Innocents Abroad Cafe

6 We gave our 1st the entire birthday cake at his 1st birthday (after removing 2 pieces for ourselves of course).
There was a bit of mess in the high chair and all over him too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:32 PM (WtwC1)

7 OMG! What kinda shitty mother lets her young daughter that close to a dolphin??

People are insane

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:33 PM (AVPtn)

8 >>.7 OMG! What kinda shitty mother lets her young daughter that close to a dolphin??

i think they're belugas so it's okay

Posted by: ace at January 10, 2024 07:34 PM (KRtlO)

9 belugas are "the dogs of the sea"

Posted by: ace at January 10, 2024 07:34 PM (KRtlO)

10 Messing with a dude wearing Asian monk robes is just asking for embarrassment.

==

Nice throws!

Posted by: runner at January 10, 2024 07:35 PM (V13WU)

11 i think they're belugas so it's okay
Posted by: ace at January 10, 2024 07:34 PM (KRtlO

Belugas are just retarded dolphins, right?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:36 PM (AVPtn)

12 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2024 07:36 PM (pWgVK)

13 Wonder if Belugas wish they never left land, they seem to be the doggies of the sea

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2024 07:37 PM (pWgVK)

14 I didn't even know Big Beluga was a thing.

Like Chris Christie's presidential campaign, it was well hidden.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:38 PM (AVPtn)

15 In gaming news, what was Capcom thinking?

They created an avatar skin of Yor Forger from Spy x Family for Street Fighter. Bad enough it is an avatar skin.

But no, Capcom has to go full LeRoy Jenkins. Their version of Yor is well unappealing. Yor's puffy face makes it appear she has been gorging on pork rinds and bon-bons while still being hungry.

Do better Capcom, you just had one job.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 07:38 PM (dYYCy)

16 That dog just finished cleaning its nether regions.
Still it was sweet. I can see two inseparable beings growing together and then the anguish when the faithful partner reaches that time ...... it got dusty in here. I must be old, I get a lot of that lately.

Posted by: Ciampino - I have nothing left to say at January 10, 2024 07:39 PM (qfLjt)

17 In the shorts the AZ place is called 'The Wave' you have to win a lottery to get a ticket to go see it.
Really magnificent.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WtwC1)

18
Innocents Abroad.

Hmm, that's a weird name for a lady to have.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 10, 2024 07:39 PM (nFnyb)

19 The first rule of Buddhist Fight Club is....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 10, 2024 07:39 PM (R/m4+)

20 Cafe! !! Chocolate covered cherries and Cabernet. Life is good

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:40 PM (POc8X)

21 The girl on the skateboard is just hypnotic. Mannix, eat your heart out.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 10, 2024 07:40 PM (CsUN+)

22 The first rule of Buddhist Fight Club is....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Never get aggressive with the guy in the saffron robes.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:40 PM (WtwC1)

23 That national park featured above is on my bucket list.
Maybe this summer.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 10, 2024 07:41 PM (MeG8a)

24 Chocolate covered cherries and Cabernet. Life is good
Posted by: Ben Had

How appropriate for a Cafe!
Good evening Ben Had!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:41 PM (WtwC1)

25 20 Cafe! !! Chocolate covered cherries and Cabernet. Life is good

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:40 PM (POc8X)

I'd have to take a Zantac after that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:41 PM (AVPtn)

26 Consolidated Café Report for 01 - 10 January 2024:

Polymorphically-perverse Penguins: 2
Bats: 1
Sea Otters: 1
Yaks: 0
Tapirs: 0
Llamas: 0
River Otters: 0

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 10, 2024 07:42 PM (a3Q+t)

27 We did that with our first kiddo.

Let them go wild on their birthday day.

It was hilarious.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 10, 2024 07:42 PM (nFnyb)

28 That national park featured above is on my bucket list.
Maybe this summer.
Posted by: gourmand

Zion?
Don't wait for the rainy season (monsoon), they have to close some of it due to flash floods.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:42 PM (WtwC1)

29 >> In the shorts the AZ place is called 'The Wave' you have to win a lottery to get a ticket to go see it.
Really magnificent.

Never heard of it. Looks fantastic.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 07:43 PM (ZLI7S)

30 AZdeplorable, a joyous good evening to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:44 PM (POc8X)

31
Never heard of it. Looks fantastic.
Posted by: JackStraw

Search for images... really very pretty.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (WtwC1)

32 Skating?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW8ZPh4Sp4

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (dYYCy)

33 Skate board girl.
What's nice girl like you doing in these times.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (J8LnB)

34 That waves place in AZ looks cool. Never even heard of it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (R4t5M)

35 Adorable baby boy was probably up all night from a sugar rush.

That's a beautiful path but I wonder if it was real.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear. They only have to outrun us - for now at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (GshMh)

36 Beluga. The other white meat.

Posted by: Big Beluga at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (vFG9F)

37 AlaBAMA, you could handle it! Good evening and I hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:46 PM (POc8X)

38 Skating?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW8ZPh4Sp4

I knew what it would be before I followed the link.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 10, 2024 07:46 PM (CsUN+)

39 "Am I being punked?"
On that, no.
The beautiful path, probably yes.
But it's still beautiful, even if it's probably AI.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (NpAcC)

40 Fren'ly fire:

@EpochTimes 7m
Somali Extremists Kill One Person and Capture 5 Others From UN Helicopter

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (IG4Id)

41 25 20 When I was a kid, we dropped in to see my Uncle. He was enjoying some chocolate covered cherries and Strohs long necks. Dad said something to him in Finnish, and Uncle flipped him off. Later in life I tried that chocolate and cherry combo with a beer and it was pretty good.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (0EOe9)

42 *sigh*

Day = cake

Posted by: naturalfake at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (nFnyb)

43 And then the Japanese kids ate all of the belugas.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (2yu8s)

44 The first rule of Buddhist Fight Club is....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Wait for the flames to die down before sweeping them into the trash.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 10, 2024 07:47 PM (IG4Id)

45 Thanks for the rainy season tip, I'll research it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 10, 2024 07:49 PM (MeG8a)

46 weft cut. Hahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:49 PM (POc8X)

47 Sigh.
Hopes raised: first 2 linked videos played fine.
Hopes dashed: path, monk, & punked vids did not.
Embedded videos always play ok.
Only on the cell. Hotspot-linked laptop no problem.
Why, Elon? AT&T? Samsung? Opera? Ace? Why?
😒

Posted by: mindful webworker - cafe blues at January 10, 2024 07:49 PM (20yEG)

48 Balooooooo ga

Fun to say, hard to cook.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:50 PM (AVPtn)

49 Bee-Bopp Beluga ate my baby...

Posted by: Elvis at January 10, 2024 07:50 PM (SYTee)

50 I stayed at the Beluga in Vegas.

Great hotel.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:51 PM (AVPtn)

51 Beluga, doesn't that come in the caviar model too?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:52 PM (POc8X)

52 Bro! Watch me suck the brain out of that kid's head!

Posted by: Beluga at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (SYTee)

53
The Wave looks like a flattened version of Antelope Canyon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_Canyon

Posted by: naturalfake at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (nFnyb)

54 We don't want puppies of the sea with good taste; we want puppies of the sea that taste good!

Posted by: Barack Hussein 'I can use it now' 0bama at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (2yu8s)

55 The commercials for charitable causes, while most doing good, are beginning to get annoying.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (0EOe9)

56 51 Beluga, doesn't that come in the caviar model too?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:52 PM (POc8X)

Exactly. The animal's eggs are billionaire kibble and yet they still exist.

How are they not extinct?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (AVPtn)

57 Here is my assessment of 21st century American politics. If you agree with it, you can feel free to put it in your pocket and call it your own. If not, then get bent, because you're wrong and I'm right

When I talk about this, I'm going to say some less-than-complimentary things about the "Parties" people vote for... it's not aimed at them, but the people they elect.There is only one Party, with two unequal factions, the system is rigged, and those voters are largely decent people who've been rooked by a pack of lies.

The Republicans are bottomlessly corrupt sneakthieves who'd sell their own mothers for a dime if they thought they could peel a penny off the deal.

The Democrats are power crazed bigots who'd burn the world to satisfy the visions of dominance that haunt them, and that dime means less than nothing to them.

This is the choice those voters have. So it's not actually a choice at all, but a foreordained conclusion.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 07:54 PM (0FoWg)

58 Put a chick in it...

@CultureCrave 1h
'28 Years Later' is officially happening 🧟‍♂️
Danny Boyle will direct and Alex Garland is writing the script
The plan is to launch a new trilogy

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 10, 2024 07:54 PM (IG4Id)

59 How’s them belugas taste anyway? Is they salty?

Posted by: Eromero at January 10, 2024 07:55 PM (NxC5+)

60 AlaBAMA, they buy caviar credits.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (POc8X)

61 59 How’s them belugas taste anyway? Is they salty?
Posted by: Eromero at January 10, 2024 07:55 PM (NxC5+)

I'm po.

I only eat blue whale.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (AVPtn)

62 Mmm. GACK.

Posted by: lt. worf at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (2yu8s)

63 "Exactly. The animal's eggs are billionaire kibble and yet they still exist."

I'm not sure that the "beluga" they get the caviar from is actually the whale.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (ou9hh)

64 Huh.
Just reading a note from a buddy in the hospital. He says that apparently the Dyson Ball Cleaner is a "dangerously misnamed" appliance.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (W/lyH)

65
60 AlaBAMA, they buy caviar credits.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (POc8X

Sold by Al Gore?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:57 PM (AVPtn)

66 The Wave looks like a flattened version of Antelope Canyon.

Posted by: naturalfake

Another place you *really* don't want to tour in the rainy (monsoon) season.
We lost a bunch of German tourists one year. The flash flood water can come from storms many miles away and the fill those slot canyons... completely.
( I don't remember if they ever found all the tourists.)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:57 PM (WtwC1)

67
End of the year statistics have come out at Canine Chronicle. It's bittersweet to see that Delilah finished 2023 as the #4 Borzoi in Breed competition and #5 in All-Breed competition, despite not being shown for the last four months of the year.

The final score for her career:
- 2058 Borzoi defeated
- 16211 defeated all breeds
- 803 Grand Champion points
- 2115 National Owner-Handler Series points
- Three All-Breed Best in Shows
- Four Reserve Best in Shows
- Seven Owner-Handled Best in Shows
- 2021 BCOA National Specialty Best in Show
- Seven regional Specialty Best in Shows
- 113 Hound Group placements, including 37 Group Firsts
- First Platinum-level Owner-Handled Borzoi

Her work here was done. We wanted her for longer, but He needed her for the adornment of a Better Place. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the Name of the Lord.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 07:57 PM (MoZTd)

68 Ahha, yes.

"Beluga caviar" is allegedly from a Russian sturgeon.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 10, 2024 07:58 PM (ou9hh)

69 Just reading a note from a buddy in the hospital. He says that apparently the Dyson Ball Cleaner is a "dangerously misnamed" appliance.

At least it wasn't a Shark.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 10, 2024 07:58 PM (CsUN+)

70 OK, skateboard dance is cool... Old School Cool....

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 10, 2024 07:58 PM (xaFKb)

71 I only eat sperms!

What? You're discussing whales?

Never mind.

Posted by: sec. buttygig at January 10, 2024 07:59 PM (2yu8s)

72 Huh.
Just reading a note from a buddy in the hospital. He says that apparently the Dyson Ball Cleaner is a "dangerously misnamed" appliance.
Posted by: Diogenes

Snort.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:59 PM (WtwC1)

73 Liquor on beer, have no fear.

Beer on liquor, gonna projectile beluga.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 10, 2024 08:00 PM (4I/2K)

74 In the shorts the AZ place is called 'The Wave' you have to win a lottery to get a ticket to go see it.
Really magnificent.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 07:39 PM (WtwC1)
~~~~~

Only 20 people/day allowed in, but not everyone makes it out alive? Because of desert conditions and wild animals. Seriously?

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 08:00 PM (NnyUq)

75 68 Ahha, yes.

"Beluga caviar" is allegedly from a Russian sturgeon.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 10, 2024 07:58 PM (ou9hh

Damned Russians.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 08:00 PM (AVPtn)

76 That chick on the skateboard is mesmerizing.

Posted by: Too late to cry babe at January 10, 2024 08:00 PM (eheVn)

77 Hadrian

For a while you truly had a special dog in your care.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:01 PM (dYYCy)

78 I was talking to a young friend today who's trying to quit smoking. I told him to jerk off every time he wants a cigarette.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 10, 2024 08:01 PM (NvyWM)

79 In the UK Antiques Roadshow I watched today, they had an American lady bring in some modern furniture including an Eames lounge chair with ottoman. It belonged to her dad who was the first in her family to go to college and to medical school at that, ending up as a psychiatrist. This is what the chair and ottoman look like...

http://tinyurl.com/36hdfv2j

BTW £4,000-6,000

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:02 PM (2yu8s)

80 >>>The final score for her career
~~~~~

Wow! Impressive.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 08:02 PM (NnyUq)

81 That pic looked much like Caprock Canyons State Park in TX for just a second.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 10, 2024 08:02 PM (8sMut)

82 Only 20 people/day allowed in, but not everyone makes it out alive? Because of desert conditions and wild animals. Seriously?
Posted by: IrishEi

Keeps the riffraff from clogging up the area.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:02 PM (WtwC1)

83 78 I was talking to a young friend today who's trying to quit smoking. I told him to jerk off every time he wants a cigarette.
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 10, 2024 08:01 PM (NvyWM

You want chaffing? Cause that's how you get chaffing.

By the way, what is a chaffing dish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 08:03 PM (AVPtn)

84 I love love that song "Sway.."

Posted by: Too late to cry babe at January 10, 2024 08:03 PM (eheVn)

85 Hadrian, for all of her accolades in the show pen. Her greatest achievement is the legacy she is leaving.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 08:03 PM (POc8X)

86 I have a rule concerning wild animals.
Make sure there is distance and a barrier between you and them.

Beluga might be cute and nice but they have teeth.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at January 10, 2024 08:04 PM (Rn/yD)

87 85 Hadrian, for all of her accolades in the show pen. Her greatest achievement is the legacy she is leaving.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 08:03 PM (POc8X

Amen!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 08:04 PM (AVPtn)

88 Just reading a note from a buddy in the hospital. He says that apparently the Dyson Ball Cleaner is a "dangerously misnamed" appliance.
Posted by: Diogenes

He should have stuck with those devices on the golf course.

Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (h/xVB)

89 32 Skating?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW8ZPh4Sp4
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (dYYCy)

No Xanadu?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (xaFKb)

90 That pic looked much like Caprock Canyons State Park in TX for just a second.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

I'd camp there except for the buffalo!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (WtwC1)

91
Hadrian, for all of her accolades in the show pen. Her greatest achievement is the legacy she is leaving.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 10, 2024 08:03 PM (POc8X)

A fine crop of redheads

http://soyaraborzoi.com/LilaPups2.jpg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (MoZTd)

92 Old timey skateboard chicks, plus some awful first-gen CGI birds:

https://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU?si=2fc4VIPXSvVfdFai

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (0FoWg)

93 Darn! Watched the Skateaway video, remembered that I had that on cassette in 1984, and that cassette is long gone. Immediately ordered a CD before I forgot about it. This site costs me money!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (yWvc2)

94 The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's second best book. His first was Roughing It, about travelling and living in Arizona and California during in the 1860's

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 08:06 PM (D7oie)

95 59 How’s them belugas taste anyway? Is they salty?

Posted by: Eromero at January 10, 2024 07:55 PM (NxC5+)

I'm po.

I only eat blue whale.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 07:56 PM (AVPtn)

Tastes like manatee.

Posted by: Endangered Species Bistro at January 10, 2024 08:06 PM (eheVn)

96 ‘Like a sturgeon, eating whale for the very first time…..’

Posted by: Eromero at January 10, 2024 08:06 PM (NxC5+)

97 The commercials for charitable causes, while most doing good, are beginning to get annoying.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 07:53 PM (0EOe9)

Got enough blankets?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 10, 2024 08:07 PM (R4t5M)

98 Nice Hadarian! Beautiful pups.

Posted by: Bosk of Port Kar at January 10, 2024 08:07 PM (Rn/yD)

99 He should have stuck with those devices on the golf course.
Posted by: Zombie Emily Latella at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (h/xVB)

How do you know if this was the first time he was maimed by Madison Avenue and their chronic dishonesty?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 08:08 PM (0FoWg)

100 Redheaded Borzoi

Not only will they steal the show, they will steal your soul.

Too cute for words they are.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:08 PM (dYYCy)

101 So get your girl and take her tandem down the street
Bust your buns, bust your buns now
Then she'll know you're an asphalt athlete

Posted by: Jan & Dean at January 10, 2024 08:08 PM (4I/2K)

102 Also from the UK Antiques Roadshow... a Sikh brings in his father's Victoria Cross.

http://tinyurl.com/4ymn8mf6
4:15 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:08 PM (2yu8s)

103 The commercials for charitable causes, while most doing good, are beginning to get annoying.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300

Something I DO NOT miss after cutting cable? Pictures of maimed or handicapped kids, shoved in my face, during dinner.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 10, 2024 08:09 PM (xaFKb)

104
A fine crop of redheads

http://soyaraborzoi.com/LilaPups2.jpg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Great shot!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:09 PM (WtwC1)

105 Adorable blankets.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 08:10 PM (0EOe9)

106 Weird fact about each Victoria Cross

They are crafted from the metal of Crimean War cannons.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:10 PM (dYYCy)

107 A fine crop of redheads
http://soyaraborzoi.com/LilaPups2.jpg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (MoZTd)
~~~~~

You're in trouble now! Crazy crop of gingers!

They're gorgeous.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 08:11 PM (NnyUq)

108 Old timey skateboard chicks, plus some awful first-gen CGI birds:

https://youtu.be/pPD8Ja64mRU?si=2fc4VIPXSvVfdFai
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Heh, all our neighborhood streets looked like that when we were kids.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:12 PM (WtwC1)

109 I bought a 2023 car on Monday. Realized it doesn't have a CD player. Oh, the huge manatee! Now I need to figure out where to mount the 8-track player.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 10, 2024 08:12 PM (yWvc2)

110
Not only will they steal the show, they will steal your soul.

Their great-uncles (and half brothers) Dutch and Ilya in Brace competition, 2011 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty

https://soyaraborzoi.com/BraceFullExtension.jpg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:13 PM (MoZTd)

111 This is the choice those voters have. So it's not actually a choice at all, but a foreordained conclusion.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 07:54 PM (0FoWg)

No wait! The LP is running ex-NYU professor and former marxist, Michael Rechtenwald as a candidate!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 08:13 PM (D7oie)

112 Skateboarding without shoes?

Posted by: Jamaica at January 10, 2024 08:13 PM (Eeb9P)

113 The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the Name of the Lord.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 07:57 PM (MoZTd)

Wife walks in.

"Are you crying?"

No.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 08:13 PM (vBoto)

114 What beautiful puppies!

Posted by: Tuna at January 10, 2024 08:14 PM (oaGWv)

115 They are crafted from the metal of Crimean War cannons.
------
Yes, bronze from captured Russian cannons.

The video doesn't mention that but says that Victoria didn't want them cast from any precious metals because she wanted the award to be about the deed and not the award.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:15 PM (2yu8s)

116 103 One thing about the charity commercials is the kid that looks like Buddy Hackett. Maybe he will go off script someday and tell us about the two queers and the alligator.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 08:16 PM (0EOe9)

117 Weird fact about each Victoria Cross
They are crafted from the metal of Crimean War cannons.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:10 PM (dYYCy)

IIRC, they are made from the bronze of a captured Russian cannon.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 10, 2024 08:16 PM (yWvc2)

118 Skateboarding without shoes?
Posted by: Jamaica

You had shoes? What luxury! We had to use our bare feet to slow down on asphalt roadways.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:17 PM (WtwC1)

119 Victoria didn't want them cast from any precious metals because she wanted the award to be about the deed and not the award.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:15 PM (2yu8s)

That makes me wistful. The West once had such pride. O'erweening? Perhaps. But it's better than nothing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 08:18 PM (0FoWg)

120
"Any act worthy of the Victoria Cross is probably not worth repeating." - Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:18 PM (MoZTd)

121 The wussification of America continues, largely aided by white women of somewhat dubious entitlement, in this case Jody Allen of the Seattle Seahawks, who has "evolved" Pete Carroll from head coach up to "advisory position".
See also Mike Vrabel of the titans.

Posted by: From about that Time at January 10, 2024 08:18 PM (4780s)

122 A thread with photos about the restoration [although not a Vauban-style fort!]

The Civil Rights Lawyer @johnbryanesq Jan 7
Some have asked for pics of the Revolutionary War fort we discovered inside an old plantation house in West Virginia. Almost none of the original Rev War frontier log forts survive. Historians believed an old log fort know as Byrnside’s Fort was still there, inside the walls of this large house. But…

We had to buy the property first before being able to take a crowbar to it to see if the logs were inside the walls. I was 90% sure they were there…

At the mouth of the cave, a 1725 Spanish silver coin was found, cut to make change. More 18th century Spanish silver coins were found around the yard, some cut and some whole. This was the preferred coinage for early American settlers.
http://tinyurl.com/29cuc956

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:19 PM (2yu8s)

123 No, I didn’t! Stepped on about 5 nails as a kid. One of the nicked the nerve in the ball of my foot.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 10, 2024 08:19 PM (Eeb9P)

124 Ever put a big toe into a bike sprocket?

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 08:19 PM (vBoto)

125 One of the most incredible and heroic stories while managing to stay alive has to be Sgt. Norman Jackson.

Jackson was the flight engineer on a Lancaster bomber on a mission to bomb Schweinfurt. After leaving the target his bomber was attacked by a German night fighter which set ablaze the right inboard engine. With his pilot's permission Jackson tucked a small fire extinguisher inside his furs, popped the overhead hatch, pulled the ripcord on his parachute, and he started to crawl towards the engine using an axe to keep a hold of the plane. The German fighter then attacked again. Sgt. Jackson was knocked off his aircraft and fell to earth with a partially open parachute that was also on fire.

Miraculously Sgt Jackson survived his midnight fall with only a few broken bones. He spent the rest of war as a POW. After being liberated he was presented with the Victoria Cross by the King.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:20 PM (dYYCy)

126 89 32 Skating?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW8ZPh4Sp4
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 07:45 PM (dYYCy)

No Xanadu?
Posted by: Romeo13

https://youtu.be/5w3s2T0VBug?si=C6nNU6vqrRedVeeU

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2024 08:20 PM (byWhc)

127 Texas Ranger badges are made from Mexican 5 peso silver coins.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 10, 2024 08:21 PM (0EOe9)

128
Victoria didn't want them cast from any precious metals because she wanted the award to be about the deed and not the award.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

Now the awards sported are Distinguished PowerPoint Presentation Cross and the Meritorious Coffee Pouring Medal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:21 PM (MoZTd)

129 Ever put a big toe into a bike sprocket?
Posted by: Reforger

No, we had shoes...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:22 PM (WtwC1)

130 Roller Girl is taking chances

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2024 08:24 PM (pWgVK)

131 Now the awards sported are Distinguished PowerPoint Presentation Cross and the Meritorious Coffee Pouring Medal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:21 PM (MoZTd)

Cast from the recovered metal melted down from computers you used over your service.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 08:25 PM (vBoto)

132 The Joint Service Power Point Presentation Award is worth 5 points on the promotion list.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:25 PM (dYYCy)

133 Catturd ™ @catturd2 13h
Happy 19 months birthday to the PuppyTurds.

They're a bit bigger now - 😂

http://tinyurl.com/5cz3dz7s
Puppies photo.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:26 PM (2yu8s)

134 So if Claudine Gay is a serial plagiarist does that mean she is both Fake and Gay?

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at January 10, 2024 08:27 PM (esHC2)

135 Any act worthy of the Victoria Cross is probably not worth repeating." - Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:18 PM (MoZTd)

From the novel "Bomber" by Leigh Denton: "They might give the Victoria Cross to pilots who fly a flaming Lancaster back to England, but not to bloody bomb aimers they don't!" Said the bombardier as he bailed out.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 10, 2024 08:27 PM (yWvc2)

136 Fake Gay

Fagy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:30 PM (dYYCy)

137 From the novel "Bomber" by Leigh Denton: "They might give the Victoria Cross to pilots who fly a flaming Lancaster back to England, but not to bloody bomb aimers they don't!" Said the bombardier as he bailed out.
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Very good.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:31 PM (2yu8s)

138 Time to do other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BuBHYMWrN4

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:33 PM (dYYCy)

139 Weird fact about each Victoria Cross
They are crafted from the metal of Crimean War cannons.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 10, 2024 08:10 PM (dYYCy)

Wow...I did not know that.

Thanks Anna Puma!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 10, 2024 08:36 PM (R/m4+)

140 bill in Arkansas @ 127- Texas Ranger badges.
I have one of those somewhere, and it’s indeed made from a Mexican 5 peso.

Posted by: Eromero at January 10, 2024 08:36 PM (NxC5+)

141 Huh.
Just reading a note from a buddy in the hospital. He says that apparently the Dyson Ball Cleaner is a "dangerously misnamed" appliance

-

Hold this Zima
- the CDC

Posted by: Nikki Haley - the CDC is pleading with gay men to stop consuming diarrhea at January 10, 2024 08:37 PM (Jo9Ci)

142 That restoration thread was cool. Thanks, andycanuck.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 10, 2024 08:38 PM (OX9vb)

143 I bookmarked this on Saturday but forgot about it but it ties into Ace's Quick Hits link about lefties denying BLM-burned cities in 2020.

The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole84 Jan 6
Over 500 riots were recorded in the summer of 2020. These riots, for the most part, have largely been forgotten by Legacy Media. Meanwhile, J6 is still regularly discussed.

Selection bias at work.

http://tinyurl.com/mua4d9ay
Maps and article source at the link.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:42 PM (2yu8s)

144 >>Ever put a big toe into a bike sprocket?

No. Spokes, yes.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 08:42 PM (ZLI7S)

145 "Another place you *really* don't want to tour in the rainy (monsoon) season.
We lost a bunch of German tourists one year. The flash flood water can come from storms many miles away and the fill those slot canyons... completely.
( I don't remember if they ever found all the tourists.) "
AZ Deplorable Moron

You sound like you could be a neighbor.

Posted by: boynsea at January 10, 2024 08:42 PM (z/uSE)

146 Wonderful cafe tonight. Just great.
Thank you Ace!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 08:43 PM (fweVu)

147 There is a Powerpoint Ranger Creed, and a Powerpoint Ranger Tab, as well

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 10, 2024 08:43 PM (a3Q+t)

148 121 The wussification of America continues, largely aided by white women of somewhat dubious entitlement, in this case Jody Allen of the Seattle Seahawks, who has "evolved" Pete Carroll from head coach up to "advisory position".
See also Mike Vrabel of the titans.
Posted by: From about that Time

Akshully,
Pete needs to not be the head coach any longer. He valued fun and friendship with his players more than discipline and focus.

Look at the injuries and penalties.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 10, 2024 08:43 PM (UlRld)

149 You're welcome, Dash my lace wigs!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:44 PM (2yu8s)

150 ...Something I DO NOT miss after cutting cable? Pictures of maimed or handicapped kids, shoved in my face, during dinner. Posted by: Romeo13 at January 10, 2024 08:09 PM (xaFKb)

I'm preparing to do the big Cable Cut here, and in anticipation of the project, I've ordered a multi-function weather station, already have the Over The Air antenna, and will have the 20 ft. galvanized, heavy wall steel tubing (for the mast), delivered tomorrow.

I'd also like to go ahead and mount a HAM antenna, but knowing nothing about 1/4 , 1/2 , 5/8 wave(s), I'll ask a question in my ignorance.

Is there a good All Around or Universal (or something near to it) HAM antenna? I know a lot has to do with whichever frequency ranges will be in use. But I'll also be in the market for a "once and done" purchase of a good base station. Used is fine, if in great condition.

Yaesu and Icom make some "All Frequencies" units. Spendy things, they are. Note: I'm NOT looking to try to make "around the world" contacts. Not my interest.

This is for local and regional comms, for when SHTF, be it hurricane or anti-fartz, or such. I don't want a wall of radio gear.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 08:44 PM (e6UQI)

151 Let's see if the CDC link works

Posted by: Nikki Haley - the CDC is pleading with gay men to stop consuming diarrhea at January 10, 2024 08:44 PM (Jo9Ci)

152 You had shoes? What luxury! We had to use our bare feet to slow down on asphalt roadways.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

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You had roadways? Luxury! We had an abandoned lot where the local bottler discarded their glass shards.

And we were grateful.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 10, 2024 08:46 PM (8AONa)

153 Trumps Nephew @ForgiatoBlow47
Odd that Nancy Pelosi’s son in law had the opportunity for a photo op with the Qanon Shaman isn’t it? 🤔🤔🤔

http://tinyurl.com/can22cxw
photo

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:46 PM (2yu8s)

154 I see the Canadian government is arresting journalists for asking questions they don't want asked now.

A Rebel News reporter was walking with Freeland asking her why Canada supports Iran and one of her security detail walked into the reporter then arrest him for assault...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ibTVg)

155 "Beluga caviar" is allegedly from a Russian sturgeon.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 10, 2024 07:58 PM (ou9hh)
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We can get caviar from surgeons? Is it only female surgeons? Do the alphabet idiots claim male surgeons also can be caviared?

Posted by: Ciampino - I have nothing left to say! at January 10, 2024 08:48 PM (qfLjt)

156 In Cody, we would lean in walking to school, and lean back walking home. like some kind of crazy Monty Python thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 10, 2024 08:49 PM (T/Lqj)

157 >>.7 OMG! What kinda shitty mother lets her young daughter that close to a dolphin??

i think they're belugas so it's okay
Posted by: ace at January 10, 2024 07:34 PM (KRtlO)
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Our kids swam with dolphins a few times when young, at a place in Key Largo. They regularly host young children from Miami hospitals, kids sick with cancer and all sorts of issues. The dolphins (huge and powerful as they are) are very gentle with sick and young children. Or, so I was told....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 08:49 PM (JoHrE)

158
You sound like you could be a neighbor.
Posted by: boynsea

Apache Junction.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:49 PM (WtwC1)

159 Oh. And I hate windy days.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 10, 2024 08:49 PM (T/Lqj)

160 Gah! I hate the toe scrubbing gifs!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 10, 2024 08:50 PM (T/Lqj)

161 A Rebel News reporter was walking with Freeland asking her why Canada supports Iran and one of her security detail walked into the reporter then arrest him for assault...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 10, 2024 08:47 PM (ibTVg)
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The worst part was Freelands smirk as she walked away from the Stalinist arrest. What a beotch.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 08:51 PM (JoHrE)

162 78 I was talking to a young friend today who's trying to quit smoking. I told him to jerk off every time he wants a cigarette.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 10, 2024 08:01 PM (NvyWM)
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You know he'll end up mad with hairy palms!

Posted by: Ciampino - That was the threat back in the day at January 10, 2024 08:51 PM (qfLjt)

163 >>Our kids swam with dolphins a few times when young, at a place in Key Largo. They regularly host young children from Miami hospitals, kids sick with cancer and all sorts of issues. The dolphins (huge and powerful as they are) are very gentle with sick and young children. Or, so I was told....

There's a swim with the dolphin place in Hawks Cay in the Keys. The dolphins are as gentle as kittens.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (ZLI7S)

164 I was talking to a young friend today who's trying to quit smoking. I told him to jerk off every time he wants a cigarette.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 10, 2024 08:01 PM (NvyWM)
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You know he'll end up mad with hairy palms!
Posted by: Ciampino - That was the threat back in the day at January 10, 2024 08:51 PM (qfLjt)

Cripes, I've gone blind!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (T/Lqj)

165 We had a dump, a cemetary, and an abandoned mill/mine site.
Dump is paved over and the mine site was destroyed because to many people died there.
I plan on being buried in the cemetary.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (TtMDa)

166 158
You sound like you could be a neighbor.
Posted by: boynsea

Apache Junction.

For me, the Wave is out the back, Antelope in the front. Lots of water in between.

Posted by: boynsea at January 10, 2024 08:53 PM (z/uSE)

167 This is for local and regional comms, for when SHTF, be it hurricane or anti-fartz, or such. I don't want a wall of radio gear.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 08:44 PM

Jim, there's alot to unpack here. Local comms are generally VHF and UHF. To be more than local-local, these generally rely on repeaters, which may be problematic in a SHTF situation. Longer range is HF.

There's no magic 'all-in-one' antenna solution. You can, however, do things that minimize the number of antennas.

Maybe we should set up a call.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 10, 2024 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)

168 Prince Charming @TheAlmightyKek Jan 7
This is brilliant #DementiaHitler [learns PDT is leading the polls]

http://tinyurl.com/4ycty4kr
3:03 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:53 PM (2yu8s)

169 Victoria didn't want them cast from any precious metals because she wanted the award to be about the deed and not the award.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

Now the awards sported are Distinguished PowerPoint Presentation Cross and the Meritorious Coffee Pouring Medal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:21 PM (MoZTd)

Roman military awards for valor were similar - you could get gold or silver crowns for getting over a town wall or saving a buddy, but the award for saving an entire army from destruction was made from the grass of the battlefield the day it was fought.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 10, 2024 08:54 PM (eoQWY)

170
For me, the Wave is out the back, Antelope in the front. Lots of water in between.
Posted by: boynsea

Too chilly for me this time of year.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:56 PM (WtwC1)

171 There's a swim with the dolphin place in Hawks Cay in the Keys. The dolphins are as gentle as kittens.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (ZLI7S)

Somebody doesn't know kittens, Ive been bitter pretty badly by the little stinkers. They don't know their jaw strength well and the baby teeth are sharp as needles. I was trying to drip milk from a kitten I found abandoned and it bit down to the bone.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 10, 2024 08:57 PM (eoQWY)

172 Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 08:53 PM (2yu8s)
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"Biden couldn't win a shit talking contest if his mouth was an anus"

Ok, thats pretty funny.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 08:57 PM (5pvBX)

173 83 Alabama

chafing dish - noun
1 a cooking pot with an outer pan of hot water, used for keeping food warm.
2 a metal pan with a spirit lamp, used for cooking at the table.

That #1 is a sous vide adjacent.
#2 sounds suspiciously like a fondue heater.

If #1 and #2 are combined then we have a bain-marie.

Posted by: Ciampino - bain-marie at January 10, 2024 08:58 PM (qfLjt)

174 Roman military awards for valor were similar - you could get gold or silver crowns for getting over a town wall or saving a buddy, but the award for saving an entire army from destruction was made from the grass of the battlefield the day it was fought.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 10, 2024 08:54 PM (eoQWY)

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon." ~ Napoleon

Posted by: RickZ at January 10, 2024 09:00 PM (emlEe)

175 Trumps town hall starting on FNC.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 10, 2024 09:01 PM (NpAcC)

176 There's a swim with the dolphin place in Hawks Cay in the Keys. The dolphins are as gentle as kittens.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (ZLI7S)
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Years ago, before stupid people built big houses there, we used to spend time in Islamorada. What a great part of the keys, especially if you like to fish. Or drink.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:01 PM (9wFne)

177 ...Maybe we should set up a call. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 10, 2024 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)

My email is in my nic, amigo. 'Cause hell yes, I'd like to have my notepad n' pen at the ready for just such a call.

Radio wise, I'm just trying to do the mostest with the leastests. Not just because I'm a Cheap Bastard (announcer voice: He's a Cheap Bastard!), but because I'll want to use the "moar" funds for other things of greater importance. You know. Food. Bourbon. Cigars.

The Ham Radio will be perched on shelf over the gunroom workbench. Maybe Ace will send me his engineering drawings for some shelving?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 09:01 PM (e6UQI)

178 >>Somebody doesn't know kittens,

Ok, gentler than kittens.

http://tinyurl.com/2az3nnph

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 09:01 PM (ZLI7S)

179
"Is he dead?"

Posted by: Mark Twain at January 10, 2024 09:02 PM (72RPY)

180 A fine crop of redheads
http://soyaraborzoi.com/LilaPups2.jpg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2024 08:05 PM (MoZTd)
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You're in trouble now! Crazy crop of gingers!

They're gorgeous.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 08:11 PM (NnyUq)
*******
They really are beautiful.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 10, 2024 09:02 PM (NpAcC)

181 It's snack time

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2024 09:03 PM (UF4VD)

182 I was trying to drip milk from a kitten I found abandoned and it bit down to the bone.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 10, 2024 08:57 PM (eoQWY)

Ummmm....
You might not be doing something right.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 09:03 PM (TtMDa)

183 My mortgage is going up $475/month! Outrageous!!!

It's mostly taxes, and some homeowners. We've had republican mayor & council for about 10 years but last year, the dems took over. And here we are.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:04 PM (vvLxk)

184 Roman military awards for valor were similar - you could get gold or silver crowns for getting over a town wall or saving a buddy, but the award for saving an entire army from destruction was made from the grass of the battlefield the day it was fought.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 10, 2024 08:54 PM (eoQWY)

Indeed. The Romans were greedy for precious metals, and most military awards were made of them. But if you did a Big Thing, it was known, and it would make your career, and make you a celebrity in the city, and a wreath of grass was enough, because at the end of the day, everyone knew that legions brought the gold, and were worth more than any amount of it on a given day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 10, 2024 09:05 PM (0FoWg)

185 Oh, I forgot. Some of it is escrow shortage (about $150) which will disappear after a year.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:05 PM (vvLxk)

186 Is there a good All Around or Universal (or something near to it) HAM antenna?

The real answer of course is no but there are some reasonable compromises. How much room do you have and do you need to be HOA-stealthy? Before the recent move, I was thinking about one of these:

http://tinyurl.com/OCF-antenna

Specifically the 80 Short.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 10, 2024 09:05 PM (sNc8Y)

187 A Texas man who filed more than two dozen challenges to former President Trump’s ballot eligibility was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he filed 17 sets of false tax documents to the IRS.

John Anthony Castro was indicted last week on 33 counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns. Prosecutors claim he ran a virtual tax preparation business that provided customers with tax returns beyond what they were actually owed, defrauding the government.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:05 PM (AVPtn)

188 No Bad Blue but on Doug Ross Journal 10s of thousands of illegals are Chinese, and they can't be coming to sight see.

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2024 09:07 PM (UF4VD)

189 Roman military awards for valor were similar - you could get gold or silver crowns for getting over a town wall or saving a buddy, but the award for saving an entire army from destruction was made from the grass of the battlefield the day it was fought.
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Very good.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 09:07 PM (2yu8s)

190 Skateboard girls is long term gf material.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:07 PM (cZaBj)

191 May John Anthony Castro lead down the path that Merrick Garland and all his evil minions follow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:08 PM (9wFne)

192 What a narcissistic piece of shit.

Nowhere in his rambling flounce speech did I hear any coherent reason to stop trump.

Because he is too ambitious? And Christie is righteous because he recognized his own ambition to be president and has magnanimously decided to redirect his ambitions to stopping Trump. Thank him for his service???

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:08 PM (2ovLw)

193 Kinda shocked the feds would arrest that guy. Someone at the IRS is in big trouble tonight.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:09 PM (cZaBj)

194 "Biden couldn't win a shit talking contest if his mouth was an anus"

Ok, that's pretty funny.
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I liked that the spitting out "Stalin" was synced to "Maddow" as the subtitle too [besides more].

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (2yu8s)

195 192 What a narcissistic piece of shit.

Nowhere in his rambling flounce speech did I hear any coherent reason to stop trump.

Because he is too ambitious? And Christie is righteous because he recognized his own ambition to be president and has magnanimously decided to redirect his ambitions to stopping Trump. Thank him for his service???
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:08 PM (2ovLw

Someone should explain reality to him.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (AVPtn)

196 John Anthony Castro was indicted last week on 33 counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns. Prosecutors claim he ran a virtual tax preparation business that provided customers with tax returns beyond what they were actually owed, defrauding the government.

He's got a career full of stuff like that. I remember reading about him when he first filed the challenges

Posted by: 18-1 at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (ibTVg)

197 118 Skateboarding without shoes?
Posted by: Jamaica

You had shoes? What luxury! We had to use our bare feet to slow down on asphalt roadways.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 10, 2024 08:17 PM (WtwC1)

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Hiya Shorty!

Posted by: Ciampino - just bones ma'am at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (qfLjt)

198 IrishEi at January 10,
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My insurance has doubled, my gas and electric doubled.
7% inflation is b.s., the things that we must have and use
is sometimes 50 to 100%.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (byI+W)

199 Yes Fox News question asker, we should nominate someone the left doesn't hate so much so that there is less chaos. Fuck off.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (2ovLw)

200 >>Years ago, before stupid people built big houses there, we used to spend time in Islamorada. What a great part of the keys, especially if you like to fish. Or drink.

Oddly enough, I like both. Heading back down in April.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 09:11 PM (ZLI7S)

201 I got a 2.6% raise! Wooo!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:11 PM (2ovLw)

202 201 I got a 2.6% raise! Wooo!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:11 PM (2ovLw

I hope you make ten million a year.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:12 PM (AVPtn)

203 My baby brother was once called out for being a fakey soldier when he was in uniform, by some shlubby, tubby bastard.

Brother was 82nd Airborne in Iraq. Plus two tours with the Montana Guard. He is also a Black Hawk pilot.

I hate the pathetic REMFs who try to be cool calling people out for no good reason, just because they suck.

Hey. My little brother pissed out a kidney stone on one of Saddam's palaces. (he did the Forrest Gump Dr Pepper thing - true story)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Disgustipated at January 10, 2024 09:12 PM (T/Lqj)

204 Don't miss Ace's sidebar post of Chuckles Todd. It's tweets like this one that make me miss Rush Limbaugh. I was never a regular listener but I can just hear him shaking the paper and saying Todds name with exquisite disgust.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:12 PM (TWOoZ)

205 insurance has doubled, my gas and electric doubled. 7% inflation is b.s., the things that we must have and use is sometimes 50 to 100%.
Posted by: Braenyard

It’s not even 7% anymore. They laughably say inflation is now 3%.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:13 PM (cZaBj)

206 Christie endorsed Biden tonight.

Basically.

"I will make sure Trump is not president again"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:13 PM (2ovLw)

207 My insurance has doubled, my gas and electric doubled.

Same here. Not sustainable.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 10, 2024 09:13 PM (V8he0)

208 I got a 2.6% raise! Wooo!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:11 PM (2ovLw)

Great. Now kick up another 7.4% to the Big Guy.

Posted by: RickZ at January 10, 2024 09:14 PM (emlEe)

209 What magic power does Fat Rolls have to stop Trump from winning?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:14 PM (AVPtn)

210 My insurance has doubled, my gas and electric doubled.
7% inflation is b.s., the things that we must have and use
is sometimes 50 to 100%.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM

The economy is doing great under Bidenomics! The problem is people like you just don't know it, because of the way the media is reporting it.

Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?

Posted by: Karine Jean-Pierre, Interlocutius for The Regime at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (a3Q+t)

211 Why does Christie hate Trump? Jealousy aside, I mean.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (TWOoZ)

212
"I will make sure Trump is not president again"

Is he planning on sitting on Trump?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (ibTVg)

213 Why does Christie hate Trump? Jealousy aside, I mean.

The hate America side pays better

Posted by: 18-1 at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (ibTVg)

214 211 Why does Christie hate Trump? Jealousy aside, I mean.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (TWOoZ

I think Trump sent him a coupon for lap band.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (AVPtn)

215 134 So if Claudine Gay is a serial plagiarist does that mean she is both Fake and Gay?

Posted by: Not trying to be mean but... at January 10, 2024 08:27 PM (esHC2)
----
Yes

But which way round?

Posted by: Ciampino - Xerox & Canon shares down at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (qfLjt)

216 The Democrat base of govt employees and welfare recipients shrugs at inflation. Their incomes rose by enough to make up for it. It’s tax payers who suffer.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:16 PM (cZaBj)

217 Oddbob.

That 25 ft. height recommendation is a hurdle, but only in the sense that the tubing I've bought comes in 20 ft. lengths. I'd have to weld-in an extension for more height.

I'm not HOA restricted, as there's nothing about antennas in the By-Laws. I'm welding-on "arms", for the OTA TV antenna, and another for the Weather Station. The HAM antenna can go dead-center on the top, and I *can* use any (applicable) kind of antenna.

The pole will be braced with galvanized steel, to the fascia (14 ft. above ground) and through to the rafters, and guy-wired from the top, in a three-point spread. Base will be a flange set into the rebar of a poured concrete footing.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 09:16 PM (e6UQI)

218 Ace or Garrett??

Eric Cook @Greentownmayor
No way. Had no idea she was married. I bet he called her Scooter. You know fun to ride, but you don't want nobody to see you on it.

http://tinyurl.com/mrxx2svu

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 09:17 PM (2yu8s)

219 My insurance has doubled, my gas and electric doubled.
7% inflation is b.s., the things that we must have and use
is sometimes 50 to 100%.
Posted by: Braenyard at January 10, 2024 09:10 PM (byI+W)
~~~~~

Ain't it the truth. I'll probably pay off the escrow shortage in a lump sum just to keep the monthly payment down a bit. Still, it stinks.

I hate democrats.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:17 PM (vvLxk)

220 EVEN Chris Christie is for Biden.
- every leftist tomorrow

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:18 PM (cZaBj)

221 Why does Christie hate Trump? Jealousy aside, I mean.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (TWOoZ)

Same reason Bernie loved Obama. The check cleared.

This is not to suggest that Chris Christie is a high priced whore. Far from it. He is merely expensive.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:18 PM (D7oie)

222 "I will make sure Trump is not president again"
_________
This sounds like something the Secret Service may want to look into.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:18 PM (TWOoZ)

223 Mmm. HAM.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 09:19 PM (2yu8s)

224 Recently gas has fallen to about $3 and I was thinking oh cool it’s back to $3. Then I thought wait a second. 5 years ago it was in the mid 2s.

Fuck Biden.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:20 PM (cZaBj)

225 I think Trump sent him a coupon for lap band.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (AVPtn)
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I'm just going to repeat this as true. Sounds true. And the internet is where I get all my information.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:21 PM (TWOoZ)

226 Nanzi Pelosi claims she begged for troops on Jan 6th:

https://t.ly/J9bNX

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (dZVON)

227 One thing about the charity commercials is the kid that looks like Buddy Hackett. Maybe he will go off script someday and tell us about the two queers and the alligator.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

I want the duck joke story he told Johnny Carson

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (DbOZf)

228 Ain't it the truth. I'll probably pay off the escrow shortage in a lump sum just to keep the monthly payment down a bit. Still, it stinks.

I hate democrats.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:17 PM (vvLxk)

That is a good idea, by the way, anything you pay early reduces the interest paid a bit.

I also suggest you pay extra each month, even if it is an extra 20 or 200. It will save you in interest, and you have to pay it eventually, anyways. (I paid off my 30 year mortgage far earlier than 30 years)

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (D7oie)

229 Christie hugged Obama on the beach, a week before the 2012 election. He was a back stabbing asshole long before Trump.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (cZaBj)

230 Same reason Bernie loved Obama. The check cleared.

This is not to suggest that Chris Christie is a high priced whore. Far from it. He is merely expensive.

Posted by: Kindltot

===

Do the RINO's who say this stuff get paid ahead of time, or do they make their statements HOPING they'll get paid later?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 10, 2024 09:23 PM (8AONa)

231 Nanzi Pelosi claims she begged for troops on Jan 6th:

https://t.ly/J9bNX
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (dZVON)

She had troops on J6. she disarmed them and made them sleep in an unheated parking garage. A good number caught covid.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:24 PM (D7oie)

232 Nanzi Pelosi claims she begged for troops on Jan 6th:

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (dZVON)

And you just know MaligNancy would testi-lie under oath to that very made up fact.

Posted by: RickZ at January 10, 2024 09:24 PM (emlEe)

233 There’s no interest on escrow payments. Paying it early is like giving an interest free loan to the lender. You’re better off paying it monthly and investing the lump sum.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:24 PM (cZaBj)

234 John Anthony Castro
--------

See: Michael Avenatti

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 10, 2024 09:24 PM (XeU6L)

235 225 I think Trump sent him a coupon for lap band.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:15 PM (AVPtn)
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I'm just going to repeat this as true. Sounds true. And the internet is where I get all my information.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:21 PM (TWOoZ)

That's crazy. I heard the same thing!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at January 10, 2024 09:25 PM (AVPtn)

236 Will that 20ft antenna have a good ground?

Posted by: davidt at January 10, 2024 09:25 PM (SYTee)

237 Well, good night y'all. It's been a pleasure but I am doubling as Nurse Follywood for my lovely bride. She was released from the hospital this evening and I can hear her walking around. Which she's not supposed to be doing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 10, 2024 09:25 PM (TWOoZ)

238 165 We had a dump, a cemetary, and an abandoned mill/mine site.
Dump is paved over and the mine site was destroyed because to many people died there.
I plan on being buried in the cemetary.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 08:52 PM (TtMDa)
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For half my life I thought it was spelt 'cemetary'. Not being a commonly-used word (for me) it was a long time later that I got corrected to cemetery.
Similarly with stationary/stationery = two different things

Posted by: Ciampino - Xerox & Canon shares down at January 10, 2024 09:26 PM (qfLjt)

239 Christie is a creature of the GOP donor class. The only thing that matters is keeping the millionaire donors happy. They want another Romney. Center left, pump the market, open the border, big government pressure to make the price of admission for their competition higher.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:27 PM (2ovLw)

240 My bank gives me interest on escrow.

0.000000000000000000001%

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:28 PM (2ovLw)

241 That 25 ft. height recommendation is a hurdle...

It would still work just maybe not quite as well. If you're already planning on having a permanent 20' pole, maybe a vertical would work. My plan was to have a center pole on a pivot that I could raise when I wanted to operate and then drop back down to hide from the HOA.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 10, 2024 09:29 PM (sNc8Y)

242 ...Will that 20ft antenna have a good ground?
Posted by: davidt at January 10, 2024 09:25 PM (SYTee)

1/2" dia. solid copper rod, hammered three feet into the earth, attached to mast via woven copper strap & galvanized clamps.

Same as the grounding the Main Power box has, out by the meter.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 09:30 PM (e6UQI)

243 For half my life I thought it was spelt 'cemetary'. Not being a commonly-used word (for me) it was a long time later that I got corrected to cemetery.
***

*looks at draft of will*

Damn!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2024 09:30 PM (W/lyH)

244 You’re better off paying it monthly and investing the lump sum.
Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:24 PM (cZaBj)

Paying the escrow ahead allows you to keep your standard budget without worrying about it.
However, I paid of a 30 year loan in 12 years. What feat of investment have you done, did you beat the NASDAQ? Did you earn more than the interest saved on your mortgage?

What did I do last year was to live on what I would have paid for my mortgage if I had paid the minimum required plus the extra escrow for thirty years.

Love your debt. You will have it forever unless you work to pay it off. If the economy goes soft or you lose your job you may not be able to pay it off later.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:33 PM (D7oie)

245 Some Hasidic Jews dig a 50ft tunnel to connect two buildings in NYC-- literally the same as Hamas in Gaza. Both sides!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:34 PM (2ovLw)

246 I also suggest you pay extra each month, even if it is an extra 20 or 200. It will save you in interest, and you have to pay it eventually, anyways. (I paid off my 30 year mortgage far earlier than 30 years)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:22 PM (D7oie)

I did a 30 year, 5.6% fixed on $129,000 with $40,000 down in 19 years 7 months doing that. Out of pocket I paid just over $240,000 for what would have cost me over $300,000 and I don't have a house payment now.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 09:35 PM (y4LKi)

247 A dipole has a strong directionality which probably won't be a problem for you since half of your horizon is the gulf.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 10, 2024 09:35 PM (sNc8Y)

248 1/2" dia. solid copper rod, hammered three feet into the earth, attached to mast via woven copper strap & galvanized clamps.

Same as the grounding the Main Power box has, out by the meter.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
***

Reminds me of a new mobile jammer were testing for
the army years ago. Hundreds of watts that required the ability to put down a grounding rod in a hurry. It had an automatic rod driver that would drive the rod through concrete.
Except it didn't.
Damn thing never worked.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2024 09:37 PM (W/lyH)

249 Reforger—You in the first place gold was found in Nevada?

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 10, 2024 09:37 PM (ZTJjv)

250 Start with a 15 year mortgage. The payment isn't much more, and a bigger share of the payment is principal.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:37 PM (2ovLw)

251 corrected to cemetery.
***

*looks at draft of will*

Damn!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 10, 2024 09:30 PM (W/lyH)

Errr. I don't use autocucumber. Sometimes it bites me in the aß.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 09:38 PM (y4LKi)

252 Tell the HOA it's a Festivus Pole.

Posted by: davidt at January 10, 2024 09:38 PM (SYTee)

253 >>>stationary/stationery = two different things
~~~~~

stationAry = A lways in the same place.

Nuns. They had a trick for everything.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:38 PM (vvLxk)

254 Heh. Trump dumping on Chris Wallace on Fox.

Funny stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 09:39 PM (ZLI7S)

255 If HOA karen comes over to complain, ask her to hold the grounding rod.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:39 PM (2ovLw)

256 My cable's out since storm yesterday.

Today is not a good day.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:40 PM (vvLxk)

257 Start with a 15 year mortgage. The payment isn't much more, and a bigger share of the payment is principal.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:37 PM (2ovLw)

they wouldn't give me a 15 year mortgage, my credit reports were zero since I had never borrowed money or had a credit card.
My own bank would not give me a house loan in 2012 because of my credit report, even with a 20% down.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 09:41 PM (D7oie)

258 If GOPe was competent they'd spend less time pissing and moaning about the continued existence of OrangeManBad and more time understanding why the rank and file prefer him, and offering them a better political product. But then, if they were competent OrangeManBad wouldn't have been prezzy in the first place. Maybe it's that realization of their own growing irrelevance that drives them to such rage.

Posted by: CppThis at January 10, 2024 09:43 PM (PZvjL)

259 Cool! Honda is releasing a modernized Lamborghini Countach as an EV in 2026.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:43 PM (2ovLw)

260 I clearly remember that the DC mayor requested National Guard, was granted National Guard, and then turned around and said nevermind and refused the national guard she'd requested.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - the CDC is pleading with gay men to stop consuming diarrhea at January 10, 2024 09:44 PM (Jo9Ci)

261 OK then some MIG WELDING...
MIG welding is a suitable method for working with aluminum and non-ferrous metals. To achieve precise wire feeding, it's recommended to use a welder with a spool gun. Shielding gasses such as argon are used to prevent oxidation during the welding process. When working with aluminum, it's important to consider its unique properties and adjust travel speeds accordingly. Always prioritize safety by wearing appropriate gear and avoiding the inhalation of hazardous fumes.

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 10, 2024 09:44 PM (TDvv2)

262 Paying the escrow ahead allows you to keep your standard budget without worrying about it.
However, I paid of a 30 year loan in 12 years. What feat of investment have you done, did you beat the NASDAQ? Did you earn more than the interest saved on your mortgage?

/-

Had you paid the mortgage in 12 months it wouldn’t change the fact there is no interest charged on escrow. But you do you my friend.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:44 PM (cZaBj)

263 We re-fi'd down to a 10 year note, about 18 months after first moving in.

Painful, but profitable.

Even if you start with a "ghost" credit report, and did have to take the 30 yr. note, once you've made payments for a year or more, a re-fi to a fifteen year note ought to be a slam-dunk.

'Cause then, they know who you are and that you make your payments, and on time, too.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 10, 2024 09:45 PM (e6UQI)

264 >>If GOPe was competent they'd spend less time pissing and moaning about the continued existence of OrangeManBad and more time understanding why the rank and file prefer him, and offering them a better political product.

They know exactly why people prefer Trump and they can't give us a better product. Trump wants to destroy their grift.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 10, 2024 09:45 PM (ZLI7S)

265 249 Reforger—You in the first place gold was found in Nevada?
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 10, 2024 09:37 PM (ZTJjv)

Just outside the fence of the Ponderosa.

Posted by: Reforger at January 10, 2024 09:46 PM (y4LKi)

266 260

I CLEARLY REMEMBER JAN. 6th being a DEMOCRATE RUN PSY-OPS.

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 10, 2024 09:46 PM (TDvv2)

267 My money is on Christie backing a Liz Cheney 3rd party run.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:47 PM (2ovLw)

268 I remember Jan 6 as the day a guy in a viking helmet and a grandma with a walker nearly toppled democracy.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:48 PM (2ovLw)

269 Hop Sing doesn't like it in the barrel either!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 10, 2024 09:48 PM (2yu8s)

270 Paying off the mortgage (not escrow) early makes sense the interest rate is 8%. When it’s 3%, not so much. I can make much better use of money and earn more than 3%. Hell a CD pays 5% these days if you want zero risk.

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:49 PM (cZaBj)

271 The beautiful path looks like Lothlorien in Lord of the Rings. Does anyone know where it is?

Posted by: Beverly at January 10, 2024 09:50 PM (Epeb0)

272
267 My money is on Christie backing a Liz Cheney 3rd party run.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:47 PM (2ovLw)

Noooooooooooo.
- Manchin 24 Campaign

Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:50 PM (cZaBj)

273 Reforger— Ah. Beautiful area!! Visited the Ponderosa back in the 70s before it was bought out. Stay safe!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 10, 2024 09:50 PM (ZTJjv)

274 So,
Gay = a unit of plagiarism/outright blatant copying - also known as a Gayerox
Obameter = a unit of producing nothing

Posted by: Ciampino - Xerox & Canon hardest hit at January 10, 2024 09:51 PM (qfLjt)

275 Cool! Honda is releasing a modernized Lamborghini Countach as an EV in 2026.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:43 PM (2ovLw)

Wow! It may manage to be even less useful than the original Lambo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2024 09:51 PM (tkR6S)

276 Yes You ALL...2024...just you all wait... you all cannot even imagine what heinous subterfuge awaits you.

The question is begged...How shall you respond?

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 10, 2024 09:52 PM (TDvv2)

277 Cool! Honda is releasing a modernized Lamborghini Countach as an EV in 2026.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 10, 2024 09:43 PM (2ovLw)

Wow! It may manage to be even less useful than the original Lambo.

It may burn hotter.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 10, 2024 09:53 PM (dZVON)

278 Look what the cat dragged in.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 10, 2024 09:59 PM (vvLxk)

279 It may burn hotter.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 10, 2024 09:53 PM (dZVON)

And be much less effective as a chick magnet...

"Oh, it's electric?" (sound of cooter rapidly dessicating)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 10, 2024 09:59 PM (tkR6S)

280
Liz Cheney can best serve everyone by volunteering to clean restrooms at our southern border that she is so keen to keep wide open.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 10, 2024 10:00 PM (XeTAE)

281 No you are not being punked Ace. I can't imagine you being punked.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 10, 2024 10:02 PM (NvyWM)

282 Had you paid the mortgage in 12 months it wouldn’t change the fact there is no interest charged on escrow. But you do you my friend.
Posted by: Montec at January 10, 2024 09:44 PM (cZaBj)

did you beat the market when you did that? Did you come out ahead, or is this just "actually, hypothetically it is a better idea if you time the market right"
'cause, you know, you could lose your shirt and pay all those broker fees and capital gains as well as have to shell out the additional escrow.

Which was $150, or $12.50 a month for a year in our initial example.

take the risk, play the investment wizzard, pay the broker fees (or the cost above spot if you are buying silver and gold) and pay the extra taxes for when you sell 1/12th each month at a hopeful gain instead of a loss, or just pay the damned amount early and save yourself a headache since, after all, you claim to have it on hand anyways ready to invest . . .

and you do you, yourself.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 10:04 PM (D7oie)

283 Hey! There's an ONT cooking up above . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 10, 2024 10:05 PM (TSQkU)

284 Dunno where the Beautiful Path is, but would guess Asia somewhere.
Those are ginko trees. Very nicely mannered. Will drop every leaf within a day or two.

Posted by: MkY at January 10, 2024 10:05 PM (cPGH3)

285 Forecast did have high of -2 in a couple of days. But, that's silly; this is Oklahoma! So, of course, that's been revised upward. The high that day will be a toasty +6!

Howdy Hoardies. What did I miss not reading comments all day?

Missed from last night: Special salute to & prayer for the brave gnubreed.

Posted by: mindful webworker - too soon old at January 10, 2024 10:06 PM (20yEG)

286 Dang it!

Posted by: mindful webworker - too soon old at January 10, 2024 10:07 PM (20yEG)

287 Jim, by the time I would have been able to refinance at 15 year at a better rate, I was already doubling my monthly payment and by my calculation I was beating the what I would have saved through eventual interest savings anyways.
I also had some margin for safety, since if my finances turned taco-shaped, I would have been able to muddle through to a new job.

My credit rating is poor because I know I have no head for money, so I don't live with debt. I live that way.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 10, 2024 10:11 PM (D7oie)

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