Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

(H/T Sharon, Willow's Apprentice)

Where the heck has July gone? Happy Saturday morning.

Rules? Wing it, it's an open thread.

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To tip or not to tip? 3 reasons why tipping has gotten so out of control

It has become as much a part of our daily lives as getting our to-go coffee: the screen turn.
It's the moment when you've ordered your coffee and the barista turns the payment screen toward you, with prompts asking you for a tip.
Tipping is on the rise across the U.S. as more and more businesses have started asking for a little extra: Fast food restaurants, grocery stores, plumbers, online retailers, stadiums, and even self-checkout machines are now asking for a tip these days.

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
6/24 – Jewell’s niece is not handling the chemo well. She has been very sick since last Tuesday. Jewells was also sick most of last week, after radiation and chemo.
7/8 Update – Jewell’s niece went in for her second infusion treatment, but they couldn’t do it because she had a UTI. She’s so depressed. The doctors will probably make some changes to her drugs, since she has felt so awful.
6/20 – J requested a prayer for her younger son Matt, whose seizure symptoms are returning again after 20 years of normalcy. So far he has not had a full-blown seizure, and the doctors are working to adjust his medication. But he can feel them in the background and they are interfering with his ability to do his job. Also, his second child is due in September.
6/24 – Fox2! asked for prayers as he had to spend the week in the hospital with AFIB.
6/24 – Screaming in Digital asked for prayers for an old friend, who was fighting cancer. The latest news was not good, but he is still receiving treatment.
6/24 – RetSgtRN asked for prayers for her son-in-law, Kenny, who at 37 is battling acute leukemia. He beat lymphoma 2 years ago. He has 2 boys, ages 3 and 7. He is also a police officer in a very large city and fortunately his boss has been supportive. Thanks to all for your prayers!
7/1 Update – Kenny is in remission. Now he will begin treatments for his bone marrow transplant, which will require him to remain in the hospital for 100 days, including part of it in isolation.
6/27 – Catch Thirty-Thr33’s father will return home from the hospital, and he will be visited by a hospice nurse twice a week. He is 82 now and has been fighting lung cancer for 18 months now. Please pray for him.
7/10 Update – Catch Thirty-Thr33’s father passed away today.
7/1 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for the woman that she is running with for township committee. The woman is having bad digestive pain.
7/1 – rhennigantx asked for prayers for his buddy Jason, who lost a good friend to an overdose. Jason is very angry at a (so called) friend who gave the other friend the drugs.
7/1 – JM in Fla/III asked for prayers for his brother and sister-in-law, who are struggling with their adult son; he is schizophrenic but does not always take his medicine.
7/4 – neverenoughcaffeine asked for prayers for Tom, Andy, and Wilson. Their wife and mom Yumiko died in a freak accident on Sunday and Tom was severely injured.
7/7 – Misanthropic Humanitarian asked for prayers for his friend, Lonesome Ed. He has knee issues and will be undergoing surgery later this month.
7/8 – Tuna said she could use some prayers. Her husband passed away on 7/8.
7/8 – LenNeal posted some updates that he has serious heart damage after having Covid multiple times and the J&J vax.
7/8 – RedMindBlueState requested prayers for his oldest childhood friend (and occasional lurker), whose wife has colon cancer. They don’t know what stage or treatment yet, but could use prayers.
7/8 – Emmie asked for prayers. Her husband is having a pacemaker implanted on Tuesday. She asks for prayers for a successful procedure, a full recovery, and improved energy and function.
7/13 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for Dr. M and his medical team, for his upcoming heart surgery.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 09:00 AM

Comments

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1

Ok!

Posted by: Paul McCartney at July 15, 2023 09:00 AM (iayUP)

2 The rest are still drying their clothes.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:02 AM (iayUP)

3 President Putin, why do you find it so difficult to take Vladimir Zelensky seriously?

https://is.gd/hU9Y4E
(it is a twit link. The video is worth any trouble you may encounter)

Posted by: Ciampino -- did you know mimes always have silencers on their guns? at July 15, 2023 09:02 AM (qfLjt)

4 BRCC AK47

when you absolutely positively need to kill every muthaa fucker in the room

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (BRHaw)

5 Prayers up for those that have asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!

And prayers up for the citizens of this country which now seems to be controlled by demons not patriots!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (hOUT3)

6 Good morning!!
Off to the baseball field in a few hours

Posted by: Jmel at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (bVhJi)

7 Neighbor decided to be considerate and wait to do their lawn cutting operations till one second after seven this morning.

I sort of don't blame them with heat index temps around 110F

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (p8A+W)

8 I'm still here. Now fortified with 30% more humidity!

Posted by: July at July 15, 2023 09:04 AM (DhOHl)

9 I should do something today, but after getting first and second, my sense of accomplishment is completely satisfied.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:04 AM (iayUP)

10 Going to get tractor Going a bit, then break time

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 09:04 AM (xhxe8)

11 LOL, funny one.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:04 AM (V13WU)

12 My condolences Catch33 and I hope Jewells Niece and LenNeal get to doing better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 09:05 AM (zZu0s)

13 Pray up, everyone!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 09:05 AM (llXky)

14 I prefer gratuity. Tipping is for cows and rubes.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (KVGVf)

15 9 I should do something today, but after getting first and second, my sense of accomplishment is completely satisfied.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:04 AM (iayUP

And the day so young

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (13qJQ)

16 To tip or not to tip? 3 reasons why tipping has gotten so out of control

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The destruction of our educational system continues apace.

It amazes me that people don't understand that 10% of something is *always* the same percentage of an amount.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (O69GV)

17 7
Temperature here has climbed 12 degrees since I got up, the day is young...
and the RH is already 85%

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (hOUT3)

18 There goes another one, a few minutes after eight. I might as well go find some gasoline powered lawn tool and join in.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (p8A+W)

19 But this makes a LOT of sense:

"...Square, the company behind a lot of the electronic payment screens, gets a cut of each transaction, including the tip.

So creating software that encourages tipping (and encourages big tips) means more money for companies like Square."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (O69GV)

20 Good morning all. Community brand coffee, dark roast and chicory 50/50 blended together. It's good for what ailes ya.

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (3CCua)

21 It's so damn hot here, the water is the pool is 86 degrees.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (iayUP)

22 Good morning, Horde, prayers offered for all in need.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (a4EWo)

23 Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (O69GV)

To be fair, that is only because of President Biden's aggressive stance on killing off the oil and gas industry and forcing everyone to drive EVs.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (hOUT3)

24 Maybe I can sou vide a whole cow in the pool.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (iayUP)

25 Mis Hum, you must have misread the request. We wanted a picture of a dark brown coffee BEAN!!

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (kXYt5)

26 And prayers up for the citizens of this country which now seems to be controlled by demons not patriots!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (hOUT3)
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This is the most logical explanation for what is happening. The particular obsession with corrupting children is the giveaway. There's no politically justifiable reason for that. It's the devil's work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (llXky)

27 Add Old Mama to the list

And me too

Posted by: Miklos at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (bqhaz)

28 Good morning all.
Mis Hum, the above picture could be me if I am forced to get up early in the morning but I don't think I sent that.
So, someone is not getting their well deserved kudos.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (t/2Uw)

29 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (T4tVD)

30 21 It's so damn hot here, the water is the pool is 86 degrees.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (iayUP)

soup is on

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2023 09:10 AM (BRHaw)

31 I put ghee in my coffee. I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2023 09:10 AM (DhOHl)

32 There goes another one, a few minutes after eight. I might as well go find some gasoline powered lawn tool and join in.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 15, 2023 09:07 AM (p8A+W)

A regular neighborhood cacophony!

Posted by: Count de Monet, living down around Houston, Texas where the sun shines most of the time at July 15, 2023 09:10 AM (4I/2K)

33 President Biden is a sick, crusty old pervert who should be locked up away from children.

The Democrat party is a party of evil.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:11 AM (KVGVf)

34 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all. Amen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:11 AM (OX9vb)

35 I believe I did Muldoon

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:11 AM (13qJQ)

36 **Self-checkout machines** are asking for tips? I'm doing the labor. They ought to tip me!

I use the damn things as little as I can. Not only are they profiting from my labor, but most of 'em have cameras with a screen *right in my face*. I don't want to see what I look like while I'm contributing my effort to their bottom line. Yes, I know I'm being photographed everywhere in their store, but I don't want it shoved in my face.

In one Walmart I put a plastic bag over the screen. You'd have thought I spray painted it from the way the staffer squawked. I said, "I'll be done in a minute." "I'll call the manager!" "Please do."

The "manager" was too busy looking at her phone to bother with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:12 AM (omVj0)

37 Recently ran into an auto-pay table "register" that would not let you complete checking out until you entered a tip.

I felt $0.01 was magnanimous enough!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:12 AM (hOUT3)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:12 AM (omVj0)

39 Leaf blowers = Mexican bagpipes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2023 09:12 AM (DhOHl)

40 A prayer for speedy and complete healing

And for Muldoon who had heart procedure
And VIA and jewells too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (RIvkX)

41 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (t/2Uw)

I'm positive that you did
But if my mind is going
Apologies to the Moron I short changed

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (13qJQ)

42 Prayers for all of the souls on the list and all those not on the list but what needs them. Blessings be.

Posted by: Count de Monet, living down around Houston, Texas where the sun shines most of the time at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (4I/2K)

43 Mis Hum, you must have misread the request. We wanted a picture of a dark brown coffee BEAN!!
Posted by: Muldoon

So you have it, Old Chap

https://tinyurl.com/ydun2xn2

Posted by: non-racist Mr. Bean at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (bqhaz)

44 What do you get if you cross a grizzly bear and a harp?

A bear faced lyre!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (Keyt1)

45 It's the devil's work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

If you ever doubted that John had true visions, reread Revelation and then look at the news...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:14 AM (hOUT3)

46 > It's so damn hot here, the water is the pool is 86 degrees.
___________

Ours reached 91F yesterday. Didn't get the solar blanket off soon enough. But the wife loved it...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 09:15 AM (Q4IgG)

47 24 Maybe I can sou vide a whole cow in the pool.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (iayUP)

*Takes bikini off, quickly slinks away from fd's pool.*

Posted by: Elsie the Cow at July 15, 2023 09:15 AM (PiwSw)

48 I put ghee in my coffee. I'm a gheezer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Sheet

Posted by: The Pillow and Sheet Guy at July 15, 2023 09:15 AM (bqhaz)

49 The Democratic Party isn't.

Posted by: Stuff Chris Plante Sez at July 15, 2023 09:15 AM (DhOHl)

50 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (Keyt1)

Oy!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:16 AM (hOUT3)

51 And prayers up for the citizens of this country which now seems to be controlled by demons not patriots!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (hOUT3)

Amen!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:17 AM (OX9vb)

52 If you ever doubted that John had true visions, reread Revelation and then look at the news...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:14 AM (hOUT3)
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How else can one explain the way liberals went from multiculturalism and "all cultures are equal" to "You must obey our gay diktats or else!" in just a few years?

I'm old enough to remember US troops being denied alcohol and Bibles in Islamic lands so as not to enrage the Arab Street, but now we're demanding Teh Ghey in all nations.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 09:18 AM (llXky)

53 Mornin' Horde. Prayers for everyone grieving or ill or going through a difficult season.

Miklos, if there's anything I can help y'all with, Miley knows where to find me.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 15, 2023 09:18 AM (aBJcM)

54 Good morning, all

Prayers for everyone on the Prayer List and also for their supporters & caregivers. And prayers for all others @ AoSHQs, their families & friends who are in need, whether requested or not.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 15, 2023 09:18 AM (GshMh)

55 I didn't think it was possible for me, but I over-grilled the bacon. Still tasty, but it was almost as black as Stirling's fur. I hadn't had that problem with other brands; this Black Label Maple may just cook a bit faster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:19 AM (omVj0)

56 Obviously you have to cook moar bacon!

Posted by: Practice practice practice at July 15, 2023 09:20 AM (DhOHl)

57 I didn't think it was possible for me, but I over-grilled the bacon. Still tasty, but it was almost as black as Stirling's fur. I hadn't had that problem with other brands; this Black Label Maple may just cook a bit faster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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I've noticed that with a number of brands over the last couple of years. I've having to decrease heat by 20-40% across the board to cook it like I always have. I suspect slices are thinner and/or a change in processing, or both.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023 09:20 AM (O69GV)

58 I have now been in MD for 3 years this month but I will never get used to the 90+ degrees day after day without a break. In New England it tends to get cool at night at least. Or after it rains. Here, when it rains, the humidity just seems to get worse.
But, I was thinking this morning, that if I could go back and change some of the difficult parts of my life, I wouldn't because I would not be where I am right now at this moment .

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:21 AM (t/2Uw)

59 MisHum, I look at myself and my tribulations and think 'woe unto me', then I read through the prayer list and realize that most there would gladly swap their problem(s) for mine. I embarrassed myself feeling sorry for myself. Meanwhile the room has become very misty while I pray for those much less fortunate than myself.

We'll fight with you all, for you all and hope these prayers will be heard by God. You and all the others needing morale boosters, remember we are pushing you in the correct direction, God Willing.

Posted by: Ciampino - God always has a plan at July 15, 2023 09:21 AM (qfLjt)

60 This is the most logical explanation for what is happening. The particular obsession with corrupting children is the giveaway. There's no politically justifiable reason for that. It's the devil's work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 09:09 AM (llXky)

Mass Formation Psychosis from the scamdemic left many mentality scarred and afraid. It also empowered the mentally ill to act out. BUT the simplest explanation is demonic, in whatever manifestation.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 15, 2023 09:22 AM (+Mjp8)

61 The Third World-ification of the US, or at least The Pesthole, continues. After washing the car I stopped at the Walmart closest to me to pick up an air freshener or two. It has a service center, and you could always enter there, check out there, and leave without going all the way around the building.

Opening time emblazoned on the door: 7 am, including Saturday. Time on my watch: 7:05 am. The door remained shut, even though I knocked and customers were lining up for oil changes. Scruit, said I to myself, said I, and came home. (This particular WM seems to make a point of hiring the stupidest employees in the metro area . . . and in this metro area, that is really saying something.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:22 AM (omVj0)

62 Today is National Give Something Away Day.

It's up to you.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemy. at July 15, 2023 09:22 AM (GshMh)

63 So creating software that encourages tipping (and encourages big tips) means more money for companies like Square."
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Oh. There was a time when, at a restaurant, I would leave a cash tip, mostly so the server could decide for her/himself whether to tell Uncle Sam about it.

But when all the servers started putting receipts online with no tips, and I suspected they were making shit up about racism and sexism and non-tippers, I started putting on the card transaction. F**k'em.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:24 AM (OX9vb)

64
I've noticed that with a number of brands over the last couple of years. I've having to decrease heat by 20-40% across the board to cook it like I always have. I suspect slices are thinner and/or a change in processing, or both.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023

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The ones labeled "thick cut" don't seem to cook as fast, as they shouldn't. I'll need to decrease the heat or pull the strips out sooner with this brand.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:24 AM (omVj0)

65 Breaking News: Summer is hot!

I'd be willing to bet someone will crack an egg somewhere, like the bonnet of an automobile, and fry it in the summer sun.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:24 AM (KVGVf)

66 But, I was thinking this morning, that if I could go back and change some of the difficult parts of my life, I wouldn't because I would not be where I am right now at this moment .
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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{{{Sharon}}}

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 15, 2023 09:24 AM (aBJcM)

67 >>> 7 Neighbor decided to be considerate and wait to do their lawn cutting operations till one second after seven this morning.

I sort of don't blame them with heat index temps around 110F
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 15, 2023 09:03 AM (p8A+W)

This is why I wait until 8 in the evening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 15, 2023 09:25 AM (llON8)

68 osted by: Ciampino - God always has a plan at July 15, 2023 09:21 AM (qfLjt

Very well said. I couldn't agree more

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:25 AM (13qJQ)

69 didn't think it was possible for me, but I over-grilled the bacon. Still tasty, but it was almost as black as Stirling's fur. I hadn't had that problem with other brands; this Black Label Maple may just cook a bit faster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Black Label Original is my go-to brand of bacon. Never disappointed and at a good price point in the local stores.

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 15, 2023 09:25 AM (+Mjp8)

70 Annie's Stew does such a good job of keeping up with prayer requests!

Thanks for your prayer support, Horde. Mr. Bassman is recovering well.

Now we need wisdom on medications. The doctor has recommended adding five medications. What bothers me is that one med is based on an inaccurate measurement, another is to lower his blood pressure which is usually low but spikes after heart surgeries, another is for a condition that has never shown up in all of his weeks of wearing a heart monitor but gave a brief twinge while the pacemaker electrical signals were being adjusted, two meds that increase risk of stroke if you forget to take them one day, and another med to treat symptoms he doesn't have while exacerbating a common condition in older people.

I'm really glad we had this doctor to do the surgery, but all these prescriptions are making me nervous. I think part of the problem is that any doctor who treats Medicare patients has to walk a tightrope between his clinical judgment and Medicare's one-size-fits-all-or-we-won't-pay-you approach.

We are looking into getting a second opinion.

Posted by: Emmie at July 15, 2023 09:26 AM (Emce2)

71 > I have now been in MD for 3 years this month but I will never get used to the 90+ degrees day after day without a break.
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I grew up in MD. I remember after it rained in the summer the steam coming off the road was pretty intense. It does that here in KY too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 09:26 AM (Q4IgG)

72 The best cooked bacon is bakin' bacon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2023 09:27 AM (DhOHl)

73 Mis hum, I watched a movie last night with a bunch of well known actors. I easily remembered their previous roles but could not remember their names, their faces perfectly clear in my mind but their names just beyond my reach.
Being 29, I always wonder if this is a "and so it begins " moment of if (I hope) I just have a visual memory.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:27 AM (t/2Uw)

74 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 09:28 AM (rOObm)

75 Sharon - that's why there's IMDB.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2023 09:29 AM (DhOHl)

76 {{{SiD}}} ❤️

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:30 AM (t/2Uw)

77 Black Label Original is my go-to brand of bacon. Never disappointed and at a good price point in the local stores.
Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 15, 2023

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Stuff smelled great, and when I didn't overcook it yesterday morning, it tasted great (and pretty darn good this morning too). I guess I'll mark this down to "operator error."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:30 AM (omVj0)

78 I want a job like Wolfus Aurelius.

Boss is out of town, or even out of the country half the time.

That University can hire me back.

Posted by: Former Employee and also Alumnus at July 15, 2023 09:30 AM (bqhaz)

79 A bear faced lyre!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (Keyt1)

Ha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:31 AM (OX9vb)

80 The Hostages have some good memes today.

https://thehostages.wordpress.com/

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 15, 2023 09:32 AM (3CCua)

81 Baking bacon is the way to go. Also avoids getting spattered with grease and way easy cleanup.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:32 AM (t/2Uw)

82
Wife: I don't understand cloning.
Husband: that makes two of us.

Posted by: Rimshot at July 15, 2023 09:33 AM (DhOHl)

83 I want a job like Wolfus Aurelius.

Boss is out of town, or even out of the country half the time.

That University can hire me back.
Posted by: Former Employee and also Alumnus at July 15, 2023

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No, he's back now. Wasn't in yesterday, as it happened, but he doesn't mark a lot of stuff on his Outlook calendar, so I didn't know if he was coming in or not. Part of my job is to enter meetings, incl. Chinese spy screen ones, and so forth on the calendar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:33 AM (omVj0)

84 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec

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I've lived and worked in the South my entire life. 100*+ days with 100% humidity is all I've ever known. I can remember going to Texas and seeing the thermometer reading 112 and not believing it was accurate.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023 09:33 AM (O69GV)

85 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 09:28 AM (rOObm)
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We actually had a taste of this in Michigan during May. It was hot but unusually dry, very low humidity, and people were strolling around noting that it did "feel" like the 80s. Of course we were in a drought then. Now it's raining and oppressively humid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 09:33 AM (llXky)

86 14 I prefer gratuity. Tipping is for cows and rubes.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:06 AM (KVGVf)

Sounding somewhat gratuitous!

Posted by: m at July 15, 2023 09:33 AM (ASp1y)

87 Being 29, I always wonder if this is a "and so it begins " moment of if (I hope) I just have a visual memory.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:27 AM (t/2Uw)

I just know I have seen this nic before, but can't remember where...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:34 AM (hOUT3)

88 if I could go back and change some of the difficult parts of my life, I wouldn't because I would not be where I am right now at this moment .
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (21DJI)

89 Baking bacon is the way to go. Also avoids getting spattered with grease and way easy cleanup.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023

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During the Sniffle Scare, people on the Food Thread recommended that,. It worked great. But the pan method is quicker, and I can use some of the remaining grease to mix in with my egg.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (omVj0)

90 84 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec

I respectfully disagree

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (13qJQ)

91 I've lived and worked in the South my entire life. 100*+ days with 100% humidity is all I've ever known. I can remember going to Texas and seeing the thermometer reading 112 and not believing it was accurate.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 15, 2023

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On my visit to Carlsbad Caverns in '93, I was astonished when the Weather Channel told me that the temp outside in May was 92 -- and the heat index was 88.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:36 AM (omVj0)

92 May GOD grant healing, strength, and courage to those among us. May we repent as a nation and return to the path He set for our founders.
In Christ's holy name,
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2023 09:37 AM (z3WCn)

93
Powerline works again for me!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 09:37 AM (enJYY)

94
If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023

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Should have done list:
Studying computer programming in '71 to '75 in college
Not marrying Mrs. Wolfus No. 1
Not taking Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 seriously (or maybe more seriously, or much more cautiously)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:39 AM (omVj0)

95 We are looking into getting a second opinion.
Posted by: Emmie

********

Your concerns are justified. Question everything. Ask for an end point on meds to avoid perpetuation of unneeded meds due to system inertia. Often the prescribing doc after a procedure is not that engaged, and primary care docs tend to continue meds just because. Short term meds become long term meds quite easily.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:39 AM (kXYt5)

96 >>This is why I wait until 8 in the evening.

Around here it's only a few degrees off the day's high by then.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 15, 2023 09:39 AM (C3+0N)

97 Ok. I finished watching Tucker's interview of DeSantis. If DeSantis continues to do this well, he will be our next President. Which I look forward to.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:39 AM (V13WU)

98 If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (21DJI)

Me too. if I could go back a make a few changes, I prolly would be the same dysfunctional f-up I am, but maybe..just maybe avoided some pain to others. Woulda…coulda…shoulda…. Sigh

Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (+Mjp8)

99 Thanks for the prayers for my running mate. She has diverticulitis, but is feeling better now that she's on medicines and has managed to get some sleep- which because of the pain made it hard to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (05ACv)

100 And when I see something this clearly, I am never wrong.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (V13WU)

101 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec

I respectfully disagree
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Dittos. The one time I was in Phoenix, it was 107 degrees and barely made it from the car to an air conditioned store. I once read that Phoenix didn't exist til there was A/C. Don't know if that's true but I believe it nonetheless.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (t/2Uw)

102 I put a tip jar at the edge of my desk. All I get are lols.

Posted by: sidney at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (hGlnS)

103 During the Sniffle Scare, people on the Food Thread recommended that,. It worked great. But the pan method is quicker, and I can use some of the remaining grease to mix in with my egg.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Bake it on parchment paper in a cake pan, you can spoon out the bacon grease as needed, flip the bacon half way through (use a timer) and you can do other chores without needing to keep an eye on the frying pan!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:41 AM (hOUT3)

104 I don;t care about the Trump polls, or Bien polls right now. they will change drastically in the next 6 months. especially when biden drops out.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:41 AM (V13WU)

105 Wife (again presenting a new dish she cooked and served yesterday): "It's even better the second day!"

Husband: "That's what the vultures said!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:41 AM (omVj0)

106 If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (21DJI)

Yeah, same. First and foremost: would not have divorced.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:42 AM (OX9vb)

107 Prayers for all the Horde in need.

I will also humbly ask for prayers - for my husband, that God may lead him to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 09:42 AM (QPZiw)

108 Regarding tips. Talking with the bartender at the golf course and he told us that they are $25.00 an hour and they never receive any of the tip money. So our league members put "no tip on the screen" and give the bartenders cash.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at July 15, 2023 09:43 AM (4ezYQ)

109 Any doc who prescribes medication for high blood pressure based on a single measurement should be challenged. Or pilloried. Either way.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:43 AM (kXYt5)

110 Hello MisHum and Miscreants.

Rainy day here in SE Mitten. We had walnut-sized hail yesterday, which was an interesting twist. Of course, twenty minutes later it was sunny, because Mitten.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 15, 2023 09:43 AM (GbxWV)

111 Dittos. The one time I was in Phoenix, it was 107 degrees and barely made it from the car to an air conditioned store. I once read that Phoenix didn't exist til there was A/C. Don't know if that's true but I believe it nonetheless.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023

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The dry heat business is noticeable in that shade is actually cooler, rather than just "less hot" as in humid climates. Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I visited her home town of Tucson in June of '85, and it hit 107 each day. That is halfway to boiling, people.

Early mornings and late evenings were pretty nice. But the middle part of the day? There's a reason lizards hide under rocks when the sun is up in the desert.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:44 AM (omVj0)

112 98 If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (21DJI)

Me too. if I could go back a make a few changes, I prolly would be the same dysfunctional f-up I am, but maybe..just maybe avoided some pain to others. Woulda…coulda…shoulda…. Sigh
Posted by: Rufus T Firefly at July 15, 2023 09:40 AM (+Mjp

A rational man in my position would definitely change about 5 things in my life

But without those 5-6 things I would not have me the Fabulous who has stayed with me 39 years

I'm blessed. Yesterday is yesterday. Now is the time

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:44 AM (13qJQ)

113 I will also humbly ask for prayers - for my husband, that God may lead him to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Posted by: vmom
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will do, vmom!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 15, 2023 09:45 AM (aBJcM)

114 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023

Smart & pretty!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:46 AM (13qJQ)

115 Thanks to everyone for their prayers. My buddy's wife went home from the hospital yesterday after successful surgery on Sunday. Still waiting for the word on possible spread and potential treatment, but so far, so good. Prayers continuing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2023 09:46 AM (Wnv9h)

116 The sugar is prob what is burning on the maple bacon.

Scrapple and liver sausage is better anyway.

But you know whatever

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 09:47 AM (61FSW)

117 Whenever I hold a door open for someone I hold out a cupped hand with a hopeful look on my face. Nobody has ever chipped in a gratuity.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:47 AM (kXYt5)

118 Our three oldest kids all live with my M-I-L now that she is widowed and the property too big for her to handle by herself.

I found out this week that Son (23) is suddenly losing weight and she is worried he might have diabetes but he won't see a Dr. or even discuss the subject. It's also possible he's depressed as he has started pretty much ghosting his fiance, who he adores. I've reached out to him, but he's pretty uncommunicative at the best of times. I'd appreciate prayer both for him and that he let people help him. Also for his fiance who is understandably hurt and miserable in this as well.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 15, 2023 09:47 AM (nC+QA)

119 Ok, break time. Do have a cinnamon bagel but no more coffee please, cold water is better now

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 09:48 AM (xhxe8)

120 I'm blessed. Yesterday is yesterday. Now is the time
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

*******

*fist bump*

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:48 AM (kXYt5)

121 >>If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.

It would have made a difference but it's impossible to say whether for the good or bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 09:48 AM (ZLI7S)

122 Had I studied and gone into computers back when they were sort of mystical and mysterious objects the size of rooms, and then been there when the PC erupted onto the market, I would probably have made a ton more money, bought a car on my own very early, bought a house, moved out of this pesthole (I hated the climate even then) . . . and might never have met Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, or Miss Linda for that matter.

Ah, who am I kidding. I'd have hit singles bars every night in the '70s and '80s, gotten drunk even more than I did, lost one job after another, and might well be dead now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:48 AM (omVj0)

123 Runner

Agree!

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:49 AM (t/2Uw)

124 I would not tip Muldoon if he held a door open for me.

He's a p*nster.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 09:49 AM (61FSW)

125 Amen !

Posted by: JT at July 15, 2023 09:49 AM (T4tVD)

126 Heat and humidity have very different implications depending upon whether you are east or west of the 98th meridian. By the same token, the preponderance of trees. Driving west, you can tell when you have crossed that line, because suddenly there are very few trees, or at least trees of any height, until you get to the Rockies.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:50 AM (21DJI)

127 112
Now is the time
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:44 AM (13qJQ)

FWIW:
My second variation on a restatement of the key point of Marcus Aurelius "Meditations", Book 3, as I understood it:

The acts of days past are lost to time; both your own acts, and those of others.
They are known to you, but unalterable, try as you will to change them.
The future that lies before you is always unknown and might exist only for a few fleeting minutes, or continue for decades.
The only instant of time over which you have control is now, so endeavor to live your life today, so that tomorrow you will forever be proud of your actions of yesterday!

And yes indeed, you are a lucky and blessed man!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:50 AM (hOUT3)

128 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 09:21 AM (t/2Uw)

We didn't have AC til we spent our first summer in Tidewater Va.

Posted by: BignJames at July 15, 2023 09:50 AM (AwYPR)

129 90 84 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.

Posted by: Montec

I respectfully disagree
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 09:35 AM (13qJQ)

I'll take 100 and bone dry over new englands 90 degrees with 80% humidity.

The difference between the two is do you like being fried or boiled?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 15, 2023 09:50 AM (fvGaO)

130 sharon, they will throw everything at him, and Newsance will do be doing well, discouragingly well for a bit, BUT it will only be a test, for DeSantis, to test his character an perseverance. after that, it will be a cascade.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:50 AM (V13WU)

131 He just needs to hold on and do what he is doing. he is improving every time I see him. which is a good thing!

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:51 AM (V13WU)

132 >>>Ah, who am I kidding. I'd have hit singles bars every night in the '70s and '80s, gotten drunk even more than I did, lost one job after another, and might well be dead now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

>Cheer up! Tomorrow there will be bacon!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:52 AM (KVGVf)

133 When I was a kid tapes would melt in the car if in direct sunlight. CDs allegedly too.

And touching the steering wheel was not fun.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 09:52 AM (61FSW)

134 Muldoon, so glad your surgery went well!
I watched the little vid u posted - so it's basically like getting a plumber's auger snake in the pipes

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 09:52 AM (QPZiw)

135 >>Ah, who am I kidding. I'd have hit singles bars every night in the '70s and '80s, gotten drunk even more than I did, lost one job after another, and might well be dead now.

The Butterfly Effect.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 09:52 AM (ZLI7S)

136 If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.

It would have made a difference but it's impossible to say whether for the good or bad.

Posted by: JackStraw

I'd take that chance.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 15, 2023 09:54 AM (21DJI)

137
Any doc who prescribes medication for high blood pressure based on a single measurement should be challenged. Or pilloried. Either way.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:43 AM

It doesn't matter whether they have a white coat or street clothes. When I get my BP done by a medical professional it always is high. I had to prove with an average of a month of daily readings that I am fine. 122/77 taken early in the day. Around a medical professional always 150/100. Fight or flight response, because I usually get in a disagreement with them over something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 09:54 AM (enJYY)

138 We didn't have AC til we spent our first summer in Tidewater Va.
Posted by: BignJames

I grew up in Tidewater VA and on a river. House never had AC until after all us kids moved out!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:54 AM (hOUT3)

139 Computers is a fad.

Posted by: AI at July 15, 2023 09:54 AM (V13WU)

140 The only thing that matters is what you do next.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (DhOHl)

141 >>Ah, who am I kidding. I'd have hit singles bars every night in the '70s and '80s, gotten drunk even more than I did, lost one job after another, and might well be dead now.

The Butterfly Effect.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 09:52 AM (ZLI7S)

A profound song from Robert Earl Keen:

https://youtu.be/I1Ksn3VfMxM

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (61FSW)

142 Fight or flight response, because I usually get in a disagreement with them over something.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 09:54 AM (enJYY)

"White Coat Syndrome"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (hOUT3)

143 121 >>If I could go back and do one or two small things differently, it would have made a huge difference in my life. I would go back.

It would have made a difference but it's impossible to say whether for the good or bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 09:48 AM (ZLI7S)

The one thing I would change would have been to enlist in the navy and lobbied to be on an aircraft carrier. I tried to get into the academies but am colorblind, so when they all turned me down because of that I walked away from the services. I think I could have been a good worker on engines and systems.......regrets don't let them eat you up.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (fvGaO)

144 Your future is now.

Posted by: AI at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (V13WU)

145 I try not to think about going back and changing things. I've made a lot of bad decisions. I probably would just make different bad decisions. Marrying Jesse was by far the best decision I ever made, although it was less of a decision I/we made and more of a miracle from God, IMO.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 15, 2023 09:55 AM (aBJcM)

146 Ah, who am I kidding. I'd have hit singles bars every night in the '70s and '80s, gotten drunk even more than I did, lost one job after another, and might well be dead now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
>Cheer up! Tomorrow there will be bacon!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023

***
Ah! "Mama told me there'd be days like this --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:56 AM (omVj0)

147 Mis Hum practicing his word salad

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 09:57 AM (xhxe8)

148 when I was a kid, you went to antique auction and you paid the hammer price and if had a tax number, no tax

and the first time I went to London in 1969 it was the same except the limeys had a value added tax or VAT

and then in the mid seventies, auction houses stating charging buyers premiums for the privilege of giving them your money

and that went up and up and now most charge 25% buyers premium

and now they charge an extra "overhead premium"

out of hand

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 09:57 AM (us2H3)

149 It wasn't until I saw we had a cult of the Atari that I knew humanity was on a path to DOOM!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 09:57 AM (KVGVf)

150 so it's basically like getting a plumber's auger snake in the pipes
Posted by: vmom

*********

Welllllll...not quite, but sure, okay, we can go with that description...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (kXYt5)

151 On the subject of time and regret, I'd like to quote this eminent Moron philosopher:

"Be like a pilot. The most useless info to a pilot is the amount of runway behind the plane as it takes off.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 18, 2023 06:24 AM (u82oZ)"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (PiwSw)

152 Let's face it, DeSantis is counting on Trump going to jail. Trump probably will be convicted and sentenced. But not sure how that might affect his candidacy.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (DdVgN)

153 So much healing needed by so many. Body, mind, spirit, relationships, all needing relief and repair.

Almost two years since our son cut us out of his life, although he was drifting away for years before that. Our two grandbabies aren't so baby anymore now, but we aren't in each others' lives. Cruel to all involved.

I pray for the Spirit of Truth to fill the hearts of the misled.
____
pome linked in nic

Posted by: mindful webworker - oh me of little faith at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (oYJ8q)

154 out of hand
Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 09:57 AM (us2H3)

Lovejoy weeps

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (61FSW)

155 The best time to notice the difference about low humidity is at sundown. You go from broiling, blasting heat... to cool in almost no time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (zZu0s)

156 For the most part, I think people end up where they should, regardless of their decisions. The path though, is defined by their very own choices. Bad choices make for a more difficult path. But that comes from you , your character.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (V13WU)

157 The day Sundowner strokes out can't come fast enough, I want a Stste of the Union from Thd Ho

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 09:59 AM (xhxe8)

158 The one thing I would change would have been to enlist in the navy and lobbied to be on an aircraft carrier. I tried to get into the academies but am colorblind, so when they all turned me down because of that I walked away from the services. I think I could have been a good worker on engines and systems.......regrets don't let them eat you up.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

***
If it had looked like I might be drafted in '71, I'd have gone for the Navy and tried to get into submarines. They no doubt would have tested me and aimed me toward OCS. Maybe I could have gotten my computer training in those days courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 09:59 AM (omVj0)

159 The best time to notice the difference about low humidity is at sundown. You go from broiling, blasting heat... to cool in almost no time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (zZu0s)

The desert floor doesn't hold heat either.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:00 AM (61FSW)

160 The best time to notice the difference about low humidity is at sundown. You go from broiling, blasting heat... to cool in almost no time.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023

***
In Denver, which can get hot but is no Phoenix, I noticed that if I came home after midnight, I could turn off the air and be fine with a fan in the bedroom on all but the hottest days in July and August.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:00 AM (omVj0)

161 I would have gone to college when my Pops said he would pay. I would have gone to college, period. Although I liked taking classes later in life. I got more out of it than I would have at 19. However, I would more than likely have become a very different person than I am now, and I like me so, I will now concentrate on today and tomorrow.

Posted by: sidney at July 15, 2023 10:00 AM (hGlnS)

162 I wish we could go back to a day when tipping was something you didn't speak about.

I don't like it when servers whine on social media about how they need tips and I don't like it when customers gripe about it like it's a scam or something (exceptions for those that are forced to tip with auto-gratuity, I can understand why people get upset about that).

What two consenting adults do with their service transaction is nobody else's business. Stay out of my credit card receipts!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 15, 2023 10:01 AM (3ZGby)

163 Ditto on a/c, none till Eromero gone and grown. Hot on the S. C. cotton farm.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2023 10:01 AM (z3WCn)

164 Knowing then what I know now, I'd not approach some of the girls I did approach and would have tried harder to pursue a couple of the outstanding ones.

Posted by: Count de Monet, living down around Houston, Texas where the sun shines most of the time at July 15, 2023 10:01 AM (4I/2K)

165 Amen !
Posted by: JT

Posted by: Halleleluja! at July 15, 2023 10:01 AM (bqhaz)

166 >>The one thing I would change would have been to enlist in the navy and lobbied to be on an aircraft carrier. I tried to get into the academies but am colorblind, so when they all turned me down because of that I walked away from the services. I think I could have been a good worker on engines and systems.......regrets don't let them eat you up.

I took the Navy officers exam after college and I was sorely tempted to join because I wanted to be a part of their diving program. But then I remembered I'm not all that good with authority and it was a multi-year commitment and I took another job officer.

Part of me regrets not joining but on the other hand I've had some great experiences on the road I chose so no sense worrying about what could have been and assuming it would have been better.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 10:02 AM (ZLI7S)

167 OK let me get caught up:

If I could go back and do some life things different, I definitely would
I like thinner sliced bacon- cooks up better
I have lived in MD (high humidity) and CO (low humidity)- summer in CO is preferable. It's not even close
If you ask me to tip by putting out a tip cup, I won't.

Posted by: DB - at July 15, 2023 10:02 AM (geLO8)

168 Trump's 2024 presidential run is a joke. DeSantis is not bothering with that. he's been targeting Newsome, because he knows the probabilities. maybe he is friends with some retired Navy Intelligence guys (or gals), and they did the math.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:02 AM (V13WU)

169 156 For the most part, I think people end up where they should, regardless of their decisions. The path though, is defined by their very own choices. Bad choices make for a more difficult path. But that comes from you , your character.
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023

***
I can think of several bad choices I made in relationships. My character being, "She's cute; so what if she's a little nutty?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (omVj0)

170

Some days my regrets are so crippling I can barely function.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (Rasz7)

171 WD's ONT of last night had a good visual of the past and future decision tree:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Life%20path.jpg

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (hOUT3)

172 Polliwog, prayers up for your son, that he gets medical attention before he suffers serious consequences.

When I was married the first time, I was hypothyroid, but didn't know it. So, I blamed the depression and the weight gain and the dissatisfaction on my husband, who did not deserve it. I didn't get the thyroid diagnosis until several years after I left him. A few weeks of treatment made me like new, but it was too late by then.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (OX9vb)

173 wasn't until I saw we had a cult of the Atari that I knew humanity was on a path to DOOM!
Posted by: Dr. Bone

That was always a pitfall.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (BJEtz)

174 No regerts though.

Posted by: Count de Monet, living down around Houston, Texas where the sun shines most of the time at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (4I/2K)

175
The state of the union is very full. But if we put it into a Venn diagram you would have two circles which are very round. But when you draw a circle you have to begin with just a single point. The birth point of a circle.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (enJYY)

176 A few weeks of treatment made me like new, but it was too late by then.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (OX9vb)

Does he know this?

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (61FSW)

177 to counter regret:

DIRECT, we beg Thee, O Lord, our prayers and our actions by Thy holy inspirations and carry them on by Thy gracious assistance, so that every work of ours may always begin with Thee, and through Thee come to completion. Amen.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:05 AM (QPZiw)

178 Hospitalist: Mr. Muldoon, your potassium level is 3.8. The normal range is 3.5 to 5.0. Yours is what we call low-normal.

Muldoon: I have a different name for low-normal.

Hospitalist: Oh, what's that?

Muldoon: Normal.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:05 AM (kXYt5)

179 I can think of several bad choices I made in relationships. My character being, "She's cute; so what if she's a little nutty?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:03 AM (omVj0)

lol, at least you realize you are responsible for that choice you made

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:05 AM (V13WU)

180 74 “But it’s a dry heat” is cliche but very true. 90 degrees on the east coast is gross. 100 degrees in Utah or New Mexico is kind of pleasant.
Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 09:28 AM (rOObm)

It's 57°F here in Nowhere Nevada right now. Supposed to get to 105° today.
One of the better aspects of "dry heat" is the Evap Cooler, which dosn't work in humid climates. Today I try and keep the house under 70° using only water and air. When I replaced the 30 year old boxes of rust on the roof 3 years ago I went with the biggest cooler I could fit up there. No regrets as I don't use window A/C anymore.

Today will be a test though.

And Prayer for all asking and not.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2023 10:06 AM (B705c)

181 Priests lead a crowd of 2000 protesters against an alphabet mafia parade, in Georgia:

https://tinyurl.com/2amnph77

The country, not the state

Posted by: kallisto at July 15, 2023 10:06 AM (ZNVto)

182 Layer up! This is a mantra in the Rockies.

If you don't like the weather while traversing the continental divide, wait an hour and it will go from 120 deg F to 36 deg F with snow flurries.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 10:06 AM (KVGVf)

183 175
The state of the union is very full. But if we put it into a Venn diagram you would have two circles which are very round. But when you draw a circle you have to begin with just a single point. The birth point of a circle.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (enJYY)

And the cherry on top of all this would be to see the Demoncrats (and not a few eGOP) all leaping to their feet to give her a standing ovation.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 15, 2023 10:06 AM (PiwSw)

184 The birth point of a circle.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (enJYY)

The geometric point contains all reality. It is nothing and everything. The beginning and the end. Everything.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:07 AM (61FSW)

185 to be a part of their diving program. But then I remembered I'm not all that good with authority and it was a multi-year commitment and I took another job officer.

Part of me regrets not joining but on the other hand I've had some great experiences on the road I chose so no sense worrying about what could have been and assuming it would have been better.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 10:02 AM (ZLI7S)

I don't assume things would be better. I have two great kids who are young adults and I have great relationships with them. I think the feel the same. That's a whole lot.

I think if I had enlisted I would have avoided a lifetime desk job....which I have grown to hate as the years go by...can't wait to retire.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 15, 2023 10:07 AM (fvGaO)

186 Does he know this?
Posted by: Thesokorus

NO COMMENT

Posted by: Karina-Jean Muppet at July 15, 2023 10:08 AM (bqhaz)

187 Neighbors brought us an assortment of chocolate covered coffee beans from Costa Rica. I'm tying to like them.

Posted by: Javems at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (AmoqO)

188 I go to the doctor. Get called to the exam room. Nurse assistant power walks down this hall, turn here, walk down this hall, turn there, walk down this hall to the exam room.

I'm outta' breath.

Sit down and the BP cuff goes on. It's high. I wonder why that is...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (Q4IgG)

189 157 The day Sundowner strokes out can't come fast enough, I want a Stste of the Union from Thd Ho
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023

Talk about word salad

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (13qJQ)

190 *looks at a circle

I can make a square out of that!

--Descartes

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (V13WU)

191 Muldoon: Normal.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:05 AM (kXYt5)

Muldoon, question: What do you think of the upper normal limit of the D3 test being lowered from 100 to 60? Given how much research has been done on the benefits of having sufficient D3 levels I find that...interesting.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (PiwSw)

192 I have been to Las Vegas in August when it was 120 degrees, everything you touch ghats metal will burn you

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (xhxe8)

193 Hospitalist: Mr. Muldoon, your potassium level is 3.8. The normal range is 3.5 to 5.0. Yours is what we call low-normal.

Muldoon: I have a different name for low-normal.

Hospitalist: Oh, what's that?

Muldoon: Normal.
Posted by: Muldoon
I had that exact discussion with my doctor after my calcium test!

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (t/2Uw)

194 Does he know this?
Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:04 AM (61FSW)

Not unless my children have told him. I have told them, and apologized for breaking up my family. When two people have remarried, how does one approach such a subject? I don't know.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:10 AM (OX9vb)

195 Working I n the Dakotas was eye opening. Weather would change in no time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2023 10:10 AM (BJEtz)

196
Mr. Muldoon, your potassium level is 3.8. The normal range is 3.5 to 5.0.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:05 AM

I looked closely at the report from my blood work. It had my sodium as 99. With a range from say 50 (I forget exactly) to 100. So I did some research on that and the high range is actually around 150 (I forget exactly, but one helluva lot higher then 100).

I wonder why?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 10:11 AM (enJYY)

197 It still would be in well in the 90s at dawn but did freeze to death nearly at the Grand Canyon and had to be in low 50s overnight spent in the open.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:11 AM (xhxe8)

198 The day Sundowner strokes out can't come fast enough, I want a Stste of the Union from Thd Ho
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023

Talk about word salad
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Just give us credit at the end
The Trashmen

Posted by: Bird Bird Bird, Bird is the Word at July 15, 2023 10:11 AM (bqhaz)

199 Not unless my children have told him. I have told them, and apologized for breaking up my family. When two people have remarried, how does one approach such a subject? I don't know.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:10 AM (OX9vb)

You're a brave and good woman.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:11 AM (61FSW)

200 most of the ultra successful people I have known say they wouldn't change a thing they did

cuz if they did, it might throw something off in the mix and something might have changed that they didn't want to change

in other words, NO REGERTS

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 10:12 AM (us2H3)

201 I go to the doctor. Get called to the exam room. Nurse assistant power walks down this hall, turn here, walk down this hall, turn there, walk down this hall to the exam room.

I'm outta' breath.

Sit down and the BP cuff goes on. It's high. I wonder why that is...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM

They pulled that on me at the lung doctor. Same power walk down 4 different hallways wearing a mask and me having asthma. She puts the blood oxygen monitor on my finger and tells me my oxygen level is low. I said....no $hit really, I wonder why?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2023 10:12 AM (ncXxy)

202 Let's face it, DeSantis is counting on Trump going to jail. Trump probably will be convicted and sentenced. But not sure how that might affect his candidacy.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2023 09:58 AM (DdVgN)

Eugene Debbs ran his 1920 presidential campaign from prison, where he was arrested, charged and convicted under Wilson's Espionage act.

Oh, hey, the same one Bidden is using on Trump!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:13 AM (xhaym)

203 181: we need to launch an all-out nuclear attack on them. Kiss Tbilisi goodbye.

There Is Nothing More Important Than Being Gay.

Posted by: The Party at July 15, 2023 10:13 AM (5OvzI)

204 Morning Hordemates

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 10:13 AM (e4fEA)

205 Neighbors brought us an assortment of chocolate covered coffee beans from Costa Rica. I'm tying to like them.
Posted by: Javems at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (AmoqO)

Concur. Nasty, bitter things that will make things exciting on the other end.

Was gifted with these once in the dark, dim past.

Best avoided.

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 15, 2023 10:13 AM (R/m4+)

206 Mis Hum the Ho could take your line, reuse it to make a paragraph and not add 5 more words to do it.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:14 AM (xhxe8)

207 in other words, NO REGERTS
Posted by: REDACTED

Antique furniture for sale

Me and Debby too

Posted by: Advice requested at July 15, 2023 10:14 AM (bqhaz)

208 Like "low normal" = Normal, "Pre-diabetic" = Not Diabetic

Posted by: Wally at July 15, 2023 10:15 AM (0a/PT)

209 More coffee…
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

This Guy GETS IT

Posted by: uncaffeinated, because still have Bourbon at July 15, 2023 10:16 AM (bqhaz)

210 Neighbors brought us an assortment of chocolate covered coffee beans from Costa Rica. I'm tying to like them.
Posted by: Javems at July 15, 2023 10:09 AM (AmoqO)

Yeah, this takes two perfect things and makes them woefully imperfect.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:17 AM (OX9vb)

211 Morning Hordemates

Posted by: Diogenes

The traditional is " Guten Morgen Hordens"

Posted by: Swedish-German Chef Commenter at July 15, 2023 10:18 AM (bqhaz)

212 Eugene Debs

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:19 AM (xhaym)

213 Antique furniture for sale

Me and Debby too
Posted by: Advice requested at July 15, 2023 10:14 AM (bqhaz)

RICHARD'S TIRE SERVICE>>>>>

DICK'S IN THE REAR

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 10:20 AM (us2H3)

214 Eugene Debs
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:19 AM (xhaym)

Yeah. Pretty obvious Lawfare perversion. I'm sure they get a nice surge of pleasure everytime they think about what's coming.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:21 AM (61FSW)

215 I'll vote for Ron Deathsantis-maybe-in 2028. The fact that he is running while Trump is the overwhelming favorite and still politically viable makes him just one smidgen better than Judas Pence. The fact that Sleazy Aussie Rupert Murdoch is all for Deathsantis should warn anyone away. He will NOT get the MAGA vote while Trump is alive and well.

Posted by: Politifacts at July 15, 2023 10:21 AM (T0tUU)

216 It was a lovely morning here, no wind, no clouds and cool.
I got up before sunrise and it was nearly a "piper at the gates of dawn" sort of moment, with the rim of darkness receding to the west and the sun brightening the horizon,

I also found the giant cutworm that was eating the leaves off my rooting grape clipping.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:22 AM (xhaym)

217 How Communism has faded! Debs was put in prison, where he ran for office. Sanders was put in a mansion, where he ran for more money.

Posted by: Wally at July 15, 2023 10:22 AM (0a/PT)

218 Eugene Debs
Posted by: Kindltot

The Barbarettes are NOT COMMIES

Posted by: Miklosian Reptilian Memory at July 15, 2023 10:23 AM (bqhaz)

219 *let me try this new meme

Trump's bots entered the chat.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:23 AM (V13WU)

220 *eh..lame meme

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:24 AM (V13WU)

221 Yeah, this takes two perfect things and makes them woefully imperfect.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 10:17 AM (OX9vb)

Their only imperfections are that they are gritty when you crunch them up, and if you eat too many of them your heart starts hammering.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:24 AM (xhaym)

222 I've smoked a pack a day since I was 17 and don't get out of breath walking down a hallway.

Work requires minimum about 3 miles a day walking and I bike another 2 or so after work.

Wish I didn't enjoy smoking so much.
With my luck I'd probably get hit by a tabacco truck if I quit.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2023 10:24 AM (B705c)

223 Today's city air is probably worse than tobacco smoke.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:25 AM (V13WU)

224 Not promoting smoking, if you can quit, your body will thank you.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:26 AM (V13WU)

225 Thanks SiD!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:26 AM (QPZiw)

226 my wife couldn't have children but she regrets not having any

her sister has one child, a female

flunked outta school

dirty, fat, stupid

has 3 kids with 3 different guys, lost custody of them

2 extended tours in lock up for selling drugs and stolen credit cards

now in Austin, addicted to drugs and turning tricks at 40 years old

yep, children

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 10:26 AM (us2H3)

227 I'm one of those who wouldn't change anything in the past because I am so happy with who I am and where I am today. Obviously I made mistakes, but without them I wouldn't have learned the lessons I did. I certainly learned a degree of humility and gratitude that I definitely needed to learn.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (fTtFy)

228 @222 if you quit, you'd able to walk 30 and bike 20 !

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (V13WU)

229 I've smoked a pack a day since I was 17 and don't get out of breath walking down a hallway.

Work requires minimum about 3 miles a day walking and I bike another 2 or so after work.

Wish I didn't enjoy smoking so much.
With my luck I'd probably get hit by a tabacco truck if I quit.
Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2023

***
I've been smoking a pipe 3-4 times a week for the last couple of years, and I don't think it's cut my wind any. I still walk/run a mile 3-4 times a week and walk briskly when I go places. But I don't inhale the stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (omVj0)

230 215: look in my eyes, what do you see?

Posted by: The Cult of Personality at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (5OvzI)

231 Joeun achimieyo, Miklos. Jal jasseoyo?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (xhaym)

232 Not promoting smoking, if you can quit, your body will thank you.
Posted by: runner

Jah right

Posted by: Bob Marley at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (bqhaz)

233 Muldoon, question: What do you think of the upper normal limit of the D3 test being lowered from 100 to 60?

*******

Can't speak to that specifically, but I do see a lot of odd machinations when it comes to defining "normal" in all sorts of health metrics.

And I believe that while some deviations from the statistical norm do indicate a pathological process, that is not always the case. All labs must be taken in context of the greater individual whole. Unfortunately, modern medicine cannot be bothered with individuals, and is greatly enamored with "treating the number" rather than treating the disease (never mind treating the patient).

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

234 79 A bear faced lyre!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 09:13 AM (Keyt1)

Ha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2023 09:31 AM (OX9vb)
----
Or they are just stringing you along.

Posted by: Ciampino - God always has a plan at July 15, 2023 10:28 AM (qfLjt)

235 Greetings!
62F and foggy here at my outpost, which is normally wind swept, but still today.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 15, 2023 10:28 AM (MeG8a)

236 If you ask me to tip by putting out a tip cup, I won't.
Posted by: DB -

What about a wheelbarrow ?

Posted by: JT at July 15, 2023 10:28 AM (T4tVD)

237 Jah right
Posted by: Bob Marley

that was religion !

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:29 AM (V13WU)

238 I like my dentist.
So last night while flossing, a crown popped off. (Always on a Friday night, right?). So I call the dentist emergency line. I am told to text the doctor at the number provided. So I did.
He sends back that I should avoid hard foods, and especially mash potatoes or oatmeal. Best to stick with ice cream. And he'll see me Monday.
OK!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 10:29 AM (e4fEA)

239 4: Ezekiel 25:17

Posted by: Jules at July 15, 2023 10:29 AM (5OvzI)

240 107 Prayers for all the Horde in need.

I will also humbly ask for prayers - for my husband, that God may lead him to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 09:42 AM (QPZiw)
----
You got mine vsssssm.

Posted by: Ciampino - God always has a plan that works at July 15, 2023 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

241 ace mentioned some Trump bots invading websites, promoting the orange wonder and shiiiting on DeSantis.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:31 AM (V13WU)

242 Like "low normal" = Normal, "Pre-diabetic" = Not Diabetic
Posted by: Wally at July 15, 2023

***
My "numbers" (darned if I can remember what they're called) were edging up to pre-diabetic territory in late 2020. Scared, I cut out almost all sugar products for a while, and the figures came back down. I lost a little weight I'd been trying to get rid of for years, too. Maybe I shouldn't have been so worried; but the scare did me good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:31 AM (omVj0)

243 With my luck I'd probably get hit by a tabacco truck if I quit.
Posted by: Reforger

*******

Mike Cross:

Cigarettes killed my Uncle Bill we knew someday they'd get him.
He bent over in the street to pick one up and a bus went by and hit him.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:31 AM (kXYt5)

244 Unfortunately, modern medicine cannot be bothered with individuals, and is greatly enamored with "treating the number" rather than treating the disease (never mind treating the patient).
Posted by: Muldoon

Most of the MDs and other medical professionals I have dealt with in the EU or US say the same.

Quantitative vs. Qualitative

Not enough time with patients is complaint #1 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Posted by: research proposal writer at July 15, 2023 10:32 AM (bqhaz)

245 I can look back at various decisions I've made and say that as a discrete matter, yes, that was a bad call.

However, that does not mean I want it reversed. I'm very happy with where things are. Is everything sunshine and roses? Oh hell, no. I could fill this thread with lamentations, but it's increasingly hard for me to think that way because of the great many blessings I have. God is great!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:32 AM (llXky)

246 At the store there's was an African American woman with an adorable., smiling
18th month old little boy. I asked his name and the mom said, Sirevan" ( pronounced Sir Evan)) . When we got back to the car spouse said, "Was the toddler knighted?" I must say, some people have very unusual names for their children.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 15, 2023 10:32 AM (haE7N)

247 This is my coffee. There are many like it but this one is mine. My coffee is my best friend. It is my life. I must master my coffee as I must master my life. Without me my coffee is useless. Without my coffee I am useless.

Posted by: Armed Forces at July 15, 2023 10:32 AM (5OvzI)

248 I was told that these days you don't have to fast to take a cholesterol test, they can figure the correct numbers without.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:33 AM (V13WU)

249 215 I'll vote for Ron Deathsantis-maybe-in 2028. The fact that he is running while Trump is the overwhelming favorite and still politically viable makes him just one smidgen better than Judas Pence

—

Competition is never a bad thing,

Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 10:33 AM (rOObm)

250 How Communism has faded! Debs was put in prison, where he ran for office. Sanders was put in a mansion, where he ran for more money.
Posted by: Wally at July 15, 2023 10:22 AM (0a/PT)

The actual commies in the US gov put Debs in prison.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 15, 2023 10:33 AM (61FSW)

251 He sends back that I should avoid hard foods, and especially mash potatoes or oatmeal. Best to stick with ice cream. And he'll see me Monday.
OK!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 10:29 AM (e4fEA)

When I was 8 I damn near bit my tongue off playing baseball. A dentist sewed me up. He told Mom to feed me mashed potatoes, soda pop and ice cream until the stitches came out. I'm like yeah!

Posted by: Javems at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (AmoqO)

252 Not a bot. Deathsantis is Judas personified. Wait your turn, Ron.

Posted by: Politifacts at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (T0tUU)

253 Thanks Ciampino

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (QPZiw)

254 I can look back at various decisions I've made and say that as a discrete matter, yes, that was a bad call.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Researches and writes pretty goo books though

Posted by: Generalissimo Miklos Franco at July 15, 2023 10:35 AM (bqhaz)

255 I am waiting for an home insulin test like the OneTouch meter. That would be a boon to people who are trying to figure out if their "pre-normal" sugar is a concern or not.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:35 AM (xhaym)

256 206 Mis Hum the Ho could take your line, reuse it to make a paragraph and not add 5 more words to do it.
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:14

You are spot on

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 15, 2023 10:35 AM (13qJQ)

257 ace mentioned some Trump bots invading websites, promoting the orange wonder and shiiiting on DeSantis.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:31 AM (V13WU)
---
It's all just such a waste of time. Anyone who thinks the upper echelons of the "intelligence community" and the Pentagon will expose themselves to investigations and jail time merely because the voters want it is delusional.

No, I'm not black-pilled, I've just given up on political solutions to what is essentially a spiritual war.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (llXky)

258 "Judas personified"

So Trump is Jesus?

But totally not a bot!

Posted by: Wally at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (0a/PT)

259 Trump had his turn, in 2020. He fkd it up. He is done. Or he can run in 2032, when DeSantis is done.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (V13WU)

260 We're gonna run out to World Market and a couple of other short errands. I'd like to start earlier, because the heat is already building. But Miss Linda acknowledges only one 8:00 in a day. And half the stores here don't open until 11.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (omVj0)

261 About a day and a half of trying to quit is all it takes for people to start throwing pack of smokes at me.

I'm not sure if it's nicotine fits or I'm just a complete asshole unless I smoke.

So yeah my body would thank me but those around me wouldn't be around to enjoy my joy.

I could add 10 or so years of isolation to my life.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (B705c)

262 I picked up smoking cigars about 8 years ago. About one a day when the weather's nice. I cut back in winter 'cuz it's cold and unpleasant to be outside sometimes.

The thing about cigars is that nominally you don't inhale into your lungs. There's way too much tobacco and the priming's are pretty high in some blends that can lead to tobacco poisoning.

So, it's more of a puffing thing, I'd imagine similar to smoking a pipe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (Q4IgG)

263 Not a bot. Deathsantis is Judas personified. Wait your turn, Ron.
Posted by: Politifacts at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (T0tUU)

Um. "Don't vote for the betrayerl this year, vote for it in 4 years instead"?

Maybe we should parse this attitude a bit.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:37 AM (xhaym)

264 I must say, some people have very unusual names for their children.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey

There was one kid named "Mister"

Posted by: Recollections of Miklosian Youth at July 15, 2023 10:37 AM (bqhaz)

265 Not a bot. Deathsantis is Judas personified. Wait your turn, Ron.

Posted by: Politifacts at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (T0tUU)

What the scrolling wheel is for.

Posted by: BignJames at July 15, 2023 10:37 AM (AwYPR)

266 Maybe we should parse this attitude a bit.
Posted by: Kindltot

yu tryina put me ot of a job

Posted by: raimondo at July 15, 2023 10:38 AM (bqhaz)

267 Not a bot.

*******

That is just what I would expect a bot to say,,,

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:38 AM (kXYt5)

268 As soon as a commenter uses a nasty nickname for a candidate, you can be pretty sure they are a troll. Here may be a multitude of reasons why someone decides to run for office. One is that they genuinely think they can do a better job than others running for office. Take issue with their stands on what is important. No one automatically deserves my vote. Earn it but try and be respectful. Name calling achieves nothing but my disgust at a juvenile tactic.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 10:38 AM (t/2Uw)

269 252: yes, I realize that to you, “Trump” and “God” are interchangeable terms, and that you everyone who doesn’t love Trump as much as you do arrested. But has it occurred to you AT ALL that many primary voters who will vote for other people will be more than happy to vote Trump in the general if he secures the nomination?

Focus on THE REAL ENEMY.

Posted by: Internecine conflict is stupid at July 15, 2023 10:38 AM (5OvzI)

270 Republican party isn’t a monarchy. Trump doesn’t get the nomination just because. And anyone else has as much right to it as him.

Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 10:39 AM (rOObm)

271 Muldoon, a proposed alteration:

Smoking cigars killed my Uncle Bill we knew someday they'd get him.
He bent over in the street to pick one up and a bus went by and hit him.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2023 10:39 AM (xhaym)

272 Posted by: Javems at July 15, 2023 10:34 AM (AmoqO)

As a kid, I tripped over something and bit part of tongue almost completely off. It had to be glued together with some purple paste like stuff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:40 AM (Keyt1)

273 Researches and writes pretty goo books though

Posted by: Generalissimo Miklos Franco at July 15, 2023 10:35 AM (bqhaz)
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Spain is on my mind a lot lately. We've already seen strategic use of criminal charges and fake petitions be used to keep otherwise dominant candidates off the ballot. The much-esteemed University of Michigan Health System went all-in on Michigan's abortion amendment, saying that if abortion was illegal, they would shut down their OB-GY clinics because abortion is essential, livesaving care for pregnant women. Of course it worked.

So yeah, voting isn't something I think a lot about anymore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:40 AM (llXky)

274 Mis Hum the Ho could take your line, reuse it to make a paragraph and not add 5 more words to do it.
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:14

You are spot on
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

TAKE MY MONEYS

Posted by: MisHum's first OnlyFans subscriber at July 15, 2023 10:40 AM (bqhaz)

275 I’ve noticed something on LinkedIn. A lot fewer he/she crap in people’s bios.

Posted by: Montec at July 15, 2023 10:41 AM (rOObm)

276 I was not happy when Romney lost. But looking at it now, let's just say I see it in a different light. I was not happy when McCain lost. twice. But let's just say I see that in a different light. I am not privy to the grand scheme that the higher authority has devised, but my job is not to lose hope and act accordingly.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:42 AM (V13WU)

277 So yeah, voting isn't something I think a lot about anymore.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Heh

Ingles-

Heh

Posted by: Judge of Everybody Baltazar Guzman at July 15, 2023 10:43 AM (bqhaz)

278 [Pokes head in]
[Sniffs gunpowder from Trump-DeSantis wars, sees scattered bodies]
[Removes head]

Posted by: Zek at July 15, 2023 10:43 AM (5FPX4)

279 @268, sharon, Agree!

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:44 AM (V13WU)

280 DeSantis is nothing like Judas. It's a completely inappropriate analogy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:44 AM (Keyt1)

281 >>No, I'm not black-pilled, I've just given up on political solutions to what is essentially a spiritual war.

One of the reasons I'm a bit optimistic is that more and more people are understanding that the same old politics we've tried for years isn't going to cut it. Regardless of what the media says people can see what's going on.

Vivek Ramaswamay gave perhaps the best answer to any question at Tucker's culling of the herd yesterday when asked about what happened on J6. Basically he said it was a reaction to Americans being lied to and censored. If Americans see wrong and aren't allowed to protest through normal channels bad things will happen.

We are at the bad things are going to happen stage and it's about damn time.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2023 10:44 AM (ZLI7S)

282 I’ve noticed something on LinkedIn. A lot fewer he/she crap in people’s bios.
Posted by: Montec

"WE"

*still working on this*

Posted by: Global HR at July 15, 2023 10:45 AM (bqhaz)

283 wait, LinkedIn is still around ?

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:45 AM (V13WU)

284 268-I agree, Sharon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:45 AM (Keyt1)

285 273: Hola!

Posted by: Queen Letizia at July 15, 2023 10:46 AM (5OvzI)

286 No new wars for four years.
Energy exporter.
Commies in their box.
Jihadis licking their wounds.
Roe v Wade struck down.
Ape shit Progressives self medicating.
Where, again, was the down side?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 15, 2023 10:46 AM (glGDV)

287 83 and a bit humid, should run weed trimmer but I suit up in old rain pants to protect my legs so it's hotter

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:46 AM (xhxe8)

288 > As a kid, I tripped over something and bit part of tongue almost completely off. It had to be glued together with some purple paste like stuff.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
______________

My ex-wife was in an auto accident as a small child and had much the same thing happen. She has a lisp because of it. My son has it to, probably because he picked up her speech patterns as he learned how to talk. He's never really grown out of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

289 To put it another way: if you think we are in for a systemic collapse, elections are just a way to keep busy until it happens.

Look at the US military. They're mobilizing 3,500 reservists and pulling 450 people from the IRR just to sustain summer exercises in Europe.

This isn't some big buildup to invade somebody, it's just trying to make sure Son of Reforger can actually function. Mobilizing reservists on that scale just to run around in Poland and Germany for a while shows that we've already reached the point where the system has failed.

That's going to have profound consequences and it's getting zero attention.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:47 AM (llXky)

290 Not...bot....Sorry Dave

Posted by: Miklosbot v. 183.57.112 is original bot at July 15, 2023 10:48 AM (bqhaz)

291 There was one kid named "Mister"
Posted by: Recollections of Miklosian Youth

******

That was the Tibbs family...

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 10:48 AM (kXYt5)

292 Seriously folks:

I was blessed by God to survive two cancers. But I grew to understand two things.

1. Cancer patients are typically older with fewer living relatives and friends.

2. Even a simple conversation about the weather or their treatment can immensely brighten their day.

If you are in good health, try to volunteer a day or two (or more) per month at a local cancer center to help these vulnerable people. Cancer isn't contagious. Your efforts could help save someone by lifting their spirits.

Posted by: setnaffa at July 15, 2023 10:48 AM (rZVTl)

293 Just an observation.

Since the widespread use of electronic medical records, I've noticed that providers look more at numbers than their patients. One reason is that "abnormal numbers" appear in spreadsheets and categories and are compared to medications prescribed and office visits and general health outcomes. It's all numbers. So if your LDL cholesterol is ONE POINT above range, you're supposed to be prescribed a statin. If you have had ANY sort of cardiac event, you are prescribed aspirin, a statin and an ace inhibitor or calcium channel blocker. Sometimes also a beta blocker. And an anticoagulant if you have a stent or pacemaker. Some of these meds make sense on a short term basis. But often, like Muldoon stated, primary care has no impetus to get you OFF those medications. Ask for an end date. And if there isn't one, ask why.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2023 10:48 AM (U2p+3)

294 286: you called?

Posted by: Mr. Wray at July 15, 2023 10:49 AM (5OvzI)

295 286: where am I? Not 2000 miles long on the border I can tell you that.

Posted by: The Wall at July 15, 2023 10:50 AM (5OvzI)

296 259 Trump had his turn, in 2020. He fkd it up. He is done. Or he can run in 2032, when DeSantis is done.
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM (V13WU)

I finally found the Gatekeeper !!

Posted by: the Keymaster at July 15, 2023 10:50 AM (us2H3)

297 One of the reasons I'm a bit optimistic is that more and more people are understanding that the same old politics we've tried for years isn't going to cut it. Regardless of what the media says people can see what's going on.

This is my response to the endless drumbeat about MI, GA...

Yes, they're still corrupt, but things ARE different. People are paying attention, and the notion that the '20 level of corruption will be tolerated is false. A Dem attempt to subvert the voting process is no longer unimaginable to the average voter, and they are angry about it. Ignore them at your peril.

That's why people view the Pences and Hutchinsons with such contempt, and why they have NO chance. If you still haven't gotten the message, you're either hopelessly corrupt, or irretrievably stupid; possibly both.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2023 10:51 AM (eOEVl)

298 I was not happy when Romney lost. But looking at it now, let's just say I see it in a different light. I was not happy when McCain lost. twice. But let's just say I see that in a different light. I am not privy to the grand scheme that the higher authority has devised, but my job is not to lose hope and act accordingly.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2023 10:42 AM (V13WU)
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Our nation has spent decades killing children on an industrial scale out of "convenience." The Almighty has His own timeframe, and I'm just going to let it unfold rather than trying to do play-by-plays on each chastisement as it arrives.

Nor am I going to pretend that some policy wonks can change what is going to happen.

Instead I'm going to surround myself with objects of hope and joy, try to share faith with others and encourage them to not be so much of this world. Cutting out my news consumption has done wonders for my health and spirit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:51 AM (llXky)

299 Some days my regrets are so crippling I can barely function.

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I've had a few.

Posted by: Zombie F. Sinatra at July 15, 2023 10:52 AM (s12c9)

300 Some days my regrets are so crippling I can barely function.

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I've had a few.

Too few to mention?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2023 10:52 AM (eOEVl)

301 Nurse, I think this is absolutely spot on.
My cholesterol has always been really high but everything else good including my lifestyle. Dr insisting I needed statin because I'm 29 and STROKE! Takes out his phone and starts inputting my stats. Says you currently have 13% chance of having a stroke. If you take Statins, your risk drops to 10%.
I'll take my chances.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 10:53 AM (t/2Uw)

302 That was the Tibbs family...
Posted by: Muldoon

The MD who was head of Tulane Student Health for decades collected three books worth of actual names.

Offhand I recall "Positive Wasserman" and "Female (with accent aigu) Infant"

Posted by: Miklosbot with self delete unless I accept this mission at July 15, 2023 10:53 AM (bqhaz)

303 What I regret is not having a better relationship with family members who have now passed away

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:53 AM (QPZiw)

304 Posted by: setnaffa at July 15, 2023 10:48 AM (rZVTl)

What a very nice suggestion. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:53 AM (Keyt1)

305 I've had a few.

Too few to mention?
Posted by: Archimedes

*one more, on the rocks*

Posted by: Frank Miklos-Sinatra at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (bqhaz)

306 Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

That's interesting. My accident didn't seem to affect my speech patterns.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (Keyt1)

307 I withdraw the Judas analogy. Brutus is a better one. Sought out Trumps endorsement, now backstabbing. His latest copy of Trump in the Dairy Queen where nobody cared about Ron was just as powerful as his international tour which no one paid any attention to. He's great for Florida-stay there! Jeb spent 125 million for 3 delegates, Bloomberg spent half a billion for NO delegates, how much will DeSantis waste? Oh, Bloomberg did win American Samoa, IIRC.

Posted by: Arts and Farces at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (T0tUU)

308 Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to snark, because it's fun.

But that's the point - ripping on Disney flicks or We Haz Rangz is amusing and I don't get worked up over it.

Each time I pass piles of unbought Bud Light, I smile.

But I can't care about the Trump wars when there are wild blueberries to pick and my garden needs weeding.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (llXky)

309 *one more, on the rocks*

Posted by: Frank Miklos-Sinatra at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (bqhaz)
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One for my baby, one more for the road.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:56 AM (llXky)

310 Instead I'm going to surround myself with objects of hope and joy, try to share faith with others and encourage them to not be so much of this world. Cutting out my news consumption has done wonders for my health and spirit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Indeed, our problems as a nation are deeply spiritual and moral. Sounds corny but we can onky change that by changing hearts, starting eith our own.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:56 AM (QPZiw)

311 .
Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2023 10:36 AM

You should consider going to 'Yee Olde Vape Store' and pick out a vape pen and a 'juice' which is close to nicotine flavor. Might set you back sixty dollars. But that's enough to last you a month. You can still smoke but after a while you'll notice you prefer the vape. It's cleaner and you still get your nicotine hit.

There's like 3 chemicals in vape juice and something like 5,000 in tobacco smoke. A pack a day in PA is $300 a month vs maybe $25 a month for vape juice. That's a lot of money going up in smoke.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 10:57 AM (enJYY)

312 I think people like to see people get riled up. It might be too early for paid 'bots', but shit stirrers are evergreen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 10:57 AM (zZu0s)

313 *one more, on the rocks*
Posted by: Frank Miklos-Sinatra at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (bqhaz)

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Ain't that a hole in the boat

Posted by: Zombie D. Martin at July 15, 2023 10:57 AM (s12c9)

314 the national debt just jumped a trillion i the last 6 weeks

expect more of the same in the future

50 to 55 trillion in 10 years

the deathstar

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 10:57 AM (us2H3)

315 I wish I had another cup of coffee, and I also wish Cotton was a monkey

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2023 10:57 AM (z3WCn)

316 Unfortunately, modern medicine cannot be bothered with individuals, and is greatly enamored with "treating the number" rather than treating the disease (never mind treating the patient).
Posted by: Muldoon

Most of the MDs and other medical professionals I have dealt with in the EU or US say the same.

Quantitative vs. Qualitative

Not enough time with patients is complaint #1 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Posted by: research proposal writer at July 15, 2023 10:32 AM (bqhaz)

I've had the same doctor now for 12 years. Longest time with the same one. Great guy. Always takes time to chat. But I do miss Doc Jennifer. She was my doc at Madigan hospital at Ft Lewis. Very pretty and ooohhh the slimmest fingers.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 10:58 AM (e4fEA)

317 You can change your nic but we still know who you are.
Go annoy people somewhere else.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (t/2Uw)

318 Down side was the Chinese/ Deep State/ Cultural Marxist Collusion to come up with Covid, might be the biggest germ use to help a Coup D'etat ever planned anx carried out.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (xhxe8)

319 Posted by: Arts and Farces at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (T0tUU)

If you're going to use the analogy of a traitor, Pence as Brutus might be more appropriate. although Pence hasn't literally stabbed Trump. Politcians run for various reasons. Trump was President. DeSantis was Governor of Florida. They're not in the same government.

But really, I find the Trump/DeSantis wars unappealing.
Have a nice day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (Keyt1)

320 G"morning again.

Home maintenance gurus, what makes pipes chatter?

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (cTCuP)

321 Indeed, our problems as a nation are deeply spiritual and moral. Sounds corny but we can onky change that by changing hearts, starting eith our own.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 10:56 AM (QPZiw)
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I think it's interesting watching the various schisms and "wins" for progressive Christianity. They're getting their way and can now rewrite their theology as a form of goddess worship. How fun!

But it won't satisfy them, because that was never the point. And so they will continue to push, and in so doing, create their own resistance. The people they persecuted no longer have any illusions that being "nice" will help.

In a lot of ways, we needed this to rediscover the truth faith, not the lukewarm pap that had defined Western religion for so long.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (llXky)

322 There was one kid named "Mister"
Posted by: Recollections of Miklosian Youth

******

That was the Tibbs family...
Posted by: Muldoon

That was the Pibb family.

Won a big lawsuit against Dr. Pepper

Posted by: Attorney-in-Fact Miklos at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (bqhaz)

323 Honestly, the biggest thing I have against Desantis is how many of the usual suspects are telling me to get on board with him as being the one true Savior.

People being all golden calf either for or against someone makes me uncomfortable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (zZu0s)

324 You have air hammer.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (z3WCn)

325 But I do miss Doc Jennifer. She was my doc at Madigan hospital at Ft Lewis. Very pretty and ooohhh the slimmest fingers.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 10:58 AM (e4fEA)

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Makes the ol' prostate exam a day at the beach, I'll bet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (s12c9)

326 The MD who was head of Tulane Student Health for decades collected three books worth of actual names.

Offhand I recall

*******

I knew a lady at Charity Hospital BITD who named her daughter Taiwan, (pronounced TUH-wan) because the first thing she saw after the baby was born was a label on her slipper that said, "Made in Taiwan"

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (kXYt5)

327 Creeper, is water kind of coughing when it comes out of the faucet?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 15, 2023 11:01 AM (QPZiw)

328 307: if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen!

Deal with it: your God isn’t owed anything. This is spite of your belief that everyone must SHUT UP, ROLL OVER and DIE and just let Trump do as he will damn well please. He has to fight for the nomination like anyone else. Your intense fear of competition shows the vulnerability of your position. Loyalty? Welcome to politics.

Posted by: Internecine conflict is stupid at July 15, 2023 11:01 AM (5OvzI)

329 Posted by: Arts and Farces at July 15, 2023 10:55 AM (T0tUU)

Trump is no Caesar where you have to bow down to him because he provided support over a Democrat. He needs to get over himself and his destructive ego . Maybe he can beat up on another loyal spokesperson because she didn’t praise him sufficiently.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2023 11:01 AM (MNhXM)

330 >>>G"morning again.

Home maintenance gurus, what makes pipes chatter?

Posted by: creeper

>water hammer

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 15, 2023 11:01 AM (KVGVf)

331 >>> Go annoy people somewhere else.

But I was just lurking!

Posted by: fluffy at July 15, 2023 11:01 AM (86W+h)

332 Tab Hunter sued Coke cuz Tab didn't suck enuff

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 11:02 AM (us2H3)

333 Welcome to the People's Republic...

Aidan Kearney
@DoctorTurtleboy
This Belchertown Welfare Marsupial made the wise choice of getting her tubes tied after firing out 3 semen demons before turning 22. Now she met a new guy and started a $15K GoFundMe to have them untied while she begs for free cat food...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 15, 2023 11:02 AM (TGPs7)

334 Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (kXYt5)

Yes; There are some good books on this-published and unpublished-that are good for quite a few laughs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 11:02 AM (Keyt1)

335 "You have air hammer."

Oh, boy, do I ever, Eromero. Jewells turned the shower on and the racket was deafening.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2023 11:03 AM (cTCuP)

336 You can change your nic

*******

I did not know that. I thought they were assigned at birth.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 11:03 AM (kXYt5)

337 Makes the ol' prostate exam a day at the beach, I'll bet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (s12c9)

Sigh....
Yup!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 11:03 AM (e4fEA)

338 I'm one of those who wouldn't change anything in the past because I am so happy with who I am and where I am today. Obviously I made mistakes, but without them I wouldn't have learned the lessons I did. I certainly learned a degree of humility and gratitude that I definitely needed to learn.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 15, 2023 10:27 AM (fTtFy)

There's a philosopher, I forget which one, because who cares, who says "if you could go back in time..." you'd make all the same decisions you already did. Because you are who you are.

A lot of free will adherents don't like this answer, because it suggests we don't have it, but really, all it means is, everything that makes up who you are, your genetics, your experiences, your thoughts, emotions, hopes, dreams, mistakes, weaknesses, etc... they ARE who you are. You can't predict it all the time, but your choices are set by who you are. That's not NOT free will, it's just, basically, that if we have enough data, we'd know exactly what each of us will do, every time. The fact we don't doesn't change the fact. Your life WAS set from the beginning, and so was everyone else's. Not because you lack free will.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (Yr0nO)

339 Vote fraud has been common knowledge for Chicago & Detroit for 40, 50+ years. Having it known in more areas by more people will not overcome 40% when they say,
"Fvck You, We Won".

Demanding recounts have shifted to the "Fvck You, We Won" crowd declaring that an insurrection, or attempting to illegally overturn the election.

Observing that verifiable election 'irregularities' cast doubt on the legitimacy of an election draws scoffs of conspiracy theorists or anti-Americanism from the "Fvck You, We Won".

There is no voting our way out of this.

But based upon Lenin/Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. once the killing starts it will only be a matter of decades before efforts to fix the problem will succeed.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (ga8qR)

340 Home maintenance gurus, what makes pipes chatter?
Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2023 10:59 AM (cTCuP

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Someone sees a T-fitting having lunch with a good-looking single elbow, and the plumbing will talk.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (s12c9)

341 319: they irritate me too. The focus must be on THE REAL ENEMY. If DESANTIS is determined to be the best to defeat it? Great. If it’s Trump? Great.

THE REAL ENEMY must go.

Posted by: Internecine conflict is stupid at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (5OvzI)

342

I knew a lady at Charity Hospital BITD who named her daughter Taiwan, (pronounced TUH-wan) because the first thing she saw after the baby was born was a label on her slipper that said, "Made in Taiwan"
Posted by: Muldoon

Now see?

Nobody believes me.

But TRUE

Posted by: Unsuitable Attorney-in-Fact Miklos at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (bqhaz)

343 Fen, don't let the troll make you leave.
They are the ones making war. I think most of just want to see a fair fight and plan on voting for the nominee in the end.
It is good to have a primary where people's views are out there for all to see. It also sharpens the candidate for the general. Crowning the winner before that takes place is premature and foolish especially because we really don't know who the Dem candidate will be.
The pandemic strategy of hiding ina basement won't work this time.
New ball game for both sides.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (t/2Uw)

344 you need some of them hot dog looking thingys

Posted by: REDACTED at July 15, 2023 11:05 AM (us2H3)

345 No coughing out of the faucet, vmom. Just rat-a-tat like a Tommy gun.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2023 11:05 AM (cTCuP)

346 Sigh....
Yup!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 11:03 AM (e4fEA)

Sounds like you enjoyed it a bit too much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (zZu0s)

347 So now I am going to go for a drive and look at cornflowers by the side of the road. They're beautiful in clumps and were one of my mother's favorite flowers. She died-too soon-40 years ago this month.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (Keyt1)

348 Honestly, the biggest thing I have against Desantis is how many of the usual suspects are telling me to get on board with him as being the one true Savior.

People being all golden calf either for or against someone makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (zZu0s)

Sorry I’ve not heard any DeSantis supporters refer to him with that description. Mostly they describe him as the sane alternative to Trump. But admittedly I am like AH Lloyd and haven’t been paying attention lately so you may be right.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (MNhXM)

349 Plumbers run a vertical piece say foot and 1/2 above faucet mixer and stup it off. Works like a buffer tube. And we all know how that iis, creeper.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (z3WCn)

350 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (t/2Uw)

Thanks; I'm not leaving permanently. Just going for a drive. I find election wars a big bore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 11:07 AM (Keyt1)

351 THE REAL ENEMY must go.
Posted by: Internecine conflict

The Real Enemy is Mitchell

THIS IS WAR MITCHELL

https://tinyurl.com/2f7wn369

Posted by: Donny-Miklos Baker at July 15, 2023 11:08 AM (bqhaz)

352 We have an air hammer in the water line for the 'fridge. It goes into a filter and if I take that out, then reseat it, the hammer goes away.

The filters are about $60 too... so I'll live with it until the filter needs replacing. But it aggravates the shit out of me first thing in the morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2023 11:08 AM (Q4IgG)

353 Had emergency CABBGX4 on 7/6. Been home since 7/11 Will appreciate positive thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Anthony Chadwick at July 15, 2023 11:08 AM (ZC7gY)

354 Let’s see how the House’s Election Integrity Bill will do. It should have been put together immediately after we took the House but I guess late is better than nothing.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2023 11:09 AM (MNhXM)

355 I knew a lady at Charity Hospital BITD who named her daughter Taiwan, (pronounced TUH-wan) because the first thing she saw after the baby was born was a label on her slipper that said, "Made in Taiwan"
Posted by: Muldoon

Now see?

Nobody believes me.

But TRUE
Posted by: Unsuitable Attorney-in-Fact Miklos at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (bqhaz)
***

I know, right!!??

Posted by: Two Dogs Fvcking at July 15, 2023 11:09 AM (e4fEA)

356 onestly, the biggest thing I have against Desantis is how many of the usual suspects are telling me to get on board with him as being the one true Savior.

People being all golden calf either for or against someone makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:00 AM (zZu0s)

Sorry I’ve not heard any DeSantis supporters refer to him with that description. Mostly they describe him as the sane alternative to Trump. But admittedly I am like AH Lloyd and haven’t been paying attention lately so you may be right.

At my last count the OT to OD ratio was about 5. In fact, I can name only one ODer, so the idea that D supporters are ODers is largely false.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2023 11:09 AM (eOEVl)

357 I did not know that. I thought they were assigned at birth.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 15, 2023 11:03 AM (kXYt5)

It's kinda fun living in a world where grownups can play pretend all day, and then the next day, pretend to be something else, and everyone just sorta accepts it

What's not fun is when they start on the kids.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2023 11:10 AM (Toz5N)

358 KT HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2023 11:10 AM (xhxe8)

359 The pandemic strategy of hiding ina basement won't work this time.
New ball game for both sides.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 15, 2023 11:04 AM (t/2Uw)
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I'd like to think that's true, but if I'm not mistaken, the J6 people are still rotting in jail even though everyone knows they were railroaded. Anyone who questions the upcoming elections will be branded a subversive by the FBI and indicted in time for the primary.

Too many people will face prison time if the wrong side wins for things to be honest. They have to go big because it is their only way of avoiding jail.

It is a new ball game, but not in the way you mean.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 15, 2023 11:10 AM (llXky)

360 Emergency cabbage?

Posted by: fluffy at July 15, 2023 11:10 AM (86W+h)

361 353 Had emergency CABBGX4 on 7/6. Been home since 7/11 Will appreciate positive thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Anthony Chadwick at July 15, 2023 11:08 AM (ZC7gY)

*looks up code*

Of course, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:11 AM (zZu0s)

362 I know, right!!??
Posted by: Two Dogs Fvcking

But you get royalties

Posted by: Three Dog Night at July 15, 2023 11:12 AM (bqhaz)

363 Sounds like you enjoyed it a bit too much.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (zZu0s)

Heh.
She was a good doc.
But there was a contract doctor we had in Germany. She was French.
Very French.
Joe Mannix worthy.
But only saw her once.
*sad face*

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2023 11:13 AM (e4fEA)

364 Emergency cabbage?
Posted by: fluffy

Roll in ze Emergency hay?

Posted by: Inga at July 15, 2023 11:13 AM (bqhaz)

365
I suspect that air hammer is hell on sweat fittings.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 15, 2023 11:13 AM (enJYY)

366 Sorry I’ve not heard any DeSantis supporters refer to him with that description. Mostly they describe him as the sane alternative to Trump. But admittedly I am like AH Lloyd and haven’t been paying attention lately so you may be right.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2023 11:06 AM (MNhXM)

My thing is, I haven't heard DeSantis make any strong statements against the insanity of Ukraine. But yeah, because I'm mostly not paying attention, maybe he has and I just missed it, but I would think if he had, the noise around it would be SO loud I'd have to have heard it.

So that's why I don't think he has, and if he (or any of the rest of those chuckleheads) won't, I will oppose him with everything I have, which may not be much, but I damn well won't vote for him.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2023 11:15 AM (Toz5N)

367 At my last count the OT to OD ratio was about 5. In fact, I can name only one ODer, so the idea that D supporters are ODers is largely false.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2023 11:09 AM (eOEVl)

Only Trump or Desantis? (re: OT or OD)

I am agnostic here, but honestly, as far as rabid for or against Trump, I'd say it is fairly even (including the 'Wok.) As far as super pro, I'd say it is about even there as well. Anecdotal from my POV, of course.

It might be interesting to make a list and try to keep track. Or ask Bob for his.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:16 AM (zZu0s)

368 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 15, 2023 11:17 AM (zZu0s)

369
G"morning again.

Home maintenance gurus, what makes pipes chatter?
Posted by: creeper

349 Plumbers run a vertical piece say foot and 1/2 above faucet mixer and stup it off. Works like a buffer tube. And we all know how that iis, creeper.
Posted by: Eromero

Real hammer arrestors are maintenance free.
The cheap plumbers trick will eventually fill with water.

Turn off the home's water supply and open all the taps so the water drains out then that little stand pipe ad hoc hammer arrestor will noiw have air in it again.

Close taps.
Turn water back on.
Problem should go away for a few years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2023 11:18 AM (ga8qR)

370 Bud Light is going cheap. Any ladies bought some at discount and use it to wash hair? How is that done anyway, rinse and repeat?

Posted by: Ciampino - God always has a plan that works! at July 15, 2023 11:33 AM (qfLjt)

371 I find election wars a big bore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2023 11:07 AM (Keyt1)

I'm w/ya there...and it's never ending.

Posted by: BignJames at July 15, 2023 11:41 AM (AwYPR)

372 Ron DeSantis ... Anyone interested in his position on things might want to listen to his recent interview with Tucker (on Blaze, IIRC) ... Additional RDS enlightment is available in the many 2022 and 2023 articles posted by Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse.

Posted by: Kathy at July 15, 2023 11:43 AM (JklXp)

373 Thanks for the advice on water hammer, Horde. That should help, especially if I can shanghai my neighbor to supervise.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2023 12:52 PM (cTCuP)

374 Anthony Chadwick--

Unfortunately--or fortunately--I know what CABBG is because my husband had triple bypass surgery 4 years ago. His was very successful and he is healthy and happy now.

Prayers for healing and positivity for you. Do the cardio rehab if it's recommended (and paid for). It's not fun but it's worthwhile.

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