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Tumbleweed Hurricane Cafe

stormgatheringinkansas.jpg
a storm gathers over Kansas
via unwetterfreaks

Hillbilly ingenuity.

Baby lion practicing its seizing and pouncing with its mom.

Who's up for a little seizing and pouncing... with a full-grown male lion?

I immediately knew what song she was dancing to even though I had the sound off. I mean, I guess that's not such a big deal. She does put on the costume.


A little overwhelming rustic beauty.

Immense gorge in Iceland. Lots of green for those sick of winter stuff.

On the other hand, if you want winter stuff, this frozen waterfall in Iceland will do the job.

BMX bikers get rekt trying to stick the landing after a huge jump.

Step by step through the locks of the Panama Canal.

Dog is warning them that Stupidity is nearby.

Emotional Support Elephant.


A guy puts a turtle on a skateboard. The turtle's mind must be blown by breaking the 5mph barrier!

A gigantic swarm of tumbleweeds:



Surfin' in Arizona!




Norway has some scenery:


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM




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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:32 PM (fwDg9)

2 Tumbleweed Hurricane Cafe

Those are usually different climates.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 07:33 PM (DgGvY)

3 I am cracking up over Hillbilly ingenuity

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:33 PM (fwDg9)

4 You don't see that many hurricanes in Kansas, Dorothy.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2024 07:35 PM (LkLld)

5 It did look sort of like the top picture last night, only with lightning and hail. Didn't hurt anything but temperature dropped about 20 degrees

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 07:35 PM (yeEu9)

6 Kansas really does manage to look pretty dramatic sometimes.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 07:35 PM (njExo)

7 >Baby lion practicing its seizing and pouncing with its mom.


YOU DON'T SCARE ME
WORK ON IT

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 07:36 PM (oCjPU)

8 A Texas 'blue Norther' will chill.you to the bone.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2024 07:36 PM (6ZY4c)

9 Get in the damn basket, Toto.

Posted by: Mrs. Gulch at March 14, 2024 07:37 PM (+myjY)

10 A really tremendous lineup of landscape videos. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 07:38 PM (njExo)

11 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 14, 2024 07:38 PM (T4tVD)

12 >>>Hillbilly ingenuity.

Water & Electricity. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 14, 2024 07:39 PM (klJTj)

13 A guy puts a turtle on a skateboard.

"What f--kery is this? I'm out."

Posted by: the cat at March 14, 2024 07:39 PM (DgGvY)

14 Maybe a Hurry Cane?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 14, 2024 07:39 PM (63Dwl)

15 Hillbilly ingenuity, pshaw! Where I come from, havin' electricity is considered jes' puttin' on airs.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 07:40 PM (njExo)

16 Kansas, flatter than Brie Larsons' ass.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2024 07:40 PM (6ZY4c)

17

Hubby and I are in South Carolina finalizing our move to Wyoming. We have been freezing our asses off here. We're never this cold in Wyoming. There really is truth about dry air and humid air.

Posted by: four seasons at March 14, 2024 07:40 PM (PisyI)

18 Hillbilly ingenuity.

Water & Electricity. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous


There's nothing flammable in the area, at least.

Other than the hillbilly.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (DgGvY)

19 Reliable sources have informed us of certain malcontents complaining that last night's stellar Unruly Cow Café contained neither cows nor cow-orkers even present, much less behaving in unruly manners.

At our direction, notations have been made in your Permanent Records.

* cackle *

Posted by: Big Penguin at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (a3Q+t)

20 BRIING IT ON you silly Rabbit!

Posted by: Tortoise on a Skateboard at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (xaFKb)

21 A Texas 'blue Norther' will chill.you to the bone.
---------

Obligatory, Ian & Sylvia 'Someday Soon'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (XeU6L)

22 I didn't know baby lions were conservative.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (rJ7Hd)

23 18 Hillbilly ingenuity.

Water & Electricity. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

There's nothing flammable in the area, at least.

Other than the hillbilly.
Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 07:41 PM (DgGvY)

Clem? CLEM! Fuse blew agin...

Posted by: Tortoise on a Skateboard at March 14, 2024 07:42 PM (xaFKb)

24 Step by step through the locks of the Panama Canal.


FUN FACT: One idiot forgets to close the gates and the whole dang canal goes dry.

Posted by: Mrs. Gulch at March 14, 2024 07:42 PM (+myjY)

25 I don't call 2100 ft elevation flat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (yeEu9)

26 " A guy puts a turtle on a skateboard."

What I learned from this is that turtles would be unholy terrors if they were any faster.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (ou9hh)

27 I don't call 2100 ft elevation flat.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (yeEu9)


>>>THANK YOU<<<

Posted by: Brie Larson at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (+myjY)

28 Obligatory, Ian & Sylvia 'Someday Soon'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
----
Oops, link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37_3sASufZw

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (XeU6L)

29 26 " A guy puts a turtle on a skateboard."

What I learned from this is that turtles would be unholy terrors if they were any faster.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 14, 2024 07:43 PM (ou9hh)

Cat was like, what the F???

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 07:44 PM (xaFKb)

30 Water & Electricity. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 14, 2024 07:39 PM (klJTj)

And all it will do is create an arc-shaped puddle. You need to move the nozzle in two planes water a patch of ground evenly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 07:44 PM (tkR6S)

31 17. Hubby and I are in South Carolina finalizing our move to Wyoming. We have been freezing our asses off here. We're never this cold in Wyoming. There really is truth about dry air and humid air. - four seasons

I dunno. I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that one. I've never heard of cattle freezing to death in South Carolina. Are you by any chance up in the NW corner of South Carolina, in the mountains?

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 07:45 PM (njExo)

32 There is a distinction between 'elevation', and 'flat'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 14, 2024 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

33 Countdown to the knife, 22 days.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 07:45 PM (FtJkr)

34
Paco, We are in Columbia, hopefully for not much longer.

Posted by: four seasons at March 14, 2024 07:46 PM (PisyI)

35 >>>BMX bikers get rekt trying to stick the landing after a huge jump.

If you're going to do stuff like that, don't you kind of deserve a mouthful of dirt?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 14, 2024 07:46 PM (klJTj)

36 C. Lysenko. Upcoming surgery?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2024 07:47 PM (6ZY4c)

37 Hillbilly GENIUS!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 14, 2024 07:47 PM (DpEcY)

38 I didn't know tumbleweeds could be a plague

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:47 PM (fwDg9)

39 When you look at the tumbleweed video, scroll down and click on the little boy with the big sunglasses

he's a mechanic

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 07:48 PM (oCjPU)

40 34. I know it can get chilly in the Carolinas in winter - it's been a bit chilly where I am, in Brunswick County - but still. Nonetheless, that's good news about Wyoming. I've often given some thought about moving there myself. I've got an aunt out there somewhere who lives on a ranch.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 07:49 PM (njExo)

41 From what I read there's never a part of Wyoming that is without snow all year around. Always snow somewhere in Wyoming.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 14, 2024 07:49 PM (MeG8a)

42 I always wanted ti see the outakes of these bike jump tricks

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

43 A storm is coming.

Posted by: that old Mexican guy at March 14, 2024 07:50 PM (aD39U)

44 Tumbleweeds? The 'Sons of the Pioneers' have entered the chat

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2024 07:50 PM (6ZY4c)

45 Upcoming colostomy type surgery. No bag installed, just cutting out bad part and resectioning. Diverticulitis. Nasty condition. And of course I'm such a coward.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 07:51 PM (FtJkr)

46 >>>43 A storm is coming.
Posted by: that old Mexican guy

I know.

Posted by: Sarah Connor at March 14, 2024 07:51 PM (KRtlO)

47 Beautiful photos, Ace …

Posted by: Adriane the Helpful Critic . . . at March 14, 2024 07:52 PM (4Winp)

48 Thanks for asking.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 07:52 PM (FtJkr)

49 Lion video guy needs to make as many of those cool videos as he can. Before he becomes lunch.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 07:52 PM (8AONa)

50 Commisar, prayers ascending.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2024 07:52 PM (6ZY4c)

51 That is an excellent picture. I've seen skies like that. And you know there is a tornado in there !

Posted by: runner at March 14, 2024 07:53 PM (V13WU)

52 thanks adrianne!

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:53 PM (KRtlO)

53 Commissar - may you be Blessed with Health & Healing …

Posted by: Adriane the Helpful Critic . . . at March 14, 2024 07:53 PM (4Winp)

54
Paco,

We love Wyoming. We have a house in a small town, 2300 population. We are 40 miles from a stoplight. Stay away from college towns, they are woke.

Posted by: four seasons at March 14, 2024 07:53 PM (PisyI)

55 fun fact: tumbleweed = Russian thistle

they go to seed, dry out, break off, and start rolling with the wind

invasive species

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (oCjPU)

56 38 I didn't know tumbleweeds could be a plague
Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:47 PM (fwDg9

Anything can be a plague.

Too many cheerios? Plague.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (3CVIc)

57 Of course parts of Hawaii also have snow all year around.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (MeG8a)

58 Prayers appreciated.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (FtJkr)

59 Paucity of certain diseased flying rodents is very pleasing to the eyes.

Posted by: runner at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (V13WU)

60 >>>49 Lion video guy needs to make as many of those cool videos as he can. Before he becomes lunch.

he crept up behind the lion and scared it.

He wants to die.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (KRtlO)

61 Tumbleweeds pile up on barbed wire fences and are very fine fuel for your grass fire.

Posted by: huerfano at March 14, 2024 07:56 PM (qeiBW)

62 What exactly is the biological point of tumbleweeds? From the above they seem to be the Pandas of the vegetable kingdom.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 14, 2024 07:56 PM (1bNHn)

63 60 >>>49 Lion video guy needs to make as many of those cool videos as he can. Before he becomes lunch.

he crept up behind the lion and scared it.

He wants to die.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (KRtlO


Just cuddly kittens till they eat your face off and get killed for being a big cat with normal predatory tendencies

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 07:57 PM (3CVIc)

64 he crept up behind the lion and scared it.

He wants to die.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (KRtlO)


When you treat them with respect, lions can be your friend. Like bears.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (+myjY)

65
I have a t-shirt that says "Welcome to Wyoming. Remember, Everyone is armed."

Posted by: four seasons at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (PisyI)

66 Motorcyclists at Willow Springs raceway call tumbleweeds pucker bushes. When at high speed and the wind blows one or more right in your path, you pucker.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (FtJkr)

67 I try to give these a title and try to have a theme, if I can find one. When I Can't find a theme, I just call it 'humpday cafe" or whatever.

In this one, I had it called "Tumbleweeds Cafe." Then I thought that "Tumbleweed Hurricane Cafe" sounded better, so I changed it.

When I published it, I was surprised and delighted to see that I'd posted that Kansas storm photo at the top -- I'd forgotten what photo I'd posted here. (I did it days ago.) It was great serendipity that the lead photo looked like an approaching tornado.

which still is not a hurricane but whatever, it's poetic license

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (KRtlO)

68 Commisar, prayers ascending.
Posted by: Ben Had

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (T4tVD)

69 he crept up behind the lion and scared it.

He wants to die.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 07:54 PM (KRtlO)

Guy looking at lion, thought bubble: "Lion!"
Lion looking back, thought bubble: "loin!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 07:58 PM (tkR6S)

70 If your house gets overrun by jellybeans?

Plague.

Not one of the biblical plagues against pharaoh, but insidious nonetheless.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 07:59 PM (3CVIc)

71 What exactly is the biological point of tumbleweeds? From the above they seem to be the Pandas of the vegetable kingdom.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 14, 2024 07:56 PM (1bNHn)

As they bounce around, their seed pods scatter seeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 08:00 PM (tkR6S)

72 42 I always wanted ti see the outakes of these bike jump tricks

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 07:49 PM (fwDg9)


They are not available because they violate the No Showing Blood and Gore rules of YouTube, X, etc.

Posted by: Gref at March 14, 2024 08:01 PM (5fDan)

73 That top photo is what t-storms looked like when I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s. Lots of scary brown, sometimes even green. The first downdraft often smelled strongly of sweet clover. There was more lightning back then, or so it seemed.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:01 PM (MvF+J)

74 As they bounce around, their seed pods scatter seeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 08:00 PM (tkR6S)


This too is the story of Candy, the DD stripper at Fantasy Lounge.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:02 PM (3CVIc)

75 I think that lion had been declawed and had its teeth pulled.

They do that for stunt animals.

It's horrid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 14, 2024 08:02 PM (lyImQ)

76 As they bounce around, their seed pods scatter seeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

=======

This sounds vaguely familiar

Posted by: Donald Sutherland at March 14, 2024 08:02 PM (8AONa)

77 Tumbleweeds and frogs are killer!

Posted by: Outer Limits 1964 at March 14, 2024 08:03 PM (4I/2K)

78 Chance to get a little bit more sleep working closer to home so better grab it.
Hope you all have a wonderful evening

Posted by: Skip at March 14, 2024 08:03 PM (fwDg9)

79 I don't call 2100 ft elevation flat.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

There is a distinction between 'elevation', and 'flat'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer


Flat doesn't require "low," or even "level." Just flat. The whole Great Plain slopes up as you go west from the Mississippi. It doesn't get notably bumpy until you're almost to the Rockies.

That part of the Great Plains is a rollercoaster compared to the part that the Red River of the North drains, up in ND and MN, though. You know how ancient people supposedly figured out the world was round by watching ships sail to the horizon, and seeing the sails disappear last? I think the pioneers could do that with covered wagons up around Fargo. Or with crawling toddlers.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:04 PM (DgGvY)

80 Those tumbleweeds will all disappear when the wind changes.

Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

81 They are not available because they violate the No Showing Blood and Gore rules of YouTube, X, etc.

Posted by: Gref

=====

Call it 'natural selection in real time' and then it's a science documentary.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:05 PM (8AONa)

82 I think that lion had been declawed and had its teeth pulled.
They do that for stunt animals.
It's horrid.
Posted by: nurse ratched


And I don't see how that prevents the lion from killing you with blunt trauma. It just makes it last longer than bleeding out.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:06 PM (DgGvY)

83 54. We love Wyoming. We have a house in a small town, 2300 population. We are 40 miles from a stoplight. Stay away from college towns, they are woke.

That's my idea of heaven, right there. Plenty of room for a shooting range in my back yard.

Er, if I owned guns. Which I don't. Those steel lockers upstairs are actually where I keep my...um...Hummel figurine collection...yeah, that's right...my Hummel figurines.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 08:06 PM (njExo)

84 Cats will play the game until
They get bored. Then they either kill you or ignore you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 14, 2024 08:07 PM (lyImQ)

85 That part of the Great Plains is a rollercoaster compared to the part that the Red River of the North drains, up in ND and MN, though. You know how ancient people supposedly figured out the world was round by watching ships sail to the horizon, and seeing the sails disappear last? I think the pioneers could do that with covered wagons up around Fargo. Or with crawling toddlers.
Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:04 PM (DgGvY)

Saskatchewan: so flat, that when your dog runs away, you can still see his asshole 3 days later.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 08:07 PM (tkR6S)

86 Having Bourbon and Sour Patch Kids as a change up.

Chilling at the piano and wood shedding some Bach Chorales.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 08:07 PM (XV/Pl)

87 85 Ha!

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:07 PM (MvF+J)

88 There's a You Tube channel called Fy Nyth about life in Wyoming. Where is lives now seems to be a slightly milder climate than the place she started out in.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (yeEu9)

89 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (3CVIc)

90 Hubby and I are in South Carolina finalizing our move to Wyoming. We have been freezing our asses off here. We're never this cold in Wyoming. There really is truth about dry air and humid air.
Posted by: four seasons

Yeah, damp cold is very unpleasant. SF gets a damp-ish cool (40's to 60's) which is actually kind of nice. Upper 30's and really damp though, or something like that, nah.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:09 PM (KAi1n)

91 We have tumbleweeds here in IL, but not as abundant as that. We also have a native prairie plant called Baptisia, now uncommon, that propagates on the same principle.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:09 PM (MvF+J)

92 49 Lion video guy needs to make as many of those cool videos as he can. Before he becomes lunch.
Posted by: 2009Refugee



Yep. At some point, a Lion is going to Lion.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 08:09 PM (+YRf1)

93 7:51 into smoking the Boston Butt and still in the stall.

The smoker is at 248 degrees, the bone end of the butt is at 263, the other end at 269.

I am starting to get freaking hungry.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (aD39U)

94 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (3CVIc)

Throttle up, flaps down and pull back on the stick at V1?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (4I/2K)

95 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (3CVIc)



I've tossed a mullet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (aD39U)

96 89 We used to screw on a Jetex rocket engine, but I don't know if you can get those anymore.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (MvF+J)

97 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (3CVIc)

——————-

Yep. Love it. Haven’t been for a while now. I should dust off the gear this spring.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 14, 2024 08:11 PM (u73oe)

98 94 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:08 PM (3CVIc)

Throttle up, flaps down and pull back on the stick at V1?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (4I/2K)

Where's the gas nozzle?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:11 PM (3CVIc)

99 45. Upcoming colostomy type surgery. No bag installed, just cutting out bad part and resectioning. Diverticulitis. Nasty condition. And of course I'm such a coward. - commissar of plenty, etc.

Had the same procedure myself a couple of years ago (for the same reason; diverticulitis perforated my colon). An unexpected upside: since my operation, I have never had an instance of diarrhea or irritable bowl syndrome or any kind of gut discomfort.

You'll do fine.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 08:11 PM (njExo)

100 hose look like recent clouds in Western Kansas. The fields there lose dust, as it is so dry.

I never see clouds that brown in my part of Kansas. Black, dark grey, ad various off-whites, but not grow.

Last night we were under a severe thunderstorm warning (which means hail above a certain diameter) simultaneously with a tornado warning. Dark grey clouds.

Passed us on the south and the north sides.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:11 PM (u82oZ)

101
Yep. Love it. Haven’t been for a while now. I should dust off the gear this spring.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 14, 2024 08:11 PM (u73oe)


For a first timer, is cheap gear good enough to enjoy it? I don't want to drop a gold bar the first time out.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (3CVIc)

102 7:51 into smoking the Boston Butt and still in the stall.

The smoker is at 248 degrees, the bone end of the butt is at 263, the other end at 269.

I am starting to get freaking hungry.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (aD39U)

Gonna be a while, yet. Grab a Snickers?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (4I/2K)

103 That top photo is what t-storms looked like when I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s. Lots of scary brown, sometimes even green.
Posted by: Ides Of gp


The mint-green or neon-green ones were the best.

So. Much. Rain. in so little time.

As long as you weren't where the hail and tornadoes were. Then they wouldn't be the best.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (DgGvY)

104 Catfishapult

Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

105 After years of not seeing sunrises and sunsets due to all the trees, I find it a nice change.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (yeEu9)

106 Anybody here know how to fly fish?

No, but having recently moved from the Gulf Coast to near the Platt River, I've been thinking that I should learn.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (sNc8Y)

107
I've tossed a mullet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:10 PM (aD39U

Hmmm. FloraBama

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (3CVIc)

108 Indeed. I didn't win.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (aD39U)

109 101 Rent the gear?

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (MvF+J)

110 Back when the Florabama was in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (aD39U)

111 My neighbor's cat climbed in the open back window today while I was out front talking with another neighbor. I heard the cat's bell so went and shoo'd him out. Then I opened the back door, put out some treats, and rubbed his head. When I went back in, Prettygirl (my cat) smelled "Little Dude", spazzed out, and attacked me, biting and clawing my feet. I washed up and eventually she returned to her normally sweet and loving self. Oy vey.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

112 For a first timer, is cheap gear good enough to enjoy it? I don't want to drop a gold bar the first time out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:12 PM (3CVIc)

——————-

Absolutely! I started out with a rig from Wally World. You can drop more cash when you figure out what you like.

There’s nothing like putting that fly exactly where you want it and see a fish rise and strike.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 14, 2024 08:14 PM (u73oe)

113 Cats are jealous creatures.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:14 PM (aD39U)

114 For a first timer, is cheap gear good enough to enjoy it? I don't want to drop a gold bar the first time out.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

====

With a high quality M80 lure, you can get away with discount gear.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:15 PM (8AONa)

115 The clouds prepare for battle
In the dark and brooding silence
Bruised and sullen storm clouds
Have the light of day obscured
Leaning low and ominous
In twilight premature
Thunderheads and rumbling
In a distant overture…

- Prof. Neil E. Peart

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 14, 2024 08:15 PM (8sMut)

116 Thank you Paco!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (FtJkr)

117 No love for that elephant, then.

If you've got an elephant for a friend, you have nothing to fret.
Know how we're always on about "Dogs are great, but they don't live that long"? That's how phoonts think about us.

And the turtles, shucks. They talk about humans they knew once.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (zdLoL)

118
Absolutely! I started out with a rig from Wally World. You can drop more cash when you figure out what you like.

There’s nothing like putting that fly exactly where you want it and see a fish rise and strike.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 14, 2024 08:14 PM (u73oe

Cool. I want to try it on a trip to NC and I'm hesitant about buying a bunch of gear only to not enjoy it. But I think I will. But best be safe side first.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (3CVIc)

119 Patagonia looks really cool & interesting.

Have to do it next time around, though.

Posted by: mnw at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (NLIak)

120 You can get good used fly fishing stuff. I would go out and cast, with no hook, just for practice. Still can't do it.

Bunch of folks were fishing at the lake, the ither day when it was nice. One of the boys caught a fish. There is no excitement like a kid that caught a fish.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (yeEu9)

121 With a high quality M80 lure, you can get away with discount gear.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:15 PM (8AONa)


lol. That's one way to do it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (3CVIc)

122 Tumbleweed facts:

Tumbleweeds are not only a group of six plants, but "tumbleweed" also refers to a process of seed dispersal adopted by multiple species of unrelated plants, and this is where the famous 21st Century personality Jeffrey "Tumbleweed" Toobin got his nickname.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (a3Q+t)

123 I do know how to fly fish but haven't in years. It's fun to deftly present a tasty fake bug to a fish and snag it's finny butt for dinner. I don't like wading to do it though, just from a bank or boat.

Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

124 My neighbor's cat climbed in the open back window today while I was out front talking with another neighbor. I heard the cat's bell so went and shoo'd him out. Then I opened the back door, put out some treats, and rubbed his head. When I went back in, Prettygirl (my cat) smelled "Little Dude", spazzed out, and attacked me, biting and clawing my feet. I washed up and eventually she returned to her normally sweet and loving self. Oy vey.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

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And what have we learned?

Posted by: Goth's kitteh at March 14, 2024 08:18 PM (PxIx9)

125 You know what to do, Wesley.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 14, 2024 08:19 PM (PxIx9)

126 Parrots and Macaws can pass though 3 generations of their persons.

Posted by: mnw at March 14, 2024 08:19 PM (NLIak)

127 106. Anybody here know how to fly fish?

I've fished with a fly rod for trout in the North Carolina mountains, and for bream and bass in ponds and lakes. Never caught any trout (although I had a great time), but I did take an occasional fish in a small lake I frequented. Nothing like catching something fairly sizable with a fly rod. This was all a long time ago, however.

Went fishing with my father in the mountains one time, and he, being a revenooer, got mighty suspicious when he saw four men toting bags of sugar along the stream we were standing in. It was his vacation, though, so he just laughed it off.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 08:19 PM (njExo)

128 Thank you JT!!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 08:19 PM (FtJkr)

129 Perp pulled a gun on a postal carrier in S.F. Federal judge sentenced him to 30 days. But we need more gun control despite not enforcing what we have, esp. when the vic is a federal postal employee. Perp should be in prison for life.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:20 PM (KAi1n)

130 Cool. I want to try it on a trip to NC and I'm hesitant about buying a bunch of gear only to not enjoy it. But I think I will. But best be safe side first.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2024 08:16 PM (3CVIc)

———————-

Get the rod and reel and rig it up without the leader. Practice in the yard. You’re casting the line not a lure. I’m sure there’s jillions of videos out there. Have fun!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 14, 2024 08:20 PM (u73oe)

131 So thankful you did not include any scenes of the squalor, filth, and blight of Switzerland this evening.

Posted by: Second World Nation at March 14, 2024 08:20 PM (V5BDR)

132 Specs of the Jetex engines we played with when I was a kid. A metal capsule with a pinhole nozzle. Drop in a pellet of solid fuel, put a fuse in the nozzle, snap it shut, good to go.
https://tinyurl.com/282ese87

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:20 PM (MvF+J)

133 Thank you Adriane the Helpful Critic!!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 08:20 PM (FtJkr)

134 119. Patagonia looks really cool & interesting. - mnw

Didn't Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid do some ranching in Patagonia before they resumed their life of crime?

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 08:21 PM (njExo)

135 124 My neighbor's cat climbed in the open back window today while I was out front talking with another neighbor. I heard the cat's bell so went and shoo'd him out. Then I opened the back door, put out some treats, and rubbed his head. When I went back in, Prettygirl (my cat) smelled "Little Dude", spazzed out, and attacked me, biting and clawing my feet. I washed up and eventually she returned to her normally sweet and loving self. Oy vey.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

===
And what have we learned?
Posted by: Goth's kitteh at March 14, 2024 08:18 PM (PxIx9)

Cats are evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 14, 2024 08:21 PM (di6C2)

136
Tumbleweeds and frogs are killer!
Posted by: Outer Limits 1964


You heard us communicate. Listeners must be destroyed.

Posted by: Rock #2 at March 14, 2024 08:21 PM (63Dwl)

137 The ruling on Fani Willis is coming out tomorrow.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2024 08:21 PM (LkLld)

138 Highest point in Florida is 325 ft. Kansas is like the Himalayas comparatively.

Posted by: Nose Bleed Section at March 14, 2024 08:22 PM (V5BDR)

139 115 The clouds prepare for battle
In the dark and brooding silence
Bruised and sullen storm clouds
Have the light of day obscured
Leaning low and ominous
In twilight premature
Thunderheads and rumbling
In a distant overture…

- Prof. Neil E. Peart
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33



Solved what I'm going to listen to on my way into work tomorrow. RUSH-Permanent Waves!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 08:22 PM (+YRf1)

140 Paco

Bolivia, IIRC.

Don't know if Bolivia has part of Patagonia or not.

Posted by: mnw at March 14, 2024 08:23 PM (NLIak)

141
Anybody here know how to fly fish?

Jump on the back of a flying fish.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (63Dwl)

142 Yes you do need to practice fly fishing before going. After a while you will be able to put that fly in a bucket at 20 - 25'

Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

143 If you cheat on your cat inside your kitty's home, you deserve what you get!

Posted by: Cruel, But Fair at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (V5BDR)

144 >>>137 The ruling on Fani Willis is coming out tomorrow.

I knew it.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (KRtlO)

145 a storm gathers over Kansas

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Uh oh, that's how the last one started.

Where's John Brown?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (6MFzl)

146 Good night all. Will sleep well with the prayer power of the Horde in my corner.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (FtJkr)

147 Cats are jealous, and they catalog everything they see you do.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2024 08:25 PM (MvF+J)

148 Anybody here know how to fly fish?
---------
Jump on the back of a flying fish.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (63Dwl)

It's the takeoff and landing that are the hard part.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:25 PM (6MFzl)

149 Cats are cats.
They don't obey because you want them to. They do what they want, when they want to do it. If they show you compassion and companionship, it is true. If they shrink from your touch, they just don't feel like being touched. Doesn't mean anything more.

Just trying to figure out why Lucy is such a FINK

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 14, 2024 08:28 PM (UodRc)

150 >>>The ruling on Fani Willis is coming out tomorrow.

I knew it.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (KRtlO)

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I like Viva Frei's optimism. But I’m betting he's wrong on McAfee.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 14, 2024 08:28 PM (IrIAg)

151 Water & Electricity. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 14, 2024 07:39 PM (klJTj)


If you are worried just stick a surge protector power strip in line. It'll be fine.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2024 08:28 PM (D7oie)

152 140. Yeah, they wound up in Bolivia, but I thought I had read somewhere that they tried ranching for awhile in Argentina, first. I'll have to research that.

Posted by: Paco at March 14, 2024 08:28 PM (njExo)

153 Highest point in Florida is 325 ft. Kansas is like the Himalayas comparatively.
Posted by: Nose Bleed Section at March 14, 2024 08:22 PM (V5BDR)

Kansas really is flat as a pancake... it's just, the pancake is tilted, so you start out on the Missouri side hundreds of feet above sea level, and on the Colorado side, about 4000 feet above. Or 3000 or whatever.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:28 PM (LZfQS)

154 https://youtu.be/SbAdIFr2wJY?si=VZAOTedvJdoo9sgZ

Kansas

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 08:29 PM (+YRf1)

155 No love for that elephant, then.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver


Loyal feller, I'll give him that.

If you make a hospital with elephant-width doors, why not make it with elephant-height doors so the poor things don't have to crawl in to visit?

Or roll the dude's hospital bed over to a window.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:29 PM (DgGvY)

156 BurtTC

We have an AntiFa groups in our local city. When I gave a speech one March 15th, they protested. In 2013.

Word from the inside is they consider themselves to be tactical geniuses, and want a go code to rule over normies. They are deluded. I knew two of that group as former coworkers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (u82oZ)

157 Flat doesn't require "low," or even "level." Just flat. The whole Great Plain slopes up as you go west from the Mississippi. It doesn't get notably bumpy until you're almost to the Rockies.

Or come on up to Amarillo. 3500 feet in elevation. Flat clear up until the Rockies.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (8sMut)

158 "Where's John Brown?
Posted by: BurtTC"

Amoulderin' in his grave, as I understand.

Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (vFG9F)

159 @144

>>I knew it.

Ersatz Judge Scott McAfee: What Fawni Williss and Mr. Sweet Dick Did was objectively unethical, immoral and criminal, I find that no reasonable jurist would move to disqualify, case dismissed, may lord have mercy on this court, now if you'll excuse me, I have this gigantic bag of money and horses head that just appeared in my chambers that I have to deal with, court adjourned.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (XV/Pl)

160 Kansas really is flat as a pancake... it's just, the pancake is tilted, so you start out on the Missouri side hundreds of feet above sea level, and on the Colorado side, about 4000 feet above. Or 3000 or whatever.

Posted by: BurtTC

======

Semi-related. Not sure who recommended Empire of the Summer Moon last week, but it was a fascinating read. And we must never let the Comanche regain their strength. Yowza.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:32 PM (8AONa)

161 I washed up and eventually she returned to her normally sweet and loving self. Oy vey.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 14, 2024 08:13 PM (KAi1n)

Best Cat Ever would get this high pitched whine, and he was so fast, I'd be backing away, trying to hold him off with my hands, and he's swoop in, attach himself to my shin with claws and teeth.

I'd smack him (oh yes I would, I've got an apex predator attached to my leg), and it would take a few swats before he'd detach and walk away, with that "what the F is your problem" look on his face.

Best. Cat. Ever.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:34 PM (MKfd2)

162 BurtTC

There are plenty of pictures of mountaineering groups peak bagging the highest points in states. In Kansas, they rope up in the parking lot, and have a short and level stroll until they get to the pimple of Mount Sunflower.

They do it for laughs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:34 PM (u82oZ)

163 "Where's John Brown?
Posted by: BurtTC"

Amoulderin' in his grave, as I understand.
Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (vFG9F)

Glory, glory hallelujah?

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:35 PM (HtQ7b)

164 There are plenty of pictures of mountaineering groups peak bagging the highest points in states. In Kansas, they rope up in the parking lot, and have a short and level stroll until they get to the pimple of Mount Sunflower.

They do it for laughs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:34 PM (u82oZ)

Damnit! People hitting the high points of all 50 states?

And I pick something lame like visiting all 50 state capitols (and yes, I visited the one in Topeka 10 years ago)….

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 14, 2024 08:38 PM (8sMut)

165 Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches.

Posted by: Josey Wales at March 14, 2024 08:38 PM (4I/2K)

166 Alright I'm back 🛁🪒

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:38 PM (oCjPU)

167 And since nobody's done it yet.....

I saw Tumbleweed Hurricane open for If These Trees Could Talk at the Fargodome in 2012.

https://youtu.be/B8oHoLL0O20

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 08:40 PM (DgGvY)

168 >It doesn't get notably bumpy until you're almost to the Rockies.


the Rockies are known for their bumpiness

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:41 PM (oCjPU)

169 Not sure who recommended Empire of the Summer Moon last week, but it was a fascinating read.

One of the six civilized tribes. Spoiler alert - they weren't always civilized. But neither were those who conquered them.

Posted by: History at March 14, 2024 08:42 PM (InBPA)

170 >>In Kansas, they rope up in the parking lot, and have a short and level stroll until they get to the pimple of Mount Sunflower.



question for the group:

which state has the LOWEST high point

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:42 PM (oCjPU)

171 When learning to cast a fly (I'm still learning) I found it easier to learn with a weight forward line compared to a level line. Inexpensive gear or basic sets should list the type of line installed. Inexpensive gear is definitely the way to start.

FWIW, I have used a fly with ultralight spinning gear. Use a small bobber to get the line out. I swear fish fight harder hooked on a fly. With 2 or 4 pound test line even a bluegill can give excitement.

Posted by: JTB at March 14, 2024 08:43 PM (zudum)

172 Eyeballs pic.
Flat. Ugly. No trees. Yep, that's Kansas alright.
Make sure everyone knows. It ain't even worth passing through.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 14, 2024 08:43 PM (Nj26P)

173 Kansas is the flat-chested sister compared to va-va-voom Colorado, which starts at the Front Range.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:43 PM (u82oZ)

174 Where's John Brown?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:24 PM (6MFzl)
~~~~~

Moulderin' in the grave.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2024 08:43 PM (t0dAX)

175 the Rockies are known for their bumpiness
Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:41 PM (oCjPU)

So are marriages consummated therein.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:44 PM (Uz43I)

176 That cat was clearly a Republican.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 08:44 PM (4p0Xq)

177 Off to find out what happened to Starship.

What a launch!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 14, 2024 08:44 PM (u82oZ)

178 Delaware?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:44 PM (8AONa)

179 178 no

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:46 PM (oCjPU)

180 question for the group:

which state has the LOWEST high point
Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:42 PM (oCjPU)

Gotta be FL.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 08:46 PM (WzQyN)

181 which state has the LOWEST high point

Gotta' be Mississippi. All answers to "who is the lowest" are Mississippi. Kentucky is grateful.

And we'd like all of you from Jersey, Philly, NYC, and such, to leave us in our own filth. Seriously, stay up there. We insist.

Posted by: History at March 14, 2024 08:47 PM (InBPA)

182 "Where's John Brown?
Posted by: BurtTC"

Amoulderin' in his grave, as I understand.
Posted by: fd at March 14, 2024 08:30 PM (vFG9F)


I believe his grave is near that of his descendant, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2024 08:48 PM (CsUN+)

183 which state has the LOWEST high point

Death Valley in CA.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2024 08:48 PM (CsUN+)

184 which state has the LOWEST high point

Death Valley in CA.


Never mind, I misread that.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2024 08:49 PM (CsUN+)

185 >>The smoker is at 248 degrees, the bone end of the butt is at 263, the other end at 269.

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Think you meant to say 163 and 169??

Posted by: Bigsmith at March 14, 2024 08:49 PM (bkqqp)

186 >Gotta be FL.

Posted by: BurtTC


ding ding ding
Come on down and pick up the keys to your NEW BUICK!

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:50 PM (oCjPU)

187 I believe his grave is near that of his descendant, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.

Hence why you don't "back the bully". He ends up looking like jigsaw puzzle with a couple pieces gone.

Nobody on the street ever says "back the Leroy".

Posted by: History at March 14, 2024 08:50 PM (InBPA)

188 Think you meant to say 163 and 169??
Posted by: Bigsmith at March 14, 2024 08:49 PM (bkqqp)


I did. Out to check again.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:51 PM (aD39U)

189 Colorado has the highest low point

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:51 PM (oCjPU)

190 Highest point in Florida is the Sunshine Skyway Bridge!

Just kidding. Probably.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 08:52 PM (+YRf1)

191 Death Valley would probably be the lowest low point

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:52 PM (oCjPU)

192 Colorado has the highest low point

Posted by: Don Black

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The Marijuana laws helped with that

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 14, 2024 08:53 PM (8AONa)

193 @186

>>Come on down and pick up the keys to your NEW BUICK!

Is it a 73 Buick Skylark with PosiTraction? Its gotta have PosiTraction.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)

194 One of the six civilized tribes. Spoiler alert - they weren't always civilized. But neither were those who conquered them.
Posted by: History at

I also have read it.

Highly recommended

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 14, 2024 08:55 PM (D9x5h)

195 From earlier: I'll at least give the Woke WOTC guy credit for honesty. Their diversicrat department would never allow something likable, relatable and enduring like D&D to leave the studio. Think about it, what these sorts put out is not only crap but also totally ephemeral, never lasting beyond the first weekend. It's just a bunch of social media powered Current Things that get instantly dropped as soon as the next Current Thing boards the hype train.

Incidentally, indirect competitor Games Workshop also recently did their own expensive nostalgia book--a re-release of the first edition Warhammer 40,000 rule book. But GW isn't stupid like WOTC so they just got on with it and put the book up for sale on the website without corpo flunkies talking a bunch of smack to impress non-customers. And it was around $60, not $99. Congratulations Wizards, you've managed to outprice freakin' GW.

Posted by: CppThis at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM (PZvjL)

196 Colorado has the highest low point
Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:51 PM (oCjPU)

Funny, because the highest point in Nebraska is a hill close to the Colorado border.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM (MvA9C)

197 168 and 175. The meat needs to pickup the pace.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM (aD39U)

198 Key West is like 4 feet above sea level.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM (4p0Xq)

199 Electra 225

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM (oCjPU)

200 I'd like to go to Patagonia. Looks beautiful.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 08:57 PM (4p0Xq)

201 >Funny, because the highest point in Nebraska is a hill close to the Colorado border.

Posted by: Pug Mahon,


the lowest point in CO is some river at the Kansas state line

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:58 PM (oCjPU)

202 @198

>>Key West is like 4 feet above sea level.

If you can see the Sea, then you are at its level

--
CornFucious

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 08:58 PM (XV/Pl)

203 168 and 175. The meat needs to pickup the pace.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 08:56 PM

Time to beat the meat! Whachya using? pellets? Which kind? Apple? Lump coal? Do tell. I'm doing low carb so it's all carnivore all the time here at Casa Minnfidel.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 08:59 PM (4p0Xq)

204 @Tr00peRR 20m
#NYC
A man was shot in the head with his own gun on a Brooklyn subway

***
Ok, so looks like latino guy and black guy got into a fight. Black guy knocks the Latino into the seats. L guy struggles to get up, black guy pulls a piece while trying to wresting the L back down. Black guy shoots himself in the side of the head.

Even our thugs are incompetent.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 14, 2024 08:59 PM (IG4Id)

205
Where's John Brown?
Posted by: BurtTC


Here he is

https://tinyurl.com/ysvzesx3

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 14, 2024 09:00 PM (63Dwl)

206 Colorado has the highest low point
Posted by: Don Black


Without looking at a map, I would have guessed Idaho, thinking the whole state was "in the Rocky Mountains." But there's a low spot on the Washington border. Only 1/5th as high as Colorado.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 09:00 PM (DgGvY)

207 Anyone here ever smoke a corned beef brisket? I had some at a great place by me. Thinking of trying it. Is it done just like any other brisket? Minus injecting etc. I'm guessing?

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:00 PM (4p0Xq)

208 Come on down and pick up the keys to your NEW BUICK!
----
Is it a 73 Buick Skylark with PosiTraction? Its gotta have PosiTraction.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 08:55 PM (XV/Pl)

Make mine a '65 Riviera:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4x8dus

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2024 09:01 PM (kvTlp)

209 >Funny, because the highest point in Nebraska is a hill close to the Colorado border.

Posted by: Pug Mahon,



Panaroma Point, I think. I've seen pictures. Rolling grasslands all the way to the horizon. I've read it's on some ranchers property. For a small fee, you can scale the mighty peaks of Nebraska largest mountain! Uh, Hill. Whatever. It is about 5700 ft, so it's up there.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 09:02 PM (+YRf1)

210 Funny, because the highest point in Nebraska is a hill close to the Colorado border.

Posted by: Pug Mahon,

What about up north past Omaha? Pretty hilly up there on the IA border approaching Council Bluffs. I drive through NE every year for my Colorado mountain trips. Usually at night, cuz. Not much to see. Nice people though.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (4p0Xq)

211 > Anyone here ever smoke a corned beef brisket?


yes, but it was very difficult rolling it into a joint

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (oCjPU)

212 Actually, a strong case could be made that Wizards has outpriced GW for ages but were simply too subtle to get called out on it.

Git gud at 40k: $1500 in models and paint plus $100 in rule books every few years. Once you have your army it's not going anywhere, give or take a couple of units.

Git gud at Magic: Many thousands of dollars in booster packs, rare cards, and special releases. Constantly refresh your stash for the ever-changing haze of major releases, rule sets, and gameplay formats.

Posted by: CppThis at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (PZvjL)

213 Anyone here ever smoke a corned beef brisket? I had some at a great place by me. Thinking of trying it. Is it done just like any other brisket? Minus injecting etc. I'm guessing?
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:00 PM


https://duckduckgo.com/? hps=1&q=smoked+corned+beef+brisket&ia=web

(remove space)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (a3Q+t)

214 Anyone here ever smoke a corned beef brisket?
Posted by: Minnfidel

Yeah Man, but it's kinda hard to keep lit Man.

Posted by: Tommy Chong at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (yN/vH)

215 >>Key West is like 4 feet above sea level.

The entire chain of keys is the same.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2024 09:04 PM (LkLld)

216 I'll have the '66 Impala SS

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 09:04 PM (oCjPU)

217 216 I'll have the '66 Impala SS
Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 09:04 PM
Black on black with black interior.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:06 PM (NxC5+)

218 Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM

Thanks! Doesn't seem to be much too it. Think i'll throw one on the smoker and give it a go.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:06 PM (4p0Xq)

219 As usual, I'm the only one offering a serious answer.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:07 PM (a3Q+t)

220 Time to beat the meat! Whachya using? pellets? Which kind? Apple? Lump coal? Do tell. I'm doing low carb so it's all carnivore all the time here at Casa Minnfidel.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 08:59 PM (4p0Xq)


I have a Brinkman electric smoker that I put #8 cans full of chips and pellets between the coils. It smokes for about 2 hours between refills.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 09:07 PM (aD39U)

221 Someone the other day said they didn't think Sydney Sweeney had big Yabbos.

If those puppies ain't big then I don't know nothing about big ti**ies.

https://tinyurl.com/2y3hjpng

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 09:08 PM (XV/Pl)

222 Anyone here ever smoke a corned beef brisket?
Posted by: Minnfidel
~~~~~

Pretty sure it's been done. I think they call it pastrami.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2024 09:08 PM (t0dAX)

223 the lowest point in CO is some river at the Kansas state line
Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 08:58 PM (oCjPU)

Probably the Arkansas, which is mostly dry by the time it gets to the border (Irrigation). Along around Lamar it is really slow. Funny, because coming out of the mountains it is a robust river. Its headwaters are a few short miles from the headwaters of the Colorado.

The water laws are so stringent in Colorado that you cannot have a rain-barrel to hold roof drainage on your personal property. Folks downhill need their water.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 14, 2024 09:08 PM (MvA9C)

224 Smoking is an easy way to cook, albeit slow.

Tender meat to 145-155, tough meat to 185-205.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 09:09 PM (aD39U)

225 Just kidding about the black. You'd have to be crazy to own a black vehicle in Texas. Or Florida. I've done both.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:09 PM (NxC5+)

226 Key West is like 4 feet above sea level.

The entire chain of keys is the same.
Posted by: JackStraw


When "at high or low tide?" is relevant to the question of elevation, you're really low.

Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 09:09 PM (DgGvY)

227 Commisar ... You might want to stock up on jars of baby food proteins (such as chicken and turkey) ... These will be gentler on your system than ground poultry in the initial days after surgery ... By themselves these proteins definitely taste blah, but are greatly improved stirred into store-bought already-made basic mashed potatoes ... Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Posted by: Kathy at March 14, 2024 09:09 PM (yG7uN)

228 Evening.

Elon's greatest contribution to Twatter was Community Notes.

Behold!

https://archive.ph/HXK4A

Fox News daht caahhm

Posted by: Robert at March 14, 2024 09:10 PM (NTGBP)

229 I have a Brinkman electric smoker that I put #8 cans full of chips and pellets between the coils. It smokes for about 2 hours between refills.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 14, 2024 09:07 PM

Nice. MMMM, Hungry!

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:10 PM (4p0Xq)

230 Thanks! Doesn't seem to be much too it. Think i'll throw one on the smoker and give it a go.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:06 PM


I'd keep an eye on it, and foil it as it comes out of the stall, maybe even before. Most commercial corned beef briskets have had almost all the fat trimmed away.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:11 PM (a3Q+t)

231 Pretty sure it's been done. I think they call it pastrami.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2024 09:08 PM

If you use the pastrami seasoning, but not all pastrami is smoked I believe.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:12 PM (4p0Xq)

232 I'd go with midnight blue over white

Posted by: Don Black at March 14, 2024 09:12 PM (oCjPU)

233 If it's not too much a bother, I'll have a '64 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolt" with the 427 cid motor.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:12 PM (4I/2K)

234 Posted by: CppThis at March 14, 2024 09:03 PM (PZvjL)

TSR failed because they did not continuously update the ruleset... forcing you to buy new books.

Wiz of Cost, and Games Workshop, figured that out... which is why although I once had both Warhammer, and Warhammer 40K armies? and played D&D for years.... no longer do.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 09:13 PM (xaFKb)

235 I'd keep an eye on it, and foil it as it comes out of the stall, maybe even before. Most commercial corned beef briskets have had almost all the fat trimmed away.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:11 PM

Good point! I rarely trim anything from brisket. Why remove the fat/moisture? Not sure why people do that. I mean yea a little on the fat cap. But some dudes I've seen turn it into venison.

Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:14 PM (4p0Xq)

236 When "at high or low tide?" is relevant to the question of elevation, you're really low.
Posted by: mikeski at March 14, 2024 09:09 PM (DgGvY)

Always wondered, what is Sea Level, when there is a level difference between the Pacific and the Atlantic?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 09:14 PM (xaFKb)

237 >>When "at high or low tide?" is relevant to the question of elevation, you're really low.

During the last hurricane that hit the Keys my friends place in Marathon survived the wind but they had 3 feet of sea water inside the house.

It's a reef that is just a bit above the high water mark. When the seas are up don't be there.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 14, 2024 09:15 PM (LkLld)

238 Mrs. E bakes our corned beef in the oven though we use to cook in in a Dutch oven, it's better baked, falls apart so tender. Mrs. E is half German, the usually scary half.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:15 PM (NxC5+)

239 233 If it's not too much a bother, I'll have a '64 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolt" with the 427 cid motor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:12 P
In white, as GOD intended.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:17 PM (NxC5+)

240 If you use the pastrami seasoning, but not all pastrami is smoked I believe.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:12 PM (4p0Xq)
~~~~~

You may be right. I've never smoked anything (although I do love smoked meat.) But the pastrami guy (Berg's Smoked Meat) in my town told me it's seasoned and smoked.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 14, 2024 09:19 PM (t0dAX)

241 Sea level is whatever they have at Edisto Beach. Or Pawley's Island.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:19 PM (NxC5+)

242 233 If it's not too much a bother, I'll have a '64 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolt" with the 427 cid motor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:12 P
In white, as GOD intended.
Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:17 PM (NxC5+)

Naturally, my brother!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:19 PM (4I/2K)

243 234 Wiz of Cost, and Games Workshop, figured that out... which is why although I once had both Warhammer, and Warhammer 40K armies? and played D&D for years.... no longer do.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 09:13 PM (xaFKb)


One of the arguments that's been made for the rapid collapse of X-Wing is they made a new edition with a well intentioned but somewhat haphazard attempt to let players bring all their old stuff over, at which point the player base decided en masse that they had enough ships and stopped buying new things.

Posted by: CppThis at March 14, 2024 09:20 PM (PZvjL)

244 233 If it's not too much a bother, I'll have a '64 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolt" with the 427 cid motor.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:12 P
In white, as GOD intended.
Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:17 PM (NxC5+)

Naturally, my brother!
Posted by: Count de Monet
---
I wouldn't mind having this 1963 Galaxie

https://tinyurl.com/ycyf5ek6

Jesse built me a model just like this except with red interior.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 14, 2024 09:22 PM (1eY81)

245 Out of state capitals:

Santa Fe is the highest.
Cheyenne is the second highest.
Denver is third highest.

(Insert obligatory pot jokes here)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 14, 2024 09:22 PM (8sMut)

246 https://tinyurl.com/2y3hjpng
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 09:08 PM (XV/Pl)[/i

That needed a Jimmy Fallon warning. Even the two seconds it took to turn the sound off was annoying.

Posted by: spindrift at March 14, 2024 09:23 PM (J8VrE)

247 >> Always wondered, what is Sea Level, when there is a level difference between the Pacific and the Atlantic?

Sea Level is actually *mean sea level".

You define a reference geoid. To a first approximation, you can use a sphere, but that's not accurate enough for precision work. Various "geoids" are defined that define a mean surface on various ellipsoidal models of the Erf.

Elevation figures given by GPS for instance use a standard reference geoid. Other systems may use different geoids.

Here there is a noticeable difference between GPS elevation and the "mean sea level" elevations given on standard references I've noticed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2024 09:23 PM (w6EFb)

248 It put me so off my game I didn't close the tag properly!

Posted by: spindrift at March 14, 2024 09:24 PM (J8VrE)

249 Lowest high point? Louisiana, I believe.

Posted by: Gref at March 14, 2024 09:25 PM (5fDan)

250 249 Lowest high point? Louisiana, I believe.
Posted by: Gref at March 14, 2024 09:25 PM (5fDan)

Highest lowpoint? Oh... wedding day?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 09:26 PM (xaFKb)

251 Good point! I rarely trim anything from brisket. Why remove the fat/moisture? Not sure why people do that. I mean yea a little on the fat cap. But some dudes I've seen turn it into venison.
Posted by: Minnfidel at March 14, 2024 09:14 PM


I trim the fat cap down to ~1/4". Sometimes I'll dig out some of the fat between the point and the flat if it's thick and/or irregular. I do most of my briskets on a WSM with a Brinkmann water pan (2x larger). I've been experimenting w/briskets on a Traeger, that's where our Easter brisket will be done.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2024 09:30 PM (a3Q+t)

252 @246

>>That needed a Jimmy Fallon warning. Even the two seconds it took to turn the sound off was annoying.

Jimmy Fallon was in that clip?

Didn't notice, was distracted by the GIGANTIC BAZOOMBAS!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 09:32 PM (XV/Pl)

253 I grew up in eastern (flat) MT. Directions were given in "cain-sees." A cain-see: you drive as far as you cain see . . .

Posted by: Wenda at March 14, 2024 09:34 PM (G1K9S)

254 That part of the Great Plains is a rollercoaster compared to the part that the Red River of the North drains, up in ND and MN, though.

I grew up at the head of the Red - Wahpeton ND. Flat doesn't describe it. Super duper extra flat is getting closer. Elavation going west is something like 1 inch higher every mile. Epic sunsets, though.

Posted by: 2008 is calling at March 14, 2024 09:34 PM (iNp3L)

255 Didn't notice, was distracted by the GIGANTIC BAZOOMBAS!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 09:32 PM (XV/Pl)

The magic of studio lighting, camera angles, special lenses . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:35 PM (4I/2K)

256 Lowest high point? Louisiana, I believe.
Posted by: Gref at March 14, 2024 09:25 PM (5fDan)

Only #3. Beaten by Delaware, #2, and Florida, #1.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 14, 2024 09:35 PM (tkR6S)

257 @255

>>The magic of studio lighting, camera angles, special lenses .

No dude, even Orson Wells couldn't make A Cups D Cups.

Girl has got some grade a Motor Boaters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 14, 2024 09:37 PM (XV/Pl)

258 . . . wardrobe tricks, gaffer's tape, makeup . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 14, 2024 09:37 PM (4I/2K)

259 I've now seen 3 different MSM articles about a book about the advent of Role Play Games, including D&D... written by a guy who was not old enough to have been there when it started.

Yet... he wants to speak authoritatively ... about rule systems it sounds like, he never even played.

and Yes... WOKE.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2024 09:39 PM (xaFKb)

260 63 1/2 fastback Galaxy. Yes it was that color between beige and purple. A real panty-dropper.

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:42 PM (NxC5+)

261 The ACC Tournament is on the tv at work. Saw that Duke went down in flames against NC State.

(insert Nelson Muntz laugh here)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 14, 2024 09:48 PM (+YRf1)

262 Do all threads on this site become unofficial food threads?

Posted by: TRex at March 14, 2024 09:48 PM (IQ6Gq)

263 Do all threads on this site become unofficial food threads?
Posted by: TRex at March 14, 2024 09:48 PM (IQ6Gq)


I cooked navy beans down with the pan juice from my pseudo-chicken adobo, and to my surprise it made a wonderful navy bean soup.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 14, 2024 09:51 PM (D7oie)

264 Those aren't real. They are stunt boobs developed by dow corning chemical corp.

You are ooglig plastic.

Posted by: Outside of Life at March 14, 2024 09:52 PM (89Sog)

265 'Clean up this mess and hit the rack! Feet on the deck at 0400! Lights out and shut the fcuk up!'
whispers 'Damn, who was that guy?'

Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:52 PM (NxC5+)

266 Tumbleweed Hurricane...OH YES!!

Obama's Marxist Minions will now be going FULL COURT PRESS in all the swing states to manipulate the voting process ONCE AGAIN..(REPUBLICANS? are you once again OFF STEP in this election cycle??)

DAMN IT ALL!!! THIS IS ALL OR NOTHING or CIVIL WAR.

Posted by: Nightwatch at March 14, 2024 09:53 PM (TDvv2)

267 Galaxy 500, 390, 4 barrel, 4 on the floor, positraction, burn down a Super Sport.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 14, 2024 09:54 PM (Q+E4R)

268 Only if there is Pudding

Chocolate.

Posted by: Nightwatch at March 14, 2024 09:55 PM (TDvv2)

269 Do all threads on this site become unofficial food threads?

Food, boobs or movies. Like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 14, 2024 09:55 PM (V8he0)

270 There's a band called Galaxie 500. I only know about them because, ages ago, I looked up what song was used in the Acura "Engineering is Our Art" commercial from the late '90s or thereabouts. Ironic that it's by a band with the name of a Ford.

Good tune anyhow.

https://youtu.be/5Ogf27R2Sbw

The ad.

https://youtu.be/naPtNSN5r-o

Posted by: spindrift at March 14, 2024 09:55 PM (J8VrE)

271 Clean up this mess and hit the rack! Feet on the deck at 0400! Lights out and shut the fcuk up!'
whispers 'Damn, who was that guy?'
Posted by: Eromero at March 14, 2024 09:52 PM


* Pilipino accent *

Aye, aye, Chief! The mess is not so bad, since there were no penguins tonight!

Posted by: AoSHQ Café Stewards at March 14, 2024 09:56 PM (a3Q+t)

272 So, this Mexican chick said, 'you eat nopalitos?' yes, when someone cooks them. She laughed.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 14, 2024 09:57 PM (Q+E4R)

273 Fire roasted FOOD has it's own thread on...wait...sorry.

Posted by: Nightwatch at March 14, 2024 09:57 PM (TDvv2)

274 ONT is open

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 14, 2024 09:59 PM (w3u3d)

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