Skating Stars of the 70s Cafe

Greenland, by Joe Shutter/GreatExped

Otters may hold hands, but seals give hugs.

Hey remember winter? I hear it's coming back, despite the claims of the Global Warmists.

Crossing guard.

Raccoons have terrible table manners.

These raccoons are meeting after school to rumble. What delinquents!

This is me every Monday.

Classic feline contempt display.

Deer diplomacy.

Dog greets the weekend.

Classic jumping baby goat.

A dog proposal (to take him for a walk).

Lovely rays.

Panda Shaolin training.

Amazing Street Performerspic.twitter.com/b0x0Dme1aF
— Epoch Life (@LifeEpoch) August 1, 2023

Man Builds 'Dog Train' To Take Rescued Pups Out On Little Adventures pic.twitter.com/HBD8OwDaDN
— B&S (@_B___S) August 10, 2023

Dogs are the best.. 💪 pic.twitter.com/GKW9lQJbB3
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 10, 2023

Little personal news: I asked the cobs to take over the blog for Monday and Tuesday. I just wanted a break. They were kind enough to say yes. Joe Mannix officially becomes a coblogger to help out.

I have a few posts in draft including the Cafes and will check in here and there, but I'm mostly leaving this in the capable hands of the cobloggers. Go easy on them!

Posted by: Ace at 07:28 PM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2023 07:28 PM (qPw5n)

2 I called 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2023 07:29 PM (qPw5n)

3 And now we wait.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2023 07:29 PM (qPw5n)

4 That top picture is perfectly framed.

Posted by: huerfano at August 11, 2023 07:31 PM (7zEAH)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2023 07:31 PM (MOY79)

6 Enjoy your time off, boss.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 07:31 PM (JvZF+)

7 Have an excellent time away, ace.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2023 07:31 PM (4I/2K)

8 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:32 PM (T/Lqj)

9 Greenland looks more like Blueland.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2023 07:32 PM (4I/2K)

10 Ace, enjoy the time off.
Come back refreshed.

Did Joe Mannix hold out for the COB Platinum dental plan?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2023 07:34 PM (isNL8)

11 Take care, ace.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan! at August 11, 2023 07:34 PM (JmdRC)

12 Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2023 07:34 PM (4I/2K)

13
Her Majesty is in Racine, WI to judge the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty and at the Cudahy KC show. I have been left in command of Schloss Hadrian. Delilah is being very clingy. She misses her mommy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2023 07:34 PM (MoZTd)

14 Enjoy your down-time, Boss. You've got a great cadre of cobs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:34 PM (T/Lqj)

15 ...Little personal news: I asked the cobs to take over the blog for Monday and Tuesday. I just wanted a break. They were kind enough to say yes. Joe Mannix officially becomes a coblogger to help out...

Shouldn't there be some sort of frocking ceremony or sumpthin'.

Congrats to Mr. Mannix !!!

Posted by: browndog checking his six at August 11, 2023 07:35 PM (CCSxw)

16 A confirm…COB dental plan is a clump of Ewok hairs stuck to a paint stir stick.

Don’t ask about the medical

Posted by: MJ at August 11, 2023 07:36 PM (zwDuR)

17 Evening.

Oh what a stupid day. Just...fucking stupid.

So fucking stupid. I just want to stick my head out the window and shout at the sun like that guy from UHF. "YOU SO STOOPUUUUHHHD!"

Think anyone would notice a truck driver acting weird?

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2023 07:36 PM (YF4cV)

18 "Shouldn't there be some sort of frocking ceremony or sumpthin'. "

If I tack it on good, you won't lose it!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2023 07:36 PM (isNL8)

19 Have a good time, ace.

Posted by: runner at August 11, 2023 07:36 PM (V13WU)

20
Congrats to Mr. Mannix !!!
Posted by: browndog checking his six at August 11, 2023 07:35 PM (CCSxw)

That's Brevet Cob Joe Mannix to you, peon!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2023 07:37 PM (MoZTd)

21 Raccoons are ass hoe. Don't trust raccoon!
They like to shit in prominent places to prove they've been there. Honest.
Deer stand 15 feet up? Raccoon shit.
Your porch?
Raccoon shit.
I kill them every chance I can.

Posted by: MkY at August 11, 2023 07:38 PM (cPGH3)

22 "Think anyone would notice a truck driver acting weird?
Posted by: Robert "

I'm watching Smokey and the Bandit and Jerry Reed just drove over the motorcycles. Jackie Gleason makes this movie.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2023 07:39 PM (vFG9F)

23 Ace, enjoy your break. We'll miss ya. Got any special PLANZZZ? Shelving projects? Hookers & blow?

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 11, 2023 07:39 PM (aBJcM)

24 *Reads the content*

Congratulations to Mannix on the promotion!

Have fun on your time off, Ace. We'll try not to give the nooby a hard time.

Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2023 07:39 PM (YF4cV)

25 Have a nice break Ace.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 11, 2023 07:39 PM (awjlR)

26 Street Performance was very good, helped the female was 1/2 his size. I think she is a adult but not sure

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2023 07:39 PM (MOY79)

27 Think anyone would notice a truck driver acting weird?
Posted by: Robert at August 11, 2023 07:36 PM (YF4cV)

Like the time I saw a truck driver driving westbound on the eastbound side of I-90?

Naw!! You're good!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:40 PM (T/Lqj)

28 Enjoy your long weekend, Ace!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2023 07:40 PM (OX9vb)

29 and so it begins …

Posted by: That guy at August 11, 2023 07:40 PM (9X60i)

30 Mannix? so we get perky bosoms and content?
Or just the perky bosoms?
I'm not picky, I'm just axin...

Posted by: MkY at August 11, 2023 07:40 PM (cPGH3)

31 That's Brevet Cob Joe Mannix to you, peon!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2023 07:37 PM (MoZTd)

Sir, yes sir...

Excellent use of Brevet too

***salutes***

Posted by: browndog checking his six at August 11, 2023 07:41 PM (CCSxw)

32 The guy in clown pants may be the greatest twirler the world has ever seen. If he'd set the girl on fire, we'd know for sure.

Posted by: huerfano at August 11, 2023 07:41 PM (7zEAH)

33 Contempt has been purrfected by cats.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 11, 2023 07:41 PM (3CCua)

34 Contempt has been purrfected by cats.
Posted by: BifBewalski

Yeah... every morning.. I want out.
That's the wrong door!
It's raining out that door, let's try this one...

Posted by: MkY at August 11, 2023 07:43 PM (cPGH3)

35 The street performers were in some Asian country which I found strange. I was trying to determine if that was a woman or a young girl, maybe his daughter.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:43 PM (RUOzb)

36 Raccoons are ass hoe. Don't trust raccoon!
They like to shit in prominent places to prove they've been there. Honest.

Had this house that was very ill designed such where the main entrance was at a point where several roof line slopes converged. I think the architect was evil. The result was in a good TX rain storm, all of the rain that hit the front half of the house would funnel to the main entrance and opening the door resulted in a deluge waterfall.

Why do I bring this up? Because the neighborhood racoons would get on the roof and strategically use the two main roof creases as their latrine giving the hapless person at the doorway a shit shower.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 11, 2023 07:44 PM (p8A+W)

37 Dogs would prefer chasing a USPS delivery truck, but settle for dog train.

Posted by: 13times at August 11, 2023 07:44 PM (2bWp9)

38 Enjoy your time off, ace!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 11, 2023 07:44 PM (MeG8a)

39 China powering up mini reactors

of course, after they have sold us a shitload of ugly ass solar panels

4 or 5 of these little guys could power all of MA

and run 24/7. no sun needed

we stupid

Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 07:45 PM (us2H3)

40 Contempt has been purrfected by cats.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 11, 2023 07:41 PM (3CCua)

Scout has that look: Why the fuck are you sitting there? I need food. NAOW!!

Makes me feel like The Help in some kind of Jane Austin novel.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:45 PM (T/Lqj)

41 Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Looks cold there. 70s me would have warmed her right up.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 11, 2023 07:45 PM (3CCua)

42 Ch-IEF!!!

Posted by: Miss Hathaway at August 11, 2023 07:45 PM (v9YuC)

43 stay out of the champagne room, ace

Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 07:46 PM (us2H3)

44 Holy cats, Grizzly Adams was skatin' with the stars.

Posted by: huerfano at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (7zEAH)

45 Skating star- Dorothy Hamill.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (1HOPv)

46 You're right about Gleason - he always ends up being a dominant character anytime he's on screen, no matter what the part was. He should have been in more films than he was, but I've read that most directors were intimidated by him and were scared to have him around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (q3gwH)

47 Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Dana Plato looking alive.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (KAi1n)

48 I'm still laughing at the black guy trying to ice skate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (RUOzb)

49 I have to say that, my friends, is a spinner !!

Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (us2H3)

50 The skate off seemed to have mostly C & D grade actors. I bet a lot of agents got chewed out for booking them for the event.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 11, 2023 07:48 PM (awjlR)

51 You're right about Gleason - he always ends up being a dominant character anytime he's on screen, no matter what the part was. He should have been in more films than he was, but I've read that most directors were intimidated by him and were scared to have him around.---__

He played it just right in The Hustler.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:48 PM (RUOzb)

52 So that's Cindy with one eye?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2023 07:48 PM (q3gwH)

53 I'm bringing this over because it was such an outstanding comment:

Anybody know of a good plant based beer?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ZLyax)

54 I'm still laughing at the black guy trying to ice skate.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (RUOzb)

Mike Grier laughs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:49 PM (T/Lqj)

55 Fantastic picture! Reminds me of the carrier scene in the Final Countdown. But better--it's real

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 11, 2023 07:49 PM (FS4nZ)

56 So that's Cindy with one eye?
Posted by: Tom Servo

- Hope Solo has entered the chat

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 11, 2023 07:50 PM (3CCua)

57 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:32 PM (T/Lqj)

By Men at Work ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:51 PM (RUOzb)

58 when I was a youngster, I actually went coon hunting a few times with the hillbillys

blueticks, moonshine and a definite lack of teeth

Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 07:51 PM (us2H3)

59 Just saw this meme on TheChive -

2016 - Trump A New Hope

2020 - Biden The Empire Strikes Back

2024 - Trump Return of the Jedi

*disclaimer - I am easily amused.*

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2023 07:52 PM (4I/2K)

60 " I'm bringing this over because it was such an outstanding comment:
"

Thank you for the compliment.

But I will sometimes ask that in the trendier areas around Baltimore.

Same with wine.

And the yuppies get flummoxed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 11, 2023 07:52 PM (isNL8)

61 Hot chicks in high heals on ice is TIGHT!

Posted by: Montec at August 11, 2023 07:53 PM (J08XQ)

62 You're right about Gleason - he always ends up being a dominant character anytime he's on screen, no matter what the part was. He should have been in more films than he was, but I've read that most directors were intimidated by him and were scared to have him around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (q3

Jackie Gleason crashing a Burt Reynolds party as Sheriff Justice

https://tinyurl.com/4zmabv6a

Posted by: Beartooth at August 11, 2023 07:53 PM (awjlR)

63 when I was a youngster, I actually went coon hunting a few times with the hillbillys

blueticks, moonshine and a definite lack of teeth
Posted by: REDACTED

Tuesday evening at Bif's home. Of course, I was sneaking out of the house to do it.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 11, 2023 07:53 PM (3CCua)

64 Mike Grier laughs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I saw him play for Boston University when i went to law school there. Nobody talked smack to Grier.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 11, 2023 07:54 PM (KAi1n)

65 Thanks for all you do, Ace.
Enjoy your Couple Days Off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuqZk6tOkWg

Posted by: db at August 11, 2023 07:54 PM (wu87C)

66 Return of the Jedi is a good meme for Trump.

Posted by: MJ at August 11, 2023 07:54 PM (zwDuR)

67 We used to do a roller skating exchange with one of the Sororities. It always started off good with a lot of mingling but eventually ended with it devolving into roller derby with the guys.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:56 PM (RUOzb)

68 Had to make a choice between buying an ounce of " Misha" perfume or a 500 lb hydraulic lift platform. I chose the lift. Imagine that!.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2023 07:57 PM (hbuM6)

69 Joe Mannix officially becomes a coblogger to help out.

Really? You're going to give the blog keys to a fuckin' COP?

Posted by: Not even so much as a warrant at August 11, 2023 07:57 PM (upfUC)

70 I say this half only joking.

I like being able to look stuff up on the internets. But I worry. Sometimes I will lose a name that I had literally called up moments before. It is a long-term memory item that I recalled to short-term memory.

The other night I spent a long time trying to remember my sister's married surname. it's Espinosa. But I could not go to sleep until I remembered.

I worry.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:58 PM (T/Lqj)

71 I'm still laughing at the black guy trying to ice skate.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (RUOzb)

Just wait to see him try to swim.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 07:58 PM (1HOPv)

72 Think anyone would notice a truck driver acting weird?

Don't act weird, be weird.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 11, 2023 07:59 PM (Bd6X8)

73 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:32 PM (T/Lqj)

Overkill. https://youtu.be/jrGmcuj44DQ

Posted by: 13times at August 11, 2023 08:00 PM (2bWp9)

74 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Saw them live a few weeks ago. Still killin it.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 11, 2023 08:00 PM (FLpjf)

75 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:32 PM (T/Lqj)

By Men at Work ?
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:51 PM (RUOzb)

No. Band. Not song. I shan't elaborate.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:00 PM (T/Lqj)

76 You're right about Gleason - he always ends up being a dominant character anytime he's on screen, no matter what the part was. He should have been in more films than he was, but I've read that most directors were intimidated by him and were scared to have him around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (q3gwH)

Soldier in the Rain is a offbeat Gleason film with Steve McQueen.
Good soundtrack by Mancini also.

Posted by: Glenn John at August 11, 2023 08:01 PM (RilAR)

77 Never get a cat to play volleyball like the doggie

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 11, 2023 08:01 PM (fNKuh)

78 m still laughing at the black guy trying to ice skate.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (RUOzb)

Just wait to see him try to swim.
Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 07:58 PM (1HOPv)

I was not laughing at the stereotype. I was just identifying the clip. The person filming had me laughing too because she kept say I can't breath
I can't breath.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 08:01 PM (RUOzb)

79 Raccoons made me think of Mushrat Love.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2023 08:01 PM (vlMl3)

80 Enjoy the time off Ace. Put on a robe, dim the lights, relax with a little light reading of Gaylord's greatest hits.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 11, 2023 08:02 PM (FLpjf)

81 Soldier in the Rain is a offbeat Gleason film with Steve McQueen.
Good soundtrack by Mancini also.
Posted by: Glenn John at August 11, 2023 08:01 PM (RilAR)

I liked Gleason in that but though I usually like him, I thought McQueen played his part way too over the top .

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 08:03 PM (RUOzb)

82 Over Kill on my playlist. Don't' tell Berserker.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Saw them live a few weeks ago. Still killin it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 11, 2023 08:00 PM (FLpjf)

Had a chance to see them some years in Colorado. They backed out cuz Bobby had a cold or some shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:04 PM (T/Lqj)

83 By Men at Work ?
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:51 PM (RUOzb)

No. Band. Not song. I shan't elaborate.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:00 PM (T/Lqj)

Oh okay. I just wondered because Overkill by Men at Work is one of my favorite songs.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 08:05 PM (RUOzb)

84 >>I saw him play for Boston University when i went to law school there. Nobody talked smack to Grier.

He played high school hockey at St. Sebastians which is or at least was a hockey power. He was a star even in high school.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2023 08:05 PM (ZLI7S)

85
I worry.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:58 PM (T/Lqj)

/////

Sounds normal. Especially if someone has had many birthdays.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 11, 2023 08:06 PM (tKwkh)

86 The young woman left in charge of billing at work has been known to go into a back room and scream. She's also thrown a glass coffee cup. So, Robert, I doubt anyone would notice a truck driver being weird.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2023 08:06 PM (ouTlx)

87 Sounds normal. Especially if someone has had many birthdays.
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at August 11, 2023 08:06 PM (tKwkh)

But. But. I'm only 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:07 PM (T/Lqj)

88 Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Dana Plato looking alive.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (KAi1n)

Richard Paul as well...

Posted by: Blaine Faulkner at August 11, 2023 08:08 PM (/HDaX)

89 Oops.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2023 08:08 PM (/HDaX)

90 54 I'm still laughing at the black guy trying to ice skate.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 07:47 PM (RUOzb)
***
Mike Grier laughs.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 07:49 PM (T/Lqj)
***
Ni**a pleaz...

Posted by: zombie Willie O'Ree at August 11, 2023 08:09 PM (CCSxw)

91 Emmie, if you're here.

Just heard "That's Rock 'n' Roll." I got the CD from Mr. Bassman some years ago.

Hope y'all are doing well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:10 PM (T/Lqj)

92 A dog proposal

Dogs don't get married. So I took him down. I put him in a headlock.

Posted by: Headlock Girl at August 11, 2023 08:10 PM (aXxgO)

93 Seriously...

comments like "ni**a" get sent to the cornfield if spelled out?!?!

Posted by: browndog pondering modern sensibilities at August 11, 2023 08:11 PM (CCSxw)

94 I saw Mrs Jane Hathaway in there but she didn't get a mention.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2023 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

95 Joe is among the most insightful commenters in these here parts. A more than worthy cob.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 08:12 PM (1HOPv)

96 Just wait to see him try to swim.
Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 07:58 PM (1HOPv)

just wait until he swims and cooks at the same time

he sucks

Posted by: Bammy at August 11, 2023 08:12 PM (us2H3)

97 I saw Mrs Jane Hathaway in there but she didn't get a mention.

yes, they did announce Nancy Kulp

and all those natural ffaces/bodies

individual looks, it was OK back then to look like yourself instead of a thot-clone

Posted by: kallisto at August 11, 2023 08:13 PM (petZR)

98 94 I saw Mrs Jane Hathaway in there but she didn't get a mention.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2023 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

sex maniac

do anything, 2 legs or 4

Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 08:14 PM (us2H3)

99 >>>Hey remember winter?

I don't know if 4" heels are the best choice in footwear for walking on ice.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 11, 2023 08:15 PM (klJTj)

100 Yay, Joe Mannix!

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2023 08:15 PM (vlMl3)

101 Friday night. Seems like just yesterday I would be heading out at this time. Now, just finished cutting my toenails and thinking about hard boiling some eggs. Just thinking about it, don't want to rush into anything.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:16 PM (0EOe9)

102 Joe is among the most insightful commenters in these here parts. A more than worthy cob.
Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 08:12 PM (1HOPv)

I got to chat with him and his brother at one of Westminsterdogshow's Morondezvouzes. He's okay.

*sniffs haughtily*

Srsly. Two very smart guys. You need to listen to them.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:16 PM (T/Lqj)

103 Miss you, Diane

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Missing the Point at August 11, 2023 08:17 PM (T/Lqj)

104 >>>Crossing guard.

I was impressed with how the mama duck started to cross when given the gesture by the helpful lady.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 11, 2023 08:17 PM (klJTj)

105 I look forward to Joe's insights but I'm also expecting at least four links to his girls in his post.

Let it be said, let it be done.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2023 08:17 PM (RUOzb)

106 Help us, Otter 841, you are our only hope!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 11, 2023 08:18 PM (ufFY8)

107 Friday night. Seems like just yesterday I would be heading out at this time. Now, just finished cutting my toenails and thinking about hard boiling some eggs. Just thinking about it, don't want to rush into anything.

Just don't drink beforehand. You might cut some eggs and hard boil your toenails.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2023 08:20 PM (eOEVl)

108 "Man Builds 'Dog Train' To Take Rescued Pups Out On Little Adventures"

You're doing the Iditarod all wrong.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at August 11, 2023 08:20 PM (aXxgO)

109 "yes, they did announce Nancy Kulp"

I guess I missed it. It did look like they were having fun. No doubt coke fueled, but fun nonetheless.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2023 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

110 >>>Deer diplomacy.

I think the deer saw the head dipping as an invitation to lock horns.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 11, 2023 08:21 PM (klJTj)

111 There's no SATB without Gleason. He steals the movie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2023 08:21 PM (TZ75n)

112 Chips roller disco.
Made my otherwise painful day quite a bit lighter.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at August 11, 2023 08:22 PM (BJgzI)

113 Roller skating is cool and fun and where else can you ask a cute girl to skate-and you start out holding hands! It's like first base on a walk!

Roller Disco, though was blessedly a short-lived phenomenon. There was that Linda Blair Roller Boogie film and one with Scott Baio and Maureen McCormick that was a cocaine-fueled disaster.

Posted by: Lost My Bearings at August 11, 2023 08:24 PM (83IzV)

114 111 I remember seeing a show, 60 Minutes I think, about Gleason moving his show from NYC to Miami. Took the whole cast, crew, everybody and rented a train. Not a car, the whole train. The club car was open.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:24 PM (0EOe9)

115 Go easy on them!

Posted by: Ace at 07:28 PM
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You probably shouldn't have said that.

Have a nice mini vacation, Ace! Relax and forget about everything going on, including us. We promise not to burn the place down. Or at least, I do.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:25 PM (pTb/Z)

116 >>>Amazing Street Performers

Modern description of Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 11, 2023 08:25 PM (klJTj)

117
What happened to Quick Hits ... Delivered Vigorously And With Great Force So As To Leave Deep And Readily Remembered Bruising?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 11, 2023 08:26 PM (xG4kz)

118
Jackie Gleason crashing a Burt Reynolds party as Sheriff Justice

https://tinyurl.com/4zmabv6a

Posted by: Beartooth at August 11, 2023 07:53 PM (awjlR)

Nobody will ever convince me his shtick wasn't edited out of Smokey and the Bandit.
I remember it coming out on HBO after I had snuck in to see it in the theater.
It was not the same movie.
Any time you see Gleason speak but don't see his face is edited and the voice noticeably changes. Sounds like Fred Flintstone over dubbed it.

Posted by: Reforger at August 11, 2023 08:26 PM (B705c)

119 A roller disco movie (Xanadu?) murdered Gene Kelly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 11, 2023 08:28 PM (fWTJL)

120
We promise not to burn the place down. Or at least, I do.
Posted by: bluebell

Oh, sure, shiv enough "pinprick holes" into the fire hoses and then claim you "dindu nuffin" when the place burns down because the hoses were cylinders of emmental cheese.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 11, 2023 08:30 PM (xG4kz)

121 It's a good thing I don't plan on ever moving again until I get on The Riverman's boat.

Moving sux, moving a house full of stuff sux twice as much, moving three houses full of stuff sux doubly so, all the while trying to get the new house ready and managing my day job

I can manage 100 million dollar projects like nobodies business but managing a relatively small move by comparison is fraught with peril, dread and setbacks.

I need a Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 11, 2023 08:30 PM (up/3i)

122 Roller skating is cool and fun and where else can you ask a cute girl to skate-and you start out holding hands! It's like first base on a walk!

Roller Disco, though was blessedly a short-lived phenomenon. There was that Linda Blair Roller Boogie film and one with Scott Baio and Maureen McCormick that was a cocaine-fueled disaster.
Posted by: Lost My Bearings at August 11, 2023 08:24 PM (83IzV)

Heather Graham Roller Girl hottest ever.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 08:31 PM (1HOPv)

123 Mom and Dad always watched Gleason's variety show. He would come out, do a monologue, and always did a dance number at the end of it. For a guy of his size he was very agile. Also, I remember Dad saying "That guy really knows how to dress. That has to be at least a $400 suit." Inflation.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:31 PM (0EOe9)

124 Congrats to Joe Mannix! Axios! (acclamation meaning “He is worthy!”

Posted by: LadyS at August 11, 2023 08:31 PM (oq25h)

125 Oh, sure, shiv enough "pinprick holes" into the fire hoses and then claim you "dindu nuffin" when the place burns down because the hoses were cylinders of emmental cheese.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 11, 2023 08:30 PM (xG4kz)
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I've put my knife down for the night. I processed 35.5 pounds of Roma tomatoes today - canned half and will can the remaining tomorrow. And I'm beat. I'm not much good at this pioneer thing.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (pTb/Z)

126
Mom and Dad always watched Gleason's variety show.

The June Taylor Dancers! David Rose and his Orchestra!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (xG4kz)

127 Doubt I roller skated since I hit 18, but teenager went very often

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (MOY79)

128 Announcer Johnny Olson was based in NY in the early 60s announcing game shows. He would fly to Florida every weekend to announce Gleason's show from Miami. Johnny had over 300 round trips. I think he took Eastern Air Lines.

Posted by: Come On Down! at August 11, 2023 08:34 PM (83IzV)

129 canned half and will can the remaining tomorrow. And I'm beat. I'm not much good at this pioneer thing.

you're not supposed to do this by yourself!

the women of the family get together and it's a group activity

well I shouldn't limit it to females though. My uncle took up the job when his wife became ill, so we went over to help him and also his neighbor, who is an immigrant from W. Africa. That's too much work for one pyrsyn.

Posted by: kallisto at August 11, 2023 08:36 PM (petZR)

130 Swatapotamus! Casas with the 3 run homer!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 11, 2023 08:38 PM (Eeb9P)

131 Doubt I roller skated since I hit 18, but teenager went very often
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (MOY79)

As a kid playing hockey on roller skates tons of fun.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 08:38 PM (1HOPv)

132 That's a terrific lineup of 70's stars on the rink, sure, but imagine all the greats doing lines of cocaine in the restrooms-- like a Match Game reunion in there.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:39 PM (i4tOF)

133 If anyone is interested there is a YouTube channel called “80s Life” and the guy finds the location shots in LA of 80s TV shows and movies. He has a few of CHiPs. It’s amazing what he can track down and sometimes nothing actually changed in the intervening 40 years.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 11, 2023 08:40 PM (/A6QO)

134
Mom and Dad always watched Gleason's variety show.

The June Taylor Dancers! David Rose and his Orchestra!

Crazy Guggenheim

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2023 08:40 PM (63Dwl)

135 these folks are available to help out with your jars:

https://tinyurl.com/2ysn8nvb

Posted by: kallisto at August 11, 2023 08:41 PM (petZR)

136 That's too much work for one pyrsyn.
Posted by: kallisto at August 11, 2023 08:36 PM (petZR
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That's "perdaughter ."

I do it once a year, then I recover until the next year. This was the big day because I had to do all the prep work. Tomorrow will be easy.

My husband came home and asked what I did today, as I was standing there wearing a tomato stained apron with tomatoes and jars everywhere. I said I canned tomatoes. And he said, yeah, and what else? You didn't do that all day.

He was lucky I had laid the knife down. As it was, he got The Look.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM (pTb/Z)

137 I've put my knife down for the night. I processed 35.5 pounds of Roma tomatoes today - canned half and will can the remaining tomorrow. And I'm beat. I'm not much good at this pioneer thing.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (pTb/Z)
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Bluebell, I planted twelve tomato plants and they are all ripening at once. It's too much! I can't make that much sauce.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM (i4tOF)

138 Never roller skated but did ice skate. Mom (then Grandma) came up with the brilliant idea of taking us and our little ones to the park with a pond. Impossible for little kids to get hurt in the snowsuits. Told me "bring your skates". Told her "they're gone". She tells me to rent some at the hardware, which I did. Went to the pond, having fun, pushing the kiddies around, and Mom tells me to show 'em how it's done. Went out and attempted the ol' run on the tip toes, forgot I had hockey instead of figure skates, and slid about twenty feet. Mom, Wife, and Kids got a chuckle out of that.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:45 PM (0EOe9)

139 Kallisto, I love that channel! I think I've watched that video before.

I'm new to the canning thing (this is my third year) and I still worry I'm going to kill someone. But then I remember my sister-in-law telling me about her friend's father who used to make pickles in the back yard and fill up the barrels with the garden hose.

So I just repeat "garden hose" to myself a few times and then I feel better.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:45 PM (pTb/Z)

140 Fabulous cafe! May your days away be the very best. 😄❤

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies. at August 11, 2023 08:47 PM (GshMh)

141 Seals, particularly Leopard seals, are rapidly ascending my favorite animals list.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2023 08:47 PM (a3Q+t)

142 Bluebell, I planted twelve tomato plants and they are all ripening at once. It's too much! I can't make that much sauce.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM (i4tOF)
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Twelve! Egads! No one does that! Did you plant twelve zucchini plants too?

Do you have rom in your freezer? You can throw them in whole in bags, and either defrost as needed or defrost and can when you have time.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:48 PM (pTb/Z)

143 Roller skating in the south is how I was able to learn to ice skate in the north (when I was at OCS), and that eventually led to me easily learning how to ski later out west.

It was worth it...even though roller skating was a weirdly 70's thing.

Posted by: Boswell at August 11, 2023 08:48 PM (K+UlC)

144 Bluebell, I've heard you can just freeze them so I might just start throwing them in there whole, though space is getting a bit tight.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (i4tOF)

145 He was lucky I had laid the knife down. As it was, he got The Look.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM

Better to get a shiver than the shivhim.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (a3Q+t)

146 136 She was standing there, in a red stained apron. The look of the kitchen could be described as chaos. A large knife was laying in reach. I knew then we had walked into a crime scene.

Officer Clancy, after visiting the bluebell house

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (0EOe9)

147 Enjoy the time off Ace.
Cannot express what this blog means to me.

Ok.
That said.
Joe Mannix officially becomes a coblogger.
Woohoo!!! Hawt womenzs!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 08:51 PM (hv9bm)

148 He was lucky I had laid the knife down. As it was, he got The Look.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM (pTb/Z)

Reminds me of that song She's got the look. Nah nah nah.

Posted by: JmT at August 11, 2023 08:51 PM (1HOPv)

149 I am making a second batch of tomato sauce now, but this part is letting it cook in the crock pot until I get to running it through the food processor, and cooking it down to paste.

My big fear is the green beans, I have a lot of them coming on.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 08:51 PM (xhaym)

150 Though no work tomorrow still shouldn't get to far off my schedule.
Hope everyone has a great evening

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2023 08:52 PM (MOY79)

151 12
'Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.'

She was so gosh darn pretty.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 11, 2023 08:53 PM (roH4R)

152 Enjoy the mini vacay Mr. Ace.

Posted by: Montec at August 11, 2023 08:53 PM (J08XQ)

153 Roller disco was made possible entirely by the discovery of polyurethane wheels.

Without it, no roller skates would be frictionless enough to dance. A friend told me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 08:53 PM (JvZF+)

154 Bluebell, I've heard you can just freeze them so I might just start throwing them in there whole, though space is getting a bit tight.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (i4tOF)
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Do you plan to can any? Or even if you can make sauce and freeze it, it really cuts down on the volume. Those 35.5 pounds will give me about 14 quarts of crushed tomatoes.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:53 PM (pTb/Z)

155 *not be frictionless enough to dance

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 08:54 PM (JvZF+)

156 That little chick was crazy bendy.

Posted by: Joey Sausage - bring me mean tweets! at August 11, 2023 08:54 PM (eheVn)

157 Officer Clancy, after visiting the bluebell house
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (0EOe9)
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bill, stop looking through my phone! Lol!

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:55 PM (pTb/Z)

158 Bluebell, I've heard you can just freeze them so I might just start throwing them in there whole, though space is getting a bit tight.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:50 PM (i4tOF)

It always rains when I have "peak tomatoes" so I cut them in half and freeze them in gallon freezer bags. And I cuss continually, every year.

I can't seem to can tomatoes like my mom, so I cook them up and run them through the food mill and can the puree. It eats the same and looks a heck of a lot better.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 08:55 PM (xhaym)

159 21

(shits)

Posted by: Raccoon hiding in MkY's lunchbox at August 11, 2023 08:55 PM (roH4R)

160 Bluebell, I planted twelve tomato plants and they are all ripening at once. It's too much! I can't make that much sauce.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 08:42 PM (i4tOF)
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Stop leaving tomatoes on our porches at night!
-Eris' neighbors

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 08:56 PM (JvZF+)

161 My big fear is the green beans, I have a lot of them coming on.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 08:51 PM (xhaym)
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You must pressure can those, right? A whole new avenue of fear.

Oh, I think I asked you about my canner last year because the lid doesn't fit tightly and water would boil out I tried wrapping a dish towel and using clothes pins to keep it tighter last year, but it didn't work great.

This year I just used a baking sheet instead of the lid, and it was much better.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:57 PM (pTb/Z)

162 I’m assuming we’ve already discussed the song Rich Men North Of Richmond

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at August 11, 2023 08:58 PM (4U+62)

163 Eris, can you push some 'maters through the USB port plz?

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 11, 2023 08:58 PM (aBJcM)

164 I've put my knife down for the night. I processed 35.5 pounds of Roma tomatoes today - canned half and will can the remaining tomorrow. And I'm beat. I'm not much good at this pioneer thing.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 08:33 PM (pTb/Z)
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B-bells,
Today I picked 5 lbs of blackberries and I have the scratches to prove it. But, I just destroyed a huge scoop of ice cream and warm cobbler. Worth it!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:00 PM (hv9bm)

165 Say, who's got the keys to the liquor cabinet?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 11, 2023 09:00 PM (/HDaX)

166 I wish I had a food mill. It's skinning the little buggers that drives me crazy.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:00 PM (pTb/Z)

167 Here ya go, Screamin'!

*fires uzi stuffed with Sungolds*

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 09:01 PM (i4tOF)

168 162 I’m assuming we’ve already discussed the song Rich Men North Of Richmond
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One

Read about it today. I'll have to listen to it later.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 11, 2023 09:01 PM (NsE9F)

169 B-bells,
Today I picked 5 lbs of blackberries and I have the scratches to prove it. But, I just destroyed a huge scoop of ice cream and warm cobbler. Worth it!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:00 PM (hv9bm)
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Oh yum! That sounds awesome. I hope it was Tillamook ice cream.

Go pick some more and I'll make you a pie.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:01 PM (pTb/Z)

170 We get fresh tomatoes rarely, so they go in the freezer, and we toss one of them into each batch of sauce.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 09:02 PM (JvZF+)

171 Oh yum! That sounds awesome. I hope it was Tillamook ice cream.

Go pick some more and I'll make you a pie.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:01 PM (pTb/Z)

Tillamook.
Is there any other kind???

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (hv9bm)

172 Psycho, don't you have a farmers market there? That's where I get mine. My yard is too shady to grow anything.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (pTb/Z)

173 *fires uzi stuffed with Sungolds*
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*holds up bucket*
*ducks*

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 11, 2023 09:04 PM (aBJcM)

174 Is there any other kind???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (hv9bm)
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Well, Blue Bell, if you're lucky enough to live where they sell it, which I am not.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:04 PM (pTb/Z)

175 Today I picked 5 lbs of blackberries and I have the scratches to prove it. But, I just destroyed a huge scoop of ice cream and warm cobbler. Worth it!!![\i]

Vegetables and fruit...pffft! Grandma and the granddaughter made chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. I just knocked out two and a glass of cold milk.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:05 PM (YRsIm)

176 Foster Brooks Roasts Jackie Gleason:

https://tinyurl.com/bddb9npf

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 11, 2023 09:05 PM (Xrfse)

177

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:06 PM (YRsIm)

178 Is there any other kind???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (hv9bm)
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Well, Blue Bell, if you're lucky enough to live where they sell it, which I am not.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:04 PM (pTb/Z)
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Well yeah.
But didn't want to state the obvious.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:07 PM (hv9bm)

179 I just knocked out two and a glass of cold milk.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:05 PM (YRsIm)
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Two? Only two?

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:07 PM (pTb/Z)

180 Yes farmers sell it for $6/pint and they're great but variable. Here in Sonoma they're wild everywhere, but very seedy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2023 09:08 PM (JvZF+)

181 I just knocked out two and a glass of cold milk.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:05 PM (YRsIm)
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Two? Only two?
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:07 PM (pTb/Z)
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Yeah.
Old army guys would of hammered half a dozen.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:08 PM (hv9bm)

182 Gleason> The Hustler, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Gigot.

Neighbors called my parents Ralph & Alice (of the Honeymooners) because they sounded exactly like them especially when heard from the driveway behind our row house.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies. at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (GshMh)

183 The food mill is fairly cheap for what you do with them. I use them for apple sauce and tomatoes, and my wife is happy when I run the blackberries through it to reduce the seeds.
I also use it when I cook down the second peaches and the skins to make peach butter.
I don't skin tomatoes any more, since the food mill solves that for me.

I worked in the commercial canneries locally for six years canning beans, corn and other veggies. Pressure cookers are old tech and very convenient, and at least now I know that the beans are fully free of stems, leaves and mouse-parts.
The Presto and the All American are the best marks, as far as I can tell, and I have both. You can also can meats, beans and soups if you like.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (xhaym)

184 They aren't fresh picked, but I have blueberries to make pancakes in the morning.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (aBJcM)

185 This time of year, the corner dive bar back home had a booth dedicated to giveaway produce. Tomatoes, cukes, zucchinni, sometimes sweet corn. Please take some.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (0EOe9)

186 Tillamook.
Is there any other kind???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (hv9bm)

Umpqua.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:10 PM (xhaym)

187 Psycho, that's horrible. Six dollars a pint? How did one even sell fresh tomatoes by the pint unless they are cherry tomatoes? One tomato would fill a whole pint container.

Could you grow them yourself?

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:10 PM (pTb/Z)

188 Mannix? Mannix! No way he solves a case in 44 minutes.

Get Columbo.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 11, 2023 09:10 PM (8GBH4)

189 Blackberries, I've got the vines like crazy, but no berries yet.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 11, 2023 09:11 PM (MeG8a)

190 Two? Only two?

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:07 PM

Yes ma'am. And the glucose meter will definitely show that transgression in the morning. But I'm gonna sleep like a baby.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:12 PM (YRsIm)

191 I'm jealous of all this tomater talk.

%#*^*# hornworms ate my mom's plants.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2023 09:13 PM (llON8)

192 Ngl tired of these Pandas and their playing mind-games with us all the time.

The act is old and tired Pandas.

Get a new schtick.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:13 PM (lKcW0)

193 You can also can meats, beans and soups if you like.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (xhaym)
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I wish I lived close to you so you could teach me. Canning that stuff would scare the everloving daylights out of me.

"Garden hose, garden hose."

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:13 PM (pTb/Z)

194 186 Tillamook.
Is there any other kind???
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:03 PM (hv9bm)

Umpqua.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:10 PM
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Yes. Also good but my Freddie's here gets it maybe once a month.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:14 PM (hv9bm)

195 My county is under a severe thunderstorm warning with tornadoes and hail possible.

Might not have to worry about too many tomato plants any more!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 11, 2023 09:15 PM (i4tOF)

196 Oh yum! That sounds awesome. I hope it was Tillamook ice cream.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:01 PM

{ O-O }

So, those were just sweet nothings?

Posted by: Blue Bell Ice Cream at August 11, 2023 09:15 PM (a3Q+t)

197 Yes ma'am. And the glucose meter will definitely show that transgression in the morning. But I'm gonna sleep like a baby.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:12 PM (YRsIm)
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I admire your self-control. I only make cookies at Christmas since most of the kids are gone because if I made them I would eat them.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:15 PM (pTb/Z)

198 "Little personal news: I asked the cobs to take over the blog for Monday and Tuesday. I just wanted a break. They were kind enough to say yes. Joe Mannix officially becomes a coblogger to help out.

I have a few posts in draft including the Cafes and will check in here and there, but I'm mostly leaving this in the capable hands of the cobloggers. Go easy on them!"

Enjoy your time off, Ace!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:16 PM (JOc7d)

199 The HOF NBA player Adrian Dantley retired and became a school crossing guard. No lie.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:16 PM (lKcW0)

200 So, those were just sweet nothings?
Posted by: Blue Bell Ice Cream at August 11, 2023 09:15 PM (a3Q+t)
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Stop playing hard to get and make yourself available in my AO.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:17 PM (pTb/Z)

201 I think Mr Mannix ought to come to the TX MoMee to celebrate his cob-hood.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2023 09:17 PM (llON8)

202 I wish I lived close to you so you could teach me. Canning that stuff would scare the everloving daylights out of me.

"Garden hose, garden hose."

Posted by: bluebell

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Don't be scared. If you look back at 1980s and 1990s Southern Living magazines and cookbooks they would routinely have written directions for how to put things up. It isn't hard. We've been slowly conditioned to believe that everything is dangerous, though, and it makes people scared to do what folks routinely did up through the early 80s.

Start with something easy and work your way up. You can do it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:18 PM (QsOFZ)

203 >>> 193 You can also can meats, beans and soups if you like.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:09 PM (xhaym)
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I wish I lived close to you so you could teach me. Canning that stuff would scare the everloving daylights out of me.

"Garden hose, garden hose."
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:13 PM (pTb/Z)

Look up Homestead Heart on the toob of ewes. She cans all kinds of things.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2023 09:18 PM (llON8)

204 I have never had either one beer or two cookies. And I do not understand or trust those who do this.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:18 PM (lKcW0)

205 China powering up mini reactors

of course, after they have sold us a shitload of ugly ass solar panels

4 or 5 of these little guys could power all of MA

and run 24/7. no sun needed

we stupid
Posted by: REDACTED at August 11, 2023 07:45 PM (us2H3)

We need to build Lunar Panels. Only put them out at night, when nobody can see them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:18 PM (JOc7d)

206 Start with something easy and work your way up. You can do it.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:18 PM (QsOFZ)
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You just want my stuff, don't you.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:19 PM (pTb/Z)

207 I'm going to let the chickens run loose before it gets too dark for their escapades.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2023 09:19 PM (llON8)

208 Ace - wishing you some restful days.

Thanks for the blog.

Posted by: Adriane the Kickback & Enjoy Critic . . . at August 11, 2023 09:20 PM (jonTH)

209 You just want my stuff, don't you.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:19 PM (pTb/Z)

Madame, please. This is a public place.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:20 PM (lKcW0)

210 I recently rediscovered the joy of ice cream. I'm at an age where I have to watch the sugar, avoiding Big D. Regional restaurant and grocery chain Braums has some pretty good no sugar added ice cream, as does Blue Bunny.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 11, 2023 09:20 PM (0EOe9)

211 I'm bringing this over because it was such an outstanding comment:

Anybody know of a good plant based beer?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ZLyax)

All of them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:20 PM (JOc7d)

212 I meant my shiv collection!

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:21 PM (pTb/Z)

213 You just want my stuff, don't you.

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So long as it includes a large pressure cooker.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:21 PM (QsOFZ)

214 Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:15 PM (pTb/Z)

Oh there's no self control other than self preservation. I'd eat half a dozen and drink a quart of milk. But then I'd go comatose in the chair and wake up a few hours later with a splitting headache, and a dreadful thirst. Same thing happens with alcohol.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2023 09:22 PM (YRsIm)

215 You just want my stuff, don't you.

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So long as it includes a large pressure cooker.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:21 PM (QsOFZ)

Is that what the kids are calling them these days?

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:22 PM (lKcW0)

216 All of them?

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Yeah, I think it came about because someone on the last thread posted seriously that they had a co-worker who bought a new, innovative plant-based cookie.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:23 PM (QsOFZ)

217 I wish I lived close to you so you could teach me. Canning that stuff would scare the everloving daylights out of me.
"Garden hose, garden hose."
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:13 PM (pTb/Z)

The three best resources I know for canning information is the Ball Blue Book of canning, the Fillmore Container Company blog ( https://www.fillmorecontainer.com/blog/ ) and locally the state extension service. I am told the Mormon Temples can get you pointed at classes too
My goal in 2020 was to get my Master Food Preserving certification from the extension service, but that has not happened yet.

Canning is not difficult, just pay attention to the pressure and the time, and you are good to go. The instructions work, after all Ball and Fillmore understand if you get food poisoning you won't buy more lids I use a propane stove to do the canning over since it keeps the house from being heated up, and if I spill I just have to move a foot or so away and let the ants clean it up.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:23 PM (xhaym)

218 Sorry to hear that, COJ. But at least you can have a nice taste, and really, that's all any of us need.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:23 PM (pTb/Z)

219 I use a propane stove to do the canning over since it keeps the house from being heated up, and if I spill I just have to move a foot or so away and let the ants clean it up.

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This is fantastic advice.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:24 PM (QsOFZ)

220 I think Mr Mannix ought to come to the TX MoMee to celebrate his cob-hood.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 11, 2023 09:17 PM (llON

Do you think there was a laying on of hands?

*shudders*

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2023 09:26 PM (hv9bm)

221 I do have the Ball Blue Book of Canning and I follow it religiously for my 'maters.

Some day I may get a pressure canner but really, since I can't grow anything here, I'm not sure it would be worth it. Even if I had enough sun, which I don't, the dang deer would eat everything.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:26 PM (pTb/Z)

222 Since this is a food thread now, I bought a "Stove Whirl" or something air fryer attachment that you place over pans and it is supposed to circulate air while using the stove eye as the heat source. Clever idea. It's... okay. Maybe. Overall it's not worth the time or effort, though. I found it on clearance for next to nothing so I wasn't out much (and I'm still returning it), but I feel bad for folks that paid $50 or whatever for it.

I was hoping it would be a good option because it could fit in the storage under the oven and clear up some counter space, but I guess I'll keep the big ol' air fryer sitting always in the way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:27 PM (QsOFZ)

223 This is fantastic advice.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:24 PM (QsOFZ)

I was complaining mildly one year, and one of Dad's cousins went on about how his mom would can in a double boiler on the wood stove and the whole house would be 100F and she wouldn't let anyone open the windows or doors because she was worried about the jars breaking.
And I though, yeah, Propane outside sounds much better.

I use it in the shade of the woodshed, now that I have one.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:29 PM (xhaym)

224 Okay guys, I'm taking me and my tomato stains upstairs to get ready for bed. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:29 PM (pTb/Z)

225 I recently rediscovered the joy of ice cream

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Speaking of, this is a good time to find big bags of pool salt for a dollar or two.

Stop buying small boxes of ice cream salt for the same price.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:29 PM (QsOFZ)

226 Blackberries, I've got the vines like crazy, but no berries yet.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 11, 2023 09:11 PM (MeG8a)

I have a black currant bush. A week ago, a few ripe berries were beginning to show. Today: birds picked it clean. Zero, zilch, nada.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:30 PM (JOc7d)

227 G'nite, bluebell.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 11, 2023 09:31 PM (Xrfse)

228 what do you guys think of this song?

"Virginia Native Oliver Anthony Makes Powerful Debut “Rich Men North Of Richmond”"

https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 11, 2023 09:31 PM (vHIgi)

229 Some day I may get a pressure canner but really, since I can't grow anything here, I'm not sure it would be worth it. Even if I had enough sun, which I don't, the dang deer would eat everything.
Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:26 PM (pTb/Z)

Thrift shops, charity shops, flea markets and garage sales are your best bet for cheap stuff, you have to keep an eye out that they are not damaged.
On the other hand a new Presto will run you here about $120, and an All American is around $350. Did you know you could also use them as an autoclave?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:32 PM (xhaym)

230 Bluebell, Check out the NESCO Smart Canner.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at August 11, 2023 09:35 PM (7EjX1)

231 I was hoping it would be a good option because it could fit in the storage under the oven and clear up some counter space, but I guess I'll keep the big ol' air fryer sitting always in the way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:27 PM (QsOFZ)

Popcorn in a dutch oven cooked in Coconut oil is easy for me and much better than air-fried.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:36 PM (lKcW0)

232 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2023 09:36 PM (TiOvb)

233 Did you know you could also use them as an autoclave?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 09:32 PM (xhaym)

The Willamish Inquistion practices Autoclave da Fe, in which miscreants are steamed to death, slowly. But they do come out very tender.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:37 PM (JOc7d)

234 I second the Ball Blue Book of Canning and your state extension office as a source for canning advice.

I also really enjoy learning about traditional foods cooking on the YouTube channel Mary's Nest.

I have learned all sorts of stuff like how to make apple cider vinegar, bone broth, etc. She has a very nice manner.

I just gave 7 jelly jars to a friend from church who picked 13 gallons of chokecherries for some inexplicable reason. Then she discovered she didn't have enough jars.

If I can manage it I will get some things put up this coming week. We'll see.

Posted by: Just Lily at August 11, 2023 09:37 PM (RLLZj)

235 Now that Mannix is a COB, is he still gonna post the hotties or notties?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 11, 2023 09:38 PM (mE7cY)

236 (ponders how to pop popcorn in the stovetop air fryer whirler thing)

I might try that tomorrow before I put it back in the box.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:38 PM (QsOFZ)

237 "Virginia Native Oliver Anthony Makes Powerful Debut “Rich Men North Of Richmond”"

https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 11, 2023 09:31 PM (vHIgi)

Dig very much. My kind of music. Great great song. That's a v nice guitar.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:38 PM (lKcW0)

238 I think Mr Mannix ought to come to the TX MoMee to celebrate his cob-hood.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Indeed.

So do we kick a little bit less upstairs to Ace and then send that to Mannix? Or, Do all the COBs take a little less out of the pie to make room for the new Boss?

These family discussions are so difficult.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2023 09:40 PM (TiOvb)

239 Never heard of Mary's Nest. Thanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:40 PM (QsOFZ)

240 Never heard of Mary's Nest. Thanks.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:40 PM (QsOFZ)
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She's darling! And very knowledgeable. I've watched her pretty much since she started.

Posted by: bluebell at August 11, 2023 09:42 PM (pTb/Z)

241 Dig very much. My kind of music. Great great song. That's a v nice guitar.
Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:38 PM (lKcW0)

That's really pretty good!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2023 09:44 PM (JOc7d)

242 228 what do you guys think of this song?

"Virginia Native Oliver Anthony Makes Powerful Debut “Rich Men North Of Richmond”"

https://youtu.be/sqSA-SY5Hro
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 11, 2023 09:31 PM (vHIgi)

Great song! He's got a really good voice.
He's damn good. Great song. Sounds like Coulter Wall.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 11, 2023 09:46 PM (mE7cY)

243 Not coulter wall. I'm thinking of someone else.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 11, 2023 09:47 PM (mE7cY)

244 Love the Dog Train, but my dogs would never stay in it long enough to enjoy the ride.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2023 09:47 PM (NpAcC)

245 Not coulter wall. I'm thinking of someone else.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 11, 2023 09:47 PM (mE7cY)

I think he sounds like Coulter.

A little Sturgill phrasing too.

Posted by: Thesokorus at August 11, 2023 09:48 PM (lKcW0)

246 She's darling! And very knowledgeable. I've watched her pretty much since she started.

Posted by: bluebell

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A lady at church told me to watch some Brenda Gantt. She's worth a watch if you haven't seen her. Mostly biscuits from what I've seen, but I appreciate her trying to help people get memorable biscuits for their kids to look back on and say "My mom made great biscuits" when they're older.

Heck, just people routinely cooking is a good thing these days.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 11, 2023 09:49 PM (QsOFZ)

247 Homestead Heart on You Tube for canning. There are others but I think she does the best job for beginners.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2023 09:55 PM (ouTlx)

248
Cooking channels?

Her Homestead Skills, from Canada.

For a laugh, watch ANTI-CHEF.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 11, 2023 09:59 PM (lCaJd)

249 Update on the Yorkshire blonde policeman:

She still looks like a lesbian.

This concludes the update at the top of the hour.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 11, 2023 10:00 PM (ybIRR)

250 I tried making cherry jam this year, and I couldn't get it gelled, so I have a batch of canned cherry syrup. Good thing because this winter we ran out of the pear syrup that was a failed batch of pear jam.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2023 10:01 PM (xhaym)

251 All American canners do not use gaskets. (Watch the Homestead Heart video on how to use one). They are easily three times as thick as most canners. I bought the smallest one they make and gave my bigger Presto to the kids. I haven't used it yet but seriously need to start buying and canning meat. The local store takes marked down meat that doesn't sell and puts it in the freezer. I'm thinking about looking for some cheap stuff there with recent dates to start.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2023 10:01 PM (ouTlx)

252 I like Her Homestead Skills too. Out the Back Door also is good.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2023 10:04 PM (ouTlx)

253
I tried making cherry jam this year, and I couldn't get it gelled, so I have a batch of canned cherry syrup. Good thing because this winter we ran out of the pear syrup that was a failed batch of pear jam.
Posted by: Kindltot

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LOL. Pears, not so easy. I found a recipe for "pear sauce" (cf. apple sauce) and it came out thin and bitter. I'm still trying to get those Pears Poached in Wine to come out right. Can't seem to.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 11, 2023 10:05 PM (lCaJd)

254 what do you guys think of this song?

Really like it. Cool shot of the dogs chillin' while the boss sings.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 11, 2023 10:08 PM (Xrfse)

255 151 12
'Cindy Williams looking perky in that CHiPs video.'

She was so gosh darn pretty.

I heard she was very difficult though. Thought she was\should be an A list movie star although what she was good at was the cute but not overly bright but very impressed with herself girl next door type. Also, watched it with the sound off but was that Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch?

Posted by: azjaeger at August 11, 2023 10:09 PM (3/XaG)

256 Psst!

ONT is nood.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 11, 2023 10:14 PM (Bd6X8)

257 Well earned, Ace. Cheers on some vaca time...

Posted by: Danimal28 at August 13, 2023 09:25 AM (ryUqI)

258 Take care Ace

Posted by: Isolden at August 13, 2023 04:09 PM (dB99g)

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