So Full

Bed time.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/nGDI0v1bNc
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 23, 2022

Posted by: Ace at 08:12 PM

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1 Mmmmm

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 24, 2022 08:13 PM (smHg8)

2 Numba won son!

Posted by: dartist at November 24, 2022 08:14 PM (9X/y4)

3 Damn, missed by this much.

Posted by: dartist at November 24, 2022 08:15 PM (9X/y4)

4 almost

Posted by: Ex-ex at November 24, 2022 08:15 PM (RU4sa)

5 I guess it's just us.

Posted by: Ex-ex at November 24, 2022 08:16 PM (RU4sa)

6 Dinner with the landlords. They're a nice elderly couple who really like me because I pay the rent on time and don't cause trouble. I get the impression that their own kids are kinda shitty.

Now, I'm sitting here doing homework. Modeling circuits and finding the steady-state equations. Yay...

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at November 24, 2022 08:18 PM (wmDcS)

7 Do you SPICE to do your calculations?

Posted by: Ex-ex at November 24, 2022 08:18 PM (RU4sa)

8 Wish our pets could/would do something useful like that.

I have to open the door for the dog.

Posted by: Weak Geek at November 24, 2022 08:18 PM (Om/di)

9 10th?

Posted by: CtHillary, dead but dreaming at November 24, 2022 08:19 PM (zSyrn)

10 I'm glad to hear Ace overate. I hope there was a snuggle with a comely Shewok.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:20 PM (eGTCV)

11 Thankful for cat videos. Go, Ace!

Posted by: Holy Crap at November 24, 2022 08:21 PM (Z+3GJ)

12 The cat doesn't want that pillow for sleeping on. He has something else in mind.

Posted by: Let gp Sink In at November 24, 2022 08:22 PM (24fqN)

13 Halp!

Posted by: Hairless Shewok (Wayfair 2022 model) at November 24, 2022 08:22 PM (B3kaQ)

14 Also, cats don’t care about your eye contact.

Posted by: Holy Crap at November 24, 2022 08:23 PM (Z+3GJ)

15 Turn the F'n light off! Whoever put that many steps in is asshoe.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2022 08:25 PM (NWBBy)

16 13 Halp!
Posted by: Hairless Shewok (Wayfair 2022 model)

Per chance, you have a newsletter?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:26 PM (hOUT3)

17 Going in to work tomorrow, first day this week. Then I'm off on Monday too.

This must be what it's like to be a former twatter employee. Or member of the teachers union.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2022 08:26 PM (NWBBy)

18 I did have that poutine and beer. I enjoyed it.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:26 PM (eGTCV)

19 The lead photo made me understand cat-napping for the first time!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:26 PM (hOUT3)

20 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:27 PM (pTb/Z)

21 I think that cat is actually Ace.

We may have been lied to.

Posted by: Miklos thinks the best defense is a paranoid offense at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (NOVDU)

22 I cat nap often, to me it's that not sleeping but not awake drifting between the two.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (xhxe8)

23 I'm such a softie I would have carried kitty up the stairs on the pillow.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (5dTbW)

24 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.
Posted by: bluebell

The time change to EST does NOT help!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (hOUT3)

25 The time change to EST does NOT help!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (hOUT3)
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I know, right? I'm still waking up at 5 am.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:31 PM (pTb/Z)

26 24 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.
Posted by: bluebell

The time change to EST does NOT help!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:29 PM (hOUT3)

Agree on all counts!

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2022 08:31 PM (foa6+)

27 Cat dragging pillow up to snuff out a Holman?
Does have that caught in the act look at end

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:31 PM (xhxe8)

28 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.
Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:27 PM (pTb/Z)

Haven't had dinner yet here. Put some decent enough steaks on the grill.

No traditional Thanksgiving here, perhaps needless to say.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2022 08:31 PM (NWBBy)

29 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.
Posted by: bluebell

NURSE

Narcan for Bluebell STAT

Posted by: Miklos could probably play a Doctor on TV at November 24, 2022 08:32 PM (NOVDU)

30 Our cats slept in basement, often they would be out cold on a pillow and I would pick up pillow or blanket and cat and take them down.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (xhxe8)

31 That is a determined tomcat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (j4aco)

32 Agree on all counts!
Posted by: Iris

Who is do such counting?

Scary, keeds

Posted by: Count Floyd at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (NOVDU)

33 Burt, steaks are never a bad idea. Hope you have some pie too.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (pTb/Z)

34 Cat dragging pillow up to snuff out a Holman?
Does have that caught in the act look at end
Posted by: Skip

Cat: I have no idea how this got here!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana ~ again! ~ at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (hOUT3)

35 I hope there was a snuggle with a comely Shewok.
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:20 PM (eGTCV)

I think you just coined a new word there!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:34 PM (j4aco)

36 My kitty is sleeping here on the desk with me. Her sister slept briefly on me but has wandered off.

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2022 08:34 PM (foa6+)

37 Modeling circuits and finding the steady-state equations. Yay...
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at November 24, 2022 08:18 PM

Steady-state? Dude. Don't you know stochastic is the Word of the Week?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (a3Q+t)

38 From previous thread:

Fuck it. The '08 can sit home in the cold and snow, and I will drive the '99 to Arizona. It has a working cruise control, and a working stereo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I have moments when I miss carburetor, battery/coil/points, and a electromechanical regulator.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (bJHK5)

39 >> We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.

Dammit, Bluebell, I'm a doctor, not a horologist.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (Mzdiz)

40 Better turn this off, contrary to stuffed actually hungry from eating to early. But know will probably be up Tech Time though no alarm is set.
So hope everyone had a fulfilling Thanksgiving.

Do want to thank all for making this place as great as it is

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (xhxe8)

41 Maybe your cats are plotting to kill you but mine...are probably doing the same.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (5dTbW)

42 On the couch with 1 of my kitties, the other is on the chair. It’s only 735 but I could go to bed right now.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2022 08:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 We're all in a food coma over here. Feeling like it's midnight.

But it's a good kind of coma. Hope your day was the best.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 08:36 PM (Xrfse)

44 Burt, steaks are never a bad idea. Hope you have some pie too.
Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:33 PM (pTb/Z)

I've been overdoing dessert lately, so no pie. I do miss pie.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 24, 2022 08:37 PM (NWBBy)

45 I did have that poutine and beer. I enjoyed it.
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:26 PM (eGTCV)

Was the poutine made with:

1) white cheese curds
2) shredded white cheese
3) cheddar cheese?

Only #1 is truly right, but the others can be yummy.

My cousin's late wife, Leona, made tourtiere for Christmas dinner. It was to die for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:37 PM (j4aco)

46 Do want to thank all for making this place as great as it is
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (xhxe

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Hear, hear!

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:38 PM (pTb/Z)

47 Cat: I have no idea how this got here!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

MyKittenPillow

Posted by: the MyPillow Guy at November 24, 2022 08:38 PM (NOVDU)

48 Happy the 11lb kitteh claimed my lap before the 20lb big brother kitteh did.

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 08:39 PM (nBhwo)

49 Thank goodness I was willowed. Perfect.

Posted by: Boswell at November 24, 2022 08:39 PM (+Cgut)

50 I'm hoping the high blood pressure takes me before next year. I don't want to do any more of these.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 24, 2022 08:40 PM (vnB2n)

51 Do want to thank all for making this place as great as it is
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (xhxe
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Hear, hear!
Posted by: bluebell

And thanks to Skip, for encouraging us to start the day with a Good Breakfast!

Posted by: Miklos, Registered Dietician to the Horde at November 24, 2022 08:40 PM (NOVDU)

52 I get up in the middle of the night, pick up sleeping cat and put her next to my pillow, go to bathroom, get back in bed and return sleeping cat to her original spot. She never wakes up.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2022 08:40 PM (0OP+5)

53
I've been overdoing dessert lately, so no pie. I do miss pie.
Posted by: BurtTC
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After the Thanksgiving meal, when I got home, as a precaution, I conducted a home test.

The bad news: I tested positive for gravy.

Fortunately, I brought home a slice of pumpkin pie, which I understand to be the most efficacious treatment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:41 PM (FSo+R)

54 207 Watching this twitter situation. Its obvious Musk wants (needs) Trump back. A meme of Musk standing outside Mara Lago with a boombox started making the rounds.
But I'm wondering if he talked to Trump and this upcoming release of internal discussions between twitter and the feds about the laptop isn't being done specifically FOR Trump.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 24, 2022 08:41 PM (buTO7)

55 Looks like Twitter may be for sale again, at a slightly lower price:

https://bit.ly/3EBp89N

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 24, 2022 08:41 PM (Bd6X8)

56 Our two cats are trying to catch a stink bug.

I had to intervene before they knocked over the lamp.

Posted by: Ex-ex at November 24, 2022 08:41 PM (RU4sa)

57 Everyone has left but me, Mrs928, and her mother. No shootings, stabbings, and only one punch. A successful family gathering.

Also, Flash Email Traffic: 16" 5.56/.223 Black Friday AR-15 Rifle Build Kit

$199.99

https://bit.ly/3tXPCND

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 08:42 PM (6RVJj)

58 I had my favorite Thanksgiving meal today.

Free and with good friends. But I wish the menu would have had mash potatoes, rolls , corn and cobbler. And deviled eggs though I've been told that's not really a dish served on Thanksgiving.

It should though be served with every meal😀

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 08:43 PM (nBhwo)

59 I have moments when I miss carburetor, battery/coil/points, and a electromechanical regulator.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I think he's HOT

Posted by: The blonde chick from the Best Western lounge when there was Corporate Quarterly Meeting at November 24, 2022 08:44 PM (NOVDU)

60 I have moments when I miss carburetor, battery/coil/points, and a electromechanical regulator.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:35 PM (bJHK5)

Heh. Funny you should mention that. A friend came by this morning, with a six volt Delco generator off an old tractor, and the matching? regulator, which was bad. I looked in my file drawer full of regulators, and Lo! and Behold! there was a brand new six volt Delco regulator in its original box. All the same as the original, except marked "positive" and not "negative". So I called my go-to auto electric guy, who has been in the biz for 40-odd years, and he said, "Peon, it really doesn't matter. Generators and regulators don't care what's printed on them. If you flash the field for negative ground, it will generate negative ground, and if you flash the field for positive ground, it will generate positive ground. Just touch "bat" to "gen" on the regulator for a second, and you are good to go. And that is the exact right regulator you need."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:44 PM (j4aco)

61 Watching this twitter situation. Its obvious Musk wants (needs) Trump back. A meme of Musk standing outside Mara Lago with a boombox started making the rounds.
But I'm wondering if he talked to Trump and this upcoming release of internal discussions between twitter and the feds about the laptop isn't being done specifically FOR Trump.
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 24, 2022 08:41 PM (buTO7)

Obvious answer: a merger between Twitter and Truth Social.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:46 PM (j4aco)

62 I'm not in a food coma, I'm in a food-induced alpha wave state.

Officer.

Was I weaving across the lanes?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 08:47 PM (Dc2NZ)

63 O/T -- Watching the "Died Suddenly" documentary (1 hour, 8 minutes) on Rumble. Creepy & scary as hell ... so glad to be a "pureblood" -- From My Cold Dead Shoulder!

https://tinyurl.com/27tvv6kp

Happy Thanksgiving, Ace / COBs/ Horde! This place keeps me sane, and I am most grateful for having been born in the greatest nation on God's green Earth at perhaps the peak of its civilization -- and having personally experienced the American Dream from broken, alcoholic home to multi-millionaire via nothing but hard work & desire.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 24, 2022 08:47 PM (ynBkT)

64 1) white cheese curds
2) shredded white cheese
3) cheddar cheese?

Only #1 is truly right, but the others can be yummy.

My cousin's late wife, Leona, made tourtiere for Christmas dinner. It was to die for.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:37 PM (j4aco)

It was #1. Even with gravy the fries were crisp.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:48 PM (eGTCV)

65 Twit Social

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 24, 2022 08:48 PM (5dTbW)

66
Speaking of daylight savings time changes, Her Majesty, now His Majesty, has over 1000 royal clocks. There is a team of horologists, known as the royal clock masters who are responsible for keeping those in good working order, and accurate.

It takes them 40 hours twice a year to set the clocks back and forth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 08:48 PM (Mzdiz)

67 Was I weaving across the lanes?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

ACROSS STATE LINES

Posted by: That Kyle kid also gives thanks at November 24, 2022 08:49 PM (NOVDU)

68 But it's a good kind of coma. Hope your day was the best.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 08:36 PM (Xrfse)
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It was really nice, had all the kids home. It's been 3 years since they were all here for thanksgiving so I loved it.

I hope you had a good day too - and lots of pie!

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:49 PM (pTb/Z)

69 Polynikes, deviled eggs were on our menu. Sorry we didn't save you any.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2022 08:49 PM (OX9vb)

70 ACROSS STATE LINES
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It was self-defense!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 08:50 PM (Dc2NZ)

71 Two years ago I was getting ready for a trip to Africa when I received word that my travel companion and very good friend Ed had died.
Fuck sudden heart attacks

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 08:50 PM (eGTCV)

72 Bluebell -- were there watermelon margaritas, just like the Pilgrims had?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (Dc2NZ)

73 Everyone has left but me, Mrs928, and her mother. No shootings, stabbings, and only one punch. A successful family gathering.

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LOL, Grump928(c). If I don't end up in jail, it's a successful get-together.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (ynBkT)

74 royal clock masters

heh

They talk funny

Princess Di had their numbers

Posted by: Knight of the Garter Miklos at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (NOVDU)

75 Speaking of daylight savings time changes, Her Majesty, now His Majesty, has over 1000 royal clocks. There is a team of horologists, known as the royal clock masters who are responsible for keeping those in good working order, and accurate.

It takes them 40 hours twice a year to set the clocks back and forth.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 08:48 PM (Mzdiz)

President Biden has a whoreologist, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (j4aco)

76
Anyone have dinner with, uh, interesting family members?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (MoZTd)

77 Just touch "bat" to "gen" on the regulator for a second, and you are good to go. And that is the exact right regulator you need."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Precisely. Try that with an ECM...assuming of course that it can even be located.

I would bet that, if there was no alternative, you would have disassembled the regulator, burnished the contacts, checked for opens, and managed to get it to work.

As an aside, that Frank Delco was quite a guy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:52 PM (bJHK5)

78 I'm hoping the high blood pressure takes me before next year. I don't want to do any more of these.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 24, 2022 08:40 PM (vnB2n)
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No, no! I hope it wasn't that bad.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:52 PM (pTb/Z)

79 Everyone but my wife is sick. Eldest been ill since Sunday, second kid since Monday and the youngest since yesterday. Kid 2 is almost back to normal, kid 1 is making very slow progress and I can’t stop coughing.

Yay.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 24, 2022 08:53 PM (YglAn)

80 Bluebell -- were there watermelon margaritas, just like the Pilgrims had?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 08:51 PM (Dc2NZ)
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Sadly, no, although I did think of them as I pulled out the blender to make the corn pudding.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:54 PM (pTb/Z)

81 Bluebell -- were there watermelon margaritas, just like the Pilgrims had?
Posted by: All Hail Eris,

Actually, you cut a small round hole in the watermelon. Stick a bottle of Stoli in that.

Wait a few hours.

Enjoy.

Posted by: Miklos bought Stoli for 88 US cents for such purpose at November 24, 2022 08:54 PM (NOVDU)

82 I would bet that, if there was no alternative, you would have disassembled the regulator, burnished the contacts, checked for opens, and managed to get it to work.

As an aside, that Frank Delco was quite a guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:52 PM (bJHK5)

Yes. I did warn my friend that I have no idea where that regulator came from, and that maybe it was bad, and out back in the box.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:55 PM (j4aco)

83 No deviled eggs. Ever. I just can't.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 08:56 PM (Xrfse)

84 Boswell, congratulations on the sale of your hobby piece at the auction. It sounds like you and your travelling companions had an enjoyable day.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow!

Posted by: old chick at November 24, 2022 08:56 PM (sOete)

85 As an aside, that Frank Delco was quite a guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:52 PM (bJHK5)

Yeah. He, and Lee Marvin, and Cyrus Vance, made quite a geographic impression on the eastern seaboard near DC.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:57 PM (j4aco)

86 Yay.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 24, 2022 08:53 PM (YglAn)
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Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you guys can just stay in all weekend, sleep, and heal.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2022 08:57 PM (pTb/Z)

87 79 Everyone but my wife is sick.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One

Oh, man. Sorry to hear it. Hope you're all better soon.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2022 08:58 PM (OX9vb)

88
You think cleaning the royal clock is hard, well, let me tell you....

Posted by: Groom of the Stool at November 24, 2022 08:58 PM (Mzdiz)

89 No deviled eggs. Ever. I just can't.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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*!*

What?!

The staple of every Methodist potluck dinner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:58 PM (VG0cN)

90
I mean, I've seen things, man.

Posted by: Groom of the Stool at November 24, 2022 08:58 PM (Mzdiz)

91 Thanks bluebell but I have to work tomorrow and I think my wife does too.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 24, 2022 08:58 PM (YglAn)

92 Sitcom writers in the 70s-

So we need a line for this character named Flo

"Well devil my eggs"

hmm

"Kiss my grits"

Yeah that one

Posted by: Miklos so imagines at November 24, 2022 08:59 PM (NOVDU)

93 Everyone but my wife is sick.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One
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Sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 08:59 PM (VG0cN)

94 Actually, you cut a small round hole in the watermelon. Stick a bottle of Stoli in that.

Wait a few hours.

Enjoy.
Posted by: Miklos bought Stoli for 88 US cents for such purpose at November 24, 2022 08:54 PM (NOVDU)

In fairness, it might be better if you cut a larger square hole, and used a bottle of Jack Daniels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 08:59 PM (j4aco)

95
An animated tour of Big Ben:

https://tinyurl.com/2lqk2pv9

That is some damned clock.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:00 PM (Mzdiz)

96 Yes, I gave that bird a good firm spatchcocking today.

Posted by: Jewish Odysseus at November 24, 2022 09:01 PM (fN+Gy)

97 In fairness

Ugh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 09:01 PM (Xrfse)

98 That is some damned clock.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

But has not, how you say, le Cookoo

Posted by: Switzerland, like to buy a nice watch? at November 24, 2022 09:02 PM (NOVDU)

99 76 not me, but just got off the phone with my middle child who went to dinner with my mom, my stepfather and the middle child’s new boyfriend. After 10 minutes of hysterical laughter where I couldn’t understand a word she was saying, she blurted it out. Apparently, as they exited the country club, my mom had a little gas incident, two actually, and tried to shuffle her feet to pretend it was her shoes. So then I was laughing, and J just says in his calm southern voice “well, that ‘s something” which made us laugh all over again.

Maybe we are the weird family members. My poor mom.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2022 09:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

100 That cat worked so hard
It deserves a nap

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 24, 2022 09:03 PM (Kd4bG)

101 Actually, you cut a small round hole in the watermelon. Stick a bottle of Stoli in that.

Wait a few hours.

Enjoy.
Posted by: Miklos bought Stoli for 88 US cents for such purpose at November 24, 2022 08:54 PM (NOVDU)
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Stalking the wild kahuku! I've spiked my share of watermelons in my youth.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 09:03 PM (Dc2NZ)

102 Stalking the wild kahuku! I've spiked my share of watermelons in my youth.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

heh

Posted by: Miklos, for the Estate of Gallagher at November 24, 2022 09:06 PM (NOVDU)

103 Tryptophan!
Booze!
Falling blood sugar!

Posted by: Insomniac, briefly at November 24, 2022 09:07 PM (II3Gr)

104 Insom! Tryptophan and booze for the win.

Posted by: Infidel at November 24, 2022 09:08 PM (ZEa+g)

105 Boswell, congratulations on the sale of your hobby piece at the auction. It sounds like you and your travelling companions had an enjoyable day.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow!
Posted by: old chick at November 24, 2022 08:56 PM (sOete)

Thanks OC - it was a humble brag - yeah, it sold. So, I am not upset! But it was the frame that sold it, not my work or anything. But still, despite my friends' merry derision, it did sell.

Posted by: Boswell at November 24, 2022 09:10 PM (+Cgut)

106 Mom let out a poot
no real harm was done at all.
Calm was soon returned.

- a Thanksgiving haiku for Piper

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2022 09:10 PM (0OP+5)

107 Posted by: Insomniac, briefly at November 24, 2022 09:07 PM (II3Gr)

Good to see you posting again, sir. Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 24, 2022 09:11 PM (tBR6g)

108 Polynikes, deviled eggs were on our menu. Sorry we didn't save you any.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2022 08:49 PM (OX9vb)

Of course there would not be any left. They're Deviled Eggs !

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 09:11 PM (nBhwo)

109 106 @Eromero THE best. Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2022 09:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

110 Posted by: Insomniac, briefly at November 24, 2022 09:07 PM (II3Gr)

I was thinking about you the other day and hoped to myself that you were doing well.

Posted by: polynikes at November 24, 2022 09:12 PM (nBhwo)

111 >> But has not, how you say, le Cookoo

The perfect job for Meghan Markle. Put her up there in the belfry, attach a cable to her, and when it's yanks, she comes out and screeches "cookoo!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:12 PM (Mzdiz)

112 Belly is full, rifle sighted, going to bed soon. Tomorrow is Christmas tree ordering and decoration hunting for the ratty shack.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at November 24, 2022 09:12 PM (UOzPv)

113 Not celebrating Thanksgiving here but I'm a little drunk

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at November 24, 2022 09:14 PM (eGTCV)

114 Ugh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 09:01 PM (Xrfse)

Heh. Just kidding.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:15 PM (j4aco)

115 79 Everyone but my wife is sick.

Yay.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 24, 2022 08:53 PM (YglAn)

I'm sorry to hear this... but not as sorry as your wife, I bet!

"Get well soon" to you all.

Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 24, 2022 09:17 PM (Rbu5d)

116
I would like a nice grandfather clock for the house here. I got to looking. Those things get spendy. Jeebus.

The cheapest ones run $3K or so. A fancy one can get well over $10K. I had no idea. Now, these are the real ones, with a true mechanical precision movement, not some quartz battery powered fake that they do make.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:18 PM (Mzdiz)

117 Happy Thanksgiving Friends.

Posted by: sassy at November 24, 2022 09:18 PM (xSICi)

118 Dinner at my sister's, 5 of the 7 of us left got together with some of the kids and a last parent among all the inlaws. A good time had by all. I have been blessed with solid good family.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2022 09:19 PM (4780s)

119 I finished the eating day with chicken tamales, sausage balls, and a shot of bourbon. Thank You, Lord for a beautiful rainy day.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2022 09:19 PM (0OP+5)

120 Third Reich!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiju6hHdxd8&t=198s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 24, 2022 09:20 PM (FVME7)

121 The cheapest ones run $3K or so. A fancy one can get well over $10K. I had no idea. Now, these are the real ones, with a true mechanical precision movement, not some quartz battery powered fake that they do make.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:18 PM (Mzdiz)

Looks like there are a number of grandfather clock kits available.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:22 PM (j4aco)

122 I've always hated staying in a house with a grandfather clock. I'm trying to sleep, and all I can hear is the tick-tock and the gong on every hour and half hour...

Posted by: PabloD at November 24, 2022 09:22 PM (SZfqZ)

123 The cheapest ones run $3K or so. A fancy one can get well over $10K. I had no idea. Now, these are the real ones, with a true mechanical precision movement, not some quartz battery powered fake that they do make.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:18 PM (Mzdiz)

Ha! Every old mantel clock that was auctioned with my 'decorative' piece sold for more than my work - man, people really want old clocks...

Posted by: Boswell at November 24, 2022 09:22 PM (+Cgut)

124 Dinner with all the Grandchildren of Diogenes.
None of them fell for the pull the finger thing.
I'm rewriting the will next week.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 24, 2022 09:23 PM (uO+/l)

125 Goodnight, good people! Up at 0400 tomorrow, hope everybody recovers quickly.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2022 09:23 PM (0OP+5)

126 Ha! Every old mantel clock that was auctioned with my 'decorative' piece sold for more than my work - man, people really want old clocks...
Posted by: Boswell at November 24, 2022 09:22 PM (+Cgut)

And those old striking mantel clocks were basically commodities; they were nearly all alike under the skin. 8-day movement, with a mainspring for the time-keeper, and a mainspring for the chimes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:25 PM (j4aco)

127 I have my grandfathers cuckoo clock in a box somewhere. I should find it and see if it still works.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 24, 2022 09:26 PM (6RVJj)

128 I've always hated staying in a house with a grandfather clock. I'm trying to sleep, and all I can hear is the tick-tock and the gong on every hour and half hour...
Posted by: PabloD

It's just like living next door to the elevated trains. After a day or two, you don't even hear them.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 09:26 PM (3u0d1)

129 Well the Thanksgiving feast was wonderful. Daughter did a fantastic job on the turkey. I told she's in charge from now on.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 24, 2022 09:26 PM (nxdel)

130 120 Third Reich!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiju6hHdxd8&t=198s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 24, 2022 09:20 PM (FVME7)
---

Agent: Name?
Frank: Frank Sanazi
Agent: Occupation?
Frank: Nope, just visiting this time!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (Dc2NZ)

131
Did you know that Gen Z kids can't read analog clocks much. Look that up, and you'll be amazed.

Miley's brother, at work, saw this first hand. Some young 20-something girl was freaking out because her phone's battery ran out and it shut down. She needed to know the time. He pointed to the old round analog clock on the wall.

The girl couldn't read it. Did not have a clue.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (Mzdiz)

132 Family.

Ham, stuffing, and fixins. Full.

Hope y'all had a wonderful holiday.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (bNusQ)

133 Ha! Every old mantel clock that was auctioned with my 'decorative' piece sold for more than my work - man, people really want old clocks...
Posted by: Boswell
l

lol. Inherited m and d's old Seth Thomas mantel clock. Still on the same mantel since 1975. It was from grandma. Have to wind it at least twice a week. I stopped winding the chimes.

Posted by: Infidel at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (ZEa+g)

134 #63 If you think 'Died Suddenly' is interesting, here is John O'looney's, UK funeral director, interview in October 2022.

https://tinyurl.com/yank84hw

Didn't know that England was currently building mega-prisons...although I heard about a US contractor was asked to submit a bid for a housing compound, on the order of Australia's anti-vax quarantine units.

Get ready for sum moar "science."

Posted by: Ju at November 24, 2022 09:28 PM (aTmM/)

135
I love the ticking sound in the background. However, the chimes and strikes.... They all have a setting where you can disable it completely, or during the nighttime hours.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:28 PM (Mzdiz)

136 The girl couldn't read it. Did not have a clue.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (Mzdiz)

We can encode messages just by writing in cursive!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at November 24, 2022 09:28 PM (Dc2NZ)

137 No deviled eggs. Ever. I just can't.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

My friend's 80+ year old grandparents used to invite us every year to a big Fourth of July BBQ. (But then there was some 80+ year old infidelity and no more BBQ.) They dabbled in ostrich farming and served football sized deviled eggs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at November 24, 2022 09:29 PM (FVME7)

138 Insom!
Been wondering if you had been permanently embarreled!
Missed your wit.

Posted by: waepnedmann at November 24, 2022 09:31 PM (32eeF)

139 We can encode messages just by writing in cursive!
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Truth.

Posted by: Infidel at November 24, 2022 09:31 PM (ZEa+g)

140 We have a clock that chimes on the quarter hour and bongs on the hour, one sound for each hour. We miss it when it winds down.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 24, 2022 09:32 PM (2NHgQ)

141 Miley's brother, at work, saw this first hand. Some young 20-something girl was freaking out because her phone's battery ran out and it shut down. She needed to know the time. He pointed to the old round analog clock on the wall.

The girl couldn't read it. Did not have a clue.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:27 PM (Mzdiz)

Are Mickey Mouse watches now all digital?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:34 PM (j4aco)

142 OT: this little guy could make a good Morning Monkey:

https://tinyurl.com/2s43v2fh

Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2022 09:34 PM (Ac9bb)

143 OT: this little guy could make a good Morning Monkey:

https://tinyurl.com/2s43v2fh
Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2022 09:34 PM (Ac9bb)

Heh.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:35 PM (j4aco)

144 I've always hated staying in a house with a grandfather clock. I'm trying to sleep, and all I can hear is the tick-tock and the gong on every hour and half hour...

And it does not blend into the background after a couple of days. Spent a week with my grandparents when I was a kid. They had one and it drove me nuts at night, the whole time I was there. Loved them big time but couldn't wait to get back home for some decent sleep.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 09:36 PM (Xrfse)

145 Publius. Where do you live? (About).

I've been needing to sell my parents Ethan Allen grandfather clock. Seems to me about 1500 bucks, back in the 80s. Works perfectly.

I used to set it up, so the precise moment at the top of the hour, to the milli-second, was between the tune, and the striking of the hour. Pretty amazing for a mechanical movement. It would hold this for the entire week, until wind time again.

You could ... set your watch to it. Unfortunately there is little to no market for them. If I get $100 to $150, I'd be doing good.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2022 09:37 PM (O9tRg)

146 Given the day, I want to make a comment about Thanks, and gratitude. A number of people have mentioned in this and previous threads their thankfulness for what they have in life, however humble.

It was one year ago today that I stumbled into the ER, and was diagnosed as experiencing a subdural hematoma. I do not really recall that much about the moment...just hazy bits.

So far as that goes, I DO recall the admitting ER Doc leaning over me, and explaining what was happening, in very clear, and yet compassionate terms, what was happening, and what needed to be done *NOW*.. I will never, ever, forget that moment.

In the final analysis, everything ended as well as it might. This will sound like an exaggeration, but at that moment, it was as if an angel in a surgical cap, mask and gown was holding my hand.

A month or two later, when we lost Redc4c1 to a similar situation, the point was especially made.

Be thankful folks. When it seems that life has turned on you, go outside. Look at the stars.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc, etc.. at November 24, 2022 09:40 PM (VG0cN)

147 Tryptophan!
Booze!
Falling blood sugar!
Posted by: Insomniac, briefl

We got you, Kid.

Posted by: Cocaine Nationalism at November 24, 2022 09:40 PM (B3kaQ)

148 And it does not blend into the background after a couple of days. Spent a week with my grandparents when I was a kid. They had one and it drove me nuts at night, the whole time I was there. Loved them big time but couldn't wait to get back home for some decent sleep.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

That was the big draw for us when we stayed at the grands as kids. They had two different grandfather clocks - always five minutes apart. We loved the chimes.

Different strokes I guess.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 09:40 PM (3u0d1)

149 >> Publius. Where do you live? (About).

Greenville, SC area.

From what I understand, there is a market for them for people who appreciate these things. Look it up, you might get much more than you think.

I'd buy a good one, but you might get more than I'd be willing to pay on the "open market".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 24, 2022 09:41 PM (Mzdiz)

150 Another casualty of the digital age - paper road maps offered free by the state.

Read an account by a convenience store employee. Some 20 something came in crying and hysterical, Google Maps or whatever was route suggesting an itinerary that, the road was closed due to a rockslide. This caused brain vapor-lock

He offered a road map - no clue at all. Doh!!!

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2022 09:41 PM (O9tRg)

151 Bed time..

Like a jaguar dragging a croc up the riverbank.

Posted by: t-bird at November 24, 2022 09:41 PM (Sv58p)

152 I've already had two naps since this morning. Sometimes I'm not very good company and people tell me I snore.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 24, 2022 09:42 PM (geVLo)

153 Different strokes I guess.

Yep. That's what we're all about.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2022 09:43 PM (Xrfse)

154 He offered a road map - no clue at all. Doh!!!
Posted by: Common Tater

I'm past 29. I keep an old AAA spiral bound atlas in the tahoe.

Posted by: Infidel at November 24, 2022 09:43 PM (ZEa+g)

155 I've already had two naps since this morning. Sometimes I'm not very good company and people tell me I snore.
Posted by: Dr. Bone

A few weeks ago I told my wife that she snores when she sleeps.

She said "No one else mentions it."

*blinks. blinks*

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 09:44 PM (3u0d1)

156 In fact, I've a whole house full of fine furniture and accouterments that nobody wants, including me.

I want to travel light. I hate all this shit, my parents had good taste, for the most part, insofar as their budget would allow. It's all just stuff, and ties people down. Needs dusting, cleaning, repair, storage. And just sits there.

And younger folks don't want it.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2022 09:45 PM (O9tRg)

157 Try being born analog and being dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age.

All because you were determined to continue working in your chosen profession of auto mechanic. Some of that transition was a bit stressful to say the least.

The mechanical aspects weren't daunting, the terminology WAS. Still is, in lots of cases.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 24, 2022 09:46 PM (KATBx)

158 It's all just stuff, and ties people down. Needs dusting, cleaning, repair, storage. And just sits there.

And younger folks don't want it.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 24, 2022 09:45 PM (O9tRg)

Delbert McClinton feels your pain:

https://youtu.be/bBYVRERVf8Q

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2022 09:49 PM (j4aco)

159 I want to travel light. I hate all this shit, my parents had good taste, for the most part, insofar as their budget would allow. It's all just stuff, and ties people down. Needs dusting, cleaning, repair, storage. And just sits there.

And younger folks don't want it.
Posted by: Common Tater

Yep - we recently moved into a home half the size of the previous one. Not only did we have all of our own stuff but also our parents' and, in my case, my grandparents furniture and keepsakes. We had to skinny it down and that all by itself was a chore. We have six kids and they took damn little of the extra.

What the hell - we sold or donated most of it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 09:51 PM (3u0d1)

160 If SMH is here, I want to thank her for recommending The Chosen. We just got back from seeing season 3 episodes 1 and 2 in the movie theatre. I’m especially thankful that our eldest came with us, and is catching up on the previous (tv) seasons now.
The last scene, in particular, was amazing.

Posted by: LadyS at November 24, 2022 09:51 PM (VGiJY)

161 A few weeks ago I told my wife that she snores when she sleeps.

She said "No one else mentions it."

*blinks. blinks*
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2022 09:44 PM (3u0d1)

That is in character for R. Well-played, ma'am, and you may tell her I said that!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 24, 2022 09:57 PM (XEl8M)

162 It's all just stuff, and ties people down. Needs dusting, cleaning, repair, storage. And just sits there.

And younger folks don't want it.

Yep. I still remember when my mom realized we didn't want any of her collections. (She had knic knacks.) Made me sad that she wanted us to love them but had no desire for that stuff.

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2022 09:58 PM (foa6+)

163 WD in the house.

Nood.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 24, 2022 10:01 PM (I6MNo)

164 The Cowboys beat the Giants!
Though, I spent more time eating the wonderful dinner than watching the game.

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