Koala and Moose Rescue Cafe

The Gorge de l'Areuse, Switzerland
by Swissaround
Short video here
Long video here
Another video here, in Deutsch.
The tour of the gorge starts about halfway through.

Another misbehaving beluga.

Shred the gnar, brah!

Chameleon changes into a rainbow of colors, but not for pride month. Which he says "is not a thing."

Piano-playing frog marionette.

Fat otter. Fotter!

Orphaned baby elephant is given a surrogate mom.

They're communicating. They're saying "Woke liberals are just the worst, aren't they?"

Sloth hammock.

Lemme sort you wooly-noggined screwheads out.

This border collie has transitioned into a crocodile. Note his Surprise Snap at the end.

Little puppy goes crazy when owner attempts to retrieve all of his stolen personal items from it.

A Canadian man saved a baby moose which was being stalked by a black bear, by giving it shelter in his truck.

And his employer fired him for that.

A Canadian man claims he was fired from his job at a fuel supplier when he helped rescue a desperate moose calf from a potential black bear attack.
Mark Skage, who worked for AFD Petroleum Inc., was driving back from a job site when he saw the abandoned moose wandering on the side of the road in British Columbia on June 6.
As he pulled over and hopped out of his vehicle, the calf attempted to climb into his truck as Skage noticed a bear stalking the "few day old" animal.
"There was a black bear 50 yards away from her just waiting," Skage said in a Facebook post.
"I made a decision at the time after she kept (trying) to climb into the work truck that I couldn't just leave her there. So I stuck her in the passenger side and drove to town to get her some help," Skage added.
Skage's decision to bring the calf into his truck comes from his background as an outdoorsman and he knew that doing so was against the law.
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"It is against the law to pick up wild animals off the road or from out in nature, anywhere. It is illegal to be in possession of wildlife and transport wildlife," he told the outlet.
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With the calf riding shotgun in his truck, Skage called his supervisor and the local conservation officer about his predicament before he named the moose Misty and found a rehab center to look after her until she was ready to be released.

His company, AFD Petroleum, fired him for not abandoning the baby moose to the black bear.

"Instead of reporting the situation to a conservation officer and allowing the authorities to handle the rescue and relocation of the moose, the individual made the independent decision to transport an uninjured moose calf, a wild animal, in the front seat of his company vehicle for many hours," said AFD Petroleum president Dale Reimer, according to CBC.
"This not only put the employee and other road users at risk but also potentially caused distress and harm to the moose."

Ugh. Terrible.

Do whatever the government tells you, never let your own conscience make an allowance for the good!

Misty the Moose is being rehabilitated so that she can be released back into the wild.

Canada appears more and more to me to be a cruel, totalitarian Nightmare Place.

Fidel Castro won, though an unexpected route of cvcking a weak man.

Next time you see a bear, just use a mirror as a diversion.

Bear and mirror 😂😂pic.twitter.com/oWYREDvEtV
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1 I wonder if Hunter has ever been in a moose rehab facility.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 07:42 PM (guGkK)

2 rd!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2023 07:44 PM (Wnv9h)

3 Seriously? Read the content, stopped to change a sock, and still only second?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2023 07:44 PM (Wnv9h)

4 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 07:45 PM (guGkK)

5 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2023 07:46 PM (Wnv9h)

6 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......

Skyhooks. Duh.

Posted by: wth at July 21, 2023 07:47 PM (v0R5T)

7 "Fidel Castro won, though an unexpected route of cvcking a weak man."

He must have played a lot of CKIII.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (jJx+x)

8 Seriously? Read the content, stopped to change a sock, and still only second?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2023 07:44 PM (Wnv9h)

Imagine how eerie the entire situation has been for me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (guGkK)

9 Belugas, the Gallaghers of the sea mammal world.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (FVME7)

10 A Canadian man saved a baby moose which was being stalked by a black bear, by giving it shelter in his truck.
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#BlackBearsMatter, ace!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (krqg6)

11 You would think Canada would be more protective of its mooses.

Posted by: blaster at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (Jk9SN)

12 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 07:45 PM (guGkK)

Build it right on the water, and then wait a couple hundred thousand years.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 07:49 PM (jJx+x)

13 You know. I feel bad for the moose. But where was momma moose. And nature is cruel. A bear's gotta eat too, you know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 07:50 PM (U2p+3)

14 Moose! Tender young moose!

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 07:50 PM (Uv0D2)

15 Biden has nominated a woman to head up the Navy. Of course he did.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:50 PM (5e0cQ)

16 No independent thinking allowed. Get permission from the State before you live your life. Ugh! No thank you!

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 07:51 PM (o+IHV)

17 Biden has nominated a woman to head up the Navy. Of course he did.

Does it matter which one?

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at July 21, 2023 07:51 PM (guGkK)

18 Inquiring minds, will anything we build now still be standing in a thousand years?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 07:52 PM (/UpS3)

19 And "President Joe Biden elevates CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet."

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 07:52 PM (krqg6)

20 The AoSHQ Chiroptophile Community isn't feeling much love these days.

Just sayin'.

We blame Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 07:52 PM (a3Q+t)

21 I don't mind the guy saving the baby moose. Man is part of nature and nature bestows good luck and bad luck. This just happens to be good luck for the moose.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:53 PM (5e0cQ)

22 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 07:53 PM (xhxe8)

23 Pretty sure they used Super Glue to build the bridge.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 21, 2023 07:53 PM (/UtnQ)

24 >>>Another misbehaving beluga.

The ladies never react that way when I spit on them.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 21, 2023 07:53 PM (klJTj)

25 Biden has nominated a woman to head up the Navy. Of course he did.

A real one, with the bonus hole and everything? If so, I'd say that's an improvement over whoever he really wanted.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 21, 2023 07:54 PM (nfrXX)

26 In before the Moose out front comment.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 21, 2023 07:55 PM (JqMqI)

27 21 I don't mind the guy saving the baby moose. Man is part of nature and nature bestows good luck and bad luck. This just happens to be good luck for the moose.
Posted by: polynikes at July

What if the momma bear was trying to feed her starving baby bears?

Bears gotta eat too. And it sucks when you aren't at the top of the food chain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 07:55 PM (U2p+3)

28 And General Brown to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. His resume is pretty good and I already said I assume he will be better than Milley because who wouldn't but I think the choice is pure virtue signaling by Biden.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:56 PM (5e0cQ)

29 Storm in Oklahoma packing winds of 130 km/h derails a train and pushes planes around at an Air Force base.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 07:56 PM (krqg6)

30 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
NEW - Former ABC investigative journalist James Gordon Meek pleads guilty to child pornography charges.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (krqg6)

31 Woo woo, a Switzerland picture. We booked our trip for Switzerland just yesterday. Travelling there next June, partly by train and the rest by bus. It's a small group tour. Thanks Ace for all of the beautiful pics and videos that gave us the idea to vacation there.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (2NHgQ)

32 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
NEW 🚨 DOJ to sue Texas over floating border barrier; Abbott says ‘see you in court’ - Fox News

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (krqg6)

33 Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 07:55 PM (U2p+3)

That bad luck for the bear. Nature is a bitch.

And if it's not clear, I'm talking about random events. I don't want people to set up moose protection services.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (5e0cQ)

34 Happy Friday, Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (a4EWo)

35 Inquiring minds, will anything we build now still be standing in a thousand years?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 07:52 PM

Given the impermanence of digital media, it's unlikely anything written will be existent, or at least readable, in a thousand years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 07:59 PM (a3Q+t)

36 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 7h
JUST IN - Miss Italy bans transgender competitors, patron says contestants "must be a woman from birth" — Newsweek

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (krqg6)

37 Part of the nobility of civil disobedience is accepting the consequences of your actions.

The guy broke rules. He availed himself of someone else's property to do something he's expressly forbidden to do with it. He's not a bad guy for doing it, and it wasn't automatically the wrong thing to do, but the consequences are still there even though it all worked out for the moose. But what if things actually did go tango uniform, though? The moose pitches a fit, he swerves into an oncoming car, and two people and a moose get killed over it. Would he still be a hero? Or a Genius Award Winner nutjob who put a wounded wild animal in his car and got someone killed?

I don't think it's a clear cut "He's a hero and The Man is a Ass" story. But still a cool story, anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (jJx+x)

38 I expect that Mark Skage, the moose rescuer, will soon get a new and better job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (pYaTk)

39 I don't want people to set up moose protection services.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (a3Q+t)

40 Given the impermanence of digital media, it's unlikely anything written will be existent, or at least readable, in a thousand years.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 07:59 PM (a3Q+t)

You can say that again *glares at 250MB Zip drive gathering dust in the corner*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (PiwSw)

41 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 07:45 PM (guGkK)

Usually, they erected wooden scaffolding, also known as "falsework".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:01 PM (pYaTk)

42 DDS, hello darlin. Forgive.me for my delay in reply.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:01 PM (/UpS3)

43 Conscience and circumstance dictate action. The man saved the moose because he was meant to. It was the right thing.

"So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man."

Acts 24:16

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2023 08:02 PM (paWNQ)

44 "Inquiring minds, will anything we build now still be standing in a thousand years?
Posted by: Ben Had"

I can't see anything we build nowadays lasting that long without maintenance. I suppose it will depend on if there are any maintainers.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2023 08:02 PM (iayUP)

45 Would I do it ? Sure. If I had to.

Posted by: runner at July 21, 2023 08:03 PM (V13WU)

46 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: The Moose Out Front

Oh, give it a rest, will ya?

Posted by: Moose Out Back at July 21, 2023 08:03 PM (Xrfse)

47 26 In before the Moose out front comment.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 21, 2023 07:55 PM (JqMqI)

Moose out front took personal leave this week to take care of a sick kid.

It's just two hundred hamsters in a Moose costume until he's back.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:03 PM (jJx+x)

48 JUST IN - Miss Italy bans transgender competitors, patron says contestants "must be a woman from birth" — Newsweek
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at July 21, 2023 08:00 PM (krqg6)

Good. More, please.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:04 PM (pYaTk)

49 Inquiring minds, will anything we build now still be standing in a thousand years?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Not unless we build another Hoover Dam.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:04 PM (5e0cQ)

50 I'm interested in the Professional Viking job. What are the hours? Do they have dental insurance? Child care?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2023 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

51 Storm in Oklahoma packing winds of 130 km/h derails a train and pushes planes around at an Air Force base.
Posted by: andycanuck

Dude, it was in Oklahoma. They don't have kilometers in Oklahoma.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 21, 2023 08:05 PM (FVME7)

52 Inquiring minds, will anything we build now still be standing in a thousand years?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 07:52 PM

My money's on no. Few things built now are beautiful enough to preserve, anyway.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 21, 2023 08:05 PM (OX9vb)

53 The Paolo, how you say, was on Miss Italy. On Miss Italy committee.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 21, 2023 08:06 PM (V13WU)

54 I'm interested in the Professional Viking job. What are the hours? Do they have dental insurance? Child care?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2023 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

Do they have to punch a clock? Vike in, vike out.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:06 PM (pYaTk)

55 "JUST IN - Miss Italy bans transgender competitors, patron says contestants "must be a woman from birth" — "

Ci vuole bellezza per competere, non coglioni.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 21, 2023 08:06 PM (ATSTk)

56 That bad luck for the bear. Nature is a bitch.

-
That's why they call her Motherf*cker Nature.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at July 21, 2023 08:07 PM (FVME7)

57 I'm interested in the Professional Viking job. What are the hours? Do they have dental insurance? Child care?

==

too soft, svakt

Posted by: Professional Viking Jobs dot com at July 21, 2023 08:07 PM (V13WU)

58 I'm interested in the Professional Viking job. What are the hours? Do they have dental insurance? Child care?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 21, 2023 08:04 PM

You'll want to join the Union. You're going to want the work rules around how much burning, pillaging, and rapine are required in a shift.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

59 Canada is done, ship all the illegals north and let them into the Totalitarian land they left behind

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 08:08 PM (xhxe8)

60 You can say that again *glares at 250MB Zip drive gathering dust in the corner*

SyQuest enters the chat

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at July 21, 2023 08:08 PM (23WB3)

61 Canada is done, ship all the illegals north and let them into the Totalitarian land they left behind

=

Eurasia ?

Posted by: runner at July 21, 2023 08:10 PM (V13WU)

62 DOJ suing Abbot?

Perhaps Abbot should send invaders to Garland's House.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2023 08:10 PM (Keyt1)

63 I saw a couple of young deer frolicking among the gravestones of a local cemetery this morning...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2023 08:10 PM (BpYfr)

64 51 Storm in Oklahoma packing winds of 130 km/h derails a train and pushes planes around at an Air Force base.
Posted by: andycanuck

Dude, it was in Oklahoma. They don't have kilometers in Oklahoma.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

I was going to mention that, but didn't want to get yelled at.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:11 PM (U2p+3)

65 The Wailing Wall was built in the 2nd Century.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:12 PM (/UpS3)

66 I'm gonna stick with that momma sloth . . . Cantilever.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:12 PM (xhaym)

67 Ben Had!

Hi love! Miss you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:13 PM (U2p+3)

68 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Centering. You put up a form, then the first course of stones, then build from there.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:14 PM (xhaym)

69 When I walk my cats I'm always keeping an eye out for the big hawks we have in our area. I'm sure my pure white sister kitteh looks like a nice rabbit to eat. Her 20lb brother looks more like an over sized raccoon so I don't worry too much about him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:14 PM (5e0cQ)

70 I was going to mention that, but didn't want to get yelled at.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:11 PM (U2p+3)

We don't have kilometers in Alberta, either. OK, officially we do, but most anyone who is 29 or more thinks in miles, because, dammit, the whole land was surveyed in miles, and the roads are spaced at either one-mile or two-mile intervals. (one-mile intervals E-W, and two-mile intervals N-S)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:15 PM (pYaTk)

71 What ever happened to no harm , no foul?

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 08:15 PM (xhxe8)

72 Awww, baby elephant gets a mom. 🐘

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2023 08:15 PM (NpAcC)

73 The Wailing Wall was built in the 2nd Century.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:12 PM (/UpS3)

Judging by the noise from the Donks, it was built last week, and floats in the middle of the Rio Grande.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:16 PM (pYaTk)

74 nurse, you bring me so much joy. My MoMe spirit is kicking I.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:16 PM (/UpS3)

75 {Ben Had}} No worries, all will be well. I hope that you are surviving the heat, and I really hope that I am not forced to accommodate illegal aliens in my home. This state has gone plum crazy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 21, 2023 08:17 PM (a4EWo)

76 And if it's not clear, I'm talking about random events. I don't want people to set up moose protection services.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 07:58 PM (5e0cQ)

Not if they refuse to testify, no. The should have no expectation of protection in that case.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:17 PM (xhaym)

77 I thought that was Watkins Glen for a minute.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 21, 2023 08:17 PM (z+89e)

78 Star trek is on. It's the one where Blackula's AI computer calls Kirk "Captain Dunsel" but, but Kirk gets revenge and defeats it with a traffic cone.

Posted by: fd at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM (iayUP)

79 We don't have kilometers in Alberta, either. OK, officially we do, but most anyone who is 29 or more thinks in miles, because, dammit, the whole land was surveyed in miles, and the roads are spaced at either one-mile or two-mile intervals. (one-mile intervals E-W, and two-mile intervals N-S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:15 PM

Fortunately, no one in Canada drives faster than 100 km/hr.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)

80 Curious, do you ettes like that Viking jumper dude?

I mean if the clip of pole vault girl was posted again we have a 100 comments on it by now.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM (5e0cQ)

81
Please do not distress the moose.

The other moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: DB - unaffiliated, unvaccinated & in contempt at July 21, 2023 08:19 PM (geLO8)

82 nurse, I doubt that anyone here would yell at you, they know how accurate you are!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 21, 2023 08:19 PM (a4EWo)

83 DOJ suing Abbot?

Perhaps Abbot should send invaders to Garland's House.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at

Abbott is 30x smarter than Garland and 100x a better lawyer.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (Ed8Zd)

84 Got to give credit where credit is due. I am preparing to export from the USA the '99 Suburban I bought in Utah when my other '99 Suburban croaked. Got all the paperwork ducks in a row, submitted it to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Whitlash, MT, via e-mail, and inside of a couple of hours, got a return e-mail saying it was approved for any date after July 24. Good work, guys!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (pYaTk)

85 Honey, it's time to walk the cats.

Posted by: Moose Out Back at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (Xrfse)

86 What ever happened to no harm , no foul?
Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 08:15 PM (xhxe

Lawyers.

But i guess you gotta have *some* system of liability for intentionally causing risks. "Hey, i thought it would be fine" isn't going to get you far when something inevitably isn't fine and someone else's whole day gets wrecked because of it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (jJx+x)

87 Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (Ed8Zd

I am glad to hear that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2023 08:21 PM (Keyt1)

88 got a return e-mail saying it was approved for any date after July 24. Good work, guys!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM

Likely because July 24th is Pioneer Day in Utah.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:21 PM (a3Q+t)

89 Abbott is 30x smarter than Garland and 100x a better lawyer.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (Ed8Zd)

Hah I'm trying to convert that into whether lawyers are dumber or smarter in the big picture.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:21 PM (5e0cQ)

90 LASue, this year, maybe?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:22 PM (/UpS3)

91 Fortunately, no one in Canada drives faster than 100 km/hr.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)

Heh. Alberta drivers are like Arizona drivers. Routinely drive at 10-20 k over the speed limit. I was driving at 110 today in a 100 k zone, got passed by a new Bronco.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:22 PM (pYaTk)

92 DDS,
Rumors of my abilities are far overstated.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:22 PM (U2p+3)

93 Abbott is 30x smarter than Garland and 100x a better lawyer.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM

Not to mention he can roll circles around Garland.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (a3Q+t)

94 Koala should have been left for the crocodiles. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (5e0cQ)

95 80 Curious, do you ettes like that Viking jumper dude?

I mean if the clip of pole vault girl was posted again we have a 100 comments on it by now.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM (5e0cQ)

Haha, you have a point.

Viking jumper: he's nicely built, scoffs at danger...yeah, looks good to me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (OX9vb)

96 Disappointing that Canadians turned out to be the most passive-aggressive toadies of total government power in the West.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (TIcXN)

97 I really hope that I am not forced to accommodate illegal aliens in my home.

It seems like there is a right that forbids that, but ...

God have mercy.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:26 PM (o+IHV)

98 80 Curious, do you ettes like that Viking jumper dude?

I mean if the clip of pole vault girl was posted again we have a 100 comments on it by now.
Posted by: polynikes at July

Well, if he spends more time primping in front of the mirror than I do, then.... oh hell no.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:26 PM (U2p+3)

99 Got all the paperwork ducks in a row, submitted it to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Whitlash, MT, via e-mail, and inside of a couple of hours, got a return e-mail saying it was approved for any date after July 24. Good work, guys!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:20 PM (pYaTk)

I think they are on to hiding things in the rocker panels by the way. I am aware smuggling American Lifesavers and other hard candies that are not bilingually labeled seems like a minor crime, but it those laws are enforced.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:27 PM (xhaym)

100 It's probably a great example of the merits of prosecutorial discretion.... yes, you broke the letter of the law, but *in this case*, you didn't create an appreciable danger to outweigh the good of what you achieved in doing so, so off you go.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:27 PM (jJx+x)

101 So for every factor of 10 smarter you are than another attorney you would be approximately 30% better attorney than that person.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:27 PM (5e0cQ)

102 100 It's probably a great example of the merits of prosecutorial discretion.... yes, you broke the letter of the law, but *in this case*, you didn't create an appreciable danger to outweigh the good of what you achieved in doing so, so off you go.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at

But who is to judge "good?"

What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+3)

103 Damn! Just took a shot at a gopher, from about 50 yards. Missed, high and to the left (saw the dirt fly). Gopher didn't even flinch; just stood there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (pYaTk)

104 Evening.

Fucking blowouts, maaaan! Anyway...

The 70s were weird.

https://tinyurl.com/5aymhybh

Posted by: Robert at July 21, 2023 08:29 PM (l36AK)

105 I think they are on to hiding things in the rocker panels by the way. I am aware smuggling American Lifesavers and other hard candies that are not bilingually labeled seems like a minor crime, but it those laws are enforced.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:27 PM (xhaym)

Whistles innocently.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (pYaTk)

106 But who is to judge "good?"

What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+3)

Well, the moosette asked for sanctuary, and the bear didn't ask for it back, so I think it is pretty open and shut here.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (xhaym)

107 What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+

What if your neighbor saved your kitteh from a mama coyote?

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (5e0cQ)

108 What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+3)

Peak berry season right now, bears have full bellies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (pYaTk)

109 But who is to judge "good?"

What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:28 PM (U2p+3)

True, i personally would have just kept driving for exactly that reason. I guess I'm just more on a vague excursion into unsolvable twaddle here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:31 PM (jJx+x)

110 But why did Viking dude jump?
That's the question

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 21, 2023 08:31 PM (vHIgi)

111 What a jerk AFD Petroleum president Dale Reimer is. He shouldn't have fired Mark. Whatever happened to talking to your employee and give him a 2nd chance?
Mark was just trying to be a compassionate guy.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2023 08:31 PM (NpAcC)

112 But who is to judge "good?"

What about the bear? Bears need to eat too.

The person who intervened judged, as is his right. Perhaps you would have judged differently, but do you want to judge him, do you want a government agency judging him?

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (o+IHV)

113 What if your neighbor saved your kitteh from a mama coyote?
Posted by: polynikes

This is why Lucy the Fink is an indoor kitteh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (U2p+3)

114 What if your neighbor saved your kitteh from a mama coyote?
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (5e0cQ)

That's a different wrinkle. A pet isn't a wild animal, so it's not within the category of "bear food".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (jJx+x)

115 Seems just one or two Anti-Penguites is all it takes for the darling creatures to get short shrift. It's like punishing the whole class because of one ne'er do well.

Posted by: Hank Humboldt at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (T0tUU)

116 Belugas are such wise guys.

Posted by: Paco at July 21, 2023 08:33 PM (njExo)

117 Koala should have been left for the crocodiles. 😀
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (5e0cQ)
*****
😱

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2023 08:33 PM (NpAcC)

118 Got a Mexican kitty standoff going on right now...

Hexie is perched on the corner of my desk. Kaylee and Jasmine are lurking below...

So far, everyone is being cool...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2023 08:33 PM (BpYfr)

119 A leftist eco-nut handing bear a vegeburger is called lunch with a side of veggies

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:33 PM (/UpS3)

120 That's a different wrinkle. A pet isn't a wild animal, so it's not within the category of "bear food".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (jJx+x)
---
I'm sure the bear has a different opinion about what constitutes "bear food."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (BpYfr)

121 Peak berry season right now, bears have full bellies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Berries are carbs, not protein.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (U2p+3)

122 Whistles innocently.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:30 PM (pYaTk)

Dad had some friends down from Alberta, years ago, and when the couple was leaving I offered to send along some jars of homemade blackberry and pear jam, and canned plums. She just sighed and said I had no idea of the trouble it is to get things like that through customs.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (xhaym)

123 That's a different wrinkle. A pet isn't a wild animal, so it's not within the category of "bear food".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (jJx+x)

The truck driver wasn't evaluating whether it was wild or not. He was evaluating whether it was a helpless baby creature. He was showing compassion.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (5e0cQ)

124 110 But why did Viking dude jump?
That's the question
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 21, 2023 08:31 PM (vHIgi)

Well, haventcha ever known a boy, vmom? Boys and men love danger!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (OX9vb)

125 That's a different wrinkle. A pet isn't a wild animal, so it's not within the category of "bear food".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (jJx

Also how would the neighbor know it was a pet and not just a stray ( leaving out Fink don't go outside)

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:36 PM (5e0cQ)

126 A leftist eco-nut handing bear a vegeburger is called lunch with a side of veggies
Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:33 PM (/UpS3)

You know what they call it in Alaska? They call it a Timothy.

Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (xhaym)

127 Just read where Luke Bryant , country superstar with over two dozen videos on rotation on CMT has informed them he is pulling the license he gave them to any of his work until they reinstate Jason Aldeams video. Toby Keith plans to follow next.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (SNy+t)

128 Viking job requires word for note rendition of Immigrant Song.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (Uv0D2)

129 What a jerk AFD Petroleum president Dale Reimer is. He shouldn't have fired Mark. Whatever happened to talking to your employee and give him a 2nd chance?
Mark was just trying to be a compassionate guy.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2023 08:31 PM (NpAcC)

Surprise, surprise! AFD petroleum is a retailer and bulk agent with locations in Alberta, B.C., and Alaska. Head office in Edmonton, Alberta.

So Mark, really isn't an "oilpatch guy" at all. To be in the oil patch, your job has to be on the upstream side of the industry, before the product gets to the refinery.

Retail people tend to be very risk-averse. Upstream guys know that risk is part of the job, and expect it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (pYaTk)

130 As far as "who's to judge" goes, that's why we have Judges. There's a law in place not to do what the guy did, for various reasons. Personal safety. Conservation. Whatever it is. Maybe you think it's cool he did, maybe you don't, but he doesn't get to shirk the responsibility for his actions either way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (jJx+x)

131 There is a guy who feeds wild bears before their hibernation and it's 100% high carb donations that he gets from the local bakeries and grocery stores,

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (5e0cQ)

132 Cats only plot their next move

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 08:39 PM (xhxe8)

133 I mean if the clip of pole vault girl was posted again we have a 100 comments on it by now.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:18 PM

I'm not so sure about that. You can't really discern much, if anything, about her personality, sparkling conversation capabilities, cooking proclivities, ability to score 100/10x at 25 yards w/a 1911, or preference between ecru, fawn, and taupe in a pole-vaulting video, all of which are amongst the most speculated upon by 'rons.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:39 PM (a3Q+t)

134 when the couple was leaving I offered to send along some jars of homemade blackberry and pear jam, and canned plums. She just sighed and said I had no idea of the trouble it is to get things like that through customs.

No transfer of canned goods? Fresh food to eat is ok, right? Canned goods are canned. I am so done with government overreach.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (o+IHV)

135 I'm sure the bear has a different opinion about what constitutes "bear food."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (BpYfr)

Yeah, well who's his lawyer, huh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (jJx+x)

136 Just read where Luke Bryant , country superstar with over two dozen videos on rotation on CMT has informed them he is pulling the license he gave them to any of his work until they reinstate Jason Aldeams video. Toby Keith plans to follow next.
Posted by: Jen the original at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (SNy+t)

That is a touch different from Carly Simon or Neil Young pulling their works.

(I like Carly Simon, her songs were far different from anything else published at the time)

Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (xhaym)

137 Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (jJx+x)

Most of us violate some law everyday. Maybe you should turn yourself in.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (5e0cQ)

138 Berries are carbs, not protein.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:34 PM (U2p+3)

The berries are there. I don't have to chase them.

Posted by: The Bear at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (pYaTk)

139 stupid Pulp Fiction sock

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:41 PM (xhaym)

140 125 That's a different wrinkle. A pet isn't a wild animal, so it's not within the category of "bear food".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:32 PM (jJx

Also how would the neighbor know it was a pet and not just a stray ( leaving out Fink don't go outside)
Posted by: polynikes

Pets shouldn't be allowed to roam outside unchaperoned. I see "lost cat" and "missing (rat) dog" signs every summer when the coyotes are swarming the neighborhood. Responsible owners keep them inside.

If you live on a farm and your kittehs are working cats, then by all means, let them kill rats and mice and snakes at will. And defend them against the fox and coyotes and owls.

Damn. Owls are brutal.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:41 PM (U2p+3)

141 Bloody do-gooder!

Posted by: The Bear at July 21, 2023 08:41 PM (u73oe)

142 That is a touch different from Carly Simon or Neil Young pulling their works.

(I like Carly Simon, her songs were far different from anything else published at the time)
Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (xhaym)

Carly Simon had a couple of excellent points.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:42 PM (pYaTk)

143 Is that... is that Techno Viking??

Posted by: weew at July 21, 2023 08:42 PM (/uwTS)

144 As far as "who's to judge" goes, that's why we have Judges. There's a law in place not to do what the guy did, for various reasons. Personal safety. Conservation. Whatever it is. Maybe you think it's cool he did, maybe you don't, but he doesn't get to shirk the responsibility for his actions either way.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:38 PM (jJx+x)

small stuff, sure. But you better hope you don't get a judge with a passion that contradicts your actions. Remember, he has final say.

Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:42 PM (xhaym)

145 Most of us violate some law everyday. Maybe you should turn yourself in.
Posted by: polynikes

As long as you only break one law at a time, generally, you will be ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:43 PM (U2p+3)

146 I'm not so sure about that. You can't really discern much, if anything, about her personality, sparkling conversation capabilities, cooking proclivities, ability to score 100/10x at 25 yards w/a 1911, or preference between ecru, fawn, and taupe in a pole-vaulting video, all of which are amongst the most speculated upon by 'rons.

See, this is funny because I don't see the picture and don't have enough interest to look for the picture mostly because a picture won't tell me these kinds of things.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:43 PM (o+IHV)

147 The small town song is only controversial because far lefties are idiots. David Dorn’s widow came out in support of the song and values it professes.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2023 08:43 PM (Ed8Zd)

148 Scogg Dog has entered the chat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:44 PM (pYaTk)

149 speaking of vikings, the minn vikings' 2023 first round pick, jordan addison, got busted for going 140mph in a 55mph zone in his lamborgini suv.

Posted by: muttering vikings fan at July 21, 2023 08:44 PM (SYTee)

150 speaking of vikings, the minn vikings' 2023 first round pick, jordan addison, got busted for going 140mph in a 55mph zone in his lamborgini suv.
Posted by: muttering vikings fan at July 21, 2023 08:44 PM (SYTee)

Re-writes furiously.

Posted by: Joe Walsh at July 21, 2023 08:45 PM (pYaTk)

151 Viking diver guy seems quite fit, but let's face it, he's no David Hogg.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 21, 2023 08:45 PM (a4EWo)

152 Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 08:43 PM (WjVa/)

I honestly can't follow the point you're trying to make. Are you for or against the guy saving the moose?

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:46 PM (5e0cQ)

153 Just read where Luke Bryant , country superstar with over two dozen videos on rotation on CMT has informed them he is pulling the license he gave them to any of his work until they reinstate Jason Aldeams video. Toby Keith plans to follow next.

This is awesome - good on them!

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:46 PM (o+IHV)

154 Two words that have no correlation, Lamborghini and SUV

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:47 PM (/UpS3)

155 No transfer of canned goods? Fresh food to eat is ok, right? Canned goods are canned. I am so done with government overreach.
Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (o+IHV)

I have no idea, but the look of exhaustion and resignation on her face was kind of sad

Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:47 PM (xhaym)

156 your kittehs are working cats

Just wait until they form a union. Then, all bets are off.

Posted by: Moose Out Back at July 21, 2023 08:47 PM (Xrfse)

157 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Same way they built the pyramids.

Aliens

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 21, 2023 08:48 PM (RWgp1)

158 Two words that have no correlation, Lamborghini and SUV
Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2023 08:47 PM (/UpS3)

Two words that have 100% correlation: Lamborghini and tractor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:48 PM (pYaTk)

159 127 Just read where Luke Bryant , country superstar with over two dozen videos on rotation on CMT has informed them he is pulling the license he gave them to any of his work until they reinstate Jason Aldeams video. Toby Keith plans to follow next.
Posted by: Jen the original

Caving to the Woke Cult is working out well for CMT.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 08:50 PM (ppL7t)

160 >>As far as "who's to judge" goes, that's why we have Judges. There's a law in place not to do what the guy did, for various reasons. Personal safety. Conservation. Whatever it is. Maybe you think it's cool he did, maybe you don't, but he doesn't get to shirk the responsibility for his actions either way.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Yeah, rules are rules.

Posted by: My war crimes trial defense at July 21, 2023 08:51 PM (RWgp1)

161 Carly Simon. Blue sweater.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 08:51 PM (Uv0D2)

162 Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 08:43 PM (WjVa/)

I honestly can't follow the point you're trying to make. Are you for or against the guy saving the moose?

Don't know what point he is trying to make, but the point I'm trying to make is: a man should be free to follow his conscience.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 08:51 PM (o+IHV)

163 So Kuala can't swim?

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 08:51 PM (xhxe8)

164 The biggest coral snake I've ever seen was crawling across the road into the Duncanthrax Ranch this afternoon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2023 08:52 PM (a3Q+t)

165 I have no idea, but the look of exhaustion and resignation on her face was kind of sad
Posted by: Vincent Vega at July 21, 2023 08:47 PM (xhaym)

To be honest, I think you will find that the ban on home-canned foods works both ways at the border, and it is based on a practical reason: you cannot open a jar to test it, without destroying the seal. There is usually no paper trail for home-canned goods, but a can of peas bought at WalMart will bear a lot number that identifies the cannery and date that it was canned.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:52 PM (pYaTk)

166 Fat Otter is very surly

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 21, 2023 08:52 PM (uWOrh)

167 Hi!

Posted by: Carly Simon's Blue Sweater Puppies at July 21, 2023 08:52 PM (SYTee)

168 I honestly can't follow the point you're trying to make. Are you for or against the guy saving the moose?
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:46 PM

Does anyone really know what time it is?

Posted by: Chicago at July 21, 2023 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)

169 Don't know what point he is trying to make, but the point I'm trying to make is: a man should be free to follow his conscience.
Posted by: AK

Not on company time and not in a company vehicle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:54 PM (U2p+3)

170 Duncanthrax, did you introduce coral snake to the original JMB snake charmer?

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 08:55 PM (Uv0D2)

171 Most of us violate some law everyday. Maybe you should turn yourself in.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:40 PM (5e0cQ)

Oh piss off

You're trying to turn me into fucking Neidermayer because i think we shouldn't completely shitcan our appreciation for the rule of law? Do you think I'd even be here if i thought Government(s) weren't off the rails and completely abusing the law? But that doesn't mean you abandon law itself completely, especially over something a trivial as "awwww baby moose". And especially when the law in question is a pretty dang sensible one, namely "don't fucking drive around with a loose wild animal in your cabin", or however it's spelled in Canadian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 08:55 PM (OQwEH)

172 168 Fat Otter is very surly
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at

It's a river otter. Duh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:56 PM (U2p+3)

173 Not on company time and not in a company vehicle.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:54 PM (U2p+3)

It works a little differently when you are out in the middle of bumfuck Nowhere, and encounter an animal in distress. You use what is available to you to help the poor critter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 08:56 PM (pYaTk)

174 170 I honestly can't follow the point you're trying to make. Are you for or against the guy saving the moose?
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:46 PM

Does anyone really know what time it is?
Posted by: Chicago

0055Z

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 08:56 PM (ppL7t)

175 Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 08:50 PM (WjVa/)

Roger that.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:58 PM (5e0cQ)

176 The vast majority of folks in this world become quite Fascist, quite quickly, whenever the topic really moves them. Very few folks indeed believe in limited government when it doesn't suit them.
Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 08:50 PM (WjVa/)

c'mon, man admit it, you find freedom scary and want people to obey so you don't have to worry about them finding out what you really are. That power is what you want most, and the theories you spin like ropes of sand are just justification of why you should control people you fear.

We're friends, we understand. You need goats to beat so you feel like a man, and power protects you from who you really are.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:58 PM (xhaym)

177 Growing up in heritage America dogs and cats were free to roam. Most stayed close to home to watch over "their" kids and accompanied them on the kids unsupervised adventures across the landscape between 7 am and night fall.

Posted by: Beartooth at July 21, 2023 08:58 PM (JqMqI)

178 Had this baby moose been caught and eaten by the black bear in say, the Yukon Territories, none of these deep discussions would be necessary because nobody would have seen it, but here we are. Nature is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 08:59 PM (ppL7t)

179 The enviro lunatics were protesting/defacing at the Open Championship today. Their heads should have been placed on pikes and made into a yardage markers...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:01 PM (XMwZJ)

180 Not on company time and not in a company vehicle.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 08:54 PM (U2p+3)

What? That's the complete opposite of who I am and how I was raised. I will always follow my god given conscience.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:02 PM (5e0cQ)

181 But, as our erstwhile poster Warai wants you to know, we have laws and judges for a reason, don't ya' know. And a law is a law. That man did the crime, and now he needs to do the time.

Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 08:50 PM (WjVa/)

I did mention prosecutorial discretion

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:02 PM (OQwEH)

182 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:02 PM (NReIw)

183 Maybe you think it's cool he did, maybe you don't, but he doesn't get to shirk the responsibility for his actions either way.

I hear what you are saying but the "law" is legal, not moral. (His actions did not hurt anyone.) Justice is not blind and judges are not honorable just because they have a title in front of their name.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:03 PM (o+IHV)

184 amazing what depths one can reach with unlimited time ; or unlimited supply

Posted by: runner at July 21, 2023 09:03 PM (V13WU)

185 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 08:59 PM (ppL7t)

But it didn't. Another part of nature intervened.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:03 PM (5e0cQ)

186 183 The enviro lunatics were protesting/defacing at the Open Championship today. Their heads should have been placed on pikes and made into a yardage markers...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

2 more rounds to go. They lunatics still have an opportunity to disrupt and destroy for the greater good or something. I'd like to see the English locals go all soccer hooligan on them. Could happen. The Open this year is being played near Liverpool.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 09:04 PM (ppL7t)

187 I think I would have not cared about rules to save the moose, but then not a big rules kind of guy anyway.

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 09:04 PM (xhxe8)

188 Better turn this off, day trip tomorrow.
Very nice evening here, hope yours is as well

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2023 09:05 PM (xhxe8)

189 they are both wrong

Posted by: runner at July 21, 2023 09:07 PM (V13WU)

190 Not on company time and not in a company vehicle.

Did it negatively affect his work? Did it damage the vehicle? Does the company own his conscience?

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:08 PM (o+IHV)

191 they probably had other stuff on the guy and this was the last straw. a reprimand would have been sufficient. maybe he had a ton of reprimands, who knows, we don't know the whole story

Posted by: runner at July 21, 2023 09:09 PM (V13WU)

192 What? That's the complete opposite of who I am and how I was raised. I will always follow my god given conscience.
Posted by: polynikes at July

But you accepted the job at said company with said rules and are driving a company vehicle with certain responsibilities that you agreed to when you took the job.

If you don't like the rules, get another job. But don't take a job and then insist the company bend to your conscience.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:09 PM (U2p+3)

193 The Peon Meal is on the grill. Small steak, baked tater, and cobulent corn, or cornulent cob. Whatever.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:09 PM (Y+V8V)

194 Good grief, you cannot feel alive unless you're arguing with someone, can you, Scoggy-err Human Nature?. 2nd handle change of the evening.

P.S. Erstwhile means "former". It is an archaic word but W-O is not former poster. He is a current one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 21, 2023 09:10 PM (Keyt1)

195 Good night Skip

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:11 PM (o+IHV)

196 I'd like to see the English locals go all soccer hooligan on them. Could happen. The Open this year is being played near Liverpool.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 09:04 PM (ppL7t)

Hot Damn!!!
Golf Hooligans!!!
Finally. Something I can do with that damn 3 iron.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:11 PM (e4fEA)

197 Especially with a jury full of you ? After all, a law is a law. And that moose wasn't a pet.
Posted by: Human Nature at July 21, 2023 09:05 PM (WjVa/)

How did "Let's not be too eager to leap in to bed with an Ubermensch theory of morality" turn into "hang everyone for everything because God and Country Demand It"? I'm just exploring the space here. There's a lot interesting about this story beyond baby moose and Fuck the Man. You do salivate like a moose-hungry bear about anything to do with any theories of governance that aren't Rothbardian Objectivism, though. It's fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:12 PM (lO6Ut)

198 But you accepted the job at said company with said rules and are driving a company vehicle with certain responsibilities that you agreed to when you took the job.

If you don't like the rules, get another job. But don't take a job and then insist the company bend to your conscience.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:09 PM (U2p+3)

Retail end of oil industry: fucktards.

Production end of oil industry: salt of the Earth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:13 PM (Y+V8V)

199 The Peon Meal is on the grill. Small steak, baked tater, and cobulent corn, or cornulent cob. Whatever.

Sounds delicious.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:14 PM (o+IHV)

200 Sounds delicious.
Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:14 PM (o+IHV)

Imma eat it, regardless.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:14 PM (Y+V8V)

201 The guy did something with someone else's property he wasn't permitted to do. Should try to get out of his responsibility to answer for it? Or say "yes, and it was worth it"? I don't actually know which he's saying. I don't really care, in the concrete sense of this particular case. It's just fascinating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:16 PM (lO6Ut)

202 You do salivate like a moose-hungry bear about anything to do with any theories of governance that aren't Rothbardian Objectivism, though.

LOL!! That's some deep philosophical snark. Heh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 09:16 PM (ppL7t)

203 So...rescue the koala, or leave it?

Posted by: Kant at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM (jLXOm)

204 68 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Centering. You put up a form, then the first course of stones, then build from there.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:14 PM (xhaym)

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This clarifies nothing.

There has to be support for the arch until the keystone is in place. So I've been told. How do you support the arch when it is 200 feet off the ground?

Really really long logs?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM (s12c9)

205 Do we truly retain free will, even when renting our time to someone else ?

I argue that we do, whether we choose to exercise it or not, is another story.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM (o+IHV)

206 Retail end of oil industry: fucktards.

Production end of oil industry: salt of the Earth.

Same for the timber industry.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:19 PM (o+IHV)

207 There has to be support for the arch until the keystone is in place. So I've been told. How do you support the arch when it is 200 feet off the ground?

Really really long logs?
Posted by: Cicero

Let's ask the Design Team for the Florida International University Pedestrian Bridge!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:19 PM (NReIw)

208 If you don't like the rules, get another job. But don't take a job and then insist the company bend to your conscience.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:09 PM (U2p+

I don't see where he insisted they bend to his demands. He simply stated the facts. He was fired and this is the reason. Other people are mad at the company.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:19 PM (5e0cQ)

209 Or say "yes, and it was worth it"?

This would be my stance. I try to do what I think is morally right regardless of the law.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:20 PM (o+IHV)

210 Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:16 PM (lO6U

Don't be a fence sitter. Would you have fired him?

Nurse would because bears gotta eat.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:21 PM (5e0cQ)

211 I spliced the wire on my trailer today. Bought 2 feet of 7-conductor trailer wire, which was just enough, at 3 bucks a foot! Soldered one end of the new wire into the 6-way plug, and spliced the other end to the (formerly too short) harness on the trailer. I used crimp splices, minus the plastic sleeve, and soldered them up liberally, heat shrunk each individual wire, and heat-shrunk the whole cable. And I managed not to electrocute myself with the soldering iron. (one end of the soldering iron's element has shorted to the shank and tip of the iron; I identified which prong of the plug that was, and spread it so that it only fits the neutral slot on an outlet). No zaps!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:22 PM (Y+V8V)

212 Koala should have been left for the crocodiles. 😀
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 08:23 PM (5e0cQ)

AFD Petroleum.Inc would agree.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:22 PM (e4fEA)

213 So...rescue the koala, or leave it?

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Conscience and circumstance dictate action. The man saved the moose because he was meant to. It was the right thing.

"So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man."

Acts 24:16
Posted by: Marcus T

Best answer I've seen in this thread.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:23 PM (o+IHV)

214 Uh-oh. Steak turning time at Peon Manor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:23 PM (Y+V8V)

215 Do bears even eat moose?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:24 PM (XMwZJ)

216 I argue that we do, whether we choose to exercise it or not, is another story.
Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM (o+IHV)

Lethal Weapon would have been a shit movie if the captain said "dude, what the hell? You're fucking fired. Immediately. Shit, man. Wow." It would also have been a shit movie if every other cop was saying "huh? Oh, yeah, cool. You did stuff. Whatever dude, see you tomorrow."

Robin Hood was still an Outlaw even though he was (ostensibly) doing good.

That calculus of "is it the right thing to do, breaking a rule to do something good" has been a part of storytelling for pretty much ever.

But also, to officially Godwin it up in here, Hitler thought he was the good guy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:25 PM (lO6Ut)

217 Do bears even eat moose?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:24 PM (XMwZJ)

I sure do.
Delicious!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:25 PM (e4fEA)

218 Don't be a fence sitter. Would you have fired him?

Nurse would because bears gotta eat.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:21 PM (5e0cQ)

Me? Fuck no. I'd dock his paycheck to pay for cleaning the moose piss out of the company truck, and then tell him to get back to work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (lO6Ut)

219 210 68 What I want to know is, how do they build a stone arch that's so far from the ground?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Centering. You put up a form, then the first course of stones, then build from there.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 21, 2023 08:14 PM (xhaym)

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This clarifies nothing.
There has to be support for the arch until the keystone is in place. So I've been told. How do you support the arch when it is 200 feet off the ground?
Really really long logs?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM
When that arch was build human labor was cheap, as cheap as the materials. In fact humans were cheap.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (Uv0D2)

220 Mattress Mack of Gallery Furniture in Houston is giving away tickets to Sound of Freedom. I'm sure he bought big bucks worth.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (5e0cQ)

221 And I managed not to electrocute myself with the soldering iron.

This is the most important sentence in that story. Excellent work AOP.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (o+IHV)

222 Google says yes, bears eat moose, especially tasty baby moose!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:27 PM (XMwZJ)

223 Nurse would because bears gotta eat.
Posted by: polynikes

You're trying to make me out as a horrible, stiff hag. I am not in management for that very reason. I am a very black and white sort of person. I put up with more shit than you can possibly imagine because I have to in order to keep my job. Once I decide I've had enough, I will not expect my company to change their rules for me. I will simply quit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (U2p+3)

224 Mattress Mack of Gallery Furniture in Houston is giving away tickets to Sound of Freedom. I'm sure he bought big bucks worth.
Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (5e0cQ)

Damn! For a moment there, I thought you were referring to Sandra Fluke.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (Y+V8V)

225 Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (lO6Ut)

👍

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (5e0cQ)

226 The Horde can/will argue about anything/everything.
So, how about them Red Sox?

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (MZ6RK)

227 Do bears even eat moose?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:24 PM (XMwZJ)

As often as they can!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (PHmov)

228 Consequences for your actions need not always be hanging by the neck until dead.

Companies can do things other than shitcan people to let them know they fucked up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:29 PM (lO6Ut)

229 215 Do bears even eat moose?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Omnivores. They'll eat anything.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 09:29 PM (ppL7t)

230 217 Do bears even eat moose?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 21, 2023 09:24 PM (XMwZJ)

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Not black bears. The black bear diet is highly specialized, focusing entirely on pick-a-nick baskets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:30 PM (s12c9)

231 Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (U2p+3)

I'm not trying to make you out to be anything. I'm just snark quoting you. Would you have fire the guy. ?

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:30 PM (5e0cQ)

232 So, how about them Red Sox?

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (MZ6RK)

The Red Sox suck cocks in hell!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2023 09:31 PM (PHmov)

233 I would have not fired the guy. I would have made him clean the truck. I would have been paused because no one knows how a wild animal will react inside a moving vehicle and cause it to crash and hurt others. So, I would have read him the riot act.

And sent him out to find the bear to give it moose burgers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:33 PM (dV80I)

234 Yogi and Boo Boo were brown.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2023 09:33 PM (63Dwl)

235 So, how about them Red Sox?

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (MZ6RK)

The Red Sox suck cocks in hell!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2023 09:31 PM (PHmov)
***

Sssssssssssssnnniiiicccckkkkk!
The sound of a very big shiv being unsheathes.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:34 PM (e4fEA)

236 Now, had the guy used my company truck to run over a p3do or two, I'd give him a bonus and the corner office. And an alibi.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:34 PM (9UlRk)

237 Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:33 PM (dV80I)

Good deal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (5e0cQ)

238
The Red Sox suck cocks in hell!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2023 09:31 PM (PHmov)

But is that illegal, immoral, or human nature? Hard to tell with the crew tonight.

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (MZ6RK)

239 Yogi and Boo Boo were brown.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2023 09:33 PM (63Dwl)

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I've seen a lot of cartoons. I think I know my bears.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (s12c9)

240 The Horde can/will argue about anything/everything.

Posted by: RI Red

We will not!! (

)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (NReIw)

241 And I managed not to electrocute myself with the soldering iron.

This is the most important sentence in that story. Excellent work AOP.
Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (o+IHV)

Heh! Thank you. The back story: last time I used that soldering iron, it up and quit on me. I took it apart, found a broken connection on the element, and fixed it. Somehow, on putting it back together, one connection grounded out to the shank, and tip. Unknowing, I used it , and got a zap through my left hand, which was holding the roll of solder. OK, the rest of that session, I unplugged the iron before each solder joint. Today, I identified which prong of the plug was shorted to ground, and modified the plug (polarized it, like modern plugs all are) so that it could only be inserted in the outlet such that the shank of the iron was at neutral.

Sub-optimal solution, but it works.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (Y+V8V)

242 So, how about them Red Sox?

F—-k ‘em

Posted by: A stand up guy in a cheap suit at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (9X60i)

243 That calculus of "is it the right thing to do, breaking a rule to do something good" has been a part of storytelling for pretty much ever.

Yes. It makes for compelling stories because it is a true to life dilemma. And those who "break the rules to do something good" are ones that get stories written about them. For good and for bad.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:36 PM (o+IHV)

244 Yogi and Boo Boo were brown.

Really? That's where you draw the line? Yogi wore a cap and both of them wore a tie.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2023 09:36 PM (eOEVl)

245 I've seen a lot of cartoons. I think I know my bears.
Posted by: Cicero

He wore a collar and a tie yet no pants! What the hell do we make of that?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:36 PM (NReIw)

246 Omnivores. They'll eat anything.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 21, 2023 09:29 PM (ppL7t)

That doesn't move too fast.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:37 PM (Y+V8V)

247 You're trying to make me out as a horrible, stiff hag. I am not in management for that very reason. I am a very black and white sort of person. I put up with more shit than you can possibly imagine because I have to in order to keep my job. Once I decide I've had enough, I will not expect my company to change their rules for me. I will simply quit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:28 PM (U2p+3)

Now I know Nurse.
I've been shooting with Nurse.
I consider Nurse a good friend.
I can testify that she is not horrible!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:37 PM (e4fEA)

248 Sub-optimal solution, but it works.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:35 PM (Y+V8V)

I think the analytically "optimal solution" is to hold the solder against the fixture and wait for the inevitable heat death of the universe. Or at least for the Sun to go 'splodey.

You'll at least save a bit on your power bill! That's something!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:38 PM (9UlRk)

249 He wore a collar and a tie yet no pants! What the hell do we make of that?

He was semi-dapper?

Posted by: MkY at July 21, 2023 09:38 PM (cPGH3)

250 Thank you, Diogenes.

I'll ignore what bluebell said about you earlier.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:39 PM (dV80I)

251 This clarifies nothing.
There has to be support for the arch until the keystone is in place. So I've been told. How do you support the arch when it is 200 feet off the ground?
Really really long logs?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:17 PM
When that arch was build human labor was cheap, as cheap as the materials. In fact humans were cheap.
Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2023 09:26 PM (Uv0D2)

So, stacked bodies?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 21, 2023 09:39 PM (aD39U)

252 TonyPete, I’ll say it - I cleaned my carbine tonight for my IDPA Match tomorrow.
And my carbine is 9 mm!
Not that this group would fight about it.

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:39 PM (MZ6RK)

253 The Red Sox suck cocks in hell!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2023 09:31 PM (PHmov)

But is that illegal, immoral, or human nature? Hard to tell with the crew tonight.

Literally laughing out loud. Completely enjoying this conversation. I think we have to add Divine Retribution to our list of options.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:39 PM (o+IHV)

254 RI Red - raising a glass to good shooting tomorrow!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:40 PM (NReIw)

255 He wore a collar and a tie yet no pants! What the hell do we make of that?

He was semi-dapper?
Posted by: MkY at July 21, 2023 09:38 PM (cPGH3)

And, he tied his tie with a full windsor knot!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (e4fEA)

256 Oh, man, that corn is nigh-on perfect!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (Y+V8V)

257 And, he tied his tie with a full windsor knot!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (e4fEA)

At least it wasn't a dickie bow....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (9UlRk)

258 Today, I identified which prong of the plug was shorted to ground, and modified the plug

He can be taught.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (o+IHV)

259 RI Red - raising a glass to good shooting tomorrow!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:40 PM (NReIw)

But is it single malt or Butt Light, dammit!

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:42 PM (MZ6RK)

260 I'll ignore what bluebell said about you earlier.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:39 PM (dV80I)

Oh oh.
I had to drop out for a bit.
Am.I in trouble?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:42 PM (e4fEA)

261 So, stacked bodies?
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Genghis Kahn has entered the chat.

And promptly slaughtered all involved.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:42 PM (NReIw)

262 Story my uncles told me at my Father's funeral that I never knew. My father had been offered a football scholarship to UMass at the start of his HS Senior year. He had black players on the team but the school wouldn't allow black cheerleaders. My father refused to play unless they changed that rule.

Didn't matter actually because he subsequently got kicked out for punching the principal and ended up in the Marines and Korea.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:43 PM (5e0cQ)

263 Sound of Freedom has regained the title of number one film in America as of Thursday, beating out Mission Impossible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2023 09:43 PM (up/3i)

264 He can be taught.
Posted by: AK

Did it inside 3 hours. Can't use him.

Posted by: Canuck Electrical Union #403 at July 21, 2023 09:44 PM (cPGH3)

265 Natasha, I see moose. Where is pesky squirrel?

I don’t know, darling Boris

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2023 09:44 PM (oGiDo)

266 Didn't matter actually because he subsequently got kicked out for punching the principal and ended up in the Marines and Korea.

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MORAL: Don't punch the principal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:45 PM (s12c9)

267 263 Sound of Freedom has regained the title of number one film in America as of Thursday, beating out Mission Impossible.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2023 09:43 PM (up/3i)

I'd like to imagine somewhere out there, Tom Cruise is watching this news in a $150,000 chair saying "Ha... nice."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:45 PM (9UlRk)

268 I would have picked up the moose. 5 times out of 5.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2023 09:45 PM (ZLI7S)

269 Sound of Freedom has regained the title of number one film in America as of Thursday, beating out Mission Impossible.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2023 09:43 PM (up/3i)

Emission Impossible: the unsung story of the American Vasectomy Corp.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:46 PM (Y+V8V)

270 He had black players on the team but the school wouldn't allow black cheerleaders. My father refused to play unless they changed that rule.

And this is how bad rules get changed. Or can get changed. Great story about your dad!

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:46 PM (o+IHV)

271 @267

>>I'd like to imagine somewhere out there, Tom Cruise is watching this news in a $150,000 chair saying "Ha... nice."

He's more than likely in a stasis chamber communing with Xenu and getting whatever infusions he gets to keep himself young and virile.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2023 09:46 PM (up/3i)

272 Oh, man, that corn is nigh-on perfect!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:41 PM (Y+V8V)

-----------

Thank a meso-American.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:47 PM (s12c9)

273 Not to be argumentative, Nurse R, but I know you. You are not a “black and white” sort of person.
You are sort of pinkish.
And 1911s are suboptimal.

*shit-stirrer dons Kevlar*

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:47 PM (MZ6RK)

274 I would have picked up the moose. 5 times out of 5.

Same. Then again, I don't drive around with company rules at the front of my brain. I just drive. Same regarding Andrew Branca's opinions on self defense. I just carry what I carry in case I do what I need to do. I keep it simple like that.

Posted by: Rothbardian Objectivist at July 21, 2023 09:48 PM (Nu4g4)

275 252 TonyPete, I’ll say it - I cleaned my carbine tonight for my IDPA Match tomorrow.
And my carbine is 9 mm!
Not that this group would fight about it.
Posted by: RI Red

Don't let CBD know. He will call you all sorts of hurtful things.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:48 PM (U2p+3)

276 I wonder what this truck driver's company policy manual says about picking up stray animals on the road. Fire-able offense?

Posted by: Javems at July 21, 2023 09:49 PM (M8daW)

277 Did it inside 3 hours. Can't use him.
Posted by: Canuck Electrical Union #403 at July 21, 2023 09:44 PM (cPGH3)

Heh. Took me 5 minutes to identify which side of the plug was hot to the shank of the iron, and to modify the lug to ensure that it only fit the neutral slot on a standard outlet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:49 PM (Y+V8V)

278 {11} You would think Canada would be more protective of its mooses.

Posted by: blaster at July 21, 2023 07:48 PM (Jk9SN)

There's 1 for every 48 people in Canada. They're not rare or endangered.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2023 09:50 PM (nRMeC)

279 Didn't matter actually because he subsequently got kicked out for punching the principal and ended up in the Marines and Korea.

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MORAL: Don't punch the principal.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:45 PM (s12c9)

Following your conscience can change the direction of your life in big ways. Never know if it changed it for the better. He did retire from the military and had me which wouldn’t have happened without that punch.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:51 PM (MNhXM)

280 Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?
See the løveli lakes
The wonderful telephøne system
And mani interesting furry animals
Including the majestic møøse
A Møøse once bit my sister ...
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

Posted by: TRex at July 21, 2023 09:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

281

Not black bears. The black bear diet is highly specialized, focusing entirely on pick-a-nick baskets.
Posted by: Cicero
--------
Meanwhile, just up the road:

"The man whose body was found being eaten by a black bear in a remote area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park apparently had been camping alone.

Authorities have not yet determined whether Patrick Madura, 43, of Elgin, Illinois, was mauled by the bear or whether he died of some other cause."

https://tinyurl.com/2ml2q4he

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:51 PM (jLXOm)

282 My father had been offered a football scholarship to UMass at the start of his HS Senior year. He had black players on the team but the school wouldn't allow black cheerleaders. My father refused to play unless they changed that rule.

And that man achieved his dreams because I pushed him during practice, before I went on to become an All American wing-back. My word as a Biden.

Posted by: Joe from Connecticut at July 21, 2023 09:51 PM (Nu4g4)

283 Same. Then again, I don't drive around with company rules at the front of my brain. I just drive. Same regarding Andrew Branca's opinions on self defense. I just carry what I carry in case I do what I need to do. I keep it simple like that.
Posted by: Rothbardian Objectivist at July 21, 2023 09:48 PM (Nu4g4)

See, I always just drive around with a wounded moose, in case i ever find a hungry bear. Works great for carpool lanes, too.

(Just don't tell my insurance people.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:52 PM (9UlRk)

284 I wonder what this truck driver's company policy manual says about picking up stray animals on the road. Fire-able offense?
Posted by: Javems

$5 will get you $10 I'll bet it goes more like this: "No non-employee/employees shall be transported, at any time, for any reason, by a company owned or leased vehicle."

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:52 PM (NReIw)

285 I wonder what this truck driver's company policy manual says about picking up stray animals on the road. Fire-able offense?

I doubt it says anything about it, but they are revising it now as we type, to add this and any other similar rules as well.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:52 PM (o+IHV)

286 Have fun and good luck tomorrow, Red.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2023 09:53 PM (BJEtz)

287 25 Biden has nominated a woman to head up the Navy. Of course he did.

How bad are Biden's noms? You hope she's just a "normal" lesbian who was alawys a woman and has a stable relationship with another OEM lesbian who is age appropriate, that's how bad

Posted by: azjaeger at July 21, 2023 09:53 PM (3/XaG)

288 Authorities have not yet determined whether Patrick Madura, 43, of Elgin, Illinois, was mauled by the bear or whether he died of some other cause."

https://tinyurl.com/2ml2q4he
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:51 PM (jLXOm)

Bears are very like humans. The power of laziness can never be underestimated

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:53 PM (Y+V8V)

289 Aw, heck, too much mental energy to be argumentative tonight. I love you all. No homo! And Ettes get special attention!

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (MZ6RK)

290 See, I always just drive around with a wounded moose, in case i ever find a hungry bear. Works great for carpool lanes, too.

(Just don't tell my insurance people.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:52 PM (9UlRk)

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If you drive a Tesla they already know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (s12c9)

291 Ok, it’s official. The Horde will argue over absolutely anything.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (u73oe)

292 $5 will get you $10 I'll bet it goes more like this: "No non-employee/employees shall be transported, at any time, for any reason, by a company owned or leased vehicle."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:52 PM (NReIw)

"What? All I did was stop somewhere on the road to pick up lunch!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (9UlRk)

293 See, I always just drive around with a wounded moose, in case i ever find a hungry bear. Works great for carpool lanes, too.

Such compassion. I can't even.

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (o+IHV)

294 $5 will get you $10 I'll bet it goes more like this: "No non-employee/employees shall be transported, at any time, for any reason, by a company owned or leased vehicle."

And that's why, if you're on company time in a company vehicle and you see a large man in a hockey mask and overalls waving a meat cleaver while chasing a poor, winsome long legged blonde - you just mind your own business and drive on past. Company rules are company rules. Besides, if you stop, it could only lead to conflict and you won't be justified in defending yourself or said young lady.

Just keep your head down and your eyes on the road, comrade.

Posted by: Rothbardian Objectivist at July 21, 2023 09:55 PM (Nu4g4)

295 1 Ok, it’s official. The Horde will argue over absolutely anything.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (u73oe)

But this is on topic which is half the focus battle.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:56 PM (MNhXM)

296 >>Ok, it’s official. The Horde will argue over absolutely anything.

You aren't new here. This isn't news.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2023 09:56 PM (ZLI7S)

297 Ok, it’s official. The Horde will argue over absolutely anything.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 21, 2023 09:54 PM (u73oe)

No Huh!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2023 09:57 PM (e4fEA)

298 Thanks, Mr. Aspirin Factory,
Hey, you make aspirin?
Aha.

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:57 PM (MZ6RK)

299 And that's why, if you're on company time in a company vehicle and you see a large man in a hockey mask and overalls waving a meat cleaver while chasing a poor, winsome long legged blonde.... . .

Posted by: Rothbardian Objectivist

Later, once you untie her from the tree, it is customary to say: "Honey, it just isn't your day. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2023 09:58 PM (NReIw)

300 Incidentally, the ME found that the guy was killed by the bear.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:58 PM (jLXOm)

301 Kind of like all the retail people fired for fighting back or now , just looking at the shoplifters the wrong way.

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 09:59 PM (MNhXM)

302 I drove, a big truck, for a company who's written policy was that, if you could not stop in time for anything in the road, do not try to dodge it. Just run it over. I violated that policy a couple of times but got lucky.

Posted by: Javems at July 21, 2023 09:59 PM (M8daW)

303 Thanks, Mr. Aspirin Factory,
Hey, you make aspirin?
Aha.
Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 09:57 PM (MZ6RK)

He's unBayerable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 09:59 PM (Y+V8V)

304 Incidentally, the ME found that the guy was killed by the bear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:58 PM (jLXOm)

Don't go into the woods dressed as a pick-a-nick basket.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 10:00 PM (Y+V8V)

305 Javems, did that go for protesters blocking the road?
Cuz I could get into that policy.

Posted by: RI Red at July 21, 2023 10:01 PM (MZ6RK)

306 The Horde will argue over absolutely anything.

Who is arguing? We are having a friendly discussion, among friends, being friendly.

And I'm out.

Peace

Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 10:01 PM (o+IHV)

307 302 I drove, a big truck, for a company who's written policy was that, if you could not stop in time for anything in the road, do not try to dodge it. Just run it over. I violated that policy a couple of times but got lucky.
Posted by: Javems at July 21, 2023 09:59 PM (M8daW)

Depending on the cargo, that's a good policy.

I had to evacuate my house earlier this year because a tanker of gasoline flipped over and made a literal river of fuel down my street, all because the driver swerved to avoid something. You can still smell it on a rainy day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 10:01 PM (9UlRk)

308 Incidentally, the ME found that the guy was killed by the bear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:58 PM (jLXOm)

Bears gotta eat too.

( sorry nurse just can’t help it)

Posted by: polynikes at July 21, 2023 10:02 PM (MNhXM)

309 Who is arguing? We are having a friendly discussion, among friends, being friendly.

And I'm out.

Peace
Posted by: AK at work at July 21, 2023 10:01 PM (o+IHV)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 10:02 PM (Y+V8V)

310 ONT is up!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2023 10:03 PM (Y+V8V)

311 >> I violated that policy a couple of times but got lucky.

I've violated many company policies. One in particular cost me more than I care to think about.

I'd do it again every single time. Company policies are not my moral code.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2023 10:04 PM (ZLI7S)

312 308 Incidentally, the ME found that the guy was killed by the bear.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2023 09:58 PM (jLXOm)

Bears gotta eat too.

( sorry nurse just can’t help it)
Posted by: polynikes

Well. Bears do gotta eat too. And if you are backpacking alone in their territory, you are NOT at the top of the food chain. That's the risk you take. Not the bear's fault.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 10:05 PM (U2p+3)

313 Depending on the cargo, that's a good policy.

I had to evacuate my house earlier this year because a tanker of gasoline flipped over and made a literal river of fuel down my street, all because the driver swerved to avoid something. You can still smell it on a rainy day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 21, 2023 10:01 PM (9UlRk)

That was the reason for the policy. Someone once tried to dodge a coyote and ended up killing some people. Judgement call in the end.

Posted by: Javems at July 21, 2023 10:06 PM (M8daW)

314 {233} I would have not fired the guy. ...

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 09:33 PM (dV80I)

I ... might have. The company showed video from the surveillance camera of the truck that calls into question a lot of the guy's statements. Further, they stated that this wasn't the only incident they've had with him, and this was apparently "the final straw."

Now that they've put statements out there responding to the claim that the firing of this guy was wrong to do, if they've failed to be truthful in a way that hurts his reputation, he could sue them for both defamation of character as well as wrongful termination. If they've told the truth, then this guy may have great difficulty getting hired on by another company as he'll be considered to be "someone who makes poor, emotion-based decisions and doesn't follow policies", ie: A loose cannon and a bad risk.

Lastly, they had a wildlife policy, every employee is trained on this, and he flat out violated it with this incident. They seem to be on pretty solid ground for the employment termination.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2023 10:07 PM (nRMeC)

315 {311} I've violated many company policies. One in particular cost me more than I care to think about.

I'd do it again every single time. Company policies are not my moral code.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2023 10:04 PM (ZLI7S)

Then you've thought about, and accepted the potential consequences of your choices. This is the way.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 21, 2023 10:09 PM (nRMeC)

316 Well. Bears do gotta eat too. And if you are backpacking alone in their territory, you are NOT at the top of the food chain. That's the risk you take. Not the bear's fault.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2023 10:05 PM (U2p+3)

And if the bear doesn't get the jump on me, I carry things that absolutely make me the top of the food chain. That's the risk the bear takes. Not my fault.

John Moses Browning, and enough spare mags, makes every territory my territory, by definition. God made man. Samuel Colt made man equal. John Moses Browning made those with good taste, good sense, and good training better.

Posted by: Rothbardian Objectivist at July 21, 2023 10:14 PM (Nu4g4)

317 317th
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