A Farewell to Sea Stacks Cafe

Tonight is the customary Closing Ceremony of Sea Stack Appreciation Week.

Salvatore Benanti, Sunset Among the Stacks of Terrasini

Sad. By the way, it was that picture that made me want to celebrate Sea Stack Appreciation week, the way our forefathers did.

A couple of more user-contributed sea stacks located at Rialto Beach, Washington, from our own nurse ratched.

You know, now that our shared sea stack odyssey is over, I'd like to think we've all learned some things along the way. Important things. Some things about friendship, and a perhaps a fresh openness to the beauty of nature.

We've learned a little about those things. But mostly, we've learned about sedimentary rock and erosion, which I think is far more important. Because friendship is stupid and nature is gay.

To close with a YouTube-style "call to action" and engagement: What have you learned about sea stacks that you will take with you through your further experiential journeying? What Life Notes have you taken from your new understanding of limestone and schistocity which you can add to your Action Plan and Goal Agenda for self-actualization?

Another handsome fella.

I think this is one of those fish that clean other fishes' teeth.

A feather star, or crinoid.

Candle ice.

Baby goats playing on an improvised slide.

The world's most dangerous cat. Number one may surprise you!

Switzerland.

More Swiss beauty.

Baby lions.

Very large backyard Lego train set.

Cloud iridescence is caused by diffraction, reflection & refraction of light through tiny water droplets.

Cirrus clouds are most known for iridescence since they are composed of the smallest & most uniform ice crystals. Their high altitude allows for maximum light scattering. pic.twitter.com/FAF6wpAYVP
— The World About Us (@TheWorldAboutUs) July 23, 2023

Fascinating time-lapse of various fungal forms. pic.twitter.com/iv1H2uIs73
— The World About Us (@TheWorldAboutUs) June 13, 2023

A sea otter makes sure her baby is snug. pic.twitter.com/jsJmWkPnkM
— The World About Us (@TheWorldAboutUs) October 29, 2022

Never ending game.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/3e0C9H62Wx
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 1, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 07:04 PM

Comments

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1 I salute the stacks. Good evening horde.

Posted by: TRex at September 01, 2023 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

2 Thank goodness for the early cafe. Thanks Ace

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:06 PM (3cGpq)

3 This is like the final episode of ST: TNG.
The tears are flowing...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 01, 2023 07:08 PM (TGPs7)

4 I got Nooded.

So now you have $2600 in your PayPal. Thanks for the yucks. Posted by: JackStraw

Make that $2700. Now I buy can't tacos. Bastard.
Posted by: Lost In Space

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:09 PM (jlbtb)

5 Watching something stacked is good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2023 07:09 PM (u82oZ)

6 The fungal forms video is oddly intriguing and terrifying at the same time.

Switzerland really is that beautiful. Clips and postcards don't do it justice.

Posted by: TRex at September 01, 2023 07:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 Sea Stacks I knew you well.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2023 07:09 PM (y8+A5)

8 "What Life Notes have you taken from your new understanding of limestone and schistocity which you can add to your Action Plan and Goal Agenda for self-actualization?"

I started taking calcium supplements, and have installed breakwaters in my pants to limit erosion.

Posted by: gp Resides Above Ordinary Subjectivity at September 01, 2023 07:10 PM (MvF+J)

9 “I’ll never let go, Stacks. I’ll never let go.”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM (TGPs7)

10 I want more bats and scooter bandits getting run over in The South America please.

Thank you.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM (R/m4+)

11 My boy spawn has a cat. I send him the videos from this thread with great regularity. Yesterday he responded with: Wtf is going on with these cats you've been sending me?

Ace, just a bit of love to let you know you are making a difference in the world.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:12 PM (jlbtb)

12 deleted

you need to fucking stop with the violence shit or I'll start banning, this is serious

Posted by: Eeyore at September 01, 2023 07:13 PM (brAQZ)

13 >>>Ace, just a bit of love to let you know you are making a difference in the world.

thank you! I added your baby vid for monday.

Posted by: ace at September 01, 2023 07:15 PM (KRtlO)

14 OPP Highway Safety Division @OPP_HSD 12h
After stopping a vehicle on #Hwy7/8, a #CambridgeOPP officer heard a sound coming from the ditch. A few minutes later, as the officer was speaking with the driver, a kitten emerged from the grass and sat at the officers feet.
The driver was cautioned and the kitten was resuced🐈

https://tinyurl.com/muw8k95w

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:16 PM (krqg6)

15 How did they know where to put the camera in just the right place to see the mushrooms come up?

Posted by: gp Resides Above Ordinary Subjectivity at September 01, 2023 07:16 PM (MvF+J)

16 I did not learn anything. Do I still get a car?

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 01, 2023 07:18 PM (Eeb9P)

17 How did they know where to put the camera in just the right place to see the mushrooms come up?
Posted by: gp Resides Above Ordinary Subjectivity

What, you don't?
Hey guys, look!
He doesn't know where mushrooms come from!
Ha!

Posted by: MkY at September 01, 2023 07:19 PM (cPGH3)

18 Sleestaks > Sea stacks

Posted by: SFGoth at September 01, 2023 07:19 PM (KAi1n)

19 Watch out, Will, Holly, Sleestaka on Sea Stacka.

Posted by: Cha-Ka at September 01, 2023 07:19 PM (u7nBd)

20 LSUvFlaSt Sunday night.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 01, 2023 07:19 PM (Eeb9P)

21 That goat's not playing; he's getting paid to polish the marble.

Posted by: gp Resides Above Ordinary Subjectivity at September 01, 2023 07:20 PM (MvF+J)

22 Thanks Burse!
Rialto Sea Stacks are the best sea stacks.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at September 01, 2023 07:21 PM (P+D9B)

23 shared sea stack odyssey

It's the ones that are a few feet underwater you appreciate the most.

Who knew Sand Point had bolders?

Those no bouy-marker Canadians that's' who.

Posted by: DaveA at September 01, 2023 07:21 PM (FhXTo)

24 Video of your Blue Angels arriving at Toronto's international airport [code YYZ] for the long weekend, appearing at the Canadian International Air Show:

https://tinyurl.com/mr6t39x2

Hat-tip spindrift on the first CIA thread today.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:22 PM (krqg6)

25 How did they know where to put the camera in just the right place to see the mushrooms come up?
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A shit in the dark!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:23 PM (krqg6)

26 * saunters in *

Hi folks, I couldn't make last night's café, and wanted to tell y'all ... wait ... what's that stench? It is! There's the path they walked through on last night! Despite the industrial-strength disinfectants and stench-removers the custodial staff tried to use! Penguins!!!

What? You say Ace called them "snow bats"? Mein Gott! Taking the brand of a beloved AoSHQ leit-motif, and using it to try to rebrand their sloppy, smelly and perverse brand? That like calling your Bud Light a Shiner Bock.

The insidiousness, persistence, and pervertedness of Big Penguin is far worse than I thought.

Call it out! Point and laugh! Don't be fooled! This is just the penguin's beak under the igloo!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (a3Q+t)

27 Nurse ratched's seastacks look like they are waving goodbye to us. Bittersweet.

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (pTb/Z)

28 Cloud iridescence is caused by diffraction, reflection & refraction of light through tiny water droplets.

Cirrus clouds are most known for iridescence since they are composed of the smallest & most uniform ice crystals. Their high altitude allows for maximum light scattering.

Chemtrails. Pretty sure those are really chemtrails.

*adjusts shiny bonnet*

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (Sf2cq)

29 14 OPP Highway Safety Division @OPP_HSD 12h
After stopping a vehicle on #Hwy7/8, a #CambridgeOPP officer heard a sound coming from the ditch. A few minutes later, as the officer was speaking with the driver, a kitten emerged from the grass and sat at the officers feet.
The driver was cautioned and the kitten was resuced🐈

https://tinyurl.com/muw8k95w
Posted by: andycanuck

Kittuh on hunt! Kittuh targets its mark. Kittuh POUNCES!! Kittuh finds new staff.

Posted by: Winger at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (6PUpl)

30 That last one reminds me of one of those places in Californica. I don't remember what it was called. I haven't been there in a long time, and don't intend to go back. As far as I'm concerned the Pacific Ocean can fall into the... whatever oceans fall into.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (dGCAG)

31 Thanks ace!
Rialto beach is my favorite place. It's wild and remote and beautiful. It can also be dangerous and unforgiving.

There's a little sea otter named Rialto who was rescued off that very beach in 2016. He was stranded and quite sick and underweight when he was plucked off the beach. He now lives at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Why yes, I've visited him. Three times.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM (XDi3x)

32 off sock

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 07:25 PM (6PUpl)

33 The top seastack looks like a sea serpent braying at the sky.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:26 PM (ZLI7S)

34 The top seastack looks like a sea serpent braying at the sky.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:26 PM (ZLI7S)
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I thought it was time for a little vacay.

Posted by: Nessie at September 01, 2023 07:27 PM (pTb/Z)

35 {{{ nurse ratched}}}

You are a giver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 01, 2023 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

36 Pray for America.

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 07:29 PM (KEWDx)

37 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 07:29 PM (MOY79)

38 I am reminded of the closings of those travelogues that those of us over 29 used to see at the movies, between reels.

'As we say goodbye to our new-found friends at Tobongo, we witness a final spectacular sunset....'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2023 07:30 PM (e8Uou)

39 36 Pray for America.
Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 07:29 PM (KEWDx)

This.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 07:30 PM (Sf2cq)

40 Sea Stack week gives way to Petrified Forest month?

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2023 07:31 PM (21ke5)

41 Looks like Franklin and José may have merged (or nearly done so). I guess that makes them gay tropical storms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:31 PM (ynpvh)

42 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (T4tVD)

43 >>I thought it was time for a little vacay.

You and me both, Nessie.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (ZLI7S)

44 FeatherStar looks like one of those lawn air catchers

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (MOY79)

45 Thanks ace!
Rialto beach is my favorite place. It's wild and remote and beautiful. It can also be dangerous and unforgiving.

There's a little sea otter named Rialto who was rescued off that very beach in 2016. He was stranded and quite sick and underweight when he was plucked off the beach. He now lives at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Why yes, I've visited him. Three times.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Rialto is an iconic Washington State place. Now for some Rialto the Sea Otter stuff:

Rialto's Story
https://archive.ph/a7KjB

Rialto meets Hardy
https://youtu.be/XcMMqzfRJHw

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (jlbtb)

46 7 Sea Stacks I knew you well.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2023 07:09 PM (y8+A5)

Busty Mermaids?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (ynpvh)

47 Or Saguaro September?

You can ignore the pricks who don’t appreciate a cactus.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (21ke5)

48 Fungal forms > Washington DC

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2023 07:33 PM (/hS7A)

49 Has there been any news on Otter 841? The last I can find he was still free and causing trouble.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 07:33 PM (mNmNo)

50 Ooof, previous thread got dealt with. From orbit. Because apparently it was the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 01, 2023 07:33 PM (qPw5n)

51 I don't think seastacks are real. It's all trick photography.

Posted by: guy who is skeptical about seastacks at September 01, 2023 07:34 PM (ppBhU)

52 Ah, fungi, the life form on earth of which we know the very least! Or so my friend, the professor of mycology told me. Certain forms tend to resemble phalluses, some ever make their own light, like fireflies do.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 01, 2023 07:34 PM (MeG8a)

53 47 Or Saguaro September?

You can ignore the pricks who don’t appreciate a cactus.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 01, 2023 07:32 PM (21ke5)

Are you one to spike the football?
Needle it?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:34 PM (ynpvh)

54 I guess I learned that "sea stacks" are a real thing. And quite beautiful in their own way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 01, 2023 07:35 PM (BpYfr)

55 Fungus video is neat, they do seem to pop up fast in a day

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 07:36 PM (MOY79)

56 I shall not miss the stacks of the sea. It's an overdone holiday!

Next year it will start in August!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:37 PM (5xURv)

57 Very beautiful Switzerland...
Are you ready to throw everything away and live here?

Yeah, but winter's a bitch.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (ynpvh)

58 Now that the widely acclaimed Sea Stacks week has wrapped up I would like to nominate a week of SW Buttes. As encouragement here is pic of New Mexcio's most famous butte, Shiprock.

https://tinyurl.com/37e4ybzs

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (jlbtb)

59 "I shall not miss the stacks of the sea. It's an overdone holiday!

Next year it will start in August!
Posted by: AlaBAMA "

It's no Zappa month.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (vFG9F)

60 I missed the last thread but commenter Divide by Zero wrote that often food that is cosmetically appealing is not flavorful and ugly food is often great tasting. There is a widespread Ugly Food movement (of which I approve) that posits this very thing.
At farmers markets you'll find the best examples.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 01, 2023 07:40 PM (MeG8a)

61 I have to giggle that the dark headed goat is the one playing. Decades ago when dad worked for a rancher with a 'nuisance' size flock of sheep, the black headed sheep were the troublemakers. Solid whites didn't have that playful mind.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:40 PM (3cGpq)

62 I'm all in on Butts month.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

63 10 I want more bats and scooter bandits getting run over in The South America please.

Thank you.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM (R/m4+)

++++

I would watch a video of a bat getting run over. Hard to get the little bastards to sit still though, I imagine.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (klJTj)

64 Hey bluebell, I'm going to see 2 lighthouses this weekend. I'll send pics.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (ZLI7S)

65 58 Now that the widely acclaimed Sea Stacks week has wrapped up I would like to nominate a week of SW Buttes. As encouragement here is pic of New Mexcio's most famous butte, Shiprock.

https://tinyurl.com/37e4ybzs

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (jlbtb)

I like big Buttes and I cannot lie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (ynpvh)

66 I had salmon and black beans for dinner. It is an ugly mess on my plate but dang it tastes good.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:42 PM (5xURv)

67 A prayer for America?

Oh Lord, deliver us from Washington DC. Amen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2023 07:42 PM (/hS7A)

68 I like big Buttes and I cannot lie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (ynpvh

I can't deny.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:42 PM (5xURv)

69 I want more bats
Thank you.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM

So say we all.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 07:42 PM (a3Q+t)

70 60: I suppose it depends on how one defines ugly. Very uniform veggies are often less flavorful, they were selectively bred for being uniform, because easier to harvest and package and taste was a minor consideration.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:44 PM (3cGpq)

71 63 10 I want more bats and scooter bandits getting run over in The South America please.

Thank you.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM (R/m4+)

++++

I would watch a video of a bat getting run over. Hard to get the little bastards to sit still though, I imagine.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (klJTj)

Hit a bat on a trip in New Mexico which wraped around to the passenger side and it's lifeless claw grabbed the mirror frame. The van we were in had two gas tanks, and for almost 1000 miles, it kept twirling, clockwise, counterclockwise, clock...
Until we stopped to gas up, where it fell off near Yuma, AZ.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:44 PM (ynpvh)

72 Hey bluebell, I'm going to see 2 lighthouses this weekend. I'll send pics.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:41 PM (ZLI7S)
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Ooh! Lucky you! I hope you'll be wafting by them on a boat.

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:44 PM (pTb/Z)

73 Butte are just sea stacks without the ocean

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 07:45 PM (MOY79)

74 Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM

Half-gallons of Blue Bell ice cream are on sale in Central Texas for the upcoming Labor Day BBQs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 07:45 PM (a3Q+t)

75 Hot news @TheNewsTrending 43m
Footage from a gunfight between cartels, the Grupo Escorpión and the Zetas Vieja Escuela in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

https://tinyurl.com/43m7vskz
1:15 minutes; Mainly sound -- full auto fire! -- in the dark; no violence visible; civilian woman videoing.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:45 PM (krqg6)

76 Oh Acey Boy,
The stacks, the stacks are calling....

Posted by: reason at September 01, 2023 07:46 PM (YHZy+)

77 Half-gallons of Blue Bell ice cream are on sale in Central Texas for the upcoming Labor Day BBQs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 07:45 PM (a3Q+t)
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Don't taunt me like that.

Eat some for me!

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:46 PM (pTb/Z)

78 >>Ooh! Lucky you! I hope you'll be wafting by them on a boat.

Oui.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 07:46 PM (ZLI7S)

79 Wait - did a thread go missing?

Posted by: parsimony at September 01, 2023 07:46 PM (q1I67)

80 67 A prayer for America?

Oh Lord, deliver us from Washington DC. Amen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 01, 2023 07:42 PM (/hS7A)

Like the Rabbi's blessing in "Fiddler on the Roof"
https://youtu.be/8jZFnKZcids?si=Slhb30k2b2k3iWrk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:46 PM (ynpvh)

81 What have you learned about sea stacks that you will take with you through your further experiential journeying?

====

I've learned that I can live without them. As I have for ...well , since I was born. Cannot live without the sea, though...

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2023 07:47 PM (V13WU)

82 49 Has there been any news on Otter 841? The last I can find he was still free and causing trouble.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

SHE is still free and evading capture. I have a tshirt that says Grand Theft Otter and she's posing with a surfboard.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 07:47 PM (XwqDD)

83 74 Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:24 PM

Half-gallons of Blue Bell ice cream are on sale in Central Texas for the upcoming Labor Day BBQs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 07:45 PM (a3Q+t)

She makes great ice cream. I just can't eat it. My teef.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (ynpvh)

84 SHE is still free and evading capture. I have a tshirt that says Grand Theft Otter and she's posing with a surfboard.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 07:47 PM (XwqDD)

That's pretty cool. I'd like to see that shirt.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (5xURv)

85 Wha' happen' to the tranny thread? Did Lamont make a return appearance?

Posted by: Norman Spiny at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (VH97l)

86 I want more bats and scooter bandits getting run over in The South America please.

Thank you.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 01, 2023 07:11 PM (R/m4+)

Go to China. They have both.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (V13WU)

87 79 Wait - did a thread go missing?
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Yes; "The Week In Woke".

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (krqg6)

88 Butte are just sea stacks without the ocean
Posted by: Skip

Sea stacks are Buttes with the ocean.

Meet you out back so we can settle this once and for all.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:49 PM (jlbtb)

89 87 79 Wait - did a thread go missing?
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Yes; "The Week In Woke".
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 01, 2023 07:48 PM (krqg6)

Well, I hope it's ok, wherever it is

Posted by: parsimony at September 01, 2023 07:50 PM (q1I67)

90 Yikes, a whole thread got zapped? Glad I was out. It's getting dangerous around these parts.

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:50 PM (pTb/Z)

91 Now that the widely acclaimed Sea Stacks week has wrapped up I would like to nominate a week of SW Buttes. As encouragement here is pic of New Mexcio's most famous butte, Shiprock.

https://tinyurl.com/37e4ybzs
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (jlbtb)

Damn. I read that as SW Butts. **kicks sand. walks away disapointed**

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at September 01, 2023 07:51 PM (Zvtjl)

92 Did Ace prematurely post a thread? Maybe it's a tomorrow thread.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:51 PM (5xURv)

93 Butte are just sea stacks without the ocean
Posted by: Skip

Sea stacks are Buttes with the ocean.

Meet you out back so we can settle this once and for all.
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:49 PM (jlbtb)
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Let's have an ice cream summit and settle this like civilized people.

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:51 PM (pTb/Z)

94 "Hit a bat on a trip in New Mexico which wraped around to the passenger side and it's lifeless claw grabbed the mirror frame"

I should have taken that left at Albuquerque.

Posted by: zombie bat at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (vFG9F)

95 As the self-proclaimed”grand old man” of the blog, now celebrating nigh on 20 years of sea stack commemorations, strangely I don’t remember a single one of the previous 19. Getting old sucks, I guess.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (JiBXo)

96 93 Butte are just sea stacks without the ocean
Posted by: Skip

Sea stacks are Buttes with the ocean.

Meet you out back so we can settle this once and for all.
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:49 PM (jlbtb)
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Let's have an ice cream summit and settle this like civilized people.

Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:51 PM (pTb/Z)

Ice cream wrestling? With Chocolate syrup and nuts?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (ynpvh)

97 I think the fungus video was the high point of my day. I don't know whether that says more about the video or my day. Or me.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (nfrXX)

98 Beautiful evening out thar.....

Posted by: JT at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (T4tVD)

Posted by: Mitch at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (5xURv)

100 I love Friesian movement. I'm an odd duck who thinks overly long thick manes and tails is a detraction from their and other horse breeds' beauty, so I used to have to bite my tongue on a BB moderated by a someone who was really into extra long tails on every breed.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:54 PM (3cGpq)

101 It's getting dangerous around these parts.
Posted by: bluebell at September 01, 2023 07:50 PM (pTb/Z)

Just as the enemy wants it to be.

Sigh.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 01, 2023 07:54 PM (OX9vb)

102

Posted by: zombie Mitch at September 01, 2023 07:54 PM (vFG9F)

103 Posted by: Mitch at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (5xURv)

Learn to be more concise.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:54 PM (ynpvh)

104 hahahaha, that makes this the willowed comment:
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The notion that the Ukrainians are the only ones feeding their troops uppers is laughable.
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I think the main point being they're the ones we're supporting.

At least they're not Nazis, though...

Oh crap.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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And the Russians are the righteous liberators.

Oh, golly...comrade?
Posted by: 13times

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at September 01, 2023 07:55 PM (k1L5r)

105 I think "The Week in Woke" is in one of those mass Indigenous burial grounds. Along with Liz Warren's ancestors.

Posted by: Wally at September 01, 2023 07:55 PM (YB98a)

106 LOL at 99. 2023 07:53 PM (5xURv)

great bit of humor.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:55 PM (3cGpq)

107 Ice cream wrestling? With Chocolate syrup and nuts?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:53 PM (ynpvh)

Only if we're the wrestlers.

Posted by: Lia Thomas and Dylan Mulvaney at at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (YHZy+)

108 100 I love Friesian movement. I'm an odd duck who thinks overly long thick manes and tails is a detraction from their and other horse breeds' beauty, so I used to have to bite my tongue on a BB moderated by a someone who was really into extra long tails on every breed.
Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:54 PM (3cGpq)

You're not weird. I don't like them either. They need to get that hippie horse's bangs cut so he can see.

It's a beautiful horse and the silly hair just distracts from that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (5xURv)

109 Did Ace prematurely post a thread? Maybe it's a tomorrow thread.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

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(checks to see if everything is red and/or bold)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (k1L5r)

110 105 I think "The Week in Woke" is in one of those mass Indigenous burial grounds. Along with Liz Warren's ancestors.

Posted by: Wally at September 01, 2023 07:55 PM (YB98a)

:::trying to nod:::

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Hoffa at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (ynpvh)

111 My daughter and oldest grandson have been shopping for his first (used) car all day. Haven't heard anything yet. My first car was an International Scout, cost $600.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (v0R5T)

112 From the "whatcha gonna do but laugh' Dept. I needed to water my arena. Karma stepped in and gave me a massive water leak that soaked the whole arena.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (J89Qc)

113 109 Did Ace prematurely post a thread? Maybe it's a tomorrow thread.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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(checks to see if everything is red and/or bold)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - To cheat with DeSantis they'll have to face themselves and admit they're soviet at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (k1L5r)

Ace never does that; it's that Lamont fella.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:57 PM (ynpvh)

114 Dang Ben Had. Plumbing problems are the worst. I hate plumbing.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

115 Sorry, Nurse, about misremembering Otter 841's sex. It's Friday, and my memory is already enjoying the long weekend.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 07:58 PM (mNmNo)

116 Good evening, Ben Had! God works in mysterious ways. Haha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 01, 2023 07:58 PM (OX9vb)

117 114 Dang Ben Had. Plumbing problems are the worst. I hate plumbing.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

Sewage is worse. Trust me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 07:58 PM (ynpvh)

118 I had to run a pvc drain line myself today. Plumbing is crappy.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 08:00 PM (5xURv)

119 She stacks Sea Stacks by the Sleestak.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:00 PM (S6gqv)

120 Re: Switzerland, I watched a very strange movie the other night which had living in Switzerland as a minor plot point. The movie is called "Small Apartments" and stars Billy Crystal, James Caan, Dolph Lundgren, Johnny Knoxville and some other people who looked familiar, but I didn't really recognize. Did I mention it was a strange movie? Sort of a comedy, I guess, with a lot of death. Murder, accident, natural causes, suicide. Also robbery, assault, arson, abuse of a corpse, auto theft, passport fraud and grand larceny.

Like I said, a comedy.

Posted by: a.moron at September 01, 2023 08:00 PM (F6Xpw)

121 sock change

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:00 PM (k1L5r)

122 Hi Ben Had. I hope it's not too hard to find and fix your leak. You definitely found the silver lining with it soaking an area you were intending to water soon.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 08:01 PM (3cGpq)

123 Plumbing problems always turn into sewage problems. They're magic that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:01 PM (S6gqv)

124 I am having to much fun looking up sea otter videos.

Sea otter gets its temperature taken
https://tinyurl.com/yf8v8bp4

Sea otter helps out
https://tinyurl.com/4cfccv5x

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:01 PM (jlbtb)

125 Dang, I miss Billy Crystal.

He had a great string of movies but then fell off the big screen.

I think he decided to play broadway or something.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (5xURv)

126 I still have a blank page on a tab, a thread did go missing

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (MOY79)

127 From the "whatcha gonna do but laugh' Dept. I needed to water my arena. Karma stepped in and gave me a massive water leak that soaked the whole arena.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Providence. You might eventually find out why it happened. Maybe not, but hopefully. It's always neat to make the connection years later.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (k1L5r)

128 I don't mind plumbing at all but I sure hate digging that damn hole.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (J89Qc)

129 "To close with a YouTube-style "call to action" and engagement: What have you learned about sea stacks that you will take with you through your further experiential journeying? What Life Notes have you taken from your new understanding of limestone and schistocity which you can add to your Action Plan and Goal Agenda for self-actualization?"

https://youtu.be/8V_hCqO6UQs?si=ErwfIl9DjORx2SQb

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (CCSxw)

130 I see sea stacks by the sea shore

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:04 PM (MOY79)

131 127 From the "whatcha gonna do but laugh' Dept. I needed to water my arena. Karma stepped in and gave me a massive water leak that soaked the whole arena.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Providence. You might eventually find out why it happened. Maybe not, but hopefully. It's always neat to make the connection years later.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (k1L5r)

As long as he isn't counting votes in Georgia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:04 PM (ynpvh)

132 As we left the clam flowage that day...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2023 08:04 PM (63Dwl)

133 126 I still have a blank page on a tab, a thread did go missing
Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:03 PM (MOY79)

Someone call Jim Rockford!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 08:05 PM (5xURv)

134 Bluebell has been promoting a new seasonal flavor for a couple weeks, Dr. Pepper Float. Cherry Dr. Pepper mixed with creamy vanilla ice cream, it's pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (S6gqv)

135 Mad stacks of sediment, you!

- Jesse Pinkman

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (Bf+P4)

136 As long as he isn't counting votes in Georgia...
Posted by: jim

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I don't understand that either, but same as Trump pulling away the curtain on D.C. for a moment, it had to happen in order to be a catalyst.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (k1L5r)

137 Crap. Jesse says yo, not you

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (Bf+P4)

138 Just dropping in to say that it is not about the stacks we watched, it is about the stacks in each and every one of our hearts that grew stronger during this very important week.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (7KMZA)

139 Are extra long tails still the style for QH showing Ben Had? I had some fun with the BB tails dragging the ground folks telling them that when I was a kid the style guideline for QH's was to thin and shorten the tail to be hardly below the hocks.

As a trail rider the horse tails pretty much never get past pastern level. Not that I trim them, but nature tends to break them off about there.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 08:07 PM (3cGpq)

140 Someone has to be climbing these sea stacks

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:08 PM (MOY79)

141 Maybe the real heroes were the stacks we met along the way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:08 PM (k1L5r)

142 138 Just dropping in to say that it is not about the stacks we watched, it is about the stacks in each and every one of our hearts that grew stronger during this very important week.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (7KMZA

Harry Paratestes waxing poetically.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 08:08 PM (5xURv)

143 I wanna complain. I never do , but the time has come. May I ? Thank you. Back in the day , a TV show, a season, had 24-26 episodes. Original Star Trek's first season had 29 episodes. Now ? You are lucky to get 10. Maybe 12. Somebody compared them to a one movie broken down into pieces. The fook.

Posted by: runner at September 01, 2023 08:09 PM (V13WU)

144 Ace, you still around? Wouldn't blame you if you weren't.

Re PayPal alternative, I think it was Ann Barnhardt who recommended wise.com. I've been meaning to check it out… for months.

Re last thread (RIP): Helluva way to end your week, café closer notwithstanding.

[longish related comment self-deleted]

Mild temps and a light breeze at the café. Refill my coffee cup, please, waitress, and bring me a shot of Bailey's?

Posted by: mindful webworker - but, seriously, at September 01, 2023 08:10 PM (xe9Jg)

145 It is better to have seen the sea stacks and lost them than to never have seen them at all.

- These are the days of our sea stacks

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 01, 2023 08:10 PM (5xURv)

146 The ACC has added Stanford, Cal, and SMU in an effort to stave of what has happened to the PAC 12 (now down to 4 schools, starting next year). It won't matter. The ACC is doomed, like the PAC 12.

Can they just do away with the conference designations as they are meaningless now.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:12 PM (6PUpl)

147 When is the Sea Stack Season airing of grievances? And the feats of strength?

Posted by: 496 at September 01, 2023 08:12 PM (Bf+P4)

148 I have very little to add to this long and informative show of sea stacks, but I would like to say that there is a positive link between the use of Xylitol and the reduction of dental caries.

Have a good weekend, ace.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:12 PM (xhaym)

149 "Maybe the real heroes were the stacks we met along the way.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine?"

I know now that stacks unknown have affected my life in ways yet to be discovered.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

150 We see stacked all the time with the Mannix girls.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:14 PM (xTRSc)

151 When is the Sea Stack Season airing of grievances? And the feats of strength?
Posted by: 496

Does this include the Sea Stack Toss? I don't think many could do it, unless it's a feat of bending the truth....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 08:14 PM (mNmNo)

152 111 My daughter and oldest grandson have been shopping for his first (used) car all day. Haven't heard anything yet. My first car was an International Scout, cost $600.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (v0R5T)

My first car was a '63 Bel Air that had been wrecked. I bought it for $75 from a lady we went to church with and got front clip from the salvage yard for $25. My dad and I replaced the front end and painted it to more or less match the rest of the car and fixed a few other things.

Posted by: a.moron at September 01, 2023 08:15 PM (F6Xpw)

153 I guess the lovely Penguin parade of first day of school last night will have to tide me over until next week.

Switzerland has no indigenous Penguins, though it is a lovely place. Their entire GDP is dependent on crooked banking, yodeling, and cuckoo clocks.

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at September 01, 2023 08:16 PM (83IzV)

154 PaleRider, tails are kept at fetlock level. Anything more than that is asking for the horse to step on it and pull out a big hunk

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:16 PM (nOR7T)

155 Those Fly-Agaric mushrooms . . . They are standing behind me, aren't they,

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (xhaym)

156 The Atlantic Coast Conference now includes California.

That's sort of perfect in a post-2012 kind of way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (k1L5r)

157 Busy Atlantic with storms right now...
Four named and two maybes. The newest might make it Cuba... or Miami.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (ga8qR)

158 154 PaleRider, tails are kept at fetlock level. Anything more than that is asking for the horse to step on it and pull out a big hunk

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:16 PM (nOR7T)

Wasn't Fetlock a lawyer on some TV show?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (ynpvh)

159 I saw Otter 841's picture on the wall down at the Post Office at Drucker's Store . It's only a matter of time now.

Posted by: Newt Kiley at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (83IzV)

160 Sea stacks are proof that there is no status quo.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:18 PM (nOR7T)

161 Their entire GDP is dependent on crooked banking, yodeling, and cuckoo clocks.
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun

Also, real life Bond villains who want to rule the World.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:18 PM (6PUpl)

162 Getting dark outside already. Summer just sort of showed up and left abruptly.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 01, 2023 08:19 PM (V8he0)

163 Posted by: wth at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (v0R5T)

Good luck to them. Some company has been running an add about parents helping young adult get a car "lots of options for under 20K" I can't help but wince at that as a price for a used car even if its a nice, 2nd owner one.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 08:19 PM (3cGpq)

164 Not even five years ago you could find a really nice 75K mile used car for $5000-$7000 depending on the make.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (k1L5r)

165 162: Days are getting shorter?

KLIMATE CHANGE!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The heat is coming back to Babylon DC next week. High 90s. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (6PUpl)

166 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (S6gqv)

167 I suspect that Otter 841 is safe. I hear they've called in an expert from Mayberry to help with the search, named Barney Fife.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (mNmNo)

168 "My first car was a '63 Bel Air that had been wrecked. I bought it for $75 from a lady we went to church with and got front clip from the salvage yard for $25. My dad and I replaced the front end and painted it to more or less match the rest of the car and fixed a few other things.
Posted by: a.moron"

That right there is how it's done. You learned everything you needed to know about cars by building one from two like that. Thanks Dad!

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

169 'As we say goodbye to our new-found friends at Tobongo, we witness a final spectacular sunset....'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2023 07:30 PM (e8Uou)

As the sun pulls away from the shore, and our ship sinks swiftly in the west, we hear the happy natives crying, "come back! Come Back! We are bound to miss you . . . At such a distance!"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:23 PM (xhaym)

170 157 Busy Atlantic with storms right now...
Four named and two maybes. The newest might make it Cuba... or Miami.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2023 08:17 PM (ga8qR)

Notice how close Franklin and José are. I think they're planning a gay tryst.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:23 PM (ynpvh)

171 169 'As we say goodbye to our new-found friends at Tobongo, we witness a final spectacular sunset....'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2023 07:30 PM (e8Uou)

As the sun pulls away from the shore, and our ship sinks swiftly in the west, we hear the happy natives crying, "come back! Come Back! We are bound to miss you . . . At such a distance!"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:23 PM (xhaym)

My Dad played that Spike Jones song often!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:24 PM (ynpvh)

172 Ben that is my preference. IIRC Folks that want tails longer than have to keep them braided and doubled and only have the extra foot on the ground for the halter class or whatever. But other than I won't spend that kind of time horse tails in the dirt is "Nope" to me. Same as dress hems that drag on the ground.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 08:24 PM (3cGpq)

173 Thank you for this week. I've learned so much about forging communities, building safe places, disrupting the media and speaking truth to power for the benefit of all of the underrepresented and oppressed sea stacks* and sea stack* supporters.

*Whatever those are.

Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 08:25 PM (Ed8Zd)

174 Now that the widely acclaimed Sea Stacks week has wrapped up I would like to nominate a week of SW Buttes. As encouragement here is pic of New Mexcio's most famous butte, Shiprock.

https://tinyurl.com/37e4ybzs
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (jlbtb)

A butte? It is mighty pretty one.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:25 PM (xhaym)

175 164 Not even five years ago you could find a really nice 75K mile used car for $5000-$7000 depending on the make.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (k1L5r)

Bidenomics. by L. Ron. ~~Biden~~ Peters.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:25 PM (ynpvh)

176 166 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Modern colleges are just Marxist Seminaries. So that, combined with the rampant greed of FBS college football, is an interesting and toxic combination.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:26 PM (6PUpl)

177 165 162: Days are getting shorter?

KLIMATE CHANGE!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The heat is coming back to Babylon DC next week. High 90s. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:21 PM (6PUpl)

"It's called a 'Space Laser'..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:26 PM (ynpvh)

178 I saw a Sleestak standing on a sea stack in the Land of the Lost...

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 08:27 PM (KEWDx)

179 I have to giggle that the dark headed goat is the one playing. Decades ago when dad worked for a rancher with a 'nuisance' size flock of sheep, the black headed sheep were the troublemakers. Solid whites didn't have that playful mind.
Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 07:40 PM (3cGpq)

Some Englishman was saying that the shepherds say that there is always a "mad sheep" in a flock. It is the one that never goes where it is supposed to, always goes the wrong way, and wanders off. It is also the one that leads the herd through snow drifts, or gets them to water when the regular hole dries out or gets blocked.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:28 PM (xhaym)

180 Strangely, there are precious few pictures of the Sea Stacks that surround North Sentinel Island.

Posted by: Scared Schistless at September 01, 2023 08:28 PM (83IzV)

181 I learned a lot about cars from my dad. He taught me what I needed to know to get started and I took it from there. I had some other good tutors along the way though. The guy who gave me my first job working on cars was one that, on reflection, I didn't really appreciate as much as I should have at the time.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

182 11 My daughter and oldest grandson have been shopping for his first (used) car all day. Haven't heard anything yet. My first car was an International Scout, cost $600.

Posted by: wth at September 01, 2023 07:56 PM (v0R5T)

my first (I was allowed to drive) was a hand me down from my dear, deceased Danish grandma. Something with a push-button transmission and no power steering. It was a blue sedan and my arms hurt after driving it. But I became -and still am-the rarest of female creatures... an awesome parallel parker.

Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (Ed8Zd)

183 https://tinyurl.com/37e4ybzs
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 07:39 PM (jlbtb)

A butte? It is mighty pretty one.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:25 PM (xhaym)

I like Big Buttes and I cannot Lie!

Posted by: Tom Mixalot at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (S6gqv)

184 180 Strangely, there are precious few pictures of the Sea Stacks that surround North Sentinel Island.

Posted by: Scared Schistless at September 01, 2023 08:28 PM (83IzV)

Have they gotten their COVID boosters yet?...I think we should send Fauci on a fact-finding mission there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (ynpvh)

185 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL. Posted by: Tom Servo

Pac Pair.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (jlbtb)

186 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL

Mountain West for them? No more room in the Big 52.

Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2023 08:30 PM (e2onP)

187 Posted by: Tom Mixalot at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (S6gqv)

#65 beat ya to it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:31 PM (ynpvh)

188 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL

Mountain West for them? No more room in the Big 52.
Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2023 08:30 PM (e2onP)

Sad, a little. Wherever do Eastern and Central Washington play might work, but it will be hell on recruiting.

Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 08:33 PM (Ed8Zd)

189 The Pac Then....

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 08:33 PM (KEWDx)

190 Time-lapse mushroom video is cool.

Coincidentally, I just got through removing some mushrooms in my yard and poof the Week in Woke thread is no more.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2023 08:33 PM (NpAcC)

191 Big buttes are fine, but I prefer grand tetons, myself.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:34 PM (xTRSc)

192 191 Big buttes are fine, but I prefer grand tetons, myself.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:34 PM (xTRSc)

No canyoneering?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:34 PM (ynpvh)

193 Anything more than that is asking for the horse to step on it and pull out a big hunk
Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:16 PM

And thereby hangs a tale.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 01, 2023 08:35 PM (a3Q+t)

194 187 Posted by: Tom Mixalot at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (S6gqv)

#65 beat ya to it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:31 PM (ynpvh)

Geez, it's like you're supposed to read every post in the thread or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:35 PM (S6gqv)

195 Anything more than that is asking for the horse to step on it and pull out a big hunk
Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:16 PM

And thereby hangs a tale.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

A Tale of the Tail?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (mNmNo)

196 841 does one crime against the government and it will b rd Eff Bee Eye at 4am intrusion

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (MOY79)

197 194 187 Posted by: Tom Mixalot at September 01, 2023 08:29 PM (S6gqv)

#65 beat ya to it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:31 PM (ynpvh)

Geez, it's like you're supposed to read every post in the thread or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:35 PM (S6gqv)

Or like do a search...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (ynpvh)

198 Just dropping in to say that it is not about the stacks we watched, it is about the stacks in each and every one of our hearts that grew stronger during this very important week.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at September 01, 2023 08:06 PM (7KMZA)

*a tear drips slowly down her face as she ponders the stacks she knew ---and those she'll never have the privilege of knowing .

Posted by: LASue at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (Ed8Zd)

199 196 841 does one crime against the government and it will b rd Eff Bee Eye at 4am intrusion

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (MOY79)

Anal Agents.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (ynpvh)

200 Why I think Ace of Spades is the greatest publication since Grit.

1. Experiencing writer's block. Let's move on.
2. Types. Types. Deletes. Deletes.
3. Gives up and goes read Grit.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:38 PM (jlbtb)

201 Or like do a search...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (ynpvh)

That's just Crazy Talk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:38 PM (S6gqv)

202 Duncanthrax, horse steps on tail and grabs ass and there is the tale

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (EZPNh)

203 200 Why I think Ace of Spades is the greatest publication since Grit.

1. Experiencing writer's block. Let's move on.
2. Types. Types. Deletes. Deletes.
3. Gives up and goes read Grit.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:38 PM (jlbtb)

Then the murders started...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (ynpvh)

204 Week in woke thread is still in our hearts

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (MOY79)

205 201 Or like do a search...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:37 PM (ynpvh)

That's just Crazy Talk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:38 PM (S6gqv)

Yeah, I know.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (ynpvh)

206 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL.
Posted by: Tom Serv

The Pac 1-2

Posted by: SFGoth at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (KAi1n)

207 204 Week in woke thread is still in our hearts

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:39 PM (MOY79)

Although sleeping with the fishes, Week in Woke will be remembered.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:40 PM (ynpvh)

208 My daughter and oldest grandson have been shopping for his first (used) car all day. Haven't heard anything yet. My first car was an International Scout, cost $600.

I was feeling sorry for myself about having a pre-2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ, until I saw what they are selling for on autotrader.

Oh My. One vehicle that has more mileage (mine is < 90k), no upgrades, Sport Edition and may not be as clean (mine has always been garage parked) is priced five grand more than what the one I have cost brand new in 1999.

And I have two, one is a Limited.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2023 08:40 PM (p8A+W)

209 MWC would be a place for Washington State and Oregon State. I don't think they're interested as they would miss out on the $$$ FBS provides and MWC is outside looking in with FBS. I don't think they'll have much choice though. Either that, go independent. They aren't ND, so that probably isn't a good option either.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:40 PM (6PUpl)

210 Here is the closest thing to one of these formations that I have ever seen in person. Not all that impressive but accessible. It is at
Monterosso al Mare, one of the five villages in the Cinque Terre in northeast Italy. Kind off cool when we were there in April

Posted by: javems at September 01, 2023 08:41 PM (8I4hW)

211 I can’t believe that the California schools that we used to play against are joining the Big Ten.

It’s like the Egyptians becoming the 13th Tribe of Israel.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:41 PM (xTRSc)

212 Pac 12 now consists of Washington State and Oregon State, LOL

Mountain West for them? No more room in the Big 52.
Posted by: t-bird at September 01, 2023 08:30 PM (e2onP)

They would be a good fit in the MW. Plus I could see the Coug's beat up on the University of New Mexico Lobos every couple of years in person.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:42 PM (jlbtb)

213 Those are some impressive sea stacks Nurse!

What?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2023 08:42 PM (SAX5G)

214
That horse is Teh Ghey.

And tooth-cleaning fish is actually a Candiru in mufti. Beware.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2023 08:43 PM (xFY1u)

215 It’s like the Egyptians becoming the 13th Tribe of Israel.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:41 PM (xTRSc)

Weren't they the Black Jews?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 08:43 PM (S6gqv)

216 I'm starting to think like guns with my cars. I don't ever want to sell one. They're investments.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

217 MWC would be a place for Washington State and Oregon State. I don't think they're interested as they would miss out on the $$$ FBS provides and MWC is outside looking in with FBS. I don't think they'll have much choice though. Either that, go independent. They aren't ND, so that probably isn't a good option either.
Posted by: Puddleglum

I am pretty sure the Mountain West is a FBS conference.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:44 PM (jlbtb)

218 Even though no work tomorrow still should hit the sack
Have a great night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 01, 2023 08:44 PM (MOY79)

219 If you think your hate the media enough you are wrong.

This is just a single question but the entire interview with the WaPo's Phillip Bump goes like this and it goes on for an hour. There is no amount of evidence that will get the media to report on the corrupt Biden crime family. They are as corrupt as the politicians they supposedly cover.

https://tinyurl.com/27tytcwn

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 08:44 PM (ZLI7S)

220 Night Skip

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:45 PM (ynpvh)

221 215 No, the Black Jews were Ethiopians.

So, Rutgers.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:45 PM (xTRSc)

222 I was feeling sorry for myself about having a pre-2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ, until I saw what they are selling for on autotrader.

Oh My. One vehicle that has more mileage (mine is
Posted by: Reuben Hick

Buying a car these days, new or used, is an experience. Is there no end to the areas of our lives that governmental interference has not f*cked up?

*Rhetorically asked - I know the answer*

Posted by: Tonypete at September 01, 2023 08:45 PM (SAX5G)

223 Once when I was walking on a beach, I turned and saw a sea stack behind me. It kind of freaked me out because it wasn't there just a minute before.

Posted by: Seastackaphobe at September 01, 2023 08:47 PM (vFG9F)

224 I hate that the FNM can persist Jack Straw. It is truly sad that the country as a whole is so dumbed down that they can get any audience or sell even a 100 papers.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (3cGpq)

225 so who were the Hyskos?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (xhaym)

226 That's pretty cool. I'd like to see that shirt.

Looks even better wet.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (p8A+W)

227 I am not worried about the state of used cars. By the time the communists here screw up transportation permanently Cuba will be the 51 state and we can import theirs.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (jlbtb)

228 Thank God we fell for "Cash for Clunkers," huh? Got rid of lots and lots of perfectly functional used vehicles. Hooray.

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 08:49 PM (KEWDx)

229 217 MWC would be a place for Washington State and Oregon State. I don't think they're interested as they would miss out on the $$$ FBS provides and MWC is outside looking in with FBS. I don't think they'll have much choice though. Either that, go independent. They aren't ND, so that probably isn't a good option either.
Posted by: Puddleglum

I am pretty sure the Mountain West is a FBS conference.
Posted by: Lost In Space

In regard to the 'Playoffs', I believe they are outside looking in. I think there are provisions for the conferences that are outside of the 'Big 5' conferences; SEC, ACC, BIG10+, PAC 12 (for now), BIG 12, to compete in the playoffs, but they can get frozen out, depending on what the Big 5 conferences teams fair over the season.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 08:49 PM (6PUpl)

230 221 215 No, the Black Jews were Ethiopians.

So, Rutgers.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:45 PM (xTRSc)

There are Chinese Jews (of Kaifenfu)
There are Indian Jews (Cochin, Bene, Baghdadi)

https://is.gd/8syOWR
https://is.gd/z2Cu6S

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:49 PM (ynpvh)

231 YZZ made me think of zippers, but I was wrong. YKK is the zipper company

and Kitkatla Airport is also YKK

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:49 PM (xhaym)

232 I will drive my truck even if it is down to an orange crate sitting on the chasis.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 08:50 PM (EZPNh)

233 Feather stars rule!

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 08:50 PM (KEWDx)

234 In regard to the 'Playoffs', I believe they are outside looking in. I think there are provisions for the conferences that are outside of the 'Big 5' conferences; SEC, ACC, BIG10+, PAC 12 (for now), BIG 12, to compete in the playoffs, but they can get frozen out, depending on what the Big 5 conferences teams fair over the season.
Posted by: Puddleglum

I hate fine print.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:51 PM (jlbtb)

235 Just go. And don't look back.

Posted by: A Sea Stack at September 01, 2023 08:51 PM (bQKgA)

236 Cats took a sudden interest in the fireplace.
There is a flying squirrel in there.

First question: Really?
Second question: How? The damper closes tight.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 01, 2023 08:51 PM (O1z4v)

237 >>I hate that the FNM can persist Jack Straw. It is truly sad that the country as a whole is so dumbed down that they can get any audience or sell even a 100 papers.

It helps explain why leftists call us crazy conspiracy theorists. They literally have no idea what's going on because the sources they rely on never tell them. Without a real free press we are on a death spiral.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 01, 2023 08:52 PM (ZLI7S)

238 225 so who were the Hyksos?

Drunken, feuding moutaineers

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 08:52 PM (xTRSc)

239 225 so who were the Hyskos?
Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (xhaym)

---------

The Hyksos were pimps. They could never have outfought Santino.

Posted by: Don Vito Corleone at September 01, 2023 08:53 PM (bQKgA)

240 Isn't there a sea stack in the final chase scene in "McQ", starring a MAC 10 and John Wayne but mostly a MAC 10?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 01, 2023 08:53 PM (xDXWF)

241 225 so who were the Hyskos?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:48 PM (xhaym)

Smithsonian has this article:
https://is.gd/Vj95ue

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:53 PM (ynpvh)

242 To be honest, the only people who care if University of Oregon play conference ball are some of the alumni and Nike. And Nike will pull out in a second if it suits them.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:54 PM (xhaym)

243 What have you learned about sea stacks that you will take with you through your further experiential journeying? What Life Notes have you taken from your new understanding of limestone and schistocity which you can add to your Action Plan and Goal Agenda for self-actualization?

I learned that Sea Stacks are evolved from single-molecule grained sized rocks into complex, multi-molecule rock formations from natural selection occurring over billions of years.

Armed with this new knowledge, I plan to carry out destroying nature, because nature is all accidental and there really is nothing special about it.

It could happen again. It might not. It probably won't. But it doesn't matter because there is really no higher order or process, just all randomly occurring things. So basically it's all pointless.

Toxic waste dump. Dead panda bears. Eventual Venus-type surface temperatures and the world in flames. None of it really matters unless I'm there to observe it, and I'm not gonna live forever.

Like my friend Andy Dufresne would say, get busy destroying because nothing matters or get busy dying.

Damn right.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 01, 2023 08:54 PM (/11g9)

244 Thank God we fell for "Cash for Clunkers," huh? Got rid of lots and lots of perfectly functional used vehicles. Hooray.
Posted by: Sam Adams

--

Nobody did. People outright rejected it and begged for it not to happen because folks knew that it would take a huge amount (500K+?) of used cars permanently off the market.

It destroyed a lot of interesting collectibles, borderline exotic, and outright exotic cars, too. Bentleys come to mind, Porsche 928s, and lots of M3s. I remember a TVR being in the mix. The worst was probably a Buick Gran National.

Yep. Someone permanently destroyed a Gran National.

Begged it not to happen, but our first gay president had a gay plan.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 08:55 PM (k1L5r)

245 "There is a flying squirrel in there.

First question: Really?
Second question: How? The damper closes tight.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy"

Watch me pull Rocky out of this hat!

*fails, looks in hat*

Posted by: Bullwinkle at September 01, 2023 08:56 PM (vFG9F)

246 Here is the closest thing to one of these formations that I have ever seen in person.
-----

Shoot forgot the pic. Oh well.

Posted by: javems at September 01, 2023 08:57 PM (8I4hW)

247 Top Russian Rocket Scientist Dies of Mushroom Poisoning Weeks After Moscow’s Failed Moon Landing

Gotta be a coincidence.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 08:57 PM (RovqD)

248 So.
No haystack rock?
I'm chagrined.
Vexed even.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (hv9bm)

249 get busy destroying

My parrot's motto!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (xDXWF)

250 How? The damper closes tight.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy"

I wish!!

Posted by: Buttigig at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (SAX5G)

251 228 Thank God we fell for "Cash for Clunkers," huh? Got rid of lots and lots of perfectly functional used vehicles. Hooray.

Posted by: Sam Adams at September 01, 2023 08:49 PM (KEWDx)

I know that severely distorted the used auto market at the time, but I wonder how much the effects persist today? How many of the cars trashed back then would still be on the road today? Are there indirect effects still active now?

Posted by: a.moron at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (F6Xpw)

252 All this FBS crap is just that (except for when the Tide is playing Auburn, the number of Stepford wife candidates in the stands is mind blowing). My local team, the NMSU Aggies consistently rank about 120th and I love going to their games. We get the full meal deal experience (except for the winning): enthusiastic tailgating, top price seats on the 50 yd cost $35.00 with fees, free parking, a great band that does a great half time show, cheerleaders, and occasionally a football game breaks out. What is there not to love?

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (jlbtb)

253 247 Top Russian Rocket Scientist Dies of Mushroom Poisoning Weeks After Moscow’s Failed Moon Landing

Gotta be a coincidence.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 08:57 PM (RovqD)

Were the mushrooms from Chernobyl?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (ynpvh)

254 WH War Room Created to Combat Expected Impeachment Inquiry

President Joe Biden's White House has comprised a war room of attorneys, legislative aides and communications staffers to combat a possible Republican impeachment inquiry into the president's alleged influence peddling, NBC News reported.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (RovqD)

255 I learned that Sea Stacks are evolved from single-molecule grained sized rocks into complex, multi-molecule rock formations from natural selection occurring over billions of years.

Armed with this new knowledge, I plan to carry out destroying nature, because nature is all accidental and there really is nothing special about it.

It could happen again. It might not. It probably won't. But it doesn't matter because there is really no higher order or process, just all randomly occurring things. So basically it's all pointless.

Toxic waste dump. Dead panda bears. Eventual Venus-type surface temperatures and the world in flames. None of it really matters unless I'm there to observe it, and I'm not gonna live forever.

Like my friend Andy Dufresne would say, get busy destroying because nothing matters or get busy dying.

Damn right.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

I am touching myzelf right now. That iz hotz!!

Posted by: Klaus Schwaub at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (6PUpl)

256 Ha, i cheated and went and looked. I didn't realize there was an E34 M5 and a Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder destroyed by that horrible scheme, too.

I was never a 3000GT fan, but I appreciated what they were and IIRC there were maybe only 1000 of those brought over.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 09:00 PM (k1L5r)

257 Hey Ben Had I'm pretty sure we can build you a buckboard seat to go on that chassis.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 09:00 PM (vFG9F)

258 Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

This week 12-year old Jaiden stood up to his communist public school teachers -- and won.

The Benny Show thought Jaiden deserved a sweet ending to the week for inspiring so many.

Moments ago we delivered a king-sized Gadsden Flag cake to this little King.

Stay based, Jaiden🇺🇸

https://tinyurl.com/wuak8fcm

Posted by: redridinghood at September 01, 2023 09:01 PM (NpAcC)

259 254 WH War Room Created to Combat Expected Impeachment Inquiry

President Joe Biden's White House has comprised a war room of attorneys, legislative aides and communications staffers to combat a possible Republican impeachment inquiry into the president's alleged influence peddling, NBC News reported.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (RovqD)

As I see it, if it's okay to charge one's defense lawyers, it shoudl be fair game to charge the other's defense lawyers. Right? I mean, there's a conspiracy to prevent justice, so RICO should be invoked, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:01 PM (ynpvh)

260
so who were the Hyskos?
Posted by: Kindltot

They made cookies similar to Oreos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 01, 2023 09:01 PM (63Dwl)

261 fd at September 01, 2023 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

I had to buy battery tenders cuz dad does not drive anymore and I don't drive much with WFH and can't camp overnight anymore (well I *could, but I don't trust the Home health service folks that much and the thought of spending that much makes my head hurt).

And I don't want to sell either of his or my vehicles because "well it is so hard to find a decent cheap used vehicle now, especially a pickup" So the batteries need some help now.

I need to fix the aide issue though. I've just been frozen at the thought of trying to find live in help. Rents are theoretically super high so having room and board should be a sweetener on the deal where it wouldn't cost horribly much, maybe. We are a backwater, although it is commutable to metro areas.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023 09:02 PM (3cGpq)

262 The cutest slug you have ever seen.

https://twitter.com/i/status/
1697636709955936532

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:02 PM (9Gr7n)

263 I'm heading up to Western PA at the end of the month to visit the family for a week. I might drop by one of the local colleges and watch a football game. Just smallish schools (DII, DIII). Westminister College and Slippery Rock are the two closest. Youngstown St isn't too far either (FCS) but Youngstown is a bit sporty, crime wise.

Posted by: Klaus Schwaub at September 01, 2023 09:02 PM (6PUpl)

264 I know that severely distorted the used auto market at the time, but I wonder how much the effects persist today? How many of the cars trashed back then would still be on the road today? Are there indirect effects still active now?
Posted by: a.moron

--

Absolutely. It was 2009 IIRC. I've personally got two cars from before that.

Removing them from the market makes a smaller pool for people that can't afford much to have to fight for.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Is this the thread where we get to make fun of Ukraine? at September 01, 2023 09:02 PM (k1L5r)

265 Off global menace sock

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 01, 2023 09:03 PM (6PUpl)

266 The cutest slug you have ever seen.
Posted by: Gwenn

That would be one by Punchy.

Posted by: Buttigig at September 01, 2023 09:03 PM (SAX5G)

267 262 The cutest slug you have ever seen.

https://twitter.com/i/status/
1697636709955936532

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:02 PM (9Gr7n)

Looks like a cow face. IS that the species that steals chloroplasts from some of the plants they eat and integrete them into their bodies for extra energy?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:03 PM (ynpvh)

268 fd. How cool would that be! Has to have a buggy whip holder too.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 09:03 PM (k8FS0)

269 Yes, the Sheep Leaf Sea slug is the one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:04 PM (ynpvh)

270 https://is.gd/hjkDoH

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:05 PM (ynpvh)

271 In a development that can’t be independently confirmed – yet nevertheless offers an ephemeral blast of schadenfreude for those so inclined – close observers of Ukraine’s military actions against Russia and its assets have said four highly valued fighter jets that were destroyed or seriously damaged at a base in Western Russia late Saturday were the victims of Australian drones made of cardboard.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 09:05 PM (RovqD)

272 "Posted by: PaleRider at September 01, 2023"

Yep battery maintenance is a problem with a "fleet". Disconnecting batteries will help. Battery disconnect switches that go right on the battery terminals are convenient.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 09:06 PM (vFG9F)

273 It's called a sheep leaf sea slug.

Who's Punchy?

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:06 PM (9Gr7n)

274 WH War Room Created to Combat Expected Impeachment Inquiry

President Joe Biden's White House has comprised a war room of attorneys, legislative aides and communications staffers to combat a possible Republican impeachment inquiry into the president's alleged influence peddling, NBC News reported. Posted by: Neo

The Stonewall Brigade. In other news the FBI has an order in for a few thousand EV Black Marias, the DOJ is preparing for mass indictments, the DC jail is being expanded on a rush basis, the DC Fed courts are cracking their knuckles, and Antifa is straining on the leash.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 09:07 PM (jlbtb)

275 Thank you jim. I think it's cute.

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:08 PM (9Gr7n)

276 In a development that can’t be independently confirmed – yet nevertheless offers an ephemeral blast of schadenfreude for those so inclined – close observers of Ukraine’s military actions against Russia and its assets have said four highly valued fighter jets that were destroyed or seriously damaged at a base in Western Russia late Saturday were the victims of Australian drones made of cardboard.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 09:05 PM (RovqD)

Not just that, but they flew over 700 km from Ukraine, across Belarus, and most definitely weren't launched from NATO member Estonia just 30 km away.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 01, 2023 09:08 PM (/11g9)

277 I know that severely distorted the used auto market at the time, but I wonder how much the effects persist today? How many of the cars trashed back then would still be on the road today? Are there indirect effects still active now?

Unfortunately too many people are slobs, drive like Bo and Luke Duke, and/or don't know what maintenance is.

I'm driving a > 20 year old car that only looks like a couple years of wear because it was meticulously taken care of. OTOH, I have a 1995 Grand Cherokee that was left outside. The drivetrain is in outstanding condition but the paint and interior look like it was taken over by hobos.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 01, 2023 09:08 PM (p8A+W)

278 "fd. How cool would that be! Has to have a buggy whip holder too.
Posted by: Ben Had "

That would be a fun project on the forge to make the brackets, springs, and other hardware.

Posted by: fd at September 01, 2023 09:08 PM (vFG9F)

279 I'm heading up to Western PA at the end of the month to visit the family for a week. I might drop by one of the local colleges and watch a football game. Just smallish schools (DII, DIII). Westminister College and Slippery Rock are the two closest. Youngstown St isn't too far either (FCS) but Youngstown is a bit sporty, crime wise.
Posted by: Klaus Schwaub

I can't encourage you enough to do that. Small College football is just great fun. When traveling if there is a HS or small college game happening I am there. I have never been disappointed.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 09:10 PM (jlbtb)

280 That ginger on Tuesday’s Art Thread was sluggish by the sea.

She gets my vote for cutest sea slug.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 09:11 PM (xTRSc)

281 259 254 WH War Room Created to Combat Expected Impeachment Inquiry

President Joe Biden's White House has comprised a war room of attorneys, legislative aides and communications staffers to combat a possible Republican impeachment inquiry into the president's alleged influence peddling, NBC News reported.

Posted by: Neo at September 01, 2023 08:58 PM (RovqD)

As I see it, if it's okay to charge one's defense lawyers, it shoudl be fair game to charge the other's defense lawyers. Right? I mean, there's a conspiracy to prevent justice, so RICO should be invoked, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:01 PM (ynpvh)
________

Wrong, wrong, wrong. That would amount to insurrection, treason, and an attack on our democracy.

That's not a joke. Not anymore.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 01, 2023 09:14 PM (brAQZ)

282 fd, here's to forges, anvils and tongs

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 09:15 PM (k8FS0)

283 I think the next step for the junta is labor action, work stoppages, slowdowns, sabotage, sickouts, and strikes.

I remember as a kid every union going on strike in series; teachers, cops, sanitation...creating more and more chaos, disorder and decay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2023 09:15 PM (RIvkX)

284 n a development that can’t be independently confirmed – yet nevertheless offers an ephemeral blast of schadenfreude for those so inclined – close observers of Ukraine’s military actions against Russia and its assets have said four highly valued fighter jets that were destroyed or seriously damaged at a base in Western Russia late Saturday were the victims of Australian drones made of cardboard.

I don't know if we're discussing the same incident, but all of the video and images I've seen showed four massive heavy lift aircraft of the type Russia needs to help supply its troops.

Example here.

https://tinyurl.com/4s6wr76h

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 09:16 PM (I/Qkd)

285 https://twitter.com/i/status/
1697297370982027278

Jeopardy

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:16 PM (9Gr7n)

286 281 259 254

Wrong, wrong, wrong. That would amount to insurrection, treason, and an attack on our democracy.

That's not a joke. Not anymore.
Posted by: Eeyore at September 01, 2023 09:14 PM (brAQZ)

Well, all treasons are equal, but some are more equal than others.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:16 PM (ynpvh)

287 Who's Punchy?
Posted by: Gwenn

The main character from Hawaiian Punch commercials in the 60s-70's.

You're not 29 are you?

Posted by: Buttigig at September 01, 2023 09:17 PM (SAX5G)

288 287 Who's Punchy?
Posted by: Gwenn

The main character from Hawaiian Punch commercials in the 60s-70's.

You're not 29 are you?

Posted by: Buttigig at September 01, 2023 09:17 PM (SAX5G)

I didn't know his name was Punchy.
He always seemed to have had too much of the Kool-Aide, though.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:18 PM (ynpvh)

289 I can't encourage you enough to do that. Small College football is just great fun. When traveling if there is a HS or small college game happening I am there. I have never been disappointed.
Posted by: Lost In Space
---
Y'know I might take that advice. I'd love to go to another Clemson game before I die, but the expense and the traffic are just out of control. Furman tickets are reasonable and you have to like a team that has a tiny FU logo on their jerseys.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 01, 2023 09:18 PM (aBJcM)

290 282 Ben Had, you missed the argument on the Art Thread between Sponge and CBD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 09:18 PM (xTRSc)

291 290 282 Ben Had, you missed the argument on the Art Thread between Sponge and CBD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 09:18 PM (xTRSc)

Did it involve maple syrup and french toast, or was it more of a sous vide thing?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 01, 2023 09:19 PM (ynpvh)

292 Punchy and Judy. Nancy and Sluggo.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 01, 2023 09:20 PM (xDXWF)

293 Hell not 29. lol I do remember the name now though.

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:20 PM (9Gr7n)

294 Bulg, I saw it.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 01, 2023 09:22 PM (k8FS0)

295 Not just that, but they flew over 700 km from Ukraine, across Belarus, and most definitely weren't launched from NATO member Estonia just 30 km away.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 01, 2023 09:08 PM (/11g9)

All through the centuries, the balance of power in war has swung back and forth between defense and offense, between hugely expensive and massive weapons systems, and cheap, simple countermeasures.

This example demonstrates that the pendulum has swung back to where huge, incredibly complex machines of war can be defeated by some very cheap and easy to produce items. (drones dropping hand grenades have also been used) The nature of war itself is leaving the 20th century model behind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 09:23 PM (S6gqv)

296 Let's not argue about 'oo saw 'oo arguin' with 'oo

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 01, 2023 09:23 PM (RIvkX)

297 PSA

When you buy an appliance use it. Unbox it and check it out to make sure that it's fully functional.

Don't wait four years to unbox that refurbished computer you bought from Amazon only to discover that it should have been returned day one.

They won't take it back.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 09:24 PM (lCWOD)

298 Punch & Judy >>> Sid & Nancy

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 09:24 PM (xhaym)

299 I just started the Elvis movie.

How long will I last?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 01, 2023 09:27 PM (ybIRR)

300
Drunken, feuding moutaineers
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I actually know a Hatfield. Her g-uncle was William Anderson, 'Devil Anse', and she has memories of him.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 01, 2023 09:28 PM (3trAM)

301 This example demonstrates that the pendulum has swung back to where huge, incredibly complex machines of war can be defeated by some very cheap and easy to produce items. (drones dropping hand grenades have also been used) The nature of war itself is leaving the 20th century model behind.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 09:23 PM (S6gqv)

At the moment it is hard to deliver howitzer shells by drone, and really complicated to use drones to effect an Arc-light strike.

What they have managed to do it create a third front with penetration units, breaking up the traditional fronts approach. The front is still there, and a serious threat.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 09:28 PM (xhaym)

302 I really wanna last until the ONT.

But sleep calls to me…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 01, 2023 09:29 PM (xTRSc)

303 there is a positive link between the use of Xylitol and the reduction of dental caries.

Have a good weekend, ace.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 08:12 PM (xhaym)

Anecdatum: some lady on YouTube said she had a cavity discovered and found out she was pregnant before she had a chance to get it filled. She used Xylitol toothpaste and Xylitol gum during her pregnancy (she was avoiding fluoride while pregnant) and when she finally went in for her filling after giving birth, the cavity was gone.

Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 09:29 PM (Sf2cq)

304 Iridescent cloud video was cool.

If only whoever made it had a bigger memory card.

Seven whole seconds. I hate this timeline sometimes.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at September 01, 2023 09:29 PM (kjOVp)

305 drones dropping hand grenades have also been used) The nature of war itself is leaving the 20th century model behind.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September
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I read that they are flying cardboard drones into jet engine intakes.

Also the Carlson, Viktor Orban interview is good.
Interesting insight on Russia. Interesting man.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 09:30 PM (lCWOD)

306 They are making Col Parker the Salieri, it seems.

Don't know if that's a good choice. I note that they did not cast the obvious choice for Elvis, Bruce Campbell.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 01, 2023 09:30 PM (ybIRR)

307 It's a great day to be an American. Three guys from my local Discount Tire Shop are sitting at the bar enjoying a beer. This has a uniformly great crew, something is often lacking of at these chain start companies. This goes double here in Las Cruces because it's so hot here in the summer, it's a tough job. So immediately walked over to me when I came into the restaurant and thanked them theirfor your good work and bought them a round.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 09:32 PM (WrIvw)

308 301 What they have managed to do it create a third front with penetration units, breaking up the traditional fronts approach. The front is still there, and a serious threat.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 09:28 PM

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Drone swarm warfare with quasi-disposable drones is going to be another game-changer. It will also put a premium on network security/jamming.

Posted by: TRex at September 01, 2023 09:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

309 Anecdatum: some lady on YouTube said she had a cavity discovered and found out she was pregnant before she had a chance to get it filled. She used Xylitol toothpaste and Xylitol gum during her pregnancy (she was avoiding fluoride while pregnant) and when she finally went in for her filling after giving birth, the cavity was gone.
Posted by: Emmie at September 01, 2023 09:29 PM (Sf2cq)

there is a retired dentist who is claiming that xylitol kills the cavity forming bacteria, and the saliva carries enough to remineralize the teeth.

The dentist is Dr. Ellie Phillips and she sells xylitol mints and additional OTC mouth care stuff to help remineralize teeth to avoid cavities.
(I get tired of being told I need to floss more and cavities are my fault)

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 09:35 PM (xhaym)

310 Watching Good Times, it's just good wholesome and an absolute time capsule.

Also, Thelma was a stone cold fox.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 01, 2023 09:36 PM (XV/Pl)

311 They are pushing that stinking Barbie movie everywhere I go on the internet. Enough!

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:37 PM (9Gr7n)

312 Crappy little drones are 'working' right now because it hasn't risen to a MLRS counter-strike to take out a few grid squartes in retaliation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 01, 2023 09:38 PM (ga8qR)

313 Drone swarm warfare with quasi-disposable drones is going to be another game-changer. It will also put a premium on network security/jamming.
Posted by: TRex at September 01, 2023 09:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

Previously it was lightly armed marauders with sub-guns. It was also para-marines. It might be a game changer, the rifled musket certainly was,

Posted by: Kindltot at September 01, 2023 09:38 PM (xhaym)

314 Ooof. Finally home.

What happened to the previous thread? Did someone piss off ace or did Lamont nuke it on accident?

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 09:38 PM (/di7g)

315 Crappy little drones are 'working' right now because it hasn't risen to a MLRS counter-strike to take out a few grid squartes in retaliation.

By now, if Russia could have, they would have.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 09:41 PM (I/Qkd)

316 Did someone piss off ace or did Lamont nuke it on accident?
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 09:38 PM (/di7g)

Yes.

The answer is always yes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 01, 2023 09:42 PM (E6yXQ)

317 The dentist is Dr. Ellie Phillips and she sells xylitol mints and additional OTC mouth care stuff to help remineralize teeth to avoid cavities.
Posted by: Kindltot

Our DDS pushes (hard!) that his patients use a mouthwash containing xylitol every day. We have had good results with it.

Posted by: Buttigig at September 01, 2023 09:42 PM (SAX5G)

318 Ooof. Finally home.

What happened to the previous thread? Did someone piss off ace or did Lamont nuke it on accident?
Posted by: nurse ratched,

It seems that a few comments got out of hand. How is the weather going to be in Seattle this weekend? Right now is peak Seattle weather in my experience. I used to take a week vacation right after Labor Day and head off to the Port Townsend area; I always came home thinking it was one of the most perfect places on the planet.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 09:45 PM (WrIvw)

319 What happened to the previous thread? Did someone piss off ace or did Lamont nuke it on accident?
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 09:38 PM (/di7g)

nobody knows.....

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 01, 2023 09:45 PM (S6gqv)

320 By now, if Russia could have, they would have.

Russia is incompetent and can't do anything.

Also, if Russia isn't stopped now, they will conquer all of Europe.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 01, 2023 09:47 PM (/11g9)

321 nobody knows.....
Posted by: Tom Servo at September
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it's better that way

Posted by: Braenyard at September 01, 2023 09:47 PM (lCWOD)

322 You know what's lazy? Me lying on the bed not wanting to expend the effort to go downstairs and turn the vaporizer on....

Posted by: SFGoth at September 01, 2023 09:47 PM (KAi1n)

323 Russia is incompetent and can't do anything.

Also, if Russia isn't stopped now, they will conquer all of Europe.

I imagine that Poland likes its chances a lot better now than it did 2 years ago.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 01, 2023 09:50 PM (I/Qkd)

324 Lost in Space,
It's beautiful. Sunny and 71. Tomorrow supposed to hit 75 perhaps. Then clouds and showers.

I can see a lighthouse flashing red and white every five seconds from my bed.

It's glorious.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 01, 2023 09:50 PM (/di7g)

325 320 By now, if Russia could have, they would have.

Russia is incompetent and can't do anything.

Also, if Russia isn't stopped now, they will conquer all of Europe.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Quick, we need another 170 Trillion dollars to Ukraine!! Also, we're deploying the 10th Mtn Div to Estonia for, uh, exercises with, uh, the Luxembourg Marines or something. RUSSIA BAD!!!

Posted by: Perfumed Princes of the Pentagon at September 01, 2023 09:51 PM (wh7vU)

326 SFGoth, your vaporizer isn’t powered by a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, by any chance? If so, I’m glad you forgot. (grin)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 01, 2023 09:54 PM (mNmNo)

327 I can see a lighthouse flashing red and white every five seconds from my bed.

It's glorious.
Posted by: nurse ratched,

Safe to say the move upstairs was a complete win?

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 09:55 PM (WrIvw)

328 This is cool.

https://twitter.com/i/status/
1697102692345430409

Posted by: Gwenn at September 01, 2023 09:56 PM (9Gr7n)

329 I can see a lighthouse flashing red and white every five seconds from my bed.

It's glorious.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan

Burn things, Burn things, Burn things, Burn things, Burn It All Down.....

Posted by: Lighthouse Mind Control Ray at September 01, 2023 09:57 PM (wh7vU)

330 nurse ratched: I can see a lighthouse flashing red and white every five seconds from my bed. It's glorious.

Week 1: It's glorious.
Week 2: Its constancy is comforting.
Week 3: It's kinda pretty…
Week 4: It shines through the blinds all night!
Week 5: Install blackout curtains

😋

Posted by: mindful webworker - yes, but at September 01, 2023 10:02 PM (xe9Jg)

331 329 Burn things, Burn things, Burn things, Burn things, Burn It All Down.....
Posted by: Lighthouse Mind Control Ray at September 01, 2023 09:57 PM (wh7vU)

NOW you're catching on!

Posted by: Trogdor at September 01, 2023 10:03 PM (DTX3h)

332 For you that haven't been to West Seattle and have seen the Alki Lighthouse Nurse R can see from her home I can assure you it is an iconic place in Seattle Built in 1913 on the point along Alki Beach it one of those places that has been embedded into in the mind of every proper Seattle resident since then. I have logged many hours in that area photographing the lighthouse, Elliot Bay, the ferry boats that slid by sliently day and night, across the bay to Seattle itself where the Space Needle anchors the north end of the city down to the Smith Tower now drawfed the last 100 years of Seattle history. It is a breathing taking place that is a world class vista that leaves me never longing that missed anything by never visiting Europe. It is really that spectacular.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 01, 2023 10:23 PM (WrIvw)

333 Thanks for the pic's of the sea stacks. Love seeing pic's of them from around the world. Quite beautiful. Wonderful video on fungus.

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334 Is this thing on?

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