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From nurse ratched, it's already National Sea Otter Awareness Week again. And I don't have a thing to wear! Well, except for all of these sea otter pelts but I'm not sure you can wear those after Labor Day.

Here's a baby otter, but I fear it might be a river otter. Because it's in a river.

Otter sneaks into a cat family.

Goats play King of the Tree.

Chinchilla battle-stance.

Doggaroo.

No one ever says "...with the grace of a panda."

This is what I call "a cute dog."

This is what I call "A Glamour Dog."

i like you, i must eat your head now

Add up all the f*cks in the universe. Now put a negative sign in front of them. That's the number of f*cks this turtle gives.

Fastpaw.

Another glitch in The Matrix.

imma f*** with your s*** now. Because I must.

Beaver vs. wood.

He thought it looked like fun and wanted to join in 😊 pic.twitter.com/8lxqyhQmUL
— Pier Pets (@PierPets) September 25, 2023

Huskies are so funny 😂
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It's ruff work but someone has to do it 😂 pic.twitter.com/cVauZ0mwoH
— Pier Pets (@PierPets) September 24, 2023

All these rugs are zoomie tested 😅
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Otter GAINZZZ:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Whoohooo!

Thank you ace!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 25, 2023 07:35 PM (2h2Wy)

2 How was the shelf building?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 25, 2023 07:36 PM (2h2Wy)

3 The turtle confronting the lion over his watering hole was hilarious. The lion is genuinely confused. Prey isn't supposed to do that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 07:36 PM (BpYfr)

4 Re; cute dog.

...Yeah, that's not a "her".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 07:38 PM (ou9hh)

5 Kelp wraps taste great!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 07:39 PM (ZRODl)

6 Damn, I forgot to get the otters any presents!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:40 PM (xTRSc)

7 And then the horse rolled on her.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 25, 2023 07:40 PM (b4o9z)

8 Earlier some ettes ( including me) were talking about men they did or did not find handsome. I think this police officer from Florida is handsome and clearly is a brave guy. I don't really care for tats, but he looks fit- and bonus for me, he seems like he might be wearing a cross.

https://tinyurl.com/36r36rp4

Well, the phone needs to be recharged. Good night everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2023 07:40 PM (2IS0h)

9 1st time baby otter gets in the water and it doesn't look like they otter liked it!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 07:41 PM (ZRODl)

10 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 25, 2023 07:41 PM (Q4IgG)

11 A warm and wonderful day was had here today!
Maybe some showers coming in tonight.
(cracks open a beer)
Thanks, ace for another highly entertaining day!
My cat used to get "the zoomies" but lately he just sleeps. Zoomies are fun.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 25, 2023 07:41 PM (MeG8a)

12 Wilowed, to Screaming in Digital:

Thank you, SiD. How are you doing?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:42 PM (xTRSc)

13 Momma cat's all "Sure, another kitten, why not. Settle down so I can wash you."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 07:43 PM (ou9hh)

14 HIYA Nurse
Happy sea otter appreciation week!
To hell with river otters.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at September 25, 2023 07:44 PM (OinN3)

15 Scientists have determined that turtles we originally blasted here from another planet and only developed shells to protect themselves from predators and climate change after coming to this planet. Most people don't know that E.T. was modeled on shelless space turtles that Speilburg saw on a trip in a cave in Peruvia.

Posted by: It's true! at September 25, 2023 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

16 And to think that Gamera is not fiction.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 25, 2023 07:45 PM (xhaym)

17 The sea otters and pinnipeds hang out in the kelp because the sharks don’t like the kelp, and so stay away from it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:45 PM (xTRSc)

18 That's it! The Yak Prolifertion Society is filing suit against all these otter and bats. War

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 07:47 PM (v94Td)

19 I don't understand the captions on these videos.

That was not a video of a baby otter "enjoying" the water, as attested to by how fast the tyke got back to dry land.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 07:47 PM (ou9hh)

20 The turtle smells the blood and whatever that lion just ate all over the the lion’s mouth and wants some.

Turtles have great smell and eyesight and eat anything especially blood and guts.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 25, 2023 07:47 PM (R/m4+)

21 Mrs fd just asked me if I needed bats for the MoMo.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 07:49 PM (vFG9F)

22 *happy dance *
Going out for Chinese food with friends! Have a happy evening, silly persons!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 25, 2023 07:50 PM (4qqJ6)

23 Footage from the Bundessiegerzuchtschau/Weltchampionats für Deutsche Schäferhunde in Nuremberg.

Congratulations to Usher aus der Brunnenstraße.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8d5kfj

Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2023 07:50 PM (DFbpm)

24 The sea otters and pinnipeds hang out in the kelp because the sharks don’t like the kelp, and so stay away from it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Okay. I looked it up.
Happy?
Why I oughtta...

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 07:50 PM (cPGH3)

25 No marine creatures are cuter than newly-hatched baby sea turtles, scuttling down a beach to the ocean.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:51 PM (xTRSc)

26 "Otter sneaks into a cat family."
That's adorable.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 07:51 PM (NpAcC)

27 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 07:52 PM (fwDg9)

28 15 Scientists have determined that turtles we originally blasted here from another planet and only developed shells to protect themselves from predators and climate change after coming to this planet. Most people don't know that E.T. was modeled on shelless space turtles that Speilburg saw on a trip in a cave in Peruvia.
Posted by: It's true! at September 25, 2023 07:44 PM (vFG9F)

There are also softshell turtles. Apparently, they live in this area too, but I've never seen one.

Really strange evolutionarily twist.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 25, 2023 07:52 PM (b4o9z)

29 All those bad hips on those Shepherds... sad.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 07:53 PM (cPGH3)

30 Okay. I looked it up.
Happy?
Why I oughtta...
Posted by: MkY

Just don't blow it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 07:53 PM (ZRODl)

31 27 Skip! Can it be midrats yet?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:54 PM (xTRSc)

32 That's it! The Yak Prolifertion Society is filing suit against all these otter and bats. War
Posted by: Ben Had

They're just going to yak it up...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 07:54 PM (ZRODl)

33 It's also National Roadkill Day.

No need for pictures.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 07:56 PM (NpAcC)

34 All of those otters appear to be in various stages of flipping off the camera man...

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at September 25, 2023 07:57 PM (MkuC5)

35 " It's also National Roadkill Day.
"

I call dibs!

Posted by: Granny Clampett at September 25, 2023 07:58 PM (89Sog)

36 33 National Sea Otter Roadkill Day?

That makes no sense.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 07:58 PM (xTRSc)

37 It would be neat to have a pet Otter, I could take him to the nearby creek or down to river

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 08:00 PM (fwDg9)

38 As reported in another thread, the average monthly payment of an Ford F150 is a thousand dollars.

As a comparison, I bought my 1995 GMC Sonoma Long Bed for 13k, adjusted for inflation, it's a shade over 26k.

It would appear Ford has reached the Tiki Bar Phase of the business life cycle.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:01 PM (XV/Pl)

39 Yaks provide milk, weave able fiber and plowing ability. Show me a bat or otter that can do that Just go ahead and try!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 08:02 PM (BeJjr)

40 Add up all the f*cks in the universe. Now put a negative sign in front of them. That's the number of f*cks this turtle gives.

This implies the F# is finite, and the turtle has them all.

Then suddenly, three links below it, we have this:

imma f*** with your s*** now. Because I must.

The F# is infinite. Q.E.D.

Thank you, Professor Chuy!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 25, 2023 08:03 PM (a3Q+t)

41 Big headed fish wants to help and does. I would have complained about the lack of trash pandas and the excess glorification sea pigons but this is just to good of a video.

https://tinyurl.com/6yzk7p6n

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 25, 2023 08:04 PM (qMOE3)

42 I will bet that otters are one of those creatures that just shits whenever it feels like it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 08:05 PM (aD39U)

43 In fall, '06, I bought a fleet F150 for $13,000.
Added cruise for $250.00.
Still own it. Son drives it.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:06 PM (cPGH3)

44 I looked at a 2022 F150 today. V8, 4wd, crew cab, 95k miles! $44k. I think I'll try to get another 100k out of what I got.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

45 That's it! The Yak Prolifertion Society is filing suit against all these otter and bats. War
Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 07:47 PM

What did bats do? We're lucky to get *one* bat every 3 or 4 weeks, not a plethora of otters like this evening.

Say what you like about otters, they don't literally crap the place up like penguins do.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 25, 2023 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

46 >>>imma f*** with your s*** now. Because I must.

Just because you think it's over doesn't mean it's over.
--The Cat

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 25, 2023 08:07 PM (klJTj)

47 That's it! The Yak Prolifertion Society is filing suit against all these otter and bats. War
Posted by: Ben Had

They're just going to yak it up...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Bats are better at fighting crime …

Posted by: Adriane the Comic Book History Critic . . . at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (4Winp)

48 Looking at 841, kinda makes me nervous about 842!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (uSHSS)

49 Negative. All within the very precise SV standard. All rated VF. My dog had the same gait, and rating. Never a hip problem. Ever.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (DFbpm)

50 I will bet that otters are one of those creatures that just shits whenever it feels like it.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 08:05 PM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Amber Heard at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

51 I will bet that otters are one of those creatures that just shits whenever it feels like it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c

=====

Disgusting! We keep it in the hallway.

Posted by: Disgruntled EPA "workers" at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (gus5N)

52 The sidebar:

Time was when I was a huge Bronco fan, and in spite of my TX origins, I bled orange and blue. (That owes to my living in Denver in an impressionable time.) Time was that if I had seen that game, I would have exploded in rage every ten seconds. Especially with that score. (One year, I think it was 1989, when the Raiduhs beat the Broncos with an FG in OT, I refused to talk about the game. I would cut people off if they asked me about the Broncos and how they did. But anyway...)

Now? Indifference. I shrug. I couldn't name the players on either side. I thank the NFL for going full-bore political for driving me to this state.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (8sMut)

53 I'm wondering how they put 94k miles on a 2022 truck. The hitch looked like it had never been used.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

54 >>>It's ruff work but someone has to do it

The sad thing is if that were a person, there would be some kind of help available. But they just don't have much in the way of mental health treatment for canines.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 25, 2023 08:09 PM (klJTj)

55 Ok. Horse thing is funny.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 08:09 PM (uSHSS)

56 No one ever says "...with the grace of a panda."
________

Reminds me of Clousseau: "Everything I do is carefully planned."

Posted by: Eeyore at September 25, 2023 08:10 PM (brAQZ)

57 38 As reported in another thread, the average monthly payment of an Ford F150 is a thousand dollars.

As a comparison, I bought my 1995 GMC Sonoma Long Bed for 13k, adjusted for inflation, it's a shade over 26k.

It would appear Ford has reached the Tiki Bar Phase of the business life cycle.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:01 PM (XV/Pl)

The truck I drive now I bought with 3 miles on the odometer. I hammered out that the truck would cost $32,418 in today's money. Or $17,211 in 1998.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 25, 2023 08:11 PM (8sMut)

58 I'm wondering how they put 94k miles on a 2022 truck. The hitch looked like it had never been used.
Posted by: fd

Yeah, I wonder at that, too.
But I've seen Wyoming trucks, 2 years old that had that kind of mileage.
60 miles to the grocery... 100 miles to the vet...

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:13 PM (cPGH3)

59
An actual line of actual thunderstorms passed through here. Lots of flashes and booming for an hour or so. The puppies were upset by all the noise, poor things.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 08:14 PM (ugsCB)

60 In honor of Ben Had, here's Chet Atkins, Ray Stevens, and Boots Randolph with a live performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Z9f544geU

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 25, 2023 08:14 PM (a3Q+t)

61 Duncanthrax. You bat and otter elitists. I am an advocate for the utilitarian.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 08:14 PM (BeJjr)

62 Yaks provide milk, weave able fiber and plowing ability. Show me a bat or otter that can do that Just go ahead and try!
Posted by: Ben Had

You know you need a bottle of kumis to celebrate the yaks, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 08:14 PM (ZRODl)

63 The sidebar:

Time was when I was a huge Bronco fan, and in spite of my TX origins, I bled orange and blue. ...

Now? Indifference. I shrug...

--

*fistbump*

I went to Alabama and have watched their games since I was a little boy. Tua, the Miami QB, was a generational talent that was maybe the most natural, most fluid, most intuitive QB I've ever seen play in real life. I think he's got a couple of superstar WRs he's throwing to that were Bama products that I would enjoy watching, too.

And I couldn't care less about any of them in the NFL.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at September 25, 2023 08:15 PM (n/6gj)

64 Negative. All within the very precise SV standard. All rated VF. My dog had the same gait, and rating. Never a hip problem. Ever.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (DFbpm)

I never liked that modern standard, they look like they were bred to cringe.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 25, 2023 08:15 PM (xhaym)

65 I will bet that otters are one of those creatures that just shits whenever it feels like it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c

And they work in pairs. One's being cute as hell while the other is stealing your wallet and crapping on the carpet.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 08:16 PM (uSHSS)

66 You can make a yurt from a yak. Can't do that with a bat.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

67 You can make a yurt from a yak. Can't do that with a bat.
Posted by: fd

You'd have to be the size of yoda for that to work.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 25, 2023 08:19 PM (IG4Id)

68 You can make a yurt from a yak. Can't do that with a bat.
Posted by: fd

That has to depend on the number of bats used.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 08:19 PM (ZRODl)

69 A yak yurt?

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:19 PM (cPGH3)

70 Shirley, you jest.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:19 PM (cPGH3)

71 ff, exactly. A Yak in every yurt! That's gotta be good for 80illkon votes

Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 08:20 PM (BeJjr)

72 "I'm wondering how they put 94k miles on a 2022 truck"

Assume 2000 working days in the year and a commute of 45 miles every workday, and you could do it easily. The other 4K is whatever weekend running around you might do.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 08:20 PM (ou9hh)

73 That one with the swimming rescue kittens the other night was great.

Posted by: LenNeal at September 25, 2023 08:20 PM (/BBNv)

74 The F# is infinite.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The A#,too.

https://youtu.be/VGKc3T7OVHE

Posted by: Godspeed You! Black Emperor at September 25, 2023 08:21 PM (DgGvY)

75
All those bad hips on those Shepherds... sad.
Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 07:53 PM (cPGH3)

_________

Her Majesty has a number of old AKC Dog Books. While the GSD breed standard has been extensively reorganized, the actual information, in particular the hindquarters, hasn't changed since 1948.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 08:21 PM (ugsCB)

76 "Assume 2000 working days in the year "...

Wait that doesn't work at all.

2000 working ~hours~ in a year. Apparently it's time for me to give up math for the day.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (ou9hh)

77 Assume 2000 working days in the year and a commute of 45 miles every workday, and you could do it easily. The other 4K is whatever weekend running around you might do.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

This is why Morons shouldn't do math.
Check your work.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (cPGH3)

78 @44

>>I looked at a 2022 F150 today. V8, 4wd, crew cab, 95k miles! $44k. I think I'll try to get another 100k out of what I got.

That's a lot of miles for such a late model truck at that price.

I had my Sonoma from 95 until it gave up the ghost in 2018, picked up a 2005 Colorado for 3,500k.

It had some front end damage that was easily repairable with a couple of trees and some chain put another grand or so into cosmetics, tires and shocks, tuneup.

It's been extraordinarily dependable since then.

I'm about to refresh the front and rear suspension components.

That should cost a bout a grand in parts.

Total cost 5500 bucks or 91 bucks per month over the last 5 years.

I've done all of the work myself except for two things, since I don't have a lift, I simply could not get enough leverage or heat onto a bung to break a rust frozen O2 sensor and because of the way the rear bumper is mounted on the frame, I could not install rear hitch, even with assistance.

The truck needed to be at working height and two other people or a hitch stand were necessary to jack ass the hitch, spacers and rear bumper into position to thread the blind nuts and bolts through the frame and the sides.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (XV/Pl)

79 Assume 2000 working days in the year and a commute of 45 miles every workday, and you could do it easily. The other 4K is whatever weekend running around you might do.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 08:20 PM (ou9hh)

Luxury! In my day the work year was 3000 days!

Posted by: Vanya at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (v27SO)

80 I had scratch made Posole and craft beers for dinner here in Las Cruces. These alone almost made me forget we have a tyrant for a governor. Almost. Plus Johnny Unitas for reasons I can't fathom.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (qMOE3)

81 Yurts are covered with layers of felt, I suppose possibly made from yak hair.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

82 Duncanthrax. You bat and otter elitists. I am an advocate for the utilitarian.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 25, 2023 08:14 PM

Bats are elitist? They consume massive amounts of mosquitos. Their guano is prized as an agricultural supplement.

Plus, as bats are not known to suffer from cancer, their DNA is being studied for possible clues on eliminating it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 25, 2023 08:23 PM (a3Q+t)

83 I live ina desert, I have lizards and snakes and horses to watch. No need for youtube stuff.
There is one black Stallion out near my work who has 4 tan, white socked females in his herd. Can't wait to see what the offspring from them looks like.
Haven't caught/killed any Rattle Snakes this year. Two Bull Snakes and a Cali King (both possible causes of the rattler shortage) were left alone though. They like our drip system. I walked up on the Cali King as he was drinking out of the dripper. I could have snagged him up and he never would have known what hit him.
I just stood in awe as it is only the second one I have ever seen in this area. Last one was 20 years ago. Let him go about his business.

Posted by: Reforger at September 25, 2023 08:23 PM (B705c)

84 Who would want to live in a yurt covered with bats?

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:23 PM (vFG9F)

85 "I'm wondering how they put 94k miles on a 2022 truck"

Assume 2000 working days in the year and a commute of 45 miles every workday, and you could do it easily. The other 4K is whatever weekend running around you might do.
Posted by: FeatherBlade'

A 2022 was made in 2021. Totally doable in rural areas. I've seen very high miles on new-ish pickup trucks. The trucks are fine, highway miles aren't really hard on vehicles except for (Ask AOP).

Posted by: I'd give my opinion but AOP at September 25, 2023 08:24 PM (/BBNv)

86 Assume 2000 working days in the year and a commute of 45 miles every workday, and you could do it easily. The other 4K is whatever weekend running around you might do.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 25, 2023 08:20 PM (ou9hh)

Planet clarification please.

Posted by: Lost In Space at September 25, 2023 08:25 PM (qMOE3)

87 I'm wondering how they put 94k miles on a 2022 truck. The hitch looked like it had never been used.
--

That reminds me. Data came out. All of those inexpensive non-prestige somewhat affordable EVs everyone wants and that's saving the buyers $12K in gas or whatever each year?

They're driven 6k miles.

"Tesla drivers come the closest to matching the driving behavior of traditional car owners,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “Without Tesla, the average miles per year for EV drivers would drop from 9,059 to 6,719"

iseecars.com/most-driven-evs-study

The average distance people actually use their cars and trucks each year? 15K.

Cost savings, the "maintenance" BS, etc? It's based on 15K

We already knew it was all a lie. And it's only getting worse as people learn more and reject them even harder.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at September 25, 2023 08:25 PM (n/6gj)

88 80 I had scratch made Posole and craft beers for dinner here in Las Cruces. These alone almost made me forget we have a tyrant for a governor. Almost. Plus Johnny Unitas for reasons I can't fathom.
Posted by: Lost In Space at September 25, 2023 08:22 PM (qMOE3)

Tell me a NM State Rep from someplace will file an Article of Impeachment against the tyrant.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 25, 2023 08:27 PM (8sMut)

89 Yaks provide milk, weave able fiber and plowing ability. Show me a bat or otter that can do that Just go ahead and try!
Posted by: Ben Had
------

Yup. And just imagine trying to make a yurt out of bat or otter skins.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 25, 2023 08:28 PM (ej/KZ)

90 49 Negative. All within the very precise SV standard. All rated VF. My dog had the same gait, and rating. Never a hip problem. Ever.
Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2023 08:08 PM (DFbpm)

Very happy that our current two GSDs, sisters from the womb, have the best hips I have ever seen.

Such a blessing to watch them move with such freedom.

They, and the two prior, come from Mittlewest Bella.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at September 25, 2023 08:31 PM (MkuC5)

91 Yup. And just imagine trying to make a yurt out of bat or otter skins.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at September 25, 2023 08:28 PM (ej/KZ)

I think a bat wing Yurt would be awesome.

Posted by: Reforger at September 25, 2023 08:32 PM (B705c)

92 The average distance people actually use their cars and trucks each year? 15K. Cost savings, the "maintenance" BS, etc? It's based on 15K. We already knew it was all a lie. And it's only getting worse as people learn more and reject them even harder.'

It's of course BS. No EV can do 15K+ miles/year without disproportionate fleet support. I've said here I could totally do an EV because I drive about 1K miles per year. For long trips I rent ICE cars. That doesn't make EVs practical for well, anyone who drives to, you know, Do Real Stuff. When I did contracting I did a minimum of 20K miles/year and often more than that. 30-40K wasn't unusual in my field. A major reason I don't drive much anymore is I just got sick of it. Burned out.

Posted by: Otter 845 for the win at September 25, 2023 08:33 PM (/BBNv)

93 The manufacture date on that truck was December 2021. I asked the guy if it had that stupid engine shut off thing and he said they didn't have it on the 2022 models because of the chip shortage.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

94 The average distance people actually use their cars and trucks each year? 15K.

Cost savings, the "maintenance" BS, etc? It's based on 15K

We already knew it was all a lie. And it's only getting worse as people learn more and reject them even harder.

Posted by: Moron Robbie

===

Back in car phase of my career, we used a cool study. It showed what the payback needed to be to spend more for the diesel vs gasoline version of a vehicle. The authors had learned avg km per year, and the cost delta for diesel fuel for every euro country.

The results consistently showed 3 years as the sweet spot. Any longer, and more gasoline variant sold.

EVs will eventually follow that cruel calculus once the subsidies are removed.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 25, 2023 08:33 PM (gus5N)

95 The biggest pain in the ass I've had with the Colorado is that the window regulators are one by one giving up the ghost or gotten cranky and will work on their on damn schedule.

Thankfully you can still get them from the aftermarket.

Unfortunately, changing window regulators is a pain in the ass and huge time suck.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)

96 Tweet of the Week:

Daniel @growing_daniel 18h
Canadians are mad that India assassinated that guy because only the government is allowed to provide healthcare in Canada

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 25, 2023 08:35 PM (krqg6)

97 You can buy a lot of window regulators for $44,000.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:36 PM (vFG9F)

98 What I enjoy is the feds saying "just buy two cars." No, really.

EPA.gov

"There may be some days when your travel needs exceed your EV’s range or capabilities. You may need to switch your EV to another household gasoline vehicle or rent a car for that day."

https://tinyurl.com/295gcdcn

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at September 25, 2023 08:37 PM (n/6gj)

99 Unfortunately, changing window regulators is a pain in the ass and huge time suck.
Posted by: Thomas Bender'

Dismantling door panels is The Worst. And you always get cut up on the stamping holes.

Posted by: Otter 845 for the win at September 25, 2023 08:38 PM (/BBNv)

100 EVs will eventually follow that cruel calculus once the subsidies are removed.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 25, 2023 08:33 PM (gus5N)

"Cruel Calculus" sounds like a bizarre mathematics-themed Fifty Shades ripoff.

Posted by: Vanya at September 25, 2023 08:38 PM (v27SO)

101 You can buy a lot of window regulators for $44,000.
Posted by: fd'

No you can't! Not for any price!

Posted by: LenNeal's 2004 Saab 9-5 at September 25, 2023 08:39 PM (/BBNv)

102 redridinghood: It's also National Roadkill Day.

Ah, that explains it. On our trip to town and back today, it was all kinds of carnage. Possum, skunk, squirrel, and what I think was once a turtle. Celebrating the day!

*puts on bib, holds up fork and knife in anticipation*

Posted by: mindful webworker - haute cuisiny at September 25, 2023 08:39 PM (T/hm7)

103 Yay! After months of procrastination and many bouts of the Definition of Insanity, I have Linux Mint on sisters old MS Surface Pro 7. MS had stopped updating it because they are greedy evil scum. She knew that I had Linux Mint on a nearly 20 year old WS and it ran fine. She didn't want to get rid of the MS Pro, it worked. Those Surface Pro's a bit finicky but I finally succeeded with the installation. It was actually easy. Boot up using the flash drive, nuke the partitions on the SP, run 'Install Linux Mint' on the desktop, it runs, it installs, the end. Yay!

Did it all the while drinking a few Modelo's.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 25, 2023 08:40 PM (sAmhv)

104 @97

Sure, but in a best case scenario, you're looking at an hour and a half per door and I have to change four of them.

I'll probably end up changing out one a week sometime this winter.

This way I can take my time, and not rush and potentially break the glass.

Although, you can get the glass for around 65 bucks per window in the aftermarket.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:41 PM (XV/Pl)

105 #96 Maybe spoke too soon!

Orb @InfiniteOrb Sep 23 Replying to @jarvis_best
You know who else was gifted gold and other precious things and had ties to Egypt?

Jarvis @jarvis_best Sep 24
Oh my God.

Literally.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 25, 2023 08:41 PM (krqg6)

106 RIP: David McCallum, Star of ‘NCIS,’ ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ Dies at 90

Posted by: SMOD at September 25, 2023 08:42 PM (RovqD)

107 Bagels, lox spread, noodle kugel, deviled eggs, fresh berries, plum crunch.

A healthy and prosperous New Year to all the horde.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 25, 2023 08:42 PM (RIvkX)

108 "fThey, and the two prior, come from Mittlewest Bella.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at September 25, 2023 08:31 PM (MkuC5)"

Very nice lineage. Mine have mostly come from Fichtenschlag Kirschental lines.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 25, 2023 08:42 PM (DFbpm)

109 National Roadkill Day?

Good Heavens! I'll have to inform the armadillos hereabouts.

I never thought I'd see armadillos here in TN. Will wonders never cease?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 08:43 PM (x7plP)

110 Dismantling door panels is The Worst. And you always get cut up on the stamping holes.

Posted by: Otter 845 for the win at September 25, 2023 08:38 PM (/BBNv)

Replace every plastic Gazinta on the whole panel before reassembly.

Posted by: Reforger at September 25, 2023 08:43 PM (B705c)

111 Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at September 25, 2023 08:37 PM (n/6gj)

"As more electricity is generated from renewable sources like wind or solar, future emissions savings could be higher."

I work for a very large construction company that's moving into the East Coast offshore wind farm market in a big way. And if you live out there between Virginia and Boston...

...Nothing personal, but you all are getting bent over the pinball machine.

Posted by: Vanya at September 25, 2023 08:44 PM (v27SO)

112 Ah, that explains it. On our trip to town and back today, it was all kinds of carnage. Possum, skunk, squirrel, and what I think was once a turtle. Celebrating the day!
*puts on bib, holds up fork and knife in anticipation*
Posted by: mindful webworker - haute cuisiny'

I heard a good story from some colorful folks in my 'woods/'hood who were carpooling in a station wagon to work at the Byron Nuclear Plant when it was being built. They saw a dead raccoon in the road, a big one, and picked it up and tossed it in the back. Well, it was not dead. While they were driving on the highway it resurrected and attacked them all until one brave soul grabbed it and while being all cut up threw it back out onto the road, probably to sucker another victim. They appeared at the guard gate and the lady told them they could not enter looking as they did.

Posted by: LenNeal's 2004 Saab 9-5 at September 25, 2023 08:44 PM (/BBNv)

113 @101

>>No you can't! Not for any price!

You poor bastard, you bought a Saab.

** Slides freshly poured Gimlet across the table to LenNeal.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:44 PM (XV/Pl)

114 You can buy a lot of window regulators for $44,000.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:36 PM (vFG9F)

And if you work 2,000 days a year you can afford it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 25, 2023 08:44 PM (lQONO)

115 Replace every plastic Gazinta on the whole panel before reassembly.
Posted by: Reforger

I studied Gazintas in 3rd grade.

*3 gazinta 6 two times, etc.*

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 08:45 PM (x7plP)

116 There's about 2000 work-hours in a year.

Just saying.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 25, 2023 08:47 PM (JkeTM)

117 The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948

No fooking shit!
-- Fat Man and Little Boy

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 08:47 PM (x7plP)

118 Yaks provide milk, weave able fiber and plowing ability. Show me a bat or otter that can do that Just go ahead and try!

Also, yaks do not yield easily to romantic overtures, which makes for desperate, urgent love-making. High risk, but high reward.

Posted by: Mongolia Is A State Of Mind at September 25, 2023 08:48 PM (KFhLj)

119 Why would one put a dead racoon in the back of a station wagon?

I legit do not understand.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:48 PM (znuOo)

120 3 gazinta 6 two times, etc.

Jethro?

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:49 PM (cPGH3)

121 You poor bastard, you bought a Saab.
** Slides freshly poured Gimlet across the table to LenNeal.
Posted by: Thomas Bender'

I paid USD$650 for it and have nursed it along with my limited driving for 5-1/2 years. I keep meticulous records on my vehicles and this one, including purchase cost, insurance, gas, oil changes, repairs (self) and even car washes, has cost USD$118/mo. for the entire time. It's on its last legs and it's time for a change, rust, mostly. 300K miles about. No more parts and the rust in WI.

Results may vary.

Posted by: LenNeal's 2004 Saab 9-5 at September 25, 2023 08:49 PM (/BBNv)

122 "Cruel Calculus" sounds like a bizarre mathematics-themed Fifty Shades ripoff.
Posted by: Vanya

Calculus does start with finding limits.....

Posted by: mikeski at September 25, 2023 08:50 PM (DgGvY)

123 David 'Ducky" McCallum is dead.

90 years old

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 25, 2023 08:50 PM (1n+EO)

124 Why would one put a dead raccoon in the back of a station wagon? I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus'

I assume the 'ethnicity' of the tale-tellers escapes you.

Posted by: LenNeal in The Hood at September 25, 2023 08:51 PM (/BBNv)

125 Why would one put a dead racoon in the back of a station wagon?

I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Dinner.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 08:51 PM (ZRODl)

126 @121

>>Results may vary.

You're next car has to absolutely be a Saturn.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (XV/Pl)

127 Them are the plastic things that gazinta the door and also gazinta the panel.

I don't spect ya'll to unnerstand.

Posted by: Reforger at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (B705c)

128 "Why would one put a dead raccoon in the back of a station wagon? "

All the front seats were taken.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (vFG9F)

129 Why would one put a dead racoon in the back of a station wagon?

I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

I can think of several reasons outright.
1) bragging rights. (Show me a bigger).
2) smoking rights. (Coon ain't too shabby).
3) Dog toy
4) Bad neighbor (boss) come-uppance.
5) etc.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (cPGH3)

130 I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Dinner.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron'

Thank You. And the male raccoon member is a magic charm.

Posted by: LenNeal in The Hood at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (/BBNv)

131 I would not get in a station wagon that had a dead racoon in the back.

I simply wouldn't.

I also wouldn't car-pool with a dead racoon.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:53 PM (znuOo)

132 Why would one put a dead racoon in the back of a station wagon?

I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Dinner.
---
Just incase you thought I was kidding, here is a CBD approved recipe (I'm guessing on that last bit).
MAPLE BOURBON GLAZED GRILLED RACCOON RECIPE
https://is.gd/IA76Qx

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 08:54 PM (ZRODl)

133 I'm not quite dead yet. I don't want to go in the wagon.

Posted by: the racoon at September 25, 2023 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

134 I can think of several reasons outright.
1) bragging rights. (Show me a bigger).
2) smoking rights. (Coon ain't too shabby).
3) Dog toy
4) Bad neighbor (boss) come-uppance.
5) etc.
Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM (cPGH3)

It's a station wagon not a truck.

They were going to work.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:54 PM (znuOo)

135 I would not get in a station wagon that had a dead racoon in the back. I simply wouldn't. I also wouldn't car-pool with a dead racoon. Posted by: Thesokorus'

Well.

Posted by: LenNeal asking if you stick your pinky out at Dunkin Donuts at September 25, 2023 08:54 PM (/BBNv)

136 How bout car-poolin' with a live raccoon?
Are you coonaphobic?

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:55 PM (cPGH3)

137 They want to reboot The Office!
This is sacrilege...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 25, 2023 08:56 PM (TGPs7)

138 "Cruel Calculus" sounds like a bizarre mathematics-themed Fifty Shades ripoff.
Posted by: Vanya at September 25, 2023 08:38 PM

It is derivative.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 25, 2023 08:56 PM (a3Q+t)

139 I'm not anti eating racoon. I've done it. I don't like racoons.

But roadkill in a station wagon?

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:56 PM (znuOo)

140 How bout car-poolin' with a live raccoon?
Are you coonaphobic?
Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:55 PM (cPGH3)

Yes. I hate them and try and kill them.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:57 PM (znuOo)

141 I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

There was a freshly road killed buck here while back that didn't last ten minutes before someone liberated his head and rack.

Around here, roadkill is fair game.

(swidt?)

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 08:57 PM (x7plP)

142 I paid USD$650 for it and have nursed it along with my limited driving for 5-1/2 years

--

I think we must be related. I'm a sucker for interesting, unusual finds, and am sort of jealous of that one. Those were neat cars before GM killed them off for good.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The EPA has determined US has cooled since 1948 at September 25, 2023 08:57 PM (n/6gj)

143 I think there might be the makings of a good movie here. "Road Kill". Zombie racoons ambush unsuspecting rednecks in a backwoods bloodbath.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 08:57 PM (vFG9F)

144 https://tinyurl.com/ckcav2uy

If you're a legitimate redneck, you gots one of these hanging by a string somewhere, and when asked what it is, you tell the poor rookie it's a whistle.
Just blow on it, you say...

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 08:58 PM (cPGH3)

145
Tennessee family faces deportation 15 years after fleeing Germany to homeschool kids

Uwe and Hannelore Romeike face a devastating predicament as their family faces deportation after 15 years of making a home for themselves in East Tennessee.

Originally from Germany, the Romeike family fled to the U.S. after being fined for homeschooling their children in their mother country. Five years later, their asylum claim was denied, with authorities claiming they weren't persecuted.

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uvcz2

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 08:59 PM (ugsCB)

146 That's the number of f*cks this turtle gives.
Are you sure he's not saying, "Eat me. EAT ME!"

Posted by: GWB at September 25, 2023 08:59 PM (M+Nrs)

147 Thank You. And the male raccoon member is a magic charm.
Posted by: LenNeal in The Hood at September 25, 2023 08:52 PM

Specifically the baculum, an anatomical feature I've heard my mom say to Troi she wished Jean-Luc had.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 25, 2023 08:59 PM (a3Q+t)

148 There was a freshly road killed buck here while back that didn't last ten minutes before someone liberated his head and rack.
Around here, roadkill is fair game.'

Done it.

Posted by: LenNeal not wanting God's creatures to go to waste at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (/BBNv)

149 ..I would not get in a station wagon that had a dead racoon in the back. I simply wouldn't. I also wouldn't car-pool with a dead racoon. Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 08:53 PM (znuOo)

Rocky Raccoon has entered the Room.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (e6UQI)

150 They want to reboot The Office!
This is sacrilege...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 25, 2023 08:56 PM (TGPs7)

It would suck. Boom - roasted!

Posted by: Doof at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (oYEbH)

151 Zombie racoons ambush unsuspecting rednecks in a backwoods bloodbath.
Posted by: fd

"Can you describe the killer racoon?"

No, he had a mask on.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (x7plP)

152 "Uwe and Hannelore Romeike face a devastating predicament as their family faces deportation after 15 years of making a home for themselves in East Tennessee"

Can they be deported to Mexico and just walk back in?

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (vFG9F)

153 132 Why would one put a dead racoon in the back of a station wagon?

I legit do not understand.
Posted by: Thesokorus

Dinner.
---
Just incase you thought I was kidding, here is a CBD approved recipe (I'm guessing on that last bit).
MAPLE BOURBON GLAZED GRILLED RACCOON RECIPE
https://is.gd/IA76Qx

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 08:54 PM (ZRODl)

Are there enough raccoons on Rancher Bob's and Ben Had's estates to make one meal at the MoMe? Personally I hope the answer is NO.

Posted by: GL at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (5fDan)

154 Why not just hold the carcass on your lap to work and then when your shift's done pick it up and rub it on your face and all over the interior before the drive home?

In summer.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (znuOo)

155 Coonasses (Cajuns) loved them some racoon. Southern Louisiana thing.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (D7u0p)

156 If you're a legitimate redneck, you gots one of these hanging by a string somewhere, and when asked what it is, you tell the poor rookie it's a whistle.
Just blow on it, you say...
Posted by: MkY'

HAHAHA! Brutal

Posted by: LenNeal knows EXACTLY what it is at September 25, 2023 09:01 PM (/BBNv)

157 Bats have baculums. Yaks do not.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 25, 2023 09:02 PM (a3Q+t)

158 Quick story. True.
Great Uncle was a traveling salesman. Ks, Ne, Mo, Ok.
Every year someone gave him a big old cleaned coon.
He would take it to ole man Bryant (of Bryant BBQ fame, down the street from Municipal Stadium in KCMo).
Uncle Jim would take us to an A's game, go to Bryants, get his coon, and we'd go back home and feast.
I recall it fondly. Not fondly enough to try to replicate, but fondly.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 09:02 PM (cPGH3)

159 Hey, I'm just in time for the raccoon thread.

Yay.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 25, 2023 09:03 PM (bQKgA)

160 Otters (both river and sea) also have baculums.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at September 25, 2023 09:03 PM (a3Q+t)

161 I think we must be related. I'm a sucker for interesting, unusual finds, and am sort of jealous of that one. Those were neat cars before GM killed them off for good.'

It's a genuinely great car and not hard to work on. There are just no more parts. They didn't make very many in the first place, mine has Rust Belt Rot, and... it's like AOPs Studebakers, an orphan. I have really liked this car but it's Time.

Posted by: LenNeal sobbing over his Saab at September 25, 2023 09:04 PM (/BBNv)

162 146 That's the number of f*cks this turtle gives.
Are you sure he's not saying, "Eat me. EAT ME!"
Posted by: GWB a

That's a Looney Toons episode.

https://youtu.be/KJtopGwXJH8?si=EK4CVBdRh2ZQtVSH

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 25, 2023 09:04 PM (sAmhv)

163
Bats have baculums. Yaks do not.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

_______

They have yakulums instead.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 09:05 PM (ugsCB)

164 Shut up Wesley.

Posted by: the yakculum at September 25, 2023 09:05 PM (vFG9F)

165 They want to reboot The Office!
This is sacrilege...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 25, 2023 08:56 PM (TGPs7)

-----

Well, US version was already a reboot, so...

Posted by: DaisyB at September 25, 2023 09:05 PM (AbL8c)

166 I've told this before so I'll be brief. I went out into the yard one day, where the the flatbed trailers were parked, to inventory one's tool box. When I opened it a really pissed off racoon came flying out. Our eyes met and we decided to leave the other the heck alone. Driver said he hit it and was going take it home for dinner.

Posted by: Javems at September 25, 2023 09:06 PM (8I4hW)

167 155 Coonasses (Cajuns) loved them some racoon. Southern Louisiana thing.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at September 25, 2023 09:00 PM (D7u0p)

When all you've got are coons, mud bugs, frogs, snakes, squirrels, and catfish, you find ways to make coons, mud bugs, frogs, snakes, squirrels, and catfish sorta edible.

Posted by: GL at September 25, 2023 09:06 PM (5fDan)

168 You're all talking about raccoons during sea otter week??

Shameful.

Posted by: River Otters, fomenting chaos at September 25, 2023 09:08 PM (sAmhv)

169 Tie the damn coon to the roof or the grill or the bumper jfc don't just throw it in the damn back of the station wagon.

I come from a long line of WV/PA hill people and this is ridiculous behavior.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:08 PM (znuOo)

170 You're all talking about raccoons during sea otter week??

Shameful.
Posted by: River Otters,

Yeah, y'all need to come inland for a bit, and we'll be talkin' bout BBQing your ass...

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 09:09 PM (cPGH3)

171 Racoons are just another type of weasel that comes up on your porch and eats the cat's food.

Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 09:09 PM (vFG9F)

172 While heading to my Dad's Sister's house in San Diego from our home in LA along the the South bound "5" back in the day (late 60's) when a simple guard rail planted with Oleander bushes was all the separated the North and Southbound lanes, I was in the back of our Ford stationwagon yet watching the road ahead and my dad was in the fast lane busting 70 + when no less than a Flaming red Irish Setter burst through the bushes maybe 50 yards ahead planting it's feet 2 feet into our lane causing my dad to whipsaw to the right while my mother and siblings screamed in abject terror and your poor writer got slammed into the opposite back window..(seatbelts nnnaahhh). Dad just as quickly corrected back into the fast lane and my ears were pierced with screaming epitaphs such as I have never heard. We made it to my aunt's house without any further drama and I saw my dad head straight to my aunt's wet bar before we even unpacked.

Thankfully...no setter roadkill for dinner.

Posted by: Nightwatch at September 25, 2023 09:10 PM (UsQA1)

173 The actual 'punchline' was the carload of residents from my current city pulling up to the guard shack all cut up and covered in blood and having the also-Northbound Southern White Lady tell them, "Y'all ***** can't come in here like that."

So they drove all the way back, patched themselves up, and drove all the way back AGAIN to Byron to go to work.

This comment can be deleted, it is really what I was told.

Posted by: LenNeal leaving out the punchline at September 25, 2023 09:11 PM (/BBNv)

174 Hey look, Orcas. Coming over to celebrate Sea Otter week! Yay!

Posted by: River Otters, fomenting chaos at September 25, 2023 09:11 PM (sAmhv)

175 I mean if it got put in an igloo or a box or something while it sat in the back during the shift.

But a dead racoon just lying there all murked and crushed in the back all day?

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:11 PM (znuOo)

176 Yaks have yackety sacks.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 09:12 PM (S6gqv)

177 Thank you, SiD. How are you doing?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
---
Sorry, I wandered away for awhile. I'm okay, thanks for asking.

Small bit of happiness: Mom has been talking about the trip we took to the mountains last weekend. She'll ask me to prompt her for details, but she remembers that we went, and brought up how much she enjoyed the rocking chairs on the cottage porch. Since December, it's unusual for her to remember or talk about recent events. This gives me hope that we can (and should) still travel a bit when we can.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 25, 2023 09:13 PM (aBJcM)

178 Please read sign and pass along

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/biden-

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 09:13 PM (MwHgU)

179 Thankfully...no setter roadkill for dinner.
Posted by: Nightwatch

That's your most harrowing moment?

sheesh...
Once I had to swerve to avoid a child...
Almost fell off the couch....

Tip your waitress...

Posted by: Taxi Driver at September 25, 2023 09:13 PM (cPGH3)

180 Ah, that explains it. On our trip to town and back today, it was all kinds of carnage. Possum, skunk, squirrel, and what I think was once a turtle. Celebrating the day!

*puts on bib, holds up fork and knife in anticipation*
Posted by: mindful webworker - haute cuisiny at September 25, 2023 08:39 PM (T/hm7)
******
Sounds like you're going to have a regular redneck feast.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 09:13 PM (NpAcC)

181 But a dead racoon just lying there all murked and crushed in the back all day?
Posted by: Thesokorus'

You're from where? This kind of behavior confuses you? I bet you've never even roasted a pig in a bathtub in a high-rise apartment. It's like I don't know who you are!

Posted by: LenNeal moving on up at September 25, 2023 09:14 PM (/BBNv)

182 Biden Admin “finally found asylum-seekers it opposes”
Romeike family faces deportation after 15 years in the U.S. after losing their asylum claim based on religious persecution in Germany. If only they had illegally entered through the southern border and disregarded the asylum system completely, they would have fared better

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 09:15 PM (MwHgU)

183 The Biden administration doesn’t care. It wants this.

Yet at the same time, the administration is moving to deport a family that had a viable claim for asylum and went through the process, winning at the hearing level then being denied on appeal.

We covered the Romeike family starting in 2013, when the Obama administration fought their asylum claim and sought to have them deported, DOJ seeks deportation of family persecuted in Germany for homeschooling:

The Romeikes are devout Christians from Germany who wanted to homeschool their children because of what they perceived as the secularist agenda in German public schools.

In the United States, the right to homeschool ones’ own children is accepted, although frequently mocked by the left. The homeschoool movement is thriving in the United States, but in Germany it is illegal, a holdover from Nazi-era law.

The Romeikes fled to the United States in 2008 after they faced mounting fines and the potential of imprisonment. The Romeikes sought asylum, and were granted that asylum by Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman in a January 26, 2010 decision after a hearing which included not only the Romeikes but also expert witnesses on hom

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 09:15 PM (MwHgU)

184 https://youtu.be/TTw8x4Uuf8Y?si=HQf2Eo0rpfg3xM1O

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 09:16 PM (MwHgU)

185 Had a beaver go at it on a tree outside my office in Chantilly VA a few years back. Incredible to watch.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:17 PM (uSHSS)

186 My mom had a sweet station wagon with a 454 (or something equally absurd) and I'd ride in the back for some peace and quiet.

Moms tore ass one day up the street to some sports practice (late) and next thing I knew I was rolling on the pavement behind the wagon.

It had a swinging door which idk had opened and out I went. Zero injuries.

Hahahha. We hadn't got moving yet but damn that thing could haul ass.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:17 PM (znuOo)

187 There are a bunchof old Saabs in MT. I had five. Last one was an ‘88 9000 turbo. Absolutely fabulous car. Cruise worked at 130 and got 33 mpg at a steady 90 mph. Moose took it out at 180 k miles.

Posted by: free tibet at September 25, 2023 09:18 PM (VFooC)

188 Speaking of Beavers, the Cougs put a hurt on 'em this last Saturday. Woohoo!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:19 PM (uSHSS)

189 188: congratulations to WashSt for winning the PAC 2. Good luck in the BCS playoffs!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 25, 2023 09:21 PM (sAmhv)

190 You're from where? This kind of behavior confuses you? I bet you've never even roasted a pig in a bathtub in a high-rise apartment. It's like I don't know who you are!
Posted by: LenNeal moving on up at September 25, 2023 09:14 PM (/BBNv)

1) We're lace-curtain hill people from there. Not lowlanders or swampers or whatever.

2) I think I just really love station-wagons and grew offended.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:21 PM (znuOo)

191 The Romeikes are devout Christians from Germany who wanted to homeschool their children because of what they perceived as the secularist agenda in German public schools.'

In the remote Serbian mountains where I had to visit a Church from the 1400s (long story) the local news was a middle-class Afghan Muslim family who fled the Taliban and had gotten asylum in Germany. The parents were so upset by Euro culture they applied to Serbia and immigrated. Big writeup in the local rag, the parents were very happy and their 5 children were reported to be as well in an Orthodox culture.
The locals were like, "Why would anyone move here?"
It was pretty funny

Posted by: LenNeal at September 25, 2023 09:21 PM (/BBNv)

192 congratulations to WashSt for winning the PAC 2. Good luck in the BCS playoffs!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 25, 2023 09:21 PM (sAmhv)

PAC-2 CHAMPS BABY!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:22 PM (uSHSS)

193 Racoons are just another type of weasel that comes up on your porch and eats the cat's food.
Posted by: fd at September 25, 2023 09:09 PM (vFG9F)
*******
I once had to trap an opossum that had gotten into my house.
I used dog food, but it took 2 nights.
Set him free out in the wilderness.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 09:23 PM (NpAcC)

194 Like possums less than raccoons but more tham marmots.

They all get the rope tbh.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 25, 2023 09:25 PM (znuOo)

195 Set him free out in the wilderness.
Posted by: redridinghood

I like to pacify them before releasing them into the wild.
The turkey vultures appreciate my efforts.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 09:26 PM (cPGH3)

196 What's the difference between a Possum and an Opossum?

The Opossum is Irish.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:26 PM (uSHSS)

197 RIP Illya Kuryakin.

Posted by: davidt at September 25, 2023 09:26 PM (SYTee)

198 Nice beaver.

Posted by: Frank Drebin at September 25, 2023 09:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

199 There are a bunchof old Saabs in MT. I had five. Last one was an ‘88 9000 turbo. Absolutely fabulous car. Cruise worked at 130 and got 33 mpg at a steady 90 mph. Moose took it out at 180 k miles. Posted by: free tibet'

What a shame. If you don't mind doing your own wrenching they are actually pretty good cars. When I got mine it was roached. WalMart oil, broken exhaust, missing grille, just on its last legs. I learned it needed quality parts to even run at all have paid for Mobil Ultimate gas for 5-1/2 years; synthetic oil; the T-Rex semen the power steering pump takes; etc.
Still USD$118/mo. for 5-1/2 years. If it had been mechanics...

No. Way.

Posted by: LenNeal saying Saabs are not for everyone at September 25, 2023 09:26 PM (/BBNv)

200 The Opossum is Irish.

Cute. I guffawed.

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 09:27 PM (cPGH3)

201 You're all talking about raccoons during sea otter week??

Shameful.
Posted by: River Otters

You want to be put on the menu?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 09:27 PM (ZRODl)

202 What's the difference between a Possum and an Opossum?

The Opossum is Irish.
Posted by: Diogenes'

Posted by: Boom Tish at September 25, 2023 09:28 PM (/BBNv)

203 167 true dat

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at September 25, 2023 09:29 PM (D7u0p)

204 4 minutes?

Posted by: MkY at September 25, 2023 09:33 PM (cPGH3)

205 The Kid ordered fried chicken so I'm busy.

Posted by: LenNeal at September 25, 2023 09:35 PM (/BBNv)

206 Also I made the decision not to trash my iPhone and change the battery instead, but it's long out of warranty and I did it myself because I don't want to give Jobs the satisfaction of junking his disposable stylish product and yeah I guess I love pain.

But it did get done. It took forever not because it was actually difficult but because everything involved was so tiny. I see why he enslaves children, they're the only human beings with fingers small enough and the young dexterity to assemble these fucking things.

Posted by: LenNeal at September 25, 2023 09:39 PM (/BBNv)

207 Cheapest and best way to travel is to get a 98-04 Town Car, Grand Marquis, or Crown Victoria. They are cheap to fix, lots of reasonable parts, and the engines will go 400k or more. The only thing that kills them is rust, so you have my sympathy if you live in road salt country. I grew up there. After 05 they started adding modern stuff to fail like drive by wire throttle and the last couple years they have huge head rests that ruin visibility. Still decent but go for the earlier ones.

Posted by: Azjaeger at September 25, 2023 09:40 PM (3/XaG)

208 202 What's the difference between a Possum and an Opossum?

The Opossum is Irish.
Posted by: Diogenes'
Posted by: Boom Tish at September 25, 2023 09:28 PM Opossom.

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 09:41 PM (NxC5+)

209 What's the difference between opossum and chicken?
$20.

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 09:42 PM (NxC5+)

210 Possums eat the ticks.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 25, 2023 09:46 PM (q4g6M)

211 Otters are aquatic weasels.

Posted by: a.moron at September 25, 2023 09:47 PM (F6Xpw)

212 My friend Cletus prefers Himalayan Possum stew. I asked him where he finds them.
He said he finds himalayan along the side of the road.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:48 PM (uSHSS)

213 Groan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 25, 2023 09:49 PM (q4g6M)

214 Sea Otter Awareness Week. Please have your sea otter spayed or neutered.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Barker at September 25, 2023 09:49 PM (83IzV)

215 26 "Otter sneaks into a cat family."
That's adorable.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 07:51 PM (NpAcC)

. . . right up until the otter started eating the kittens.

Posted by: a.moron at September 25, 2023 09:50 PM (F6Xpw)

216 @207

>>Cheapest and best way to travel is to get a 98-04 Town Car, Grand Marquis, or Crown Victoria.

Just checked CarGurus, there's an 04 Town Car with 68k on the clock 9k, in Bergenfield NJ.

It's Cream Colored and looks mint.

If I didn't have a driveway full of cars and garages full of moving boxes, I'd probably snap that sucker up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 09:50 PM (XV/Pl)

217 He said he finds himalayan along the side of the road.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 09:48 PM (uSHSS)

-----------

Poor guy was too far gone to Alp.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 25, 2023 09:50 PM (bQKgA)

218 Possums eat the ticks.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 25, 2023 09:46 PM (q4g6M)
******
They eat snakes and cockroaches too.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 09:51 PM (NpAcC)

219 216 @207

>>Cheapest and best way to travel is to get a 98-04 Town Car, Grand Marquis, or Crown Victoria.

Just checked CarGurus, there's an 04 Town Car with 68k on the clock 9k, in Bergenfield NJ.

It's Cream Colored and looks mint.

If I didn't have a driveway full of cars and garages full of moving boxes, I'd probably snap that sucker up.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 09:50 PM
Bubble top? jump seat?

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 09:52 PM (NxC5+)

220 . . . right up until the otter started eating the kittens.

Posted by: a.moron at September 25, 2023 09:50 PM (F6Xpw)
********
Noooooooo! 🙈

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 09:53 PM (NpAcC)

221 The Cruel Calculus on EVs may be derivative, but at least it isn’t integral to use an abacus to perform Cruel Calculus.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 25, 2023 09:55 PM (mNmNo)

222 @219

>>Bubble top? jump seat?

https://tinyurl.com/2boto5o5

It's reporting it's been in two accidents and there is frame damage.

You can't seen anything obvious, it might have rolled over something, perhaps a parking space divider.

Still worth a look.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 09:56 PM (XV/Pl)

223 Rubic Cube is for cruel calculus, slide rule if for regular cuddly calculuc.

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 09:58 PM (NxC5+)

224 98 to 04 2 wd Tacos for the win.
You can't find a better truck.
Just picked up an 04 for $600.
All oils changed and front end rebuild at $400 and I'll get another 300,000 out of this thing.
Might even fix the A/C I like this truck so much.
24mpg. Measured by me.

Posted by: Reforger at September 25, 2023 10:00 PM (B705c)

225 It's reporting it's been in two accidents and there is frame damage.

You can't seen anything obvious, it might have rolled over something, perhaps a parking space divider.

Still worth a look.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 09:56 PM
Blacklight for spatter.

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 10:02 PM (NxC5+)

226 106 RIP: David McCallum, Star of ‘NCIS,’ ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ Dies at 90
Posted by: SMOD at September 25, 2023 08:42 PM (RovqD)

Did he die today? Watching NCIS and saw the tribute.

Posted by: Iris at September 25, 2023 10:03 PM (n3DL0)

227 Noodage.

Posted by: Kratwurst at September 25, 2023 10:03 PM (fcDpY)

228 226 106 RIP: David McCallum, Star of ‘NCIS,’ ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ Dies at 90
Posted by: SMOD at September 25, 2023 08:42 PM (RovqD)

Did he die today? Watching NCIS and saw the tribute.
Posted by: Iris at September 25, 2023 10:03 PM
Who did the autopsy?

Posted by: Eromero at September 25, 2023 10:04 PM (NxC5+)

229 I can't believe I missed the mystery click on my comment.
Ashamed I am (and it was *another* Tanya too).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 10:12 PM (ZRODl)

230 Wrong thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 25, 2023 10:13 PM (ZRODl)

231 Welcome back, C-otter.

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