Climbing the World's Tallest Chimney

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1 Not happening.....

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 27, 2024 06:11 PM (QNSds)

2 That was nice of someone to add all of the helpful climbing stuff.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Minus religion, name one benefit US males get with marriage at May 27, 2024 06:11 PM (/CQBg)

3 Nope never

Posted by: Ciampino - will Spam bushes stand frost?!? at May 27, 2024 06:11 PM (qfLjt)

4 People be crazy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2024 06:12 PM (BpYfr)

5 Seen on a cake:

CONGRATULATIONS
VALID VICTORIAN

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam as cake decoration? at May 27, 2024 06:13 PM (qfLjt)

6 Hiya

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:14 PM (T4tVD)

7 I nooded

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam as cake decoration?? at May 27, 2024 06:14 PM (qfLjt)

8 Who put the blue things on the chimney ?

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM (T4tVD)

9 Nopenopenope nopitynopenopenope.

Posted by: Appycay at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM (EdYR/)

10 World tallest chimney?
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Posted by: Santa at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM (vFG9F)

11 Checks self for wings.

Does not see wings.

Remains on ground.

(Contented sigh.)

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM (5D4aW)

12 An under rated Richard Dreyfuss movie is Once Around.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:16 PM (SHMXB)

13 a few seconds of that is all I need

Posted by: DanMan at May 27, 2024 06:16 PM (8uzBS)

14 Climbed water tower twice on base in England, biggest amazement was didn't get caught

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:17 PM (fwDg9)

15 5 Seen on a cake:

CONGRATULATIONS
VALID VICTORIAN
Posted by: Ciampino - Spam as cake decoration? at May 27, 2024 06:13 PM (qfLjt)

What was it, his 135th birthday?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:17 PM (5D4aW)

16 Personally, I have managed to make it into my extended warranty period by avoiding things like this.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (MeG8a)

17 Blue things look like the objects at rock climbing gym

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (fwDg9)

18 I’d do it with a safety rope . It’s those free climbers that are insane. I get queezy just watching them.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (SHMXB)

19 Only one reason to watch free climbing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (RIvkX)

20 I did a bit of rock climbing long ago. Hated it. Left blood and fingernails all over the bleeping mountain.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (8I4hW)

21 If you've ever climbed a water tower with a can of paint to defend your sister's honor, you might be a redneck.

If you've ever climbed a quarter mile tall chimney using molded plastic handholds just for the fun of it, you might need to check you dosages.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (5D4aW)

22 Who put the blue things on the chimney ?
Posted by: JT

Sherpas.

Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (DgGvY)

23 Do these people have jobs? You know, like "work".

Those smelly Euros sure have a lot of free time on their hands.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (R/m4+)

24 willowed:

According to Massachusetts State Police Ravizza, 26, from Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard, is accused of bypassing the ticket counter at the AMC cineplex in Braintree Saturday and stabbing four girls, aged 9-17.

Police also accused Ravizza of stabbing a woman, 21 and a man, 28, at a McDonald’s in Plymouth about an hour later. All six stabbing victims are expected to recover.
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Get those leather collars boys and girls. Wear a dickey too.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (fkuu7)

25 Checks self for wings.

Does not see wings.

Remains on ground.

(Contented sigh.)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM

Have you tried drinking a couple of us?

Posted by: Red Bull at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (a3Q+t)

26 People from Franklin, VA and environs pronounce it chim-o-lee for some reason.

Posted by: Gunga Dan at May 27, 2024 06:21 PM (V5BDR)

27 Not to mention skin.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:21 PM (8I4hW)

28 "climbed" the 40 story Transamerica Pyramid under construction.
Last few floors were ladders tied to outside girders.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 06:22 PM (Jw1N6)

29 Nopenopenope nopitynopenopenope.

Posted by: Appycay at May 27, 2024 06:15 PM

Scared of heights huh?

Me Too!

Posted by: The Dummy from the movie 1941. at May 27, 2024 06:22 PM (QNSds)

30 Climbed water tower twice on base in England, biggest amazement was didn't get caught
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:17 PM (fwDg9)

You musta been thirsty !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:22 PM (T4tVD)

31 Good evening!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 27, 2024 06:23 PM (YRsIm)

32 I did some pretty awesome rock climbing before I had kids.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 27, 2024 06:23 PM (YQBrg)

33 Only one reason to watch free climbing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2024 06:19 PM (RIvkX)

I used to go with one of my drivers to swap out a trailer at a small distribution center in Berkeley, because there was a climbing wall across the street and more often than not it was filled with hot chicks in spandex.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 06:23 PM (d9fT1)

34 25 Have you tried drinking a couple of us?
Posted by: Red Bull at May 27, 2024 06:20 PM (a3Q+t)

I have been looking for a new energy drink since I found out Monster is an InBev brand.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:23 PM (5D4aW)

35 I used to climb things harder than that all the time ... back in college. And I didn't use safety ropes ... just raw courage, fats.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 27, 2024 06:24 PM (Cus5s)

36 Totally not a form of insanity... Yeah the CDC said it's a Safe and Effective cure for obesity if you do it without ropes or gloves. So long as you wear a mask...

Posted by: setnaffa at May 27, 2024 06:24 PM (nOVGb)

37 19 'Only one reason to watch free climbing.'

Do they have a bloopers reel for it?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:24 PM (roH4R)

38 Got some bad flashbacks looking at that chimney assent.

Yikes.

The hard corps climbers are those that installed the fake handholds and solid anchors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (u82oZ)

39 Only one reason to watch free climbing.'

Do they have a bloopers reel for it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:24 PM (roH4R)

Splat reels.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (SHMXB)

40 Or a little drunk I think JT

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (fwDg9)

41 Checks self for wings.
Does not see wings.
Remains on ground.
(Contented sigh.)
Posted by: tankdemon

Have you tried drinking a couple of us?
Posted by: Red Bull

I've seen the videos on the cafe threads. You just give people little flying-squirrel flaps. I want bigly luxurious eagle wings if I'm going somewhere where wings are useful.

Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (DgGvY)

42 Big Gay Al's Big Gay Olympics. Trannies in competition, drag queen torch bearers.

The theme of the Paris Olympics is: "Games Wide Open"

One drag queen going by the moniker "Miss Martini" was even sponsored by Coca Cola.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (Qn59F)

43 Apparently the effete prigs on Cape Cod are all prissy because a "Margaritaville " restaurant is opening this summer in Hyannis.

I think it's hysterical.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (YQBrg)

44 Is it ok to wear a wingsuit while free climbing?

Posted by: Look at me, I'm a flying squirrel! at May 27, 2024 06:26 PM (vFG9F)

45 going up is not the same accomplishment as going forward

Posted by: DanMan at May 27, 2024 06:27 PM (8uzBS)

46 "I prefer not to."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2024 06:27 PM (tQtDb)

47 24
'Get those leather collars boys and girls.'

I had actually wondered about those. They seem the only way to survive if you get surprised and can't get your hands up in time.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:27 PM (roH4R)

48 There are only two types of climbers: those who have fallen and those who will.

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam lubrication at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (qfLjt)

49 "Apparently the effete prigs on Cape Cod are all prissy because a "Margaritaville " restaurant is opening this summer in Hyannis."

I think that is a franchise started by the late Jimmy Buffett, I could be wrong. He also owned "Cheeseburger in Paradise" in Lahaina, but that burned down in the inferno.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (MeG8a)

50 I live at 13 feet above sea level and that's the max elevation I am comfortable with.

Posted by: On Solid Ground at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (V5BDR)

51 Is it ok to wear a wingsuit while free climbing?
Posted by: Look at me, I'm a flying squirrel!

Probably, but you should go ahead and wear the adult diaper, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (ftFVW)

52 Or a little drunk I think JT
Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (fwDg9)

You ?

!

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (T4tVD)

53 a "Margaritaville " restaurant is opening this summer in Hyannis.

I think it's hysterical.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (YQBrg)

That's great. I hope the opening band is "Mary Joe And The Oldsmobiles."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (d9fT1)

54 37 19 'Only one reason to watch free climbing.'

Do they have a bloopers reel for it?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:24 PM (roH4R)

As a matter of fact...
https://tinyurl.com/ns8bn2j4

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (5D4aW)

55 Walk on a 7 inch curb . Then walk on it imagining that you are 100ft up. Even just imagining the brain has a built in warning telling you not to do something.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:29 PM (SHMXB)

56 Whatever floats someone's boat but I have trouble with a three step ladder.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 06:29 PM (WnDHN)

57 102 I’m watching the world bench weightlifting championships in Austin. The women’s division are beasts. Right now they are lifting 275lbs with no problem.

And to my surprise there are a couple of competitors that are 1’s .
Posted by: polynikes
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At the gym diagonal from me is the leg press machine. Over walks two girl friends, one starts adding these big discs to the bar. She's not a big girl, rather petite. I added it up to 325, she squares up on the machine and does 8 presses comfortably. Her friend giggles and she does 8 more. She gets up, takes the weights off and goes to the next machine.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 06:30 PM (fkuu7)

58 CBD's in it to assess technique

Posted by: DanMan at May 27, 2024 06:30 PM (8uzBS)

59 Whatever floats someone's boat but I have trouble with a three step ladder.
Posted by: Ben Had

You would have big trouble being a short person.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 06:30 PM (ftFVW)

60 I live at 13 feet above sea level and that's the max elevation I am comfortable with.
Posted by: On Solid Ground

You're going to be in trouble when the ocean level rises!
~Malignant little dwarf girl.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 27, 2024 06:31 PM (UWaR6)

61 42 Big Gay Al's Big Gay Olympics. Trannies in competition, drag queen torch bearers.

The theme of the Paris Olympics is: "Games Wide Open"

One drag queen going by the moniker "Miss Martini" was even sponsored by Coca Cola.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 27, 2024 06:25 PM (Qn59F)

Last time I was in Paris a club across the alley from the hotel had sigh out front, in English, "Lesbian Bar, Females only". I suppose to discourage trannys.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:32 PM (8I4hW)

62 54
'As a matter of fact...'

Check out the cast and crew at that link.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:33 PM (roH4R)

63 Is there anything more frivolous in this world, than climbing things when there is nothing at the top you actually need?

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:33 PM (ACEtJ)

64 >>>I had actually wondered about those. They seem the only way to survive if you get surprised and can't get your hands up in time.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Their favorite spot from behind at the base of the neck at the shoulder.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 06:33 PM (fkuu7)

65 Hi She Hobbit. How are ya?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 06:33 PM (WnDHN)

66 Marines wore those leather collars for a reason.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 06:34 PM (fkuu7)

67 Would not hang.

Posted by: Eromero at May 27, 2024 06:34 PM (o2ZRX)

68 Howdy, madam Had? Doin good now that I'm over the strep throat one of the little hobbits gifted me.

How're things in your neck of the woods?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 06:36 PM (ftFVW)

69 Burgers, dogs, hotdog sauce, fries, grandkids, other kids, flags.

I'm ready for a fucking nap.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 06:36 PM (Q4IgG)

70 You get used to it riding hoists or standing against gate to the hoist

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:36 PM (IG7T0)

71 Donny Hathaway rented a nice room at the Essex House Hotel on Central Park South but left it by way of the balcony. He was a talented singer, but had screws loose.

Posted by: Mister Soul at May 27, 2024 06:36 PM (V5BDR)

72 "Is there anything more frivolous in this world, than climbing things when there is nothing at the top you actually need?
Posted by: BurtTC"

That game that you try to knock a little ball in a little hole with a little stick for an hour or two of frustration you don't actually need?

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 06:37 PM (vFG9F)

73 @ 66 ... it was (i think) originally called a "gorget", and was intended to protect against a blow from a cutlass.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2024 06:38 PM (tQtDb)

74 I might have been 18 or 19 when I did that. Hight doesn't bother me much, once went up in a bucket on a crane setting a church steeple

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:38 PM (fwDg9)

75 h/t Hrothgar: Cynical Publius, from the earlier thread:

TL;DR: Army wasn’t incompetent building the Gaza pier; it knew that a pier would not withstand the sea conditions there. Overruled!

https://tinyurl.com/mpb93c93

Posted by: chris+opher at May 27, 2024 06:38 PM (dSco/)

76 I live at 13 feet above sea level and that's the max elevation I am comfortable with.
Posted by: On Solid Ground at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (V5BDR)

I nearly made it the top of a 10 foot wall!!

Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD at May 27, 2024 06:39 PM (iODuv)

77 Howdy Hordelings! Just returned from a lovely weekend at the beach - Ocean City, Maryland. Nice weather and good food and drinks! Traffic sucked going both ways, but that's to be expected.

Hope y'all are doing well and had a nice long weekend!

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 06:39 PM (RFPHU)

78 From the Internet: "I can’t decide if I have a fear of heights or just a strong gravitational pull towards the Earth."

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam lubrication? at May 27, 2024 06:40 PM (qfLjt)

79 Who put the blue things on the chimney ?
Posted by: JT

Sherpas.
Posted by: mikeski

I want to those guys climb up and do that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 06:40 PM (cOq4q)

80 Speaking of frivolous, I was watching a vid recently, about the world's tallest buildings.

I had no idea how many 1200' and up buildings there were, including a few built recently in NYC. Pre-Covid, of course.

And there are a few of them in Wuhan, a city I didn't even know existed before Covid.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:40 PM (KBAIt)

81 2,000 dead in New Guinea landslide? Did they find Sleepy Joe's uncle?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 06:41 PM (KqYF7)

82 it was (i think) originally called a "gorget", and was intended to protect against a blow from a cutlass.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

How was that little thing supposed to protect against being hit by a car?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 06:41 PM (ftFVW)

83 Marines wore those leather collars for a reason.
Posted by: Braenyard

From the usmc Museum.
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Posted by: BifBewalski at May 27, 2024 06:42 PM (MsrgL)

84 > Howdy Hordelings! Just returned from a lovely weekend at the beach - Ocean City, Maryland. Nice weather and good food and drinks! Traffic sucked going both ways, but that's to be expected.
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My parents had a rental place on 13th street there. A house, just down the street from a church.

Bold memories. Some worth relating.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 06:42 PM (Q4IgG)

85 Hey door, how are the roller coasters there? I am planning on going there over the 4th.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

86 That game that you try to knock a little ball in a little hole with a little stick for an hour or two of frustration you don't actually need?
Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 06:37 PM (vFG9F)

Well I don't, but those who do, not many have died falling off the tee.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (KBAIt)

87 Doof, Siri, doof

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

88 "it was (i think) originally called a "gorget", and was intended to protect against a blow from a cutlass.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

How was that little thing supposed to protect against being hit by a car?
Posted by: She Hobbit"

She did seem pretty wispy on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 06:44 PM (vFG9F)

89 little ball in a little hole

Used to date her!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 06:44 PM (KqYF7)

90 "Apparently the effete prigs on Cape Cod are all prissy because a "Margaritaville " restaurant is opening this summer in Hyannis."
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How about a Kennedy Compound-themed restaurant where you have to evade drunken inbred lace curtain Irish assholes to get out alive, plus a free pitcher of G&Ts?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 06:44 PM (FkUwd)

91 "Tallest chimney?"

*Yawns* - Rangers at Point du Hoc.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:44 PM (mO/OJ)

92 https://gunfreezone.net/fafo-physics/

Cliff diving is not for the sober...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 06:44 PM (cOq4q)

93 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2024 06:45 PM (tQtDb)

94 Doof, Siri, doof
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

is that a new song ?

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:45 PM (T4tVD)

95 Donny Hathaway rented a nice room at the Essex House Hotel on Central Park South but left it by way of the balcony. He was a talented singer, but had screws loose.
Posted by: Mister Soul at May 27, 2024 06:36 PM (V5BDR)

These days I figure anyone who falls off a roof or out a window was either in the crosshairs of the CIA or had information that would lead to the arrest of Boeing execs.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:46 PM (KBAIt)

96 Good evening, horde!

There was a time I might have climbed that chimney. Having children gave me a heightened sense of mortality, though, and I stopped doing stupidly dangerous things.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 27, 2024 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

97 How did that golfer commit suicide, shot himself in the head?
HOLE IN ONE!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism at May 27, 2024 06:46 PM (KqYF7)

98 Cliff diving is perfectly safe if -

Sufficient depth of water.
Avoid the rocks.
And no sharks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:46 PM (mO/OJ)

99 Hey door, how are the roller coasters there? I am planning on going there over the 4th.
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

Doof, Siri, doof
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

Roller coasters aren't all that great in OC. A few tame ones on the boardwalk and also up at Jolly Roger amusement park on 33rd St or thereabouts.

As far as the mid-Atlantic, MUCH better coasters at Hersheypark or King's Dominion or Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 06:47 PM (RFPHU)

100 Wrecking Boeing and converting it into an NGO like GM is a good plan.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:47 PM (IG7T0)

101 At the gym diagonal from me is the leg press machine. Over walks two girl friends, one starts adding these big discs to the bar. She's not a big girl, rather petite. I added it up to 325, she squares up on the machine and does 8 presses comfortably. Her friend giggles and she does 8 more. She gets up, takes the weights off and goes to the next machine.

Thighs like a nutcracker?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 06:47 PM (dDmld)

102 How about a Kennedy Compound-themed restaurant where you have to evade drunken inbred lace curtain Irish assholes to get out alive, plus a free pitcher of G&Ts?
Posted by: All Hail Eris

How many of them pretend to come out of the bathroom and accidentally drop their towel?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 06:47 PM (ftFVW)

103 Doof, Siri, doof
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

is that a new song ?
Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:45 PM (T4tVD)

To the tune of????

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 06:48 PM (RFPHU)

104 Privileged past of movie theater knifeman revealed

https://mol.im/a/13465053

He needs throwing off a rock or roof.

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam fuel at May 27, 2024 06:48 PM (qfLjt)

105 German duelers wore leather from the neck up, except for the cheeks. Scared cheek was a sigh of something.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (8I4hW)

106 32 I did some pretty awesome rock climbing before I had kids.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 27, 2024 06:23 PM (YQBrg)

*fistbump

Didn't read the comments before I posted mine.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (OX9vb)

107 Gorgets dropped their physical use centuries ago, but the decoration still goes on, mostly as a bagge of rank

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (fwDg9)

108 That's great! My kid is 9 and would be her first RC. She did fine on a Ferris wheel. I went to Busch Williamsburg and that's a maybe later. Some of those are hard no's.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (IG7T0)

109 94 Doof, Siri, doof
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (IG7T0)

is that a new song ?
Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 06:45 PM (T4tVD)

I'm hearing David Bowie sing "Dance, magic dance".

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (FkUwd)

110 104

'He needs throwing off a rock or roof.'

A chimney!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (roH4R)

111 My parents had a rental place on 13th street there. A house, just down the street from a church.

Bold memories. Some worth relating.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2024 06:42 PM (Q4IgG)

Been going to O.C. since the 70s when I was but a wee Doof. Some of my adventures there in the 80s and 90s are only to be discussed in person with no possible recording devices present

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 06:50 PM (RFPHU)

112 Dueling scar > tattoo on face

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:50 PM (mO/OJ)

113 Everytime you play golf, you are escaping reality. You are killing yourself unless you golf your enemies to death.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at May 27, 2024 06:50 PM (J8LnB)

114 I worked at rock climbing gym but never got to try the mountain, but did climb steel supporting it behind

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (fwDg9)

115 German duelers wore leather from the neck up, except for the cheeks. Scared cheek was a sigh of something.
Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:49 PM (8I4hW)

Getting a saber scar on one's face was a Prussian fetish.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (dDmld)

116 How many of them pretend to come out of the bathroom and accidentally drop their towel?
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All of them! It's like those pop up targets at the range.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (FkUwd)

117 *waves to Eris*

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (mO/OJ)

118 I see lots of girls doing 200# squats and stuff. Never see them benching 100# tho

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (IG7T0)

119 Dueling scar > tattoo on face
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:50 PM (mO/OJ)

What about a partially gnawed off ear?

Posted by: Evander H. at May 27, 2024 06:51 PM (KBAIt)

120 105 Schmisse, the dueling scar. Otto Skorzeny had a beaut.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 06:52 PM (V5eKu)

121 Heard climbing: "That crack is big enough for your whole fist."

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam fuel? at May 27, 2024 06:52 PM (qfLjt)

122 105 German duelers wore leather from the neck up, except for the cheeks. Scared cheek was a sigh of something.

I've read that some of them would pack their wounds with sawdust or other debris to make the scars even more grotesque.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:52 PM (5D4aW)

123 OC looks like a mile long honky tonk. Chincoteague is good for little kids and tanning. Time to move up a level.

Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:53 PM (IG7T0)

124 Their favorite spot from behind at the base of the neck at the shoulder.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think I'm good, got metal (Titanium?) scaffolding in there.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 27, 2024 06:54 PM (4780s)

125 Heard climbing: "That crack is big enough for your whole fist."

There's a Sadra Flook joke in there...

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:55 PM (mO/OJ)

126 I've read that some of them would pack their wounds with sawdust or other debris to make the scars even more grotesque.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 06:52 PM (5D4aW)

Plenty of men have done plenty of silly things, for the purpose of getting laid.

If that's your kink, who am I to judge.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:55 PM (KBAIt)

127 Aren't there enough stupid ways to die that we have to make some up?

No thanks.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 27, 2024 06:56 PM (sRfrW)

128 That game that you try to knock a little ball in a little hole with a little stick for an hour or two of frustration you don't actually need?
Posted by: fd at May 27, 2024 06:37 PM (vFG9F)

Well I don't, but those who do, not many have died falling off the tee.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:43 PM (KBAIt

Not trying to be a contrarian but just bringing up a subject most don’t realize. Being a claims manager I’m familiar with a lot of golf related deaths. Though the rate is low as you point out because of how many rounds of golf are played.

I’ve handled a few lighting deaths, cart accidents and a number of heart attacks. Didn’t handle it but familiar with two others heart breaking claims.

A father and son were playing together when after they both teed off the son decided to hit a mulligan unbeknownst to his dad who started walking of the tee box . The son shanked his shot, hitting his dad in the head killing him.

The other was a foursome . One guy hit a bad drive and wrapped his club around the golf cart . It snapped in two and the shaft speared one of the other player in the jugular.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (SHMXB)

129 Would be great if Bezos gave us free amazon prime WW2 films at least on Memorial Day. Yeah, nope, nothing.

They're all P's.O.S.

Posted by: Son of Dad at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (8JB5s)

130 120 105 Schmisse, the dueling scar. Otto Skorzeny had a beaut.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 06:52 PM (V5eKu)

Ditto Fearless Leader from Rocky and Bullwinkle

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (dDmld)

131 63 Is there anything more frivolous in this world, than climbing things when there is nothing at the top you actually need?
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 06:33 PM (ACEtJ)

Probably proof that we're at the pinnacle of western civilization.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (OX9vb)

132 Glad my climbing days are over. Did stupid stuff. Only broke one bone. Ironically, it was on a talus at the base of Crestone Needle in Colorado.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (u82oZ)

133 Aren't there enough stupid ways to die that we have to make some up?
Posted by: tcn in AK

You get bored, sometimes.

Posted by: zombie C. Darwin at May 27, 2024 06:58 PM (DgGvY)

134 I wonder if that wound-packing trick would work for trannies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 06:58 PM (dDmld)

135 Salty Dawg

Shall we start the World War II debates again? It has been a couple of threads after all.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 06:59 PM (mO/OJ)

136 That's great. I hope the opening band is "Mary Joe And The Oldsmobiles."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (d9fT1)

Opening song: Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw.

RIP Mr. Buffett.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 27, 2024 06:59 PM (sRfrW)

137 124 Their favorite spot from behind at the base of the neck at the shoulder.
Posted by: Braenyard
I think I'm good, got metal (Titanium?) scaffolding in there.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 27, 2024 06:54 PM (4780s)

I have C4-5 & 6 all screwed together. Trouble is the brace is on the inside of the spine though, I think. Think of it I'm not sure. They go in from the front so it must be.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 06:59 PM (8I4hW)

138 OC looks like a mile long honky tonk. Chincoteague is good for little kids and tanning. Time to move up a level.
Posted by: Jamaica at May 27, 2024 06:53 PM (IG7T0)

It's a strip of land about 10 miles long along the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean on one side, a mild bay on the other. Tons of hotels, motels, condos, houses. Bars, restaurants, all kinds of shopping - cheesy beach trinkets and nicer shops too. It's a combo of family vacation spot along with teenage / college age binge drinking and all of the stuff that comes along with that. Can be nice during the off-season, and it's overcrowded and way too much traffic in the summer. If you didn't grow up going there, it probably isn't very appealing.

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 06:59 PM (RFPHU)

139 "Aren't there enough stupid ways to die that we have to make some up?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Everybody wants to be famous for something.

Posted by: Death By Penguin at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (vFG9F)

140 Saw "Furiosa" today; enjoyed those batshit George Miller action sequences immensely.

Favorite sartorial style: pinstripe suit with gas mask codpiece and nipple cutouts. Hey, don't judge him, it's beyond fabulous Thunderdome!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (FkUwd)

141 "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."

Posted by: E. Hemingway at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (DgGvY)

142 Salty!! Howdy, good sir! Will you be trekking to NoVa in 2 weeks??

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (RFPHU)

143 128 While stationed at NAF DC (part of Andrews AFB) a few of us would hit the golf course now and then. Four of us, good shape young Marines were out, one guy tees up, drives, and all of us heard a snap. Somehow, his ankle went out resulting in a fracture. We didn't even make it to the first beer machine.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (V5eKu)

144 The other was a foursome . One guy hit a bad drive and wrapped his club around the golf cart . It snapped in two and the shaft speared one of the other player in the jugular.
Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (SHMXB)

I think I remember hearing of that one? Or something similar? Reminds me of the hockey player to had his throat cut earlier this year... or last year. I think a plausible case for murder could be made for that one.

But sure, people die in freak accidents anywhere/everywhere. I don't play golf, but if someone asked me to play golf or climb a giant chimney, I'd... well, I'd probably say no to both of them.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (KBAIt)

145 There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."
Posted by: E. Hemingway at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (DgGvY

And shotgun roulette.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (SHMXB)

146 Anna Puma

Well, we already trashed the command elements of the allies.

I would rather compare the talent level of command then to our current commanders.

Where is our Nimitz?

But we could talk about mission readiness of the highly expensive F-35 vice P-47s or P-51s.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (u82oZ)

147 Welp, looks like Mom is about ready for her dirt nap. She stroked out Friday, don't have much a left side anymore, can barely talk, is refusing food and drink, and breathing is becoming an issue. I guess 93 years is enough. I hope she lets go easily and goes to meet Dad. She's missed the hell out of him for a good three years.

She hasn't thought a good thought about me for years. Still, I hope she passes easy.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (sRfrW)

148 "Because nothing's there!"
--- Sir Edmund Hillary

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (FkUwd)

149 The other was a foursome . One guy hit a bad drive and wrapped his club around the golf cart . It snapped in two and the shaft speared one of the other player in the jugular.

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 06:57 PM (SHMXB)

I remember reading about that one somewhere.

Posted by: javems at May 27, 2024 07:02 PM (8I4hW)

150 Doof

That is the plan. I don't know when the before party starts, but if I can drive all that way, I'd be there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:02 PM (u82oZ)

151 Saw "Furiosa" today; enjoyed those batshit George Miller action sequences immensely.

Favorite sartorial style: pinstripe suit with gas mask codpiece and nipple cutouts. Hey, don't judge him, it's beyond fabulous Thunderdome!
Posted by: All Hail Eris

They could have shortened the little girl Furiosa bit, but was otherwise quite satisfied with the flick. How she lost her arm was just as brutal as I could have hoped for.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 07:02 PM (ftFVW)

152 They go in from the front so it must be.
Posted by: javems
====
Judging from the scar, they just peeled me back in the back.
I was out trying to find my missing week at the time.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 27, 2024 07:03 PM (4780s)

153 In other news, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius died in 1744 at age 43, although his rival Farenheit was convinced he was 109.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 07:03 PM (bvWAj)

154 She hasn't thought a good thought about me for years. Still, I hope she passes easy.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (sRfrW)

Condolences. For all of it. {{{}}}

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (OX9vb)

155 Diogenes

LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (u82oZ)

156 his rival Farenheit was convinced he was 109.
Posted by: Diogenes
===
Great, now I gotta do some maths.

Posted by: From about that Time at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (4780s)

157 141 Always liked that quote. Think about it, three sports where you know you can get killed. Bullfighting stands out. When you have gurneys and a priest on standby, you know something is up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (V5eKu)

158 She hasn't thought a good thought about me for years. Still, I hope she passes easy.

Damn, that's tough. Praying for the best possible outcome for you and all involved.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (mH6SG)

159 How she lost her arm was just as brutal as I could have hoped for.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 07:02 PM

* wails loudly *

Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (a3Q+t)

160 In other news, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius died in 1744 at age 43, although his rival Farenheit was convinced he was 109.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 07:03 PM (bvWAj)

They should call Lord Kelvin to break the tie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (dDmld)

161 tcn in AK

May her passing be easy, and you be guilt free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

162 This headline is a metaphor for Trump and America, amirite?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 07:06 PM (bu09+)

163 Watching the weightlifting competition. I’ve been busy converting kilos to pounds in my head,

Posted by: polynikes at May 27, 2024 07:07 PM (SHMXB)

164 75 h/t Hrothgar: Cynical Publius, from the earlier thread:

TL;DR: Army wasn’t incompetent building the Gaza pier; it knew that a pier would not withstand the sea conditions there. Overruled!

https://tinyurl.com/mpb93c93
Posted by: chris+opher

Good link.
And probably 100% accurate.

In another life I was working division staff during a wargame - joint forces river crossing was the scenario. Because I was engaged in plotting out effects of dam breaks months before I recognized the topo maps and right off the right flank (and off our std issue mapboards) was a big ass dam that I had modeled a break on...
Advised my Major of this and suggested we confirm the division on right flank secure the dam before proceeding with the river crossing.
He briefed it to the General, who took it under advisement - meaning he asked Corps... whoo-hoo... endex (game over). Must have been The Test.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 07:07 PM (cOq4q)

165 Great, now I gotta do some maths.
Posted by: From about that Time at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM

I can help!

°F = (°C × 9/5) + 32

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 27, 2024 07:07 PM (a3Q+t)

166 I wonder whether anyone has climber the highest chimney on all eight continents.

You could jump-start the mission with Antarctica

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (dDmld)

167 Cicero

Not Macquorn Rankine?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

168 Doof

That is the plan. I don't know when the before party starts, but if I can drive all that way, I'd be there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:02 PM (u82oZ)

The party starts when YOU get there!! And your first drink or snack is on me!

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (RFPHU)

169 "Apparently the effete prigs on Cape Cod are all prissy because a "Margaritaville " restaurant is opening this summer in Hyannis."

I think that is a franchise started by the late Jimmy Buffett, I could be wrong. He also owned "Cheeseburger in Paradise" in Lahaina, but that burned down in the inferno.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at May 27, 2024 06:28 PM (MeG8a)

---------------

"We have never had an inferno in Lahaina, and hundreds if not thousands of school children didn't perished in it."

-- You Deep State, Junta, and MDM-MSM (BIRM thrice)

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (bu09+)

170 Saw "Furiosa" today; enjoyed those batshit George Miller action sequences immensely.

Favorite sartorial style: pinstripe suit with gas mask codpiece and nipple cutouts. Hey, don't judge him, it's beyond fabulous Thunderdome!
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM (FkUwd)

I get a kick out of people saying "box office bomb," then acknowledging the movie's pretty good. So then maybe it has nothing to do with the film itself.

Oh, and I don't care what anybody says, ATJ is hot as F.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (hYVZU)

171 Not Macquorn Rankine?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

Only if you're a commie or an engineer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:09 PM (dDmld)

172 She hasn't thought a good thought about me for years. Still, I hope she passes easy.

Damn, that's tough. Praying for the best possible outcome for you and all involved.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (mH6SG)

I'll second that !

Posted by: JT at May 27, 2024 07:10 PM (T4tVD)

173 There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games."
Posted by: E. Hemingway at May 27, 2024 07:00 PM

Pffft. Competitive standing under sets of Ace's shelves.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:11 PM (a3Q+t)

174 Doof

Nay. I will buy you a drink. To see you dance again.

I actually do not need a drink to lower some inhibitions. This was a highly useful skill in the Service.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

175 We had some golfing yesterday .....

Whats the difference between a climber and a golfer?
A golfer goes "whack, SHIT!!"
A climber goes "SHIT!!, whack"

Posted by: Ciampino - Spam waste at May 27, 2024 07:11 PM (qfLjt)

176 Cicero

Got me. I'm neither.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:12 PM (u82oZ)

177 I wonder whether anyone has climber the highest chimney on all eight continents.

You could jump-start the mission with Antarctica

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (dDmld)

--------------

I was taught that there were nine continents before Pluto was downgraded.

/I was seriously taught in the 60's & 70's that there were seven: Asia; Africa; Europe; North America; South America; Australia/Oceania; and Antarctica.

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 07:12 PM (bu09+)

178 Always liked that quote. Think about it, three sports where you know you can get killed. Bullfighting stands out. When you have gurneys and a priest on standby, you know something is up.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (V5eKu)

I guess I value life too much, to condone bullfighting... or listen to anything Hemingway had to say.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:13 PM (hYVZU)

179 Got me. I'm neither.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:12 PM

Better the latter than the former, NaCly Dog.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:13 PM (a3Q+t)

180 I wonder whether anyone has climber the highest chimney on all eight continents.

You could jump-start the mission with Antarctica
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:08 PM (dDmld)

I think you should go there last, considering the aliens whose civilizations are under the ice.

Chances are they don't care for people climbing their chimneys.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:15 PM (hYVZU)

181 Even when I was young and stupid I never did a climb like that.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 27, 2024 07:15 PM (qZdIZ)

182 "Because nothing's there!"
--- Sir Edmund Hillary

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 27, 2024 07:01 PM (FkUwd)

---------------

Would have been a great title for "his #FakeNamesake's" biography.

Posted by: ShainS -- Future Secretary of Retribution candidate at May 27, 2024 07:15 PM (bu09+)

183 tcn, You are a great person in spite of her.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 07:15 PM (WnDHN)

184 130, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2024 07:16 PM (tQtDb)

185 I guess I value life too much, to condone bullfighting... or listen to anything Hemingway had to say.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:13 PM (hYVZU)

Concur. Leave the bulls alone and Hemingway had issues.

Fuck him.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 27, 2024 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

186 Duncanthrax

So true. But we have woke engineers now, and they have already killed people. Just like commies killing people. Without remorse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:16 PM (u82oZ)

187 Ace is half-assing it on Week Before Pride Month.

Hater.

Posted by: Wally at May 27, 2024 07:17 PM (EyElY)

188 Even when I was young and stupid I never did a climb like that.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 27, 2024 07:15 PM (qZdIZ)

At my age, I'm amazed at how few bones I've broken, but then I wasn't in to that kind of thrill seeking when I was younger.

Then I go out in public, see people my age or younger, hobbling around with apparent injuries that didn't heal right, and I think "I wonder if it was worth it, whatever you did."

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:17 PM (hYVZU)

189 160 In other news, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius died in 1744 at age 43, although his rival Farenheit was convinced he was 109.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 07:03 PM (bvWAj)

They should call Lord Kelvin to break the tie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 27, 2024 07:05 PM (dDmld)
----
What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Rankine Scale at May 27, 2024 07:17 PM (qfLjt)

190 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ϗ

🥃
🥃
🥃

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:18 PM (u82oZ)

191 130 Heh. I was thinking about the Fearless Leader of Pottsylvania, and his agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Horde think.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 07:18 PM (V5eKu)

192 Rankine Scale

See my #167

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:19 PM (u82oZ)

193 So true. But we have woke engineers now, and they have already killed people. Just like commies killing people. Without remorse.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:16 PM

Maybe I'm just OG, but I don't think you can be an engineer and woke. Engineering deals with facts. Sometimes you don't understand them as well as you needed to, but you learn and adapt. Dogmatism doesn't cut it.

Nor does it on a bridge.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:19 PM (a3Q+t)

194 At least I tested something that might be useful, like on those escape hatches the Shuttle didn't have.
Come on Redbull, git gud (again).

Posted by: that guy who jumped out an airlock in space at May 27, 2024 07:20 PM (gKWVE)

195 Duncanthrax

A footbridge collapse in Florida.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:20 PM (u82oZ)

196 I guess I value life too much, to condone bullfighting... or listen to anything Hemingway had to say.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:13 PM (hYVZU)

Concur. Leave the bulls alone and Hemingway had issues.

Fuck him.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 27, 2024 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

Suddenly I'm remembering the Green Beret dude, Jerry Shriver, who they say was the most feared man in Vietnam. Stories of his exploits are legendary, and if you see pics of him, he looks so ordinary.

I'd say he had issues. In the end, his body was never found. Suicide by Viet Cong.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 27, 2024 07:21 PM (hYVZU)

197 Ace is half-assing it on Week Before Pride Month.

Hater.
Posted by: Wally at May 27, 2024 07:17 PM

He's just taking a well-deserved day off. He'll be back eructating fire tomorrow.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:21 PM (a3Q+t)

198 Gonna step in it here. Bull fighting is a cultural issue. Great pride involved in breeding and raising bulls to go to the ring. What do you think happens to the excessive amount of bulls in any herd?

Veal picatta

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 07:22 PM (WnDHN)

199 Doof

Nay. I will buy you a drink. To see you dance again.

I actually do not need a drink to lower some inhibitions. This was a highly useful skill in the Service.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

Disco Doof may only be a Texas thing. We'll see! Anyway - looking forward to seeing you again. Safe travels!!

Posted by: Doof at May 27, 2024 07:22 PM (RFPHU)

200 Sounds like Big Army forgot the lessons of Normandy at Gaza. Hell Ceaserea pops to mind also.

You need to build an artificial breakwater or a Mulberry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 07:22 PM (mO/OJ)

201 that guy who jumped out an airlock in space

There was a plan to get out, if the Shuttle was in ascent, not low earth orbit. Was featured in a SF book co-written by Buzz Aldrin, IIANM.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:23 PM (u82oZ)

202 A footbridge collapse in Florida.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:20 PM

Not real engineers.

Nor were the bimbos in the 7th real OODs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:23 PM (a3Q+t)

203 Advised my Major of this and suggested we confirm the division on right flank secure the dam before proceeding with the river crossing.
He briefed it to the General, who took it under advisement - meaning he asked Corps... whoo-hoo... endex (game over). Must have been The Test.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 07:07 PM (cOq4q)
***

Similar experience only I was doing IPB for possible enemy LZs in case of a helicopter insertion. Even had them targeted. (REFORGER) The bad guys came. We fired.the.LZs. Then I got asked why we let them fly?
Told them shooting them down wasn't my job, but finding their LZs and hitting them on the ground was. And then I produced the target cards.
The generals left.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 27, 2024 07:23 PM (bvWAj)

204 & that's the Circle of Life in a nutshell, innit Ben Had?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2024 07:24 PM (tQtDb)

205 I should stop watching TV and make chicken salad and get ready for lights out

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2024 07:24 PM (fwDg9)

206 I see the Memorial Day picnic prices are up only about 10% over last year. Not factoring in a 1 lb pack of hot dogs is now 10-12oz.
Got some 'bun length' dogs the other day. They were at least an inch short of 'bun length'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 27, 2024 07:24 PM (cOq4q)

207 As for a current Nimitz class leader?

Probably already been cashiered for being white and male due to lack of confidence.

Odd little footnote, Hap Arnold on 7 Dec 1941 was in California playing golf after personally seeing off the B-17 flight that would fly into the attack at Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 07:24 PM (mO/OJ)

208 sock_rat, it is indeed.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 07:25 PM (WnDHN)

209 173 Pffft. Competitive standing under sets of Ace's shelves.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:11 PM (a3Q+t)

Somebody got a death wish.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 27, 2024 07:25 PM (5D4aW)

210 Duncanthrax

We newed to ask ace about the child birtday party he attended.

I have questions?

His child.
His mistresses child?
Is he now chasing after free-range cougars in the urban jungle?
(free-range = a double divorcee with a tubal ligation)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:26 PM (u82oZ)

211 Got some 'bun length' dogs the other day. They were at least an inch short of 'bun length'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Ain't that what always happens?

Posted by: Women Everywhere at May 27, 2024 07:26 PM (ftFVW)

212 Anna Puma

That flight was a significant percentage of our air power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:27 PM (u82oZ)

213 I saw Eructacting Fire open for…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 07:27 PM (v6JzV)

214 Is he now chasing after free-range cougars in the urban jungle?
(free-range = a double divorcee with a tubal ligation)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:26 PM

My understanding of Ewokian mating practices and rituals is academic, and I'd like to keep it that way. ;-)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:28 PM (a3Q+t)

215 Those B-17s were staging through on their flight to Clark Field to reinforce the 19th Bombardment Group.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 07:28 PM (mO/OJ)

216 Tankdemon said he was looking for a replacement for Monster since it was an InBev brand. According to Wikipedia, caveat lector, it appears to be an independent company, with some investment from Coca Cola (less than 20%). So rest easy you fellow Monster imbibers.

Posted by: BrickShy at May 27, 2024 07:28 PM (3pK6T)

217 Time to go when I mess up punctuation.

Have a great day, and stand tall honoring the citizens who have gone west.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2024 07:29 PM (u82oZ)

218 burning question, why do hot do hot dog buns come in length shorter than bun length hot dogs? 500 quatloos if you can answer the other question about hot dogs and buns.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 07:29 PM (WnDHN)

219 Disco, disco Doof!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 07:30 PM (v6JzV)

220 Back to model building nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2024 07:30 PM (mO/OJ)

221 Got some 'bun length' dogs the other day. They were at least an inch short of 'bun length'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

You should, how you say, ask for them by name.

Posted by: genuine Paolo brand hot dogs at May 27, 2024 07:31 PM (DgGvY)

222 178 Always liked that quote. Think about it, three sports where you know you can get killed. Bullfighting stands out. When you have gurneys and a priest on standby, you know something is up.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 27, 2024 07:04 PM (V5eKu)
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F1 has ambulances AND Medivac helicopters on hand.
Hemingway missed out on deep sea diving and scuba diving.

Posted by: Ciampino - awkward and all thumbs at May 27, 2024 07:31 PM (qfLjt)

223 They were at least an inch short of 'bun length'.

Apprentice mohels?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 27, 2024 07:32 PM (a3Q+t)

224 Who is ATJ and what is Furosia?

Posted by: Joe B. at May 27, 2024 07:32 PM (+8jRK)

225 218 My guess would be that it makes the hot dogs look longer, and therefore more appealing, and that’s where the money is.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 07:32 PM (v6JzV)

226 burning question, why do hot do hot dog buns come in length shorter than bun length hot dogs? 500 quatloos if you can answer the other question about hot dogs and buns.
Posted by: Ben Had

Johnsonville brats are a scam. A five-pack? Really?

Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2024 07:33 PM (DgGvY)

227 Duncanthrax, could you send me that link to the Texas appetizers you mentioned the other day?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2024 07:33 PM (WnDHN)

228 They were at least an inch short of 'bun length'.
Apprentice mohels?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Maybe. Were they all-beef hot dogs?

Posted by: mikeski at May 27, 2024 07:33 PM (DgGvY)

229 burning question, why do hot do hot dog buns come in length shorter than bun length hot dogs? 500 quatloos if you can answer the other question about hot dogs and buns.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Because, ever since teh hot dog peoples finally got their # of dogs in a pack, to match the # of buns in a bag, the bun peoples had to Take It Up A Notch?

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2024 07:34 PM (njWTi)

230 My guess would be that it makes the hot dogs look longer, and therefore more appealing, and that’s where the money is.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 27, 2024 07:32 PM

Would you happen to have more information concerning this?

Asking for some friends.

Posted by: Richard Pics at May 27, 2024 07:34 PM (a3Q+t)

231 Disco Doof may only be a Texas thing. We'll see! Anyway - looking forward to seeing you again. Safe travels!!
Posted by: Doof

I've seen a picture that disputes this. I was only *a little* jealous.

Posted by: Women Everywhere at May 27, 2024 07:34 PM (ftFVW)

232 Given there are many lengths of hot dogs, how is any one bun length right or standard?

Posted by: Joe B. at May 27, 2024 07:34 PM (+8jRK)

233 Nood cafe is up

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 27, 2024 07:35 PM (OX9vb)

234 Drat, off sock!

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 27, 2024 07:36 PM (ftFVW)

235 >>>From the usmc Museum.
https://is.gd/0zCPqm
...
Posted by: BifBewalski
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They cut the nuts off that story. Here's the tell: "It is most likely that, in the beginning, it had a practical application related to proper military function."

Right, keeping them from getting there heads cut off by the Moors.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 27, 2024 07:48 PM (fkuu7)

236 "Concur. Leave the bulls alone and Hemingway had issues."

Nuh-uh!!

Posted by: Margot and Muriel at May 27, 2024 08:05 PM (89Sog)

237 https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15325794/

That's a movie!

I mean, it's no Streets of Fire.

Posted by: scottst at May 27, 2024 08:15 PM (Zthmf)

238 El Capitan is six times taller ...

Posted by: SouthCentralPA at May 27, 2024 08:20 PM (6mBpS)

239 I figure a restaurant, cruise ship, or whatever themed for Jimmy Buffett fans has got to be the closest thing to purgatory you could build on this cursed earth..

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 27, 2024 09:56 PM (0FoWg)

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