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Ducky Daddy Cafe

daddyduckling.jpg

Kung fu duck uses Bill of Death move on capybara.

Out for a stroll on the road.

Out for a stroll on the sea.

This is a neat trick -- making your cell phone's screen invisible to the naked eye.

Nadia Comaneci's 1976 Olympics uneven bars performance. This was 46 years ago. (Well, June 26, 1976.)

Traditional barrell-making.

Cow grabbed the best position at the trough.

Advertisement for the peak Walkman. That Walkman was just barely larger than the size of the tape cassette it played, and everyone said, oooh, portable music players will never get more compact or sleeker than this!

Just park already, we can walk from here.

Scaredy-cow.

When your carjacker is a Soiboi.

A mean test to see which of you your dog loves more.


Darling doggy delivers daddy direction to ducklings:

A group of 15 orphaned ducklings have an unlikely new foster dad in a golden Labrador named Fred.

Remarkably this is the second time Fred has made headlines after adopting nine orphaned ducklings when he was ten years old in 2018.

Now years later the old dog has become the proud father to a new brood.

One more fire rescue story for the day:


Posted by: Ace at 07:43 PM




Comments

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1 not first

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:43 PM (RY/x5)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: Gref at July 19, 2022 07:44 PM (AMIL/)

3 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2022 07:44 PM (cPLO/)

4 OH MY GOD!

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:44 PM (RY/x5)

5 I'll trade with you barbarausa

Posted by: Gref at July 19, 2022 07:44 PM (AMIL/)

6 lol Gref, I've never ever done that before.
I'm going to get a lottery ticket!

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:45 PM (RY/x5)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM (T4tVD)

8 Awww, who's a good dog?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM (dNqv+)

9 Yoot !

Posted by: JT at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM (T4tVD)

10 Good evening, horde.

I really despise chickens.

Good to eat, though, so they must be tolerated.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM (OX9vb)

11 WTD?

Posted by: Sounds good to me at July 19, 2022 07:47 PM (sn5EN)

12 quick, how many ducklings are there ??

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:47 PM (V13WU)

13 Hiya Barbarausa !

And Congrats !

Posted by: JT at July 19, 2022 07:47 PM (T4tVD)

14 damn , the vid has it ...15. I only counted 12.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:47 PM (V13WU)

15 Fred has a lot of new playmates

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 07:48 PM (2JoB8)

16 I remember watching Nadia and wanting to be like her.
I did meet her once. She was kind and gracious and so very sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2022 07:48 PM (cPLO/)

17 Is that a Malamute in the video with the boy and the howling?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:48 PM (dNqv+)

18 10 Good evening, horde.
I really despise chickens.
Good to eat, though, so they must be tolerated.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM (OX9vb)

Also excellent source of eggs. Although I've tried a variety. We had turkeys at one point. Big eggs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2022 07:48 PM (ynpvh)

19 6 lol Gref, I've never ever done that before.
I'm going to get a lottery ticket!

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:45 PM (RY/x5)


Congratulations! With a First you are entitled to wonderful gifts and comprehensive health and dental benefits, but do not hold your breath waiting for them

Posted by: Gref at July 19, 2022 07:49 PM (AMIL/)

20 New Body Positivity has dropped. Antifa looking men and heroin and meth addicts (men) are athletic looking because abs.
I hate society so fucking much...

Posted by: Swinging Richard at July 19, 2022 07:49 PM (Pjjiy)

21 Brought my orange nephmew (Maceo) over to the house for some backyard action since he can't go outside at his place. His mama (my ex) and I were wondering how he and Prettygirl would get along -- they don't seem to hate each other. When he showed up, she looked at him awhile from her cat tree and then took off out the back window which overlooks her perch and the fence she climbs down. Maceo had a good time eatin' grass and rollin' around in the dirt. I took him home and a little while ago, Little Dude showed up at the back window and PG, who'd since returned, was having none of him. Funny thing is PG sounds exactly like Marge Simpson when she growls. I tossed Little Dude some treats and after awhile, he took off. Such is life.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 19, 2022 07:50 PM (KAi1n)

22 O du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
o du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin....

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:50 PM (V13WU)

23 invisible phone...looks like a polarizing filter on the glasses, e.g. like on some sun glasses.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2022 07:50 PM (ynpvh)

24 What a stupid dock to put on the ocean.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2022 07:50 PM (ZLI7S)

25 Is that a Malamute in the video with the boy and the howling?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Whatever it is, that kid should saddle and ride the thing.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (ftFVW)

26 Never seen 'asymmetric bars'. I have seen uneven parallel, but not asymmetric. Works, I guess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (dNqv+)

27
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (ENBF0)

28 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Tonight's Movie Roulette selection is:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Not great, but not quite as horrible as I had been led to believe...But still not good...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (K5n5d)

29 Kind of a cruel trick to play on a doggie leaving him alone and running away

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (2JoB8)

30
Is that a Malamute in the video with the boy and the howling?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:48 PM (dNqv+)

_________

Yes. Mals are bigger than Siberian Huskies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (/U27+)

31 1 not first
Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:43 PM


The ONT is where a Primus Noctus gets the grand prize.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (a3Q+t)

32 I want a Walkman so damn bad...

Posted by: Swinging Richard at July 19, 2022 07:52 PM (Pjjiy)

33 "I've never ever done that before.
I'm going to get a lottery ticket!
Posted by: barbarausa

Good thing you had a witty comment at the ready. I usually freeze and blurt out farzrohr.

Posted by: Sounds good to me at July 19, 2022 07:52 PM (sn5EN)

34 Anyone got the scoop on Figen? She shows up here a lot and usually brings cuties with her.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (KAi1n)

35 23 invisible phone...looks like a polarizing filter on the glasses, e.g. like on some sun glasses.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2022 07:50 PM (ynpvh)

Those are fun when you go to get gas. The LCD screens look black.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (dNqv+)

36 Who's a good boy ?

LOL, I had that Walkman ! it was the bomb !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra MAGA FTW ! at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (oZtf9)

37 Not great, but not quite as horrible as I had been led to believe...But still not good...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I liked the dwarves singing.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (ftFVW)

38 Fred looks great for a 15 year old yellow lab.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (NpAcC)

39 I don't look at Peter Jackson's movies as a recreation of anything. Watch the sets and computer creations and his made up story as their own.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (2JoB8)

40 Yes. Mals are bigger than Siberian Huskies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (/U27+)

Cool dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (dNqv+)

41 Hiya JT, and thanks.
Duncanthrax, I am happy with my prize.
Never had any first, never thought I would

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (RY/x5)

42 Off silly sock

Posted by: fd at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (sn5EN)

43 I think that seal has something else in mind.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 19, 2022 07:54 PM (2oHWb)

44 I really despise chickens.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2022 07:46 PM


Well, ok, then. We're not going to cross the road for you.

Posted by: The Chickens at July 19, 2022 07:54 PM (a3Q+t)

45 the title has been used

Nibbled to Death by Ducks (Jimmy Flannery Mysteries Book 6)

Posted by: DaveA at July 19, 2022 07:54 PM (FhXTo)

46 Any other Software Morons ever work with nybbles?

Posted by: DaveA at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (FhXTo)

47 26 Never seen 'asymmetric bars'. I have seen uneven parallel, but not asymmetric. Works, I guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (dNqv+)

Dammit! Its a fucking geometry blog now!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (ex2Cx)

48 A depression is Democrats' solution to a recession.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (dscaa)

49 sounds good, got to the bottom and it was empty, so didn't dare think it was STILL empty, lol

Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (RY/x5)

50 Netflix loses 1 million subscribers....oh well.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (V13WU)

51 Amazingly, I recently bought a Walkman.
I was throwing out compact cassettes but some of them were worth keeping and converting to digital.
Alas, all my cassette players had died.
To my astonishment, Amazon had a Jensen for under $20.
It also has AM-FM, a volume knob, a built in speaker and a headphone jack.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (jTmQV)

52 Cafe!!!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (kf6Ak)

53 These ducks are so annoying they've got me frothing at the mouth with rage.

Wait, why are you pointing a gun at me?

Posted by: Old Yeller at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (u73oe)

54 I remember my first first. I was a wee lad. We didn’t have much but the thrill of an AoS first filled me belly with pride. Simpler times.

Posted by: Squid at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (hiJiZ)

55 39 I don't look at Peter Jackson's movies as a recreation of anything. Watch the sets and computer creations and his made up story as their own.
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (2JoB

Fellowship is still outstanding. As the movies went on (most notably in the third) it seemed like the effects got worse. And then of course, the Hobbit abominations.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (dNqv+)

56
Everyone's eyes are open now. Ruthie was the last, as she's developmentally a couple of days behind Diana and Rosalind. They're starting to have tiny tussles but don't have the balance yet.

When they get more secure on their pins, we can return to a regular household schedule. This can't be insufficiently awaited.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (/U27+)

57 I liked the dwarves singing.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 07:53 PM (ftFVW)
---
The liquid gold scenes at the end of "Desolation of Smaug" are patently ridiculous. Just completely insane...

Though most of the Smaug scenes are pretty cool...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (K5n5d)

58 52 Cafe!!!
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM (kf6Ak)


Tea!!!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (2oHWb)

59 "Any other Software Morons ever work with nybbles?
Posted by: DaveA "

I used to have a nibbler to cut the notch in 5 1/4 floppy disks to make 'em R/W.

Posted by: fd at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (sn5EN)

60 Well, ok, then. We're not going to cross the road for you.
Posted by: The Chickens at July 19, 2022 07:54 PM (a3Q+t)

Fine. Just. Fine.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (OX9vb)

61 I remember buying a walkman in Japan in 1985 and finding out it took triple A batteries.

No!!!!!

What a royal and expensive pain in the ass at the time.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 19, 2022 07:58 PM (R/m4+)

62 Dear Georgia Morons,

Only 14% of my campaign donations are coming from Georgia.

Won't you please contribute, and help me get that percentage higher?

Posted by: Stacey Abrams, the once and future Governor of Georgia at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (a3Q+t)

63 All those ducklings cooked up and served with a nice orange dipping sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (qvttO)

64 hadrian, are there 3 ? all girls ?

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (V13WU)

65 I think some of you would be amazed at music playing devices now. At. Work there are all kinds of Bluetooth players and music saving or playing devices.

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 08:00 PM (2JoB8)

66 The liquid gold scenes at the end of "Desolation of Smaug" are patently ridiculous. Just completely insane...

Though most of the Smaug scenes are pretty cool...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 07:57 PM (K5n5d)

To be fair, movie's conception of heat is a bit ... tenuous. Look at the lava in the third one or pretty much any movie with lava (looking at you, Dante's Peak and Volcano.) It is only if you touch it (in movie) that it is actually dangerous. You can be right next to it and be fine. To say nothing of the noxious gases released during an eruption.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:00 PM (dNqv+)

67 63 All those ducklings cooked up and served with a nice orange dipping sauce.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (qvttO)

That's horrible! Why, there's hardly any meat on them.

Let them get older.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:01 PM (dNqv+)

68 California Thieves Get Away with $100+ Million in Jewelry After Pulling Off “Italian-Job”-Style Armored Truck Robbery

Duh! Inside job. I could find the people in a week!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:01 PM (ex2Cx)

69
hadrian, are there 3 ? all girls ?
Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (V13WU)

________

Yes and yes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:01 PM (/U27+)

70 62 Dear Georgia Morons,

Only 14% of my campaign donations are coming from Georgia.

Won't you please contribute, and help me get that percentage higher?
Posted by: Stacey Abrams, the once and future Governor of Georgia at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (a3Q+t


Oddly enough, 14% of Georgians were shocked to find out that it wasn't actually a battle tank they were supporting.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 19, 2022 08:02 PM (2oHWb)

71 I remember buying a walkman in Japan in 1985 and finding out it took triple A batteries.

No!!!!!

What a royal and expensive pain in the ass at the time.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

The D batteries wouldn't fit .

Posted by: JT at July 19, 2022 08:02 PM (T4tVD)

72 Fellowship is still outstanding. As the movies went on (most notably in the third) it seemed like the effects got worse. And then of course, the Hobbit abominations.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 07:56 PM

That reminds me: A friend shared a fan-made edit of The Hobbits that removes non-book additions and clocks in at less than 3 hours. That'll be the Friday movie for me.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2022 08:02 PM (/+bwe)

73 That reminds me: A friend shared a fan-made edit of The Hobbits that removes non-book additions and clocks in at less than 3 hours. That'll be the Friday movie for me.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

Is it on the YouTubes?

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:03 PM (ftFVW)

74 To be fair, movie's conception of heat is a bit ... tenuous. Look at the lava in the third one or pretty much any movie with lava (looking at you, Dante's Peak and Volcano.) It is only if you touch it (in movie) that it is actually dangerous. You can be right next to it and be fine. To say nothing of the noxious gases released during an eruption.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:00 PM (dNqv+)
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It's so bad there's a whole trope around this idea (Convection Schmonvection):

https://tinyurl.com/mnmfj7pn

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:03 PM (K5n5d)

75 Congratulations !

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:03 PM (V13WU)

76 Asymmetric bars are mostly just like any other bars.

Bigot.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2022 08:04 PM (KFhLj)

77 Harry hates you:

From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom — the cause of Mandela’s life,” he said.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:04 PM (ex2Cx)

78 Any other Software Morons ever work with nybbles?
Posted by: DaveA at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM


#define HI_NIBBLE(a) (((a) >> 4) & 0x0F)
#define LO_NIBBLE(a) ((a) & 0x0F)

/* a is a variable or constant of an integral data type, and only the least-significant byte of a is used if a is multi-byte. */

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

79 Ducklings are too cute on the dog

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (2JoB8)

80 76 Asymmetric bars are mostly just like any other bars.

Bigot.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2022 08:04 PM (KFhLj)

Asymmetric bars number 2 of 3 cause of monkeypox!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (ex2Cx)

81 "Harry hates you:"

The feeling is mutual. Bloody twatwaffle.

Posted by: fd at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (sn5EN)

82 All those ducklings cooked up and served with a nice orange dipping sauce.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 07:59 PM (qvttO)

That's horrible! Why, there's hardly any meat on them.

Let them get older.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:01 PM (dNqv+)
*****
This is why I could never buy a farm or a ranch.
We would all starve.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (NpAcC)

83 Momma bear is as skinny as fuck. She's probably hungry and needs to do some serious grazing.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 19, 2022 08:05 PM (0ocXn)

84 From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom — the cause of Mandela’s life,” he said.
Posted by: rhennigantx

What a dipshit. If he's going to live here he should at least take a little time to read and understand our constitution to know what's in it and what is definitely not.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (ftFVW)

85 I enjoyed the Hobbit series more than LOR. I hated Frodo. Pansy assed Mf'er

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (qvttO)

86 People in the know tell that Harry's wife does not have a sense of humor. Ergo , she is a certifiable psycho.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (V13WU)

87 harry is nuts, and getting nuttier and less stable.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (V13WU)

88 What a dipshit. If he's going to live here he should at least take a little time to read and understand our constitution to know what's in it and what is definitely not.
Posted by: She Hobbit
___

Pfft.

Like that matters anymore.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (NhLwH)

89
My reply to anyone wailing about rolling back our Constitutional rights: "Where the hell were you the last couple of years?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (/U27+)

90 From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom — the cause of Mandela’s life,” he said.
Posted by: rhennigantx

What a dipshit. If he's going to live here he should at least take a little time to read and understand our constitution to know what's in it and what is definitely not.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (ftFVW)
---
People like Harry are exactly why Americans have Constitutional rights at all...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (K5n5d)

91 lol Ben Had.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 08:08 PM (NhLwH)

92 Ummm...look Harry, I, an actual American, don't need to be lectured to about constitutional rights by a fucking British ex-prince douchenozzle.

Posted by: FriscoYoda at July 19, 2022 08:08 PM (S7une)

93
Out: The Founders were slave owners! Fuck the Founders!

In: The Founders included the sacred right to murder in their beautiful documents!

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 08:08 PM (dscaa)

94 Any other Software Morons ever work with nybbles?
*

Decades ago I had a fantastic and simple .jpeg of an example of nibbles, bits, bytes, etc. I can just sort of remember the idea of it, but it was fantastic and I think sort of adorable in its own way. Lost to time, unfortunately. I'm also fairly certain I got it off of usenet.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:09 PM (b8OTv)

95 I enjoyed the Hobbit series more than LOR. I hated Frodo. Pansy assed Mf'er
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (qvttO)
---
I will admit I really enjoyed the closing credits song of Desolation of Smaug, "I See Fire"...Very well done.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:09 PM (K5n5d)

96 Speaking of portable music players, how many times do you think Queen Elizabeth II has listened to the collected speeches of B. Hussein Soetoro?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (a3Q+t)

97 Nothing but "Hell on Earth" climate stories tonight on the TV. Our pal Joey must be going to issue the climate emergency orders soon.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (AmoqO)

98 People like Harry are exactly why Americans have Constitutional rights at all...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (K5n5d)

People like Harry are exactly why maggots will never be short of an appropriate place to shit.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (dscaa)

99 I remember buying a walkman in Japan in 1985 and finding out it took triple A batteries.
No!!!!!
What a royal and expensive pain in the ass at the time.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
The D batteries wouldn't fit .
Posted by: JT

coildn't get double a batteries in gw1. i could get d batteries. i buiot a cardbord and duct tape battery box that used three d batteries and bypassed the double a setup. had tunes for days instead of just hours that way.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (7SiKm) - On the road at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (7SiKm)

100 I remember buying a walkman in Japan in 1985 and finding out it took triple A batteries.
No!!!!!
What a royal and expensive pain in the ass at the time.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 19, 2022 07:58 PM (R/m4+)


They sold a C-Cell adapter because the AAAs would go flat so fast. 1981 was an odd year for me. but I remember that

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (xhaym)

101 Kung fu duck uses Bill of Death move on capybara.

"You are already dead."

Posted by: Ahirushiro at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (P1f+c)

102 Lava lamps for old people.

Posted by: Lava Lamps for Old People at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (sWM8x)

103 Forget Climate Change. We should start calling it Climate Control.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (dscaa)

104 Perfessor, Bilbo had a challenge and met it. Frodo would have never made it past the cabbage patch without Sam.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (qvttO)

105 Tonight's Movie Roulette selection is:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Not great, but not quite as horrible as I had been led to believe...But still not good...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 07:51 PM (K5n5d)
---

Is that the second one? That one was tolerable because of Smaug. It's the third one that is absolute dreck.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (Dc2NZ)

106 Pathetic millennials with no sense of history in that car-from-a-plane stunt.

The ONLY right song for that was Radar Rider from the opening scene of Heavy Metal! Duh.

Not the good kind of morons.

Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (QHHuJ)

107 I'm also fairly certain I got it off of usenet.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:09 PM


There were some dark corners in Usenet, corners that wouldn't be allowed today due to their advocation of violence.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 19, 2022 08:13 PM (a3Q+t)

108 I like Bilbo's 111th birthday bash. Looked like a fun party.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:13 PM (AmoqO)

109 Past bed time
Everyone I hope has a good evening

Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2022 08:13 PM (2JoB8)

110 People like Harry are exactly why Americans have Constitutional rights at all...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:07 PM (K5n5d)

Isn't he a direct descendant of George III?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (cupoy)

111 Asymmetric bars are mostly just like any other bars.
Bigot.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2022 08:04 PM (KFhLj)


When they are used in a line graph to show probably error range they are fine, but generally I find them distracting

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (xhaym)

112 Night Skip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (dNqv+)

113 I like Bilbo's 111th birthday bash. Looked like a fun party.
Posted by: Javems

Oh, it was. The ale was flowing and the cakes were sweet.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (ftFVW)

114 The liquid gold scenes at the end of "Desolation of Smaug" are patently ridiculous. Just completely insane...
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Oh shit, was that in "Desolation"? Then I hate that movie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Analog Hipster at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (Dc2NZ)

115 Capybaras freak me out
ROAS

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (kf6Ak)

116 I like Bilbo's 111th birthday bash. Looked like a fun party.
Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:13 PM (AmoqO)
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A hobbit party makes the TXMOME look like a funeral...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (K5n5d)

117
Speaking of portable music players, how many times do you think Queen Elizabeth II has listened to the collected speeches of B. Hussein Soetoro?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (a3Q+t)

__________

It's used in the Tower of London on misbehaving servants.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (/U27+)

118 Oops ROUS
Rodents of Unusual Size

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (kf6Ak)

119 That's a wolf, definitely not a Malamute. Probably has a small % of Sheperd in the genes.

Posted by: Fool Otto at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (DB16e)

120 I'm guessing the climate emergency declaration is Fort Sumter - there's no going back when he declares he's a dictator.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (oWBc3)

121 Thoroughbred goes back into blaze to get his family..

***

Hero dad

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (kf6Ak)

122 Yes. Mals are bigger than Siberian Huskies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I called mine a 'mute, but he never took the hint.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (WmGrA)

123 115 Capybaras freak me out
ROAS

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (kf6Ak)

Great big assed rats.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (AmoqO)

124 From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom — the cause of Mandela’s life,” he said.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:04 PM (ex2Cx)


If it were 1936 he would be extolling the glories of ending economic chaos of uncontrolled markets under the promise of National Socialism and Italian Fascism.
Must be nice being insulated from all the dumb crap you are going to make happen

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (xhaym)

125 A hobbit party makes the TXMOME look like a funeral...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
___

You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (NhLwH)

126 From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom — the cause of Mandela’s life,” he said.
Posted by: rhennigantx

He hasn't gotten over Yorktown.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (FVME7)

127 and everyone said, oooh, portable music players will never get more compact or sleeker than this!
Posted by: Ace


Now where did I put my iPod Nano?

No, dude, seriously. Where?

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:17 PM (P1f+c)

128 Is that Golden like Monk and murder that wherever he goes there are a brood of ducklings to adopt?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:17 PM (IeQbT)

129 You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

Slander! Take it back.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:17 PM (ftFVW)

130 Harry should use one of his razors.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2022 08:18 PM (63Dwl)

131 He hasn't gotten over Yorktown.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (FVME7)

USS Yorktown. Located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, the USS Yorktown (CV-10), the second Essex class carrier built by the United States, was commissioned on April 15, 1943.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:18 PM (ex2Cx)

132 Posted by: Lava Lamps for Old People at July 19, 2022 08:12 PM (sWM8x)

Sarah, is that you? Working at home aint working out?

Selling lava lamps to make ends meet.

sad

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (1DgE4)

133 A hobbit party makes the TXMOME look like a funeral...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (K5n5d)

I left about dark Saturday night so I don't know what kind of shenanigans ensued.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (AmoqO)

134 Couldn't you do that invisible screen deal with an Otter phone cover instead of removing the phone screen ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (IeQbT)

135 73 That reminds me: A friend shared a fan-made edit of The Hobbits that removes non-book additions and clocks in at less than 3 hours. That'll be the Friday movie for me.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

Is it on the YouTubes?
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:03 PM

Unfortunately, no. My friend made a copy available through digital streaming by making me a "family member." He is some sort of digital wizard, among other things.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (/+bwe)

136 115 Capybaras freak me out
ROAS
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (kf6Ak)

I have killed so many nutria they have my pic up at the Nutria post office!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (ex2Cx)

137 Isn't he a direct descendant of George III?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:14 PM (cupoy)
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According to my official chart of British royal lineage, yes:

George III begat Edward (not king), who begat Victoria, who begat Edward VII, who begat, George V, who begat George VI, who begat Elizabeth II, who begat Charles (not king yet), who begat Harry.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (K5n5d)

138 "You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?"

Heh.

Posted by: zombie John McCain at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (sn5EN)

139 And I get the gag wrong. The shuffle is the tiny one, not the nano. Despite the name.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (P1f+c)

140
You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?
Posted by: SMH

now don't start with the make belive stuff, SMH. next thing we'll be expected to trust a 2nd leutenant with a map and a compass.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (7SiKm) - On the road at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (7SiKm)

141 Speaking of fantasy films, who is going to watch House of the Dragon next month ?

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:20 PM (V13WU)

142 George III
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Victoria
Edward VIII
George V
George VI
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Harry

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:20 PM (/U27+)

143 "Harry hates you:"

The feeling is mutual. Bloody twatwaffle.
Posted by: fd

Maybe Harry married Meagan so he wouldn't look so bad in comparison.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:20 PM (FVME7)

144 From the horrific war in Ukraine to the rolling back of constitutional rights here in the United States, we are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom
*

(fistbump)

From political prisoners to private businesses being closed forever because someone 3000 miles away caught a cold to 30% tax increases via inflation to conservatives' guns being banned because Democrats can't stop shooting people, you said it perfectly.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:20 PM (b8OTv)

145 120 I'm guessing the climate emergency declaration is Fort Sumter - there's no going back when he declares he's a dictator.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 19, 2022 08:15 PM (oWBc3)

Will be interesting when people starve!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:21 PM (ex2Cx)

146 "You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?"

*

Like McCain's (and Biden's) "good" and "honor" and "decency"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:21 PM (b8OTv)

147 Charles did not begat Harry, some horse guard did. Shhhh....

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:21 PM (V13WU)

148 85 I enjoyed the Hobbit series more than LOR. I hated Frodo. Pansy assed Mf'er
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (qvttO)

I concur about Frodo...

I liked the Appendices more than LOTR.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (BgMrQ)

149 The "just park already, we can walk from here" video is wild.
Was reading about it and it turns out that a group of skydivers called Mission X drove a car out of a plane to sky dive.
You'd have to be crazy and fearless to do this.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (NpAcC)

150 Like McCain's (and Biden's) "good" and "honor" and "decency"
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And "freedom" and "constitutional rights".

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (NhLwH)

151 I have killed so many nutria they have my pic up at the Nutria post office!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (ex2Cx)

You didn't work for Harry Lee did you?

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (AmoqO)

152 George III begat Edward (not king), who begat Victoria, who begat Edward VII, who begat, George V, who begat George VI, who begat Elizabeth II, who begat Charles (not king yet), who begat Harry.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That reminds me of a scene in "Bible: The Complete Word of God, Abridged."

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (ftFVW)

153 Careful now, C5 don't want no MoMe talk up in here.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (qvttO)

154 I mean, look at him. Charles had nothing to do with his beggatin'.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:23 PM (V13WU)

155 You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 08:16 PM (NhLwH)

Not real? I thought they were just Irish.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:23 PM (cupoy)

156 USS Yorktown. Located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, the USS Yorktown (CV-10), the second Essex class carrier built by the United States, was commissioned on April 15, 1943.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 19, 2022 08:18 PM (ex2Cx)

I always wondered what the Jap high command must of thought when they had sunk a warship like the USS Yorktown and in short order another one appears with the same name but newer and deadlier.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 19, 2022 08:23 PM (R/m4+)

157 I liked the Appendices more than LOTR.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (BgMrQ)
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Then you are going to LOVE Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! That's about all the material from the Tolkien estate they are allowed to use.

All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (K5n5d)

158 Must now for dog walkings

Posted by: Miklos, whose Engrish may improve at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (4g4yr)

159 141 Speaking of fantasy films, who is going to watch House of the Dragon next month ?
Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:20 PM (V13WU)

I did not watch GoT, why would I watch this, different piece of shit?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (dNqv+)

160 Then you are going to LOVE Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! That's about all the material from the Tolkien estate they are allowed to use.

All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (K5n5d)

I.WILL.NEVER.WATCH.THAT.SHIT.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (BgMrQ)

161 next thing we'll be expected to trust a 2nd leutenant with a map and a compass.
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (7SiKm) - On the road at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM


Ensigns, on the other hand, make outstanding OODs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)

162 You do realize that hobbits are make-believe, right?
Posted by: SMH

Not real? I thought they were just Irish.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls


I haven't seen hairy feet on any of Joe Mannix's ginger pictures.

Though they could have no feet at all and I probably wouldn't have noticed.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:25 PM (P1f+c)

163 Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (qvttO)

Ha. I LOL at the idea of you getting something in your sights. I imagine you're a bit like a rabid dog with a bone.

But what do I know about anything....

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 08:25 PM (dscaa)

164 That reminds me of a scene in "Bible: The Complete Word of God, Abridged."
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (ftFVW)

So somebody sat at desk somewhere and thought, "Y'know what God needs? an editor, and I'm just the guy to do it."

sounds about right

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:26 PM (cupoy)

165 now don't start with the make belive stuff, SMH. next thing we'll be expected to trust a 2nd leutenant with a map and a compass.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (7SiKm) - On the road at July 19, 2022 08:19 PM (7SiKm)

My Dad always said that the most dangerous thing in the world was a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:26 PM (AmoqO)

166 Then you are going to LOVE Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! That's about all the material from the Tolkien estate they are allowed to use.

All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM

I saw the beautiful trailers and thought, "Gosh, maybe I could watch this with the sound off and a YouTube playlist of epic music playing in the background."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2022 08:26 PM (/+bwe)

167 All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


Is that an extremely high bar, or an extremely low one? I'm honestly not sure.

Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:26 PM (P1f+c)

168 153 Careful now, C5 don't want no MoMe talk up in here.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (qvttO)

See...you're not being funneh.

BE MORE FUNNEH BEN HAD

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:27 PM (BgMrQ)

169 Speaking of fantasy films, who is going to watch House of the Dragon next month ?
Posted by: runner

New trailer

https://tinyurl.com/3tzc62fs

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:27 PM (MGB5H)

170 https://youtu.be/o74rQmLRqtA

Listening to this fantastic interview - Jordan Peterson talking to a fantastic African (Senegalese) lady entrepreneur living in the US, Magatte Wade. Right now she is talking about how overregulation leads to poverty and corruption in Africa and how economic freedom is the answer. She's going to trash BLM but I haven't gotten there yet. She just poo-pooed blaming colonialism as the reason for all of Africa's woes with facts.

She's very passionate and an inspiration.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:27 PM (L9ky7)

171 My Dad always said that the most dangerous thing in the world was a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.

He wasn't wrong.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2022 08:27 PM (89T5c)

172 Thoroughbred did more than the Uvalde police.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2022 08:28 PM (8GBH4)

173 My Dad always said that the most dangerous thing in the world was a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.
Posted by: Javems


Second most dangerous is someone pretending to be a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.

Posted by: Bavarian Fire Drills at July 19, 2022 08:28 PM (P1f+c)

174 All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.

*

They're going after the epic fantasy AND homosexual demographic. There could easily be four to six thousand of them nationwide.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:28 PM (yqEln)

175 My Dad always said that the most dangerous thing in the world was a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.
Posted by: Javems

"Men, I'm your new (it really didn't matter)"


Assembled company: *audible groan*

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2022 08:28 PM (fBY/Q)

176 All signs point to the show being the biggest dumpster fire in Hollywood history.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Is that an extremely high bar, or an extremely low one? I'm honestly not sure.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:26 PM (P1f+c)
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Hmmmm. That's a good question. Hollywood has already destroyed all of the major moneymakers in recent history (Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel) in epic fashion. They only thing they have left is Lord of the Rings...They are gonna light that firecracker and go out in a blaze of glory!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:29 PM (K5n5d)

177 Those who aren’t familiar with horses don’t realize just how brave that was. Horses will panic in a fire. You may have to tie a piece of cloth over their eyes to be able to lead them out of it. Parental love is amazing.

Posted by: Linda Fox at July 19, 2022 08:30 PM (G6b2l)

178 Though they could have no feet at all and I probably wouldn't have noticed.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2022 08:25 PM (P1f+c)

I heard they've been plucked more times than the rose of Tralee.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:30 PM (cupoy)

179 Like McCain's (and Biden's) "good" and "honor" and "decency"

-
Many decades ago, I went to a tent revival. The preacher was getting fired up about the degeneracy of the hippy young. "And they call it the the new morality!" he bellowed. Some woman in the congregation responded, "I call it single!" Pretty much the same thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:31 PM (FVME7)

180 ..., no one has ever not had to interpret my opinion. I am old and equivocation ain't in my vocabulary.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:31 PM (qvttO)

181 My Dad always said that the most dangerous thing in the world was a 2nd Lt. with a pen and a clipboard.
Posted by: Javems

Conversely, the smartest thing I've seen:

Freshly assigned ENS - "Chief, it's obvious I don't know a fu*king thing. Please help me. I know how to listen."

Chief - "Very well. . . . Sir."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2022 08:31 PM (fBY/Q)

182 Sin! Sin! Damn autocucumber!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:31 PM (FVME7)

183 New trailer

https://tinyurl.com/3tzc62fs
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:27 PM (MGB5H)


not so new...there has not been a new one since; just stills from some cast photo shoot, interviews with showrunners. I did not think I'd give them a chance after the total fiasco of GoT season 8. But, such good director/showrunner they have, I can't resist !

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:32 PM (V13WU)

184 Conversely, the smartest thing I've seen:

Freshly assigned ENS - "Chief, it's obvious I don't know a fu*king thing. Please help me. I know how to listen."

Chief - "Very well. . . . Sir."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2022 08:31 PM (fBY/Q)
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The beginning of wisdom is understanding just how much you have left to learn.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:33 PM (K5n5d)

185 But, such good director/showrunner they have, I can't resist !
Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:32 PM (V13WU)

The comments by the show runners of "we were troubled by the amount of white characters in the books so we had to address that" pretty much means passssss

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (MGB5H)

186 Sin! Sin! Damn autocucumber!

**

Single = sin is a pretty great autocucumber.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (yqEln)

187 Those who aren’t familiar with horses don’t realize just how brave that was. Horses will panic in a fire. You may have to tie a piece of cloth over their eyes to be able to lead them out of it. Parental love is amazing.
Posted by: Linda Fox at July 19, 2022 08:30 PM (G6b2l)

My Broken record time.

Read about Sergeant Reckless.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (IeQbT)

188 browndog, I will try.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (qvttO)

189 I always love these videos, but this was an especially good collection. Really admired the way that stallion went back to get his family (he wasn't about to wait for "additional resources").

Posted by: Paco at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (njExo)

190 GoT was always shit. It just took people until the end of the series to realize that George ARRRRRRRRRR Martin hates them. They should have realized that sooner because the books clearly show he is a petty, small minded vindictive, pervy sack of shit not worthy to hold Tolkien's piss bucket.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (dNqv+)

191 160...I.WILL.NEVER.WATCH.THAT.SHIT.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (BgMrQ)

Exactly
But I will point and laugh, and mock it mercilessly

Posted by: Flyover at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (Rbu5d)

192 188 browndog, I will try.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (qvttO)

That was a strange ONT to say the least...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:36 PM (BgMrQ)

193 191 160...I.WILL.NEVER.WATCH.THAT.SHIT.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:24 PM (BgMrQ)

Exactly
But I will point and laugh, and mock it mercilessly
Posted by: Flyover at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (Rbu5d)

It won't ruin Tolkien, any more than that amazon abomination can ruin Wheel of Time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (dNqv+)

194 Ensigns, on the other hand, make outstanding OODs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:25 PM (a3Q+t)

Gosh, I just love that naval talk!

Posted by: Ensign Charles Parker, oldest Ensign in the US Navy at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (4I/2K)

195 Hmmmm. That's a good question. Hollywood has already destroyed all of the major moneymakers in recent history (Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Marvel) in epic fashion. They only thing they have left is Lord of the Rings...They are gonna light that firecracker and go out in a blaze of glory!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:29 PM (K5n5d)

I know JamesMadison thinks it's no big deal but when they killed Captain Pike instead of making him a vegetable I got aggravated and I'm not even a big Star Trek fan.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (IeQbT)

196 The video would be a good introduction to the power and morality of the free market for someone who is still open minded but has bought into leftist economics.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (L9ky7)

197 About the only time I'm guaranteed a smile or several every day is from Ace's cafe videos.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (sVtYq)

198
I'm afraid I've never read a page or watched a minute of GoT.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (/U27+)

199 "Bible: The Complete Word of God, Abridged."

-
Abridged classic songs for the ADD.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OwrGISW8IpM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:38 PM (FVME7)

200 Dad always said if I started off on my left foot he'd break my leg. He was proud to pin my bars on me though. I had served as an EM before.

Brother and sister in laws coming over for the night. Their air went out.

Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:38 PM (AmoqO)

201 I'm afraid I've never read a page or watched a minute of GoT.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Lucky you!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (kf6Ak)

202 GoT was always shit. It just took people until the end of the series to realize that George ARRRRRRRRRR Martin hates them. They should have realized that sooner because the books clearly show he is a petty, small minded vindictive, pervy sack of shit not worthy to hold Tolkien's piss bucket.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (dNqv+)
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Agreed. He's an overrated hack that can string words together. He was clearly way over his head when it came to writing epic fantasy. He saw authors like Tolkien and Tad Williams and overestimated his ability to emulate their talent. (Tad Williams famously can't write a trilogy to save his life, but he's honest about this quirk.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (K5n5d)

203 Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (dNq

Was it Martin or the studio that made GoT into a super girl power series?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (IeQbT)

204 198
I'm afraid I've never read a page or watched a minute of GoT.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (/U27+)

You haven't missed anything unless rape and character torture are you thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (dNqv+)

205 Here's more about the skydiving car. They painted Trump 2020 on the hood of the car. Very cool.

https://tinyurl.com/ydrm9ujh

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 08:40 PM (NpAcC)

206 browndog, My tongue might have had a little blood on it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 08:40 PM (qvttO)

207 Ace, why did you post the Nadia Comaneci video? I just started a Dad/Daughter devotional book and that was the example that they used yesterday! Crazy!

Posted by: Has Not Seen Top Gun at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (XZEjZ)

208 You haven't missed anything unless rape and character torture are you thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (dNqv+)

Rape?

(Does the Fred Flintstone thing with Bet? BBBet! BBBet! BBBet!...)

Posted by: Billy Jeff, Rapist at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (R/m4+)

209 he is a petty, small minded vindictive, pervy sack of shit not worthy to hold Tolkien's piss bucket.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:35 PM (dNqv+)

Well, since you asked, there is something from the last season worth watching. If you ever get a chance to see Clegane Bowl, it's worth a look. Just visually, ignore most of the story, and you basically have two brothers who are great warriors in a duel to the death in a castle that is being dismantled by a crazy chick riding a dragon.

I liked that. I can't even think of something that compares to it. It doesn't make up for the night battle where I literally had to change the settings on my tv to kind of see what was happening. That was the single biggest fail in tv since Geraldo opened Capone's Vault.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (cupoy)

210 Brother and sister in laws coming over for the night. Their air went out.
Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:38 PM (AmoqO)

The most terrifying words a Texan can read this time of year.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (4I/2K)

211 It won't ruin Tolkien, any more than that amazon abomination can ruin Wheel of Time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (dNqv+)
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Knights Watch has made the argument that bad adaptations DO ruin their source materials, because they discourage people from searching out and reading the original stories. If you watch a bad adaptation of a book, how likely are you to read the original?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (K5n5d)

212 Was it Martin or the studio that made GoT into a super girl power series?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:39 PM (IeQbT)

Supposedly (and this is only from watching videos and discussions where this came up) Martin described the major beats for the directors of the show. Some speculate that that is why the most recent book writing is going so slow. People hated George's shit ideas and he has an ego as thin as a gnat's ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:42 PM (dNqv+)

213 You, Jerry, are no comedian.

Posted by: Nadia Comanecib at July 19, 2022 08:42 PM (yQpMk)

214 I know JamesMadison thinks it's no big deal but when they killed Captain Pike instead of making him a vegetable I got aggravated and I'm not even a big Star Trek fan.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (IeQbT)

They killed him? I watched one episode of Strange New Worlds and figured it would go downhill. From what I heard it changed known lore. Glad I didn't watch.

Posted by: WiNO - Marriage Amendment Now at July 19, 2022 08:42 PM (EpDzw)

215 Star Wars is an interesting one, since many are not aware of its life in animation, and how and entire generation or two, since the original trilogy, grew up on Clone Wars and Rebels. That is why live action stuff like the Mandalorian and Boba Fett are popular. Big screen efforts seems to be a fail, but TV stuff is doing original concept justice.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:42 PM (V13WU)

216 Knights Watch has made the argument that bad adaptations DO ruin their source materials, because they discourage people from searching out and reading the original stories. If you watch a bad adaptation of a book, how likely are you to read the original?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (K5n5d)

It does not ruin it for ME, and I can direct people away from the shit tv and toward the good books.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:43 PM (dNqv+)

217 Knights Watch has made the argument that bad adaptations DO ruin their source materials, because they discourage people from searching out and reading the original stories. If you watch a bad adaptation of a book, how likely are you to read the original?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (K5n5d)

We're talking something that's been around a long time and has a large, fanatical following. It's not the latest YA offering. Plus, it already has a classic movie adaptation.

Posted by: WiNO - Marriage Amendment Now at July 19, 2022 08:44 PM (EpDzw)

218 I think I am going to buy a fixer upper. It may not be the smartest thing I do this month, but it would be nice to have a home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 19, 2022 08:44 PM (5HBd1)

219 GoT is unreadable. Even the actors admit to not reading the books.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:44 PM (V13WU)

220 The video would be a good introduction to the power and morality of the free market for someone who is still open minded but has bought into leftist economics.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:37 PM (L9ky7)


Jordan Peterson is the answer to the question, "how do you get to supporting a truly free market economy from the Left"
And the technique is "never accept a lie"

He impresses me. I don't agree with his politics which are still left liberal, and I think he is out of the loop on neurochemistry, but he impresses me.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 08:45 PM (xhaym)

221 The most terrifying words a Texan can read this time of year.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (4I/2K)
******
Yes... you are correct, sir.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 08:45 PM (NpAcC)

222 It does not ruin it for ME, and I can direct people away from the shit tv and toward the good books.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:43 PM (dNqv+)
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We always have the originals to keep us company. I've been re-reading WoT and finished up book 9 recently. It was way better than I remembered...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:45 PM (K5n5d)

223 Update: Eli Dicken stopped the mall shooter in 15 seconds flat, landing 8 out of 10 shots from his 9mm at 40 freaking yards!

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Let's see Matt Dillon do that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:46 PM (FVME7)

224 We paid for the first season of GoT on Amazon or Netflix (wherever it streamed) years ago. Made it to E2 and bagged it as it was unwatchable.

I'm still waiting for a refund. 4 years later.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2022 08:46 PM (BFigT)

225 Knights Watch has made the argument that bad adaptations DO ruin their source materials, because they discourage people from searching out and reading the original stories. If you watch a bad adaptation of a book, how likely are you to read the original?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:41 PM (K5n5d)

And if you do read the original, your interpretation of it is now through the lens of a shitty movie, as opposed to your own minds eye visualization upon a first reading.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:46 PM (BgMrQ)

226 Every thread's a movie thread!

Posted by: That guy who always says... at July 19, 2022 08:47 PM (Xrfse)

227 The comments by the show runners of "we were troubled by the amount of white characters in the books so we had to address that" pretty much means passssss
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:34 PM (MGB5H)

That's why there was no way in hell I was going to watch that show /movie with the black Anne Boleyn. Unbelievable.

There's that other show that is set in the UK (I believe) before the 20th century, maybe 18th or 19th, and there's some mixed but clearly black dude running around mingling with all the white high society people. I love period stuff but No can do.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:47 PM (L9ky7)

228 The Walkman was really great. I've still got mine. But what really blew me away was the iPod. The XO gave me the one that was just a little bigger than a pack of gum. But iPods are a thing of the past. Now I have a music player that's twice the size of my Walkman that occasionally functions as a phone. Or a camera. Or lets me read AoSHQ. Or shows me maps of where I was supposed to have been half an hour earlier. Or a calculator. Or a whole lot of other things.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 19, 2022 08:48 PM (H31K8)

229 172 Thoroughbred did more than the Uvalde police.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2022 08:28 PM (8GBH4)

Threadwinner

Posted by: Moki at July 19, 2022 08:48 PM (JrN/x)

230 Update: Eli Dicken stopped the mall shooter in 15 seconds flat, landing 8 out of 10 shots from his 9mm at 40 freaking yards!

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Let's see Matt Dillon do that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 19, 2022 08:46 PM (FVME7)

If that had been the cops, they would have fired 200 shots, hit the perp twice and wounded three civvies.

Posted by: WiNO - Marriage Amendment Now at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (EpDzw)

231 That's why there was no way in hell I was going to watch that show /movie with the black Anne Boleyn. Unbelievable.

There's that other show that is set in the UK (I believe) before the 20th century, maybe 18th or 19th, and there's some mixed but clearly black dude running around mingling with all the white high society people. I love period stuff but No can do.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland

Why I turned the Vikings spin-off off almost immediately. There was not a "black Viking queen" ugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (MGB5H)

232 226 Every thread's a movie thread!
Posted by: That guy who always says... at July 19, 2022 08:47 PM (Xrfse)

Hey we could revisit Best Broadway Musicals...

#ienjoyedit

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (BgMrQ)

233 We always have the originals to keep us company. I've been re-reading WoT and finished up book 9 recently. It was way better than I remembered...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:45 PM (K5n5d)

They are great books. I started reading the series when the third had just come out. In High School. It finished up when I was in my late 30s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (dNqv+)

234
We had our AC go out (August) a few years ago a couple of days after Her Majesty had knee-replacement surgery. We have a couple of window units we keep around for this eventuality, so at least the bedroom stayed cool.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (/U27+)

235 Any details yet on the hero shooter's training, background, or the hardware used? 8 out of 10 from 40 yds in a real, dynamic situation seems like more than 2 sigma off the norm, as in way above it.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2022 08:50 PM (OTzUX)

236 The Walkman was really great. I've still got mine. But what really blew me away was the iPod. The XO gave me the one that was just a little bigger than a pack of gum. But iPods are a thing of the past. Now I have a music player that's twice the size of my Walkman that occasionally functions as a phone. Or a camera. Or lets me read AoSHQ. Or shows me maps of where I was supposed to have been half an hour earlier. Or a calculator. Or a whole lot of other things.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I wasn't particularly fond of the '70s the first time around at July 19, 2022 08:48 PM (H31K
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The smart phone revolution really was a game changer in society, I think. Instead of having a PDA, a phone, a calculator, a music player, etc...you have ALL of those things in one single device, along with high resolution cameras and access to the entire internet. Truly mind-boggling.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:50 PM (K5n5d)

237 People in the know tell that Harry's wife does not have a sense of humor. Ergo , she is a certifiable psycho.
Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:06 PM (V13WU)

She purchased Harry's cage two sizes too small on purpose and she keeps him locked up with no relief. It's driving him batty.

Posted by: Oh Yes She Did at July 19, 2022 08:50 PM (4I/2K)

238 basically, Willie da forth is the last accepted style of English antiques

I kinda like it, a lot of library shit in rosewood

Posted by: REDACTED at July 19, 2022 08:51 PM (us2H3)

239 Any details yet on the hero shooter's training, background, or the hardware used? 8 out of 10 from 40 yds in a real, dynamic situation seems like more than 2 sigma off the norm, as in way above it.
Posted by: rhomboid

From what I read he learned to shoot with his gpa. And was carrying since con carry went into effect in indiana July 1.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:51 PM (MGB5H)

240 Just realized I had an old sock on....

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 08:51 PM (6jpby)

241 There's that other show that is set in the UK (I believe) before the 20th century, maybe 18th or 19th, and there's some mixed but clearly black dude running around mingling with all the white high society people. I love period stuff but No can do.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:47 PM (L9ky7)

My stance is I will accept that when you have black, Indian (dot), and Chinese Southern slave holders at the slave market purchasing a mix of races. Also, when MLK is played by a white guy. Then you can do the other stuff.

Posted by: WiNO - Marriage Amendment Now at July 19, 2022 08:52 PM (EpDzw)

242 I binged watched GoT when they were showing HBO for free. It was like a car wreck I couldn't stop looking at . I admit I was mainly doing it with a biased eye looking for the girl power themes. It was so over the top .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 08:52 PM (IeQbT)

243 They are great books. I started reading the series when the third had just come out. In High School. It finished up when I was in my late 30s.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (dNqv+)
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They get a lot of shit on Reddit, for some reason. But I can see them for the remarkable books that they are. The WoT revolutionized the fantasy genre more than most people realize. Oh, and we are apparently about the same age...I was also late 30s when the series finished...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:53 PM (K5n5d)

244 Back to the video. The lady just spoke about how what colonialism did to Africa was to impose top down governance on a continent where people previously operated independently and freely, creating tribalism as groups jockeys for the top spot where previously there were only tribes.

Then in our struggle for independence, the leaders unfortunately rejected everything Western as kind of a knee jerk reaction and cozied up to the commies, in the process actually rejecting our original free market history

Fascinating.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:53 PM (L9ky7)

245 The dog in top pic is trying to figure out the old saying. Like water rolling off a duck's back or ducks rolling off your back?

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (Zmtmi)

246 Aww little doggie...

Posted by: Commenter What Got a Shirt at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (tvh0c)

247 Brother and sister in laws coming over for the night. Their air went out.
Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:38 PM (AmoqO)

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Maybe the Spaceballs stole it!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (CAJOC)

248 From what I read he learned to shoot with his gpa. And was carrying since con carry went into effect in indiana July 1.
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"Apparently" he had a 15 to 20 second reaction to action time. Impressive nonetheless.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (BFigT)

249 I bought first line of walkman but it seems like it was earlier than 1982

I bought a Sony CDP 101, in the early 80's

paid like 800-900

sold it in great condition on EBAY for about the same amount 10 years ago

aint collectors great

Posted by: REDACTED at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (us2H3)

250 Brother and sister in laws coming over for the night. Their air went out.
Posted by: Javems at July 19, 2022 08:38 PM (AmoqO)

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Maybe the Spaceballs stole it!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (CAJOC)
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Better stock up on Perri-air(TM)....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:56 PM (K5n5d)

251 Went out to dinner last week and the valet came running back to tell my son he had to park his car himself because the valet couldn't drive a stick.

If any of you are looking to make a few bucks and have a standard transmission vehicle, Stick Shift Driving Academy is always looking for instructors. Pay is something like $100 for a one hour lesson.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 19, 2022 08:57 PM (VhE0u)

252 There was not a "black Viking queen" ugh.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (MGB5H)

Um, I'm not sure how to interpret this. Were you upset that people (OK, person) like me was not represented or person like me was?

Choose carefully.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:57 PM (L9ky7)

253 Hardly girl power - who would to raise their daughter like any of the women in that show ? None of them are examples, most if not all portrayed negatively. Scheming, conniving. The only one what had redeeming qualities was a male dwarf.

Posted by: runner at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (V13WU)

254 Cops: "Eli is a hero for stopping the shooter."

Mother of Eli's girlfriend: "He pushed my daughter out of the way before engaging the shooter, he's awesome!" (paraphrasing)

Mall owners: "Eli was carrying a firearm in a gun free zone!"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (5pTK/)

255 I was going to have linked this at Insty's, then I saw who posted it:

https://nitter.net/TheAmishDude/status/
1549475314530648064#m

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (yikp0)

256 "Apparently" he had a 15 to 20 second reaction to action time. Impressive nonetheless.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2022 08:55 PM (BFigT)

He probably thought for several seconds "No fucking way", and then decided to engage, and then did so. Maybe he also had to get into a better firing location.

Posted by: Roy at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (Ti+Tv)

257 240 Just realized I had an old sock on....
Posted by: t_bodie


As long as it isn't crusty.....

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2022 08:59 PM (U2p+3)

258 There was not a "black Viking queen" ugh.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 08:49 PM (MGB5H)

Um, I'm not sure how to interpret this. Were you upset that people (OK, person) like me was not represented or person like me was?

Choose carefully.
Posted by: chique l'African

I didn't like that the show had a black Viking queen. They go out of their way to tether the show to historical things like Erik the red among others then they have a black viking queen. Pick a lane!

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:00 PM (MGB5H)

259 He probably thought for several seconds "No fucking way", and then decided to engage, and then did so. Maybe he also had to get into a better firing location.
Posted by: Roy at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (Ti+Tv)

I would guess his first thought was protecting his girlfriend by taking out the shooter.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (IeQbT)

260 The NRA needs to vote to replace LaPierre with that Indy kid. Maybe they'll get back more members.

Posted by: Roy at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (Ti+Tv)

261 She's going after climate change freaks now.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (L9ky7)

262 Then in our struggle for independence, the leaders unfortunately rejected everything Western as kind of a knee jerk reaction and cozied up to the commies, in the process actually rejecting our original free market history
Fascinating.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 08:53 PM (L9ky7)

Concur. And the Soviets flooded Africa with weapons for any and all commies who wanted them during the early stages of independence and the Cold War that are still floating around today.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (R/m4+)

263 They get a lot of shit on Reddit, for some reason. But I can see them for the remarkable books that they are. The WoT revolutionized the fantasy genre more than most people realize. Oh, and we are apparently about the same age...I was also late 30s when the series finished...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 08:53 PM (K5n5d)

Who gives a shit about Reddit? I do not need others to tell me what my opinions are or should be.

I got my best friend into the series freshman year of college. We'd go out every time a new one came out and look through the stacks of new copies for the one with the best dust cover. I have a signed book... 7? And also a copy of Great Hunt where the hard cover was put on upside down. The apartment fire I had almost 20 years ago now water damaged a lot of the books, but I kept them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (dNqv+)

264 Nice thing about being single again is I know who my dog loves more.

Oddly, I was suddenly reminded of Bill Murray's portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson and "Nixon!"

https://youtu.be/Di3bqgAEoxY

Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at July 19, 2022 09:02 PM (zB/T/)

265
Update: Eli Dicken stopped the mall shooter in 15 seconds flat, landing 8 out of 10 shots from his 9mm at 40 freaking yards!
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Let's see Matt Dillon do that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent


Matt only had a single action revolver.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2022 09:02 PM (63Dwl)

266 248 From what I read he learned to shoot with his gpa. And was carrying since con carry went into effect in indiana July 1.
____________

"Apparently" he had a 15 to 20 second reaction to action time. Impressive nonetheless.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July

Some folks become hyper focused when presented with an extremely stressful situation. Things actually slow down. Noise is gone. No shaking. No questions. Just focus.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2022 09:02 PM (U2p+3)

267 AOC: "Eli's coming, because he wants to date me"

Posted by: Roy at July 19, 2022 09:03 PM (Ti+Tv)

268 He probably thought for several seconds "No fucking way", and then decided to engage, and then did so. Maybe he also had to get into a better firing location.

Most likely. Have to believe that there were a bunch of things the dude had to mentally process before making the commitment.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 19, 2022 09:04 PM (Xrfse)

269 Hide your heart, girl.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:04 PM (dNqv+)

270 "Black [African] babies are going to have to die so your white babies can stay alive?"

Her response to climate change activists who want to sign a "death warrant" for Africa, assuming she even bought into their hysteria.


Clearly the (very pretty) black face of white supremacy.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:04 PM (L9ky7)

271 The comments by the show runners of "we were troubled by the amount of white characters in the books so we had to address that"

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It's inexcusable, especially considering that black people are 52% of the population.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 09:05 PM (b8OTv)

272 Most likely. Have to believe that there were a bunch of things the dude had to mentally process before making the commitment.

*

(looks to see race of shooter)
(engages shooter)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 09:06 PM (b8OTv)

273 Nice thing about being single again is I know who my dog loves more.

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Just the punchline: open both cages 8 hours later, and see who's happy to see you.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 19, 2022 09:07 PM (vORT+)

274 I didn't like that the show had a black Viking queen. They go out of their way to tether the show to historical things like Erik the red among others then they have a black viking queen. Pick a lane!
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:00 PM (MGB5H)

I am the only black ViQueen! Was it a good representation of my true self? My lawyers will be contacting that show, trust me.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:08 PM (L9ky7)

275 I was going to have linked this at Insty's, then I saw who posted it:

https://nitter.net/TheAmishDude/status/
1549475314530648064#m


Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 08:58 PM (yikp0)
******
Yeah... he just couldn't vote for Trump. We can thank him and people like him for Biden.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:08 PM (NpAcC)

276 Who gives a shit about Reddit? I do not need others to tell me what my opinions are or should be.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:01 PM (dNqv+)
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Not me. I mostly browse Reddit sometimes just to see how staggeringly wrong everyone else is...N.K. Jemisin's "The Fifth Season" gets a lot of love. I read the first few chapters and put it down. The writing is just terrible, the characters are unlikable, and the plot doesn't seem to get going for some time.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:08 PM (K5n5d)

277 nurse, that is so true. Best rides I have ever had in competition was when everything was in slow motion and it was purely a mental state.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2022 09:08 PM (qvttO)

278 As long as it isn't crusty.....
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2022 08:59 PM (U2p+3)

Heh.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:09 PM (6jpby)

279 I hope someone does a decent job of debriefing Eli. I'd like to know his thought processes during the ordeal.

There's always something to be learned from something like this.

Anyway, ABC, people, ABC. (Always Be Carrying)

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:09 PM (5pTK/)

280 I am the only black ViQueen! Was it a good representation of my true self? My lawyers will be contacting that show, trust me.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King

Bwahahahah it was definitely not!

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:09 PM (MGB5H)

281 Most likely. Have to believe that there were a bunch of things the dude had to mentally process before making the commitment.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 19, 2022 09:04 PM (Xrfse)
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That's how long it took for him to go through his OODA loop: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:10 PM (K5n5d)

282 All you Glock haters are going to have to listen to Glock fanbois about this for a long time.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:10 PM (IeQbT)

283 Disneyland removes Walt speech that they play every year on anniversary of their opening because it speaks positively of America.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2utbj5

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:11 PM (MGB5H)

284 Who gives a shit about Reddit? I do not need others to tell me what my opinions are or should be.

**

I'm downvoting this opinion until it no longer appears in the discussion since it is an incorrect opinion.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 09:11 PM (b8OTv)

285 Disneyland removes Walt speech that they play every year on anniversary of their opening because it speaks positively of America.

https://tinyurl.com/yc2utbj5
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:11 PM (MGB5H)
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Can't wait for the frozen head of Walt Disney to thaw out and the cyborg Terminator-Disney will emerge from his vault to wage war against his own company...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (K5n5d)

286 Yeah... he just couldn't vote for Trump.
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Not that I'd agreed but it's one thing to have stayed home in 2016 not trusting candidate Trump but to not vote for PDT in 2020 after seeing PDT's success?? Freaking insane.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (yikp0)

287 The biggest problem with the black Anne Boleyn is that she wasn't pretty.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (5HBd1)

288 Can't wait for the frozen head of Walt Disney to thaw out and the cyborg Terminator-Disney will emerge from his vault to wage war against his own company...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I would watch this movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:13 PM (MGB5H)

289 The writing is just terrible, the characters are unlikable, and the plot doesn't seem to get going for some time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:08 PM (K5n5d)

Speaking of Tolkien, ever read Dennis L McKiernan? He wanted to work in Tolkien's world, but could not get permission, so he made a thinly veiled copy. His first real original book series is about the Dwarves taking back Moria... I mean Khazad-um. His stuff is not revolutionary, but fun reads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:13 PM (dNqv+)

290 I would watch this movie.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:13 PM (MGB5H)
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The Moron Horde should *make* this movie!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:13 PM (K5n5d)

291 https://tinyurl.com/yc2utbj5
Posted by: BruceWayne

My uncle must be so disgusted. He worked for Disney for 45 years.

Posted by: Infidel at July 19, 2022 09:14 PM (mn1Pi)

292 *Most likely. Have to believe that there were a bunch of things the dude had to mentally process before making the commitment.*

Did a very simplified bullet drop calculation. I made a lot of assumptions. I estimated 21 inch drop from gun barrel to perp.

Plus he reportedly got GF out of harms way prior to engaging shooter.

Damn.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:14 PM (6jpby)

293 The Moron Horde should *make* this movie!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at

I call script supervisor and/or location scout.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:15 PM (MGB5H)

294 Speaking of Tolkien, ever read Dennis L McKiernan? He wanted to work in Tolkien's world, but could not get permission, so he made a thinly veiled copy. His first real original book series is about the Dwarves taking back Moria... I mean Khazad-um. His stuff is not revolutionary, but fun reads.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:13 PM (dNqv+)
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Yep. I have the Iron Tower Trilogy and the Silver Call Duology. It's Tolkien with the serial numbers filed off...though the bit with the gemlike eyes of the Warrows was a neat touch.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:15 PM (K5n5d)

295 "I am the only black ViQueen"

Nah, I can buy it by the roll down at True Value Hardware.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:15 PM (xhaym)

296 Nadia Comanecei never whined about how awful her country Romania was. She just unassed the place when it was possible. There is a lesson there for current America-haters. Go to Romania or better yet some mohamadan country.

Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (0OP+5)

297 I mean "visqueen"

Sorry

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (xhaym)

298 Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:14 PM (6jpby)

His initial shots but he closed in and continued to fire . I don't know how many he fired before he moved forward.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (IeQbT)

299 The biggest problem with the black Anne Boleyn is that she wasn't pretty.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (5HBd1)

I noticed in their quest for black representation, they tend to use only mixed people (Brits, I'm looking at you) or skip over the genuinely attractive black chicks. Modeling outfits do this a lot, too. You'll see at least some pretty white girls but if a chick is full black, they'll typically pick a weird looking one (no offense to the models).

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (L9ky7)

300 Yep. I have the Iron Tower Trilogy and the Silver Call Duology. It's Tolkien with the serial numbers filed off...though the bit with the gemlike eyes of the Warrows was a neat touch.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:15 PM (K5n5d)

Eye of the Hunter and Voyage of the Fox Rider are also quite good. The completion to the series is okish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 19, 2022 09:17 PM (dNqv+)

301 I mean "visqueen"

Sorry
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (xhaym)

Good save. Of your head. My men will keep an eye on you.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:17 PM (L9ky7)

302 I like Robert Jordan. He wrote some very entertaining Conan novels (that I read as a teenager). But 10+ books is a big commitment. I doubt I'll ever get around to WoT.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2022 09:18 PM (KFhLj)

303 His initial shots but he closed in and continued to fire . I don't know how many he fired before he moved forward.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (IeQbT)

New data. Not gonna attempt recalculation.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:19 PM (6jpby)

304 His initial shots but he closed in and continued to fire . I don't know how many he fired before he moved forward.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (IeQbT)
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Soon as he put a round on target, closing was a great idea. A decent hit is going to take some starch out of a shooter in a hurry. Usually.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:19 PM (5pTK/)

305 I noticed in their quest for black representation, they tend to use only mixed people (Brits, I'm looking at you) or skip over the genuinely attractive black chicks. Modeling outfits do this a lot, too. You'll see at least some pretty white girls but if a chick is full black, they'll typically pick a weird looking one (no offense to the models).

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (L9ky7)


Have you seen Rammstein's video of Deutchland?

Ruby Commey is gloriously pretty, even dressed in hides and sawing the head off of one of Varus' Legionnaires

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:21 PM (xhaym)

306 I like Robert Jordan. He wrote some very entertaining Conan novels (that I read as a teenager). But 10+ books is a big commitment. I doubt I'll ever get around to WoT.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2022 09:18 PM (KFhLj)
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It's totally worth the journey. I waited 22 years to finish the series and it was worth the wait. Now you can binge through them in less than a year (depending on your average reading speed).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:21 PM (K5n5d)

307 Not that I'd agreed but it's one thing to have stayed home in 2016 not trusting candidate Trump but to not vote for PDT in 2020 after seeing PDT's success?? Freaking insane.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (yikp0)

Yeah, didn't trust Trump in 2016, was on board by 2018, and the left was waaay deranged by 2020,and I'm not just talking about TDS. Plus his opponents was Joe Frickin' Biden, knien vile liar and demented buffoon. It was an easy choice for anyone claiming to be a conservative, but I guess some people are stubborn.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:21 PM (L9ky7)

308 Matt only had a single action revolver.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, J

Heh

Posted by: Leon Csolgosz at July 19, 2022 09:22 PM (4g4yr)

309 I would think that for someone making a decision to engage an active shooter in public, collateral damage would certainly enter into the thought process. Do I have a decent chance at a clear shot without harming innocents and making things worse? Just glad this guy had the presence of mind and the moxy to put the miscreant 6 feet under. Kudos.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 19, 2022 09:23 PM (Xrfse)

310 Yeah, didn't trust Trump in 2016, was on board by 2018, and the left was waaay deranged by 2020,and I'm not just talking about TDS. Plus his opponents was Joe Frickin' Biden, knien vile liar and demented buffoon. It was an easy choice for anyone claiming to be a conservative, but I guess some people are stubborn.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen

Same! And as I lived in state where my vote didn't matter in 2016 I abstained. But had I still lived in say Michigan I'd have voted for him in 16 too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 19, 2022 09:23 PM (MGB5H)

311 So I saw in other headlines that the WEF is promoting a plan to blot out the sun with space bubbles, and then I start to wonder "do all these people have underground lairs or something?"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 19, 2022 09:24 PM (8GBH4)

312 Ruby Commey is gloriously pretty, even dressed in hides and sawing the head off of one of Varus' Legionnaires
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:21 PM (xhaym)

Consistent with my suspicion that white people and black people (at least Africans) have different opinions of what makes a black woman attractive. 😊

So maybe the modeling outfits actually think those girls are pretty. My bad.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:24 PM (L9ky7)

313 So I saw in other headlines that the WEF is promoting a plan to blot out the sun with space bubbles, and then I start to wonder "do all these people have underground lairs or something?"

*

If you haven't figured it out by now, the whole "population explosion" religion is a real thing. They're openly hoping to kill off a large portion of the population. The crazy part is they're getting people to do it to themselves.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 09:25 PM (b8OTv)

314 Let's face it. If Anne Boleyn was played by Candace Owens, you could totally see Henry the 8th falling for her.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 19, 2022 09:25 PM (5HBd1)

315 8 out of 10.
I can hear the left screaming about overkill now.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2022 09:25 PM (anj39)

316 No one needs more than 8 rounds.

(or a truck)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 19, 2022 09:26 PM (b8OTv)

317 Speaking of books, I haven't read one in ages, but I just got my copy of Razorfist's first novel in his fantasy noir series. It had great reviews on Amazon.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:26 PM (L9ky7)

318
Did a very simplified bullet drop calculation. I made a lot of assumptions. I estimated 21 inch drop from gun barrel to perp.

Plus he reportedly got GF out of harms way prior to engaging shooter.

Damn.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:14 PM


a 230gr .45 will drop 17 inches at 100 yards (it's the only ballistic stat I can ever remember)

what was he shooting that would drop 21 inches at 40 yards?

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2022 09:27 PM (ENBF0)

319 297 I mean "visqueen"

Sorry
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:16 PM (xhaym)

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Nah, that's me!

Posted by: Kirk Cousins at July 19, 2022 09:27 PM (u73oe)

320 I mean "visqueen"

Sorry


chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless


*BIG TIME GLARE*

Your Majesty, what would have me do with such?

Posted by: Sir Miklos, Castellan of the Six Greeenlandic Royal Ports at July 19, 2022 09:28 PM (4g4yr)

321 8 out of 10.
I can hear the left screaming about overkill now.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2022 09:25 PM (anj39)

At the risk of repeating myself, damn.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:29 PM (6jpby)

322 >>>Matt only had a single action revolver.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

>Alec Baldwin took out two roughnecks with one shot.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 19, 2022 09:29 PM (0ocXn)

323 I think the 40 yards was an over estimation. It was likely closer to 30 yards based on the girlfriend's description. Actually it was the girlfriend's grandma relaying what her granddaughter was telling her on the phone.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (IeQbT)

324 The left really hates it when citizens with guns prove to be competent.

The guy who made the head shot in church from about 20 yards after a gunman had killed two.

Kyle Rittenhouse putting down two bad guys, missing one and disarming another. All without collateral damage.

The gal in WV putting down the thug that opened up at a birthday party.

Now, Eli's come.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (5pTK/)

325 I can hear the left screaming about overkill now.
Posted by: Diogenes

In the game of Axis and Allies, there is no such thing as Overkill.

Posted by: Miklos was trained by the best, especially Rodney at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (4g4yr)

326 *BIG TIME GLARE*

Your Majesty, what would have me do with such?
Posted by: Sir Miklos, Castellan of the Six Greeenlandic Royal Ports at July 19, 2022 09:28 PM (4g4yr)

I leave it to your wise judgment, most loyal and favored subject.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:31 PM (L9ky7)

327 what was he shooting that would drop 21 inches at 40 yards?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2022 09:27 PM (ENBF0)

His gun was likely a Glock 19 or 43x .

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:31 PM (IeQbT)

328 Not that I'd agreed but it's one thing to have stayed home in 2016 not trusting candidate Trump but to not vote for PDT in 2020 after seeing PDT's success?? Freaking insane.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:12 PM (yikp0)
*******
In 2016 I wanted Cruz, when Trump won the primary I jumped on board mainly because of the SCOTUS. I didn't want Hillary to pick Scalia's replacement and was confidant Trump's pick would be better.
For me it's never JUST about the presidency, it's about the big picture.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:32 PM (NpAcC)

329 The left really hates it when citizens with guns prove to be competent.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (5pTK/)
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They don't like being reminded that the citizens with guns have the means and the will to resist them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2022 09:33 PM (K5n5d)

330
what was he shooting that would drop 21 inches at 40 yards?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2022 09:27 PM (ENBF0)
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LAX Ammo brand reloads?

Don't ask me how I know.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:33 PM (5pTK/)

331 The left really hates it when citizens with guns prove to be competent.

The guy who made the head shot in church from about 20 yards after a gunman had killed two.

Kyle Rittenhouse putting down two bad guys, missing one and disarming another. All without collateral damage.

The gal in WV putting down the thug that opened up at a birthday party.

Now, Eli's come.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (5pTK/)

Contrast that with those cops in LA who were chasing that crazy black guy and shot at a car/truck a couple of women, who had nothing to do with the situation, were in. Lucky for those women they were such bad shots or they could have died.

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:34 PM (L9ky7)

332 what was he shooting that would drop 21 inches at 40 yards?
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2022 09:27 PM (ENBF0)

Here are my assumptions:
9mm with constant velocity of 1100 fps
120 feet separation
Shot fired from gun barrel horizontal to ground.

Calculation:
Time to target .1xxx sec (didn't write it down, am lazy)
.1xxx sec x (32ft/s2÷2)
Calculated drop was 20.94xxx inches, I rounded up.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (6jpby)

333 Not as big a crowd at today's BOE meeting discussing the rationale for the new sex ed curriculum. I had to leave early. The presenter from the community adolescent sexual ed support group was very plausible, but not convincing and she got her "facts" from some left wing site like the "Center for American Progress". One Muslim dad behind me kept huffing a lot and the Chair of the Board of Ed who's a middle aged black woman did not seem convinced.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (PrR4G)

334 Hi. So I asked for prayer for a longtime friend yesterday that I'd found out was ill. The reports of her illness have varied greatly and so while it is not as bad as I initially heard, I have indeed found out what is wrong.

She has Bell's Palsy. Half of her beautiful face has drooped and she has been out of work now for over three months. Naturally I am quite angry, as I am well aware of that condition's place on... certain lists. I can hope to my heart's content that it's just "one of those things", as many things are, but I truly don't think it is.

In any event, I ask that you please keep Lauren in your prayers, and am deeply appreciative to all who have already prayed, or even just sent vibes if that's your thing. Thanks.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (dscaa)

335 >Alec Baldwin took out two roughnecks with one shot.
Posted by: Dr. Bone
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Caliber begins with a 4.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (PNb1b)

336 Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:32 PM (NpAcC)

I think that's the proper thought process.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:36 PM (IeQbT)

337 Contrast that with those cops in LA who were chasing that crazy black guy and shot at a car/truck a couple of women, who had nothing to do with the situation, were in. Lucky for those women they were such bad shots or they could have died.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:34 PM (L9ky7)
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Yeah, that truck looked like it had been hit with a couple of loads of buck shot.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:36 PM (5pTK/)

338 The left really hates it when citizens with guns prove to be competent.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:30 PM (5pTK/)

Eli Dicken stars in... Guess Who Won't Be Receiving the Medal of Honor.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:36 PM (dscaa)

339 I leave it to your wise judgment, most loyal and favored subject.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland,

*drapes feathered chapeau across floor, requests budget for more feathers*

Posted by: Sir Miklos who also has Loyal Dog and Toaster so OK at July 19, 2022 09:37 PM (4g4yr)

340 Eli Dicken stars in... Guess Who Won't Be Receiving the Medal of Honor.
___

Of course not.

He's not military.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 09:37 PM (z6Z2i)

341 posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (dscaa)

That's a difficult condition to have. I will pray fr your friend, Lauren.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 19, 2022 09:37 PM (PrR4G)

342
*drapes feathered chapeau across floor, requests budget for more feathers*
Posted by: Sir Miklos who also has Loyal Dog and Toaster so OK at July 19, 2022 09:37 PM (4g4yr)
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Feathering your nest, I see!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:38 PM (5pTK/)

343 AOC's body is alright...
That face though....

Posted by: Alexandria's Bundt Cake at July 19, 2022 09:38 PM (vcGJs)

344 Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:34 PM (L9ky7)

Yes but then you had the cop on horseback that took out two terrorists.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:38 PM (IeQbT)

345 I love on Justified when one of the Crowes asks Raylan if he has heard of the "21 Foot Rule". And he says "21 feet? Me, I'm good to about 50, 75 yards".

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:39 PM (dscaa)

346 AOC's body is alright...
That face though....
Posted by: Alexandria's Bundt Cake at July 19, 2022 09:38 PM (vcGJs)

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AOC would be a great catch, providing she came with a personality transplant.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:39 PM (5pTK/)

347 Of course not.

He's not military.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 09:37 PM (z6Z2i)

Sorry meant Medal of Freedom, stickler

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:39 PM (dscaa)

348 Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 19, 2022 09:34 PM (L9ky7)

Yes but then you had the cop on horseback that took out two terrorists.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter


I totally did that

Shirtless too bitches

Posted by: V. Putin at July 19, 2022 09:41 PM (4g4yr)

349 ... Prayers up for your dear friend.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2022 09:42 PM (fBY/Q)

350 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (PrR4G)
*******
I was hoping for a viral video of you going "medieval" on them.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:42 PM (NpAcC)

351 I totally did that

Shirtless too bitches
Posted by: V. Putin at July 19, 2022 09:41 PM (4g4yr)
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Listen, fat, you don't...read next line, repeat, read next line...where was I?

Posted by: Joey Biden at July 19, 2022 09:43 PM (5pTK/)

352 News chyron up here right now, probably AP-based, "Indiana police say mall gunman who shot 5 people, killing 3, fired 24 times in 15 seconds before he was shot and killed."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:43 PM (yikp0)

353 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (PrR4G)
*******
I was hoping for a viral video of you going "medieval" on them.
Posted by: redridinghood

We would support this.

Posted by: The Monastery of St. Miklos at July 19, 2022 09:44 PM (4g4yr)

354 Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:43 PM (yikp0)

They are just satanic. And I don't use the word lightly.

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:44 PM (dscaa)

355 AOC is getting fat, she's going to have jowls bigger than Nixon's.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 19, 2022 09:44 PM (PNb1b)

356 >>> "Indiana police say mall gunman who shot 5 people, killing 3, fired 24 times in 15 seconds before he was shot and killed."
Posted by: andycanuck
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You know what they say about pics.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 19, 2022 09:46 PM (PNb1b)

357 Here are my assumptions:
9mm with constant velocity of 1100 fps
120 feet separation
Shot fired from gun barrel horizontal to ground.


Even w/box stock sights on a Glock, it was likely sighted in for a 10-15 yard zero. I'm guessing aiming 'headish' would give a COM hit.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:46 PM (a3Q+t)

358 News chyron up here right now, probably AP-based, "Indiana police say mall gunman who shot 5 people, killing 3, fired 24 times in 15 seconds before he was shot and killed."
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:43 PM (yikp0)

I still have not heard a plausible motive. "Lost his job" just seems insufficient for that reaction.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:47 PM (6jpby)

359 crazy black guy and shot at a car/truck a couple of women

Clever to disguise himself as two asian women.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at July 19, 2022 09:47 PM (xRQ1r)

360 The ONT will come early.

Also, I am going heavy on various obscure bitcoins.

Like always.

Posted by: Multiply Mistaken Miklos at July 19, 2022 09:47 PM (4g4yr)

361 Has Dicken been charged by "moderate Republican" Garland with carrying in a Gun Free Zone yet?

Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:49 PM (dscaa)

362 AOC is getting fat, she's going to have jowls bigger than Nixon's.

Posted by: Braenyard

This is a good communist cloth coat

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Mugabe-Pizarro-Nike-Cortez at July 19, 2022 09:49 PM (4g4yr)

363 >>>AOC would be a great catch, providing she came with a personality transplant.

>Sandy Cortez would be a great catch if she came with pack saddle panniers.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 19, 2022 09:49 PM (0ocXn)

364 9mm at 40 yds. isn't gonna have more than 3" drop

Posted by: MAxIE at July 19, 2022 09:50 PM (twxj3)

365 Ok, I looked it up. Depending on load, a 9mm sighted in at 25 yards is going to drop from less than 1" to a little over 2" at 50 yards, mostly around a little > 1".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:51 PM (a3Q+t)

366 I still have not heard a plausible motive. "Lost his job" just seems insufficient for that reaction.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:47 PM (6jpby) [.i[

Dystopic family life, SSRIs, Covid lockdowns, continual message that as a white kid he was garbage and inherently violent and sinful, and lots of recent propaganda that the end of the world is coming.

Groomed for the act.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:51 PM (xhaym)

367 Even w/box stock sights on a Glock, it was likely sighted in for a 10-15 yard zero. I'm guessing aiming 'headish' would give a COM hit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:46 PM (a3Q+t)

I'm working on my phone. Did not want to do parabolic curve calculation. Simply wanted to note he had some mental work and still responded w/in 15 seconds.

Or he'd practiced, a lot, at that range.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:52 PM (6jpby)

368 46 Any other Software Morons ever work with nybbles?

Posted by: DaveA at July 19, 2022 07:55 PM (FhXTo)
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In 6809 Assembler, particularly flags register, IRQs.

Posted by: Ciampino - halt and catch fire at July 19, 2022 09:52 PM (qfLjt)

369 365 That's what I would expect based on my experience

Posted by: MAxIE at July 19, 2022 09:52 PM (twxj3)

370 Has Dicken been charged by "moderate Republican" Garland with carrying in a Gun Free Zone yet?
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:49 PM (dscaa)
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And have Republicans seize on it and turn it into a public scandal?

Not on your life!

Seriously, though, if the DOJ thinks they can create a chilling effect, nationally, on self defense, you bet they'll charge.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 19, 2022 09:53 PM (5pTK/)

371 News chyron up here right now, probably AP-based, "Indiana police say mall gunman who shot 5 people, killing 3, fired 24 times in 15 seconds before he was shot and killed."

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 19, 2022 09:43 PM (yikp0)


[Meme of Batman slapping Robin: "We care about CLIMATE this month!"]

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:53 PM (xhaym)

372 In any event, I ask that you please keep Lauren in your prayers, and am deeply appreciative to all who have already prayed, or even just sent vibes if that's your thing. Thanks.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (dscaa)
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Sending prayers. I know of someone that was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy and after 3 months of thinking she had Bell's Palsy she got a second opinion and it turns out she had Ramsay-Hunt syndrome which is what Justin Bieber has.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (NpAcC)

373 Ok, I looked it up. Depending on load, a 9mm sighted in at 25 yards is going to drop from less than 1" to a little over 2" at 50 yards, mostly around a little > 1".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:51 PM (a3Q+t).

Again, parabolic curve. At less than 25 yards impact point will be high.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (6jpby)

374 Sending prayers. I know of someone that was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy and after 3 months of thinking she had Bell's Palsy she got a second opinion and it turns out she had Ramsay-Hunt syndrome which is what Justin Bieber has.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (NpAcC)



So, the vax?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (Zz0t1)

375 In 6809 Assembler, particularly flags register, IRQs.
Posted by: Ciampino

The only way to win is not to play

Posted by: Miklos seen that movie at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (4g4yr)

376
In any event, I ask that you please keep Lauren in your prayers, and am deeply appreciative to all who have already prayed, or even just sent vibes if that's your thing. Thanks.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:35 PM (dscaa)



absolutely

Posted by: Moki at July 19, 2022 09:56 PM (JrN/x)

377 Nibble is half a byte, right?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 19, 2022 09:56 PM (ufFY8)

378 Has Dicken been charged by "moderate Republican" Garland with carrying in a Gun Free Zone yet?
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2022 09:49 PM (dscaa)
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I've been told those signs have no weight of the law in Indiana. The law has list restricted locations though. I don't know if 'Mall' is on that list.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 19, 2022 09:56 PM (IeQbT)

379 Again, parabolic curve. At less than 25 yards impact point will be high.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM


Inch, maybe. The parabola is pretty flat at that range.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:57 PM (a3Q+t)

380 HERE WE GO AGAIN: Maryland Election Voting Machines Not Working – No Results Expected Tonight

https://tinyurl.com/nh7pnw6

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 19, 2022 09:57 PM (+IbPv)

381 So, the vax?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 19, 2022 09:54 PM (Zz0t1)
****
Would not be surprised.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 19, 2022 09:57 PM (NpAcC)

382 Nibble is half a byte, right?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 19, 2022 09:56 PM


Correct, 4 bits.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:58 PM (a3Q+t)

383 Maybe Garland will have him charged for violation of the perps' civil rights.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 09:58 PM (xhaym)

384 NO semi-auto pistol's barrel is parallel to the ground, when the sights are registered on the target.

System isn't set up that way. Rather, the barrel will be slightly slanted upwards while it's at battery, with the slide fully forward. This launches the bullet on a slight upward path, and it *will* rise above the plane of the sights, and as gravity's pull makes itself known (it always does), and air resistance slows the bullet, it'll reach the top of it's arc, and begin a downward trending path. And, the more velocity the bullet loses, the more pronounced that downward arc becomes.

Jerry Mikulec famously scored a 2nd shot hit on a ballon at 1,000 yds. Glock 17, 9mm. He pointed the gun up at about 35 degrees, and ballistic calculators showed that the bullet maxed out at about 120 ft. at the top of the arc, and was basically falling[/] vertically out of the sky as it hit the balloon.

9mm at 40 yards ought to shoot to within 1 to 2 inches of the point of aim. I know for a fact that my .38 spl, 148 gr. wadcutters, fired from 4" bbl S&W, shoot 5" below point of aim at 50 yards. And they're flat nosed, and slow!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 19, 2022 09:58 PM (tkOps)

385 96 Speaking of portable music players, how many times do you think Queen Elizabeth II has listened to the collected speeches of B. Hussein Soetoro?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 08:11 PM (a3Q+t)
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-1 times, that's negative 1

Posted by: Ciampino - she hasn't seen it since the day he handed it over at July 19, 2022 09:59 PM (qfLjt)

386 I forget who to pray for sometimes

"Almighty Father, please be with all who call upon your name"

Posted by: Miklos does a kind wholesale bulk prayer a few times a day at July 19, 2022 10:00 PM (4g4yr)

387 Inch, maybe. The parabola is pretty flat at that range.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 19, 2022 09:57 PM (a3Q+t)

And upward momentem explains that. Guys, I get it. I clearly stated my assumptions and clarified them as well. The horizontan to ground barrel assumption negates all sight ranging because no parabolic curve on flight of bullet.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 19, 2022 10:04 PM (6jpby)

388 Jim, that depends on the action, the Browning, Remington and Glock design variants you are correct, however the Savage, Borchard, Mannlicher Mauser, Astra and C96 designs have a secured barrel

Thank you for letting me be pedantic, I know what you were saying.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2022 10:04 PM (xhaym)

389 152
That reminds me of a scene in "Bible: The Complete Word of God, Abridged."

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 19, 2022 08:22 PM (ftFVW)
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That's funny.

Posted by: Ciampino - she hasn't seen it since the day he handed it overa bridge? where? at July 19, 2022 10:06 PM (qfLjt)

390 Sometimes pedantry is necessary
Sometimes pedantry in welcomed

Posted by: Braenyard at July 19, 2022 10:14 PM (PNb1b)

391 reposting , as I screwed up & put this in the wrong thread:

Ah! The 2 point open-billed exploding heart technique. I should have known that Pie Mei would teach you that.

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392 22 O du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
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I learned it as "Ach."

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