The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Thread & Prayer Revival

(It also halts my desire to strangle the living bejeebers out of certain people)

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~~Good~~ morning Horde. Hope you are all well this 6th Saturday of the week. Before we enter KT's Prayer Revival, there are a few housekeeping matters to take care of. (Rulz for those of you in Cazenovia)

A. This is an open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate away.
B. Be nice to one another, even the trolls have feelings
C. If you must run with sharp objects stay away from others.
4. Have a great weekend.

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A couple of weeks ago we looked at a $20K coffee maker. How much would you pay for a candy bar? The answer may surprise you. I remember buying a bottle of pop and a candy bar for a quarter. (Get off my lawn!!)

A chocolate bar sold at auction for almost $700.
Among the highlights of a Christie's auction in London in September 2001 was the record-breaking sale of a Cadbury's chocolate bar to an unidentified buyer for a whopping £470 ($687).

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Before we seek sanctuary in the Prayer Revival, there is a big "Thank You" to Annie for compiling the Prayer Revival for us Morons.

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
2/3 -Washington Nearsider has been and remains sincerely grateful for the prayers and well-wishes of the Horde. He has withdrawn his TSP and has enough money left to get through late March – early April. He will accrue debt with the custody hearings which begin 3/6. He has 3 interviews scheduled for the week of 2/5. He is also attempting to expand his custom model building services to bring in additional income by leaning on 20 years of experience building models of all kinds: building planes, tanks, ships, etc. Please contact him through the comments or email Annie’s Stew, and she can send you his direct contact information. He sends his thanks for his daily dose of sanity in an otherwise crazy world, and for the constant stream of wonderful Fani Willis euphemisms.
2/28 Update – Washington Nearsider has learned that this coming Wednesday, he is likely to lose full custody of his two young children until he can replace the salary he lost after being removed from his federal position. While he is still pursuing a higher-level job, he has started working at the local Home Depot, more to keep his children insured than for the wages. He has several more interviews over the coming week or so and hopes that at least one of them will pan out. His savings will run out in about three weeks, and then things have the potential to become extremely difficult; however, three weeks is three weeks, and anything could happen between now and then.
2/3 – Reforger asked for prayers for his Coworker, “D”, a widowed mom of 4 who is having a rough time with daughter #1. The daughter is skipping school, was caught 3 times and now police and social workers are involved. “D” is beside herself. She is having to miss work (and pay) to do probation stuff and keep appointments with “therapists”.
2/10 Update – Reforger reports that Coworker “D” and her daughter are doing better. He also relayed a funny story that ended up with him being able to bless “D” with another $200!
3/2 Update – Coworker D’s daughter had to be incarcerated. She went nuts, trashed her room, broke things, and even kicked a cop. She could use a lot of prayers.
2/3 – Fenelon Spoke asked for “P”, who needs prayers for his return to faith as a Christian. Also, prayers for Pam, who needs continued healing after a pacemaker insertion, are appreciated.
2/24 Update – Please keep praying for “P” and his faith.
2/10 – Berserker-Dragonheads Division is in the hospital. He had a cardiac cath, then was sent straight in for bypass surgery.
2/11 Update – He had 2 arteries 100% blocked, 1 that was 95%, and another that was 80%. So he had a quad. He says the hospital and staff are great.
3/2 Update – He is healing well ahead of schedule.
2/17 – Muldoon humbly asks for prayers for his daughter Michele, for healing. She has suffered for years from severe debilitating migraines that have resulted in her becoming largely withdrawn from society.
2/20 – Lady in Black requested prayers for her stepmother, Bonnie. She was diagnosed with breast cancer 9 years ago. About 2 years ago, it came back and she had a mastectomy. Now she has a lump showing in her lung and is getting ready to have a biopsy. She is depressed and very worried. Any prayers for her would be greatly appreciated.
2/21 – TecumsehTea sends many thanks for the prayers for Pastor Joe. He had his post-surgical followup today. Stitches are out, no radiation or other treatments are needed. In 3 months he will have another MRI.
2/21 – Prayers for the family and friends who mourn the loss of GnuBreed.
2/24 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for Joanne, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4. Prayers are also needed for Karen, Joanne’s niece, who will have to manage things for Joanne (as the closest family member).
2/26 – Alex the Chick reported that Bandersnatch passed away last night.
2/27 – rhennigantx asked for prayers for his friend Tim, who had a stroke on Sunday.
3/9 Update – Prayers are still needed for Tim and his daughters. They are moving Tim to a rehab hospital.
2/29 – DaveT asks for prayers. We had prayed in the past for him, as he was trying to save his cats and his home from repossession (due to a relative who burdened the family home with debt). DaveT is over 65 and is not able to work much. The cats are elderly and one is blind, and the only family he has. Things had turned around and it looked like he was going to be fine last summer, but now a new judge is on the case and seems to want to kick DaveT and the cats out of the house. Please pray. If anyone wants to contribute, Annie’s Stew has the details of his givesendgo.
3/2 – Sa: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at asked for prayers for those affected by the Panhandle wildfires. Many still own their land, but literally nothing else.
3/2 – Eromero thanked the Lord for the many blessings already received, for placing each of us on His path, and for the strength to resist temptation, and for Jesus, who paid for our sins.
3/2 – Matthew Kant Cipher asked for prayers for his SIL, whose brother (late forties) died suddenly/unexpectedly this week.
3/2 – FortWorthMike sent some updates. The good news is that his grand niece, who we prayed for when she was in need of a kidney transplant, celebrated her 5th birthday. She is doing well. She is still trying to learn to eat, as she was tube fed since birth. She has a long journey, but the kid is amazing and FortWorthMike attributes it to the miracle of our prayers finding her a donor. The bad news is, his MIL suffered a fall several months back. He got her through the broken bones, but they found cancer. She has been through chemo and radiation. As she is 87, it took a lot out of her. She could use prayers for strength and healing.
3/2 – Vmom posted and asked for prayers for her pup, who had emergency surgery a couple of weeks ago. He popped a couple of stitches and has to wear the cone for a few more weeks. Also, her husband is having issues recovering from Covid.
3/2 – Artruen asked for prayers for his sister. Her son “Mick” was killed on his motorcycle a few weeks ago on his way to church. Mick was a good man: a proud US Marine (three tours in hot zones), proud American, proud Texan, proud father of two beautiful children. He lived hard and fast and is greatly missed.
3/2 – Fox2! Asked for prayers for Margaret K (to overcome alcoholism), Brooke V (to watch over her, a young woman from a broken family), Janet K (to guide and watch over her and her family).
3/3 – Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards asked for prayers as he is scared to death of some much-needed surgery. Pain, healing, iyiyi! Even the red tape involved in scheduling. Thank you all again!
3/9 – Jim (in Kalifornia) posted that his father-in-law passed away.
3/9 – Mindful webworker posted that his beloved wife (MiladyJo) will be having a second hip replacement. Prayers that this one also goes well, and ends years of terrible pain.
3/9 – Cybersmythe had a job interview. It went well, but he is asking for prayers that it went well enough.
3/9 – RedMindBlueState asked for prayers for her dear friend who miscarried Wednesday. Again.
3/9 – Halfhand asks for prayers and support for her dear friend and former neighbor, Kathleen, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She has undergone a double mastectomy and is healing well. She starts radiation in March and the first reconstruction surgery in April.
3/9 – Emmie sends her thanks to the Horde for their prayers on behalf of Mr. Bassman as he recovers from knee replacement. He’s doing great! He is dedicated to his PT routines.
3/9 – Hadrian the Seventh asked for prayers for Her Majesty, who is having knee replacement surgery. He’d like prayers for a successful operation, but also an uneventful recovery. Her previous surgery in 2019 (on the other knee) was marked by great pain and the effect of the medication was terrible.
3/9 – Piper sent news about her daughter and her eye issue. Her doctor said the MRI results were everything they hoped for, that he knew the radiologist and trusts the reading. At this point, they will wait 6 months and then check again. But he said they should celebrate – doctor’s orders!
3/9 – Dr_No asked for prayers for his daughter, Megan. We had prayed for her in 2021, when she had cancer. Her cancer is still in remission, but she has blood clots in her lungs. She went to the local ER, where they said everything was normal. She sent a message to her PCP, to ask her to review the situation. She is still weak, and gets tired if a conversation lasts more than 1-2 sentences. Please pray that she be restored to full health. Thanks once again to the Horde for the help.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:20 AM

Comments

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1 Thank you, MisHum

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 08:21 AM (a1415)

2 MisHum,

The entire prayer list links to a Cadberry ad.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 08:22 AM (a1415)

3 any time

Posted by: Ciampino - 10 rations = 1 decoration at March 16, 2024 08:24 AM (qfLjt)

4 Fixed.

Thanks

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 08:24 AM (a1415)

5 Willowed already!
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Good morning all! Happy Saturday!
Posted by: jewells

Good morning Jewells!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:24 AM (89dLg)

6 I don't ever wanna feel
like I did that day

Posted by: A troll under the bridge at March 16, 2024 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

7
(It also halts my desire to strangle the living bejeebers out of certain people)

I hear ya. Some scary stuff on Twitter/X this morning which I will not repeat as I don't want to put anyone in a bummer on this fine weekend. But some people in this world need strangling.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 08:25 AM (RKVpM)

8 Yo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 08:26 AM (Q4IgG)

9 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at March 16, 2024 08:26 AM (sE4sa)

10 7
(It also halts my desire to strangle the living bejeebers out of certain people)

I hear ya. Some scary stuff on Twitter/X this morning which I will not repeat as I don't want to put anyone in a bummer on this fine weekend. But some people in this world need strangling.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 08:25 AM (RKVpM)

I appreciate that DBZ, too early and not enough go-go juice in me to hear about the outside world.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:26 AM (QXQ4l)

11 Ah, the Prayer Thread. It's been a good week. Took the youngest to Reconciliation Wednesday evening at the downtown parish and we walked over to Cane's and got carryout. I'm trying to make worship more joyful by including side trips.

Light penance, too, which was nice.

Thursday cut out of work to take in a daily Mass (per my Lenten vows) at the neighborhood parish with the attached school. Love watching the kids because it reminds me of when mine were that age.

I found a photo from that era and observed over dinner last night that those were the days when we actually liked each other, which got a laugh.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (llXky)

12 carried over:

"After reading this article from the Daily Signal, I'm more inclined to believe that the judge in Atlanta is brilliant and despises the wayward Big Fani prosecutor."

Three dimensional chess strategy demands that you pass up an opportunity for checkmate in favor of somebody else maybe coming along later to do it.

Posted by: fd at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

13 For some unknown reason our new drip coffee maker has a selector switch on the side of the basket for full drip or no drip. If it is inadvertently set to "no drip" the water is heated and drips into the basket, but the outlet valve from the basket doesn't allow any water to drip into the carafe, causing the basket to fill up and overflow and drip all over the counter top, carrying coffee grounds everywhere. What a dumb feature.

This is how I started my day.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (991eG)

14 Good morning horde prayers up for all.

Did we ever find out what happened to bander?

Posted by: blaster at March 16, 2024 08:28 AM (IFNME)

15 Good morning. I've been trying to get in the habit of praying on the spot. When a person comes to mind, I immediately say a short prayer for them. It's been helpful.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 08:28 AM (SfhV1)

16 Making my second cup now

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 16, 2024 08:28 AM (ENQN6)

17 I have beef jerky.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2024 08:28 AM (sE4sa)

18 Prayers for the Horde's intentions both spoken and held in their hearts.
God's will be done.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:29 AM (89dLg)

19 And if that's the worst thing that happens today I will count it as a good day.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:29 AM (991eG)

20 A thick, original, made in Ireland, Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar is worth .... priceless. It's Unobtanium material.

Posted by: Ciampino - 52 cards = 1 decacards at March 16, 2024 08:29 AM (qfLjt)

21 Good morning again dear horde and thanks annie and mh and to you morons for your prayers

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

22 "This is how I started my day."

It's still better than waking up next to Fani Willis.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 08:30 AM (a1415)

23 A thick, original, made in Ireland, Cadbury Milk Chocolate bar is worth .... priceless. It's Unobtanium material.
Posted by: Ciampino

We took the Cadbury factory tour in Dunedin N.Z. it was a fine day to smell and taste chocolate.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:32 AM (89dLg)

24 Willowed...

> Did someone here mention that they thought their CPAP machine had been hacked? It was a while ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 08:33 AM (Q4IgG)

25
It's still better than waking up next to Fani Willis.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

That is a gross thought, and now I have to go make another pot of coffee to purge it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:33 AM (89dLg)

26 >>It's still better than waking up next to Fani Willis.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 08:30 AM (a1415)
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Now you went and done it. No breakfast for me.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 16, 2024 08:33 AM (SQmE5)

27
> Did someone here mention that they thought their CPAP machine had been hacked? It was a while ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 08:33 AM

I remember reading it but I don't know who it was.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 08:34 AM (RKVpM)

28 Bit of good news. One of the agents assigned to my F-i-L's missing person (homicide) case worked for many years in Colo Spgs alongside Joe Kenda (the Homicide Hunter) and is credited with having cleared up over 100 cold case homicides/missing incidents. Bodes well.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:35 AM (991eG)

29 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:35 AM (9yWhg)

30 I see Germany is still quickly falling to the religion of Satan:

“By decorating during Ramadan, the city of Frankfurt is sending an important signal to Muslims and appreciates the people of Muslim faith in this city,” the governing German Green Party wrote in an application to the city council last year.

“They are lights of togetherness, against reservations, against discrimination, against anti-Muslim racism, and also against anti-Semitism,” said Frankfurt Mayor Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg, of the same party.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2024 08:35 AM (oZMsk)

31 That sounds promising, Muldoon.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 08:36 AM (SfhV1)

32 Yes, it was my CPAP that got hacked

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

33 13 For some unknown reason our new drip coffee maker has a selector switch on the side of the basket for full drip or no drip. If it is inadvertently set to "no drip" the water is heated and drips into the basket, but the outlet valve from the basket doesn't allow any water to drip into the carafe, causing the basket to fill up and overflow and drip all over the counter top, carrying coffee grounds everywhere. What a dumb feature.

This is how I started my day.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (991eG)
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That's so if you are impatient or in a hurry for that cup, you may remove the carafe and fill your cup, without the machine dripping coffee all over the counter. Supposedly for use for a short time (filling a cup time) and not forgetting about it. Now mine has it built-in the outlet above the carafe: if one removes the carafe, the valve drops and stops flow.

Posted by: Ciampino - 52 cards = 1 decacards, no joker at March 16, 2024 08:36 AM (qfLjt)

34 Bodes well.
Posted by: Muldoon

Unless you are the one who did it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2024 08:38 AM (oZMsk)

35 We took the Cadbury factory tour in Dunedin N.Z. it was a fine day to smell and taste chocolate.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

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Oh boy! If I took that tour I would lag behind the tour group, then sneak off and find a hiding place until closing time, then come out and wallow in chocolate all night (avoiding the night watchman), then rejoin the next day's tour group to make my exit.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:38 AM (991eG)

36 13 For some unknown reason our new drip coffee maker has a selector switch on the side of the basket for full drip or no drip. If it is inadvertently set to "no drip" the water is heated and drips into the basket, but the outlet valve from the basket doesn't allow any water to drip into the carafe, causing the basket to fill up and overflow and drip all over the counter top, carrying coffee grounds everywhere. What a dumb feature.

This is how I started my day.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (991eG)

Slides a big butt roll of Bounty The Quicker Picker Upper to my Punster friend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:39 AM (QXQ4l)

37 *searches xhamster*

Posted by: CPAP machine at March 16, 2024 08:39 AM (R4t5M)

38 > Yes, it was my CPAP that got hacked
Posted by: San Franpsycho
________

The actual machine?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 08:40 AM (Q4IgG)

39 Good morning horde

Leftover coffee and apple pie soon

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2024 08:40 AM (fwDg9)

40 Unless you are the one who did it.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

********

That's the whole idea.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:40 AM (991eG)

41 Reeses white chocolate/ peanut butter eggs with coffee is not a bad start to the day. Have to start early to get my quota of Easter candy.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 08:40 AM (6ZY4c)

42 Good morning again. Good morning AZ Deplorable.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 08:42 AM (iF0sF)

43 41 Reeses white chocolate/ peanut butter eggs with coffee is not a bad start to the day. Have to start early to get my quota of Easter candy.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 08:40 AM (6ZY4c)

Now if it were dark chocolate you would have too much of my attention.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:42 AM (QXQ4l)

44
Slides a big butt roll of Bounty The Quicker Picker Upper to my Punster friend.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

What a giver!
MisHum comes to the rescue as the coffee consumption brings energy and makes him happy!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:43 AM (89dLg)

45 My mom used to tell us about her first job, as a HS kid. Whitman's chocolate. She said they had an all-you-can-eat policy for line workers. She also said after the first day of totally pigging out, no one ate anything. Smart managers.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 16, 2024 08:43 AM (XLbej)

46 Morning.

I has coffee.

I'm also hauling coffee.

Coffee coffee coffee.

Time to roll.

Later!

Posted by: Robert at March 16, 2024 08:43 AM (tSsdA)

47 Good morning everyone and thank you for your prayers for my friend.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 16, 2024 08:44 AM (fRfT8)

48 Morning all. Today will be a clinic on the less glamorous side of making maple syrup: cleaning and sanitizing everything prior to storing it for next year. Yay.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 16, 2024 08:44 AM (ER9HB)

49 Speaking of coffee, King Harv is kinda creeping me out.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 16, 2024 08:44 AM (dg+HA)

50 >>> 43
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Now if it were dark chocolate you would have too much of my attention.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:42 AM (QXQ4l)

I *did* make both 'standard' and dark chocolate brownies at the TXMoMee last year. Hopefully you can make it this year ;P

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 08:44 AM (llON8)

51 Great breakfast Ben Had.
I would be in trouble with the better half if I brought a bunch of milk chocolate in to the house. (No matter how much I bought in it would not last long!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:45 AM (89dLg)

52 Good morning, all. Yeah, even you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2024 08:45 AM (4I/2K)

53 Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 08:27 AM (991eG)

What kind of coffee maker do you have?

Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2024 08:46 AM (88xKn)

54 I actually miss King Harv's former ads. This one reminds me of an insane clown. Bring back the bugs.
Ben Had, nope on the white chocolate and yes to MH on the dark. While a teen I had acne and the belief then was chocolate aggravated it. Yes, I was given lots of white chocolate and will spend the rest of my life making up for it with dark chocolate.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 16, 2024 08:46 AM (2NHgQ)

55 Reeses white chocolate/ peanut butter eggs with coffee is not a bad start to the day

Breakfast of champions!!

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 08:47 AM (iF0sF)

56 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)

57 Today will be a clinic on the less glamorous side of making maple syrup: cleaning and sanitizing everything prior to storing it for next year. Yay.
Posted by: Muad'dib

Is the sap running/collection already done?
This is just a clinic, a 'how to' for the end of season, right?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (89dLg)

58 Yes, usage and identity data was stolen. I got a standard notice from Phillips and a year of free credit monitoring.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

59 Liked the Whitman all you can eat policy. My English grandfather reached SF three days after the quake in 1906. He found several jobs, including scraping fallen brick, but for awhile he worked at the Ghirardelli factory, hand-dipping chocolates. My dad said that after that, chocolate was never Grampy's favorite flavor.

Prayers up for all. Happy weekend.

Posted by: skywch at March 16, 2024 08:49 AM (uqhmb)

60 Muldoon @ 35-
Yeah , like they’d not the additional hottentot amongst them.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 08:49 AM (o2ZRX)

61 jewells, good mornin, darlin.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 08:49 AM (6ZY4c)

62 50 >>> 43
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Now if it were dark chocolate you would have too much of my attention.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:42 AM (QXQ4l)

I *did* make both 'standard' and dark chocolate brownies at the TXMoMee last year. Hopefully you can make it this year ;P
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 08:44 AM (llON

I bet they were great.

I really hope to attend this year with a new knee.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 08:49 AM (QXQ4l)

63 #58 -WTF???

Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2024 08:50 AM (KAi1n)

64 48 I imagine the logistics of shipping all that maple syrup to CBD are pretty challenging, too.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:50 AM (9yWhg)

65 Maud'dib, hugs, Brother.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (6ZY4c)

66 This entire "editorial" is weapons grade:

DeSantis sends state troopers to halt Florida spring break crime. What about Trump's Mar-a-Lago?
Spring break in Florida is far less harmful to the average Floridian than the annual spring session of the Florida Legislature.
Frank Cerabino
Palm Beach Post

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (oZMsk)

67 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)
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If I don't use it regularly they will know and insurance will stop paying for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

68 45 My mom used to tell us about her first job, as a HS kid. Whitman's chocolate. She said they had an all-you-can-eat policy for line workers. She also said after the first day of totally pigging out, no one ate anything. Smart managers.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 16, 2024 08:43 AM (XLbej)

Morning all. Prayers up.
My parents used to tell us the story of how they got together.
Both were working as "worm counters". Not sure what the eating rule was but dad being the guy he was dumped a bucket of worms over my moms head.
They were together for 60 years after that until dads passing.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 08:53 AM (B705c)

69 Neighbor did you set a date/time/place on Church St?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

70 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Well, now I am out of Bustelo. It's going to be the legacy of Mrs. Olson, Virginia Christine, for a little while. Folgers-it's mountain-growned, you know.

Posted by: Buying What's On Sale at March 16, 2024 08:53 AM (V5BDR)

71
I really hope to attend this year with a new knee.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Your knee is in my prayers too, for both pain control now and a successful op and recovery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (89dLg)

72 My favorite mug?

Don’t hold it against me but I have a good sized collection of Starbucks coffee cups. My Berlin coffee cup that I bought at the Pariser Platz/Unter den Linden Starbucks in 2013 is sitting on the Keurig machine as we speak. (I have four Berlin Starbucks coffee cups, and a cup I bought at the Hauscam Checkpoint Charlie…a credit to my obsession with Berlin that began 40 years ago.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (8sMut)

73 Back to bed. I gotta help someone move to reno in a few hours.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (KAi1n)

74 >>> 66
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Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (oZMsk)

So that leftard is going to move out of FL, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (llON8)

75 But…my favorite coffee cup, I barely use. I guard it with my life. It is my Starbucks coffee cup…from Sydney.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 08:55 AM (8sMut)

76 Ok, here's my coffee quirk. Wallymart sells a store brand (Great Value) bar of baking chocolate. It's different from all the other brands of baking chocolate on the shelf in that the ingredients are listed as simply "chocolate liquor."
I break it up into little pieces (~1/2" square) and put one in each cup of coffee.
No, it doesn't dissolve all the way despite vigorous stirring, but it leaves a delicious residue at the bottom of my favorite Shenandoah National Park coffee mug which I may (or may not) extract with a deft swipe of my index finger as a dessert treat at the end of my morning caffeine infusion.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 16, 2024 08:56 AM (dg+HA)

77 Good morning...finally made my cold quinoa salad for the Church soup/pasta dinner last night. I moved away from a true tabbouleh (I made myself one the week before and decided while I don't mind parsley in that quantity, it may ping the bitter level for too many people) and turned it more Mediterranean. It was a huge hit. So, it's another "put it on the rotation for next year when it's hot again" dish...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 16, 2024 08:56 AM (exHjb)

78 >>> 67 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)
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If I don't use it regularly they will know and insurance will stop paying for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

Ugh, good to know.

Stupid #$)*^*( commies wanting everything online...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 08:56 AM (llON8)

79 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?
__________

Newer ones are. Mine is. As San Franpsycho said, his usage (compliance) and ID was stolen.

I think my CPAP supplier was hacked, not my device. I got a well crafted email from them a couple days ago saying I had two invoices that would be billed to my credit card on file with them.

I haven't placed an order with them since January.

The email was very well crafted... proper logo, fonts, reply emails, etc. The only thing about it was a button to "change payment type." That doesn't typically appear.

I called the company and they were clueless.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 08:57 AM (Q4IgG)

80 I really hope to attend this year with a new knee.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Pictures Melanie singing "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a Brand New Knee"

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (T4tVD)

81 But…my favorite coffee cup, I barely use. I guard it with my life. It is my Starbucks coffee cup…from Sydney.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 08:55 AM (8sMut)
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She gave you a mug? What's the cup size?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (llXky)

82 My coffee mug is the classic retro breakfast diner mug. It's heavy.

Posted by: dantesed at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (88xKn)

83 15 Good morning. I've been trying to get in the habit of praying on the spot. When a person comes to mind, I immediately say a short prayer for them. It's been helpful.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 08:28 AM (SfhV1)

Funny--this is my modus operandi. I say drive-by prayers all day long. I am trying to get in that habit of making time daily for more focused prayer.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (OX9vb)

84 73 Back to bed. I gotta help someone move to reno in a few hours.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (KAi1n)

Bad choice. Move to Carson City instead. Reno is so close to hell you can see Sparks.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 08:59 AM (B705c)

85 73 Back to bed. I gotta help someone move to reno in a few hours.

Just to watch him die?

Posted by: Cash Cow at March 16, 2024 09:00 AM (V5BDR)

86 Yes, usage and identity data was stolen. I got a standard notice from Phillips and a year of free credit monitoring.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

-

Ah yes, the illusion of security.

Be sure to enable triple-level authentication and change your password to a 26 character format including at least three symbols each month to help prevent this from happening on our servers at our corporate headquarters!

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 16, 2024 09:00 AM (Wg1x4)

87 My favorite coffee mug has this place called AoSHQ all over it. Don't ever touch my cup.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:00 AM (6ZY4c)

88 64 48 I imagine the logistics of shipping all that maple syrup to CBD are pretty challenging, too.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:50 AM (9yWhg)

Ship from Quebec direct to CBD’s abode as it should be relatively close.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:01 AM (8sMut)

89 I say drive-by prayers all day long.

Drive-by prayers! Yes - what a good way to put it.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 09:01 AM (SfhV1)

90 So that leftard is going to move out of FL, right?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (llON

No, Frank has been a writer for sometime from the Miami Herald to the Palm Beach Post. Lefty icon down there with all the other yankee carpetbaggers who steal everything they can from their fellow Americans in taxes, fly Old Glory outside they houses and proclaim how patriotic they are while spending most of their social security checks at those Rub N Tugs that Bob Kraft likes. Hardcore democrat perverts.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2024 09:01 AM (R/m4+)

91 Public service announcement: I was over on Steinel Ammo looking for .32 S&W (short) and I saw that they've got .455 Eley ammo for 'shaved' Webleys at very affordable prices. It's actually downloaded .45 ACP. I bought a bunch, probably enough for several years.

No 8x22 Nambu though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:01 AM (llXky)

92 39 and a cinnamon bagel

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2024 09:02 AM (fwDg9)

93 Reforger, good one! Lived in Carson City long ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:02 AM (6ZY4c)

94 I'm also hauling coffee.

Posted by: Robert at March 16, 2024 08:43 AM (tSsdA)

Thank you!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 09:02 AM (OX9vb)

95 She gave you a mug? What's the cup size?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (llXky)

Time to disappoint.

The capital of New South Wales, not the actress.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:03 AM (8sMut)

96 I've got one for all the praying types. An older buddy of mine has been generally unhealthy for a while now and just got over the flu but now has pneumonia.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 16, 2024 09:03 AM (Wg1x4)

97 On the bright side at least doctors are allowed to give antibiotics to elderly people with pneumonia this election year.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 16, 2024 09:04 AM (Wg1x4)

98
Funny--this is my modus operandi. I say drive-by prayers all day long. I am trying to get in that habit of making time daily for more focused prayer.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (OX9vb)
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I say prayers during my morning commute, using variable decades of Hail Marys depending on distance. When dropping a kid at middle school, 3 decades. High school was 2 decades. Going to work from home is just 1 decade, but on drill weekeds I might go much bigger, 4 or 5.

I also do at least 1 Rosary a week.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:04 AM (llXky)

99 Moron Robbie, prayers ascending.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:04 AM (6ZY4c)

100 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:05 AM (5HQE5)

101 Beautiful day, coffee, toast and chocolate chip cookies for breakfast.
A fine start.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:06 AM (4780s)

102 Heading to Chicagoland to look at rocks, jade, and Sue the dinosaur.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 16, 2024 09:06 AM (SJU1R)

103 Moron Robbie - sorry to hear that your friend is in bad health. Will pray.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 09:06 AM (SfhV1)

104 I failed last week but Imma try again to whine up some pancakes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 09:07 AM (RIvkX)

105 Muldoon, I think this is your spring to lay old questions to rest. Good luck.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:07 AM (4780s)

106 101 Y’all have too much sweet stuff for breakfast. I need animal protein in the morning — eggs, bacon, ham, cheese, etc.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:08 AM (9yWhg)

107 The capital of New South Wales, not the actress.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:03 AM (8sMut)
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The thing about her is that she's gives a very wholesome "girl next door" kind of vibe, which we haven't seen in years. Every actress has to be a bitchy authority figure. In my most recent column I pointed out that a 90-minute documentary of Sweenty taking swim lessons would out-earn The Marvels and Madame Web combined.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:08 AM (llXky)

108 Just watched the UN building rot away and collapse on an episode of "after people". It was pretty awesome with a cup of coffee.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2024 09:08 AM (VwHCD)

109 106 101 Y’all have too much sweet stuff for breakfast. I need animal protein in the morning — eggs, bacon, ham, cheese, etc.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

You forgot grits!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:09 AM (rOtXe)

110 NOOD......*

*
That's what my favorite coffee cup says on the inside bottom.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 09:09 AM (a1415)

111 >>Benefits of drinking coffee

Peculiar-smelling urine.

(see also asparagus, artichoke)

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:09 AM (5HQE5)

112 Muldoon, I think this is your spring to lay old questions to rest. Good luck.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:07 AM (4780s)
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Amen to that! I have to say that this year feels very different from the last few. I have this strange sense of optimism, that the tide has turned and that will things are going to get crazier, it will all work out in the end. Maybe it's a function of my zany faith journey, over-exposure to holy relics or sleep deprivation from the grandkids being here, but it's undeniable.

Going through the day I just get weird moments of satisfaction for no apparent reason. I told my confessor I just feel different and I can't explain it or accurately describe it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:11 AM (llXky)

113 >>> 108 Just watched the UN building rot away and collapse on an episode of "after people". It was pretty awesome with a cup of coffee.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2024 09:08 AM (VwHCD)

Is there a series "SMOD attacks"? I'd like to see the UN episode of that one.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (llON8)

114 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (6ZY4c)

115 93 Reforger, good one! Lived in Carson City long ago.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:02 AM (6ZY4c)

60,000 people now and a median home price of $500,000 in Carson.
It's getting to big for my tastes but I'm bought in so I ain't going anywhere. Still way better than Reno though. I don't even go there anymore unless I have to. Traffic is a nightmare.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (B705c)

116 I can't explain it or accurately describe it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:11 AM (llXky)

Might it be contentment?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (SfhV1)

117 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (6ZY4c)

Oh dear.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 09:13 AM (SfhV1)

118 I have no idea how I missed it, but I just found out Tina Turner died.

I almost never care when celebrities die, but she was one of my favorites. RIP.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 16, 2024 09:13 AM (0FoWg)

119 114 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (6ZY4c)

Now your TV only allows you to view squeaky clean religious channels. right?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:14 AM (rOtXe)

120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'? I give you
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ......

Posted by: Ciampino - not an earworm at March 16, 2024 09:14 AM (qfLjt)

121 No 8x22 Nambu though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:01 AM (llXky)

Last batch of 8mm Nambu I got was from Buffalo Arms. Still have about 50 rounds. The Type 26 is a nice soft shooter.

https://www.buffaloarms.com/

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2024 09:14 AM (R/m4+)

122 Did that candy bar by chance have a golden ticket inside the wrapper?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:14 AM (rKMQG)

123 I think it really does boil down to how you look at things. Bad stuff happens and its annoying, sometimes tragic, but God who is the source of all love is always with us. Sometimes things have to happen a certain way to bring forth greater goodness.

Suffering brings us closer to God and strengthens our faith. A world of plenty, infinite pleasures and endless entertainment has made us the most miserable society in history. We can't wait to kill ourselves and beg the government to help us (see Canada, Netherlands, etc.).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:15 AM (llXky)

124 114 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (6ZY4c)

Haha, I have a bad habit of not checking my pockets before tossing it all in the wash. Usually it's coins, rocks, or oddities I've found on my walks. But I washed the electronic key fob last week. Mr. Dmlw! was not amused. Thankfully, it still worked.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 09:15 AM (OX9vb)

125 *looks at thread pic*
*goes to make coffee*\

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 09:16 AM (DpEcY)

126 Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (B705c)

Friend lives in Dayton NV (not that far from Carson CIty) and said there's a big building boom there now from all the ex-Californios moving in to escape Gruesome.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:17 AM (rOtXe)

127 Might it be contentment?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (SfhV1)
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I suppose so, and yet there's a lot of nonsense going on with my life, which is the strange thing. In former days, I'd be bitching about my domestic situation, all the debt I incurred because of my (ex) son-in-law, current events being awful, etc., but I'm now just seeing good where I didn't before.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:18 AM (llXky)

128 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

129 >>> 126 Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (B705c)

Friend lives in Dayton NV (not that far from Carson CIty) and said there's a big building boom there now from all the ex-Californios moving in to escape Gruesome.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:17 AM (rOtXe)

Unpossible! CA is the state all others aspire to be like!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 09:18 AM (llON8)

130 Don't forget, today is the day to honor Rachel Corrie with a stack of pancakes.

Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2024 09:19 AM (QOl1C)

131 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

Every day! Good morning, NaCly!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 09:19 AM (OX9vb)

132 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Yesterday had lunch with Jewells45. My wife and I had a great time at an excellent Italian restaurant.

I got to say hi to her stalwart husband, and did not get my ankles bitten by the fierce and protective Moose.

She says hi to all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

133 I completely missed the sad news about Bandersnatch until today.
Was he sick or was it an accident?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 09:21 AM (DpEcY)

134 Y’all have too much sweet stuff for breakfast. I need animal protein in the morning — eggs, bacon, ham, cheese, etc.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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That's the work day breakfast. Preferably at a diner.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:21 AM (4780s)

135 {jewells} how is your battle going?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 09:22 AM (RIvkX)

136 {{{Dash my lace wigs! }}}

Note the proper hand placement and quick release. Don't want to anger Thor, I mean Mr. Dmlw!

♪ Good morning to you! ♫

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

137 NaCly, what a lovely way to spend the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (6ZY4c)

138 Don't forget, today is the day to honor Rachel Corrie with a stack of pancakes.

Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2024 09:19 AM (QOl1C)

Damn, I had pancakes yesterday. The food nazi isn't going to let me have them again today.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (VwHCD)

139 Friend lives in Dayton NV (not that far from Carson CIty) and said there's a big building boom there now from all the ex-Californios moving in to escape Gruesome.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:17 AM (rOtXe)

Most of that construction is supposed to be housing for Tesla and Panasonic employees. Yeah Californians are snatching it up and forcing prices into stupid expensive ranges.
Bet they love all the pick-ups with FJB and Trump flags in the beds.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (B705c)

140 Unpossible! CA is the state all others aspire to be like!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2024 09:18 AM (llON

I told her she must be mistaken about them being from CA and that it had to be Texans that were moving to NV!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (rOtXe)

141 Thanks Salty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 09:23 AM (RIvkX)

142 I wrote about this before, but the thought just occurred to me again. What if Covid-19 really was a super-deadly disease? We still have no idea how many Chinese died because covering up disasters is a trait the Chinese have developed over 2,500 years. They're experts at pushing official lies.

So what if it was awful, and all the hysterical bumbling countermeasure were really necessary and then God withheld His hand because we prayed like maniacs. Does anyone remember that? Eucharistic processions, special devotions, outdoor services - they closed the church doors but they opened up our faith.

And we learned so much, didn't we? The veil was rent in two, and now there is a surge of faith that no one expected or could have predicted. Public schools were utterly exposed and religious ones are being overrun with student applications.

I'm increasingly seeing the world in a radically different way, and I rather enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (llXky)

143 RIP Dayton NV

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (Wg1x4)

144 120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'? I give you
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ......
--
Well that obviously piqued no interest.
How about
Aqua - Barbie Girl ?

Posted by: Ciampino - not an earworm either at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (qfLjt)

145 >>120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'? I give you Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ......Posted by: Ciampino - not an earworm at March 16, 2024 09:14 AM (qfLjt)

Mahna Mahna.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (5HQE5)

146 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.
Posted by: Ben Had
=====
Try all the tricks. Change the batteries. Bury it in white rice for 24 hours. Bake in oven.
Keep us informed.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:25 AM (4780s)

147 Salty!

Sounds like a wonderful day was had by all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 16, 2024 09:25 AM (a1415)

148 Back around November, 2003 I drove my wife, her girls, another mom and her daughter from Mountain View, CA to Reno, NV for a cheerleading thing.

Horrible drive. Did Thanksgiving at the hotel. That was miserable too. The whole town reeks of desperation and cheap booze.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 09:25 AM (Q4IgG)

149 Alex the Chick reported that Bandersnatch passed away last night.

What! Oh no!
Prayers to the family.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

150 fd I have played 4 player chess but it's not common game

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2024 09:26 AM (fwDg9)

151 I love the Ruby Mountains and Minden Valley in Nevada.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:26 AM (6ZY4c)

152 I missed that news about Bander

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (RIvkX)

153 It's getting to big for my tastes but I'm bought in so I ain't going anywhere. Still way better than Reno though. I don't even go there anymore unless I have to. Traffic is a nightmare.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (B705c)

How about Panther Valley?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (0eaVi)

154 144 120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'? I give you
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ......
--
Well that obviously piqued no interest.
How about
Aqua - Barbie Girl ?

Posted by: Ciampino - not an earworm either at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (qfLjt)

Las Ketchup--Asereje
https://youtu.be/V0PisGe66mY

Macarena

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (ynpvh)

155 "Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

Luke 8:50

Posted by: Marcus T at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (8R679)

156 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'?
---
Anything by Michael Bolton. The fastest timed human action during the 1990s was my hand moving from the steering wheel to the radio whenever his songs came on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:28 AM (llXky)

157 Alex the Chick reported that Bandersnatch passed away last night.

What! Oh no!
Prayers to the family.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

May he Rest in Peace !

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 09:28 AM (T4tVD)

158 152 I missed that news about Bander

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (RIvkX)

Apparently Feb 26th. He's on the sidebar.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

159
Side lighting with a strong light source over an area of lawn cut very short at dusk might reveal some textural issues. If someone disturbed a grassy area with a shovel and buried something it's doubtful they would have spent the time to level, rake, and seed the area to the same level of detail as was originally there.

It might just be confirmation of something.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 09:29 AM (RKVpM)

160 Amen to that! I have to say that this year feels very different from the last few. I have this strange sense of optimism, that the tide has turned and that will things are going to get crazier, it will all work out in the end.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I hope you're right. I wake up and within moments am depressed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:30 AM (rKMQG)

161 . Good luck.
Posted by: From about that Time

*******

Thanks. I appreciate all good wishes.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:30 AM (991eG)

162 Divide by Zero,

Scott Pressler is a one man registration dynamo. Has also done several cleanups in Baltimore. He's done training classes in many states on registering new voters. And he has a plan for ballot harvesting. Has been registering folks at guns shows of all places. Got no recognition from Ronna but the Trump family has noticed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (yeEu9)

163 142
And we learned so much, didn't we? The veil was rent in two, and now there is a surge of faith that no one expected or could have predicted. Public schools were utterly exposed and religious ones are being overrun with student applications.

I'm increasingly seeing the world in a radically different way, and I rather enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (llXky)
----
Churches are still being closed.

Posted by: Ciampino - wishfull thinking perhaps? at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

164 156 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'?
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Anything by Michael Bolton. The fastest timed human action during the 1990s was my hand moving from the steering wheel to the radio whenever his songs came on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:28 AM (llXky)

You sound like my wife. Here ire was more that he sang a couple of songs (she liked, he wrote) that were previously sung by other artists (she liked).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (ynpvh)

165 How about Panther Valley?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (0eaVi)

My wifes family owned it in the 80's.
Lost it in a lawsuit and it is almost full now.
Every valley North is filling up and 395 going south into Reno is a parking lot every morning.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (B705c)

166 I wrote about this before, but the thought just occurred to me again. What if Covid-19 really was a super-deadly disease?...
So what if it was awful, and all the hysterical bumbling countermeasure were really necessary and then God withheld His hand because we prayed like maniacs.

-

I like this thought a lot, especially now that it's come out that - as mentioned above - doctors were apparently prevented by our government from prescribing antibiotics to elderly people suffering from pneumonia so that they would die en masse. Remember the whole "recommended FDA COVID treatment protocol" requirements?

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459187/

The government and doctors had to purposely kill people because prayers worked.

I like that for what it means spiritually. Very much not for the other part, but spiritually that's awesome.

Posted by: Moron Robbie- 80% positives in a mate to a man is a soulmate, the same 80% to a woman is settling at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (Wg1x4)

167 Ben Had

Trying to kill your TV remote is like a divine sign that most TV today sucks time from your life.

My wife watches, I do not. She is a Wheel of Fortune expert, and has a coterie of favorite male weatherman, like her old crush on Jim Cantore. Every once in a while I ask her if she has a new favorite tight end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

168 163 142
And we learned so much, didn't we? The veil was rent in two, and now there is a surge of faith that no one expected or could have predicted. Public schools were utterly exposed and religious ones are being overrun with student applications.

I'm increasingly seeing the world in a radically different way, and I rather enjoy it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (llXky)
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Churches are still being closed.

Posted by: Ciampino - wishfull thinking perhaps? at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

Muzzies like building mosques over the same sites as churches, synagogues, and temples.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ynpvh)

169
Bandersnatch passed away over a week ago, correct or not?

AtC brought it up then.

Maybe someone read an old ONT?

In any event, RIP.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (nFnyb)

170 Apparently Feb 26th. He's on the sidebar.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:29 AM (ynpvh)
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We should do a Memorial Thread next November on All Souls' Day.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (llXky)

171 Delays have served as a reminder to ask for and accept not only God's will, but God's timeframe.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

172 Good Morning Morons

Posted by: vic at March 16, 2024 09:33 AM (A5THL)

173 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'?
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Anything by Michael Bolton. The fastest timed human action during the 1990s was my hand moving from the steering wheel to the radio whenever his songs came on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:28 AM (llXky)

I celebrate his whole catalog!

Posted by: One of the Two Bobs at March 16, 2024 09:33 AM (4I/2K)

174 My wifes family owned it in the 80's.
Lost it in a lawsuit and it is almost full now.
Every valley North is filling up and 395 going south into Reno is a parking lot every morning.
Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (B705c)

Wells it is, then! No, not really.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:33 AM (0eaVi)

175 156 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'?
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Anything by Michael Bolton. The fastest timed human action during the 1990s was my hand moving from the steering wheel to the radio whenever his songs came on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:28 AM (llXky)

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I know who he is but I cannot recollect a single song of his. I should probably be grateful?

Posted by: Ciampino - wishful thinking perhaps? at March 16, 2024 09:34 AM (qfLjt)

176 156 Sounds like me with the Kars for Kids jingle.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:34 AM (9yWhg)

177 Churches are still being closed.

Posted by: Ciampino - wishfull thinking perhaps? at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (qfLjt)
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I can only talk about what I'm seeing. I'm aware that there are problems, but where I am there has been a remarkable resurgence in both faith and orthodoxy. Hopefully it will spread.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:34 AM (llXky)

178 San Fran I'm doing okay. Another treatment Monday.

Let me add to Salty's post. It was a wonderful afternoon. Perfect weather and excellent company at a cute little Italian restaurant. Just what my soul needed, including hugs from him and his sweet wife.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:35 AM (iF0sF)

179 165 How about Panther Valley?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:27 AM (0eaVi)

My wifes family owned it in the 80's.
Lost it in a lawsuit and it is almost full now.
Every valley North is filling up and 395 going south into Reno is a parking lot every morning.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM (B705c)

Nevada is funny with real estate. Had an IRA linked to property in a partnership, but lawsuits caused it to go into receivership and the property was lost. I blame the mafia and Harry Reid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:35 AM (ynpvh)

180 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I like your theory.

The Hand of God sure protected the Amish, for example.

And for the bio-science geek it can be explained as a beneficial mutation that affected the DNA ensemble found in Caucasians people less that the Chineses DNA types.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (u82oZ)

181 Muzzies like building mosques over the same sites as churches, synagogues, and temples.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ynpvh)
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That demonstrates its heretical roots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (llXky)

182 Ciampino - Oh, to be so blessed that you have forgotten the caterwauling of Michael Bolton.

Posted by: PabloD at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (QOl1C)

183 After an hour of so of coffee and reading, it's 'movement time', and then it's time to get moving.
Have a fine day, everybody.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (4780s)

184 Muldoon.
Here in Nevada there are bottle hunters. They try to find "priveys" from the larte 1800's and dig them up. They way they find them is with pointed 1/4 inch steel rods.
Theory being if the earth has been disturbed the rod will sink into the ground easily, even 120 years later. If it hasn't the rod will won't go in very far.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:37 AM (B705c)

185 Salty, I told hubby that's where I want to go for my birthday dinner. He looked crestfallen because I know his favorite place is Longhorn lol!

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:38 AM (iF0sF)

186 170 Apparently Feb 26th. He's on the sidebar.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:29 AM (ynpvh)
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We should do a Memorial Thread next November on All Souls' Day.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (llXky)

Which is to say, a Feb 26th entry in the prayer list said that Alex the Chick said he passed away the previous day, so perhaps he passed Feb 25th.

Geez, what I get for being awakened at 5am after a noise outside the house (or maybe my gut making knocking noises) and then being unable to go back to sleep.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:38 AM (ynpvh)

187 {{{ jewells45}}}

Here are some more hugs! Good times.

May your infusion be smooth, the recovery from that be quick, and may there be dancing.

Now Hear this: Fuck Cancer. Fuck that fucker cancer. May Fucking fucker cancer be fucked.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (u82oZ)

188
And for the bio-science geek it can be explained as a beneficial mutation that affected the DNA ensemble found in Caucasians people less that the Chineses DNA types.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (u82oZ)
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Yeah, and Bill Gates and his ilk will find trying to repeat it tough sledding since all authorities have been called into question.

It's fascinating watching billionaires shake their wee fists at God, imagining that they can somehow defy Him.

The whole trans thing is falling apart, and that's going to further destroy establishment medicine. May a thousand lawsuits bloom!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (llXky)

189 I wake up and within moments am depressed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:30 AM (rKMQG)

I'm sorry to hear this, and will pray that you find optimism and peace. My husband is like this. For the first few years of marriage, I coped with his inability to cope. But eventually, his depression and grumpiness sucked all the joy out of our home and relationship.

After The Incident last summer, he's working on it. We're coping together, but I still just have to avoid him some days. It's a lot of pressure to be his only friend, and his only source of optimism.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (OX9vb)

190 181 Muzzies like building mosques over the same sites as churches, synagogues, and temples.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (ynpvh)
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That demonstrates its heretical roots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:36 AM (llXky)

That and how their god lies; it's in their "holy" text that he's one of the greatest liars. To think about it, I know of an entity known as the greatest of liars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (ynpvh)

191 Wells it is, then! No, not really.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:33 AM (0eaVi)

You can get a house in Gabbs for about $8,000.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (B705c)

192 >>Now Hear this: Fuck Cancer. Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (u82oZ)

This is correct.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (5HQE5)

193 MisHum, thanks for the post every week. You wrote, "Before we enter KT's Prayer Revival...." KT?
________

Update on MiladyJo's hip fix. She had the surgery on Tuesday, now has matching titanium hips. and is home, scooting around and recovering. Thankful for modern medicine.

I spent Tuesday night in a recliner in her hospital room. It was almost tolerable. A nurse, Daniel, looked at me and said, don't I know you from the ostomy ward weeks ago? We have spent too much time there lately.

But it's not over yet. Waiting to find out when they can go back to work on my guts and possibly fix me up, finally. Been a long haul since October.
_______

God bless all those on the prayer list, and others in needs not listed. Some requests may seem less serious than others, but they're each and all personally important.

Posted by: mindful webworker - need another cuppa at March 16, 2024 09:41 AM (c5Itv)

194 171 Delays have served as a reminder to ask for and accept not only God's will, but God's timeframe.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

Muldoon, I wish you and your family closure on this.

And I think your 171 post is applicable to all of us in everyday life where and whenever we face both major and minor problems and difficulties.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:41 AM (rOtXe)

195 192 >>Now Hear this: Fuck Cancer. Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (u82oZ)

This is correct.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (5HQE5)

Yo, ZOD! How's Mary's Land treating you?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (ynpvh)

196 Wet electronics:

Places that make pcb boards douse non-working boards in high-proof alcohol and bake them in an oven at 120 deg for 12 hours (overnight).

The board manufacturing process these days use a solder resin that is water soluble so they go through a kind of washer (like a dish washer) and then are vacuum dried but sometimes there's water left behind and causes the boards to act squirrelly if at all.

Posted by: pawn at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (QB+5g)

197 189 Dmlw, has your husband sought treatment for his depression?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (9yWhg)

198 jewells45

We have a Longhorn Steak House in Manhattan. It is very nice, with good cooking and a pleasant ambience. Of I can cook Wagu beef from a local ranch at my hovel of debt for him. His choice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (u82oZ)

199 > Muzzies like building mosques over the same sites as churches, synagogues, and temples.
____________

I read this act is something the Muslims do when they've conquered... whatever. It was a given reason why they insisted in a mosque in NYC near where the World Trade Center was.

No idea if it was ever built.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 09:43 AM (Q4IgG)

200 I hope you're right. I wake up and within moments am depressed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:30 AM (rKMQG)
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Prayer helps, and so does limiting your exposure to things you can't help. I have cut out almost all news. I'm cheerfully ignorant of world events and domestic politics. Most of what I read comes from religious sites and sports pages. That's enough.

It's weird coming here on weekends and seeing references to stuff I know nothing about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:43 AM (llXky)

201 You can get a house in Gabbs for about $8,000.
Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (B705c)

So, like Detroit, then?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:43 AM (0eaVi)

202 Got word yesterday that my 101 year old grandfather, veteran of Anzio, Montecassino and other conflicts in Italy - passed away. (His 1911 that is hanging on my wall has been featured on the Gun Thread). Apparently he had decided that it was his time to go and stopped eating on Monday. Tough old bastard lasted until Friday.
He wasn't a perfect man by any means - indeed he was difficult to love. But his love for his country and his sense of duty was inspiring.
We're waiting for the process of his remains being placed in Arlington. I believe he qualifies but I'm not exactly sure - my aunt is handling that aspect of it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)

203
In Spain, Catholics returned the favor by converting mosques into Churches.

moslems are still whining about that and want to be allowed to pray inside the now churches muzzle-style.

Believe it or not the Church, even with Pope Frankie Baby, said "Nope."

Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (nFnyb)

204 Theory being if the earth has been disturbed the rod will sink into the ground easily, even 120 years later. If it hasn't the rod will won't go in very far.
Posted by: Reforge

*********

Interesting. Sort of a poor man's ground-penetrating radar. I have played around with water witching in the past. I wonder how my coat hanger divining rods would react over a shallow to medium septh grave...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (991eG)

205 I gotta work on getting him there first! Why did he have to turn into a damn hermit!?

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (iF0sF)

206
Scott Pressler is a one man registration dynamo. Has also done several cleanups in Baltimore. He's done training classes in many states on registering new voters. And he has a plan for ballot harvesting. Has been registering folks at guns shows of all places. Got no recognition from Ronna but the Trump family has noticed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 16, 2024 09:31 AM

Interesting, and hopeful. No mention of those things in the Wiki except the Baltimore clean up (singular). The gay thing meant little too me, except Wiki mentioned it multiple times.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (RKVpM)

207 >>Yo, ZOD! How's Mary's Land treating you?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (ynpvh)

Stranger in a strange land, but what an improvement, thanks for asking.

Have to return to Gehenna tomorrow for a day of work. Returning home is made that much sweeter.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (5HQE5)

208 144 120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'?

Last night while working I let loose another rant on how there needs to be a permanent moratorium on the playing for Faith Hill songs.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (8sMut)

209 72 My favorite mug?

Don’t hold it against me but I have a good sized collection of Starbucks coffee cups. My Berlin coffee cup that I bought at the Pariser Platz/Unter den Linden Starbucks in 2013 is sitting on the Keurig machine as we speak. (I have four Berlin Starbucks coffee cups, and a cup I bought at the Hauscam Checkpoint Charlie…a credit to my obsession with Berlin that began 40 years ago.)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 08:54 AM (8sMut)

My favorite is a 140z mug with a pic of a guy fishing in a boat that says Mr. Saturday Morning.

Found it a thrift store for a buck. Pretty F-ing cool.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (QXQ4l)

210 196 Wet electronics:

Places that make pcb boards douse non-working boards in high-proof alcohol and bake them in an oven at 120 deg for 12 hours (overnight).

The board manufacturing process these days use a solder resin that is water soluble so they go through a kind of washer (like a dish washer) and then are vacuum dried but sometimes there's water left behind and causes the boards to act squirrelly if at all.

Posted by: pawn at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (QB+5g)

I think you mean solder flux when you write solder resin.
Yup. Easier to clean with water that the old resin-based solder flux, which required...(environmentally) harsher chemicals at times to clean.
Also, in last 30 years, lots of different pad compositions too. AND the requirement for non-lead solders that went into effect in the late 90's early 2000's. So many changes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (ynpvh)

211 Interesting. Sort of a poor man's ground-penetrating radar. I have played around with water witching in the past. I wonder how my coat hanger divining rods would react over a shallow to medium septh grave...
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (991eG)

What's a septh grave ?

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (T4tVD)

212 I am now entering the People's Republic of Illinois.

Hope it goes well!

LOL

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 16, 2024 09:47 AM (SJU1R)

213 That and how their god lies; it's in their "holy" text that he's one of the greatest liars. To think about it, I know of an entity known as the greatest of liars...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:40 AM (ynpvh)
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Yeah, Islam's God is entirely random, does what he wants, AFAIK there are no covenants, no unbreakable vows.

And of course, Allah is never addressed as "father."

Something that a lot of people miss because English no longer has a formal/informal case is that the form of "father" is familiar or intimate, as a child would speak to a parent. That's how close God wants to be to us.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:47 AM (llXky)

214 197 189 Dmlw, has your husband sought treatment for his depression?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (9yWhg)

Many kinds, thank you. I think his biggest problem is that he retired and won't work, so sits and watches tv too much. I understand that depression is chemical, but I also understand that if you get up and find things to do, you can stop wallowing in it and focus your mind elsewhere.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 09:47 AM (OX9vb)

215 Dammit.

Illinoying, not Illinois.

Stupid autocorrect.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 16, 2024 09:48 AM (SJU1R)

216 The Chosen.

Posted by: Come and see at March 16, 2024 09:48 AM (dg+HA)

217 202 Got word yesterday that my 101 year old grandfather, veteran of Anzio, Montecassino and other conflicts in Italy - passed away. (His 1911 that is hanging on my wall has been featured on the Gun Thread). Apparently he had decided that it was his time to go and stopped eating on Monday. Tough old bastard lasted until Friday.
He wasn't a perfect man by any means - indeed he was difficult to love. But his love for his country and his sense of duty was inspiring.
We're waiting for the process of his remains being placed in Arlington. I believe he qualifies but I'm not exactly sure - my aunt is handling that aspect of it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)

Condolences.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:48 AM (ynpvh)

218 Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)

********

I have great respect for your grandfater's military service and patriotism. Who knows, he may have crossed paths with my dad at some point. May he Rest in Peace.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:48 AM (991eG)

219 Why in the world would anyone want to dig up old privies? Even after more than a century, that would still gross me out. (Yes, I’m a germophobe, but still…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

220 Have to return to Gehenna tomorrow for a day of work. Returning home is made that much sweeter.
Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (5HQE5)

“Down to Gehenna
Or up to the throne
He travels fastest
Who travels alone.”

“Wouldn’t you say Leftenant?”
“Yes, I would.”
“Good luck”

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (8sMut)

221 203
In Spain, Catholics returned the favor by converting mosques into Churches.

moslems are still whining about that and want to be allowed to pray inside the now churches muzzle-style.

Believe it or not the Church, even with Pope Frankie Baby, said "Nope."

Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (nFnyb)

He's a commie; he doesn't love the muzzies quite as much as our current regime.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (ynpvh)

222 I gotta work on getting him there first! Why did he have to turn into a damn hermit!?
Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (iF0sF)

Time for a fan dance?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (0eaVi)

223 Delays have served as a reminder to ask for and accept not only God's will, but God's timeframe.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:32 AM (991eG)

That's the thing, isn't it?

God will often answer your prayers in the way you wish, but-

the timeline will often be very different.

It's tough to remember that Life is long and there is lots of time for things to happen.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 16, 2024 09:50 AM (nFnyb)

224 We're waiting for the process of his remains being placed in Arlington. I believe he qualifies but I'm not exactly sure - my aunt is handling that aspect of it.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)

If he qualifies, and it sure seems like he does, do your best to attend the ceremony. Arlington is an awesome, and inspiring, place and their organization is incredible.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:50 AM (rOtXe)

225 Wiki probably mentioned the gay thing more than Scott does. It doesn't seem to be his identity. He's been registering the Amish this year too. Has done a lot in PA and still trying to register more.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 16, 2024 09:50 AM (yeEu9)

226 Notsothoreau

Scott Pressler is a godsend. We need more Scott Presslers.

A real Photo ID, American citizenship, and clean elections would do a lot to slow the decline in America.

Other factors, like intact families with caring fathers, sensible foreign policies, and a lot less of the IC, DOJ, Education, EPA, and other overly bureaucratic failures can also help.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:51 AM (u82oZ)

227 >>219 Why in the world would anyone want to dig up old privies? Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

It's been said that some people "shit diamond cufflinks."

(Shrug)

Easier ways to get diamond cufflinks.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:51 AM (5HQE5)

228 2/11 Update – He had 2 arteries 100% blocked, 1 that was 95%, and another that was 80%. So he had a quad. He says the hospital and staff are great.

bad, bad bad. Normally you get 100% blockage you get heart attack.

Posted by: vic at March 16, 2024 09:51 AM (A5THL)

229 Got word yesterday that my 101 year old grandfather, veteran of Anzio, Montecassino and other conflicts in Italy - passed away.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)
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A friend of mine's father died just a few days ago, same age. He fought in Germany. He made a similar decision, fell down, broke his sternum, could barely move and told the family "Yeah, this is it."

He also had some remarkable firearms: an 1884 Springfield Trap Door and a Colt pocket revolver made in 1864.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:51 AM (llXky)

230 207 >>Yo, ZOD! How's Mary's Land treating you?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:42 AM (ynpvh)

Stranger in a strange land, but what an improvement, thanks for asking.

Have to return to Gehenna tomorrow for a day of work. Returning home is made that much sweeter.

Posted by: ZOD at March 16, 2024 09:46 AM (5HQE5)

And here I thought you'd refer to it as Xibalba or Mictlan...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:51 AM (ynpvh)

231 202 Got word yesterday that my 101 year old grandfather, veteran of Anzio, Montecassino and other conflicts in Italy - passed away. (His 1911 that is hanging on my wall has been featured on the Gun Thread). Apparently he had decided that it was his time to go and stopped eating on Monday. Tough old bastard lasted until Friday.
He wasn't a perfect man by any means - indeed he was difficult to love. But his love for his country and his sense of duty was inspiring.
We're waiting for the process of his remains being placed in Arlington. I believe he qualifies but I'm not exactly sure - my aunt is handling that aspect of it.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:44 AM (6CPBI)

Condolences - when my father died last year, arrangements were planned…the one hiccup being his burial at the nearby national cemetery. Hopefully not long to make arrangements for Arlington.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:52 AM (8sMut)

232 Time for a fan dance?

I'm lucky to walk without falling down!

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:52 AM (iF0sF)

233 "Dammit.

Illinoying, not Illinois."

Get it right,
It's Hellinois.

I aught to know, I've lived here all my live. This state has earned it's name after Jim Edgar left the governor's office.

Posted by: Outside of Life at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (89Sog)

234 The ballot harvesting initiative is a great idea in a fair election and I bet more real people will actually go vote for (R)s.

Unfortunately it's mostly like abortion, student loans, Taylor Swift, etc. for the (D) votes and doesn't really mean anything or get any more people to go vote. It just gives cover for the cheating where the cities / states need 2% more votes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If this is how Georgia hires attorneys, imagine how they manage elections at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (6TLQp)

235 214 I will pray for you, Dmlw. I’ve struggled with depression for much of my life. I agree that it always helps to get up and do stuff. May your husband find something that works for him.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

236 My go to mug is a thermos mug I got from a vendor. It holds about 16 oz of coffee, and keeps it hot for hours. That's all I ask from a coffee receptacle.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (rKMQG)

237 212 I am now entering the People's Republic of Illinois.

Hope it goes well!

LOL

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 16, 2024 09:47 AM (SJU1R)

Responded to an EV plant comment that all EV plants in Illinois are EV-IL...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (ynpvh)

238 What's a septh grave ?
Posted by: JT

********

It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

...medium depth grave...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

239 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

Prayers up for all who nee them, known or not.

Prayers that God will continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel because their people are His people.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 16, 2024 09:54 AM (U3L4U)

240 Dash my lace wigs!

I got chores he can help me with. That will give him something to do, and good will result.

There are other things he might be able to do that fills societies and his needs. E-mail me.

Address (In Rot-13) in nic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:54 AM (u82oZ)

241
He's a commie; he doesn't love the muzzies quite as much as our current regime.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (ynpvh)
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He's not the pope we wanted, but he may be the pope we needed. I doubt anyone else could have exposed so much corruption within the Church. His heterodox actions have caused all the infiltrators to reveal themselves because they think the hour of victory is at hand. You'd think cardinals and archbishops might not only have read some scripture but also looked at the Church's lengthy history. Or to put it another way:

If barbarian hordes, the armies of Islam, Nazis and Communists couldn't take down the Church, why would anyone fear a handful of homosexual clerics?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:55 AM (llXky)

242 If he qualifies, and it sure seems like he does, do your best to attend the ceremony. Arlington is an awesome, and inspiring, place and their organization is incredible.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:50 AM (rOtXe)

Yeah I'm going to drop the suit off at the drycleaners today. I let my boss know that I might need to take some time. He's a Marine so he understands the importance.
Last year for his 100th birthday, the 1st Armored Division did a tribute video for him where they painted his name on the side of an Abram's barrel and shot some rounds at the range. That made him smile.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:56 AM (IJKI6)

243 222 I gotta work on getting him there first! Why did he have to turn into a damn hermit!?
Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at March 16, 2024 09:45 AM (iF0sF)

Time for a fan dance?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (0eaVi)

Or a burlesque balloon dance?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:57 AM (ynpvh)

244 It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

...medium depth grave...
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

Oh.

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 09:57 AM (T4tVD)

245 Address (In Rot-13) in nic.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nice.
I found a translator online and it had no problem de-rotating your sig.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 09:57 AM (89dLg)

246 God will often answer your prayers in the way you wish, but-

the timeline will often be very different.

It's tough to remember that Life is long and there is lots of time for things to happen.

Posted by: naturalfake

That has been my experience, but the waiting is miserable. Life is long,, and even longer if you are waiting.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:57 AM (rKMQG)

247 Hopefully not long to make arrangements for Arlington.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 16, 2024 09:52 AM (8sMut)

I think the wait at Arlington is NOT short (it was months for my friend), but may have improved since the Covid insanity has passed.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 09:58 AM (rOtXe)

248 Have a great day, everyone.

Daylight's burning, and chores await.

May you all play a part in national and local revival, and your skills help others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2024 09:58 AM (u82oZ)

249 238 What's a septh grave ?
Posted by: JT

********

It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

...medium depth grave...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

I saw Muldoonian Fat Finger front for Bad Finger...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 09:59 AM (ynpvh)

250 painted his name on the side of an Abram's barrel and shot some rounds at the range. That made him smile.
Posted by: Defenestratus

Nice, made it dusty in here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 09:59 AM (89dLg)

251 That made him smile.
Posted by: Defenestratus at March 16, 2024 09:56 AM (IJKI6)

I have no trouble visualizing that!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (rOtXe)

252 241
...
If barbarian hordes, the armies of Islam, Nazis and Communists couldn't take down the Church, why would anyone fear a handful of homosexual clerics?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 09:55 AM (llXky)

If they weren't just a handful?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (ynpvh)

253 247 Correct, Hrothgar. It is not short.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (9yWhg)

254 238 What's a septh grave ?
Posted by: JT

********

It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

...medium depth grave...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

At least ya still have 9 skinny fingers.....

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (T4tVD)

255 Life is the stuff that happens while you are waiting for some other stuff to happen.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:01 AM (991eG)

256 235 214 I will pray for you, Dmlw. I’ve struggled with depression for much of my life. I agree that it always helps to get up and do stuff. May your husband find something that works for him.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

I appreciate it.

Also, I think people dig up privies because they were also used as trash dumps. All the human waste has composted by now, but glass bottles and some other interesting artifacts can be found in them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 10:01 AM (OX9vb)

257 It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

...medium depth grave...

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

At least ya still have 9 skinny fingers.....
Posted by: JT

CHF check for Muldoon on Sat Coffee and prayer thread!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 10:01 AM (89dLg)

258 255 Life is the stuff that happens while you are waiting for some other stuff to happen.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:01 AM (991eG)

Alternate version: Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 10:02 AM (rOtXe)

259 That has been my experience, but the waiting is miserable. Life is long,, and even longer if you are waiting.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 16, 2024 09:57 AM (rKMQG)
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The waiting is part of the point - it gives you time to think about what else you should be doing and perhaps a better way to do what you trying to finish.

A big part of it is training your brain to see good things around you. Some jerk cuts you off in traffic and you think "at least there wasn't an accident." Idiot in front of you futzes away a green light and you think "maybe that saved me from an accident."

I'm trying to get my kids to see the world that way because it's helpful and easier to change your brain when you're 18 than when you're 50.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:02 AM (llXky)

260 256 235 214 I will pray for you, Dmlw. I’ve struggled with depression for much of my life. I agree that it always helps to get up and do stuff. May your husband find something that works for him.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

I appreciate it.

Also, I think people dig up privies because they were also used as trash dumps. All the human waste has composted by now, but glass bottles and some other interesting artifacts can be found in them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 10:01 AM (OX9vb)

composted or fossilized (see coprolite).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 10:02 AM (ynpvh)

261 Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

That is happened last year when we were due to leave here for Corsicana.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 10:03 AM (89dLg)

262 If you think about it, we've really failed children over the last few decades. Instead of raising them to see world filled with faith, spirits, angels and God, we show them perversion and materialism. They are mature only in the sense that they have a fully adult sense of cynicism, but can't handle responsibility or think critically.

We really do need to try to approach God as children, recapture that sense of possibility and joy. Tolkien and Lewis knew this. So did Chesterton. We need to shut off the screens and listen to them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (llXky)

263 > God will often answer your prayers in the way you wish, but-

the timeline will often be very different.
___________

My late mother used to tell us; "sometimes the answer to your prayers is 'no.'"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)

264 composted or fossilized (see coprolite).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2024 10:02 AM (ynpvh)

Haha, I think it takes a few more hundred thousand years to make coprolite. I could be wrong, though. I Am Not A Geologist.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (OX9vb)

265 What's a septh grave ?
Posted by: JT
$20, same as in town.
Obligatory, now to get moving.

Posted by: From about that Time at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (4780s)

266 Alternate version: Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 16, 2024 10:02 AM (rOtXe)
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I am addicted to planning, and I know that when men plan, God laughs, but I really enjoy it when a plan actually works.

And sometimes they go awry, but something better ends up happening in the end.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:06 AM (llXky)

267 My late mother used to tell us; "sometimes the answer to your prayers is 'no.'"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)
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In the homily Thursday, the priest said that God always answers your prayers, but he doesn't always give you the answer you want. He usually goes with "yes," "no" and "not right now."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:07 AM (llXky)

268
The other thing that would happen is over time the ground would settle as the body was absorbed into the ground. There could eventually be a pretty noticeable depression in the area - my guess would be a rather few inches. In the dark, with a strong flashlight shown across the soil it would show up easily.

The septic drain field inspectors use a heavy pointed pole to penetrate many feet down - in the area of three to five feet. Hitting bone with such an item someone with experience would feel.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:07 AM (RKVpM)

269 Good friend of mine caught a bad deal and is stage 4 pancreatic cancer that spread to his liver.
First treatment didn't take, but he got in to mayo and they put him on horse dewormer... since his blood tests have dropped cancer markers by 75%.

Posted by: Inogame at March 16, 2024 10:08 AM (KCCqb)

270 And sometimes they go awry, but something better ends up happening in the end.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

********

You know who else was a happy-go-lucky cockeyed optimist?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:09 AM (991eG)

271 It's all good, septh rhymes with depth.

Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2024 10:10 AM (SYTee)

272 You know who else was a happy-go-lucky cockeyed optimist?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:09 AM (991eG)
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Nellie Forbush?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:10 AM (llXky)

273 I'll just comment here, now, hoping to bring on a self-willowing to get a new thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:13 AM (2yu8s)

274 257 It is the result of a Muldoonian fat-finger.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

Are you a proctologist?

Posted by: Inquiring minds... at March 16, 2024 10:13 AM (PiwSw)

275 219 Why in the world would anyone want to dig up old privies? Even after more than a century, that would still gross me out. (Yes, I’m a germophobe, but still…
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 09:49 AM (9yWhg)

Looking for old bottles mostly but the priveys were used as a general trash receptical and one never knows what they will find.
Park ranger that intruduced me to it once found 4 small gold ingots and a bunch of silver ones. No idea how they got there.
Usually there is more than one hole too. When one filled with shit they dug the next a few feet away and used the dirt to fill the old one. Moved the outhouse over the new one. We have races of outhouses in Virginia City to comemorate/protest when they illegalized using outhouses.

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 10:14 AM (B705c)

276 Nellie Forbush

********

¡l;Jeb's campaign manager?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:14 AM (991eG)

277 > In the homily Thursday, the priest said that God always answers your prayers, but he doesn't always give you the answer you want. He usually goes with "yes," "no" and "not right now."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:07 AM (llXky)
___________

That's probably what my mom actually said... but all I took away from it was the "no." Being a little kid and all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)

278 ¡ Jeb!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:15 AM (991eG)

279 Wow, Inogame! That is amazing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 16, 2024 10:15 AM (yeEu9)

280 The job interview went really well, and the job went to someone else who already had experience programming the equipment.

After last week's conversation and some reflection, I decided that what I should hope for is guidance to the right position and the wisdom to recognize it when it appears.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 16, 2024 10:16 AM (iZEhM)

281
Good friend of mine caught a bad deal and is stage 4 pancreatic cancer that spread to his liver.
First treatment didn't take, but he got in to mayo and they put him on horse dewormer... since his blood tests have dropped cancer markers by 75%.

Posted by: Inogame at March 16, 2024 10:08 AM

Interesting. I'm seeing some noise on Twitter/X with some seeing cancer as parasitic in nature. Good names, good resumes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:16 AM (RKVpM)

282 That's probably what my mom actually said... but all I took away from it was the "no." Being a little kid and all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:15 AM (Q4IgG)
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My parents didn't teach me to pray at all. They were both actively hostile to organized religion. My father still is. My grandparents taught me prayers, sometimes took me to church.

Both sides were very pleased when I converted. My mom took it as a personal attack on her. She has some issues.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:18 AM (llXky)

283 When the rest of y'all fool around with your clocks, I don't even know what time it is anywhere else in the world. Is it still morning? Is it even Saturday where you are?

It is here. Dreary weather, and no obligations, although the cats would argue with me on that... but they're not allowed on the computer anymore, so who cares what they think.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM (GtZ7X)

284 NOT for 40 gold ingots ! now way !! disgusting ! (this is why I did not go into medicine...)

Posted by: runner at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM (V13WU)

285 After last week's conversation and some reflection, I decided that what I should hope for is guidance to the right position and the wisdom to recognize it when it appears.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 16, 2024 10:16 AM (iZEhM)
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Sorry about not getting the position, but I think you have the right attitude. "Blessing in disguise" and all that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM (llXky)

286 *no way

Posted by: runner at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM (V13WU)

287 Interesting. I'm seeing some noise on Twitter/X with some seeing cancer as parasitic in nature. Good names, good resumes.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:16 AM (RKVpM)
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So, like socialism. Interesting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:21 AM (llXky)

288 The internet abounds with amazing taes of cancer cures following administration of the animal de-wormer fenbendazole. Still largely considered to be akin to snake oil.

On an anecdotal level our neighbor succumbed to disseminated undifferentiated cancer in Feb of this year. She had tried fenbendazokle severa months ago.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:22 AM (991eG)

289 Defenestratus

God bless your Grandfather! We visited Monte Cassino twice while stationed in Naples. It’s a wonder how it was ever taken with the steep cliffs. The Polish cemetery with over 1,000 brave souls who sacrificed themselves is particularly striking.

All the best in getting him interred at Arlington…he truly deserves the honor!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at March 16, 2024 10:22 AM (ZTJjv)

290 Update on my Mother-in-law, Peggy. She has finished chemo and started radiation. So far she's been tolerating the treatments well, other than extreme tiredness. Littlest Kidlet will be visiting her for a week starting today and that should give those of us here a better idea how she's doing over all.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 16, 2024 10:23 AM (XjtdB)

291 ¡ Jeb!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:15 AM (991eG)
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Nellie Forbush was the nurse in South Pacific, one of her songs was "Cock-eyed Optimist."

Yes, I'm as into show tunes as any straight man can be.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:23 AM (llXky)

292 Crap. I can't type this morning!

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (991eG)

293 NOT for 40 gold ingots ! now way !! disgusting ! (this is why I did not go into medicine...)
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM

I was pre-med. I just didn't have the patience to be a doctor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (Wnv9h)

294 Nellie Forbush was the nurse in South Pacific, one of her songs was "Cock-eyed Optimist."

Yes, I'm as into show tunes as any straight man can be.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:23 AM (llXky)

Do you own a weedwhacker ?

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (T4tVD)

295 Good morning.
Beautiful day here in the DMV after some spectacular weather this week.
Waiting for a visit from my niece who lives in Ct but here for an event. Means chaos this afternoon in my little condo with the convergence of three families with young children and me.
I'm looking forward to it? Maybe. Probably.
❤️💃

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 10:26 AM (t/2Uw)

296 ♫ ♪ ♫ I'm gonna wash that Ewok outta my hair and send him on his way. ♪ ♫ ♪

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:26 AM (2yu8s)

297 Interesting. I'm seeing some noise on Twitter/X with some seeing cancer as parasitic in nature. Good names, good resumes.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:16 AM (RKVpM)

I've heard Bret Weinstein describe it, and I don't really understand it, but my pea brain sees it as a contrast with viruses.

Viruses are outside invaders, they flood the body, armed with keys that allow them to open the doors of our cells, and when they get in, they move the furniture around, create all kinds of havoc, and sometimes set the house on fire until either the firefights come in and kill all of them... or they kill us.

Cancer is a grifter, a cult leader. It talks our cells into fundamentally changing, doing all sorts of bad things they never would have done, if they'd been left to live the way they were designed to. But that conservative cell, with a job, a nice spot, in a nice community? Now he's destroying the neighborhood, and talking other cells into joining the cult too. And if he's not stopped the cult will take over enough to destroy not just the neighborhood, but the entire universe (body) in which it resides.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:27 AM (GtZ7X)

298 Speaking of cancer, Jordan Peterson's wife will be entering the Catholic Church this Easter. She was diagnosed with a rare and extremely deadly cancer five years ago, they flew from clinic to clinic to get a second opinion, and it was unanimous: write your will, sooner rather than later. A Catholic friend offered to pray the Rosary with her, and so they did this daily.

She experienced a full recovery, and this miracle is what has brought her to the Church.

Remember, conversion is the greatest of all miracles. What good is raising someone from the dead or prolonging their life by a few years when they're still damned?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:27 AM (llXky)

299 284 NOT for 40 gold ingots ! now way !! disgusting ! (this is why I did not go into medicine...)
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2024 10:19 AM (V13WU)

Well, sure, if it's recent privies. But these are many decades old, and all of the waste has composted to dirt. You're not digging treasure out of crap, you're digging it out of dirt.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 10:28 AM (OX9vb)

300
I've always considered cancer treatment as approaching a certain defined limit of chemo, just a red c hair short of killing the person. Maybe anti-parasitics have to go through enough trials to discover just the *correct* dosage and over what time period starting at just the *correct* time.

It's interesting, that is all. The Soviets did some interesting cancer research where they basically starved the person to near death and it improved outcomes. "Good" cells went into some sort of self protection mode while the cancer died.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RKVpM)

301 Crap. I can't type this morning!
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (991eG)

HA! HA! Gotcha!

Posted by: Muldoon's keyboard at March 16, 2024 10:29 AM (iODuv)

302 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)
====

If I don't use it regularly they will know and insurance will stop paying for it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

Same here.

Posted by: BignJames at March 16, 2024 10:30 AM (AwYPR)

303 Tech question. I've often wondered why game developers don't release more of their games on multiple platforms. Ignoring legal restrictions and marketing strategies, how much work would it be to convert an Xbox game to a PS5 game or a PC game to Xbox and PS5 games?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:31 AM (FVME7)

304 Reforger @ 275-
I Lucifer’s Hammer by Niven and Pournelle, one of the characters was a scientist at JPL and hid his considerable personal library in hi septic tank. Among his books was How Things Work, he looked ahead to a time when man had to rebuild civilization, but being insulin-dependent he did not survive a year after the comet. Great disaster book!

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 10:31 AM (o2ZRX)

305 "Achy-Breaky Heart" makes me want to do the "Slowly I Turned" routine. One of those songs that became absolutely toxic through overexposure.

Posted by: Paco at March 16, 2024 10:31 AM (njExo)

306 144 120 Remember the other night we were doing 'really annoying songs'? I give you
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ......
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Well that obviously piqued no interest.
How about
Aqua - Barbie Girl ?
Posted by: Ciampino - not an earworm either at March 16, 2024 09:24 AM (qfLjt)

Don't Worry, Be Happy.

Posted by: tbodie, Lurker. Unless you are reading this at March 16, 2024 10:31 AM (+Lo93)

307 >Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?

cellular
mine reports back to the KP sleep clinic
but I'm retired, so I don't have to satisfy any DOT requirements on usage time

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:32 AM (oCjPU)

308 Good morning, Horde, many prayers and good wishes for all in need. It is the first sunny Saturday that we have had here in a long time. I am out the door and headed to my bridge to be with the Trump folks.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 16, 2024 10:32 AM (Sgq8y)

309 Do you own a weedwhacker ?

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (T4tVD)
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Yes, and wear old uniform pants and combat boots when I use it.

True story: when I was a junior NCO, my uniforms sometimes got mixed in with the kids clothes, so one weekend I went to drill unaware that my pants had a fine coating of pink glitter. My boss was a humorless major.

"Sergeant Lloyd, why is there glitter on your uniform?"

I looked down and saw it. "Makes me feel pretty, sir."

The junior Es were desperately holding back the laughs, but the major not amused. "Well, fix that tomorrow."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:33 AM (llXky)

310 Crap. I can't type this morning!
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:25 AM (991eG)

Lemme help ya..... T-h-i-s ...

Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 10:33 AM (T4tVD)

311 The internet abounds with amazing taes of cancer cures following administration of the animal de-wormer fenbendazole. Still largely considered to be akin to snake oil.

On an anecdotal level our neighbor succumbed to disseminated undifferentiated cancer in Feb of this year. She had tried fenbendazokle severa months ago.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:22 AM (991eG)

I suppose there are analogies all over, that can explain this stuff, but it doesn't help me to overcomplicate it, if I want to understand it.

Cancer is not an outside invader. It's the body, the cells themselves that are corrupted and bent on corrupting/destroying other cells.

And again, whether it's cancer or a virus, if it's destroying otherwise healthy cells, you have to kill it one way or another. Either your body can do it without assistance, or it can't. I'm sure a lot of the prescribe medicines are/were no more or less effective than the various snake oils out there.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:34 AM (GtZ7X)

312 Some bottles can fetch more than gold. There is a whole local cottage industry here for it.
90% of the digs produce nothing more than broken glass but every once in a blue moon someone finds a treasure trove.
There were distillers and beer brewers all over Nevada at one point and they all either made or had made some really unique hand blown bottles.
Easier way to find them these days is estate sales. Usually the people running them have no idea what they have and a lot of older people around here collected "blue glass".

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 10:34 AM (B705c)

313 I hope you're right. I wake up and within moments am depressed.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Prayers for you and for all.the Horde in need.

Also btw, I believe Jordan Petersen once said he always woke up depressed until his daughter convinced him to switch to an all carnivore diet.
So eat moar cow.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:34 AM (TirNb)

314
If people are going to be on CPAC machines the rest of their lives I don't know why they don't outright purchase them themselves. Aren't there co-pays (actual no-pays) with the insurance companies? If so, they have to add up over time.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:34 AM (RKVpM)

315 Speaking of CPAPs, I've been having a problem with dry mouth so I looked up what to do about it. Seems there are they little mouth shaped pieces of tape you can wear to keep your mouth closed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:35 AM (FVME7)

316 It's interesting, that is all. The Soviets did some interesting cancer research where they basically starved the person to near death and it improved outcomes. "Good" cells went into some sort of self protection mode while the cancer died.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RKVpM)
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Two observations:

1. Fasting can have unexpectedly good health outcomes.
2. The Soviets knew a lot about how to make people starve.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:36 AM (llXky)

317 "Lucifer’s Hammer by Niven and Pournelle, one of the characters was a scientist at JPL and hid his considerable personal library in his septic tank."

That was a great bit.

One hell of a great novel.

Posted by: pawn at March 16, 2024 10:36 AM (QB+5g)

318 ♫ ♪ ♫ Who's the pretty Sergeant in the mirror, there?
What Sergeant? Where? ♪ ♫ ♪

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:36 AM (2yu8s)

319 True story: when I was a junior NCO, my uniforms sometimes got mixed in with the kids clothes, so one weekend I went to drill unaware that my pants had a fine coating of pink glitter. My boss was a humorless major.

"Sergeant Lloyd, why is there glitter on your uniform?"

I looked down and saw it. "Makes me feel pretty, sir."

The junior Es were desperately holding back the laughs, but the major not amused. "Well, fix that tomorrow."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

😂😂

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 10:37 AM (t/2Uw)

320 315 Speaking of CPAPs, I've been having a problem with dry mouth so I looked up what to do about it. Seems there are they little mouth shaped pieces of tape you can wear to keep your mouth closed.
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Gorilla Tape??

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:37 AM (2yu8s)

321 Speaking of CPAPs, I've been having a problem with dry mouth so I looked up what to do about it. Seems there are they little mouth shaped pieces of tape you can wear to keep your mouth closed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:35 AM (FVME7)

chin strap

Posted by: BignJames at March 16, 2024 10:38 AM (AwYPR)

322 288 The internet abounds with amazing taes of cancer cures following administration of the animal de-wormer fenbendazole. Still largely considered to be akin to snake oil.

***

Doesn't work for everyone but actually seems to work for some. Whether placebo or not, it's low-risk enough to be worth trying, imo.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:39 AM (TirNb)

323 Easier way to find them these days is estate sales. Usually the people running them have no idea what they have and a lot of older people around here collected "blue glass".

Posted by: Reforger at March 16, 2024 10:34 AM (B705c)
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Something I've learned over the past few years is that the value of collectibles is entirely determined by demand. Supply is irrelevant. I look at surplus firearms and how some are super-rare and yet they go cheap because no one cares. Meanwhile, M1 Garands, which are as hard to find as cheap bear, continue to command high prices.

Which reminds me, I need to get down to Camp Perry and pick one up from the CMP.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:39 AM (llXky)

324 It's interesting, that is all. The Soviets did some interesting cancer research where they basically starved the person to near death and it improved outcomes. "Good" cells went into some sort of self protection mode while the cancer died.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:29 AM (RKVpM)

That's interesting. Again, my pea brain sees that, and thinks "hmmm, healthy cells are equipped to endure lots of terrible things, so what if the corrupted cells have lost that ability?"

Then you don't have to destroy the village in order to save it! So to speak.

That's the most my brain can handle, metaphorically.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:40 AM (GtZ7X)

325 Burying a body, cats for say, even in a hard coffin as I do the dirt unless compacted alone will eventually leave a depression

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2024 10:40 AM (fwDg9)

326 The story about Cadbury chocolate brought back memories. Back in th day, traveling in England on my own, I loved those Cadbury bars with the raisins. Was never able to find them in the US.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 10:41 AM (t/2Uw)

327 Annossurus Wrecks @ 315- little pieces of tape?
Wouldn’t that pull hair out of your moustache?

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 10:41 AM (o2ZRX)

328 Which reminds me, I need to get down to Camp Perry and pick one up from the CMP.
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Chief Medical Penguin?? 🐧

Don't let several of the frequent Café commenters know.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:42 AM (2yu8s)

329 Speaking of CPAPs, I've been having a problem with dry mouth so I looked up what to do about it. Seems there are they little mouth shaped pieces of tape you can wear to keep your mouth closed.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:35 AM (FVME7)

chin strap
Posted by: BignJames at March 16, 2024 10:38 AM (AwYPR)

I've watched enough horror movies to know where this is going.

Eventually you all are gonna be sewing your mouths shut. And then it's only a matter of time before you're wearing spikes coming out of your head, and keeping nubile young ladies chained up in your shed.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:43 AM (GtZ7X)

330 322 288 The internet abounds with amazing taes of cancer cures following administration of the animal de-wormer fenbendazole. Still largely considered to be akin to snake oil.

***

Doesn't work for everyone but actually seems to work for some. Whether placebo or not, it's low-risk enough to be worth trying, imo.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:39 AM (TirNb)

I've read the theory is it helps some people by taking some of the load off the natural immune system. Allowing it to catch up, this can result in remission for some people.

Posted by: Inogame at March 16, 2024 10:43 AM (KCCqb)

331 A.H. Lloyd, I've been appreciating your comments on gratitude and blessings in this thread.

The birds in the sky and the creatures in the sea bless the Lord. All creation blesses the Lord.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:43 AM (TirNb)

332 I had a Big Brother Is Watching moment this wesk. There's a rather upscale breakfast restaurant I go to two or three times a year. I went Thursday morning and when waitress brought the bill, she said I could pay with my phone. I scanned a QR code on the bill itself and up popped my name and credit card number! I'm surprised they could even know my name. It was convenient but WTF?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:44 AM (FVME7)

333 Eventually you all are gonna be sewing your mouths shut. And then it's only a matter of time before you're wearing spikes coming out of your head, and keeping nubile young ladies chained up in your shed.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:43 AM (GtZ7X)

now that you mention it....

Posted by: BignJames at March 16, 2024 10:44 AM (AwYPR)

334 Two observations:

1. Fasting can have unexpectedly good health outcomes.
2. The Soviets knew a lot about how to make people starve.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:36 AM (llXky)

Starvation was a quite common part of the human existence, for eons.

Clearly an overabundance of foodstuffs... or facsimiles thereof, isn't really good for one's health either.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:46 AM (GtZ7X)

335 >It was convenient but WTF?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

have you used a credit card there in the past? If so, the restaurant took the opportunity to capture your info

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:46 AM (oCjPU)

336 Annossurus Wrecks @ 315- little pieces of tape?
Wouldn’t that pull hair out of your moustache?
Posted by: Eromero

I don't know but I'll find out. (I hate chin straps.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:46 AM (FVME7)

337 A.H. Lloyd, I've been appreciating your comments on gratitude and blessings in this thread.

The birds in the sky and the creatures in the sea bless the Lord. All creation blesses the Lord.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:43 AM (TirNb)
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Thank you! I fear I might come across as a bit of a nutjob, but I feel that someone has to say these things because there's so much pain and fear in the world. I know, I feel it, too and I have bad days just like everyone else.

And I'm not a saint, very much a sinner, but faith has really brought me peace and I hope others can find it as well. Since this is the prayer thread, I figure it's appropriate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:47 AM (llXky)

338 Prayers for all those who asked and for those who need them but didn't ask

Here is something I posted before, regarding lessons in faith, hope and courage from the life of Saint Patrick. From "Guideposts" magazine:

https://tinyurl.com/bdd6syy3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2024 10:47 AM (YhURd)

339 It was convenient but WTF?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

I know that Square, which my pcp uses for copays, keeps track. So If I pay at any other vendor that uses Square, it knows my email and offers to send the receipt tyere.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:47 AM (TirNb)

340 The story about Cadbury chocolate brought back memories. Back in the day, traveling in England on my own, I loved those Cadbury bars with the raisins. Was never able to find them in the US.
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I don't know about raisins alone but 'fruit and nuts' ones are sold here, made locally and not imported though.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:48 AM (2yu8s)

341 Good morning everyone - Prayers for all intentions. Those stated and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:48 AM (HDGM5)

342 I have no idea how I missed it, but I just found out Tina Turner died.

I almost never care when celebrities die, but she was one of my favorites. RIP.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 16, 2024 09:13 AM (0FoWg)

Greatest NYPost headline on the passing of Ike Turner:

Ike Beats Tina to Death

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 16, 2024 10:49 AM (aD39U)

343 Big day today

watch snow melt
tame the chaos that is my sock drawer
fish n' chips
Avalanche @ Oilers

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:50 AM (oCjPU)

344 67 Are CPAPs connected to the Internet now?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 16, 2024 08:48 AM (9yWhg)
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If I don't use it regularly they will know and insurance will stop paying for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

ohmygoodness I had no idea

Posted by: m at March 16, 2024 10:50 AM (o3SCB)

345
Starvation was a quite common part of the human existence, for eons.

Clearly an overabundance of foodstuffs... or facsimiles thereof, isn't really good for one's health either.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:46 AM (GtZ7X)
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Famine was always a localized event, and when civilization emerged, wise rulers understood how to mitigate it by releasing grain reserves or shifting food around. This is why widespread famine has always been a sign that a ruler is incompetent and/or evil.

The Soviets and Chinese created the largest famines their respective nations had ever seen, and did it deliberately. There was no crop failure, no locust plague, just bloody-mindedness.

One might call it demonic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 10:50 AM (llXky)

346 Starvation was a quite common part of the human existence, for eons.

Clearly an overabundance of foodstuffs... or facsimiles thereof, isn't really good for one's health either.
Posted by: BurtTC

This reminds me of a saying my Papa used all the time: God gives up everything we need to have a good life. He also gives us everything we need to destroy ourselves.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:50 AM (HDGM5)

347 now that you mention it....
Posted by: BignJames at March 16, 2024 10:44 AM (AwYPR)

Remember to remove the lids entirely, before you toss in cans of food. And monitor the waste material that comes back out with the used food cans. If she's saving up your urine, she might be up to something.

Same goes for candles. You give her only enough to keep warm, not to light the shed. If she removes the wicks, rather than burning them, one morning you might find yourself strangled with a makeshift garrote.

Or so they say. I wouldn't know. I don't even have a shed.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:51 AM (GtZ7X)

348 don't know about raisins alone but 'fruit and nuts' ones are sold here, made locally and not imported though.
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s)

Those were the ones. I was afraid to post that because "phrasing". 😉

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 10:51 AM (t/2Uw)

349 And I'm not a saint, very much a sinner, but faith has really brought me peace and I hope others can find it as well. Since this is the prayer thread, I figure it's appropriate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Sometimes I think our souls are mirrors, and our job is to clean our mirrors and turn them toward God, so that we may reflect His image.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:51 AM (TirNb)

350 "The story about Cadbury chocolate brought back memories. Back in the day, traveling in England on my own, I loved those Cadbury bars with the raisins. Was never able to find them in the US."

I think the closest we have here is the Chunky candy bar. It has peanuts in addition to raisins.

Posted by: Tuna at March 16, 2024 10:51 AM (oaGWv)

351 Anonosaurus Wrecks, my mushtrash, ((my daughter’s pronunciation) has not been shaved since bootcamp68, finally perfected and don’t want changes.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 10:51 AM (o2ZRX)

352 My CPAP is an expensive and complex internet-enabled durable medical device.

I love my CPAP

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2024 10:52 AM (RIvkX)

353 "Achy-Breaky Heart" makes me want to do the "Slowly I Turned" routine. One of those songs that became absolutely toxic through overexposure.
Posted by: Paco at March 16, 2024 10:31 AM

When Weird Al does an entire parody about how annoying your song is, you know your song is annoying. Looking at you, Billy Ray.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2024 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)

354 New girl is due tomorrow, so we are in the any day now portion of the program.

Posted by: Inogame at March 16, 2024 10:52 AM (KCCqb)

355 80 I really hope to attend this year with a new knee.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Pictures Melanie singing "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a Brand New Knee"
Posted by: JT at March 16, 2024 08:58 AM (T4tVD)

; )

Posted by: m at March 16, 2024 10:53 AM (o3SCB)

356 I have a confession to make - Yesterday our local Knights of Columbus council put on a soup supper (no meat) after Mass. Huge turnout and my world famous Clam Chowda was a smash hit. I didn't realize until after I got home that I added bacon to it (just like I always do).

Oopsie.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:53 AM (HDGM5)

357 Imperialism everywhere you look!

Paweł Wargan
@pawelwargan
The US has started building its naval base on the ruins of Gaza. This is imperialism in its most naked, barbaric form.

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We can't risk imperialism! Stop the Gaza pier!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:53 AM (FVME7)

358 Sometimes I think our souls are mirrors, and our job is to clean our mirrors and turn them toward God, so that we may reflect His image.
Posted by: vmom

Nice thought vmom. Thank you!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:54 AM (HDGM5)

359 "Sergeant Lloyd, why is there glitter on your uniform?"

I looked down and saw it. "Makes me feel pretty, sir."

Of course these days, that would be the right answer.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 16, 2024 10:54 AM (sNc8Y)

360 I had a Big Brother Is Watching moment this wesk. There's a rather upscale breakfast restaurant I go to two or three times a year. I went Thursday morning and when waitress brought the bill, she said I could pay with my phone. I scanned a QR code on the bill itself and up popped my name and credit card number! I'm surprised they could even know my name. It was convenient but WTF?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:44 AM (FVME7)

But sure, let's ban TikTok because the Chinese might be getting our data!

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:54 AM (GtZ7X)

361
The few times I eat out I come prepared with cash. I like to leave the server a generous cash tip, usually in many bills so she (traditionally a she) can decide what to report, what to pocket.

Twenty dollar tip equals four five dollar bills. During covid I know they were having a tough time with fewer customers.

I don't care if she told the boss the cheapskates only left a five dollar tip.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:54 AM (RKVpM)

362 >I love my CPAP

Posted by: San Franpsycho

TMI dude

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:54 AM (oCjPU)

363 CPAP/APAP compliance is for insurance purposes. The machines are expensive... about $1K or less. But as a user you need supplies; masks or nasal pillows, hoses, filters, etc. A lot is available online (Amazon) but if you're insurance will cover some of it you have to prove you're using the machine regularly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:55 AM (Q4IgG)

364 Never let it be said that Queen Victoria didn’t appreciate the efforts being made to fight for Queen and Country–after all, we’ve got the chocolate to prove it.

A tin of chocolate has come to light that was one of a batch sent to the soldiers fighting the Boer War in South Africa at the beginning of 1900. The chocolates were paid for by Queen Victoria and reportedly, some 100,000 tins were sent.

The owner of the tin of uneaten 118-year-old chocolate came forward after learning of a news story about chocolate dating to World War One being auctioned.
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https://tinyurl.com/mv7bac6t

BTW, the UK Antiques Roadshow had a WW1 British nurse doll made of chocolate; others were also made e.g. a Tommy in soft peaked-cap.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:55 AM (2yu8s)

365 Oopsie.
Posted by: Tonypete

LOL

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at March 16, 2024 10:55 AM (TirNb)

366 The 118-year-old chocolate and tin are being sold in an online auction held by Scunthorpe-based Eddisons CJM Auctioneers and has an estimate of £120.

Paul Cooper, from the auctioneers, said: "This tin was entered as a result of the success of a First World War hero's 1914 Colonies Chocolate Gift Tin which we sold recently.

"A lady from London wrote and said 'Hundred-and-three-year-old chocolate is not so special. I've got a Boer War tin and all of the 118-year-old chocolate is still inside!' "And it is. The chocolate was originally a single block and is now somewhat broken up, but it is all there.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:55 AM (2yu8s)

367 >>>@pawelwargan
The US has started building its naval base on the ruins of Gaza. This is imperialism in its most naked, barbaric form.

this is the very definition of tortured logic

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:56 AM (oCjPU)

368 Anonosaurus Wrecks, my mushtrash, ((my daughter’s pronunciation) has not been shaved since bootcamp68, finally perfected and don’t want changes.
Posted by: Eromero

I also still have the pron 'stash I've had since the mid-70's.

My yard, remove thyself from it!!

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:56 AM (HDGM5)

369
Paweł Wargan
@pawelwargan
The US has started building its naval base on the ruins of Gaza. This is imperialism in its most naked, barbaric form.

Trying a little pier pressure on Biden, I see.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:57 AM (RKVpM)

370 The Biden administration on Wednesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that unlocks upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds for the Iranian government, according to a copy of the notice submitted to Congress late Wednesday and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

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I feel safer already.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 10:58 AM (FVME7)

371 Those were the ones. I was afraid to post that because "phrasing".

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Good because I would have preferred raisins-alone and would have wasted an hour internet searching for them!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:58 AM (2yu8s)

372 This reminds me of a saying my Papa used all the time: God gives up everything we need to have a good life. He also gives us everything we need to destroy ourselves.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 10:50 AM (HDGM5)

Every choice we make, we can't really know the outcome. What looks like a wise choice can sometimes be the thing that destroys us.

I don't think it's a failing to say I've given up on trying to figure out what God wants me to do. In this moment, this seems like the right thing. Is it? Hell if I know.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 10:58 AM (GtZ7X)

373 Laugh at/with me for sending my TV remote through a wash cycle.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2024 09:12 AM (6ZY4c)

Think instead of the sun, the wind, the salt spray and the happiness of spending a sunny afternoon beach-coming for the the phone I dropped in the surf

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2024 10:59 AM (D7oie)

374 >>The Biden administration on Wednesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that unlocks upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds for the Iranian government

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I think the US is trying to bribe Iran to put pressure on the Houthis to stop shooting missiles at ships in the Red Sea

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:59 AM (oCjPU)

375 Iran is funding the killing of American citizens so I am sending them $10B.

Posted by: Bizarro President Joe Biden at March 16, 2024 10:59 AM (aD39U)

376 Enjoy your extra million years in Purgatory, Tonypete. [Me too probably for LOLing.]

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 10:59 AM (2yu8s)

377 Wait until this new landing pier gets inbound rockets, it will be a clusterfk

Posted by: Skip at March 16, 2024 11:00 AM (fwDg9)

378 Huge turnout and my world famous Clam Chowda was a smash hit. I didn't realize until after I got home that I added bacon to it (just like I always do).

Oopsie.
Posted by: Tonypete

Now that is an 'oopsie' to remember!
Bishop Fulton Sheen would have told you to eat it rather than waste it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 11:00 AM (89dLg)

379 We can't risk imperialism! Stop the Gaza pier!
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Stop Trump from stealing the election again!!

Demand photo I.D., in-person voting only, in your state!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 11:01 AM (2yu8s)

380 @pawelwargan
The US has started building its naval base on the ruins of Gaza. This is imperialism in its most naked, barbaric form.
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this is the very definition of tortured logic
Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:56 AM (oCjPU)

Too much overthinking going on. Here, lemme simplify:

Is there are war going on?

If yes, go in so defense contractors can make a mint.
If no, start one so the defense contractors can make a mint.

There, now you understand U.S. foreign policy.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 11:01 AM (GtZ7X)

381 This is why Netanyahu was not opposed to the Gaza pier.
Netanyahu's plan: Turn Gaza into demilitarized Singapore-style entity; fully detached from Israel, linked to world via sea route to Cyprus, land passage to Egypt under Israeli monitoring; massive UAE investment in tourism & tech; local government supervised by international body led by US, Arab states. via
@ynetalerts

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 11:03 AM (t/2Uw)

382 I think the US is trying to bribe Iran to put pressure on the Houthis to stop shooting missiles at ships in the Red Sea
Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 10:59 AM (oCjPU)

THAT'S NOT HOW BRIBERY WORKS!!

I have skunks and racoons and marmots hanging out on the back porch.

Here, lemme put some food out there so they go away.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 11:04 AM (GtZ7X)

383 No inferiority complex there!

New York Post
@nypost
Don Lemon demanded Tesla Cybertruck, $5M advance, equity in X before Elon Musk canned him: sources

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 11:05 AM (FVME7)

384 Paweł Wargan
@pawelwargan
The US has started building its naval base on the ruins of Gaza. This is imperialism in its most naked, barbaric form.

Trying a little pier pressure on Biden, I see.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 16, 2024 10:57 AM (RKVpM)

As history shows, the quay to absolute power in the Middle East has always been Gaza.

Posted by: spindrift at March 16, 2024 11:05 AM (RUR9i)

385 Tonypete, I got this Wyatt Earp stash look going now, and a few weeks ago a crackhead told me it was cool. I said thanks dude.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 11:07 AM (o2ZRX)

386 https://x.com/TheBabylonBee/status/
1768706693385326648?s=20

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at March 16, 2024 11:07 AM (gxokI)

387 Huge turnout and my world famous Clam Chowda was a smash hit. I didn't realize until after I got home that I added bacon to it (just like I always do).

Oopsie.
Posted by: Tonypete

Now that is an 'oopsie' to remember!
Bishop Fulton Sheen would have told you to eat it rather than waste it.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 11:00 AM (89dLg)

Ari Shaffir, in his standup, explains the whole pork thing, that apparently there's a percentage of pork that, if a gentile puts it in the soup, it isn't a sin to eat it.

You'll have to listen to him explain it, because I can't.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 11:07 AM (QpPZM)

388 Victual Gaza by sea??

But I though wharf fare was Hell???

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 11:07 AM (2yu8s)

389 >THAT'S NOT HOW BRIBERY WORKS!!

Hey
I never said the US officials involved were smart

Posted by: Don Black at March 16, 2024 11:08 AM (oCjPU)

390 Hello horde. My dad died early Friday morning. He had been slowly fading away for 1.5 years and the sibs came to visit in December when he had a period of not eating that proved temporary so it is not a shocking blow. Now I must re-calibrate myself again, hopefully settling the estate goes smoothly. I think it will; it would shock me greatly if either of the sibs would fuss that they should have more and dad never needed medicaid so the greedy state should not have any hooks. Prayers for wisdom and serenity for me and my sibs would be welcomed.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 16, 2024 11:08 AM (wTs+0)

391 Thanks to the Horde for your prayers.
Surgery scheduled for April 5th.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 16, 2024 11:09 AM (HVU0s)

392 Condolences Pale Rider.

Posted by: Tuna at March 16, 2024 11:10 AM (oaGWv)

393 Sorry to post and run but I have to get back to packing up things to take to the good health will.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (wTs+0)

394 Two men are being charged with bombing a woman's home and plotting to have their pet python EAT HER DAUGHTER!

https://tinyurl.com/ynn433xr

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Well, at least it's original.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

395 Prayers up for your Dad PaleRider - and all who loved him.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (HDGM5)

396 Prayers for wisdom and serenity for me and my sibs would be welcomed.
Posted by: PaleRider

Prayers for all of you PaleRider, may you remember how he lived rather than how he faded until death.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (89dLg)

397 I'd like to humbly ask for prayers. Not for me but for friends of friends who are stuck in Haiti with their two adopted children and four foundlings that have been in their family for several years. These are good, G-d fearing Christians who have lived there for years, teaching and building homes as well as caring for orphans. They are rightly terrified and of course, being Christians, are at the bottom of the list for extraction. They are pacifists, as is their religion and people here are very worried.
Thanks.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (ODCB/)

398 Prayers for all who need them.

Which would be all of us.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 11:12 AM (QpPZM)

399 Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

Glad to hear it's scheduled. Prayers for success and full recovery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 11:12 AM (89dLg)

400 Well, I'm off to go out in the world. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 16, 2024 11:12 AM (llXky)

401 Posted by: PaleRider at March 16, 2024 11:08 AM (wTs+0)

Sending prayers to you and your family.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I May No Longer Be able To Even at March 16, 2024 11:13 AM (MvA9C)

402 Well, at least it's original.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 16, 2024 11:11 AM (FVME7)

I've seen plenty of pron movies, where the gal eats the python, but this is ridiculous.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 16, 2024 11:13 AM (QpPZM)

403 nood

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 11:14 AM (2yu8s)

404 Posted by: Winston, GOPe

Haiti and those trapped there are in my prayers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 16, 2024 11:14 AM (89dLg)

405 Condolences and prayers for you and your family, PaleRider. May his memory be eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2024 11:15 AM (Wnv9h)

406 But I though wharf fare was Hell???
Posted by: andycanuck

*******

Oh don't tell me we're going to barge right in there?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 11:15 AM (991eG)

407 Whatever happened to the Monroe Docktrine?

Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 11:16 AM (991eG)

408 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at March 16, 2024 11:19 AM (CfA7j)

409 381 This is why Netanyahu was not opposed to the Gaza pier.
Netanyahu's plan: Turn Gaza into demilitarized Singapore-style entity; fully detached from Israel, linked to world via sea route to Cyprus, land passage to Egypt under Israeli monitoring; massive UAE investment in tourism & tech; local government supervised by international body led by US, Arab states. via
@ynetalerts
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 11:03 AM (t/2Uw)

huh

Posted by: m at March 16, 2024 11:22 AM (o3SCB)

410 Winston, there’s a Florida congressman who rescues Americans, can’t recall his name, he has gotten some out of Haiti.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2024 11:23 AM (o2ZRX)

411 I know this is late, but Iris was too busy to post this. Her daughter is getting married today. It is a small event but Iris and family doing all the prep. It all looks beautiful. I knew you all would want to wish them well.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2024 11:28 AM (t/2Uw)

412 On my way out of here, but thanks for posting that, Sharon. Best wishes to the newlyweds!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 16, 2024 11:29 AM (OX9vb)

413 388 wharf fare
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at March 16, 2024 11:07 AM (2yu8s)

!!!

Posted by: m at March 16, 2024 11:30 AM (o3SCB)

414 My late mother used to tell us; "sometimes the answer to your prayers is 'no.'"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 16, 2024 10:05 AM (Q4IgG)

More tears shed over wishes answered than prayers denied

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2024 11:30 AM (D7oie)

415 The internet abounds with amazing taes of cancer cures following administration of the animal de-wormer fenbendazole. Still largely considered to be akin to snake oil.

On an anecdotal level our neighbor succumbed to disseminated undifferentiated cancer in Feb of this year. She had tried fenbendazokle severa months ago.
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 10:22 AM (991eG)

Having dealt with all sorts of data, I have come to the conclusion that it can be difficult to tell the difference between the flakes, the cranks, and the people who haven't satisfied peer review yet.
(Personally I am fond of cranks, some of them are truly inspired, and some of those are right but don't have the tools to demonstrate it.)

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2024 11:38 AM (D7oie)

416 Whatever happened to the Monroe Docktrine?
Posted by: Muldoon at March 16, 2024 11:16 AM (991eG)

It turns out that "pay for play" is better because it is more inclusive

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2024 11:51 AM (D7oie)

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Posted by: hatteras at March 18, 2024 08:59 AM (Zkx5B)

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