in the old house. He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)


I recommend Toto toilets. If you can afford them.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (AMIL/)

302 McDonald’s pays MORE than 1st year teachers.

-
My first year as a deputy DA, my garbage collector friend earned more than me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (FVME7)

303 when I bought my house , I notice the toilets had mixing valves on the supply lines, to combat the bowl condensation

maybe a cold climate thing

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (us2H3)

304 Subway is a fantastic choice for consuming mass quantities.

Posted by: Beldar Conehead at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (04UJL)

305 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)

I'll bet you Vlad Putin would front them some fertilizer, if they agreed to let Russia be the sales agent for all their tea.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (1WTzU)

306 Regarding the eyes being gone, many animals will go for eyes first, so that part doesn't seem too weird to me.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:12 PM (8548M)

307 Salt, fuck I'm soaking in it. Ever taste fresh blood? Top tip. Its really salty. We are just big walking meatbags full of saltwater.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at July 11, 2022 11:13 PM (bgJ0E)

308 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:14 PM (mn1Pi)

309
I can't just run to Home Depot and pick up a universal flapper.
Posted by: No One of Consequence


Guys used to pick up universal flappers a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:15 PM (63Dwl)

310 Make sure to get one with a standard flush system. We've got Kohler toilets in our house. One doesn't seem to be flushing well, so I looked in the tank. Discovered that Kohler has its own proprietary flush system, so I can't just run to Home Depot and pick up a universal flapper.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2022 11:07 PM (CAJOC)

Thats exactly why I called my brother, because of all the weird shit I'm seeing in the tanks of these new toilets these days. I wanted to know how they hold up. Aqua piston this, class 5 flush that, canister flush this, etc. I'm pulling out nice old mint 3.5 gallon flush elongated bowl toilets because none of them are a sane frigging color.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:15 PM (VwHCD)

311 Walking down the street one day and who did I meet.
I met a friend of mine and he did say,
Man I can smell your breath a mile away.
Smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away.

Posted by: dartist at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (+ya+t)

312 Oh-

I got a new keybo@rd

Posted by: Full Alphabet Miklos at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (thbCK)

313 ----
See MisHum if you hadn't brushed your teeth regularly the patina/tartar may have beaten the skin on her teeth.

a friend had a cat called Plaque. *That fury feeling*

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (bgJ0E)

314 I only have eyes for you.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (63Dwl)

315 when I bought my house , I notice the toilets had mixing valves on the supply lines, to combat the bowl condensation

Posted by: REDACTED

That's to not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but to also automatically synchronize the cardinal grammeters.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (Msys3)

316 308 Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:14 PM (mn1Pi)

Accept you probably will not get 20 years out of the new one.

https://tinyurl.com/59439at7

Reviews of sub 1000 buck fridges.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (Lzpvj)

317 Man I can smell your breath a mile away.
Smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away.
Posted by: dartist

So I walked all the way over here for no good reason?

Posted by: Aromatic neighbor Miklos at July 11, 2022 11:17 PM (thbCK)

318 If interested, the International Space Station will be visible tonight around 11:30PM EDT traveling SW --> NE. Supposed to be a pretty good shot at seeing it as it will be fairly high in the sky. Basically anyone on the east coast out to about Kansas should be able to see it... if it's clear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2022 11:18 PM (BFigT)

319 310 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:15 PM (VwHCD)

One of the things most treasured from house material recycling is the old toilets...

turns out it is hard to beat the simplicity, efficiency, and power of seven gallon toilets.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:18 PM (Lzpvj)

320
Man I can smell your breath a mile away.
Smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away.
Posted by: dartist


Ram it

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:18 PM (63Dwl)

321 Man I can smell your breath a mile away.
Smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away, smile away.
Posted by: dartist
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Did you miss Ace's movie thread earlier today? Where a smile is a harbinger of horror?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2022 11:18 PM (K5n5d)

322 Changing out a toilet is something everyone should be able to do. Yes, it can be disgusting, but it really isn't rocket surgery.
Remember to shut off the water supply first.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:19 PM (jTmQV)

323 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:14 PM (mn1Pi)

I called my brother for that too. His answer, "get what you like, they're all shit anyway, get the service plan". I just don't know why I even bother to ask anymore.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:19 PM (VwHCD)

324 Posted by: REDACTED

That's to not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but to also automatically synchronize the cardinal grammeters.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (Msys3)

that's nice

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:19 PM (us2H3)

325 258
I like the ones that light up when you open the lid for night pissing.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (su8GX)
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I don't know man, in the horror movies those that light up are the ones with the monsters and/or devils in them and suck you in and swallow you up. Next thing you know you are in a long tube, black as Hell, rushing with a bunch of floaters, towards the gates of Hades where you will be separated from the water (apparently it's recycled in the Hades Anteroom) and dumped in ...... o horror, horror.

Posted by: Ciampino - I cannot speak of it at July 11, 2022 11:20 PM (qfLjt)

326 Subway sucks monkey dicks. End of story.

Labor Unions Reduce Product Quality

Never buy a Big 3 union car made on Monday, with Friday and the rest of week a close second.

Hangovers matter. Evening, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 11, 2022 11:20 PM (JOtiF)

327 308 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.
Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:14 PM (mn1Pi)

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We like our Whirlpool fridge. Ours isn't a side-by-side, though. It's a French door, with a refrigerated drawer (which we absolutely love).

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2022 11:20 PM (CAJOC)

328 Changing out a toilet is something everyone should be able to do. Yes, it can be disgusting, but it really isn't rocket surgery.
Remember to shut off the water supply first.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:19 PM (jTmQV)

I did kitchens and baths for 20 years, I can plumb an entire house, its just when I stopped doing it for a living toilets weren't fucking talking to you. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:21 PM (VwHCD)

329 314 I only have eyes for you.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (63Dwl)

Pretty sure that is considered stalking on college campuses today.

Posted by: Bete at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (04UJL)

330 I got a new keybo@rd
Posted by: Full Alphabet Miklos at July 11, 2022 11:16 PM (thbCK)

our luck is running

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (us2H3)

331 Thanks sven. Have looked online. I'm thinking Best Buy is going to be the place in my little berg.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (mn1Pi)

332 We like our Whirlpool fridge. Ours isn't a side-by-side, though. It's a French door, with a refrigerated drawer (which we absolutely love).

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2022 11:20 PM (CAJOC)

I always had great luck with whirlpool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (VwHCD)

333 328 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:21 PM (VwHCD)

https://youtu.be/dR1m29cNVsc

Better Call Saul-Bathroom Buddy

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (Lzpvj)

334 288 Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.

Potassium alum has been used as a deodorant in Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Crystal deodorant has become more popular in Western cultures in the last 30 years.

Also, it is inexpensive.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:20 PM (AMIL/)

Which has aluminum in it, in case you missed it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:06 PM (1WTzU)


Nope, didn't miss that. I use the stuff because several years ago the stuff I'd used for years, and everything else on the drug store shelves, began giving me a severe underarm rash. A dermatologist suggested the mineral crystal stuff. I included the concern about aluminum in the traditional stuff because some people are concerned about a lot of aluminum combined with the other typical ingredients. Karen-types, I guess.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:23 PM (AMIL/)

335 331 Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:22 PM (mn1Pi)

Nothing built the last ten years is worth a damn as far as longevity, as others have said "invest in the service plan."

I have bought three over the last ten years for different dwellings...I was happy enough with the whirlpool.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:23 PM (Lzpvj)

336 Oh, the whole "aluminum antiperspirant is muh badz" routine. It makes me sick. Literally. People say this dumb shit when they read too much dumb shit on the internet.

My older kids' biological father is all in on this thing. I tried to explain that the science behind it is nothing but statistical noise. No progress.

Finally, I laid it out like so... "You're 43 and you don't stink all that much. They're 11 and 13, and they smell like a bum's nutsack by noon when they use fake organic deodorant that's made from yarrow and anise and doesn't block sweat. I'm the one who has to live with these walking stinkbombs, and they're wearing atomic-powered antiperspirant until they're through puberty. End of story."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 11, 2022 11:24 PM (Zhwz2)

337 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:19 PM (VwHCD)

Hey, I have some Harley newz -- Management has joined the 'pay your employee's expenses to get an abortion' gang of corporations.

And so it goes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 11, 2022 11:24 PM (JOtiF)

338 I understand. I've swapped out garbage disposals in the past but I told myself the last one I did was the last one.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:24 PM (jTmQV)

339 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.
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Don't buy Samsung!

Posted by: dartist at July 11, 2022 11:24 PM (+ya+t)

340 Federal Govt. sets flush rates, 1.6 gallon per flush, max. If I had to replace one I would look for a pre-1992 one. They can be found at recycling places.

Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 11:25 PM (AmoqO)

341 I always had great luck with whirlpool.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The W/D and dishwasher are whirlpool. Good appliances.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:25 PM (mn1Pi)

342 I recommend Toto toilets. If you can afford them.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:11 PM (AMIL/)

Basic Totos are not too expensive. Whatever, get a one-piece toilet. Eliminate potential leaks between the tank and the bowl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:26 PM (08sGP)

343 I read through the linked Sri Lankan article, and at the end end you find out that the only Government plan so far to get the country going again is to send as many Sri Lankans to the middle east to work as maids, servants, and of course whores for the Arabs, and make them send all of their money back to Sri Lanka. In other words, they want to sell their own people into slavery.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2022 10:31 PM (r46W7)

Ah, the Mexico plan with less Drug Lords?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2022 11:26 PM (oHd/0)

344 As for quote 1...

Brienne of Tarth has really let herself go.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at July 11, 2022 11:26 PM (MrZQl)

345

Having unlimited crushed ice available from the outside of the fridge has changed my life!

Probably not for the better, though...

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 11:27 PM (wO4yS)

346 340 Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 11:25 PM (AmoqO)

The federal government has "helpful ideas" on what light bulbs you can use, how much water your toilet and showers can use, what automotive vehicles you can buy, and a slew of other issues down to how much fertilizer farmers can use....

the party that has deep thoughts on how you must fold your toilet paper also swears it is "the freedom party" ask Petey Buttklieg.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:27 PM (Lzpvj)

347 "Federal Govt. sets flush rates, 1.6 gallon per flush, max."

aka the "flush twice or thrice" models.
I love how all the sewer lines are calibrated for 7 gallon flushes and now they never get fully cleared.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:27 PM (jTmQV)

348 340 Federal Govt. sets flush rates, 1.6 gallon per flush, max. If I had to replace one I would look for a pre-1992 one. They can be found at recycling places.
Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 11:25 PM (AmoqO)

That the FEDERAL Government sets the rate for flushing toilets, tells us all we need to know about whether we are free, or not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 11, 2022 11:27 PM (oHd/0)

349 "Federal Govt. sets flush rates, 1.6 gallon per flush, max."

aka the "flush twice or thrice" models.
I love how all the sewer lines are calibrated for 7 gallon flushes and now they never get fully cleared.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11

This government people speak of, they are not smart, yes?

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 11, 2022 11:29 PM (ftFVW)

350 My fil, in Jersey, had Toto toilets. Very nice and flushed well. I wish we could afford them.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2022 11:30 PM (UUBmN)

351 Dee Dee Ramone was the only one who was remotely hot.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2022 11:31 PM (5HLLH)

352 My fil, in Jersey, had Toto toilets. Very nice and flushed well. I wish we could afford them.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2022 11:30 PM (UUBmN)

You can't get them in Kansas anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:31 PM (08sGP)

353 339 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.


Stay away from LG and Samsung. Fucking trash.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:31 PM (89T5c)

354 "This government people speak of, they are not smart, yes?"
They're never wrong, just ask them

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:32 PM (jTmQV)

355 350 Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2022 11:30 PM (UUBmN)

Over on I-77 near Tamarack there is the Robert C Byrd Memorial COnvention center or some such nonsense at the rest stop.....

place was palatial, had some of the nicest looking bathrooms I have ever seen Bobby Byrd did not scrimp on his W Vaginia pork....

anyway when you flushed the damn things there was a burst of compressed air that made it sound like a J-79 firing up.

Posted by: sven at July 11, 2022 11:33 PM (Lzpvj)

356 Federal Govt. sets flush rates, 1.6 gallon per flush, max. If I had to replace one I would look for a pre-1992 one. They can be found at recycling places.
Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 11:25 PM (AmoqO)


I always hold the lever down and power flush those new toilets. I just hold it down and empty the tank, fuck them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:34 PM (VwHCD)

357 Stay away from LG and Samsung. Fucking trash.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Samsung has always been trash. Have an LG tv I bought years ago. Works just fine. Whirlpool for appliances.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:34 PM (mn1Pi)

358 Mobley, 40, is charged with grand theft, grand theft of a vehicle, felony criminal mischief, two counts of resisting an officer, possession of a concealed weapon by a felon, carrying a concealed handcuff key,


When was that made into back the blue wrong thought/action?

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (MrZQl)

359 You cross the Robert C Byrd bridge to get to the Robert C Byrd Memorial Convention Center.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (89T5c)

360 105 - I'm surprised the artist didn't try to talk her into something. Such a large canvas could have accommodated something more interesting. Like a mural.
-----
Or maybe "The Last Supper"?

Oh shit, forget I said that...

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (peWy1)

361 good thing about flush rates.

most of us will be starving, so there will be much less poop.

maybe every third or fourth day

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (sJHOI)

362 Toddlers in diapers punching cops and calling them bitch.

You really think it's gonna get any better?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3ht67x

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (su8GX)

363 > aka the "flush twice or thrice" models.

In loo of that I recommend using a five gallon bucket from the rain barrel yo help it all go down.

Posted by: Rex B at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (7hNYp)

364 I have a WP duet steam washer

the fucker's possessed

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (us2H3)

365 Is there any scientific study that directly correlates salt intake to blood pressure? I can't find anything. Your body can piss out salt pretty easily.
Posted by: Roy


Part of it is genetics. I've always had good blood pressure. When I was younger it was even a bit low. The same is true of my sisters. I'm pretty generous with the salt. Even when I was overweight in the past, I had good blood pressure numbers. Salt can make it worse, but if you are lucky, it won't matter much.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (+lVUW)

366 Can nausea be a symptom of dehydration? Dr. Google doesn't seem to think so.

I know I have to be dehydrated because I've had only maybe 1 glass of water today, but I feel too sick to eat and almost too sick to drink (I'm forcing a mouthful every 5-10 min, which is going ok so far).

Is having the taste of watermelon in your mouth, without having eaten any watermelon, a bad sign?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (8548M)

367 Stay away from LG and Samsung. Fucking trash.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:31 PM (89T5c)

Yeah I'm hearing that a lot. One thing I learned from kitchens and baths is that no company has all winners. Some make a great dish washer, but a shit stove, or a great refrigerator, but a shit microwave.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (VwHCD)

368 I've read two books about the Dyatlov Pass incident and some on-line stuff. My take: The wind caused sounds what they imagined an avalanche sounds like (I doubt many if any had ever heard an avalanche), and the leader, Dyatlov, told everyone to get out NOW and run for their lives in a direction he gave them.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (AMIL/)

Makes sense and satisfies Occam, that evil bastard. But then how do you account for the massive trauma shown on a couple of the bodies? Was it overblown, misreported or what? Bear?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (diceA)

369 Colbert's on. Catch you guys later. My guys need me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (diceA)

370 My grandpa used to hide a fifth of Four Roses in the toilet tank.
Kept it nice and cool.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (jTmQV)

371 LG makes great TV's. They use to make good fridges. I have 2 and both are going on 13 years. Had to replace one ice maker, but hubby did it so didn't cost much.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (UUBmN)

372 Romney has a beautiful face, like a flower
Like a cauliflower!
His face looks like a cauliflower.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (buTO7)

373 Samsung has always been trash. Have an LG tv I bought years ago. Works just fine. Whirlpool for appliances.

My LG tv lasted 4 years.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (89T5c)

374 You cross the Robert C Byrd bridge to get to the Robert C Byrd Memorial Convention Center.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Which houses the classy Robert C. Byrd Memorial KKKrapper

Posted by: Miklos would like to pay a Memorial Visit at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (thbCK)

375 We have a french door Kitchenaid with freezer and ice maker on the bottom. After a couple of early glitches it has been great. Ain't cheap.

Posted by: Javems at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (AmoqO)

376 I don't think I've used table salt in my entire adult life. Not a health nut either. Just never occurred to me.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 11, 2022 11:37 PM (0V/8D)

377 In loo of that I recommend using a five gallon bucket from the rain barrel yo help it all go down.
Posted by: Rex B at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (7hNYp)

did you just get your "loos" mixed up ??

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:38 PM (us2H3)

378 Hey, I have some Harley newz -- Management has joined the 'pay your employee's expenses to get an abortion' gang of corporations.

And so it goes.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 11, 2022 11:24 PM (JOtiF)

Between that and their bullshit electric bikes they just can't wait to go bankrupt fast enough.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:38 PM (VwHCD)

379

Our Whirlpool freezer on the bottom with ice/water has been acceptable. 3 years old. Ice maker clogs rather easily but the filter works VERY well, important since our muni water tastes like hyena ass. Big beast but doesn't hold as much as you would think.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 11, 2022 11:38 PM (7DYli)

380 I wish I had a fridge that has the freezer section on the bottom. Don't know if they even make them any more. Next best is freezer on top. I don't like the side by side style.
Each side is too narrow.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (5HLLH)

381 350 My fil, in Jersey, had Toto toilets. Very nice and flushed well. I wish we could afford them.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2022 11:30 PM (UUBmN)


Toto toilets can get clogged, of couse. Less susceptible to clogging than most of the toilets installed by builders and sold at Home Depot. In my experience. Whatever brand or model you buy, here's a tip from my plumber for dealing with all of the 1.6 gallon units: One flush for your business, a second flush for the paper.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (AMIL/)

382 Can nausea be a symptom of dehydration? Dr. Google doesn't seem to think so.

I know I have to be dehydrated because I've had only maybe 1 glass of water today, but I feel too sick to eat and almost too sick to drink (I'm forcing a mouthful every 5-10 min, which is going ok so far).

Is having the taste of watermelon in your mouth, without having eaten any watermelon, a bad sign?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM



The Horde Department of Medical Advice™ is...

OPEN!

Posted by: Zettai at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (ruEOz)

383 As to toilets flushing...

A federal gumment that is shit effective will crap all over everything and deny you the ability to flush it all away. 2nd ammendment comes to mind.

As an earlier commenter says, hold the damned lever down, fuvk the earf.

Posted by: BifBewalski's Phone at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (MrZQl)

384 I loved the movie "Fargo", but I have to say, the wood chipper scene was a bit off putting.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 11:40 PM (+lVUW)

385 My brother had Samsung customer service on speed dial.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:40 PM (89T5c)

386 Drought conditions are back in my AO, big time.
When take a shower, I have a 5 gallon bucket to catch run off and help with flushing.
Once a month, whether I need it or not...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (jTmQV)

387 did you just get your "loos" mixed up ??
Posted by: REDACTED

Yes. And I’m the pursuer of bad puns.

Posted by: Rex B at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (ZLd/E)

388 380 I wish I had a fridge that has the freezer section on the bottom. Don't know if they even make them any more. Next best is freezer on top. I don't like the side by side style.
Each side is too narrow.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (5HLLH)

I have one

single door with freezer drawer on bottom, 36 inch built in

Viking designer series in stainless

but a warning

they aint cheap

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (us2H3)

389 I live next to a river.

An ENTIRE FREAKING RIVER

Low flow toilets, because

Posted by: Miklos fails to see the logic at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (thbCK)

390 >>> 368 I've read two books about the Dyatlov Pass incident and some on-line stuff. My take: The wind caused sounds what they imagined an avalanche sounds like (I doubt many if any had ever heard an avalanche), and the leader, Dyatlov, told everyone to get out NOW and run for their lives in a direction he gave them.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (AMIL/)

Makes sense and satisfies Occam, that evil bastard. But then how do you account for the massive trauma shown on a couple of the bodies? Was it overblown, misreported or what? Bear?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (diceA)

I thought one of the theories *was* an avalanche (vs confusing sounds), and it carried tree branches and/or rocks in the snow.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 11:42 PM (llON8)

391 Our Samsung appliances have been mostly fine. The circuit board on the washer did melt, but we got a good 15 years out of it with a family that grew to 4. I guess we are just lucky.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (8548M)

392 DB top 20 tweets - and there are really important ones:

https://tinyurl.com/sbz8zzjm

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (RctME)

393 380 I wish I had a fridge that has the freezer section on the bottom. Don't know if they even make them any more. Next best is freezer on top. I don't like the side by side style.
Each side is too narrow.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (5HLLH)

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

There are plenty of fridges with freezers on the bottom. Our fridge is that way.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (CAJOC)

394 Nothing Viking is cheap. Range is killer, though.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (89T5c)

395 US toilet regs
Way for feds to give us all
An upper decker.

Posted by: Captain Haiku at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (0pOPf)

396 That's two consecutive threads that you've posted a long link and blown the margins. Maybe you could stop doing that?
Posted by: Duke Lowell


The threads look exactly the same to me, chief. What are you running, a Tandy 1000?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (IEa8U)

397
Yes. And I’m the pursuer of bad puns.
Posted by: Rex B at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (ZLd/E)

when I was in England, I would always buy 1 or 2 loo tables, usually in rosewood

when they got to my shop, they became center tables

Posted by: REDACTED at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM (us2H3)

398 Posted by: Biden's Dog

STOP SNIFFING ME

Posted by: Sandy at July 11, 2022 11:44 PM (thbCK)

399 I thought one of the theories *was* an avalanche (vs confusing sounds), and it carried tree branches and/or rocks in the snow.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 11:42 PM (llON

Maybe they all just got gooned up on rotgut vodka.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:44 PM (08sGP)

400 368 I've read two books about the Dyatlov Pass incident and some on-line stuff. My take: The wind caused sounds what they imagined an avalanche sounds like (I doubt many if any had ever heard an avalanche), and the leader, Dyatlov, told everyone to get out NOW and run for their lives in a direction he gave them.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 10:57 PM (AMIL/)

Makes sense and satisfies Occam, that evil bastard. But then how do you account for the massive trauma shown on a couple of the bodies? Was it overblown, misreported or what? Bear?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (diceA)


Three of them had severe trauma, IIRC. Those three ran the farthest and ran full-speed over a stream bank and fell 6 feet or more onto rocks.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:44 PM (AMIL/)

401 I had my spice shelf in the kitchen pull out of the drywall and so I went to Utube to see if ace had a channel, like the Gorilla Channel, for shelving and home improvement.

Still haven't found the video I need.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 11:45 PM (0ocXn)

402 I didn't see it answered above, so maybe I missed it, but to the Moron who asked what TuCa did now?: He spent the first thirty minutes, without a commercial, of his show tonight laying out the Biden Family Inc.'s degeneracy and corruption with China. The number of companies and subs and holding companies was staggering. How our political betters are allowing/being paid by China to let China become the world's economic engine. It was spectacular in its detail. The only thing missing was Glenn Beck's whiteboard drawing all the lines connecting the names and business entities.

Some Congressman needs to get it into the Congressional record, for starters. It was truly a masterful presentation by Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2022 11:46 PM (ldL4g)

403 I had my spice shelf in the kitchen pull out of the drywall and so I went to Utube to see if ace had a channel, like the Gorilla Channel, for shelving and home improvement.

Still haven't found the video I need.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 11:45 PM (0ocXn)

Expansion bolts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 11, 2022 11:46 PM (08sGP)

404 >>> 401 I had my spice shelf in the kitchen pull out of the drywall and so I went to Utube to see if ace had a channel, like the Gorilla Channel, for shelving and home improvement.

Still haven't found the video I need.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2022 11:45 PM (0ocXn)

You weren't standing on it to change a light bulb, were you?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (llON8)

405 Mrs Peel. Not a doctor or do I play one on TV. Have had your symptoms when dehydrated. I drank small amounts of water over several hours and ate some crackers and then some oatmeal.

Never had the taste is watermelon. If dehydration, and possibly a bit of food deprivation, it is important you get some fluids into your system.

Good luck!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (ZTJjv)

406 Oh, and one more thing
Stay the fuck away from any
Thing that's Frigidaire.

Posted by: Captain Haiku at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (0pOPf)

407 when they got to my shop, they became center tables

They're the shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (89T5c)

408 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions?

Try to fix the old one would be my suggestion. The new ones suck

Posted by: Chuck C at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (hOAT3)

409 Makes sense and satisfies Occam, that evil bastard. But then how do you account for the massive trauma shown on a couple of the bodies? Was it overblown, misreported or what? Bear?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (diceA)

I thought one of the theories *was* an avalanche (vs confusing sounds), and it carried tree branches and/or rocks in the snow.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2022 11:42 PM (llON


There are as many theories about the Dyatlov incident as there were hookers hired by Hunter Biden.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:48 PM (AMIL/)

410
Toddlers in diapers punching cops and calling them bitch.
You really think it's gonna get any better?
https://tinyurl.com/yc3ht67x
Posted by: Bitter Clinger


Generation landslide close the gap between em

https://youtu.be/lv94iSPIrtQ

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:48 PM (63Dwl)

411 I know there are a lot of reasons I shouldn't like ShoeonHead girl but I can't help digging her .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 11, 2022 11:49 PM (2xpha)

412 I live next to a river.

An ENTIRE FREAKING RIVER

Low flow toilets, because

Posted by: Miklos fails to see the logic at July 11, 2022 11:41 PM (thbCK)

You should have been there when they sent out the dude to look at the high efficiency washing machine I bought by mistake. It...blew...ass. All it did was tie the clothes up in little knots, and occasionally sprinkle water on them. there would be dry sections they never got water. Before I could return it they sent out a tech to inspect it. Mr aging hippy with his faggot earing, bald head with the douche knot pony tail tells me the machines are great, save the planet, weee uses little water weee, and on and on. I looked at him dead in the eyes and said "We live on a fucking water planet, use all you want, it will make more, get this piece of shit out of here".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:49 PM (VwHCD)

413 That's two consecutive threads that you've posted a long link and blown the margins. Maybe you could stop doing that?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

The threads look exactly the same to me, chief. What are you running, a Tandy 1000?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 11, 2022 11:43 PM


I didn't realize that inflation had increased the price of spaces

Posted by: Chuck C at July 11, 2022 11:51 PM (hOAT3)

414 85
Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.
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One more thing: I very much doubt that the stuff available is actually that found 'naturally' and is most likely made in a factory. I hate that word 'natural'. Hey idiots just because it's natural doesn't make it good or safe. A cobra is natural, so is beryllium, arsenic, deadly nightshade, and so on, and those can all kill you very easily.

Posted by: Ciampino - Naturally! at July 11, 2022 11:52 PM (qfLjt)

415 ..I wish I had a fridge that has the freezer section on the bottom. Don't know if they even make them any more. Next best is freezer on top. I don't like the side by side style. Each side is too narrow. Posted by: JuJuBee at July 11, 2022 11:39 PM (5HLLH)

Got an LG fridge/freezer here, going four years strong, so far. Bottom, pull out freezer, with a separate "top shelf", so it's divided into an upper and lower section. Side by Side doors, but they open to reveal a full-width interior, vs. a "side-by-side" divided compartments.

Spoke with some repair folks before buying. LG's appliances have far more robust metal moving parts (ice augur, for example), than the Samsung models, which have very few metal parts in critical areas.

So far, the only LG part in the kitchen suite that's failed, was one power burner control on the stove. Bought the $35 part from eBay, was about a 20 minute job to swap it out.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 11, 2022 11:54 PM (tkOps)

416 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.

You're out of luck. The Russians have taken all the microchips and put them in their tanks.

Posted by: shit Fareed Zakaria believes at July 11, 2022 11:54 PM (8vt87)

417 Can nausea be a symptom of dehydration?
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Yes, in my case. I take a bunch of heart meds and they take the juice out of me. I put a powder called Propel in everything and it helps.

Posted by: dartist at July 11, 2022 11:55 PM (+ya+t)

418 412
I looked at him dead in the eyes and said "We live on a fucking water planet, use all you want, it will make more, get this piece of shit out of here".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 11:49 PM (VwHCD)
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Loved that ..... great answer.

Posted by: Ciampino - Low flush toilet = plumber for sewer blockage every 8 months at July 11, 2022 11:56 PM (qfLjt)

419 >>>His act of kindness has earned him over $15,000.

I once returned a dude's wallet/checkbook that dropped off of his car after tracking him down, and all I got was the lousy feeling of doing something human.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 11, 2022 11:56 PM (U3uv2)

420 Gympie Gympie leaves make an excellent deodorant.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:57 PM (63Dwl)

421 "The judge felt that the leftist school board had not proven their argument that they would suffer irreparable harm because of the investigation."
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"I OBJECT, YOUR HONOR!"

"Reason?"

"Because it's devastating to my case!" -- Jim Carrey, Liar Liar

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 11, 2022 11:57 PM (M9XmQ)

422 DB top 20 tweets - and there are really important ones:

https://tinyurl.com/sbz8zzjm
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Hey, I like that fridge.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:57 PM (mn1Pi)

423 414 85
Crystal deodorant is a type of alternative deodorant made of natural mineral salt called potassium alum, also known as potassium aluminum sulfate. It has been shown to have antimicrobial properties.
----
One more thing: I very much doubt that the stuff available is actually that found 'naturally' and is most likely made in a factory. I hate that word 'natural'. Hey idiots just because it's natural doesn't make it good or safe. A cobra is natural, so is beryllium, arsenic, deadly nightshade, and so on, and those can all kill you very easily.

Posted by: Ciampino - Naturally! at July 11, 2022 11:52 PM (qfLjt)


Agreed. I copied that stuff from a crystal deodorant company's website, because I use the stuff but can't remember what it is. My bad.

Speaking of 'natural' ingredients, you must really hate this info on some food and drink items: Made with natural flavorings. I've always wondered what the hell that meant, exactly.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:58 PM (AMIL/)

424 I've been putting creole seasoning on steak before cooking it. I used to think that the seasoning was only for seafood, but it seems to work well with steak also.

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 11:58 PM (GJnvT)

425 Well, shit. Looks like I will have to go buy a new fridge in the am. Any suggestions? This one is over 20 yo and I like the side by side. No door water or ice.

Posted by: Infidel at July 11, 2022 11:14 PM (mn1Pi)

Our french door GE with bottom freezer has water inside the door and ice in the bottom drawer. We like it well enough. I don't know if the supply chain is any better than when we purchased, but 3 months wait on the fridge, 7 months wait on the wall oven.

You might check used appliance houses for quick selection and delivery.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (U3uv2)

426 F*ck Mittens

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (XG2Fi)

427 He says its a toilet, you're gonna sit down and shit in it. Yup, a lot of help there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 11, 2022 10:53 PM (VwHCD)


Have you considered the possibilities of applique, tempera paint and bedazzling? That should liven up a plain shitter, right there.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (xhaym)

428 I lost my wallet at the golf course parking lot and the person was nice enough to drop it off in the club house. Without the money in it. Self reward I guess. ( actually happy I didn't have to go through cancelling and replacing everything)

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (2xpha)

429 I've been putting creole seasoning on steak before cooking it. I used to think that the seasoning was only for seafood, but it seems to work well with steak also.
Posted by: Theodore

See: Sous-vide, the shit out of

Posted by: Miklos awaits the deplorable Cookbook 2.0 at July 12, 2022 12:02 AM (thbCK)

430 Wait, it's illegal to have a handcuff key? (Where else would it be but concealed?)

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2022 12:02 AM (QHHuJ)

431 I've been putting creole seasoning on steak before cooking it. I used to think that the seasoning was only for seafood, but it seems to work well with steak also.

Posted by: Theodore at July 11, 2022 11:58 PM (GJnvT)

Yes. Chops, chicken, and burgers, too.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 12, 2022 12:03 AM (U3uv2)

432 406 Oh, and one more thing
Stay the fuck away from any
Thing that's Frigidaire.

Posted by: Captain Haiku at July 11, 2022 11:47 PM (0pOPf)

Whirlpool manufacturers most KitchenAid large appliances. I have a Whirlpool microwave and oven combo that I am not pleased with and a Kitichenaid fridge that I am. Cats and dog living together!!

Posted by: Javems at July 12, 2022 12:03 AM (AmoqO)

433 Speaking of 'natural' ingredients, you must really hate this info on some food and drink items: Made with natural flavorings. I've always wondered what the hell that meant, exactly.
Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:58 PM (AMIL/)

I would presume there is a statutory definition for "natural flavorings". Vanilla extract made from vanilla beans? Lemon extract made from lemons?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:03 AM (08sGP)

434 F*ck Mittens
Posted by: Cicero

That's hot

No DNA evidence either

Posted by: Handsy Joe at July 12, 2022 12:03 AM (thbCK)

435 >>>You weren't standing on it to change a light bulb, were you?

>Sounds like I need to put some electrical tape on my webcam.

I may need to suspend it from the top instead of messing with it from the bottom. I need a 9volt for my studfinder.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:04 AM (0ocXn)

436 F*ck Mittens

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (XG2Fi)

AKA condoms.

Posted by: Pack of Trojans at July 12, 2022 12:04 AM (7bRMQ)

437 F*ck Mittens
Posted by: Cicero

We used to call condoms that

Posted by: Less Youthful Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:04 AM (thbCK)

438 428 I lost my wallet at the golf course parking lot and the person was nice enough to drop it off in the club house. Without the money in it. Self reward I guess. ( actually happy I didn't have to go through cancelling and replacing everything)

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 12, 2022 12:01 AM (2xpha)

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To be fair, the money may have been gone by the time the person who turned it in found it.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (CAJOC)

439 Creosote on a steak sounds bad.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (63Dwl)

440 How much of a complete twatwaffle do you have to be to smuggle your drugs into Russia?

If she was expecting Soros prosecutor-style leniency, she will be disappointed. That's only in racist America.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (XG2Fi)

441 Wait, it's illegal to have a handcuff key? (Where else would it be but concealed?)
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2022 12:02 AM (QHHuJ)

Harry Houdini used to glue a handcuff key to the sole of his foot with collodion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (08sGP)

442 Now see?

Posted by: HordeMind at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (thbCK)

443 STOP SNIFFING ME
Posted by: Sandy at July 11, 2022 11:44 PM (thbCK)
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You're confusing me with my (former) master. I sniff and then bite.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (RctME)

444 I don’t want to live in a country where having a concealed handcuff key is a crime.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (ZTJjv)

445 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (Q/6pY)

446 Creosote on a steak sounds bad.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

I'll have a wafer thin slice.

Posted by: Mr. Creosote at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM (thbCK)

447 When I was broke, I lost a wallet. Had maybe $20 in it. It got returned. Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+. Never saw it again. Go figure. Honesty is conditional for most people.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM (Zhwz2)

448 Creosote on a steak sounds bad.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (63Dwl

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Bring me a bucket.

Posted by: Mr. Creosote at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM (XG2Fi)

449 Natural flavorings start off with autolyzed yeast. It's on a level of bad equal or superior to nitrites, nitrates, and the various sulfides.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM (PCoNr)

450 Harry Houdini used to glue a handcuff key to the sole of his foot with collodion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

those Madcap Magyars

Posted by: Madcap Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:07 AM (thbCK)

451 3 years ago I paid $2600 for a Samsung side by side, freezer below. Ice maker quit followed by temp control in the fridge. Temps would range from the teens to mid sixties. Ice maker just did the Amber Heard again, piece of you know what.

Posted by: dartist at July 12, 2022 12:07 AM (+ya+t)

452 444 I don’t want to live in a country where having a concealed handcuff key is a crime.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (ZTJjv)

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When concealed handcuff keys are outlawed, only outlaws will have concealed handcuff keys.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 12, 2022 12:07 AM (CAJOC)

453 Wait, it's illegal to have a handcuff key? (Where else would it be but concealed?)
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2022 12:02 AM (QHHuJ)

That's how the one white supremacist brother of the two that were arrested was able to kill the cop from the back seat of the patrol car. Who ever search the guy not only missed the key they missed the hidden gun.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 12, 2022 12:08 AM (2xpha)

454 Harry Houdini used to glue a handcuff key to the sole of his foot with collodion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

those Madcap Magyars

Posted by: Madcap Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:07 AM (thbCK)

Pretty weiss of him to think of that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 12:08 AM (7bRMQ)

455 ZOD IMPERIAL.
Posted by: ZOD

If you were Austro-Hungarian, it would be Imperial AND Royal.

Posted by: K.u.K. Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:08 AM (thbCK)

456 452. This person gets it!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (ZTJjv)

457 Dobry vecher

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (rzOL9)

458 450 Harry Houdini used to glue a handcuff key to the sole of his foot with collodion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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I had an uncle who played the collodion. He had the monkey and everything.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (XG2Fi)

459 I proper proportions creosote is a good medicinal.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (PCoNr)

460 China’s cash crisis includes big state-owned banks and people are scared. Where has the money gone?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 11, 2022 11:01 PM (V9KQP)


Oh, no, we don't have the money here, it's in Dave's house, and in Jerry's business . . .

(ever heard a 100% reserve banking supporter bitch about It's A Wonderful Life? It is funny)

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (xhaym)

461 Who ever search the guy not only missed the key they missed the hidden gun.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 12, 2022 12:08 AM (2xpha)

So, the real problem there wasn't a handcuff key but a REALLY lousy search technique that missed a whole gun?

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (QHHuJ)

462 Some states allow open carry handcuff key. Glue it to your forehead and it's perfectly legal.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (XG2Fi)

463 I had an uncle who played the collodion. He had the monkey and everything.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (XG2Fi)

You can always find work if you can play a collodion.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (7bRMQ)

464 When concealed handcuff keys are outlawed, only outlaws will have concealed handcuff keys.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Oh for the days of rabbit fur lined handcuffs....

Posted by: Miklos grew up in a freer time at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (thbCK)

465 How much of a complete twatwaffle do you have to be to smuggle your drugs into Russia?

If she was expecting Soros prosecutor-style leniency, she will be disappointed. That's only in racist America.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (XG2Fi)


It continually astounds me how many people do not understand American rights do not travel with them overseas. And prisons in most parts of the world leave a lot to be desired when it comes to prisoners' comfort and safety. Just watch a couple of episodes of 'the world's toughest prisons' and you will never ever leave the States again to travel to a less than First World Country, and even some of those are on the list; French prisons aren't all that great, e.g.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:10 AM (ldL4g)

466 >>$3k+.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM (Zhwz2)

You will dice with Zod. Familiarity will occur. Laughs, drinks, bonhomie. Then Zod will take the wallet that had three thousand dollars in it. You will not resent me. You may cry, and your woman may commiserate, but whatever.

Your money is ZOD'S money.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:11 AM (Q/6pY)

467 459 I proper proportions creosote is a good medicinal.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:09 AM (PCoNr)

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Hot iron's gotten me this far, and hot iron'll take me to the grave!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 12, 2022 12:11 AM (CAJOC)

468 What kind of puns are haunting this thread?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:11 AM (rzOL9)

469 Subway still puzzles me, in that you can't get curry as a topping on their sandwiches.
Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2022 11:02 PM (Ti+Tv)


I don't think they do Banh Mi either, which I think is a missed opportunity

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:11 AM (xhaym)

470 Bring me a bucket.
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Just one thin mint?

Posted by: dartist at July 12, 2022 12:11 AM (+ya+t)

471 When do we get to Trump blahblahblah?

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:12 AM (Q/6pY)

472 >>>Wait, it's illegal to have a handcuff key? (Where else would it be but concealed?)

>I always thought this was standard kit for the wallet.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:12 AM (0ocXn)

473 The best sex I’ve ever had was with a collodion…in my ass.

Posted by: Hunter B at July 12, 2022 12:12 AM (ZTJjv)

474 Dobry vecher
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

GOOD MORNING, MOCKBA

Posted by: Miklos anticipates Hijinks from the Moscow War Drive Time Zoo Crew at July 12, 2022 12:12 AM (thbCK)

475 Colloidal suspension.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:13 AM (Q/6pY)

476 Had some bad news here locally. Guy I know, your basic cowboy about town, was walking with his girlfriend along the road by the grain elevator last weekend. Some dipshit on a dirt bike plowed into him, and fucked him up big time. Broke a leg which may have to be amputated, and cause internal injuries, possible brain damage. Biker fucked off. A local farmer came by, found the guy lying on the road, unresponsive, and performed CPR until the ambulance arrived. He was airlifted to Red Deer, and then again to Edmonton, and is being kept in an induced coma for now. I just found out today.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (08sGP)

477 Collodion: drop a CD in it... It'll shrink down to silver dollar size.

Handcuff key: I used to stash a strong, big paperclip in the little pocket on the sleeve on the bicep of my flight jacket, where you can reach with your teeth, when I was a hoodlum. Trust me - it works. But if you don't move fast enough once the cuffs are off, you'll get the living shit tazed out of you. That's the risk to that move.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (Zhwz2)

478 I just got all my new appliances. I haven't used any because the kitchen cabs won't be here until the middle of august. Not sure how any of it is going to work, but I can always fix it myself if it goes screwy. I did get the service plans on a few things just in case.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (VwHCD)

479 Dobry vecher
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Didn't Conrad Dobry play football for the St Louis Cardinals?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (7bRMQ)

480 475 Colloidal suspension.
Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:13 AM (Q/6pY)

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A suspended collodion is even harder to play than a standard collodion.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (CAJOC)

481 a>>nd performed CPR until the ambulance arrived. He was airlifted to Red Deer, and then again to Edmonton, and is being kept in an induced coma for now. I just found out today.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (08sGP)

Tough knocks. Hope the man makes it. Not that interested if everyone pointlessly prays.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:16 AM (Q/6pY)

482 AOP, tough for your friend, thoughts and prayers for you both and may the cops catch the biker.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:16 AM (PCoNr)

483 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (08sGP)

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That sucks. I hope they at least find the biker so they can administer some old fashioned frontier justice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:17 AM (XG2Fi)

484 Colloidal suspension.
Posted by: ZOD

HE ADMITS IT

Colloiding for Insurrection!

Posted by: Adam Schitt, anticipating the Bobs in January at July 12, 2022 12:17 AM (thbCK)

485 HAIL ZOD!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:17 AM (U2p+3)

486 When I was broke, I lost a wallet. Had maybe $20 in it. It got returned. Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+. Never saw it again. Go figure. Honesty is conditional for most people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM


The guy who returned the $20 wallet would have returned the $3k wallet. The guy that kept the $3k wallet would have kept the $20 wallet.

Posted by: Chuck C at July 12, 2022 12:18 AM (hOAT3)

487 Best "concealed" handcuff key I ever saw was in a cop museum.

It was the behind the tie part of a rather nice tie-clip.

I doubt one in ten cops would discover it in an initial search. Check-in at the jail *might* find it, if they're particularly observant. But either way, into the gallon ziploc bag it'd go. Once the mook "goes orange", nothing he/she brought through the Sally Port should make it down the hall and into the cells.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 12:18 AM (tkOps)

488 Not watching no Full Plate Kate nudefest video.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:18 AM (kT/t7)

489 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (08sGP)

What was the girlfriend doing all that time? She just waited around for someone to come by, or did she go looking for help? Maybe has info on the biker.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 12:18 AM (7bRMQ)

490 >>478 I just got all my new appliances. I haven't used any because the kitchen cabs won't be here until the middle of august. Not sure how any of it is going to work, but I can always fix it myself if it goes screwy. I did get the service plans on a few things just in case.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (VwHCD)

But you're living big and you can cook the hell out of a steak.

Zod commands that you fry eggs, scorch a steak, and that stuff. Congrats!!!!!

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (Q/6pY)

491 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:14 AM (08sGP)

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That sucks. I hope they at least find the biker so they can administer some old fashioned frontier justice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:17 AM (XG2Fi)

Tying him to a harley and dragging him would be acceptable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (VwHCD)

492 AOP, tough for your friend, thoughts and prayers for you both and may the cops catch the biker.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:16 AM (PCoNr)

Perp has been identified; don't know if charged or charges pending. He apparently hit a woman pedestrian a few minutes earlier, minor injuries there. I think drugs are involved.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (08sGP)

493 American standard Champion 4.

I have two of those in my condo. Excellent units. I've had to "assist" the flushing process maybe twice in 8 years. Only problem is the seals on the flush mechanism tend to develop blebs which cause them to leak after a couple of years. I have been told they are easy to remove without affecting the sealing function.

Posted by: Fox 2! at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (qyH+l)

494 486 When I was broke, I lost a wallet. Had maybe $20 in it. It got returned. Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+. Never saw it again. Go figure. Honesty is conditional for most people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM

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Sounds like a social experiment for a low-rent Master's thesis.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (XG2Fi)

495 Tying him to a harley and dragging him would be acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (VwHCD)

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Would second.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:20 AM (XG2Fi)

496 I didn't resent it. I'm the fuckin' idiot who dropped it at the doctor's office. Hell, if Zod found it, I'd kinda feel better about it. I figure some low-rent Hunter Biden got it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:20 AM (Zhwz2)

497 scorch a steak, and that stuff. Congrats!!!!!
Posted by: ZOD

In Memoriam

Posted by: Larry Scorch (veteran USN, F-Troop, US Cavalry) at July 12, 2022 12:20 AM (thbCK)

498 >>485 HAIL ZOD!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:17 AM (U2p+3)

NURSE IMPERIAL.

You'll be astonished to learn that I'm editing a book by a good colleague: "God On Trial: Faith v. Atheism."

Yeah. No shit.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:21 AM (Q/6pY)

499 On some occasions, after he was bound, Houdini's wife would kiss him for luck. She would also transfer the key at the same time.

Mouth to mouth lock release.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:22 AM (PCoNr)

500 AOP - Very sorry to learn about your friend.

Secondarily, I hope the motorcycle guy is captured.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:22 AM (aSWOS)

501 Or maybe "The Last Supper"?
Oh shit, forget I said that...
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 11, 2022 11:35 PM (peWy1)


Don't be crass. They only had bread and wine

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:22 AM (xhaym)

502 But you're living big and you can cook the hell out of a steak.

Zod commands that you fry eggs, scorch a steak, and that stuff. Congrats!!!!!

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:19 AM (Q/6pY)

Funny thing, I always had electric stoves. The old house had a glass top range which was a breeze to keep clean, but the new place has gas. I have discovered the beauty of eggs cooked on a gas stove. You can nail the perfect temperature. I even got me some cast iron skillets. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:23 AM (VwHCD)

503 Sounds like a social experiment for a low-rent Master's thesis.
Posted by: Cicero

The Grant amount was $350,000

Barbados is lovely, by the way

Posted by: Grant Funding Expert Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:24 AM (thbCK)

504 You'll be astonished to learn that I'm editing a book by a good colleague: "God On Trial: Faith v. Atheism."

Yeah. No shit.
Posted by: ZOD

How will you find an impartial jury?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:24 AM (U2p+3)

505 I know I have to be dehydrated because I've had only maybe 1 glass of water today, but I feel too sick to eat and almost too sick to drink (I'm forcing a mouthful every 5-10 min, which is going ok so far).
Is having the taste of watermelon in your mouth, without having eaten any watermelon, a bad sign?
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (8548M)


Why don't you drink some pedialyte and then some water, dehydration can cause cramps and nausea.

Go find a neighbor and ask them to check you out for stroke, and then drink more water. In this heat you need to drink water if only because waking up at 3am to pee is how nature lets us know we are still alive.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:25 AM (xhaym)

506 Sorry, but I swear you hombres all look like a bunch of breakfast tacos to me.

Posted by: DOCTOR Jill Biden at July 12, 2022 12:25 AM (XG2Fi)

507 474 Dobroe utro, Miklos.

OK, new rule: In order to avoid cultural appropriation, from now on, on this blog, the capital of Russia will be written as Moskva, and pronounced accordingly.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (rzOL9)

508 AOP - Ah. Missed the part where they have apprehended the motorcyclist. Good...but not much consolation.

Tying him to a harley and dragging him would be acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker
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[raises hand]
I'll ride the bike.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (aSWOS)

509 I have a new British faggoty breakfast routine. Three eggs, soft boiled, with pepper and salt. My throat was fucked up from cancer, but it's better now, but a soft-boiled egg--and the easy ritual, and the soft delivery--is pretty hard to beat.

My name is ZOD. I am not gay. And I like three soft-boiled eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (Q/6pY)

510 It's all in the voir dire.

Posted by: Dan'l Webster at July 12, 2022 12:27 AM (Zhwz2)

511
Tying him to a harley and dragging him would be acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker
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[raises hand]
I'll ride the bike.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (aSWOS)

I'll lend you one of mine. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:27 AM (VwHCD)

512 In this heat you need to drink water if only because waking up at 3am to pee is how nature lets us know we are still alive.
Posted by: Kindltot

nature luvvs me

Posted by: Miklos, self-medicating-hydrating at July 12, 2022 12:27 AM (thbCK)

513 Oh happy day.
Lucy the Twatfink just horked up another hairball.

Tis the season.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:28 AM (U2p+3)

514 My name is ZOD. I am not gay. And I like three soft-boiled eggs for breakfast.
Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (Q/6pY)

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Pairs delightfully with a yummy Bellini.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2022 12:28 AM (XG2Fi)

515 I have a new British faggoty breakfast routine. Three eggs, soft boiled, with pepper and salt. My throat was fucked up from cancer, but it's better now, but a soft-boiled egg--and the easy ritual, and the soft delivery--is pretty hard to beat.

My name is ZOD. I am not gay. And I like three soft-boiled eggs for breakfast.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (Q/6pY)

Do you use one of those little egg stands, and the fancy egg cracker that pops the top off like a skull cap?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:28 AM (VwHCD)

516 My name is ZOD. I am not gay. And I like three soft-boiled eggs for breakfast.
Posted by: ZOD

Hi Zod

Posted by: Egg Eating Moderately Gay Communist Gun Club at July 12, 2022 12:29 AM (thbCK)

517 The guy who returned the $20 wallet would have returned the $3k wallet. The guy that kept the $3k wallet would have kept the $20 wallet.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 12, 2022 12:18 AM (hOAT3)

This. People show you who they are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 12, 2022 12:29 AM (diceA)

518 I'll lend you one of mine. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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*have cards printed up*

Have Bike
Will Drag

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:29 AM (kT/t7)

519 Late to the party..

Looks like that "full plate kate" made room for a second and a third helping, eh?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 12, 2022 12:29 AM (Wg1SU)

520 505 I know I have to be dehydrated because I've had only maybe 1 glass of water today, but I feel too sick to eat and almost too sick to drink (I'm forcing a mouthful every 5-10 min, which is going ok so far).
Is having the taste of watermelon in your mouth, without having eaten any watermelon, a bad sign?
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 11, 2022 11:36 PM (8548M)
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Don't know what preceded this but a ride to ER or Emergency care seems in order to me. If you have insurance call 911.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (PCoNr)

521 Best stove is a gas stove. Takes more effort to keep clean and pilots can sometimes be a pain. But there ain't nothing like cooking with gas.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (0ocXn)

522 ZOD,
Do you put the eggs in little cups, tap off the first third and then dip toast points into the yolk?

Because that's the way it's done.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (U2p+3)

523 I like the idea of dragging the biking perp with a Harley.

Better still, I like the idea of Four Harleys, quartering the miserable bastard.

He strikes one, that's an "accident". Two in one night, and that's Enemy Action. Use H-D Servi-Cars. They had a super low 1st gear, almost a "granny gear".

No one said you had to do a dragrace launch to apply tension to the convicted. Slow and steady not only wins the race, but prolongs the agony, too.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (tkOps)

524 518 I'll lend you one of mine. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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*have cards printed up*

Have Bike
Will Drag
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:29 AM (kT/t7)

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Say, would chariot work for this?

Posted by: Achilles at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (XG2Fi)

525 >>How will you find an impartial jury?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:24 AM (U2p+3)

I teased the author--"was the verdict read before the case was made?" He's a Christian, so, he leaned into it. Anyway, it's some mental exercise. He owes me (several) beers at the Boatyard in Annapolis. He's also a USNA graduate, so while he's showing me around, I'll get a chance to steal Pochhammer's memoirs from the Academy library.

Atheist. Stealing, manipulative, stealy atheist.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (Q/6pY)

526 In this heat you need to drink water if only because waking up at 3am to pee is how nature lets us know we are still alive.

Posted by: Kindltot
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nature luvvs me

Posted by: Miklos, self-medicating-hydrating at July 12, 2022 12:27 AM (thbCK)


Yeah, but when you're taking a water pill for a heart condition, Nature loves me too much.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (ldL4g)

527 Have Bike
Will Drag
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Drag Story Hour

Of Great Justice

Posted by: Miklos approves at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (thbCK)

528
This. People show you who they are.
Posted by: Aetius
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“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” - John Wooden

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (kT/t7)

529 AOP - Very sorry to learn about your friend.

Secondarily, I hope the motorcycle guy is captured.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:22 AM (aSWOS)

I presume he was arrested. He was known to be the perp. No mystery there. Perp is listed as "from Calgary" but has family here. He was arrested. Dirt bike was stolen. Charged with theft, hit and run, and driving while prohibited. Released on recognizance; due in court Aug. 19.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (08sGP)

530 Late to the party..

Looks like that "full plate kate" made room for a second and a third helping, eh?
Posted by: Chairman LM

The choice was Twinkies.

Makes me laugh every time I read it in the sidebar

Posted by: LASue at July 12, 2022 12:32 AM (Ed8Zd)

531 “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” - John Wooden
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:31 AM (kT/t7)

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Or, you think they're not watching!

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 12, 2022 12:32 AM (XG2Fi)

532 Yeah, but when you're taking a water pill for a heart condition, Nature loves me too much.
Posted by: RickZ

Pee in the yard

Minor workout

But 10 times a day....

Posted by: Miklos, it adds up at July 12, 2022 12:33 AM (thbCK)

533 You can put bacon in one of those bullet blenders and mix it with mashed potatoes or other softies.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:33 AM (PCoNr)

534 He was known to be the perp. No mystery there. Perp is listed as "from Calgary" but has family here. He was arrested. Dirt bike was stolen. Charged with theft, hit and run, and driving while prohibited. Released on recognizance; due in court Aug. 19.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I though Canada had Laws against all that.

Posted by: Miklos, canada needs Common Sense Laws of some sort at July 12, 2022 12:34 AM (thbCK)

535 But there ain't nothing like cooking with gas.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (0ocXn)


Hence, the adage 'now we're cooking with gas'.

Oh, and I agree. In college, all my apartment kitchens had electric. Can't stand electric. Can never get the burner low enough for a good long simmer without burning whatever's in the pot.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:35 AM (ldL4g)

536
Or, you think they're not watching!
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin
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Preach it, bro!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 12, 2022 12:35 AM (kT/t7)

537 Harry Houdini used to glue a handcuff key to the sole of his foot with collodion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:05 AM (08sGP)


I had an aunt who played . . . Never mind.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:35 AM (xhaym)

538 Tying him to a harley and dragging him would be acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker
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[raises hand]
I'll ride the bike.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:26 AM (aSWOS)

Swimming lesson in the Red Deer River would be appropriate. And entire semi, both tractor and trailer, disappeared into the river at the Morrin bridge a few years ago. Never to be found again. And the river is so shallow, you can mostly wade across. I have floated it on an inner tube.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:36 AM (08sGP)

539 522 ZOD,
Do you put the eggs in little cups, tap off the first third and then dip toast points into the yolk?

No.

Boil, eggs in, cover, five minutes. Promptly pull them out. Two in the tureen, one in the egg-cup. Top the one, salt and pepper, indulge. Repeat, repeat. I don't mind eating shell. I have toasted rosemary bread with salmon cream cheese after.

Then, meditation. Then, a hot shave.Wait....I hate eating with a dirty mouth. while the eggs are cooling just a bit, shower up real quick and salt-brush the teeth. Air dry. Then eat.

And also coffee. And then, as the sun is rising, Mrs. Zod.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:36 AM (Q/6pY)

540 Say, would chariot work for this?
Posted by: Achilles

"Coming for to drag me home..."

Posted by: The Blind Miklos Boys of Alabama at July 12, 2022 12:37 AM (thbCK)

541 Electric doesn’t explode on you. Just sayin’.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:37 AM (rzOL9)

542 Well, i am going to get me a rum and coke.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (08sGP)

543 Say, would chariot work for this?
Posted by: Achilles

Hurry up with the eggs, Big Boy

Posted by: Mrs. Zod at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (thbCK)

544 Electric doesn’t explode on you. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
___

Electric sucks.

I'll risk the explosion.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (BZUab)

545 Pee in the yard

Minor workout

But 10 times a day....

Posted by: Miklos, it adds up at July 12, 2022 12:33 AM (thbCK)


I would if I could but, unfortunately, I live in a third floor apartment with no balcony from which to launch a stream.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (ldL4g)

546 Here comes the Zod/Here comes the Zod/and Zod says, it's all right

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (Q/6pY)

547 This was error

Posted by: Miklosbot v. 183.57.112 at July 12, 2022 12:38 AM (thbCK)

548 Electric doesn’t explode on you. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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You'd be surprised what can happen. I've seen things...

Posted by: Old Sparky at July 12, 2022 12:39 AM (jZBWN)

549 Well, i am going to get me a rum and coke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

There's one right here

Or a Mojito with fresh mint, perhaps?

*inserts funnel into USB port*

Posted by: Genial ONT bartender Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (thbCK)

550 Tough knocks. Hope the man makes it. Not that interested if everyone pointlessly prays.
Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:16 AM (Q/6pY)

What do you suppose your hope is?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (LOVUx)

551 Or a Mojito with fresh mint, perhaps?

*inserts funnel into USB port*
Posted by: Genial ONT bartender Miklos at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (thbCK)

Yes, please.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (LOVUx)

552 No.

Boil, eggs in, cover, five minutes. Promptly pull them out. Two in the tureen, one in the egg-cup. Top the one, salt and pepper, indulge. Repeat, repeat. I don't mind eating shell. I have toasted rosemary bread with salmon cream cheese after.

Then, meditation. Then, a hot shave.Wait....I hate eating with a dirty mouth. while the eggs are cooling just a bit, shower up real quick and salt-brush the teeth. Air dry. Then eat.

And also coffee. And then, as the sun is rising, Mrs. Zod.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:36 AM (Q/6pY)

I have the cups, but I just peel them and smash them with a fork. I is cultured. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (VwHCD)

553 Speaking of gas vs. electric, isn't in California where they are now requiring all new kitchens, including commercial ones, to have only electric stove tops? Chefs are just gonna love that.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:42 AM (ldL4g)

554 I always thought this was standard kit for the wallet.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:12 AM (0ocXn)


The old cop trick is to have a cobbler or a leather worker sew a thin flap on the inside of the back of your belt and hang the key on the inside where you can get to it if you ever get cuffed with your hands behind you.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:42 AM (xhaym)

555 >>What do you suppose your hope is?
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (LOVUx)

I'm dense--you'll have to be a little more specific.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:42 AM (Q/6pY)

556 I like the central pilot on the old Chambers range, with tubes running to each burner, the flat-top, and the oven. Plus, it had that tiny little grate on it so you could use the pilot to melt butter or warm sauce. Fantastic design.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:43 AM (Zhwz2)

557 Yes, please.
Posted by: tcn in AK,

Very well, Miss.

*attempts to get tiny umbrella in the USB as well*

Posted by: Genial ONT bartender Miklos, really trying at July 12, 2022 12:43 AM (thbCK)

558 Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+...
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:06 AM


Confirmed ... YD is Richard Rawlings.

Posted by: spindrift at July 12, 2022 12:43 AM (8vt87)

559 And entire semi, both tractor and trailer, disappeared into the river at the Morrin bridge a few years ago. Never to be found again. And the river is so shallow, you can mostly wade across. I have floated it on an inner tube.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:36 AM (08sGP)

Maybe it was sucked into a black hole?

Posted by: Don Lemon at July 12, 2022 12:44 AM (7bRMQ)

560 420 Gympie Gympie leaves make an excellent deodorant.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2022 11:57 PM (63Dwl)
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For some reason that reminded me of that episode of LA Law where they go camping and use poison oak or similar leaves to clean fartclams.

Posted by: Ciampino - could have used toilet cleaner wipes at July 12, 2022 12:44 AM (qfLjt)

561 >>I have the cups, but I just peel them and smash them with a fork. I is cultured. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:41 AM (VwHCD)

You and my missus. (Watches me fuck around with the dull knife, the little spoon, the moist soft-boiled faggotry).

"Just...mash it. It's all the same."

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:45 AM (Q/6pY)

562 OK, honest question here, In an energy crisis, as we are now in, how do gas and electricity compare in the home? Which is better?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:45 AM (rzOL9)

563 I've cooked aplenty on both gas and electric. Both have strengths and weaknesses.

Glasstop electric, it's easy to moderate the heat, even if "low" ain't low enough. Just slide the pot halfway or more off the offending burner, and you're regulating the number of heated square inches, and not just the straight up BTU of that particular burner.

Gas is easier to turn down to almost uselessly low heat levels. Electric glasstop is easier to clean-up.

Old fashioned electric coils are ob de debbil doh, and do not belong in a modern kitchen.

It's up to the cook to learn the nuances of the cooker in question, and to adapt his/her game to the new rules on the field. "Guest Cook" at someone else's house, and you'll learn this in short order, or you'll fail.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 12:45 AM (tkOps)

564 >>>Electric doesn’t explode on you. Just sayin’.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

>Improperly grounded electric stoves will electrocute you. Many elderly residents have been killed by grabbing the stove and the sink. Grounding is important.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 12:46 AM (0ocXn)

565 You can make soup out of poison ivy.

I learned that from one of the few Hungarians to survive Soviet POW camps/Gulags

Posted by: the stuff Miklos knows at July 12, 2022 12:46 AM (thbCK)

566 Speaking of gas vs. electric, isn't in California where they are now requiring all new kitchens, including commercial ones, to have only electric stove tops? Chefs are just gonna love that.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:42 AM (ldL4g)


Man, no shit. Electric ovens are great for baking. I went with a duel fuel this time so Mrs B can continue with her baking excellence with the electric oven, but I wanted the gas on the burners. Not sure how the hell a chef is going to deal with electric top burners though. Well its not like california has a shortage of electricity though (eye roll).

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:47 AM (VwHCD)

567 No. I would never wear a van dyke.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:47 AM (Zhwz2)

568
Maybe it was sucked into a black hole?
Posted by: Don Lemon
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I'm not saying it was aliens, but...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:48 AM (WUbL3)

569 Electric ranges in CA make sense.
Electricity comes from the universal grid and is pollution free unlike natural gas.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (PCoNr)

570 Well its not like california has a shortage of electricity though (eye roll).
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

With Six brown-out you get Eyeroll

Posted by: the stuff Miklos knowsMiklos' Chinese Cajun Takeout at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (thbCK)

571 Old fashioned electric coils are ob de debbil doh, and do not belong in a modern kitchen.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 12:45 AM (tkOps)

Good for heating up harley heads to press out the valve guides though. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (VwHCD)

572 Oh happy day.
Lucy the Twatfink just horked up another hairball.
Tis the season.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:28 AM (U2p+3)


I have brushed so much hair out of my cats I am ready to knit me another cat.

I have a Furminator for cats and it is worth the money.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (xhaym)

573 Gas is instantly hot or instantly cold. Electric is bullshit. I have an electric stove and can't wait to be rid of it. Feh. Markedly inferior.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (Zhwz2)

574 It's almost 1 a.m., and I'd KILL for a reuben.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (Q/6pY)

575 Well its not like california has a shortage of electricity though (eye roll).

They're going to be "inventing" "blackout food" there pretty soon. Something the rest of the world calls peanut butter sandwiches.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (Bd6X8)

576 >Improperly grounded electric stoves will electrocute you. Many elderly residents have been killed by grabbing the stove and the sink. Grounding is important.
Posted by: Dr. Bone
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Watching an arcing heating element is a sobering experience. It becomes a sort of plasma cutter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (WUbL3)

577 I'm not saying it was aliens, but...
Posted by: Mike Hammer

we observed the Twerking One

See you in a few thou of your Earf years

Posted by: the Aliens at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (thbCK)

578 >>I have a Furminator for cats and it is worth the money.Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:49 AM (xhaym)

Concur.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 12:51 AM (Q/6pY)

579 I have a Furminator for cats and it is worth the money.
Posted by: Kindltot

I should get one. The things she ha is up look like slugs. Furry brown slugs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:51 AM (U2p+3)

580 Watching an arcing heating element is a sobering experience. It becomes a sort of plasma cutter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Why does plasma need cutting?

Posted by: Miklos, wide-eyed and ready to learn at July 12, 2022 12:51 AM (thbCK)

581 Stinky dog, wet trash, low tide are all not really good for deodorant.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (0OmEj)

582 They're going to be "inventing" "blackout food" there pretty soon. Something the rest of the world calls peanut butter sandwiches.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (Bd6X

Creamy vs Crunchy. Go.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (7bRMQ)

583 Why does plasma need cutting?

'Cause the pure stuff will give you an overdose.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (Bd6X8)

584 429 I don't use Sous-vide, whatever that is. The gas broiler works just fine and I have a nicely cooked steak in about 15 minutes.

Posted by: Theodore at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (GJnvT)

585 Jim, isn't one of the main drawbacks with glass electric stove tops is that you can't use cast iron on them? I love my cast iron cookware.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:53 AM (ldL4g)

586 Maybe it was sucked into a black hole?
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 12, 2022 12:44 AM (7bRMQ)

Well the river was in high flood condition, way over its normal level. Morrin bridge was crowded with gawkers. Semi truck with fuel tanker came down the hill on the west side, fast. Driver knew he could not stop, and would kill several people if he went onto the bridge. So he took the ditch, and went right on into the river, never to be seen again. Driver was a hero, but he paid with his life. I am guessing the rig was carried a number of miles downstream, came to rest somewhere, and then current scour opened up a hole on the downstream side, and the rig tumbled in, and was subsequently buried. A magnetometer survey might locate it. i don't know if it has ever been attempted.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 12:53 AM (08sGP)

587 The choice was Twinkies.
Makes me laugh every time I read it in the sidebar
Posted by: LASue at July 12, 2022 12:32 AM (Ed8Zd)


I keep thinking, "She's hot. She shouldn't be wearing black in the summer like that"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:53 AM (xhaym)

588 >>Why does plasma need cutting?
Posted by: Miklos, wide-eyed and ready to learn at July 12, 2022 12:51 AM (thbCK)

"You see a tortoise..."
"What's a tortoise?"
"Nevermind. Anyway, you see a turtle. it's on its back..."

Posted by: ZOD Voight Kampff at July 12, 2022 12:54 AM (Q/6pY)

589 When I was broke, I lost a wallet. Had maybe $20 in it. It got returned. Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+. Never saw it again. Go figure. Honesty is conditional for most people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

$20 isn't that much (well, if you're not broke) and the emotional value of returning it outweighs it. OTOH, $3k+ is, well, holy shit, three thousand dollars? Hoo boy. Ummmm.... Man! Dang! I need that three thousand dollars....

Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 12:54 AM (KAi1n)

590 @RickZ, no one ever told me I couldn't use cast iron on a glass cooktop. I do and it works just fine.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 12:54 AM (7B5FA)

591 Jim, isn't one of the main drawbacks with glass electric stove tops is that you can't use cast iron on them? I love my cast iron cookware.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:53 AM (ldL4g)

Pretty much. Mrs b had to get new flat bottom pots when we put in the glass top stove. Her regular pots would take over 1/2 hour to boil water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:54 AM (VwHCD)

592 Re the whole eating bugs thing: I won’t mind as long as they’re breaded and taste like shrimp.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 12:55 AM (rzOL9)

593 Don't know the tractor but Farmer, when replacing the rings, would drop the pistons and put them in the freezer overnight. Said the rings slipped on easy peasy.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:55 AM (PCoNr)

594 I'm not going to go on an air fryer rant, I mean, they are basically forced-convection toaster ovens, but, very handy for fast cooking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (MrUzB)

595 Pretty much. Mrs b had to get new flat bottom pots when we put in the glass top stove. Her regular pots would take over 1/2 hour to boil water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:54 AM (VwHCD)

Hee hee! He fell for it!

Posted by: Mrs b at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (7bRMQ)

596 "Air fryer."

This does not exist.

Posted by: ZOD Voight Kampff at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (Q/6pY)

597 Many don't like cooking with gas but I love it.
I can cook on electric, but prefer gas.
With gas you can *see* the flame.
And, yes, those new electric cooktops (which I also like, and get hot very fast) require special cookware and I don't think cast iron is possible.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (jTmQV)

598 I'm not going to go on an air fryer rant, I mean, they are basically forced-convection toaster ovens, but, very handy for fast cooking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (MrUzB)

My father just got one of those. Its fairly impressive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (VwHCD)

599 The gas broiler works just fine and I have a nicely cooked steak in about 15 minutes.
Posted by: Theodore at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (GJnvT)

I love a gas broiler, but not for steak. If I'm cooking steak inside, i just use the black iron pan on the stove.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (Zhwz2)

600 When I was broke, I lost a wallet. Had maybe $20 in it. It got returned. Later, I lost one jam-packed with hundreds. $3k+. Never saw it again. Go figure. Honesty is conditional for most people.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

$20 isn't that much (well, if you're not broke) and the emotional value of returning it outweighs it. OTOH, $3k+ is, well, holy shit, three thousand dollars? Hoo boy. Ummmm.... Man! Dang! I need that three thousand dollars....


The guy that found it is waiting for YD's funeral, where he will place a check for the full amount in the casket.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (Bd6X8)

601 They're going to be "inventing" "blackout food" there pretty soon. Something the rest of the world calls peanut butter sandwiches.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 12, 2022 12:50 AM (Bd6X


Peanut butter will only be for the wealthy. They'll eat plain bread sandwiches and be thankful.

I remember an interview with Dolly Parton talking about how she was dirt poor starting out. She could only afford ketchup sandwiches.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (ldL4g)

602 I won't vouch for any model fridge, but design wise the most efficient is a side by side fridge with a freezer on the bottom, you don't need to know the thermodynamics.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (8GBH4)

603 And, yes, those new electric cooktops (which I also like, and get hot very fast) require special cookware and I don't think cast iron is possible.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 12:56 AM (jTmQV)

I think as long as the pot is super flat on the bottom you are ok. It doesn't seem to like air gaps.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (VwHCD)

604 I thank God for my air fryer, as well as my Instapot and dehydrator.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 12, 2022 12:58 AM (S39X0)

605 Good Night, all.

Posted by: Theodore at July 12, 2022 12:58 AM (GJnvT)

606 You can put bacon in one of those bullet blenders and mix it with mashed potatoes or other softies.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 12:33 AM (PCoNr)


Dad was on a pureed diet before he died because he had trouble with swallowing and would get pneumonia from aspirating food. It took a lot of joy out of his life.

I make fruit and yogurt smoothies for breakfast, I have since I broke my shoulder and needed fiber for the pain meds, calcium for the bone healing, and energy because it hurt too much to cook and I lost a lot of money rebuilding bone.

It is also watermelon season so I am running watermelon chunks through my blender to juice it which I like better than eating watermelon.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 12:59 AM (xhaym)

607 Electric ranges are gay.

Posted by: ZOD Voight Kampff at July 12, 2022 12:59 AM (Q/6pY)

608 Re the whole eating bugs thing: I won’t mind as long as they’re breaded and taste like shrimp.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

So

Mudbugs

Posted by: Miklos, who has eaten many a crawfish at July 12, 2022 12:59 AM (thbCK)

609 522 ZOD,
Do you put the eggs in little cups, tap off the first third and then dip toast points into the yolk?

Because that's the way it's done.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:30 AM (U2p+3)
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Yep, that's the way.
Also with a freshly laid egg, Mum would make a smallish hole at one end and I got to suck a raw egg almost every morning from toddler till about 4. The owner of the 4-apartment building was also present at my at-home birth and had a thing for the baby and also had chickens. She brought an egg every morning. Now the incentive for me was that when the eggshell was empty, it got filled about a quarter way with sweet Marsala. Yes, boozing so young. It put hairs on my chest.

Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm Marsala sounds good at July 12, 2022 12:59 AM (qfLjt)

610 Our air fryer is our most used appliance. Handy it is.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at July 12, 2022 01:00 AM (0OmEj)

611 Comments 590 and 591: Settle it with a duel at dawn, at 10 paces.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:00 AM (ldL4g)

612 Well, my late lamented '96 Diesel suburban got sold down the road today. I got it running yesterday; drove it around a little bit, and took some pictures for the on-line ad site, and parked it again. Had several inquiries, and a scrap hauler came out from Calgary, and gave me $500 for it. I was asking $900, but was quite ready to deal, as the truck has a bent frame, and both engine and transmission are tired. And tires are worn out, too. It didn't owe me anything.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:00 AM (08sGP)

613 We rented a condo that had the new induction electric cooktop. It heated up surprising fast. Don't turn your back on it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:00 AM (jTmQV)

614 Electric ranges are gay.
Posted by: ZOD Voight Kampff

Careful with the Viking ones.

Posted by: Miklos, who has heard stories, and they say that's not gay at July 12, 2022 01:00 AM (thbCK)

615 "Air fryer."

This does not exist.
Posted by: ZOD
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Dude, I'm raking in the cash. Don't mess with the narrative.

Posted by: Emeril Lagssse at July 12, 2022 01:01 AM (eR8Ul)

616 Yes, boozing so young. It put hairs on my chest.
Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm Marsala sounds good at July 12, 2022 12:59 AM (qfLjt)

Strange. Unappetizing. Incorrect.

Five minutes on boil, covered. Done.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:01 AM (Q/6pY)

617 I think I remember that girl in the vid from another post, not sure we would be friends even if we were the same age, but damn is she funny, she has almost perfect delivery.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 12, 2022 01:02 AM (8GBH4)

618 I remember an interview with Dolly Parton talking about how she was dirt poor starting out. She could only afford ketchup sandwiches. Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (ldL4g)

Dolly literally left for Nashville right after HS graduation with nothing but her dreams and her talent.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (7B5FA)

619 I think Mrs B just got some variation of an air fryer for making popcorn. maybe its just a small air fryer, who knows. Damn thing works pretty good. Makes perfect popcorn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (VwHCD)

620 Flat-bottomed pots, you make the cooking world go round

Posted by: Freddie Mercury original draft at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (8vt87)

621 Dolly literally left for Nashville right after HS graduation with nothing but her dreams and her talent.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (7B5FA)

And 2 great assets.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (VwHCD)

622 ..I think as long as the pot is super flat on the bottom you are ok. It doesn't seem to like air gaps. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 12:57 AM (VwHCD)

Exactly. Classic Griswald cast iron works fine. Modern Lodge brand sucks bawls. But can be fixed.

Take any cast iron pot or pan to a machine shop, and have 'em "surface" the bottom. Yeah, you might lose some vintage stampings, but that pot'll now work like a champ on your glass.

One warning though. Don't "drag" your cast iron on the glass, you'll scratch the glass. Lift it up, set it down. Don't slide it. And yes, cast iron IS the superior cooking implement.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (tkOps)

623 Flat-bottomed pots, you make the cooking world go round
Posted by: Freddie Mercury original draft

You never really liked me

Posted by: Annie Potts at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (thbCK)

624 Dolly literally left for Nashville right after HS graduation with nothing but her dreams and her talent.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (7B5FA)

And very shiny shoes, with no rain spots.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (08sGP)

625 >>>Jim, isn't one of the main drawbacks with glass electric stove tops is that you can't use cast iron on them? I love my cast iron cookware.

>I took a 4 inch grinder, a torch and a ball-peen hammer to all of my cast iron cookware and refashioned the bottom surface to be more compatible with a glass top stove. Had to do a lot of re-seasoning but it worked out okay. Cast iron is still the best.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (0ocXn)

626 Dolly literally left for Nashville right after HS graduation with nothing but her dreams and her talent.Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 01:03 AM (7B5FA)

And her milkers. Let's not be coy.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:05 AM (Q/6pY)

627 And 2 great assets. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:04 AM (VwHCD)

IIRC from when she was on the Porter Wagoner show, they weren't as impressive back then when she was young.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 12, 2022 01:05 AM (7B5FA)

628 Makes perfect popcorn.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Needs Flavacol for the Movie Theater Experience

Posted by: Miklos travels with that at July 12, 2022 01:05 AM (thbCK)

629 Handcuff key: I used to stash a strong, big paperclip in the little pocket on the sleeve on the bicep of my flight jacket, where you can reach with your teeth, when I was a hoodlum.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

A Jewish hoodlum. The jokes practically write themselves. If you pronounced "hoodlum" likes it's Yiddish, maaaaybe I'd believe you were one.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 01:06 AM (KAi1n)

630 Nice turn around on the Sub.
I'm waiting for Joey B. to do cash for clunkers.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2022 01:06 AM (PCoNr)

631
I should get one. The things she ha is up look like slugs. Furry brown slugs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 12:51 AM (U2p+3)


Reason #1 why Kindltot will not get dreds:

White guy dreds on white guys with red hair always look like a ginger cat has been hurking hairballs on the white guy's head.
This is not a good look.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 01:06 AM (xhaym)

632 "I think as long as the pot is super flat on the bottom you are ok."

Good knowledge, thanks.
I don't have much cast iron anymore.
I have a couple of small (4") cast iron skillets, on which I have painted pastoral scenes.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:07 AM (jTmQV)

633 Does it really freaking matter if food is cooked over gas, or electric, or an open fire? Cooking is cooking. The seasoning may make a difference, but other than that…?

Foodies, sheesh:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 01:07 AM (rzOL9)

634 >>I used to stash

Yoostastash.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:07 AM (Q/6pY)

635 Having cast iron cookware and wooden cooking utensils = a Grandma-approved kitchen.

As is said here often: The old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:08 AM (ldL4g)

636 White guy dreds on white guys with red hair always look like a ginger cat has been hurking hairballs on the white guy's head.
This is not a good look.
Posted by: Kindltot

Catural Appropriation

Posted by: Miklos tsk-tsks at July 12, 2022 01:08 AM (thbCK)

637 497 scorch a steak, and that stuff. Congrats!!!!!
Posted by: ZOD

In Memoriam

Posted by: Larry Scorch (veteran USN, F-Troop, US Cavalry) at July 12, 2022 12:20 AM (thbCK)
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Wasn't that Larry Storch?

Posted by: Ciampino - what's a t between friends at July 12, 2022 01:09 AM (qfLjt)

638 I think you have to draw a distinction between induction ranges, which heat metal cookware by electromagnetic induction, and ranges with glass tops having embedded heating elements.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:09 AM (08sGP)

639 Yoostastash.
Posted by: ZOD

Sufferin' Youstastache

Posted by: Youstastash was Yosemite Sam's early sidekick at July 12, 2022 01:10 AM (thbCK)

640 I'm a big believer in wood utensils.
Let them dry thoroughly in between usage.
Sunlight works great.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:10 AM (jTmQV)

641 George Gascon actually did one thing right here in S.F. (besides leave):

He was willing to prosecute the bad guy.
https://sfist.com/2012/04/05/ cyclist_who_struck_pedestrian_at_ca/

Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 01:10 AM (KAi1n)

642 Yoostastash.
Posted by: ZOD at

Is a River in western Washington

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 12, 2022 01:11 AM (U2p+3)

643 Does it really freaking matter if food is cooked over gas, or electric, or an open fire? Cooking is cooking. The seasoning may make a difference, but other than that…?

Foodies, sheesh:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 01:07 AM (rzOL9)


Yeah, it friggin' matters to cooks.

Psst: You don't cook over open fires; you cook over coals. Wienies or marshmallows on a stick don't count.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:11 AM (ldL4g)

644 633 Does it really freaking matter if food is cooked over gas, or electric, or an open fire? Cooking is cooking. The seasoning may make a difference, but other than that…?

Foodies, sheesh:

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 01:07 AM (rzOL9)
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Well bread and pizza tastes better cooked in a wood-fired oven.

Posted by: Ciampino - Granddad was a baker at July 12, 2022 01:11 AM (qfLjt)

645 He was willing to prosecute the bad guy.
https://sfist.com/2012/04/05/ cyclist_who_struck_pedestrian_at_ca/
Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 01:10 AM (KAi1n)

Link didn't work for me. Presumably the cyclist was white?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:13 AM (08sGP)

646 Flat bottom pots. Yeah, flat bottoms. I know you're talking about me.

Posted by: Brie Larson at July 12, 2022 01:13 AM (7bRMQ)

647 Work event this weekend for Mrs. Her colleague hosted us overnight north of Annapolis. Flowers, champagne, a night out after the obligatories. Hostess' boyfriend is a Democrat. Can't WAIT to talk about politics.

Zod is not a Democrat.

So, we're out for drinks after her work event, mrs. gets a wine, our house-hostess gets a dirty martini, I'm game and do the same.

He gets hot tea and cheesecake.

IN A PIANO BAR.

And we're hosting them over Labor Day on the Eastern Shore.

Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be State INR career faggots.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:13 AM (Q/6pY)

648 Psst: You don't cook over open fires; you cook over coals. Wienies or marshmallows on a stick don't count.
Posted by: RickZ

Goulash (gylyasleves) is cooked over a fire, preferably in a pot called a bogrács.

Posted by: Do not question Miklos on this topic at July 12, 2022 01:14 AM (thbCK)

649 OK, now I get it.
Glass top ranges have been around for decades.
(heats up moderately slow)
The induction type is a relatively new product.
(heats up, presto, but requires special cooking skillet)
link goes to amazon

https://tinyurl.com/yy9c9k2u

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:14 AM (jTmQV)

650 "Link didn't work for me."

There're 2 spaces added after 5/

Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 01:14 AM (KAi1n)

651 Goulash (gylyasleves) is cooked over a fire, preferably in a pot called a bogrács.
Posted by: Do not question Miklos on this topic at July 12, 2022 01:14 AM (thbCK)


With that shape of pot you could also make soap and render lard.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 01:16 AM (xhaym)

652 >>With that shape of pot you could also make soap and render lard.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 01:16 AM (xhaym)

Human

(shifty eyes)

Flesh.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:18 AM (Q/6pY)

653 My oven needs work, it is throwing error codes that show the thermometer is shorting. I think it is in the main board because I can shut down the error code by pounding gently on the face of the control panel.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 01:19 AM (xhaym)

654 With that shape of pot you could also make soap and render lard.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2022 01:16 AM (xhaym)

Human

(shifty eyes)

Flesh.
Posted by: ZOD

I was bout to say "don't go giving Zod any ideas", but too late.

Posted by: Miklos maybe make Monster at July 12, 2022 01:19 AM (thbCK)

655 423
Speaking of 'natural' ingredients, you must really hate this info on some food and drink items: Made with natural flavorings. I've always wondered what the hell that meant, exactly.

Posted by: GLSD at July 11, 2022 11:58 PM (AMIL/)
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You guessed it, it's my pet peeve equivalent to 'contains no chemicals'. Either will set me off.

Posted by: Ciampino - all natural vanilla, contains no chemicals at July 12, 2022 01:20 AM (qfLjt)

656 Goulash (gylyasleves) is cooked over a fire, preferably in a pot called a bogrács.

Posted by: Do not question Miklos on this topic at July 12, 2022 01:14 AM (thbCK)


There were similar cast iron pots with handles for cooking over an open fire here, too. Made all day stews and the like in them. But not too many fireplaces today have the room or equipment in them for hanging a cooking pot like that. Also, when the fireplace was the main source of heating in a hovel, an all day fire was often a necessity.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:20 AM (ldL4g)

657 not sure if commercial is exempt, but we worked at a church that was remodeling its bathroom and Im pretty sure you could have flushed a shoe, or helped out with the constipated. Not 1.6

Posted by: a dude in MI at July 12, 2022 01:20 AM (+I6Y/)

658 What's a dirty martini?

Other than a Lancia LC2 after 24 hours at Le Mans.

Posted by: spindrift at July 12, 2022 01:21 AM (8vt87)

659 Philly guy too, so I already hated him (for those unfamiliar with the Eastern Seaboard, Philadelphia is a rectum).

"Hey, so, guess you guys aren't the 'Redskins' anymore, huh?" The teeth, the smirk, the Philly smile.

"Nope."

(Watch me work behind the scenes to ensure that your friendly, accommodating girlfriend cuts you at the hamstrings, Rocky)

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:21 AM (Q/6pY)

660 Having cast iron cookware and wooden cooking utensils = a Grandma-approved kitchen.

As is said here often: The old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:08 AM (ldL4g)

I thought Cowboy Kent Rollins said use metal utensils?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 01:22 AM (7bRMQ)

661 He gets hot tea and cheesecake.

IN A PIANO BAR.

And we're hosting them over Labor Day on the Eastern Shore.

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You're a good husband. I would probably go sit in the car and drink on Labor Day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 01:23 AM (Zhwz2)

662 100 Posted by: Ciampino - a salame would be better and tastier at July 11, 2022 10:22 PM (qfLjt)

You're about a week late and a $5er short.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 11, 2022 10:24 PM (aA3+G)
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We're even then.

Posted by: Ciampino --- at July 12, 2022 01:23 AM (qfLjt)

663 Also, when the fireplace was the main source of heating in a hovel, an all day fire was often a necessity.
Posted by: RickZ

Old style peasant farmhouses in Central Europe use the oven as an all-in-one burning-all-day oven, central heat and water warmer.

Posted by: Miklos, and pretty effective and efficient at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (thbCK)

664 I thought Cowboy Kent Rollins said use metal utensils?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 01:22 AM (7bRMQ)


My Grandma's wooden spoons weren't just for cooking but also disciplining.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (ldL4g)

665 I'm a big believer in wood utensils.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:10 AM (jTmQV)

So were my italian aunts, when they weren't cooking with them they were beating the kids with them. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (VwHCD)

666 In the not so distant past, the kitchen was in an entirely different structure, so, if it burnt down the main house might be saved.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:27 AM (jTmQV)

667 Big wooden forks and spoons are used for hanging on the wall, next to repros of the Last Supper in Filipino houses.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2022 01:28 AM (7bRMQ)

668 >>665 I'm a big believer in wood utensils.

Nonconcur. Too much maintenance for the return. Crack, blahblahblah, hand-washing, wood, blahblahblah.

The Aztecs deserve better, and they get better.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:28 AM (Q/6pY)

669 >>>My Grandma's wooden spoons weren't just for cooking but also disciplining.

>Wooden spoon? Luxury! Grandma used to make us go cut our own wooden switch down by the woodshed.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 01:29 AM (0ocXn)

670 Why do the Hungarians burn zombies?

Because they love ghoul ash.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2022 01:29 AM (rzOL9)

671 I would have left Eastern Europe the first fucking thaw I could get my ass out. That's not living when you're in temps that low for that long, and only with in-home combustion for heat.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 12, 2022 01:29 AM (KAi1n)

672 The Aztecs deserve better, and they get better.
Posted by: ZOD

Ah

The Premium Obsidian Collection.

Posted by: We sell those at the Tzampotli Family Fun Park Gift Shop at July 12, 2022 01:30 AM (thbCK)

673 (for those unfamiliar with the Eastern Seaboard, Philadelphia is a rectum).


The Eastern Seaboard sure is a geographical/anatomical wonder, with at least (*counts ... Boston, NYC, Philly, DC, Providence, Newark, B'more*) ... seven rectums of varying size.

Posted by: spindrift at July 12, 2022 01:30 AM (8vt87)

674 Old style peasant farmhouses in Central Europe use the oven as an all-in-one burning-all-day oven, central heat and water warmer.
Posted by: Miklos, and pretty effective and efficient at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (thbCK)

I used a Franklin stove in just this manner when I lived in a small house with my first wife. The mAin room would get too hot sometimes. But in the winter I barely used the regular stove or oven. Black iron pan or Dutch oven on the Franklin. Boiled water on it all day as a humidifier.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2022 01:30 AM (Zhwz2)

675 If you smack a bitch with one of those massive dark "African-something-wood" spoons from up on the wall, you'll get what you want.

Ironed boxers. Piping-hot coffee, with the right amount of goddamit cream and sugar. Nightly menus. "The Special."

It is simple.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:31 AM (Q/6pY)

676 Because they love ghoul ash.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Your Adjunct Professorship application will undergo Additional Review

Posted by: University of Miklos at July 12, 2022 01:32 AM (thbCK)

677 Not that I've done that. I'm just told--in a mythical way--that it's so.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:32 AM (Q/6pY)

678 Anyone write apps for smartphones? I have an idea for one that ought to be pretty much just software only, no outside hardware needed, and could be a life saver for some folks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:33 AM (08sGP)

679 663 Also, when the fireplace was the main source of heating in a hovel, an all day fire was often a necessity.
Posted by: RickZ

Old style peasant farmhouses in Central Europe use the oven as an all-in-one burning-all-day oven, central heat and water warmer.

Posted by: Miklos, and pretty effective and efficient at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (thbCK)
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Well in Rome (1954-56) we had a brand new cooker, wood fired, that in winter was used for stove-top cooking, oven and had a built-in container for hot water. It also warmed up the kitchen where we lived. The bedrooms were cold and only used for sleeping. In summer we used a small table-top gas burner with two rings. It snowed in Rome winter of 55. Unusual. That was the first snow that I can remember. Butter was kept ice-cold on the windowsill.

Posted by: Ciampino - a simpler time at July 12, 2022 01:34 AM (qfLjt)

680 Old style peasant farmhouses in Central Europe use the oven as an all-in-one burning-all-day oven, central heat and water warmer.

Posted by: Miklos, and pretty effective and efficient at July 12, 2022 01:25 AM (thbCK)


The only place here in 'youngun' America that I've seen that had real fireplaces for cooking was in Williamsburg VA's Historic District. My Grandma had a wood-burning cast iron stove. It had about a two-inch deep double-eyelet griddle (which I now proudly own) with a lip that fitted down into the stove and made the best damn pancakes. I still make pancakes on it (over two gas burners) but, alas, they aren't Grandma's in taste. My Mom warned me I'd better use that griddle for cooking and not make a wall hanging out of it or she'd take it back. Also good for sausage and peppers and onions, with sausage on one end and peppers and onions on the other.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:37 AM (ldL4g)

681 I know I have a bug in the house - two cats on the mantelpiece staring at the ceiling.

Posted by: Ciampino - built-in bug alarm at July 12, 2022 01:38 AM (qfLjt)

682 Wooden spoon? Luxury! Grandma used to make us go cut our own wooden switch down by the woodshed.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 01:29 AM (0ocXn)


Grandma didn't have the patience to wait that long. The 'thwack' was practically instantaneous with the misdeed.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 01:40 AM (ldL4g)

683
This new stove down here in Miley's house is a glass top, with infrared elements. That thing is damned impressive in heat-up time.

It amazed me the first time I used this big old "soup pot" of my mother's. On her stove, there are hot spots on the elements. This would necessitate watchin and stirring something, and even using low heat.

I found those infrared elements could heat a batch of soup ingredients wide ass open uniformly. No hot spots, although one still needed to stir to keep the temp equalized.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 01:40 AM (Mzdiz)

684 I know I have a bug in the house - two cats on the mantelpiece staring at the ceiling.
Posted by: Ciampino

If cats ran the CIA, they would do a better job, cheaper, and leave us alone the rest of the time.

Posted by: Insights by Miklos at July 12, 2022 01:40 AM (thbCK)

685 Well, time for me to hit the sack. Night, horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2022 01:41 AM (08sGP)

686 Well in Rome (1954-56) we had a brand new cooker, wood fired, that in winter was used for stove-top cooking, oven and had a built-in container for hot water. It also warmed up the kitchen where we lived. The bedrooms were cold and only used for sleeping. In summer we used a small table-top gas burner with two rings. It snowed in Rome winter of 55. Unusual. That was the first snow that I can remember. Butter was kept ice-cold on the windowsill.

Posted by: Ciampino - a simpler time at July 12, 2022 01:34 AM (qfLjt)

My grandmother told me about stoves like that. She lived just south of Rome. That woman could make an old shoe taste good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:42 AM (VwHCD)

687 stir to keep the temp equalized.
Posted by: publius

Are you some kinda Cookin' Commununist?

Posted by: Miklos, because they're EVERYWHERE at July 12, 2022 01:42 AM (thbCK)

688 https://tinyurl.com/56hehkxd

vintage chambers gas stove

Posted by: Infidel at July 12, 2022 01:43 AM (mn1Pi)

689 Take a look at some of the old stoves and ranges from Sears Roebuck catalog from 100-125 years ago.
Some were pretty ingenious.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:44 AM (jTmQV)

690 Infidel beat me to my comment!
OK, good night all.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 12, 2022 01:49 AM (jTmQV)

691 >> Are you some kinda Cookin' Commununist?

Must be. I'm fer the equitable distribution of heat in a pot.

That cut-off corn is another that needs to be stirred. And I found I couldn't heat it wide open either. It'll start sticking before you know it, some varieties of corn worse than others. Can't get over medium, and even then stir, stir. Lower and you don't have to stir so much, but it takes a long time. Once it gets hot enough, you can increase the heat a little to get it on up to simmering temp. Don't know exactly know the chemistry afoot there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 01:49 AM (Mzdiz)

692 688 https://tinyurl.com/56hehkxd

vintage chambers gas stove

Posted by: Infidel at July 12, 2022 01:43 AM (mn1Pi)
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Impressive.

Posted by: Ciampino - and ingenious at July 12, 2022 01:49 AM (qfLjt)

693
My parents, born in '27 and '30 tell about their days as young 'uns. It was common chore for children of a certain age to keep the kitchen firewood box fully stocked at all times.

If mama needed some firewood, and they had failed to keep the box filled, they were in trouble. Both of 'em recount getting a whuppin' for that.

My mother recounts how their stove had a water heater vessel as well. Hot water always available with one of those. Also "warmer drawers", little compartments to keep food warm. There were not in the full heat zone, so off to the side or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (Mzdiz)

694 When I was doing kitchens and baths we did a kitchen in a house that was built in 1874. It was a 2 family house, and this kitchen was on the 2nd floor. It had an old...old ass stove that was mint. Gas on gas. It was 2 tone, tan center with darker brown edges. It was beautiful. It was so frigging heavy we couldn't lift it, 100's of pounds, and no way was it going down the stairs, but it had to go. I tried for 2 hours to get it apart, but every bolt I needed to remove was inside and rusty. They wouldn't budge. We had to sledgehammer it into pieces. We stared at it for an hour, my brother couldn't bring himself to hit it, and me either. We wanted to save it sooo bad, but it wasn't in the cards. Don't know how old it was, but it was ancient. I still can't believe we had to bust it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (VwHCD)

695 94 I'm starting to think she has dementia too. Or maybe all of the "man juices " she swallow sucked in have seeped into her brain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2022 10:17 PM (+lVUW)

She is tripping balls. She is hitting high end THC and probably Xanax to keep the anxiety under control.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2022 10:21 PM (xhaym)

Huh.

Posted by: m at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (euHgA)

696 >>I still can't believe we had to bust it up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (VwHCD)

How...(draws on pipe) inthehell did they get it UP there?

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:58 AM (Q/6pY)

697 Watch tucker from tonight, you're gona want to type... Delete.

Everything we thought we knew about the president crime inc.is true. The most corrupt administration ever. Ever. Spit!

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at July 12, 2022 02:00 AM (0OmEj)

698 I don't pay enough attention. Is Trump going to run again?

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 02:00 AM (Q/6pY)

699
My Lord, I looked up some of those fancy wood cook stoves with all the bells and whistles. You'd spend $5K pretty damn quickly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:01 AM (Mzdiz)

700 I don't pay enough attention. Is Trump going to run again?
Posted by: ZOD

If I wax my car, it's because I'm looking for chicks.

Trump just had his 757 painted.

Posted by: Miklos, fill in the dots at July 12, 2022 02:02 AM (thbCK)

701 Quote V

Mitt Romney is like a hemorrhoid: easily forgotten when it stays in it's place, infinitely irritating when it decides to make it's presence felt.Matthew Noto
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This is a wonderful metaphor -- keep it up MR, going from irritating jerk to irritating hemorrhoid is a big negative.

Posted by: Ciampino - so he is a pile at July 12, 2022 02:03 AM (qfLjt)

702
The Amish make some of these. "Obidiah's Stoves" for instance.

Those things are some fine craftmanship. And quite damned expensive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:03 AM (Mzdiz)

703 >>Trump just had his 757 painted.
Posted by: Miklos, fill in the dots at July 12, 2022 02:02 AM (thbCK)

Stimmt genau, danke.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 02:04 AM (Q/6pY)

704 irritating hemorrhoid is a big negative.
Posted by: Ciampino

Misogynistic H8rs!

Posted by: Shemorroids at July 12, 2022 02:05 AM (thbCK)

705 696 >>I still can't believe we had to bust it up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (VwHCD)

How...(draws on pipe) inthehell did they get it UP there?
Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:58 AM (Q/6pY)

She came in through the bathroom window?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2022 02:05 AM (euHgA)

706 696 >>I still can't believe we had to bust it up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 01:52 AM (VwHCD)

How...(draws on pipe) inthehell did they get it UP there?

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:58 AM (Q/6pY)
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It's like an A-10 gun, they built the house around it.

Posted by: Ciampino - without spent uranium this time at July 12, 2022 02:06 AM (qfLjt)

707 How...(draws on pipe) inthehell did they get it UP there?

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:58 AM (Q/6pY)

I think it was assembled up there piece by piece, built on the job so to speak. Its the only way. The nearest I can gather is it was no newer than early 1920's. It was right at the time the challenger exploded, I mean during that job. The women who owned the house lived downstairs, her sister up stairs. They were born and grew up in that house, and were in their mid- upper 60's, and that stove was always there, so it couldn't have been any newer than 1920 or so. It looked older, it had the curved legs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:06 AM (VwHCD)

708 Someone needs to reintroduce the Chambers Gas Stove as some kind of Modern Invention, and claim it to be oh so very eco friendly, etc.

Like I said, I don't keep a dog in the gas/electric dogfight.

What I do promote though, is learn to cook well on ANY stove. Even a Rocket Stove at 11,000 ft. altitude. Or over a Sterno can at sea level.

I wish you'd all DO my admonition here. 'Cause I think that the Burning Times which lie ahead, are going to demand more adaptability than most have ever imagined, much less embraced.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 02:07 AM (tkOps)

709 It looked older, it had the curved legs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Like the one sister, amirite?

Posted by: Carl-Miklos Spackler at July 12, 2022 02:08 AM (thbCK)

710 >>so it couldn't have been any newer than 1920 or so. It looked older, it had the curved legs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:06 AM (VwHCD)

Huh. Must've sucked to bust that beauty up.

Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 02:12 AM (Q/6pY)

711 ----
It's like an A-10 gun, they built the house around it.
Posted by: Ciampino
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Big deal.

Posted by: P-39 at July 12, 2022 02:13 AM (aSWOS)

712 Berserker. That's like sending a grand old ship the breakers.

It happens when no one can raise the funds to make her a Museum Ship or such.

In your case, you all couldn't afford the crane to haul her out of there, intact. If you could've, there'd have been plenty of historical types who'd have bought the stove, even at a pittance. But bought it, surely they would.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 02:14 AM (tkOps)

713
Look here at Obadiah's Pioneer Princess:

https://tinyurl.com/2dfuf7nn

Call that $4k base price. 10 month lead time. Now, start adding the extras, like the water heater, warming drawers and you're gonna spend some money. And have to wait for it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:14 AM (Mzdiz)

714 Going through some of the stuff my daughter forwards and I don't remember discussing this, if it's of any interest:
Twitter Debates Whether Anne Frank Had 'White Privilege'
https://tinyurl.com/mbwdcee4

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't understand this privilege thing at July 12, 2022 02:14 AM (qfLjt)

715 A very memorable meal was at an old house outside Kutaisi, Georgia's second city (and traditional location of the Jason and the golden fleece story), cold rainy November night. Host had a separate kitchen building, feet from the house. Warm, from the fire. His wife was making cheese bread (khachapuri) in big cast iron forms, set right in the coals of a huge fireplace (the char on the bread was amazing). Host brings jugs of homemade wine, red and white, with wax seals for caps.

House was cooler, but not cold. Food was as good as the preliminaries. Endless toasts with cha-cha, of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 12, 2022 02:17 AM (OTzUX)

716
My maternal grandmother was born somewhere in the mid 1890s. She told the story of their family moving one time, when she was a little girl.

They carried their fire with them. Hot coals in a big pot on the wagon. This was for the kitchen stove.

Maintaining that fire was very important. Like life or death important. If you let your fire go out, you could be in some trouble.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:17 AM (Mzdiz)

717 Berserker. That's like sending a grand old ship the breakers.

It happens when no one can raise the funds to make her a Museum Ship or such.

In your case, you all couldn't afford the crane to haul her out of there, intact. If you could've, there'd have been plenty of historical types who'd have bought the stove, even at a pittance. But bought it, surely they would.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 02:14 AM (tkOps)

We tried, we made calls, we spread the word starting a few days before job started because we knew it was up there. Nobody wanted to deal with moving it. It was cast iron. It weighed like 3 V8 engine blocks. It was the immovable object.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:17 AM (VwHCD)

718 What I do promote though, is learn to cook well on ANY stove. Even a Rocket Stove at 11,000 ft. altitude. Or over a Sterno can at sea level.
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I'm currently restoring a 50's two-burner Coleman camp stove. One of these, but much rattier https://tinyurl.com/4xw44km8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:18 AM (tAjbr)

719 Mike Hammer. You can kill commies with that stove. More than you can count on the fingers of a single hand.

And you'll sleep like a baby.

Later though, with that stove, you'll eat like a King. Enjoy!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 02:22 AM (tkOps)

720 How...(draws on pipe) inthehell did they get it UP there?
Posted by: ZOD at July 12, 2022 01:58 AM (Q/6pY)

She came in through the bathroom window?

Posted by: m at July 12, 2022 02:05 AM (euHgA)

that gives me flashbacks. We did one job where it was a 2nd story bathroom. Very high end bathroom. 12X15, full marble floors, platform jacuzzi, corian vanity top with 2 sinks, the works. There was also a 48" "European" shower that would not fit up the stairs, no way no how. The room was getting a big anderson window, so we waiting until we framed for the new window and hoisted the shower up to the second floor and brought it in that way. The plumber checked it out and there was a defect where the drain connected. Oh joy, back out through the window opening, and we had to plywood up the big hole for 2 frigging weeks while a new one was shipped.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:23 AM (VwHCD)

721 Mike Hammer. You can kill commies with that stove. More than you can count on the fingers of a single hand.

And you'll sleep like a baby.

Kill them, then cook them

The remaining commies gotta eat too

Posted by: Kindly Miklos at July 12, 2022 02:24 AM (thbCK)

722 I remember back to another lifetime, when I used to cowboy at the local senator's ranch, we stayed in a bunkhouse with no running water, electricity or plumbing. The place had a remarkable potbelly stove we used for heat and light that I wish I had now. Almost a work of art.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 02:24 AM (0ocXn)

723 I'm currently restoring a 50's two-burner Coleman camp stove. One of these, but much rattier https://tinyurl.com/4xw44km8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:18 AM (tAjbr)

Oh man, thats the same one we had in the boy scouts, but that was in the 70's. Those cheap fucks had us using an old stove? Those cheap mother fu....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:28 AM (VwHCD)

724 I'm off to the snoozer now, y'all.

Hasta la Nite Nite, Horde!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2022 02:29 AM (tkOps)

725 The remaining commies gotta eat too


I mean, the Dignity canal ain't gonna dig itself

Posted by: Miklos, Fulfiller of Quotas at July 12, 2022 02:29 AM (thbCK)

726 Coast-to-Coast has the Nostradamus guy on.

Unless he does Lottery numbers, consider me sceptical.

Posted by: Miklos, gonna be rich at July 12, 2022 02:33 AM (thbCK)

727 I am getting my new double wall ovens in two weeks! They are electric ovens, and one of them will be a convection oven, which I am not used to. I have to wait a bit longer for my gas downdraft cooktop. I can't wait to really get cooking again.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 02:33 AM (a4EWo)

728 Oh man, thats the same one we had in the boy scouts, but that was in the 70's. Those cheap fucks had us using an old stove? Those cheap mother fu....
Posted by: Berserker
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Now, now, Mr. Bers. There were much later versions of the same stove. At least until the mid 70's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:36 AM (WxuR2)

729 I am getting my new double wall ovens in two weeks! They are electric ovens, and one of them will be a convection oven, which I am not used to. I have to wait a bit longer for my gas downdraft cooktop. I can't wait to really get cooking again.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 02:33 AM (a4EWo)

Thats what I have now, the problem is the cooktop is right next to the wall oven cab, so you can't turn the handles of the pots on that side without hitting the cab. Bad design. Its the single reason I'm redoing the kitchen. The wall oven is slowly dying and nooo way am I pissing away 3k for a new one to sit it in a bad design. The cabs are real nice custom quakermaid, but they're dark. If it didn't have the damn wall oven I would have the cabs sprayed, and did new granite tops and floor, but noooooo asshole had to put in a wall oven where it should have never gotten one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:39 AM (VwHCD)

730 Now, now, Mr. Bers. There were much later versions of the same stove. At least until the mid 70's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

The ones that used "white gas".

Posted by: Miklos, somewhat recalling at July 12, 2022 02:39 AM (thbCK)

731
I remember the stories about how it was in the Old Days of the wood kitchen stoves.

The myns worked in the fields. Sunup to sundown. And I mean worked. Real worked. The womyns did the cooking and washin' and stuff. And they worked too, all damn day long doing that.

Up before sunup cooking breakfast. Then midday cooking dinner. Then midafternoon cooking supper. And doing the other chores all the while.

I'm just thinking of some of our modern "grrrl power" types trying to do that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:39 AM (Mzdiz)

732 I'm just thinking of some of our modern "grrrl power" types trying to do that.
Posted by: publius,

Them nose rings might get right hot workin' over that stove

Posted by: Miklos, speculatin' at July 12, 2022 02:42 AM (thbCK)

733 I'm just thinking of some of our modern "grrrl power" types trying to do that.
Posted by: publius,

They wouldn't have the first fn clue.

Posted by: Infidel at July 12, 2022 02:43 AM (mn1Pi)

734 723 I'm currently restoring a 50's two-burner Coleman camp stove. One of these, but much rattier https://tinyurl.com/4xw44km8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:18 AM (tAjbr)

Oh man, thats the same one we had in the boy scouts, but that was in the 70's. Those cheap fucks had us using an old stove? Those cheap mother fu....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:28 AM (VwHCD)

I have my dad's, bought used sometime in the early '60s. Similar in appearance but with a cylindrical gas tank. I had the leather o-rings replaced with new neoprene or rubber or whatever they use now, but otherwise, it works like a dream. It looks a bit more used than those models. Probably because it has been.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 12, 2022 02:46 AM (LOVUx)

735 Now, now, Mr. Bers. There were much later versions of the same stove. At least until the mid 70's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:36 AM (WxuR2)

It looked exactly like that one. I'm pretty sure it was old. The oldest guy involved with the troop was damn near 70, and he was the dude that had a lot of the big gear. Big army tents, stoves, the old coleman lanterns with the wicks that shattered if you knocked them over, ropes, all kinds of shit. He was an old military dude. Definitely WWII vet, probably started in WWI for all you know. He was like the quartermaster from hell. I'm pretty sure those stoves were older than me at the time. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:46 AM (VwHCD)

736 Up before sunup cooking breakfast. Then midday cooking dinner. Then midafternoon cooking supper. And doing the other chores all the while.
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I've never understood how my grandmother did it. In between, taking care of the vegetable garden, feeding the chickens, washing clothes, etc., etc., and all without running water.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:47 AM (aSWOS)

737 coleman lanterns with the wicks that shattered if you knocked them over

Or the fine mesh globes?

Posted by: Miklos, former Webelo at July 12, 2022 02:48 AM (thbCK)

738 The oldest guy involved with the troop was damn near 70...
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What, exactly are you implying, Bers? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:49 AM (vDH+g)

739
Funny incident back the mid '80s. My paternal grandmother was in the nursing home. Every year, early Dec., we'd have a family get together thing at the church, having a big dinner in the "fellowship building". We'd bring my grandmother too.

After we'd all eaten, everyone was sitting around, telling stories. My father and his brothers were sitting around, telling how hard they worked, and how us young-un's didn't know what work was. We'd been spoiled, and wouldn't last a day doing what they used to all day long. (And they were right, really).

Think Four Yorkshiremen. [cont]

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:49 AM (Mzdiz)

740 coleman lanterns with the wicks that shattered if you knocked them over

Or the fine mesh globes?

Posted by: Miklos, former Webelo at July 12, 2022 02:48 AM (thbCK)

the fine mesh globes. Looked like a tiny sock.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:49 AM (VwHCD)

741 I've never understood how my grandmother did it. In between, taking care of the vegetable garden, feeding the chickens, washing clothes, etc., etc., and all without running water.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Chirrens

Posted by: Miklos, according to Old Mama and her four older sisters at July 12, 2022 02:50 AM (thbCK)

742 coleman lanterns with the wicks that shattered if you knocked them over

Or the fine mesh globes?
Posted by: Miklos
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'Mantles'. Sheese, the kids these days.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:50 AM (vDH+g)

743 Put some camp gas in the tank and pump it up! Propane bottles are for sissies.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 02:51 AM (0ocXn)

744 the fine mesh globes. Looked like a tiny sock.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

Scoutmaster always had extras. For good reason.

Posted by: Miklos, wondering where his Merit Badges got to at July 12, 2022 02:52 AM (thbCK)

745 Put some camp gas in the tank and pump it up! Propane bottles are for sissies.
Posted by: Dr. Bone
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Propane stoves and lanterns are the Teslas of camping gear.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:52 AM (vDH+g)

746 581 Stinky dog, wet trash, low tide are all not really good for deodorant.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at July 12, 2022 12:52 AM (0OmEj)

If eco-nuts get their way, we'll all smell like hippies. Pass the pachouli.
Or better yet, go back to our "natural" states, running around with bathing or shaving. What fun...NOT.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2022 02:53 AM (ynpvh)

747 without

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 12, 2022 02:53 AM (ynpvh)

748 'Mantles'. Sheese, the kids these days.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Oh sure

Mister Precise Nomenclature

Posted by: Miklos, maing traditional Boy Scout armpit fart at July 12, 2022 02:53 AM (thbCK)

749
So, my father pipes up during that conversation, and tells about his first patch of cotton. When he was a young man, 'bout young Publius' age, a little older (call him 20 or so), he planted him a 5 acre patch of cotton.

And he told how he plowed that cotton. And hoed it. He hoed a 5 acre patch of cotton, all by himself.

"Yep, yep, yep" all the brothers went. Nodding. Now my grandmother was sitting around in that bunch. She didn't seem like she was paying much attention, sort of staring off into space, but she spoke up.

"Lordy, [Publius, Sr]! Tell a storeeeeee! And right at the church, too!. Woooooooo! Tell a storeeeee! [cont]

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 02:54 AM (Mzdiz)

750 Propane stoves and lanterns are the Teslas of camping gear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Because they burn real good?

Posted by: Miklos, guessing at July 12, 2022 02:54 AM (thbCK)

751 Mister Precise Nomenclature
Posted by: Miklos
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Look, I'm doing you a favor, because, giver. Stop in at the local hardware store and ask for Coleman socks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:56 AM (vDH+g)

752 The oldest guy involved with the troop was damn near 70...
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What, exactly are you implying, Bers? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 02:49 AM (vDH+g)

I'm saying that the dude practically came with the building. He was probably an original member for all I knew. He was a lifer. He could have been William Boyce's (BSA founder) piss boy for all I know, and just stayed involved. As I said before, our troop was fucking nuts. They trained us like it was the military. Mountain climbing, repelling, survival trips, building monkey bridges over rivers, 70 mile kayak trips, snow shoe this, cross country ski that, etc. No crossing granny in the cross roads shit, nooo we go to Mt washington and repel down cliffs. That old dude was like those old British generals you see with the red uniforms and safari helmets.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:56 AM (VwHCD)

753 I once came home to find hubs sitting on the couch watching
some type of strange ER stories show. The particular episode at the time featured a young Asian gent who had presented at the ER with his dick caught in a camp stove like that.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 02:57 AM (a4EWo)

754 N.R.A. report. 7-11-2022 Someone is shooting up 7-11 stores in california to celebrate the 2nd amendment. I wouldn't visit one till after midnight!

Posted by: raimondo at July 12, 2022 02:58 AM (lsdsk)

755 Women did all that with a system, and you'd better get the hell out of the way when she's in action. Home economics was a real thing, and the ladies who knew it could do it. I think I kind of bridge that gap between ancient and new that way. Mom used cloth diapers, grew a huge garden and canned food, hung the laundry out to dry, shopped for best pricing at least two grocery stores, could make one roast last a week, all that jazz, and she learned it from her mom who cooked on a wood stove (until Grandpa moved the house up hill when they put in the road, then she got gas), made her own butter from the skimmed cream, had flour in a bin and butter in a cool cabinet in the wall. I'm canning smoked salmon just now, it's nearly done and then I'm off to bed. You need to know addition before you can multiply...

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 12, 2022 02:59 AM (LOVUx)

756 Propane stoves and lanterns are the Teslas of camping gear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

yes they are, and I can still hear the hiss they made, and the smell of the fuel.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 02:59 AM (VwHCD)

757
My grandmother then told about Daddy's first patch of cotton. Yep, it was a 5 acre patch. But he had a lot of help with that. Her, my granddaddy, and some of the field hands. She recounted how she herself hoed some of his cotton.

I remember the look on my father's face. He couldn't say anything, 'cause that was his momma, correctin' him.

Later on, he told me, "Now, your grandmother just doesn't remember right -- I did hoe that cotton my ownself". I said, "Uh huh, I'm sure you did." He gave me a look.

That was just....priceless.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:00 AM (Mzdiz)

758 Must have gotten a bad Slurpee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 03:01 AM (eR8Ul)

759 Put some camp gas in the tank and pump it up! Propane bottles are for sissies.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 02:51 AM (0ocXn)

Right? the distinct smell and sound they made.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:01 AM (VwHCD)

760 Look, I'm doing you a favor, because, giver. Stop in at the local hardware store and ask for Coleman socks.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Luxury!

If we wanted wicks, we had to beg toe jam and pus from hobos and make our own.

Posted by: Miklos, try telling that to the Justins and Kaitlins these days at July 12, 2022 03:01 AM (thbCK)

761 Did anyone mention the avalanche in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan?
Sorry if i't old news but the video is impressive.

https://tinyurl.com/mpc9zbkf

Posted by: Ciampino - Here comes the Sun ...wait... Snow? .. at July 12, 2022 03:02 AM (qfLjt)

762 'Mantles'. Sheese, the kids these days.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Yes!! I couldn't think of the damn name for them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:02 AM (VwHCD)

763 Mrs. Peel - is it possible you are in ketosis? When is the last time you had your blood sugar tested? You'll definitely want to rule out diabetes.

Also, check your potassium levels - the nausea and lack of hunger can sometimes be caused by that. It happened over several months for me when I had a diverticulitar abscess.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at July 12, 2022 03:03 AM (D0qgz)

764 I once came home to find hubs sitting on the couch watching
some type of strange ER stories show. The particular episode at the time featured a young Asian gent who had presented at the ER with his dick caught in a camp stove like that.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 02:57 AM (a4EWo)

Somebody probably said fuck those coleman stoves, and he took it literally. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:04 AM (VwHCD)

765 >>> They trained us like it was the military. Mountain climbing, repelling, survival trips, building monkey bridges over rivers, 70 mile kayak trips, snow shoe this, cross country ski that, etc.

>Our troop leader was the commanding officer of the national guard. When he was distracted by other responsibilities, we were given free reign at the armory and shooting range. That all changed when the Karens found out about it.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 03:07 AM (0ocXn)

766 Somebody probably said fuck those coleman stoves, and he took it literally. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


*GLARE*

Posted by: Dabney Coleman at July 12, 2022 03:09 AM (thbCK)

767 Our troop leader was the commanding officer of the national guard. When he was distracted by other responsibilities, we were given free reign at the armory and shooting range. That all changed when the Karens found out about it.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 03:07 AM (0ocXn)

Damn, that sucks. Karens ruin everything. We used to shoot guns at the summer camp. During my move I found all my certificates, marksman, sharpshooter, etc. I remember getting the little wooden blocks of 50 rounds of .22. That was some fun shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:11 AM (VwHCD)

768
Both my grandmothers, in their hay day, were capable of a whipping up a meal for 5 or 6 people, from scratch pretty much, given short notice.

I can remember my paternal grandmother, as a little boy, making biscuits. She'd do that all day. Biscuits for breakfast, dinner, and supper.

Around here, in the old days, "dinner" was the noon meal. It was the biggest. Supper was the evening meal, not as big.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:11 AM (Mzdiz)

769 Around here, in the old days, "dinner" was the noon meal. It was the biggest. Supper was the evening meal, not as big.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

The discussin' and organizin' gets done at breakfast, though.

Posted by: As Miklos recalls at July 12, 2022 03:13 AM (thbCK)

770 Bers, lol, cast the term weenie roast in a whole new light.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 03:14 AM (a4EWo)

771 Good morning, all!

Salty is still out of pocket and has asked me to post his morning greeting for him.

We are hitting the road at 0400 to drive back to South Carolina, so this is gonna be mostly a post and scoot.

But from Salty...

Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 12, 2022 03:17 AM (uLr+K)

772 770 Bers, lol, cast the term weenie roast in a whole new light.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 03:14 AM (a4EWo)
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Ouch!

Posted by: Ciampino - shoulda used a toasting fork at July 12, 2022 03:18 AM (qfLjt)

773
I'll tell you another funny one about my father and his mother. After my father broke his hip, oh when was that? -- I can't remember for sure, when he got back home, he was in need of assistance. With basic hygiene concerns, I'll say.

His mind hadn't slipped as much then. Having to have me help with that stuff, well, that was really too much. He's always been a very independent type, and having me having to do that just killed him.

He had a bad accident one night, and I had to some disgusting cleanup. Again, his mind was still there enough to be very embarrassed. He said, "Well, hell, I used to have to change your diapers, so I guess it's payback time". Or something like that. [cont]

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:20 AM (Mzdiz)

774 But from Salty...

Good morning!
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Ah like the cut of this Salty gentleman's jib.

He is welcome any time in South Kakalacky.

Posted by: Guvnuh Henruh McMastuh at July 12, 2022 03:20 AM (thbCK)

775 Publius - In many, many respects, life on my grandfather's farm down in Horry county was precisely same.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2022 03:21 AM (tUVP/)

776 Around here, in the old days, "dinner" was the noon meal. It was the biggest. Supper was the evening meal, not as big.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

Italian families just seem to ratchet it up through out the day. At my grandmother's you start at gluttonous in the morning and end up at gluttonous maximus at dinner time

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:22 AM (VwHCD)

777 Safari helmets are called pith helmets.
Only worn in Hollywood movies by Egyptologists and other tomb raiders.
Also by Askari - African colonial policeman.

Posted by: Ciampino - still looking for King Solomon's mines at July 12, 2022 03:22 AM (qfLjt)

778
Now, when he said that, my mother was close by, and I saw a look on her face. A mean, mad look. You don't see those too much on my mother's face, so it was noteworthy.

She came up and whispered in my ear, "He didn't change one diaper of yours! Wouldn't even help!" She was sort of steaming, you might say.

She related a funny story. When I was a little baby, one night she had to go somewhere for a few hours. Something important. So, she had to leave me with my father. She was worried about, you know, diaper changing and stuff. She went through the procedures. He assured her "Woman, I know what I'm doin'!" and shit like that.

Well she got home, not knowing what kind of mess she might find, and there she found me, little baby, with a perfectly changed, perfectly pinned, etc, diaper.

[cont]

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:25 AM (Mzdiz)

779 Also by Askari - African colonial policeman.
Posted by: Ciampino

Ha

Ha ha

Heya Afrika!

Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at July 12, 2022 03:26 AM (thbCK)

780 Bers, lol, cast the term weenie roast in a whole new light.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2022 03:14 AM (a4EWo)
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You reminded me of a funny story. My aunt, mom's sister, had what I think was a 4th of july shindig at her house one time. All the relatives, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. Later in the afternoon, after drinking a bit in the sun, she asks me in her Troop, PA accent, "you want a haat daag" (hotdog), and opens the lid of the grill. All I see are these burnt ,blackened, not long for this world hotdogs. I looked at them horrified and blurted out "oh hell no, they look like mummy dick" lolol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:26 AM (VwHCD)

781 779 Also by Askari - African colonial policeman.
Posted by: Ciampino

Ha

Ha ha

Heya Afrika!

Posted by: Miklos von Lettow-Vorbeck at July 12, 2022 03:26 AM (thbCK)
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Hello Toto
Toto is child in kiSwahili.

Posted by: Ciampino - Toto sung Africa at July 12, 2022 03:28 AM (qfLjt)

782 >>>Safari helmets are called pith helmets.
Only worn in Hollywood movies by Egyptologists and other tomb raiders.
Also by Askari - African colonial policeman.

Posted by: Ciampino - still looking for King Solomon's mines

>It doesn't hurt to broaden you wardrobe with a fez and a panama hat. Smoking jackets are customary.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2022 03:29 AM (0ocXn)

783 "oh hell no, they look like mummy dick" lolol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Mummy's can have dicks

Posted by: Rear Admiral Rachel "Dick" Levine at July 12, 2022 03:29 AM (thbCK)

784 Toto is child in kiSwahili.
Posted by: Ciampino

(u)Jambo rafiki!

Posted by: Miklos has just exhausted his Swahili vocabulary at July 12, 2022 03:30 AM (thbCK)

785 It doesn't hurt to broaden you wardrobe with a fez and a panama hat. Smoking jackets are customary.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

I have two of the three

Posted by: Miklos Effendi, reloading water pipe at July 12, 2022 03:32 AM (thbCK)

786
Well, my mother was impressed, and couldn't believe it. She said my father, upon questioning acted sort of funny, which made her wonder. He mumbled something, "I told you I know what I'm doin'", but sort of well, sheepishly.

She soon found out what had happened. I, little baby, made a big mess. What did he do? He loaded me up in the pickup, and took me down to my grandmother's, who then properly changed me for him.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:32 AM (Mzdiz)

787 He loaded me up in the pickup, and took me down to my grandmother's, who then properly changed me for him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

Of course.

I have copies (not originals) of letters my great-great grandfather wrote to his wife while serving the Confederacy.

"And if the mule still won't move, go down the road to Old Man Johnson, he will help you."

Posted by: Miklos , actual Son of Confederate Veterans at July 12, 2022 03:36 AM (thbCK)

788 It doesn't hurt to broaden you wardrobe with a fez and a panama hat. Smoking jackets are customary.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

I have two of the three

Posted by: Miklos Effendi, reloading water pipe at July 12, 2022 03:32 AM (thbCK)

I have a guitar amp we call "the fez", because it came in a custom color thats a reddish brown, with some weird tan small pattern wicker face. I got it cheap because nobody wanted it (go figure), and I already had a spare traditional black tolex covered box with the polished diamond plate front to stick the chassis in. My friend looks at it and says, hey whats up with the fez? The name stuck. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:36 AM (VwHCD)

789 I have my eye on this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/143568265695

Posted by: Stylish Retro-Miklos at July 12, 2022 03:40 AM (thbCK)

790
Yep, all in all, my father did indeed know what he was doin'. If the baby needs a diaper change, take him down to Mama's, she'll take care of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:42 AM (Mzdiz)

791 Dad's are funny that way.

Posted by: Infidel at July 12, 2022 03:43 AM (mn1Pi)

792 Yep, all in all, my father did indeed know what he was doin'. If the baby needs a diaper change, take him down to Mama's, she'll take care of it.
Posted by: publius

A good Boss leads.

A Great Boss delegates.

Posted by: non-MBA Miklos at July 12, 2022 03:44 AM (thbCK)

793 I have my eye on this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/143568265695

Posted by: Stylish Retro-Miklos at July 12, 2022 03:40 AM (thbCK)

Thats pretty cool. For years I always wondered just wtf a smoking jacket was, and why. Then I figured out it was just a fancy smock to keep you from ruining your clothes with ashes, hot sparks, or small smoldering chunks of tobacco.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:49 AM (VwHCD)

794 Yep, all in all, my father did indeed know what he was doin'. If the baby needs a diaper change, take him down to Mama's, she'll take care of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:42 AM (Mzdiz)


I remember changing the nephew and nieces cloth diapers. With a wiggly baby, getting them snug while pushing in the diaper pin was a serious challenge. Stuck my fingers more times than on which I care to ruminate.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 03:51 AM (ldL4g)

795 Thats pretty cool. For years I always wondered just wtf a smoking jacket was, and why. Then I figured out it was just a fancy smock to keep you from ruining your clothes with ashes, hot sparks, or small smoldering chunks of tobacco.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

basically

So I look at smoking jackets and think, "What would Dean Martin do?"

Posted by: Miklos, also need replacement cravat (don't ask) at July 12, 2022 03:52 AM (thbCK)

796 786
She soon found out what had happened. I, little baby, made a big mess. What did he do? He loaded me up in the pickup, and took me down to my grandmother's, who then properly changed me for him.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 03:32 AM (Mzdiz)
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When our first was a little baby my wife went to choir practice and I was at my parents' house with Baby. When it was time to do the big job I started in but the smell and sight made me want to puke so my Dad took over. I never was asked to change a diaper again even when the second was born. And I am a chemist, used to smells. Now I can mop up cat vomit or poop with no problems.

Posted by: Ciampino - Poop, it's all been on the table at July 12, 2022 03:52 AM (qfLjt)

797 Then I figured out it was just a fancy smock to keep you from ruining your clothes with ashes, hot sparks, or small smoldering chunks of tobacco.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:49 AM (VwHCD)


Don't forget, most pajamas were pretty thin, so having a little extra padding to prevent burns on the skin was vital.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 03:54 AM (ldL4g)

798 I remember changing the nephew and nieces cloth diapers. With a wiggly baby, getting them snug while pushing in the diaper pin was a serious challenge. Stuck my fingers more times than on which I care to ruminate.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 03:51 AM (ldL4g)
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Yes, we used cloth diapers then and washed them, bleached them and reused them. Disposables were/are expensive.

Posted by: Ciampino - Bleach + urine + poop has a weird smell at July 12, 2022 03:55 AM (qfLjt)

799 Yes, we used cloth diapers then and washed them, bleached them and reused them. Disposables were/are expensive.
Posted by: Ciampino

FUN FACT

Due to international sanctions, Russian stores are bereft of Pampers

Posted by: Miklos, blaming Putin at July 12, 2022 03:57 AM (thbCK)

800 I have to get moving but don't want to

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2022 03:57 AM (2JoB8)

801 Once again, very appreciative of the mention, the link and the love.

The Overlord

Posted by: Matt Noto at July 12, 2022 03:57 AM (ZaYq5)

802 Now I can mop up cat vomit or poop with no problems.
Posted by: Ciampino - Poop,

Self-deodorizing cat Diapers

Posted by: Miklos, gonna be rich at July 12, 2022 03:58 AM (thbCK)

803 Don't forget, most pajamas were pretty thin, so having a little extra padding to prevent burns on the skin was vital.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 03:54 AM (ldL4g)

I'll have to remember that the next time I wake up and run out to the garage in my underwear to have a smoke. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:59 AM (VwHCD)

804 Oh sure, here's Matt Noto, lording it over the ONT

Posted by: Miklos, offering....this red Solo cup at July 12, 2022 04:00 AM (thbCK)

805 797 Then I figured out it was just a fancy smock to keep you from ruining your clothes with ashes, hot sparks, or small smoldering chunks of tobacco.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2022 03:49 AM (VwHCD)
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A Kevlar jacket might help keep the bullets away while taking a smoke break outside in a place like Chicago.

Posted by: Ciampino - do I need ceramic plates for a smoke break? at July 12, 2022 04:00 AM (qfLjt)

806 I have to get moving but don't want to
Posted by: Skip

We need national Skip Pride History Month, with paid vacation

Posted by: Miklos, because why not at July 12, 2022 04:02 AM (thbCK)

807 Morning, all! Up earlier than I intended. No workout today, though I will do some stretches and calisthenics.

Seems to me the Domino's assistant manager did everything she could for her job and only turned to social media *after* getting fed up with the way she was treated. If she was running the store, she could hardly hop into her car and make deliveries for the absent driver, right? She'd been there 4 years and had worked her way up to a responsible position. If her company doesn't support their staff, then she was right to quit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 12, 2022 04:05 AM (c6xtn)

808 I will do some stretches and calisthenics.

I'll do cat-isthenics

Posted by: Stirling, seeing unattended computer at July 12, 2022 04:07 AM (thbCK)

809
In fairness, I'll have to readily admit, that, especially at my father's age then, if I were confronted with a baby that needed changin', I would've been "Mama!" myself.

"Mama! I need some help!" Yep, I would've done the same damned thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 12, 2022 04:12 AM (Mzdiz)

810 I will do some stretches and calisthenics.

I'll do cat-isthenics
Posted by: Stirling, seeing unattended computer at July 12, 2022


***
The little worm of a kitten has been doing them since I got up.

It looks as though he'll be the only kitten for a while. Chekov's breeder has some cute kittens on her Facebook page. I've written to ask if she could put my name down for one in particular. No reply, and the next day a note appeared on that kitten's pic, "Not available." This from the lady who told me I would get first pick of the late March litter after Chekov passed away. So far, no communication. I guess she doesn't want to sell me a kitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 12, 2022 04:12 AM (c6xtn)

811 Once again, very appreciative of the mention, the link and the love.

The Overlord

Posted by: Matt Noto at July 12, 2022 03:57 AM (ZaYq5)


Not an admirer of what Trump accomplished, I take it.

While Cocaine Mitch got the SCOTUS nominees through the Senate, it was Trump who nominated them in the first place.

Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2022 04:13 AM (ldL4g)

812 Now the cats on the mantelpiece are the two baby grays, Eva and Wally, the two adult cats having retired for sleep or whatever. The babies are still looking at the ceiling but I can't see anything. They have much better eyes and no cataracts.

Posted by: Ciampino - I hope they don't bury whole cats to put cats' eyes on the road! at July 12, 2022 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

813 I've decided I need to cut the pipe smoking way way down. Four times a week is too much, coming atop the mild case of the coof. I'm finding my workouts in the early morning to be even tougher than usual. Yes, it's nasty hot; yes,I'm a bit over 29. But though I don't inhale the pipe smoke, still it may be having an effect on my wind.

I've been a runner, and now walker-runner, for too many years to give it up now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 12, 2022 04:18 AM (c6xtn)

814 Up before daylight. My mind Is A Raging Torrent Flooded With Rivulets Of Thought Cascading Into 'Waterfalls Of Creative Alternatives…So I got up and made coffee, the real coffee, not decaf. Probably will be back in bed within the hour.

Posted by: Colin at July 12, 2022 04:18 AM (YVx1O)

815 810
So far, no communication. I guess she doesn't want to sell me a kitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 12, 2022 04:12 AM (c6xtn)
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I hope you don't mind my asking and you don't have to answer but, why not get one from a shelter? All ours over the years have been either caught in our yard or from a shelter. Except for our first African cat which came from a breeder.

Posted by: Ciampino - a stray is still a sweet kitten at July 12, 2022 04:19 AM (qfLjt)

816 Coffee is on but it takes time

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2022 04:19 AM (2JoB8)

817 Coffee is on but it takes time
Posted by: Skip

Time is on your side, yes it is

Posted by: Grammy Award Winning Miss Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans at July 12, 2022 04:25 AM (thbCK)

818 I can see that some people may hesitate giving a pet to an old person, wondering what might become of the animal should the owner be put in a nursing home or pass on.

Posted by: Ciampino - we have gotten enjoyment from all those we have had at July 12, 2022 04:27 AM (qfLjt)

819
I guess they didn't want to overshadow 'Pride Month' - but did anyone else notice the lack of 'Grim Milestone' headlines when the national death toll from covid went over the million mark?

If Trump was still in office the left would be working on his third, maybe fourth impeachment by now.

Biden in office? *crickets*

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2022 04:27 AM (dQvv7)

820 When on guard duty in the military on a lonely outpost deep in the wilds of an air force airport, I found a bank of vending machines. Coffee or hot chocolate made it worthwhile. When the officer came to check on me, I was awake. My loaded pistol at the ready, which I couldn't hit the side of the barn usually. Carried that 45 for 3 years, I wonder where it is now.

Posted by: Colin at July 12, 2022 04:28 AM (YVx1O)

821 Do you need to invest in a Cherry 2000 ?

Posted by: Ciampino - do those realistic Jap dolls make coffee? at July 12, 2022 04:29 AM (qfLjt)

822 did anyone else notice the lack of 'Grim Milestone' headlines when the national death toll from covid went over the million mark?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2022 04:27 AM (dQvv7)
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Just like there are no headlines about the sudden surge in young adult deaths, not related to fentanyl or Chicago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 12, 2022 04:31 AM (RctME)

823 Waiting for Pixy Pete.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 12, 2022 04:31 AM (RctME)

824 816 Coffee is on but it takes time

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2022 04:19 AM (2JoB
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That 821 question was aimed at you Skip, I just boobed and forgot to point it.

Posted by: Ciampino - I mentioned boobs at July 12, 2022 04:32 AM (qfLjt)

825 I hope you don't mind my asking and you don't have to answer but, why not get one from a shelter? All ours over the years have been either caught in our yard or from a shelter. Except for our first African cat which came from a breeder.
Posted by: Ciampino - a stray is still a sweet kitten at July 12, 2022


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No, I don't mind, Ciampino. Stirling is a shelter kitten. It's just that I like a certain look to a kitten/cat, the long- or at least medium-haired type. This lack of communications is bothersome in that I've known this lady for some years. Chekov's aunt Tatiana and Chekov himself both came from her cattery. I've been to her home and have seen how well the kittens and cats are treated -- it's no mill.

It's just that, if someone tells me, "You get first pick," and then ignores my communication about that, it's damned disturbing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 12, 2022 04:33 AM (c6xtn)

826 The horde did well, over 800 comments!

Posted by: Ciampino - 800+ comments yeah! at July 12, 2022 04:34 AM (qfLjt)

827
Just like there are no headlines about the sudden surge in young adult deaths, not related to fentanyl or Chicago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at July 12, 2022 04:31 AM


In a fentanyl story, I just read on the wife's FB page how some young woman picked up a stray dollar bill in a parking lot. She put it in her pocket, washed her hands, then used some hand sanitizer.

Then went into convulsions. She survived, barely. The bill was laced with fentanyl.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2022 04:37 AM (dQvv7)

828 The horde did well, over 800 comments!
Posted by: Ciampino

Comrades! The effort was not in vain.

Posted by: Miklosov Stakhanov at July 12, 2022 04:38 AM (thbCK)

829 Then went into convulsions. She survived, barely. The bill was laced with fentanyl.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Old Skool was razor blades in Halloween apples

Posted by: Miklos was repeatedly warned at July 12, 2022 04:40 AM (thbCK)

830 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 12, 2022 04:43 AM (T4tVD)

831 Biden leaves for Europe today? He has his Presidential knee pads ready and will be wined (wine, disclosed as sparkling water) Would love to be a fly on the wall as he sits down with the crown prince.

Posted by: Colin at July 12, 2022 04:45 AM (YVx1O)

832 LOL, g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at July 12, 2022 04:47 AM (a82Er)

833 827
In a fentanyl story, I just read on the wife's FB page how some young woman picked up a stray dollar bill in a parking lot. She put it in her pocket, washed her hands, then used some hand sanitizer.

Then went into convulsions. She survived, barely. The bill was laced with fentanyl.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2022 04:37 AM (dQvv7)
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Convulsions are not typical of fentanyl OD so I would be sceptical of that one incident but there's a new analog that's about 100x more potent. I can see some crazy mass killers doing that with money.

Posted by: Ciampino - a simple touch and you're gone. at July 12, 2022 04:48 AM (qfLjt)

834 At least in Europe his 3:30pm curfew will be 8:30pm

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2022 04:48 AM (2JoB8)

835 Re: the Domino’s story, it is laughable how many companies, when you go looking to see if they are hiring, have a “careers” page. They LOVE to place the cart carefully and lovingly before the horse. Because you CANNOT have a career without first having a JOB.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2022 04:49 AM (CdZ4i)

836 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2022 04:53 AM (Msys3)

837 JT!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2022 04:53 AM (Msys3)

838 835
What would be a typical career in a fast food company?
Store manager - area manager - regional manager?

Posted by: Ciampino - pizza sampler is a career? at July 12, 2022 04:54 AM (qfLjt)

839 Re: labor unions, absolutely no one will point out that they only thing labor unions are good for is pricing the labor they represent out of the market (not to mention all the stupid rules that come with dealing with unions that slow business down and make doing business that much more expensive) and that they play a vital role in running businesses off.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2022 04:54 AM (CdZ4i)

840 What would be a typical career in a fast food company?
Store manager - area manager - regional manager?
Posted by: Ciampino

Could be. It depends if the store is a corporate owned one or if the shop is owned by the franchisee.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2022 04:58 AM (Msys3)

841 835 - sure they happen, maybe not like that, but they happen - but for the vast majority, a job in fast food can be a side hustle or a summer job for a HS student saving money for the prom or his first car. These are not in any way “careers”. That word gets tossed around way, way too much. Better to have web pages called “jobs” or really big, hard words like “employment”.

It’s to the point that job fairs (which feature zero hiring and are a waste of time) are now increasingly called “career fairs”, which, given they fact that absolutely no hiring takes place at them, is utterly risible.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2022 04:59 AM (CdZ4i)

842 NOOD PiXY

Posted by: Ciampino - pizza sampler is at July 12, 2022 05:00 AM (qfLjt)

843 @RickZ

Well, if shutdowns, vaccines that don't work, and getting rolled and persecuted a hundred times over by people confused by the contents of their own underwear are Trump's "accomplishments", then no, not a fan.

Low gas prices and sticking it to the libs on Twitter is hardly enough.

Trump was/is a cultural phenomenon. Let's stop with the Cult of Personality stuff, already. That's how the left behaves.

Trump could have nominated 1,000 people for Supreme Court: they still have to be confirmed by the Senate. Mitch got them through despite being the minority party.

No fan of Mitch, either, btw, but give credit where it is due.

Posted by: Matt Noto at July 12, 2022 12:44 PM (ZaYq5)

844 Another day ends on Gilligan's Island

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 12, 2022 06:38 PM (wGqjj)

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