I've Got Mad Stacks Cafe

7 It is rather telling that a two decade plus Japanese Cooking Competition Show, that's overdubbed in English is better and more entertaining than anything currently on television.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 07:50 PM (XV/Pl)

8 That phallic sea stack is triggering.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 07:51 PM (f6UzA)

9 One can only imagine the geological forces that created those stacks. I've read that Britain was once not an island but was connected to the European mainland. The cliffs of Dover stand witness to such an event. I know the answer...
CLIMATE CHANGE!
That's the ticket.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 31, 2023 07:51 PM (MeG8a)

10 Ace why wouldn't Ipanema Beach be accompanied by Girl From Ipanema?
https://youtu.be/09gJX0Cc6p0?si=6fPOIogl8nJM0RPS

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2023 07:54 PM (MOY79)

11 Oh noooos

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2023 07:55 PM (MOY79)

12 Ace tripped over the cord

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2023 07:55 PM (MOY79)

13 Hello, hordelings!

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 31, 2023 07:55 PM (UuMH9)

14 or "Big Thursday."

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WIth the Paolo it is , how you say, lunedì enormi, martedì enormi, mercoledì enormi, giovedì, venerdì e sabato. Poi la preghiera. I pray. Allora domenica grandissima!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 07:56 PM (V13WU)

15 The guy back flipping on the edge of a cliff? We used to do back flips ACROSS the balance beam. That's four inches. Land and stay on.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 07:56 PM (SVX08)

16 I re-NOODed.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 07:56 PM (f6UzA)

17 "Dog looks how I feel:"

No, Sparky, it's "Downward Dog!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 07:57 PM (PiwSw)

18 Nakked Ipanema ??

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 07:57 PM (V13WU)

19 hah! and I nooded : -)

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at August 31, 2023 07:49 PM (V1lUW)

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This time traveler is triggering.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 07:57 PM (f6UzA)

20 'Sup!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2023 07:57 PM (YRsIm)

21 Viagra is not required.

Posted by: Old Man of Hoy at August 31, 2023 07:57 PM (DgGvY)

22 Hiya, Harry!
Haven't seen you around in a hot minute. How are you doing?

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 07:58 PM (SVX08)

23 The paw had it comin'.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 31, 2023 07:58 PM (Bd6X8)

24 Is that black stallion the one known as the Fabio of horses? I seem to remember reading that here, years ago.

Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 07:58 PM (pTb/Z)

25 Cat hates that damned dog

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 31, 2023 07:59 PM (Eeb9P)

26 Lunar reminder, today is that crazy moon that shows up every 15 years.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 07:59 PM (V13WU)

27 The cat fighting back is pretty damn funny!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 31, 2023 07:59 PM (YRsIm)

28 The guy back flipping on the edge of a cliff? We used to do back flips ACROSS the balance beam. That's four inches. Land and stay on.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 07:56 PM (SVX0

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It makes my knees hurt just thinking about it.

Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 08:00 PM (pTb/Z)

29 >>>This is some kind of Matrix ish right here.

I suspect those two have danced that dance before.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2023 08:00 PM (klJTj)

30 7 It is rather telling that a two decade plus Japanese Cooking Competition Show, that's overdubbed in English is better and more entertaining than anything currently on television.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 07:50 PM
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"Right you are, Ken."

Posted by: Vic Romano at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

31 One can only imagine the geological forces that created those stacks. I've read that Britain was once not an island but was connected to the European mainland. The cliffs of Dover stand witness to such an event. I know the answer...
CLIMATE CHANGE!
That's the ticket.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 31, 2023 07:51 PM (MeG8a)

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True Fact: Cape Breton Island, the northern part of ~~New Scotland~~ Nova Scotia is geologically different from the rest of Nova Scotia and has been determined to have once been part of Scotland -- having drifted west across the Atlantic.

What are the odds?

"The Plate Tectonic Change Crisis is gonna kill us all!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (f6UzA)

32 Kinda be bad if his jump landing on the cliff edge broke it off

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (MOY79)

33 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper
WATCH 🚨 Nebraska police pull over man with a bull riding in the passenger’s seat

https://tinyurl.com/2p9xj9k5
25 seconds.

UPDATE FROM THIS MORNING:
https://tinyurl.com/2w93y89n
photo

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (krqg6)

34 Sea stack?
Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur qualify?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (9nk60)

35 The cat video is like when they see themselves in a mirror.

I'm a sucker for waterfalls.

Good evening, horde.

Posted by: TRex at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

36 Love the snow-bats.

Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (pTb/Z)

37 It makes my knees hurt just thinking about it.

Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 08:00 PM (pTb/Z)

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Both of my ligament-destroyed ankles are starting to swell just thinking about it.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (f6UzA)

38 Ace - thank you …

Posted by: Adriane the Font Weight Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (4Winp)

39 Damn, that horse makes Fabio look like Woody Allen.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:04 PM (5xURv)

40 True Fact: Cape Breton Island, the northern part of New Scotland Nova Scotia is geologically different from the rest of Nova Scotia and has been determined to have once been part of Scotland -- having drifted west across the Atlantic.

Archaeologists have uncovered what are believed to be samples of petrified haggis, a moldy sporran, and an IOU from Ewan McTeagle, further bolstering the theory.*

*not really

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

41 Lunar reminder, today is that crazy moon that shows up every 15 years.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 07:59 PM (V13WU)

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Michael Moore hanging his ass out of a bus window?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:05 PM (f6UzA)

42 A paw got out of line, and the cat was forced to respond with maximum force.

Siamese twins, joined at the brain stem.

Funny it's not a Siamese cat, though.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2023 08:05 PM (DgGvY)

43 [Both of my ligament-destroyed ankles are starting to swell just thinking about it.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp ]

Luxury !!!

We had to hold our ankles together with wads of old chewing gum …

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:06 PM (4Winp)

44 Hot news @TheNewsTrending 2h
Video footage shows the moment a burglar poured himself a glass of beer behind the bar during a break-in.

https://tinyurl.com/3z8p9xc8
44 seconds; subtitled, no sound CC video.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 08:06 PM (krqg6)

45 >>>This is crazy

The "Oh shit" moment comes when a piece of that ledge breaks off on landing.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2023 08:07 PM (klJTj)

46 WIth the Paolo it is , how you say, lunedì enormi, martedì enormi, mercoledì enormi, giovedì, venerdì e sabato. Poi la preghiera. I pray. Allora domenica grandissima!

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 07:56 PM (V13WU)

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That's hot!

Posted by: Governor Gretchen Witchmore at August 31, 2023 08:07 PM (f6UzA)

47 The colors in that horse's coat are spectacular

Time to turn this off.
Next two days here are going to get fantastic, hope yours are as well.

Posted by: Skip at August 31, 2023 08:08 PM (MOY79)

48 >>>A paw got out of line, and the cat was forced to respond with maximum force.

I fought the paw and the paw won.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2023 08:08 PM (klJTj)

49 "Frederik the Great is a Friesian stallion.."

Frederik looks a little light in the loafers to me.

Posted by: javems at August 31, 2023 08:09 PM (8I4hW)

50 WIth the Paolo it is , how you say, lunedì enormi, martedì enormi, mercoledì enormi, giovedì, venerdì e sabato. Poi la preghiera. I pray. Allora domenica grandissima!

That's Italian for "makes it's own gravy".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 31, 2023 08:09 PM (9nk60)

51 We had to hold our ankles together with wads of old chewing gum …
Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:06 PM (4Winp)

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Musta been nice. We had to keep our feet attached to our legs with rusty barbed wire and roofing nails.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2023 08:09 PM (u73oe)

52 New Zealand is one place worth the pain to get there.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:10 PM (ZLI7S)

53 Waterfall Man was lucky.

Next time….

Posted by: Death By Stupidity at August 31, 2023 08:12 PM (R/m4+)

54 ESPN is down just when college football is supposed to start.

Posted by: LASue at August 31, 2023 08:12 PM (Ed8Zd)

55 Nebraska police pull over man with a bull riding in the passenger’s seat

Looked like it pooped all over the back.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at August 31, 2023 08:12 PM (9nk60)

56 22 Hiya, Harry!
Haven't seen you around in a hot minute. How are you doing?
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 07:58 PM (SVX0

Doing very well, thanks! How is everything with you?

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 31, 2023 08:13 PM (UuMH9)

57 Horse discovers a mirror for the first time..

It thought it found a friend, which is why it went outside to check the other side of the wall.

Very few animals recognize a mirror as a reflection of themselves.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2023 08:13 PM (DgGvY)

58 Luxury !!!

We had to hold our ankles together with wads of old chewing gum …

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:06 PM (4Winp)

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Heh. When I played college football, I had to have my legs shaved below the knee and both ankles wrapped & taped tightly with pre-wrap followed by adhesive tape with stirrups going all the way up both sides to the knee.

Of course, this resulted in me having a couple of knee injuries when I'd step in a hole on the field -- and instead of my ankle flexing & giving, the knee would flex and give.

I can twist my ankle walking down a street by stepping on a pebble or small crack -- but my ligaments now are like stretched rubber bands.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:14 PM (f6UzA)

59 The video of the little girl making the bathroom pretty with mommy's makeup is triggering.

My daughter, at 2, got my make and a jar of vaseline and managed to cover every freaking inch of wall in the bathroom. Including the ceiling. I took one look and cried. You can't get mad, because they are just being creative, but I wonder how that child got it on the dang ceiling.

I also learned to never buy expensive makeup while the kids were little.

Posted by: Moki at August 31, 2023 08:14 PM (JrN/x)

60 51 Musta been nice. We had to keep our feet attached to our legs with rusty barbed wire and roofing nails.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 31, 2023 08:09 PM

***
LUXURY!!

Posted by: TRex at August 31, 2023 08:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

61 Love the snow-bats.
Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 08:03 PM (pTb/Z)

Seconded !

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 08:14 PM (V13WU)

62 'i]Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:10 PM (ZLI7S)

my coworker was from there, she showed me pics from her visit home and I was stunned at how beautiful it is

Posted by: kallisto, at August 31, 2023 08:15 PM (SO6q8)

63 Damn, that horse makes Fabio look like Woody Allen.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

A cover painting of Fabio riding that horse would put an end to the romance-novel market. It couldn't be out-done.

Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2023 08:15 PM (DgGvY)

64 >>>Embarking on a picturesque journey to Stäubifall, Switzerland

I think that guy is in front of a green screen.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 31, 2023 08:16 PM (klJTj)

65 but I wonder how that child got it on the dang ceiling.

clearly, her guardian angel joined in the fun

Posted by: kallisto, at August 31, 2023 08:16 PM (SO6q8)

66 Big Red!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 31, 2023 08:16 PM (Eeb9P)

67 New Zealand is one place worth the pain to get there.

If you can overcome the insane wokeness once you arrive.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:17 PM (V8he0)

68 Well fuq me...

It appears that ESPN and Spectrum are in a carriage dispute, and Spectrum just deep sixed all the ESPN channels at 8:00pm

So, no US Open.

#BOOOOO

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:17 PM (CCSxw)

69 Maybe Cocaine Glitch was just observing a moment of silence for Sea Stack Appreciation Week.

Or maybe a "moment of science" for pfizer...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 31, 2023 08:18 PM (RfrsC)

70 A cover painting of Fabio riding that horse would put an end to the romance-novel market. It couldn't be out-done.
Posted by: mikeski at August 31, 2023 08:15 PM (DgGvY)

Related: "The Lost City" with Sandra Bullock, and a very Fabio-like Channing Tatum is a fun movie...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 08:18 PM (PiwSw)

71 IRS meme
https://tinyurl.com/2p8j9x64

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 08:18 PM (krqg6)

72
clearly, her guardian angel joined in the fun
Posted by: kallisto, at August 31, 2023 08:16 PM (SO6q

That baby's guardian angel was run ragged! I think she had a tag team!

Posted by: Moki at August 31, 2023 08:19 PM (JrN/x)

73 >>my coworker was from there, she showed me pics from her visit home and I was stunned at how beautiful it is

I drove from Auckland to Wellington and found myself saying "wow" to myself around almost every corner. And the southern island is even prettier.

Stunning place.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:19 PM (ZLI7S)

74 Archaeologists have uncovered what are believed to be samples of petrified haggis, a moldy sporran, and an IOU from Ewan McTeagle, further bolstering the theory.*

*not really

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

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Heh. Had haggis for the first time a few years ago for the first time at the annual Robbie Burns Supper in our town on his birthday (got to wear my kilt!) -- and it was surprisingly tasty.

[Long story, but learned via Y-DNA testing that my paternal grandfather was a Scot, a MacNeil, born & raised in Inverness County on Cape Breton Island.] The point being, when I told my Nova Scotian cousins that I attended this event, they scolded me because -- as descendants of Highlanders -- we don't want to be honoring any Anglophile Lowlanders.

Heh. The old hatreds run deep ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:20 PM (f6UzA)

75 Isn't the flight to New Zealand like two days?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:20 PM (5xURv)

76 If you can overcome the insane wokeness once you arrive.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:17 PM

If NZFrank can do it...we can do it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:20 PM (aQy7p)

77 If NZFrank can do it...we can do it.

True dat.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM (V8he0)

78 Doing very well, thanks! How is everything with you?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes

Great! Just moved out of the basement into a lovely little spot with a view and my youngest is getting married in October!

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM (a83VZ)

79 Heh. The old hatreds run deep ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:20 PM

*eyeballs the Turks*

Yes. Yes, they do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM (aQy7p)

80 Heh. When I played college football, I had to have my legs shaved below the knee and both ankles wrapped & taped tightly with pre-wrap followed by adhesive tape with stirrups going all the way up both sides to the knee.

I can twist my ankle walking down a street by stepping on a pebble or small crack -- but my ligaments now are like stretched rubber bands.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:14 PM (f6UzA)
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Try wearing wool.socks and airborne boots for 20 years. Nothing left to shave.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:22 PM (hv9bm)

81 and my youngest is getting married in October!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM

Please tell us he had the sense not to schedule it to conflict with the TXMoMe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:23 PM (aQy7p)

82 Ok. "The World's Most Handsome horse?"
Why did the camera spend so much time looking at its ass? That's not creepy at all.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:23 PM (a83VZ)

83 Lets face it. A New Zealand MoMe would be lit!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:25 PM (hv9bm)

84 Please tell us he had the sense not to schedule it to conflict with the TXMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

It's the weekend before.

I'm going to be tired and broke.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:26 PM (a83VZ)

85 The Air Show is this weekend in Toronto. I heard three jets this morning while visiting the HQ; and saw three when I was outside on the way to shopping although I couldn't make out the aircraft types.

https://cias.org/performers/

BTW, Gord Price is 81-years-old flying the Yak-50.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 08:26 PM (krqg6)

86 Heh. The cat with the independently attacking rear foot:

"Mein Führer, I can WALK!!"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 31, 2023 08:26 PM (/HDaX)

87 Lets face it. A New Zealand MoMe would be lit!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:25 PM

*Horde takes over Rohan*

*drinks like vikings*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:27 PM (aQy7p)

88 If you go to Ipanema, STAY IN THE TOURIST AREAS.
Bad places near by. Bad.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:27 PM (hv9bm)

89 As long as it's not creepy, then.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 08:27 PM (xhaym)

90 I call top hobbit hole!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:28 PM (5xURv)

91 Well fuq me...

It appears that ESPN and Spectrum are in a carriage dispute, and Spectrum just deep sixed all the ESPN channels at 8:00pm

So, no US Open.

#BOOOOO

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:17 PM (CCSxw)

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Try this (pirate streaming): https://is.gd/DqGUQR

[Randomly clicked to test "Court 17: Petra Martic vs Marie Bouzkova" and it worked.]

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:29 PM (f6UzA)

92 It's the weekend before.

I'm going to be tired and broke.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:26 PM

The MoMe will be rejuvenating. Spendy, but rejuvenating.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:29 PM (aQy7p)

93 Lets face it. A New Zealand MoMe would be lit!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:25 PM

*Horde takes over Rohan*

*drinks like vikings*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:27 PM (aQy7p)

RMBS gets it!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:29 PM (hv9bm)

94 >> If you go to Ipanema, STAY IN THE TOURIST AREAS.
Bad places near by. Bad.

Can get pretty sporty right on Ipanema after dark.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:30 PM (ZLI7S)

95 One can only imagine the geological forces that created those stacks. I've read that Britain was once not an island but was connected to the European mainland. The cliffs of Dover stand witness to such an event. I know the answer...
CLIMATE CHANGE!
That's the ticket.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 31, 2023 07:51 PM (MeG8a)

Think they postulate now that the Dover breakthru was a North Sea Tsunami.

There was a bigger and longer one when Gibraltar broke open and the totally dried out Mediterranean sea started to refill.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:30 PM (eoQWY)

96 BTW, Gord Price is 81-years-old flying the Yak-50.

Wow. There's nothing much better than a good air show.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:30 PM (V8he0)

97 I call top hobbit hole!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:28 PM

Leaving us with the bottom Hobbit hole?

That got weird quickly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:31 PM (aQy7p)

98 Try wearing wool.socks and airborne boots for 20 years. Nothing left to shave.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:22 PM (hv9bm)

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Heh. When my lower leg hair eventually grew back, it was was all wiry instead of smooth.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:31 PM (f6UzA)

99 97 I call top hobbit hole!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:28 PM

Leaving us with the bottom Hobbit hole?

That got weird quickly.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:31 PM (aQy7p)

How bout them Bears?!?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:32 PM (5xURv)

100 Try wearing wool.socks and airborne boots for 20 years. Nothing left to shave.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:22 PM

*looks at shins*

What he said.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:33 PM (aQy7p)

101 Cat hates that damned dog
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at August 31, 2023 07:59 PM (Eeb9P)

Nah, he'd have slapped it then. He just thinks the vertical jump is cool.

I had a female cat (A Persian) that liked to sit outside in evenings but for some reason always ran back in for a second when I came out. Another cat a lanky long legged tabby was standing broadside when I came out and she didn't see a way around, so she ducked a little and ran right under the tabby. He was very surprised

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:33 PM (eoQWY)

102 so, kinda like Oak Street beach in chitown, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at August 31, 2023 08:33 PM (vbuLV)

103 Heh. When my lower leg hair eventually grew back, it was was all wiry instead of smooth.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp

I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:34 PM (4Winp)

104 >>I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…

Tape sticks to hair.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:35 PM (ZLI7S)

105 and my youngest is getting married in October!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM

Please tell us he had the sense not to schedule it to conflict with the TXMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:23 PM (aQy7p)

Or that it will be AT the TXMoMe

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM (eoQWY)

106 Great! Just moved out of the basement into a lovely little spot with a view and my youngest is getting married in October!
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:21 PM (a83VZ)

Great news all around! Glad to hear you're doing well.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM (UuMH9)

107 Isn't the flight to New Zealand like two days?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:20 PM (5xURv)

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Biden's intercontinental highway, to be constructed once he cures cancer, will make the trip only two weeks!

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM (f6UzA)

108 BTW, Gord Price is 81-years-old flying the Yak-50.

Wow. There's nothing much better than a good air show.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:30 PM (V8he0)
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It is the most fun when you are the pilot.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM (hv9bm)

109 AoS Cafe:

Come for the pet videos and Scottish landmarks
Stay for the leg hair grooming stories...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM (PiwSw)

110 Another cat a lanky long legged tabby was standing broadside when I came out and she didn't see a way around, so she ducked a little and ran right under the tabby. He was very surprised.
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If only you had it on video -- you'd have made a fortune on YouTube!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 08:37 PM (krqg6)

111 Ughh, doing project expenses is a drag, but... It's gotta get done.

Probably be up late, good thing I went to the adult beverage emporium for a refill.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 08:37 PM (XV/Pl)

112 It is the most fun when you are the pilot.

I'm sure it is. Still, I find it thrilling to watch the skill and precision. So very cool.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 08:38 PM (V8he0)

113 I lost all my lower leg hair in an unfortunate cat juggling incident.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:38 PM (5xURv)

114 Or that it will be AT the TXMoMe
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:36 PM

Now *that* would be lit af!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 08:38 PM (aQy7p)

115
I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…
Posted by: Adriane
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If they are taping their ankles, the adhesive athletic tape is going to rip it out anyhow.

As an aside, it doesn't take 20 years of combat boots to shave your legs, less will do. And, heavy wool trousers will do the job in no time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 08:39 PM (Ysyum)

116 113 I lost all my lower leg hair in an unfortunate cat juggling incident.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

Was duck tape involved?

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:41 PM (4Winp)

117 >I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…

Tape sticks to hair.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 31, 2023 08:35 PM (ZLI7S)
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And napalm sticks to kids.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:41 PM (hv9bm)

118 And napalm sticks to kids.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:41 PM (hv9bm

Gunny?

Posted by: Zak Mayo at August 31, 2023 08:42 PM (5xURv)

119 I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:34 PM (4Winp)

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Right. The male swimmer would shave ALL of their body hair IYKWIMAITYD to get that little extra edge in the pool.

[Funny story: about 15 years ago I was out of work and decided to make some quick cash -- $3500 for a week -- participating in a clinical trial of some pharmaceutical.

Best part was: of the group of 30 participants, only two would get the placebo. On Day One of the morning dosing (and each subsequent day), by mid-afternoon -- as we were all hanging out in a large social area with games, TV, etc. -- everybody else besides me and one woman would sleepily head of to their rooms to crash. We kind of figured out who got the placebos ...]

Anywho, wifey LOVES my luxurious chest hair. They were attempting daily to do EKG measurements, but the pads wouldn't stick -- so made me shave off my chest hair! When I called to tell my bride, she reacted as if she had received news of a death in the family. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" LOL.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:43 PM (f6UzA)

120 116 113 I lost all my lower leg hair in an unfortunate cat juggling incident.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

Was duck tape involved?

Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:41 PM (4Winp)

No. I'm not some side street hustler! I'm a professional.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:43 PM (5xURv)

121 I knew the guys on the swim team used to shave their legs. Did not know football player did…
Posted by: Adriane the Yorkshire Dem Bones Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:34 PM (4Winp)

Shakes head in remembrance...

This was back in the day of double sided razors, and no electric shaver to cut the leg hair down to stubble.

Anyway, lot's of blood, and loud screaming when you hit the chlorinated water that first time.

I think the coaches almost wet themselves from laughing so hard at us.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM (CCSxw)

122 My leg hair disappeared about the same time the hair on my head disappeared.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM (SYTee)

123 How about the bonus hobbit hole.
Num nums

Posted by: Wormtongue at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM (9u+2h)

124 I lost all my lower leg hair in an unfortunate cat juggling incident.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:38 PM (5xURv)

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LMAO

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM (f6UzA)

125 And napalm sticks to kids.
Posted by: Diogenes
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But the aroma in the morning is wonderful.

Posted by: LTC Kilgore at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (Ysyum)

126 How about the bonus hobbit hole.
Num nums
Posted by: Wormtongue at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM

*knees nutsack*

Posted by: Rosie Cotton at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (aQy7p)

127 True Fact: Cape Breton Island, the northern part of New Scotland Nova Scotia is geologically different from the rest of Nova Scotia and has been determined to have once been part of Scotland -- having drifted west across the Atlantic.

What are the odds?

"The Plate Tectonic Change Crisis is gonna kill us all!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (f6UzA)

There wasn't an Atlantic back then, it was a different ocean some billion years ago and near the equator when they merged and formed a mountain range. Sometime later, at the latest the time of the dinosaurs split due to a huge magma ridge breaking the supercontinent up. This ridge is the motor pushing America west and Europe East with the Atlantic forming between.

The west side of America (about in Wyoming then) then started snowplowing fragments of ocean bottom and offshore islands onto itself and over time build the western states to the current coast.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (eoQWY)

128 I'm such a history nerd.

Now I'm watching videos about Russia under Yeltsin and also the Bosnian War.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (5xURv)

129 Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (eoQWY)

That was well done.

#platetectonics

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:48 PM (CCSxw)

130 All states should do this...

Ian Jaeger
@IanJaeger29

Aug 30
🚨BREAKING: Arkansas will use hand-marked paper ballots in all future elections. Do you support this?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 31, 2023 08:48 PM (TGPs7)

131 Wifey just related that she knew guys who were bicycle racers who also would shave their leg and arm hair.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (f6UzA)

132 The west side of America (about in Wyoming then) then started snowplowing fragments of ocean bottom and offshore islands onto itself and over time build the western states to the current coast.
Posted by: Oldcat

Young man, it’s turtles all the way down …

Posted by: Adriane the Geology is Interesting Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (4Winp)

133 Mr. Frodo and I used to play bonus hole ALOT during down time. Gollum would really come out of hia closet...er, shell.

Posted by: Sam Gamgee at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (9u+2h)

134 When I called to tell my bride, she reacted as if she had received news of a death in the family. "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" LOL.
Posted by: ShainS
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Heh. I recollect a young nurse who came in prior to my double hernia repair, with the announcement, 'I'm here to prep you for the operation'...and held up an electric clipper.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (Ysyum)

135 "Alone Australia" starts in 10 minutes. Got to go get a front row seat.

Posted by: javems at August 31, 2023 08:50 PM (8I4hW)

136 The west side of America (about in Wyoming then) then started snowplowing fragments of ocean bottom and offshore islands onto itself and over time build the western states to the current coast.
Posted by: Oldcat

Young man, it’s turtles all the way down …
Posted by: Adriane the Geology is Interesting Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (4Winp)

Turtles snowplow stuff too

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:50 PM (eoQWY)

137 131 Wifey just related that she knew guys who were bicycle racers who also would shave their leg and arm hair.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:49 PM (f6UzA)

Yup...

Road Rash and hair make for a messy and painful healing process.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (CCSxw)

138 This was back in the day of double sided razors, and no electric shaver to cut the leg hair down to stubble.

Anyway, lot's of blood, and loud screaming when you hit the chlorinated water that first time.

I think the coaches almost wet themselves from laughing so hard at us.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:44 PM (CCSxw)
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Since we are free associating here, we used to take the safety razor blades and put them into the fuse well of artillery rounds so that when we screwed the fuse in, just a portion of it would stick out. Fire the round and it would scream like ten thousand scalded banshees. Awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (hv9bm)

139 From earlier, [Dylan "Glue on Tits" Mulvamny], The former Bud Light spokesperson wore a shiny pink dress with a heart-shaped cleavage hole.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (WrIvw)

140 There wasn't an Atlantic back then, it was a different ocean some billion years ago and near the equator when they merged and formed a mountain range. Sometime later, at the latest the time of the dinosaurs split due to a huge magma ridge breaking the supercontinent up. This ridge is the motor pushing America west and Europe East with the Atlantic forming between.

The west side of America (about in Wyoming then) then started snowplowing fragments of ocean bottom and offshore islands onto itself and over time build the western states to the current coast.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Good stuff! I know I've seen animated simulations some years ago.

BTW, we have a pretty good bakery in town called Pangaea.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:52 PM (f6UzA)

141 Evening.

Urge to drink...rising.

Been at this shipper for seven hours. The good news is I can stay here overnight. Bad news is all they have is a porta-shitter. And there's no light.

Goddammit.

Posted by: Robert *grumble* *grumble* *grumble* at August 31, 2023 08:53 PM (EDXyA)

142 Since we are free associating here, we used to take the safety razor blades and put them into the fuse well of artillery rounds so that when we screwed the fuse in, just a portion of it would stick out. Fire the round and it would scream like ten thousand scalded banshees. Awesome!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (hv9bm)

Sargeant, your artillery is TOO NOISY

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:53 PM (eoQWY)

143 Aug 30
🚨BREAKING: Arkansas will use hand-marked paper ballots in all future elections. Do you support this?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Welp. It forces you to have a larger boots on the ground force to cheat instead of 1 guy with a password.

Posted by: Adriane the Geology is Interesting Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:53 PM (4Winp)

144 ...An American equivalent can mean only one thing. Hindus represent about 1 percent of the U.S. population; Ramaswamy certainly isn’t advocating for Hindu nationalism in America. Instead, he appears to advocate for a similarly shaped religious nationalism in the U.S. based on the country’s majority faith: Christianity.

Indeed, Ramaswamy has all but explicitly supported Christian nationalism on the campaign trail. ...
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Slate hit piece on Vivek hits the mark for the commies
but misunderstands his audience.

https://tinyurl.com/86ax8w8p

Posted by: Braenyard at August 31, 2023 08:54 PM (SKXSf)

145 From earlier, [Dylan "Glue on Tits" Mulvamny], The former Bud Light spokesperson wore a shiny pink dress with a heart-shaped cleavage hole.
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM

Those guys are fags!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 31, 2023 08:54 PM (aQy7p)

146 BREAKING: Arkansas will use hand-marked paper ballots in all future elections. Do you support this?
Posted by: Mister Ghost

--

ID and purple thumbprints and I'm easy to convince.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at August 31, 2023 08:55 PM (UK6no)

147
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Good stuff! I know I've seen animated simulations some years ago.

BTW, we have a pretty good bakery in town called Pangaea.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:52 PM (f6UzA)

In about 250 million years you will have 4-5 bakeries!

Look for Christopher Scotese or Paleomap for the animations of the drift.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:55 PM (eoQWY)

148 That's like the Fabio of horsies...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 31, 2023 08:55 PM (TGPs7)

149 It's the weekend before.

I'm going to be tired and broke.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 08:26 PM (a83VZ)

Is it a potluck?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 08:56 PM (xhaym)

150 Yup...

Road Rash and hair make for a messy and painful healing process.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (CCSxw)

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Ah -- fascinating; assumed it was for more aerodynamic reasons.

Damn, THAT brings back bad memories of getting large turf rashes on my arms from playing football on artificial turf. The damn wounds would be ripped open every full-contact practice and game for the rest of the damn season ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:56 PM (f6UzA)

151 "The Plate Tectonic Change Crisis is gonna kill us all!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:02 PM (f6UzA)

The Anthropomorphic Tectonic Apocalypse.

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 08:57 PM (B705c)

152 Robert *grumble* *grumble* *grumble* at August 31, 2023 08:53 PM (EDXyA)

Can’t blame ya’

Stay sane and safe trip after …

Posted by: Adriane the Geology is Interesting Critic. . . at August 31, 2023 08:57 PM (4Winp)

153 Damn global plate tectonic change!

I blame elephant farts!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:58 PM (5xURv)

154 Been at this shipper for seven hours. The good news is I can stay here overnight. Bad news is all they have is a porta-shitter. And there's no light.

Goddammit.
Posted by: Robert *grumble* *grumble* *grumble* at August 31, 2023 08:53 PM (EDXyA)
***

Jeez. That sucks.
Hard as hell finding the flush handle in this things when its dark.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:58 PM (hv9bm)

155 In about 250 million years you will have 4-5 bakeries!

Look for Christopher Scotese or Paleomap for the animations of the drift.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 08:55 PM (eoQWY)

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Heh. Thanks for the tip -- will check 'em out.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 08:59 PM (f6UzA)

156 From earlier: Coming next: Joe Biden's 22-year-old personal trainer swears he can run a mile in 40 seconds, and can blast out the knots in a plank of wood with his steely wang-hammer.

Next up: Take that Nork Korean scum, Biden shoots a 17 at Augusta.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 31, 2023 08:59 PM (WrIvw)

157 why i always have one of those little single-aaa led flashlights in a pocket.

- knife
- flashlight
- pistol

don't leave home (or even get out of bed!) without it (them)!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at August 31, 2023 08:59 PM (vbuLV)

158 Worse is when you drop your iPhone out of your pocket into the mystery hole in a porta potty.

Gotta dive in!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:00 PM (5xURv)

159 I was in a 5 hour traffic jam, it took me 5 hours to get to Stamford CT.

The rocket surgeons in NY decided that today was the day, during rush hour to do bridge work on the Tapanzee.

A**holes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 09:01 PM (XV/Pl)

160 The Anthropomorphic Tectonic Apocalypse.

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 08:57 PM (B705c)

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Nice -- edit approved!

* Wonders why he didn't think of that ... *

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:01 PM (f6UzA)

161 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 31, 2023 08:04 PM (PiwSw)

My family used to spend every summer in Cape Breton; It was lovely, and I think they did have quite a few people whose families came over from Scotland.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (RSbhh)

162 Since we are free associating here, we used to take the safety razor blades and put them into the fuse well of artillery rounds so that when we screwed the fuse in, just a portion of it would stick out. Fire the round and it would scream like ten thousand scalded banshees. Awesome!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 08:51 PM (hv9bm)

Did you pull the secondary charge first?

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (B705c)

163 *drains vodka container*

*tosses back shot*

Confusion To Our Enemies!

& g'night Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (vbuLV)

164 Ace, for sleep, stop all caffeine. None, NOT EVEN on your Birthday. No stimulants, EVER.

That'll fix you right up. IN about 10 days.

Posted by: Close The Fed at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (LeNk3)

165 Worse is when you drop your iPhone out of your pocket into the mystery hole in a porta potty.

Gotta dive in!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:00 PM (5xURv)

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* Slumdog Millionaire and Breaking Bad have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:03 PM (f6UzA)

166 ~30 years ago I had a student at the University of Alabama who was a bicycle racer and shaved his legs. He said he couldn't wear shorts to the mall without little old ladies glaring at him. His father was a Marine Corps veteran and he (the son) had a very military-looking flat-top haircut. I don't know if the contrast between hair and legs made the old ladies even angrier.

Posted by: Dr. Weevil at August 31, 2023 09:03 PM (Gdlpz)

167 Worse is when you drop your iPhone out of your pocket into the mystery hole in a porta potty.

Gotta dive in!
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Worse. High-rise under construction in Atlanta had a port-a-potty high up for construction workers. Guy went in to use it, a high gust of wind came along and blew it off the building.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 09:03 PM (Ysyum)

168 Damn global plate tectonic change!

I blame elephant farts!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 08:58 PM (5xURv)
***
Speaking of plates.
Out getting dinner tonight... I am a hunter-gatherer afterall...Saw a new Mercedes 190SL with plate "DITCH46".
Guy was sitting in it. I complimented him on the plates. He laughed.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 09:04 PM (hv9bm)

169 Worse. High-rise under construction in Atlanta had a port-a-potty high up for construction workers. Guy went in to use it, a high gust of wind came along and blew it off the building.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 09:03 PM (Ysyum)

Shitty way to go.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:04 PM (5xURv)

170 159 I was in a 5 hour traffic jam, it took me 5 hours to get to Stamford CT.

The rocket surgeons in NY decided that today was the day, during rush hour to do bridge work on the Tapanzee.

A**holes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 09:01 PM (XV/Pl)

You mean The Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge, peon...

Posted by: NYSDOT at August 31, 2023 09:04 PM (CCSxw)

171 Damn global plate tectonic change!
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Falling seas!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 09:04 PM (Ysyum)

172 New Justified was just about the biggest pile of shit imaginable. I think it might have surpassed the shit I was scared it might be and reached a whole new level, color and scent of excrement.

Posted by: Toenail Clippings at August 31, 2023 09:05 PM (lX8VI)

173 I was in a 5 hour traffic jam, it took me 5 hours to get to Stamford CT.

The rocket surgeons in NY decided that today was the day, during rush hour to do bridge work on the Tapanzee.

A**holes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 09:01 PM (XV/Pl)

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Surprisingly, about half the time here in Northern AZ, they schedule highway & freeway road construction projects for overnight hours.

It's odd to me why it varies ... maybe depends on the contractor who wins the bid?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:05 PM (f6UzA)

174 Ok. There is a village in Japan called Miyagi Zao Kitsunemura Fox Village.

It's a fox zoo and sanctuary!

I have to go there. They even have white foxes!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (5xURv)

175 Good evening horde.

I have a doggeh update, and it is better than yesterday's. They decided he doesn't need surgery, no torsion, but he still needs to stay and be monitored. (He pooped blood this morning). They'll do another xray tomorrow.

Thank you for your prayers,they really help.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (vHIgi)

176 Is it a potluck?
Posted by: Kindltot

Nope. This is the official wedding. The one where they sign papers in front of an officiant. In Vegas. Just me and his brother and her immediate family.

Then they get married with dresses and cows and a ceremony and reception in San Diego in April.

No. She's not pregnant.

It's a thing to have more than one wedding these days. Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (BL1uJ)

177 My family used to spend every summer in Cape Breton; It was lovely, and I think they did have quite a few people whose families came over from Scotland.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (RSbhh)

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Indeed. Visited there during October 2018 (with the tremendous foliage color changes) and they had a great series of Celtic music concerts in the various towns called "Celtic Colours."

Cape Breton Highlands National Park is magnificent!

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (f6UzA)

178 Posted by: Close The Fed at August 31, 2023 09:02 PM (LeNk3)

I've been cutting down on caffeine, but as far as giving it up entirely- wouldn't the withdrawal symptoms initially be awful?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (RSbhh)

179 Surprisingly, about half the time here in Northern AZ, they schedule highway & freeway road construction projects for overnight hours.

It's odd to me why it varies ... maybe depends on the contractor who wins the bid?
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:05 PM (f6UzA)

They do that out here in CA a lot, as I know because my bedroom overlooks a highway.

Illinois was famous for never doing this when I was there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (eoQWY)

180 quick nic update & now rly g'night!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastasdi e stronzi have been lying for decades at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (vbuLV)

181 Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (f6UzA)

Yes, it is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (RSbhh)

182 I've been cutting down on caffeine, but as far as giving it up entirely- wouldn't the withdrawal symptoms initially be awful?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (RSbhh)

Well, you'd be sleepy during it I imagine so problem solved.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (eoQWY)

183 oops, typo

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (vbuLV)

184 Haven't done fuses in a while.

Did you know that the 'proximity fuse' was the most closely guarded secret of WW2?
Do you know what a proximity fuse is?

Krupp inc. sued and made Britain pay for violating their patent on point detonating fuses after WW1. Britain paid Germany for the fuses used to kill their army during the war.

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (B705c)

185 That's entirely too many waterfalls, one to a customer, please.

Posted by: Moderation is Key at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (83IzV)

186 "... can blast out the knots in a plank of wood with his steely wang-hammer ..."

THIS!

THIS is why I love to be here!

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at August 31, 2023 09:10 PM (MB784)

187 Thank you for your prayers,they really help.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (vHIgi)

You got it. I pray your doggo heals quickly!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:10 PM (5xURv)

188 @170

>>You mean The Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge, peon.

I will never call the Tap that POS name, just like The Tri-Borough Bridge will always be the Tri-Borough and not the Robert Kennedy Bridge.

I'll make an exception for The Jackie Robinson Parkway.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 09:10 PM (XV/Pl)

189 I've been cutting down on caffeine, but as far as giving it up entirely- wouldn't the withdrawal symptoms initially be awful?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (RSbhh)

As long as you wean yourself off caffeine slowly, there should be no issues.

Do it cold turkey, and you'll regret it to your dying day...which might be 24 hours later, when you decide the headache isn't worth it and you kill yourself (/s)

Posted by: NYSDOT at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (CCSxw)

190 I switched to green tea which has maybe 1/5 the caffeine in a cup of coffee.

I didn't notice and withdraw symptoms at all.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (5xURv)

191 The stacks were angry that day, my friends!

Posted by: George Costanza at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (fhX0j)

192 /off Thruway headache crew sock

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (CCSxw)

193 Ok. There is a village in Japan called Miyagi Zao Kitsunemura Fox Village.

It's a fox zoo and sanctuary!

I have to go there. They even have white foxes!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (5xURv)

They also have them for cats and dogs IIRC. They even have a tricks show with the animals. Think I saw them on Rachel and Jun's YT page, they live in Japan.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (eoQWY)

194 Penguin video is very nice and a thumb in the eye to anti-Penguites who roam these threads.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at August 31, 2023 09:12 PM (83IzV)

195 Krupp inc. sued and made Britain pay for violating their patent on point detonating fuses after WW1. Britain paid Germany for the fuses used to kill their army during the war.
Posted by: Reforger

"This is strictly business Tom."
-- M. Corleone

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (IaTa3)

196 I have to go there. They even have white foxes!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (5xURv)

They also have them for cats and dogs IIRC. They even have a tricks show with the animals. Think I saw them on Rachel and Jun's YT page, they live in Japan.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (eoQWY)

It seems very well cared for. Unlike some of the zoos here.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (5xURv)

197 Krupp inc. sued and made Britain pay for violating their patent on point detonating fuses after WW1. Britain paid Germany for the fuses used to kill their army during the war.
Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM

And we had to pay them for infringing the Mauser patents with the '03 Springfield after WWI. Funny old world.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (aQy7p)

198 Thruways closed, man.

Posted by: Arlo at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (83IzV)

199 That's entirely too many waterfalls, one to a customer, please.
Posted by: Moderation is Key at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (83IzV)

That many leaks I'd think the whole structure is gonna go.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (eoQWY)

200 LOL.

Election Wizard ElectionWiz 1h
REPORT: The Los Angeles City Council voted to pursue a lawsuit and criminal probe against Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas for busing illegal aliens to the city.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:14 PM (krqg6)

201 Off, Ridgemont High sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 31, 2023 09:14 PM (aQy7p)

202
Election Wizard ElectionWiz 1h
REPORT: The Los Angeles City Council voted to pursue a lawsuit and criminal probe against Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas for busing illegal aliens to the city.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:14 PM (krqg6)

I'm sorry. Giving free bus rides is illegal?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:14 PM (5xURv)

203 Penguin video is very nice and a thumb in the eye to anti-Penguites who roam these threads.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at August 31, 2023 09:12 PM (83IzV)

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Anti-Dentites > Anti-Penguites

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at August 31, 2023 09:15 PM (f6UzA)

204 Posted by: NYSDOT at August 31, 2023 09:11 PM (CCSxw)

LOL. No; I wouldn't go off of it cold turkey. Even John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement was trying to give up tea in the 1760's o so because of the expense which he'd rather spend on more charitable things and he said, "I felt half dead all day and had a pounding headache."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:15 PM (RSbhh)

205 Duck? What duck? Where?

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:16 PM (NxC5+)

206 Election Wizard ElectionWiz 1h
REPORT: The Los Angeles City Council voted to pursue a lawsuit and criminal probe against Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas for busing illegal aliens to the city.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:14 PM (krqg6)

Great, Abbot should put criminal warrants out for all CA politicians for being criminal.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 31, 2023 09:16 PM (eoQWY)

207 And we had to pay them for infringing the Mauser patents with the '03 Springfield after WWI. Funny old world.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 31, 2023 09:13 PM (aQy7p)

Now let do Browning.

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 09:16 PM (B705c)

208 I've seen the Old Man of Hoy on the Orkneys. I guess they named it that because the Big Dumb Rocks of Hoy was kind of a meh name.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 31, 2023 09:16 PM (ohOaC)

209 I've been cutting down on caffeine, but as far as giving it up entirely- wouldn't the withdrawal symptoms initially be awful?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:08 PM (RSbhh)

Well, you'd be sleepy during it I imagine so problem solved.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Possibly light headaches.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 31, 2023 09:17 PM (Ysyum)

210 I guess I'm weird. I drank six cups of coffee each day.

I switched to two or three cups or green tea without a problem.

Three weeks now and I feel way better.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:18 PM (5xURv)

211 The CMP is gonna let you but TWO 1911s lifetime now.

Lottery opens Sep 1.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 31, 2023 09:18 PM (tZxq3)

212 Do you know what a proximity fuse is?

VT.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 31, 2023 09:18 PM (hv9bm)

213 I get absolutely crushing caffeine withdrawal headaches.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 31, 2023 09:19 PM (tZxq3)

214 Duck? What duck? Where?
Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:16 PM

*shrugs*

What duck?

Posted by: The Duck Man at August 31, 2023 09:19 PM (aQy7p)

215 Do you know what a proximity fuse is?

Approximately.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 31, 2023 09:19 PM (tZxq3)

216 Three weeks now and I feel way better.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Okay, but how many people have you murdered?

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:20 PM (aBJcM)

217 All orange cats share a single brain cell. That explains the leg.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 31, 2023 09:20 PM (tZxq3)

218 216 Three weeks now and I feel way better.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Okay, but how many people have you murdered?
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:20 PM (aBJcM)

Just a few. Like maybe four but no more than eight. I doubt it's even ten or fifteen at this point but certainly no more than twenty.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:21 PM (5xURv)

219 213 I get absolutely crushing caffeine withdrawal headaches.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at August 31, 2023 09:19 PM (tZxq3)

My "ex", when she found out she was pregnant with our first child, quit cold turkey.

Headaches were so bad she went to the ER, she thought she was having a stroke...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (CCSxw)

220 Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:18 PM (5xURv)

I'll have to try that.

When my husband was a young person (in his late teens or early 20's) he and his friend visited every Dunkin Donuts in the county they lived in, and had a coffee, which sounds like some weird thing young men that age would do.

I think they visited seven Dunkin Donuts in the space of two hours.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (RSbhh)

221 vmom,

so happy for you and puppy!

Big hug.

oral surgery went well today. don't remember a damn thing. Good iv drugs help.

Posted by: mpfs at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (D70b6)

222 Frederick is a Wagon Train 6

Buttermilk

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (y43WL)

223 Evenin, All.

I never knew the sea was so stacked.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (xTRSc)

224 Black tea has more caffeine than green tea. So if you need to taper, try earl grey then eventually move to green tea

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:23 PM (5xURv)

225 Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 09:22 PM (CCSxw)

I think I will NOT give up caffeine cold turkey; Nope.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:23 PM (RSbhh)

226 Hi, Fen.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:25 PM (xTRSc)

227 Frederick is a Wagon Train 6

Buttermilk
-------
Are you trying to Trigger me, Ben??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:25 PM (krqg6)

228 Caffeine is good for you if you don't have heart problems.
Minimum 3 cups a day, black.
_Marc Siegel MD

Posted by: Braenyard at August 31, 2023 09:26 PM (SKXSf)

229 I'll stick with coffee. Not real fond of tea.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 31, 2023 09:26 PM (V8he0)

230 Earl Grey, hot.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:26 PM (krqg6)

231 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:25 PM (xTRSc)

Good evening, Bulgar. Nice to "see" you. Did you hear anymore from the place which you interviewed with?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:27 PM (RSbhh)

232 There are people who *want* to give up caffeine?

But...why?

*Hugs his coffee mug close*

Posted by: Robert *grumble* *grumble* *grumble* at August 31, 2023 09:27 PM (zgEsK)

233 Regular coffee has between 150-200 mg of caffeine.

Green tea is like 25-40 mg.

Black tea is somewhere around 75-100 mg

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:27 PM (5xURv)

234 I hate tea.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:28 PM (xTRSc)

235 The CMP is gonna let you but TWO 1911s lifetime now.

Lottery opens Sep 1.

Got the email. I shouldn't. I really shouldn't.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 31, 2023 09:28 PM (nfrXX)

236 Just a few. Like maybe four but no more than eight. I doubt it's even ten or fifteen at this point but certainly no more than twenty.

Posted by: AlaBAMA
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Sounds to me like you've exercised remarkable restraint. :-)

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:28 PM (aBJcM)

237 And I use using big coffee cups so was having like 900 mg of caffeine each morning.

No friggin wonder I was always agitated and wired for sound.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:29 PM (5xURv)

238 Thank you Alabama & mpfs

mpfs, hope you heal fast

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 31, 2023 09:29 PM (vHIgi)

239 Sounds to me like you've exercised remarkable restraint. :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:28 PM (aBJ

Thank you! I thought so too but some people (Karen's) took offense.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (5xURv)

240 Thank you for your prayers,they really help.
Posted by: vmom
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Glad to hear some better news. Sending more hugs.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (aBJcM)

241 231 Not yet, Fen. My understanding is that they were still doing interviews this week. Hopefully, I’ll hear one way or the other next week.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (xTRSc)

242 I drink about 10-12 cups of coffee per day. I can do drink one right before bed and no issue, fall right asleep.

Of course, I have to make a trip or two during the night but hell, I'd have to anyway.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (IaTa3)

243 I know an orange cat named Wally,
who would not put up with the folly.
Of his one hindpaw saying 'sic him''
while his other hindpaw starts to kick him,
he would not allow such by golly!

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (NxC5+)

244 enguin video is very nice and a thumb in the eye to anti-Penguites who roam these threads.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at August 31, 2023 09:12 PM (83IzV)

*fist bump

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (V13WU)

245 I thought Cape Breton was a mythical place, like Shrangri-La or Rhode Island.

Posted by: Geography Not My Forte' at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (83IzV)

246 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (vHIgi)

Glad to hear he's doing better.

And glad your oral surgery is over with, mpfs, and that drugs helped.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (RSbhh)

247 My whole family are serious coffee drinkers. when power went out what do you think the first appliance was plugged into the generator?

That's right, the coffee pot.

Me? I'm the tea drinker in the family.

Posted by: mpfs at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (D70b6)

248 It appears that ESPN and Spectrum are in a carriage dispute, and Spectrum just deep sixed all the ESPN channels at 8:00pm

So, no US Open.

#BOOOOO
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 31, 2023 08:17 PM (CCSx

Obligatory: "Spectrum? It nearly killed him."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (UCU0X)

249 242 I drink about 10-12 cups of coffee per day. I can do drink one right before bed and no issue, fall right asleep.

Of course, I have to make a trip or two during the night but hell, I'd have to anyway.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (IaTa3

Are you not exhausted all the time?? That can't be good sleep man.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:31 PM (5xURv)

250 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Release (parody) @AOCpressTwo 13h
Good morning ... today will be the hottest day in 93 trillion years.

If you don't believe me, you're an anti-science bigot.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 09:33 PM (krqg6)

251 Coffee calms me down

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 31, 2023 09:34 PM (vHIgi)

252 It's a thing to have more than one wedding these days. Whatever.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (BL1uJ)

I am not sure I could have fit the entire band into a single church. An acre was enough, though

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 09:34 PM (xhaym)

253 I pretty much gave up my lifelong daily dessert habit cold turkey. I haven't tried to cut out sugar entirely (I'm not even sure that's possible) but since May 8 I've had zero cookies, cakes, pies, brownies, or pastries. I work at home, so I've managed not to stab any coworkers in the arm with a fork.

For my [mumbletieth] birthday in about #2weeks I'm going to buy the gooiest, richest chocolate cake they have at Strossners and probably be found dead face down in it the next day.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:34 PM (aBJcM)

254 I drink 3-4 cups a day and I thought that was a lot. Lightweight compared to some of you.

Posted by: Montec at August 31, 2023 09:35 PM (pzhV3)

255 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:30 PM (xTRSc)

Thanks for the update, Prayers continue.

Have a good night, everyone. I'm tired. I was at a campaign event for a couple of hours. I am happy to say that there are many people who are registered Republicans or Indy's who tend to vote Republican who are very nice people, and I hadn't met them before I became a Republican.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:35 PM (RSbhh)

256 Back in my Navy Days, Like a good swingin dick, I could match the Chiefs by coffee consumption with a pot + 1/2 per day.

Now a days...I keep it to 2 cups. The bladder gets smaller as you get on in age and those 3 AM wake ups do indeed suck.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (UsQA1)

257 crack calms me down, top it off with some buttseks and I'll be sleeping like a baby

Posted by: Bracky Obrama at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (V13WU)

258 Fen, I see you are trying to cut down your caffeine. I've done it a bunch of times for various reasons, and I've always tapered off by mixing in decaf coffee. I've never gotten headaches from doing that.

I just started with 3/4 regular, 1/4 decaf for a few days, then went to 1/2 and 1/2 a few days, then 1/4 and 3/4, then no caffeine.

I have two mugs of coffee per day, so not an extraordinary amount, but this gradual tapering worked well for me.

Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (pTb/Z)

259 G’night, Fen. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (xTRSc)

260 I've managed not to stab any coworkers in the arm with a fork.

LOL. Congratulations!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (RSbhh)

261 Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 09:09 PM (B705c)

George H Smith worked on the Proximity fuse, it was essentially a vacuum tube, and Smith had worked for Philco before the war

He also wrote the Venus Equilateral science fiction series, mostly during the war

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (xhaym)

262 Posted by: bluebell at August 31, 2023 09:36 PM (pTb/Z)

Thanks, bluebell

And thanks to you too, Bulgar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:38 PM (RSbhh)

263 going cold turkey is awful stuff. gotta arrive it gradually. coffee wise.

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 09:39 PM (V13WU)

264 *at it

Posted by: runner at August 31, 2023 09:40 PM (V13WU)

265 I think I will NOT give up caffeine cold turkey; Nope.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 31, 2023 09:23 PM (RSbhh)

It really depends on how much you drink and how well you tolerate it. It can be mild headaches or it can be worse ones, but it is not like getting DTs or going cold turkey on opiates.
If you get a headache, then drink some coffee. You can arrange for a taper yourself, drink half a cup at a time, or just one when you had two.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 09:40 PM (xhaym)

266
BTW, Gord Price is 81-years-old flying the Yak-50.

Yeah, but can he crash land it without killing himself?

Posted by: Harrison Ford, Ace Pilot at August 31, 2023 09:41 PM (3/XaG)

267 194 Penguin video is very nice and a thumb in the eye to anti-Penguites who roam these threads.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at August 31, 2023 09:12 PM

***
Tell 'em brother.

Posted by: People's Front of Judea at August 31, 2023 09:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

268 Nightwatch, when I retired from the Navy at 15 cups a day I knew I had to cut back when Mrs. E gave me that look and said 'Don't look at me in that tone of voice, Chief. I'm not one of your people.' Nowadays I'm a laid back 2 cups per day for 12 hour workdays.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:42 PM (NxC5+)

269 Bill Kristol is the Old Man of Ahoy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2023 09:42 PM (63Dwl)

270 My leg hair disappeared about the same time the hair on my head disappeared.
Posted by: davidt

50+ and tufts of hair sprouting up all over.
If I shaved my balls it would look rediculous

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2023 09:43 PM (ga8qR)

271 vmom, Good news about your pup.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 31, 2023 09:43 PM (y43WL)

272 Then they get married with dresses and cows and a ceremony and reception in San Diego in April.

No. She's not pregnant.

It's a thing to have more than one wedding these days. Whatever.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at August 31, 2023 09:07 PM (BL1uJ)

The bridesmaids are that ugly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 31, 2023 09:44 PM (5+JAj)

273 In fact, I think I will do that just to freak out mrs

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2023 09:44 PM (ga8qR)

274 But let it be known...

Without those 2 beauteous mugs of my favorite dark blend first thing in the morning...might as well put me on the "Terrorist Watch List."

Cause it will be BRUTAL!!!

COFFEE...you love it...it loves you.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 31, 2023 09:44 PM (UsQA1)

275 My wife said she saw where the Panama Canal is supposedly restricted because of "climate change drought". Is this true? And how stupid can an excuse be? Doesn't the canal connect two oceans? Are they trying to tell you the ocean levels are down? Wasn't the story that they were supposed to go up?

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 31, 2023 09:46 PM (3/XaG)

276 For my [mumbletieth] birthday in about #2weeks I'm going to buy the gooiest, richest chocolate cake they have at Strossners and probably be found dead face down in it the next day.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 31, 2023 09:34 PM

Heh. The parents were visiting me once and ee stopped at a great ice cream place. Said the RMBS Dad to the young kid behind the counter, I'll have the Death By Chocolate...what is it? 😄

Posted by: RedMindBlueState ll at August 31, 2023 09:46 PM (aQy7p)

277 Are you not exhausted all the time?? That can't be good sleep man.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

I take little catnaps when I'm driving.

What?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2023 09:48 PM (IaTa3)

278 Once, in the Navy, I drank nine cups of coffee in a day. I was high on caffeine for three days after.

I can’t do that crap anymore.

Over-indulgence in caffeine, as with that in alcohol, tends to self-correct with age.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:48 PM (xTRSc)

279 Panama Canal is fresh water in the middle and salt water on each side. Like an oreo. Or something.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:48 PM (NxC5+)

280 In fact, I think I will do that just to freak out mrs
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

This will NOT end well.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 31, 2023 09:49 PM (IaTa3)

281 Penguin video is very nice and a thumb in the eye to anti-Penguites who roam these threads.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front

Together, we can take over the world!

Posted by: Otter 841 at August 31, 2023 09:49 PM (tjZg/)

282 A judge ruled a Texas law mandating ID verification for porn actors is unconstitutional. And the left is celebrating. Of course.

Posted by: Montec at August 31, 2023 09:51 PM (pzhV3)

283
Panama Canal is fresh water in the middle and salt water on each side. Like an oreo. Or something.
Posted by: Eromero

If they left all the locks open would the oceans equalize?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 31, 2023 09:52 PM (63Dwl)

284 My wife said she saw where the Panama Canal is supposedly restricted because of "climate change drought". Is this true? And how stupid can an excuse be? Doesn't the canal connect two oceans? Are they trying to tell you the ocean levels are down? Wasn't the story that they were supposed to go up?
Posted by: Azjaeger

Locks are above sea level and powered by mountain streams.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2023 09:52 PM (ga8qR)

285 Every time I see penguins I think of Young Frankenstein. Puttin' on the Ritz.

Posted by: Eromero at August 31, 2023 09:52 PM (NxC5+)

286 A judge ruled a Texas law mandating ID verification for porn actors is unconstitutional. And the left is celebrating. Of course.
Posted by: Montec at August 31, 2023 09:51 PM (pzhV3)

Looks like kiddie pron is back on the menu.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 31, 2023 09:55 PM (ga8qR)

287 I once read that manatees are now in the Pacific, having migrated thence down the Panama Canal.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 31, 2023 09:55 PM (xTRSc)

288 278

As is apparent on this site...I do indeed over-indulge in the alcohol these days. (Gee, wonder how THAT happened?)

My preferred sleep aid if you will...keeps me from going to the next rage level in our current situation and spooling up a dangerous OODA LOOP and acting upon it.

Thank you 3 Buck Chuck... you are my rage keeper.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 31, 2023 09:56 PM (UsQA1)

289 If they left all the locks open would the oceans equalize?
-------
Yes.

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at August 31, 2023 09:57 PM (krqg6)

290 For my [mumbletieth] birthday in about #2weeks I'm going to buy the gooiest, richest chocolate cake they have at Strossners and probably be found dead face down in it the next day.
Posted by: screaming in digital
------------

Mmmm, Go for it.
I love chocolate and I love sugar, I am an addict.
I can't have sugary things around or I'll eat the whole box.
Enjoy.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 31, 2023 09:58 PM (SKXSf)

291 A few well placed nukes and you have the Straights of Panama.

Posted by: davidt at August 31, 2023 09:58 PM (SYTee)

292 Can these locks be picked?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 31, 2023 09:59 PM (5xURv)

293 Noodlum

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=405972

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 31, 2023 09:59 PM (3CCua)

294 289

But Puerto Rico will most assuredly tip over into Cuba.

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 31, 2023 10:00 PM (UsQA1)

295 Everything climate related is turning out false including all the records and overseas reporting.

What is the term, Kayfabe?

The world is now kayfabe

Posted by: Kindltot at August 31, 2023 10:04 PM (xhaym)

296 In my Army daze we did a lot of 96 hour ARTEPs. For those you not familiar with Army stuff that means no sleep for 96 hours. Shooting Artillery.
By the end of those we were popping 4 or 5 No-Doz into shit coffee from a mermite topped off with 2 pack of Instant Folgers and flavored with the shit hot chocolate from an MRE.

I'm truly amazed I am still alive.

Now I do 2 cups in the AM, water until I get off work then as much beer as I can tolerate until bed time.

Posted by: Reforger at August 31, 2023 10:05 PM (B705c)

297 Socking off, tilter

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at August 31, 2023 10:10 PM (krqg6)

298 @295

>>Everything climate related is turning out false including all the records and overseas reporting.

All of the historical data is now corrupted garbage as the Climate Lunatics have gone back and "harmonized" the data, ie altering the record to make the past cooler so the current temperatures seem warmer.

Also the Climate Lunatics refuse to use satellite temperature data which is more accurate and punches holes in their bullsh*t nonsense and instead rely on earth station data which is largely garbage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 31, 2023 10:19 PM (XV/Pl)

299 The fervent, psychotic, Climate Change acolytes are becoming far more disruptive of everyone trying to go about our day to day activities...

LIKE WORKING!!! YOU POS COMMIE PINKO FAGGOTS!!!

Posted by: Nightwatch at August 31, 2023 10:24 PM (UsQA1)

300 Panama canal is, in fact, powered by rainfall
Lack of rainfall indicates there is not enough water to drain into the locks
If there is no water to drain into the locks, all traffic slows down.

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