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Amalfi Coast, @soniamede

Okay, belugas are pretty much telling us they have human-level IQs now.

Dad builds little rollercoaster in back yard. My dad did that, except it wasn't a rollercoaster, it was a cage he kept me in, where he fed me chickenbones and paint chips. Wanna know what I got for Christmas then? It was a banner year in the Ace household, I got a carton of cigarettes. Smoke 'em up, Acey! And then get back in your cage and eat your chickenbones.

The leftwing propaganda media keeps telling me that Biden is "healthy for his age." No, he's unhealthy for his age. He's dying. This is healthy for one's age. I don't see Biden doing this. I see him falling up stairs and tripping over cables and shaking hands with ghosts.

That's kind of a sign that you're getting close to death -- when you start shaking hands with ghosts. That's what they call "a tip-off."

It's like the end of Platoon. Well not the end. When Wiliam Dafoe dies.

Gas grass or ass, no rides for free. Except for this guy.

I can't believe I'm watching this women's volleyball clip and I'm not even looking at the boobies.

Asbestos underwear.

Cheers, baby!

Scary!

Little cowboy in training.

I have the conch!

All goofed up on gigglejuice.

You can only achieve excellence if you sufficiently punish failure.

Mother duck tries convincing her very-skeptical ducklings to follow her.

I could start watching sports again if they added CGI effects.

Finger ninjas.

Dogs want to help.

Dad protecting his baby from a fall.

Pretty girl dancing on a skateboard.

Let's slide down the hill and we can f*** all the cows..!

Seal noses are dope.

Dude living his best life 😂

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2023 07:25 PM (ncXxy)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 07:27 PM (xhxe8)

3
hi

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2023 07:27 PM (lCaJd)

4 Photo same composition as my Walking the Beach in Puerto Vallarta painting.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 07:28 PM (BsBkM)

5 Dancing skateboard girl seems nice.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 28, 2023 07:29 PM (Bd6X8)

6
Dad builds little rollercoaster in back yard. My dad did that, except it wasn't a rollercoaster, it was a cage he kept me in, where he fed me chickenbones and paint chips. Wanna know what I got for Christmas then? It was a banner year in the Ace household, I got a carton of cigarettes. Smoke 'em up, Acey! And then get back in your cage and eat your chickenbones.

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lol

Kaboom for breakfast though, right?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 28, 2023 07:29 PM (lCaJd)

7 I can't believe I'm watching this women's volleyball clip and I'm not even looking at the boobies.

It’s fantastic volleyball but that’s still a fairly gay statement.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 28, 2023 07:30 PM (fcDpY)

8 Not quite a self-stomp but pretty close!

Posted by: Fast and Furryous at July 28, 2023 07:30 PM (e8n94)

9 OK that greatest moment in cinema history is a friggin classic!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 28, 2023 07:30 PM (ncXxy)

10 The Amalfi Coast is so gorgeous. It's been a while since I visited, but the top photo is very accurate. My advice, hire a driver, do not drive yourself. There are curves where you may need to put vaseline on the sides of the vehicle to pass one another.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 28, 2023 07:31 PM (MeG8a)

11 >>>Wanna know what I got for Christmas then? It was a banner year in the Ace household, I got a carton of cigarettes. Smoke 'em up, Acey! And then get back in your cage and eat your chickenbones.

And a plastic bag full of Kaboom cereal if you were good, right?

Posted by: Dr. T at July 28, 2023 07:31 PM (jGGMD)

12 Those ladies are some determined volleyball players.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:32 PM (guGkK)

13 The plan went on too long

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 28, 2023 07:32 PM (Eeb9P)

14 The Amalfi Coast ! Did you know that Amalfi (for which the Amalfi coast is named) was once an independent Republic ?

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:32 PM (V13WU)

15 That planner might have covered 4 townships and 2 Counties

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (xhxe8)

16 Watched the volleyball bit. Who thought it was good idea to name a women's team the "Cougars"? Bit of predictive programming in those ladies lives?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (Bd6X8)

17 Joey Bidet is obviously following the Ruth Vader-Meinhoff Ginsburg workout routine.

Look how well it worked for her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (APfLV)

18 The Amalfi Coast ! Did you know that Amalfi (for which the Amalfi coast is named) was once an independent Republic ?
Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:32 PM (V13WU)

To be fair, everywhere in Italy was once an independent republic.

Posted by: Dr. T at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (jGGMD)

19 Hiring a driver ! what a totally touristy thing to do !

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (V13WU)

20 Query: What is the crush depth of an average seal?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (guGkK)

21 To be fair, everywhere in Italy was once an independent republic.

==

it worked !

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:34 PM (V13WU)

22 To be fair, everywhere in Italy was once an independent republic.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (jGGMD)

Naples was a kingdom, operated by Normans.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:35 PM (guGkK)

23 Query: What is the crush depth of an average seal?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (guGkK)

Is it a European or an African seal?

Posted by: Dr. T at July 28, 2023 07:35 PM (jGGMD)

24 And can I go to live on that island with the horses?

Not a single Sarah Jessica Parker or Jean Francois Cary among them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2023 07:35 PM (APfLV)

25 Joey Bidet is obviously following the Ruth Vader-Meinhoff Ginsburg workout routine.

Look how well it worked for her.

She hasn't gained any weight in quite a while now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 28, 2023 07:35 PM (Bd6X8)

26 'Modern' Italy was not invented until the 1800s.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2023 07:36 PM (APfLV)

27 If you zoom into the pic of the Amalfi Coast you might see some topless gals. Nah. jut kidding. I looked. Might see some old fat guys in speedos, if that does anything for you.

Posted by: Javems at July 28, 2023 07:36 PM (AmoqO)

28 'Modern' Italy was not invented until the 1800s.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2023 07:36 PM (APfLV)

Pfft. Piker

Posted by: Modern Germany at July 28, 2023 07:37 PM (guGkK)

29 My dad did that, except it wasn't a rollercoaster, it was a cage he kept me in, where he fed me chickenbones and paint chips. Wanna know what I got for Christmas then? It was a banner year in the Ace household, I got a carton of cigarettes. Smoke 'em up, Acey! And then get back in your cage and eat your chickenbones.

You got fed? Luxury. When I started crying in my cage because I was so hungry my parents rubbed broken glass in my eyes to destroy my tear ducts.

Posted by: Oh but we 'ad it rough at July 28, 2023 07:37 PM (e8n94)

30 Chickenbones!!??

Nice.

I usually got a teaspoon of stock in a glass of water. And I had to provide the glass.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)

31 In the days of ..old, Romans =/= Italians. Then we have mysterious Etruscans whose cemeteries were used to burry devil children. I saw it a movie.

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:38 PM (V13WU)

32 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 07:39 PM (qoGsy)

33 Chickenbones!!??

Nice.

I usually got a teaspoon of stock in a glass of water. And I had to provide the glass.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)

One percenters!

It was packing peanuts at my house. Mom always told us they were snow-flavored corn chips.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:40 PM (guGkK)

34 Oh, so much blue. That's beautiful!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 07:40 PM (OX9vb)

35 Hiya

Posted by: JT at July 28, 2023 07:41 PM (T4tVD)

36 FUN FACT: The Etruscans spoke an unknown language that was not descended from Proto-Indo-European.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:41 PM (guGkK)

37 Little kid needed to serpentine.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 07:41 PM (BsBkM)

38 Chickenbones!!??

Nice.

I usually got a teaspoon of stock in a glass of water. And I had to provide the glass.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 07:37 PM (e4fEA)

One percenters!

It was packing peanuts at my house. Mom always told us they were snow-flavored corn chips.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:40 PM (guGkK)

OMG ! Mom , dad , tableware ! What luxury. I was raised by wolves.

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:43 PM (V13WU)

39 Cigarettes? Luxury. I had Ash soup for dinner and second hand smoke for dessert .

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 07:44 PM (BsBkM)

40 We took a boat from Sorrento to Positano and Amalfi. It was a slow boat. Many people got sea sick. Always get by a window. Still safer than driving.

Posted by: Javems at July 28, 2023 07:44 PM (AmoqO)

41 FUN FACT: The Etruscans spoke an unknown language that was not descended from Proto-Indo-European.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:41 PM (guGkK)

How YOU doin'?

Posted by: Basques at July 28, 2023 07:45 PM (jGGMD)

42 We took a boat from Sorrento to Positano and Amalfi. It was a slow boat. Many people got sea sick. Always get by a window. Still safer than driving.
Posted by: Javems at July 28, 2023 07:44 PM (AmoqO)

In Italy, crossing an aqueduct on a pogo stick is safer than driving.

Posted by: Dr. T at July 28, 2023 07:46 PM (jGGMD)

43 20 Query: What is the crush depth of an average seal?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 28, 2023 07:33 PM (guGkK)

A lot less than that of killer whales, hahahaha

Posted by: Mr. Orca at July 28, 2023 07:47 PM (AMIL/)

44 All goofed up on gigglejuice.

Those two little lads laughing cracked me up.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 28, 2023 07:47 PM (Xrfse)

45 5 Dancing skateboard girl seems nice.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 28, 2023 07:29 PM (Bd6X

After the last thread, it's such a relief to see a girl who knows the beauty of being a girl.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 07:47 PM (OX9vb)

46 * checks *

No bats. Sad.

* sniffs *

No mephitic Spheniscidae. Good. Although the Febreeze treatment didn't catch most of the smell from last night.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2023 07:48 PM (a3Q+t)

47 Love the picture up top! It would make a great jigsaw puzzle!

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 28, 2023 07:48 PM (rbKZ6)

48 Amazing how a very sophisticated civilization just disappeared.

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:48 PM (V13WU)

49 At one point... whatever that joint was up in Ohio had claim to the 'best' rollercoasters. Cedar Point?

Been there. Done that. Have the receipts. Blah, blah, blah...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 28, 2023 07:49 PM (Q4IgG)

50 Top-Notch Planning!

Posted by: davidt at July 28, 2023 07:49 PM (SYTee)

51 Taking a boat from Sorento to Positano is such a touristy thing to do !

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:49 PM (V13WU)

52 Gigglejuice kids from Ireland if I had to guess.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 07:50 PM (BsBkM)

53 Ace posts this reminiscence:

"My dad did that, except it wasn't a rollercoaster, it was a cage he kept me in, where he fed me chickenbones and paint chips."

And then doesn't post a link to Excitable Boy, by Warren Zevon:

https://youtu.be/fZokPAuhD6k

It's like I don't even know him any more.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2023 07:51 PM (O0UOO)

54 I got my start about the same way as the little kid on the little tractor! We didn't have EVs back then so I had to use a marmot to pull my cart.

Posted by: Zombie Noah at July 28, 2023 07:53 PM (AMIL/)

55 That roller coaster didn't seem very good.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 07:53 PM (BsBkM)

56 This is healthy for one's age.

***

Check out those snazzy dancing shoes

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 28, 2023 07:54 PM (vHIgi)

57 Dancing skateboard girl seems nice.
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After the last thread, it's such a relief to see a girl who knows the beauty of being a girl.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

--

The most powerful creatures on the planet, with the ability to make men do crazy, stupid, wonderful, amazing things for a little bit of attention.

And there are adults who actively teach girls to reject that power.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 28, 2023 07:55 PM (yK9py)

58 >>>I can't believe I'm watching this women's volleyball clip and I'm not even looking at the boobies.

Now try it with beach volleyball.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 28, 2023 07:56 PM (klJTj)

59 Rolex girl has got nice moves

Seen a guy today on a electric machine that only had 1 air tire like a wheelbarrow would and barely enough room for a foot in front and back.

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 07:56 PM (xhxe8)

60 Roller girl stupid autocucumber

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 07:57 PM (xhxe8)

61 "healthy for his age."?
Mick Jagger's birthday was today...he turned 80years old.

Posted by: birddog at July 28, 2023 07:57 PM (xyRN4)

62 Skateboard lady looks like she's doing a very casual form of freestyle skating while carving. I like the camera angle to give it the style it has.

I'd forgotten about it but I remember watching Rodney Mullen and some others doing it back in the 90s and I'm glad it's still around. Here's a pro doing it. Those guys are amazing, especially when he gets two skateboards out to use simultaneously:

https://youtu.be/8Y-q_WHub7I?t=159

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 28, 2023 07:58 PM (yK9py)

63 Moron Robbie and Dash, she certainly pretty and talented. Some conservative young man better buy her a ring.

Posted by: Eromero at July 28, 2023 07:59 PM (Uv0D2)

64 I have never had that kind of coordination. Not even for one skateboard.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 07:59 PM (OX9vb)

65 Scrolling down on of the links, I found this

https://twtr.in/3TAs

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 28, 2023 08:01 PM (aD39U)

66 Joe Biden says he wishes the best for all of his grandchildren, including Navy. So there. He acknowledges her. Now shut up cons.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 28, 2023 08:02 PM (BpwpF)

67 Scrolling down on of the links, I found this

https://twtr.in/3TAs

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Ha. I like that lithe, beautiful, graceful skateboard lady is on the thread above guys being guys.

We're different in such great ways. Almost like there's a reason we were made that way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 28, 2023 08:03 PM (yK9py)

68

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 28, 2023 08:03 PM (63Dwl)

69 The video Cowboy in Training, when 3 or 4 yo I had one of those horses

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:04 PM (xhxe8)

70 18 The Amalfi Coast ! Did you know that Amalfi (for which the Amalfi coast is named) was once an independent Republic ?
Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 07:32 PM (V13WU)

To be fair, everywhere in Italy was once an independent republic.
Posted by: Dr. T

There are still a few left. Well, one anyway. I believe San Marino is one.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2023 08:05 PM (KY22T)

71 Very athletic automatically adds 1.5 to my chick hotness 10 point scale. Loves to cook automatically adds 1.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:06 PM (BsBkM)

72 Little boy on his toy tractor is too cute

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:07 PM (xhxe8)

73 I can't believe I'm watching this women's volleyball clip and I'm not even looking at the boobies.

The only thing that would have made it better was if the final shot was delivered by the gal that took a header over the table 20 seconds earlier.

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2023 08:07 PM (DgGvY)

74 The Decline & Fall of Western Civilization...
'Multiple explosive devices' used in bombing at encampment outside Seattle hospital
https://tinyurl.com/2b5h9kak
youtube.com/watch?v=wUwVtRxv2_o

An explosion at a homeless encampment outside Harborview Medical Center in Seattle was the result of "multiple explosive devices" being detonated, possibly in connection to an ongoing battle for control of the drug trade among the homeless, according to a newly-released police report.
The explosion happened Friday morning, July 21, at the encampment that sits between I-5 and the hospital in downtown Seattle.
In a police report obtained by KOMO News, witnesses to the explosion said it was a targeted attack on a fentanyl tent where 20 "customers" were inside using drugs.

Posted by: BeautifulHillaryClinton at July 28, 2023 08:07 PM (MFZ8i)

75 >>>Pretty girl dancing on a skateboard.

Looks like CGI.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (klJTj)

76
Today is Her Majesty's 70th birthday, which she's celebrated by driving off with Delilah to Longview for shows this weekend. We'll do something nice next week when she returns.

No gentleman discusses his wife's physical attributes but HM still looks as stunning as when I married her. I'm a very lucky guy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (MoZTd)

77 A priest, a minister, and a rabbit walk into a blood bank.

The rabbit says to the nurse "I think I'm a Type-O."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

78 And another 1.5 for liking my humor and having her own sense of humor,

It's possible to turn a 6 into a 10.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (BsBkM)

79 49 At one point... whatever that joint was up in Ohio had claim to the 'best' rollercoasters. Cedar Point?

Been there. Done that. Have the receipts. Blah, blah, blah...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

It did have an impressive set of roller coasters. Haven't been there in decades though, so I have no idea now.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2023 08:09 PM (KY22T)

80 A priest, a minister, and a rabbit walk into a blood bank.

The rabbit says to the nurse "I think I'm a Type-O."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

One of my favorites.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:10 PM (BsBkM)

81 Rollercoaster is genius, but has to be breaking a dozen township and state codes

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:11 PM (xhxe8)

82 Re: Back yard roller coaster: We had Jarts.

Posted by: boo radley at July 28, 2023 08:13 PM (VlZwl)

83 Boy on tractor looked like a scene from the movie Babe. Was waiting for the goose to talk.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:14 PM (BsBkM)

84 Amazing how a very sophisticated civilization just disappeared.
Posted by: runner

Have they checked for trannies?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 28, 2023 08:15 PM (Bem3c)

85 >76
Today is Her Majesty's 70th birthday, which she's celebrated by driving off with Delilah to Longview for shows this weekend. We'll do something nice next week when she returns.

No gentleman discusses his wife's physical attributes but HM still looks as stunning as when I married her. I'm a very lucky guy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2023 08:08 PM (MoZTd)

Na zdrowie!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 28, 2023 08:18 PM (Lh5tm)

86 Watched the volleyball bit. Who thought it was good idea to name a women's team the "Cougars"? Bit of predictive programming in those ladies lives?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Could be worse.

Posted by: USC women's volleyball at July 28, 2023 08:18 PM (DgGvY)

87 As kids we built our own roller coaster that only lasted one weekend. I lived next to a milk company that had those metal rollers to load crates of milk into the trucks. One weekend we jumped the fence and formed those rollers into a semi roller coaster ( they only had a few curved rollers.) our 'cars' were the empty milk crates. IIRC no broken bones but a lot of skinned up kids.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:20 PM (BsBkM)

88 The rabbit says to the nurse "I think I'm a Type-O."
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The Classics never go out of style.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 08:20 PM (qoGsy)

89 66 Joe Biden says he wishes the best for all of his grandchildren, including Navy. So there. He acknowledges her. Now shut up cons.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 28, 2023 08:02 PM (BpwpF)

100 quatloos Grandpop Joe never again mentions her

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 08:21 PM (AMIL/)

90 Then: hobo with a shotgun.

Now: hobo with an IED.

Posted by: PabloD at July 28, 2023 08:21 PM (LPZjq)

91 >86 Watched the volleyball bit. Who thought it was good idea to name a women's team the "Cougars"? Bit of predictive programming in those ladies lives?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Could be worse.

Posted by: USC women's volleyball at July 28, 2023 08:18 PM (DgGvY)

You have no idea...

Posted by: Beaver College at July 28, 2023 08:21 PM (Lh5tm)

92 OK better call it
Spa F-1 shootout race is at 6am
Hope everyone is cooler than I am, have a great evening

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:21 PM (xhxe8)

93 Amazing how a very sophisticated civilization just disappeared.

Where was the last place you remember having it?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 28, 2023 08:22 PM (aD39U)

94 Could be worse.

Posted by: USC women's volleyball

You have no idea...
Posted by: Beaver College

"I'm a Beaver, you're a Beaver, we are Beavers all!!
So come on (?!!) all you Beavers, let's give the Beaver call!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 08:23 PM (qoGsy)

95 Someone told Joe he needed to have a shout out to the Navy on his recent appointment of the woman Chief of Staff.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:23 PM (BsBkM)

96 One weekend we jumped the fence and formed those rollers into a semi roller coaster ( they only had a few curved rollers.) our 'cars' were the empty milk crates. IIRC no broken bones but a lot of skinned up kids.
Posted by: polynikes

--

LUXURY!!! We rolled down a three or four story tad-too-steep hill full of stumps and rocks behind an appliance store in cardboard boxes from refrigerators and other machines they'd put out on the floor.

That's not a joke. We did. Shocking that we weren't badly hurt. Some of the best years of my life.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at July 28, 2023 08:23 PM (yK9py)

97 Have they checked for trannies?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

To check for trannies does one have to check under the hood or put them up on the rack?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 08:24 PM (qoGsy)

98 Watched the volleyball bit. Who thought it was good idea to name a women's team the "Cougars"? Bit of predictive programming in those ladies lives?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

It is the University of Houston women's volleyball team.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 08:24 PM (AMIL/)

99 Woot, it's cooled down to 101.

Posted by: Infidel at July 28, 2023 08:27 PM (0zJ6Q)

100 Today is Her Majesty's 70th birthday
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Hope her 70th year turns out excellent!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 28, 2023 08:29 PM (Bem3c)

101 Winds picking up, T-storm coming

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:29 PM (xhxe8)

102
One Christmas my dad gave me a beautiful ax, which he then used to hack my limbs off to dry them out for firewood. Oh, what a wonderful Christmas that was ! The fire was so warm, and smelled so much like me!

Posted by: ace at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (KRtlO)

103 Re the belugas

I’ve met many humans that don’t have ‘human level IQs’.
I’m sure that I’ve lost some brain cells just from meeting these people

Posted by: PMRich at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (BOTsI)

104 No doubt Villanova woman's volleyball are the Wildcats

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (xhxe8)

105 >101 Winds picking up, T-storm coming

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:29 PM (xhxe

Looks like we'll get grazed in Charlestown Twp. Should pass South.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 28, 2023 08:31 PM (Lh5tm)

106 Have they checked for trannies?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

To check for trannies does one have to check under the hood or put them up on the rack?
Posted by: Tonypete

On the rack of course!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 28, 2023 08:31 PM (Bem3c)

107 101 Winds picking up, T-storm coming
Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:29 PM (xhxe

John has a long mustache.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2023 08:32 PM (G0bXQ)

108 Lol. Of course the women go over and straighten up the knocked over table.

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 28, 2023 08:32 PM (J4LmT)

109 Villanova is a fake Hollywood college, like Faber or Temple.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 28, 2023 08:33 PM (aD39U)

110 OT- Congratulations, Ace, on your shout out from Robert Stacy McCain.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2023 08:33 PM (Keyt1)

111 101 Winds picking up, T-storm coming
Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2023 08:29 PM (xhxe

John has a long mustache.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2023 08:32 PM (G0bXQ)

Colonel Flagg!

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 28, 2023 08:33 PM (J4LmT)

112

Director Oliver Stone said he regrets voting for Joe Biden in the 2020 election, warning that the president is dragging the country into a potential World War III with Russia.

“I voted for him — I made a mistake!” Stone said in a new interview with actor Russell Brand.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2023 08:33 PM (63Dwl)

113 Claws on the fat captive marmot: to trim, or not to trim.

"he fed me chickenbones and paint chips"
Valspar Latex Sea Foam Green FTW.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 08:34 PM (MvF+J)

114 “I voted for him — I made a mistake!” Stone said in a new interview with actor Russell Brand.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2023 08:33 PM (63Dwl)

Fuck this guy in particular. You knew Biden was a piece of shit before you voted.

You just hated Trump more than you wanted good things for your country.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2023 08:35 PM (G0bXQ)

115 The fire was so warm, and smelled so much like me!
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (KRtlO)

This is horrible, and I am a horrible person for laughing.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 08:35 PM (OX9vb)

116 That volleyball video reminded me of legendary UNC volleyballer Scott Sterling:

https://youtu.be/oY2nVQNlUB8

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2023 08:36 PM (O0UOO)

117 he fire was so warm, and smelled so much like me!
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (KRtlO)

This is horrible, and I am a horrible person for laughing.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 08:35 PM (OX9vb)

seconded !

Posted by: runner at July 28, 2023 08:36 PM (V13WU)

118 Geeze, that's rough ace. At least Carl got some mustard.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2023 08:37 PM (V5kKW)

119 To check for trannies does one have to check under the hood or put them up on the rack?
Posted by: Tonypete

On the rack of course!

But then they're taller when you're done!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 28, 2023 08:38 PM (Bd6X8)

120 Just got a gift. Friends of mine got a two fer on those mini swamp coolers they have been advertising on TV and gave me one. Thing works OK considering the humidity around here. Would be great out west in the desert. You can appreciate a bit of cooling. I figure just keep it around in case of a power outage during the hot weather, and I can always charge it up off the car power outlet or USB.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 08:39 PM (0EOe9)

121 he fire was so warm, and smelled so much like me!
Posted by: ace at July 28, 2023 08:30 PM (KRtlO)

Could have been worse. He could have cut your nose off.

Posted by: polynikes at July 28, 2023 08:39 PM (BsBkM)

122 121 So cruel!

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 08:40 PM (MvF+J)

123 I'm sure if that dancing guy got enough attention the Biden committee would send a NIH agent to load him up with Remdesivir.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 28, 2023 08:41 PM (dQfJF)

124 Use Ace chips in your smoker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2023 08:42 PM (63Dwl)

125 Sherwin-Williams OK, if you've got rooster sauce.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 08:44 PM (MvF+J)

126 Evening.

Back home. Yay!

Mom is back in the hospital. Boo!

Some of the nurses around here have nice booties.

Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2023 08:46 PM (bv/x8)

127 Lol. Of course the women go over and straighten up the knocked over table.
Posted by: Thesokorus

They're planning ahead for the next diving save! Would you rather bellyflop on the flat surface of a table, or the edge of it?

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2023 08:47 PM (DgGvY)

128 Tanara sez: "Ace so creative!"

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 08:47 PM (MvF+J)

129 Paint chips are just the thing to jazz up some chicken bone soup.

Posted by: davidt at July 28, 2023 08:48 PM (SYTee)

130 Barometric pressure has been over 30 inches for a couple days and the pain in the hip and knees has decreased dramatically. Left knee has started to throb and I check the barometer. Sure enough, below thirty. I have achieved crazy old coot, sitting on the porch, saying "there's a storm a comin''.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 08:49 PM (0EOe9)

131 130 Barometric pressure has been over 30 inches for a couple days and the pain in the hip and knees has decreased dramatically. Left knee has started to throb and I check the barometer. Sure enough, below thirty. I have achieved crazy old coot, sitting on the porch, saying "there's a storm a comin''.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 08:49 PM (0EOe9

Me, I just check the radar app on my phone.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 28, 2023 08:50 PM (G0bXQ)

132 Some of the nurses around here have nice booties.

Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2023 08:46 PM (bv/x

Scrub pants can be oddly flattering!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 28, 2023 08:51 PM (PHmov)

133 130:I have achieved crazy old coot, sitting on the porch, saying "there's a storm a comin''.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Yep.

(Smokes pipe. Gazes upward, thoughtfully)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (KY22T)

134 131 Back before the facts of aging set in I thought that weather and pain stuff was an old wife's tale.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (0EOe9)

135 "I have achieved crazy old coot, sitting on the porch, saying "there's a storm a comin''."

I know what you mean. I receive CONELRAD in my 1960s tooth fillings.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (MvF+J)

136

Bottom line up front BLUF:

Final decision not take backs, would you rather, assuming full access to the internet and all the modern benefits of technology, go forward with a spouse, or a pet?

Posted by: Fly Guy at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (y4v1a)

137 Those fucking Rube Goldberg vidyas piss me off.

I get up for work thinking, socks first, then shoes.

And pants. Pants should be there somewhere.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lifelong Metal-head at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (T/Lqj)

138 Except I'm at work, in a basement. Looked at weather radar. Rainy, hot, & humid, here in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 28, 2023 08:53 PM (KY22T)

139 Do the furries want to meet Dr Moreau?

Posted by: Eeyore at July 28, 2023 08:56 PM (brAQZ)

140 Hiring a driver ! what a totally touristy thing to do !"
Well, in my own defense, I was an actual tourist...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 28, 2023 08:57 PM (MeG8a)

141 135 Lately I've been getting the local Messican Station. Carlos y los Vaqueros mariachi band rocks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 08:57 PM (0EOe9)

142 Back before the facts of aging set in I thought that weather and pain stuff was an old wife's tale.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

My Pop would say - "If you are over 50 and when you get out of bed in the morning and nothing hurts, YOU'RE DEAD!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 08:59 PM (J47y1)

143 Scrub pants can be oddly flattering!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 28, 2023 08:51 PM (PHmov)

They certainly are, my dude. They certainly are.

Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2023 08:59 PM (bv/x8)

144 And pants. Pants should be there somewhere.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lifelong Metal-head at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (T/Lqj)
---
Eh, pants are overrated...unless you are reading the Sunday Morning Book Thread, of course!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2023 09:00 PM (BpYfr)

145 Lately I've been getting the local Messican Station. Carlos y los Vaqueros mariachi band rocks.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Wall of Voodoo - sorry, had to:
https://youtu.be/eyCEexG9xjw

Posted by: Tonypete at July 28, 2023 09:00 PM (J47y1)

146 Pants should be there somewhere.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lifelong Metal-head at July 28, 2023 08:52 PM (T/Lqj)

The signs at the truck stops say "No shirts, no shoes, no service." They don't say anything about pants.

Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2023 09:01 PM (bv/x8)

147 Naples was a kingdom, operated by Normans.
---
Now it's in Florida.
Still a lot of guys named Norman there.

Posted by: DaisyB at July 28, 2023 09:02 PM (AbL8c)

148 Okay, belugas are pretty much telling us they have human-level IQs now.

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"So long and thanks for all the mish! BTW, Douglas Adams was wrong: the 'Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything' isn't 42 -- it's 666. You're welcome ..."

Posted by: ShainS at July 28, 2023 09:03 PM (L57Qg)

149 142 Happened to me a week ago. Walked to the kitchen, no cane. Realized what was going on and said Uh oh, this could be trouble. And then The Hip said, "don't worry Bill, I'm here".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:03 PM (0EOe9)

150 Stupid Ace fooling us in to watch a volleyball clip without boobies.

Posted by: Rbastid at July 28, 2023 09:03 PM (OCKzv)

151 Hate those types of beaches that are packed wall to wall with people.

Posted by: Montec at July 28, 2023 09:04 PM (vfSN7)

152 Bottom line up front BLUF

What does BLUF stand for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2023 09:04 PM (6C7k4)

153 Eh, pants are overrated...unless you are reading the Sunday Morning Book Thread, of course!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2023 09:00 PM (BpYfr)

my Sunday Morning Book Thread pants are woolen, and feature my clan's tartan. I also have fluffy slippers, and am partaking of a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lifelong Metal-head at July 28, 2023 09:04 PM (T/Lqj)

154 The signs at the truck stops say "No shirts, no shoes, no service." They don't say anything about pants.
Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2023 09:01 PM (bv/x

A gas station in my small town has a sign that says exactly that. I laugh every time.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 09:05 PM (OX9vb)

155 My grandfather was healthy almost to the end. He passed just before his 96th birthday from pneumonia. At 88 my two youngest aunts talked him into putting in an oil burning furnace because they thought it was dangerous for him to go out into the woods and cut firewood. For the next six years he continued to head into the woods with his little Stihl saw and his 70's Datsun pickup and cut 2ft in diameter tamarack. He needed wood for his workshop. There were 12 cords of wood in his woodshed when he passed.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at July 28, 2023 09:05 PM (mHvw4)

156 143 After many decades, I'm still a Marine in the way I think. Winter Service A, sweat pants, pocket T, and socks. Summer Service A, scrub pants, pocket T, no socks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:06 PM (0EOe9)

157 Naples was a kingdom, operated by Normans.
---
Now it's in Florida.
Still a lot of guys named Norman there.

Posted by: DaisyB at July 28, 2023 09:02 PM (AbL8c)

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And a lot of Community Presidents driving Cadillacs named Morty.

Posted by: ShainS at July 28, 2023 09:07 PM (L57Qg)

158 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster is scheduled to launch tonight at 11:04 PM ET, from Kennedy Space Center. Should be spectacular if you're in the vicinity, and on video.

SpaceX video feed
https://tinyurl.com/5ymbkppc

Payload:
The Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite, housed inside the rocket’s payload fairing, will be the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched. The 9-metric-ton satellite will expand reach of the HughesNet satellite internet service to nearly 80 percent of the population across the Americas. It features 300 spot beams to target coverage and has 500 Gbps of capacity.

Background article
https://tinyurl.com/4nyjw9wk

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:08 PM (AMIL/)

159 151 Yup.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:08 PM (MvF+J)

160 153 The actor, David Niven, was a true military man. Graduate of Sandhurst, he was commissioned in that Scots regiment where the officers don't wear kilts but trousers with the tartan. He thought it looked stupid and resigned as soon as he could. He went back to Blighty when WW2 broke out and was commissioned and served.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:12 PM (0EOe9)

161 The storms just come out of nowhere here. I do know that it will rain if I leave the car windows open.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2023 09:13 PM (ouTlx)

162 What does BLUF stand for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

"Tell me what you're taking about first thing, then give me the excruciating details after."

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2023 09:13 PM (O0UOO)

163 My grandfather was healthy almost to the end. He passed just before his 96th birthday from pneumonia. At 88 my two youngest aunts talked him into putting in an oil burning furnace because they thought it was dangerous for him to go out into the woods and cut firewood. For the next six years he continued to head into the woods with his little Stihl saw and his 70's Datsun pickup and cut 2ft in diameter tamarack. He needed wood for his workshop. There were 12 cords of wood in his woodshed when he passed.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at July 28, 2023 09:05 PM (mHvw4)

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Awesome & badass. I wonder at what age Ronaldus Magnus (PBUH) had to cease chopping wood and horseback riding (in fact, IIRC, he fell off a horse in '89 and had to have brain surgery two months later -- which some speculate may have contributed to or accelerated his Alzheimer's disease)?

Posted by: ShainS at July 28, 2023 09:13 PM (L57Qg)

164 This is on my "ridin" Playlist. Occasionally makes me think of Robert. This one is for you Robert.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz55jfc

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at July 28, 2023 09:13 PM (mHvw4)

165
Left knee has started to throb and I check the barometer. Sure enough, below thirty. I have achieved crazy old coot, sitting on the porch, saying "there's a storm a comin''.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Me, I just check the radar app on my phone.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

His knee probably doesn't send data to Google.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 28, 2023 09:16 PM (63Dwl)

166 "HughesNet satellite internet service"

Hmmm, available at my QTH for $80/month, price locked for 12mo, 24mo commitment. 25MBPS, no data cap. That's $30 cheaper than my Comcast, and I wouldn't be paying for bundled cable TV I don't watch. But Comcast is very fast and reliable; dunno about Hughes QoS.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:17 PM (MvF+J)

167 Bottom line up front BLUF

What does BLUF stand for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2023 09:04 PM (6C7k4)

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The answer you seek is in the question, young Padawan.

/It means Bottom Line Up Front. @ 162 defines what it means.

Posted by: ShainS at July 28, 2023 09:18 PM (L57Qg)

168 There's a book called Norwegian Wood about woodcutting and Norwegians. He mentions the old guy leaving enough firewood for his widow. It's interesting because we always just stacked the stuff. Had no idea there were so many ways to do that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2023 09:19 PM (ouTlx)

169 I can't believe I'm watching this women's volleyball clip and I'm not even looking at the boobies.

I was sure this was another Scott Sterling video, but eventually it started looking real. Ah, well...

Posted by: t-bird at July 28, 2023 09:19 PM (bt2PN)

170 165 I'ma lazy fuck, and I use Chrome because it's so easy and if they spy on me they'll be bored to death. Now, mentioning the knees, I can go to, say, Breitbart and there's going to be pop ups for knees braces. And toenail fungus remedies just because I was here.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:19 PM (0EOe9)

171 Hughes sucks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2023 09:20 PM (ouTlx)

172 The signs at the truck stops say "No shirts, no shoes, no service." They don't say anything about pants.

Well, how would we provide our service?

Posted by: Paul at July 28, 2023 09:21 PM (6THwK)

173 Awesome & badass. I wonder at what age Ronaldus Magnus (PBUH) had to cease chopping wood and horseback riding (in fact, IIRC, he fell off a horse in '89 and had to have brain surgery two months later -- which some speculate may have contributed to or accelerated his Alzheimer's disease)?
Posted by: ShainS

When we had horses, I used to trade labor for hay with a neighbor. It was a bitch loading the truck with an old guy driving who couldn't hear, couldn't see very well and always drove about 5mph too fast. He was a trail rider. He went for 100 mile trail rides. At 89, his horse shied and rolled down an embankment on top of him. He went out the way he wanted. He had some great stories.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at July 28, 2023 09:21 PM (mHvw4)

174 In Soviet America, weather app checks you!

Posted by: davidt at July 28, 2023 09:22 PM (SYTee)

175 171 Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:26 PM (MvF+J)

176 171 Hughes sucks.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 28, 2023 09:20 PM (ouTlx)

Concur. "Speed" isn't the same with satellite as it is with cable/fiber optics. Lots of lagging, in my experience, even at the highest speed available.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 28, 2023 09:26 PM (OX9vb)

177 GOES IR sat imagery of the storm blowing up here right now:
https://tinyurl.com/283cjsm6

I don't want to spend the whole night in the basement.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:28 PM (MvF+J)

178 160 153 The actor, David Niven, was a true military man. Graduate of Sandhurst, he was commissioned in that Scots regiment where the officers don't wear kilts but trousers with the tartan. He thought it looked stupid and resigned as soon as he could. He went back to Blighty when WW2 broke out and was commissioned and served.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:12 PM (0EOe9)

You may enjoy this 1944 David Niven movie, "The Way Ahead."

https://tinyurl.com/4duu7anf

Niven is a young officer who trains a platoon of drafted men of all backgrounds, ultimately leading them in combat in North Africa.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:29 PM (AMIL/)

179 GOES IR sat imagery of the storm blowing up here right now:

That looks pretty nasty.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 28, 2023 09:30 PM (Xrfse)

180 The actor, David Niven, was a true military man. Graduate of Sandhurst, he was commissioned in that Scots regiment where the officers don't wear kilts but trousers with the tartan. He thought it looked stupid and resigned as soon as he could. He went back to Blighty when WW2 broke out and was commissioned and served.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:12 PM (0EOe9)

And Peter Ustinov was his batman.

I read too that

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 09:30 PM (e4fEA)

181 178 Bookmarked, thanks!

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:31 PM (MvF+J)

182 I am bereft.

For about the last 3 years I've been reading books in the Galaxy's Edge universe created by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole, and today I just finished the 42nd book set in that universe.

Simply military sci-fi at its absolute best, but it isn't just military sci-fi, there's some cool existential stuff, a lot of humor, and some crazy other-worldly things that occur, as well.

Now what am I gonna read?

Wait!! The story was not published chronologically! Rather, many spin-off sub-series were used to fill in the backstory and character arcs after the authors published the first novel, "Legionnaire" in 2018.

So, now I guess I need to go back and re-read the entire universe, this time in chrono order of the events depicted.

I am no longer bereft.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2023 09:31 PM (O0UOO)

183 I'm sorry. If I picked up a chubby marmot and he squeezed out a ten pound shit, I'd have to kill him.

Same sorta situation with spiders; you're welcome in the house but stay in the shadows and try not to be seen or you're going into the vacuum cleaner.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 28, 2023 09:32 PM (KVGVf)

184 Amazing Cafe tonight

Posted by: 496 at July 28, 2023 09:32 PM (5utji)

185 You may enjoy this 1944 David Niven movie, "The Way Ahead."

https://tinyurl.com/4duu7anf

Niven is a young officer who trains a platoon of drafted men of all backgrounds, ultimately leading them in combat in North Africa.
Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:29 PM (AMIL/)

That was written by Private Ustinov.
Interesting dynamic.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 09:33 PM (e4fEA)

186 I am Batman.

Posted by: Peter Ustinov at July 28, 2023 09:34 PM (aD39U)

187 "That looks pretty nasty."

It's a slow-moving storm too. Looks like it will take hours to blow through.

Posted by: Preparing gp For Lazy Loading at July 28, 2023 09:35 PM (MvF+J)

188 180 I knew that about Ustinov (there's a guy who could have just made a living narrating). By coincidence, I was driving home today, had the 60s channel on and they played "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by Whistling Jack Smith, an obscure oldie with bad earworm tendencies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:35 PM (0EOe9)

189 CBD,

Then it shouldn't surprise you to know that some nurses tailor their scrubs for a more flattering fit.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 28, 2023 09:35 PM (JZPG7)

190 "This is healthy for one's age." Link.

Best thing I've seen on the internet this week. Thanks ace.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 28, 2023 09:36 PM (KVGVf)

191 I am Batman.
Posted by: Peter Ustinov at July 28, 2023 09:34 PM (aD39U)

Jolly good Private. Now fetch me my tea, get a good shine on these boots, and write me a great screenplay. Be quick about it now man! Jerries and all...sure to muck things up.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 09:36 PM (e4fEA)

192 188 180 I knew that about Ustinov (there's a guy who could have just made a living narrating). By coincidence, I was driving home today, had the 60s channel on and they played "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by Whistling Jack Smith, an obscure oldie with bad earworm tendencies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:35 PM (0EOe9)

Ha! Ustinov is that Niven movie, "The Way Ahead," playing a North African tavern owner.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:38 PM (AMIL/)

193
For about the last 3 years I've been reading books in the Galaxy's Edge universe created by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole, and today I just finished the 42nd book set in that universe.

Simply military sci-fi at its absolute best, but it isn't just military sci-fi, there's some cool existential stuff, a lot of humor, and some crazy other-worldly things that occur, as well.

Now what am I gonna read?

Wait!! The story was not published chronologically! Rather, many spin-off sub-series were used to fill in the backstory and character arcs after the authors published the first novel, "Legionnaire" in 2018.

So, now I guess I need to go back and re-read the entire universe, this time in chrono order of the events depicted.

I am no longer bereft.
Posted by: Sharkman

I thought I was the only one ate up with that story arch. Masters was my favorite character. Although Chun was my close 2nd.

Posted by: BifBewalski at July 28, 2023 09:40 PM (3CCua)

194 Niven (and Ustinov) wound up in a CI outfit, broadcasting false stuff the Germans could intercept. Sounds pretty calm and collected, but they did it close enough where they could watch and even hear the Krauts responding.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:40 PM (0EOe9)

195 Ha! Ustinov is that Niven movie, "The Way Ahead," playing a North African tavern owner.
Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:38 PM (AMIL/)

Would of loved to have sat down with those guys, plus a few more, and shared experiences. Oh the tales we could tell.
Probably a good movie here...battle hardened modern soldier meets up with an aged WW 2 veteran and they sit under a tree drinking something and exchange stories...each opening up for the first time. And others come and go...korea, vietnam, etc...

Posted by: Diogenes at July 28, 2023 09:43 PM (e4fEA)

196 David Niven was also a true gentleman. When he passed away, the porters at Heathrow erected a large wreath dedicated to "a man who treated even a porter like a king".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:46 PM (0EOe9)

197 Sound of Freedom has maintained its lead over the floundering and dying like a fish Mission Impossible 7: Bro Just Retire Already, to stay locked in third place behind the Queen of Lies and The Soviet Spy Film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 28, 2023 09:47 PM (up/3i)

198 My favorite Ustinov film is "Topkapi." He won the 1964 Oscar for Best Supporting Role for playing Simpson, the bumbling man forced to spy on the crooks by the Turkish police.

Posted by: Gref at July 28, 2023 09:49 PM (AMIL/)

199 For fellow fans of the Galaxy's Edge series, Anspach and Cole's Forgotten Ruin series is really good too.

Posted by: Retief at July 28, 2023 09:51 PM (/R2s3)

200 198 "The Sundowners" Making whoopie with cute as a button Glynis Johns.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 28, 2023 09:52 PM (0EOe9)

201 I thought I was the only one ate up with that story arch. Masters was my favorite character. Although Chun was my close 2nd.

Posted by: BifBewalski

Tyrus Rechs for me. And Fast/Keel/Wraith.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 28, 2023 10:02 PM (O0UOO)

202 Am I reading this right? Nobody commented for 45 minutes?

Posted by: PabloD at July 28, 2023 10:49 PM (mqcHi)

203 Oops, thought I clicked on the ONT.
In the words of Emily Litella, "Never mind..."

Posted by: PabloD at July 28, 2023 10:51 PM (mqcHi)

204 test

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205 Best thing about the volleyball clip? It was right at the end, easy to miss. Two of the players went afterwards to pick the table up.

Of course that is ripe for a sexist joke, so we can all laugh about it, but you have to be impressed by the humility. Professional sportsmen who didn't just leave it for someone to pick up, but went and sorted it for themselves. Classy ladies.

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