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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (5/22/24)
Quote I “The court will enjoin the sale as requested because, one, the real estate is considered unique under Tennessee law," "And in being unique, the loss of the real estate would be considered irreparable harm." chancellor Joe Dae Jenkins
Quote II “I have every confidence that it’s going to get done,” “No one should worry, they’re going to be able to vote for the president or the former president, whoever they want to vote for. “You know, this is not going to be a situation where the president’s name is not on the ballot. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine
Quote III “One out of every 10 federal student loan borrowers approved for debt relief means one out of every 10 borrowers now has financial breathing room and a burden lifted, Education Secretary Miguel CardonaThe previous quote leads into the perfect story below the fold.
How Victimhood Became America’s Most Valuable Currency
Being a victim used to be a bad thing — something we tried to avoid, and rarely wanted to admit. As a nation, we strove to rise above obstacles and adversity, not wallow in our own self-pity. Yet today the most powerful people in America are the ones who scream loudest about their own victimization. The Daily Caller’s latest documentary, “Demand for Hate,” exposes how this happened — and how it gave the worst people in America the power to ruin the lives of innocent people. America has now become all too familiar with hate crime hoaxes as the desire to be victimized far exceeds the supply of hate and oppressionSo when are the working men and women recognized as victims from the waste, abuse and theft from government?
What Percentage of Restaurants Fail? Restaurant Success Rate
Approximately 60% of restaurants fail within the first year of operation and 80% fail within the first five years. These numbers may seem off-putting, but the remaining 20% of restaurants go on to find long-term growth and success.
Where every cent of $1 goes at one L.A. restaurant, explained
My industry has always been as difficult as it is magical. In the post-pandemic era, challenges are categorically higher. The threat to restaurants during the pandemic was obvious; it was a given that many wouldn’t come out the other side. In 2024, restaurants are back! No, restaurants are dying! No, restaurants are (sometimes) busy! It is whiplash, day to day. For many, including my restaurant, Botanica, solvency is more elusive than ever due to the elevated cost of doing business. Since opening Botanica nearly seven years ago, our labor costs have risen 40% for hourly workers and 25% for salaried management, the result of minimum-wage increases and market-rate pay increases. Our rent has risen 17%. Our sales, on the other hand, have grown only 2.3%.
Bizarre crash on Route One leaves driver waiting for answers from Trenton Police TRENTON — A strange series of events left several damaged vehicles, a fire, and a driver who fled the scene on a busy section of Route 1. One of the drivers involved, James Green, told The Trentonian that he is still waiting for answers and the accident report from Trenton Police so that he can get his insurance squared away. Complicating the situation is the fact that the driver who struck his car drove off with his car on fire, then got out and fled on foot.
Man's attempt at Utopia, 82 fvcking million.
Techies Build a Carless 15-Minute “Dream” City for the PeasantsMove to California? What are you, fvcking nuts?!?
By M DOWLING -May 22, 20240 California progressives create the problem of housing with bad policies, and then they come up with an even worse solution. Such is the 15-minute city some tech giants are building. They are trying “to build a dream” in California. Is it a dream or a nightmare? A secret group is purchasing lots of farmland. As it turns out, the group comprises the richest people in the world. Silicone Valley leftists are buying the land. They have a website called “California Forever.”
This guy could have helped out many of the failed restaurants previously.
Done With The Dogs: Competitive Eating Legend Kobayashi Calls It A Career Over Health Concerns
Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the U.S., a new study says
Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time frequent marijuana use overtook frequent drinking.
Atlantic writer and ex-ESPN talker Jemele Hill is once again targeting WNBA star Caitlyn Clark and insisting that Clark is only earning her fame because she is a straight white woman. Clark came off a winning college basketball season and ended her college career by breaking a list of women’s basketball records not to mention doing her part to wildly increase viewership on TV and in person for women’s college basketball games.
On this day: May 22, 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at London's Heathrow Airport to begin his first British tour, along with his new bride, 14 year old third cousin, Myra. Although advised not to mention it, Lewis answered all questions about his private life. The public's shock over Lewis' marriage marks the start of a controversy leading to his British tour being cancelled after just 3 of the scheduled 37 performances. via thisdayinmusic.com
Born on this day: May 22, 1962 - Jesse Valenzuela
Jesse Valenzuela, from American rock band Gin Blossoms, who had the 1994 UK top 30 hit single 'Hey Jealousy', from their first major label album, New Miserable Experience (1992) via thisdayinmusic.com
If she isn't the Queen of Resting Bitch Face She is tonight's Genius Award Winner.
After departing her home on Peaceful Lane, Sandra Rodgers "engaged in a verbal argument regarding [the victim's] water usage," investigators report. MAY 22--Angry about the amount of water her 72-year-old neighbor was using to clean his motorcycle, an 80-year-old Florida woman allegedly spit on the man and yanked on his beard, according to cops who arrested the octogenarian on a felony battery charge. Investigators say that Sandra Rogers was in her apartment Friday afternoon when she spotted John Faraone scrubbing his wheels. Rogers lives on Peaceful Lane in the 55-and-over Palm Lake Village community in Dunedin, a city west of Tampa on the Gulf Coast.
I'm not sure he was seeking this recognition, but here is Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
Manitoba Farmer Gives Away Millions Of Potatoes To People In Need Today's good news story comes from Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba farmer Isaiah Hofer faced an unprecedented challenge this year when his potato harvest yielded an exceptional surplus. With nearly 100,000 bags of potatoes—each weighing 100 pounds—Hofer was left contemplating the unfortunate fate of letting millions of pounds of nutritious food go to waste.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Ciampino - fertilizer quotas at May 22, 2024 09:57 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (2rbYh)
Posted by: Ciampino - fertilizer quotations at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (zbGp6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (YoS4M)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:00 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 22, 2024 10:00 PM (ufFY8)
And you get a potato! And you get a potato!
Posted by: Manitoprah at May 22, 2024 10:02 PM (DgGvY)
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Try the All You Can Eat Shrimp!
Posted by: Ded Lobster at May 22, 2024 10:02 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 22, 2024 10:02 PM (a/7LW)
Great photo up top. Makes me want to explore the lake over there!
Tasty ass crackers indeed! Get yours today!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 22, 2024 10:02 PM (U3L4U)
Posted by: 95% of Firsties on AOSHQ at May 22, 2024 10:03 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:03 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2024 10:03 PM (mR/8l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
* * * *
Now, you be gneiss....
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 22, 2024 10:04 PM (U3L4U)
Heads up: you repeated the block quote from the Utopia story under this one.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2024 10:04 PM (klJTj)
Where I'm from one normally pays extra for that. Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:04 PM (2rbYh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 10:05 PM (2QA3G)
Now if you’ll excuse me Inhave a “Gas The Jews”
College March to attend.
Biden 24!!!
Posted by: Montec at May 22, 2024 10:05 PM (tpjlM)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 22, 2024 10:06 PM (Q4IgG)
🫣🙄🥴
Good evening, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not at all, right? at May 22, 2024 10:07 PM (/uvq0)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (lhenN)
Or, is it 'tasty a$$, crackers?'
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 22, 2024 10:07 PM (r253e)
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 10:07 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
This assumes one knows what ass tastes like.
NTTAWWT
No judgement here.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:07 PM (2rbYh)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2024 10:08 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
* * * *
Now, you be gneiss....
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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What in tarnation!
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:08 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Cicero
* golf clap *
Positively Muldoonian.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 10:09 PM (DgGvY)
Launch Time: 10:33 p.m. EDT (0233 UTC, 04:33 CEST May 23)
https://www.youtube.com/live/QkRsdmok1oI
Posted by: Ciampino - more power at May 22, 2024 10:09 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
* * * *
Now, you be gneiss....
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Time to wipe the slate clean.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 10:09 PM (2QA3G)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (v6JzV)
Much as we blame CRT and Cultural Marxism (and rightly so), the fact is that victimhood speaks to the innate human desire to half-ass everything.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (QXQ4l)
https://youtu.be/n6fdjLLZE1w
https://youtu.be/PR9vqJZkmJY
https://youtu.be/2-t2GHcnN3c
The source of the equipment wasn't intentional.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (3CVIc)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (jGGMD)
But, like actual, you know, work be hard, yo!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at May 22, 2024 10:11 PM (hOUT3)
Sorry, idiots, you should have known the law when you scheduled your convention. Ohio is under no obligation to remedy your mistake.
Gov. DeWine's statement is unacceptable. He should be roasting them for their stupidity and reminding them that they are obligated to follow the law.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2024 10:11 PM (mR/8l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 09:58 PM (bo7UB)
* * * *
Now, you be gneiss....
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Let not get igneous about it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)
schist !
Posted by: Ciampino - merde alors at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (YoS4M)
Thanks loads, AL and maybe OH.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (QXQ4l)
These surveys are being answered by drunks and potheads. I doubt the accuracy of the data.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (3CVIc)
Posted by: tankdemon
Have you followed DeWhiner's commitment to the law over the years?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (2rbYh)
I hope you are doing well and your physical therapist is tough, but not a bitch. Heal quickly, my friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (TQc0R)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (3CVIc)
++++
Nope. Brunette.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Andy Griffith at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (6gW4D)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 22, 2024 09:59 PM (lhenN)
As good a a Big Kahuna Burger ???
Posted by: Jules Winfield at May 22, 2024 10:13 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2024 10:13 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: NJ's Finest, By Way Of Adoption at May 22, 2024 10:13 PM (V5BDR)
/andygriffith
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 22, 2024 10:13 PM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (rKyZg)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2024 10:11 PM (mR/8l)
Yeah, but he's Mike DeWine, so.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (jGGMD)
California Forever > California High Speed Rail Bridge to Nowhere
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Nope. Brunette.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
That reminds me: Rapture
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g?si=mVPedP3tSTaaO07O
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (2rbYh)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Or have some cheddar, bacon, and some chives. Maybe some butter or sour cream. And someplace to bake it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:15 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Montec at May 22, 2024 10:15 PM (tpjlM)
Posted by: Dagwood Bumstead at May 22, 2024 10:16 PM (6gW4D)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 22, 2024 10:16 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2024 10:16 PM (sAmhv)
—-
Probably can track sales as well and extrapolate from that data.
Posted by: Montec at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (tpjlM)
I hope you are doing well and your physical therapist is tough, but not a bitch. Heal quickly, my friend.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2024 10:12 PM (TQc0R)
Good evening Nurse.
I appreciate the kind thoughts.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (5fDan)
https://youtu.be/PR9vqJZkmJY
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)
I know the camera is much closer, but the PAK 75 seems much more violent than the 88. I wonder if they reduced the charge on it.
Posted by: spindrift at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (OgD1G)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 22, 2024 10:18 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2024 10:18 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2024 10:18 PM (TQc0R)
Posted by: NJ's Finest, By Way Of Adoption at May 22, 2024 10:13 PM (V5BDR)
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Yes, eye candy.
How about this one?
https://youtu.be/G_jJMkanHvg
Posted by: Ciampino - the hair could be better at May 22, 2024 10:19 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:19 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 22, 2024 10:18 PM (2NHgQ)
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Careful now. Not everyone is qualified to be a true ass cracker.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 22, 2024 10:19 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: nurse ratched
The young ones are best. When they get bigger, they are bitter.
- Joetatoe
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:19 PM (2rbYh)
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (rKyZg)
I am sure it damages collagen in your system as badly as cigarettes do
Remember: "smoking sucks the collagen out of your lips and you wind up with a mouth that looks like a drawstring bag full of stained teeth"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 10:20 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Go! Fight! Win! at May 22, 2024 10:20 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2024 10:21 PM (FkUwd)
https://youtu.be/PR9vqJZkmJY
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)
I know the camera is much closer, but the PAK 75 seems much more violent than the 88. I wonder if they reduced the charge on it.
Posted by: spindrift
I'm not sure if the 88 had more than a blank round in it. The 75 certainly did; you can see the impact.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:21 PM (VNX3d)
Thanks for straightening me out.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 22, 2024 10:21 PM (mR/8l)
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Possum makes a dandy stew!
Posted by: Granny Clampett at May 22, 2024 10:21 PM (bo7UB)
—-
Probably can track sales as well and extrapolate from that data.
Posted by: Montec
But the question was about "daily use." You don't know if I'm drinking my whiskey a shot a day or chugging a bunch of it every Saturday just based on how much I buy.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 10:22 PM (DgGvY)
https://youtu.be/PR9vqJZkmJY
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:10 PM (VNX3d)
I know the camera is much closer, but the PAK 75 seems much more violent than the 88. I wonder if they reduced the charge on it.
Posted by: spindrift at May 22, 2024 10:17 PM (OgD1G)
It's because the 88 doesn't recoil. It's firing a blank. The PaK 40 is firing something more than explosive gasses down range.
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2024 10:22 PM (5fDan)
Until 50,000 ballots with identical penmanship and the same misspelling of Biden's name show up.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 22, 2024 10:22 PM (rHld2)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:22 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:22 PM (enVpg)
Blondie - The Hardest Part (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/vEjCDriXwnI
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Ghost of John Gilligan at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (FxINA)
Posted by: browndog says challenge it at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: A Cracker at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (5h/8D)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2024 10:21 PM (FkUwd)
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Rumor has it that evil spirits have been spotted but they refuse to leave.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (bo7UB)
(and anyone else waiting for news about J.J. Sefton)
From today's morning rant thread:
= = =
290 I just heard from Sefton...
He is out of surgery and now in a regular hospital room. They think they got the entire tumor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
= = =
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 10:24 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: browndog says challenge it at May 22, 2024 10:24 PM (TTAGa)
My company does the 4 day weekend thing for all summer holidays. Good idea since nobody does shit on the Friday anyway.
Posted by: Montec at May 22, 2024 10:25 PM (tpjlM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:25 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:25 PM (ZdexC)
Thanks MisHum, I broke my laptop in two...
Posted by: Some Rat at May 22, 2024 10:25 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Ghost of John Gilligan at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (FxINA)
We see him as a senior us 2028 contender.
- National Review
Posted by: Montec at May 22, 2024 10:26 PM (tpjlM)
(and anyone else waiting for news about J.J. Sefton)
From today's morning rant thread:
= = =
290 I just heard from Sefton...
He is out of surgery and now in a regular hospital room. They think they got the entire tumor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
= = =
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
So, is he getting released soon, or has he asked for help planning his escape?
(Sorry, nurse, but I HATE being in the hospital, I've been admitted enough times.)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 10:26 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 10:24 PM (SHMXB)
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You could tell she was no debutante.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:26 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: browndog says challenge it at May 22, 2024 10:24 PM (TTAGa)
...and where were these officails in 1999
Posted by: browndog insists Hull's foot was in the crease at May 22, 2024 10:26 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Ciampino - the hair could be better? at May 22, 2024 10:27 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist - one tasty ass cracker at May 22, 2024 10:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
= = =
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (O7YUW)
Praise the Lord!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 22, 2024 10:27 PM (3CVIc)
(and anyone else waiting for news about J.J. Sefton)
From today's morning rant thread:
= = =
290 I just heard from Sefton...
He is out of surgery and now in a regular hospital room. They think they got the entire tumor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
= = =
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (O7YUW)
Wonderful CBD. Thanks.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at May 22, 2024 10:28 PM (QXQ4l)
Imagine being assaulted by your octogenarian neighbor on Peaceful Lane. That's just not right.
Posted by: mindful webworker - rockin' ln at May 22, 2024 10:28 PM (/uvq0)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2024 10:28 PM (5h/8D)
Posted by: Ciampino
I thought it was being edgy and referring to Hitler's dog.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 22, 2024 10:28 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: browndog insists Hull's foot was in the crease at May 22, 2024 10:28 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 22, 2024 10:29 PM (w6EFb)
I seem to be improving fingers crossed
Thanks for prayers, and would appreciate more prayers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:29 PM (tdEwJ)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 22, 2024 10:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don't Forget Videodrome at May 22, 2024 10:30 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:30 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: Ciampino - the hair could be better? at May 22, 2024 10:31 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 10:31 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 22, 2024 10:31 PM (Eety5)
I seem to be improving fingers crossed
Thanks for prayers, and would appreciate more prayers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:29 PM (tdEwJ
You got it!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 22, 2024 10:32 PM (3CVIc)
Posted by: Ciampino - the hair could be better? at May 22, 2024 10:31 PM (qfLjt)
Thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: spindrift at May 22, 2024 10:32 PM (OgD1G)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 10:32 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:33 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:33 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2024 10:33 PM (FkUwd)
It may cost them a big chunk of money, but not my problem..
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 22, 2024 10:34 PM (w3u3d)
YOU LIVE IN FCKING FLORIDA.
AAAAAH! AAAAAH! AAAAAAAHHH!!!
Posted by: Sam Kinison at May 22, 2024 10:34 PM (llON8)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
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Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (O7YUW)
Thank God.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at May 22, 2024 10:34 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:34 PM (ZdexC)
I seem to be improving fingers crossed
Thanks for prayers, and would appreciate more prayers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:29 PM (tdEwJ
Of course. Have they made a diagnosis?
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 10:34 PM (SHMXB)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:35 PM (ZdexC)
I seem to be improving fingers crossed
Thanks for prayers, and would appreciate more prayers
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:29 PM (tdEwJ)
Didn't see the AT. What happened, Vmom?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2024 10:35 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at May 22, 2024 10:36 PM (V5BDR)
Absolutely. Will put you in prayer circles. I had no idea you were ill, don't venture into the morning posts much.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at May 22, 2024 10:36 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, My Two Cents at May 22, 2024 10:36 PM (hZc6Q)
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2024 10:36 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
That's wonderful!
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2024 10:37 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 22, 2024 10:38 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: mindful webworker - rockin' ln
Sometimes I watch youtubes. There are people out there who go batshit crazy over the dumbest things imaginable. Then the cops have to drag them off kicking and screaming.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 22, 2024 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 22, 2024 10:39 PM (llON8)
Yay,JJ!
Posted by: Auspex at May 22, 2024 10:39 PM (j4U/Z)
He is out of surgery and now in a regular hospital room. They think they got the entire tumor!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 22, 2024 12:04 PM (d9fT1)
= = =
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (O7YUW)
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b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 10:40 PM (RIvkX)
Suggestions for the Browser people, the people that design Browsers.
Make the bottom and side scroll bars thin, they get in the way. And while you're at it make them pail, very pail so pail they are barely discernible. Yeah, that would make the browsing experience an aesthetic experience. And don't forget we all rely on keyboards so make them keyboard centric as possible. _Thanks
Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2024 10:41 PM (yMKLy)
Posted by: the Craw at May 22, 2024 10:41 PM (eSg7d)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2024 10:41 PM (5h/8D)
https://tinyurl.com/4t3bfp6c
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2024 10:36 PM (5fDan)
That's more what I expected.
Don't let Alec Baldwin near one of those.
Posted by: spindrift at May 22, 2024 10:42 PM (OgD1G)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:42 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 22, 2024 10:42 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:42 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra
Whenever I saw him on TV my first thought was "What a drip.". My second thought was "His hair looks dirty.".
Posted by: Tuna at May 22, 2024 10:42 PM (oaGWv)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:43 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at May 22, 2024 10:43 PM (G77LY)
Food business is tough business even in the best of times.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2024 10:43 PM (yMKLy)
Only once they alter or abolish it.
Posted by: When in the course of human eventf at May 22, 2024 10:43 PM (Wc83a)
Posted by: Ex GOP at May 22, 2024 10:44 PM (GpUII)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 22, 2024 10:38 PM (TSQkU)
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Ditto. Hang tough, JJ.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:44 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
This assumes one knows what ass tastes like.
NTTAWWT
No judgement here.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:07 PM (2rbYh)
One time we went to a restaurant - which we had enjoyed previously - right after they changed their menu/service format. I ordered the crab bisque, which had always been quite good in the past.
After one taste, I told Hubby that it "tasted like Butt". Now, I really don't have the first idea what "Butt" tastes like, but believe me when I tell you that if Butt had a taste, it would have been this soup's taste. Kind of like a dirty diaper (the kids were young at the time, so we knew from dirty diapers).
He didn't believe me, so I made him taste it.
He proclaimed that it did, indeed, "taste like Butt".
Restaurant went out of business not long afterward....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at May 22, 2024 10:45 PM (SRRAx)
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A prayer for complete and speedy recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 10:45 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 10:45 PM (2QA3G)
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket, er Bouquet at May 22, 2024 10:46 PM (0eaVi)
Told him that they're going to re-do the gas pumps to 3 digits, $99.009
_Let's Go Brandon
Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2024 10:46 PM (yMKLy)
Posted by: polynikes
--
The phys therapist assessment today was somekind of damage to nerve to left ear which she said could be addressed with eye & ear therapy
But she doesn't know why things look slanty - stuff that's straight is tilting down to the right
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:47 PM (tdEwJ)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:47 PM (tdEwJ)
Er....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 22, 2024 10:48 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 22, 2024 10:48 PM (enVpg)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 22, 2024 10:47 PM (tdEwJ)
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You get used to it.
Posted by: The Riddler at May 22, 2024 10:48 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:48 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Ex GOP at May 22, 2024 10:49 PM (GpUII)
Posted by: browndog insists Hull's foot was in the crease at May 22, 2024 10:50 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: logprof at May 22, 2024 10:50 PM (znEX4)
Posted by: Ex GOP at May 22, 2024 10:50 PM (GpUII)
Posted by: AOC at May 22, 2024 10:50 PM (znEX4)
Posted by: javems at May 22, 2024 10:51 PM (8I4hW)
Victimhood, on the other hand, is eternal. It can never be satisfied, and it can always be brought out to conclude an argument.
We are in the last days of civilization as far as the human species is concerned. I'm hoping that our alien conquerors or our cockroach rulers will follow a different set of rules.
Evolution is a harsh mistress, and there are no re-takes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2024 10:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:52 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Rex B at May 22, 2024 10:52 PM (5h/8D)
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 22, 2024 10:52 PM (u/Zei)
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Crab bisque in Fort Worth?
It tastes like butt you say?
*Spock eyebrow*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 10:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 10:52 PM (ZdexC)
Hey, if Tina's up for it....
Posted by: Ike at May 22, 2024 10:53 PM (0eaVi)
Dispatcher laughed and she said the area rep would be out to give me an estimate.
When he showed up he said the office lady sent me something, and handed me a picture of a pony.
Funniest thing that happened all day.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 10:54 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 10:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 22, 2024 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Evolution is a harsh mistress, and there are no re-takes.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2024 10:51 PM (CHHv1)
I sure hope so. Human existence is catastrophic and ultimately pointless. The sooner the pain ends, the better.
Posted by: SMOD deliver us at May 22, 2024 10:57 PM (Wc83a)
Posted by: SMOD deliver us at May 22, 2024 10:57 PM (Wc83a)
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Who wants BEEF JERKY?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:59 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Cretin Hop Sing at May 22, 2024 10:59 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 10:59 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: SMOD deliver us at May 22, 2024 10:57 PM (Wc83a)
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You could use a nice cup of crab bisque.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:00 PM (0CsDL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
From that point on, we always referred to it as "Butt Soup" 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at May 22, 2024 11:01 PM (SRRAx)
You could use a nice cup of crab bisque.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
pffft ...
Tastes like ass!
Posted by: Everyone's a Critic at May 22, 2024 11:01 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 10:59 PM (S5+ge)
Pringles is probably one of the Top 3 items purchased with EBIT cards...
Posted by: Gref at May 22, 2024 11:02 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2024 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 11:02 PM (ZdexC)
Posted by: Ross Geller at May 22, 2024 11:02 PM (OgD1G)
Posted by: Curly Howard at May 22, 2024 11:03 PM (6gW4D)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2024 11:03 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Neo at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (GITLP)
We're just arriving at the turn of the cycle a little earlier.
*SHRUG*
Just as the Western Roman Empire did not so much fall as gave rise to kingdoms that became France, Spain, Portugal, etc., we'll have leaner and meaner polities that center on more important things than allegiance to the Empire.
History has told us ad nauseum that there's something of a maximum efficient scale for countries, especially when something less primal than nationality is necessary to hold the operation together and maintain loyalties.
Posted by: logprof at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (znEX4)
Posted by: SMOD deliver us at May 22, 2024 10:57 PM (Wc83a)
You should make a motivational poster with that .
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (0CsDL)
(as part of a speech he gave as well)
https://tinyurl.com/nrm6jtpp
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (D7oie)
https://tinyurl.com/mu53rzu5
Posted by: Ciampino - Monty Python hardest hit at May 22, 2024 11:06 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Neo at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (GITLP)
We must do something to protect our phony baloney jobs - Gov. LePetomaine
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:07 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 22, 2024 11:07 PM (yMKLy)
Posted by: Sulu at May 22, 2024 11:07 PM (2QA3G)
Beautiful, beautiful woman, charming and brilliant, but it comes off as clueless cringe of the highest degree,
Same energy as when one of the Ramones took a stab at rap - clueless white people trying to become part of the Rap groundswell.
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 22, 2024 11:07 PM (u/Zei)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:07 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: SMOD deliver us at May 22, 2024 10:57 PM (Wc83a)
You should make a motivational poster with that .
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (0CsDL)
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Mind if I borrow it?
Posted by: Dante Alighieri at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 10:54 PM (D7oie)
I wish more people used humor in their everyday dealings.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (w6EFb)
https://mol.im/a/13447291
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #01 at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/mu53rzu5
Posted by: Ciampino - Monty Python hardest hit
Muzzies rise up in revolt over reference to stock up on pork products... film at 11.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (VNX3d)
Apparently, drilling a hole in the skull is actually pretty tough and this was his 2nd or 3rd attempt. He claimed there were certain health benefits to doing so, and had an evangelist enthusiasm in trying to get others to do the same. He was barred entry into Britain by the Home Office, I guess they already had enough problems.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:09 PM (PXj64)
https://mol.im/a/13448899
While a lot of kids go hungry?
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #02 at May 22, 2024 11:09 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:05 PM (0CsDL)
Look us up!
Posted by: despair.com at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (znEX4)
https://mol.im/a/13449235
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #03 at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (ZdexC)
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Interesting that they try to make it look like Small Town, America.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 22, 2024 11:10 PM (cOq4q)
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:11 PM (0CsDL)
AO/CC Assistant: "The extirpated species called them 'Cats,' hive mentor."
AO/CC: "How delightful! Look at how soft they are!"
Surviving Human: "Beware! Beware!"
AO/CC Assistant: "Silence, dog!" BRZZZRT!
AO/CC: "What was that miserable creature saying before you blasted it?"
AO/CC Assistant: "Nothing of importance, hive mentor." PURR PURR PURR
AO/CC: "Good, thank you for taking care of that...I must admit, I am slightly concerned--"
AO/CC Assistant: PURR PURR PURR
AO/CC: "Yes, that seems to put all to right. Thank you."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 22, 2024 11:12 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Still not fully persuaded at May 22, 2024 11:12 PM (Wc83a)
Shut the A/C off and bring in some flies. They'll be right at home.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 11:12 PM (2QA3G)
Government:
If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
🤣
Posted by: logprof at May 22, 2024 11:13 PM (znEX4)
They could use a nuclear power plant for power, or burn thrown out CVS receipts for electricity.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:13 PM (VNX3d)
https://mol.im/a/13449213
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #04 at May 22, 2024 11:13 PM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/mu53rzu5
Posted by: Ciampino - Monty Python hardest hit at May 22, 2024 11:06 PM (qfLjt)
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What's that 70th Anniversary edition of SPAM I see? Too early for the Monty Python SPAM song...
Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 22, 2024 11:14 PM (FkUwd)
I sympathize, I was quoted 10k to replace section with tree roots. We will dig the hole and save most of that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:15 PM (S5+ge)
DJ spinnin' I said, "My my"
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
From Blondie's rap rendition
Posted by: John Drake Nearing the Caspian Sea at May 22, 2024 11:15 PM (u/Zei)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:13 PM (VNX3d)
We've cashed in a few yards of those.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 22, 2024 11:15 PM (w6EFb)
https://mol.im/a/13447291
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #01 at May 22, 2024 11:08 PM (qfLjt)
Is it just me, or is gross incompetence and not giving a flying fuck about the quality of goods or services being furnished on a pronounced upswing of late? Whether private or public sector? From airlines to government to law enforcement to home appliances to general contracting. Getting shittier and shittier.
Posted by: Everything is devo at May 22, 2024 11:16 PM (Wc83a)
All by design.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 11:17 PM (2QA3G)
Bein' as it's the wnba, my wager would be the latter.
And it's not just women's college basketball records she broke.
She broke the biggie.
The Pistol's all time, ncaa scoring record.
Sure, it wouldn't have happened if he'd have had the 3 point line.
But how many since have had it and never reached that height.
Pete is still one of the starting guards on my all time team,,, along with Oscar.
G'night.
Posted by: TeeJ at May 22, 2024 11:18 PM (xZpzx)
https://mol.im/a/13446597
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #05 at May 22, 2024 11:19 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Everything is devo at May 22, 2024 11:16 PM (Wc83a)
I'm guessing those baggage handlers are "diversity hires".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 22, 2024 11:20 PM (g0oAz)
https://youtu.be/CNVslbLHwHs
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - live long & prosper at May 22, 2024 11:20 PM (/uvq0)
https://mol.im/a/13447359
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #06 at May 22, 2024 11:21 PM (qfLjt)
The new Portland DA sounds like a real upgrade. Career state prosecutor for more than 20 yrs, IIRC. So he's paid a lot of dues & never made much money.
I doubt someone with that background is enamored of any of the Soros bullshit. A career state prosecutor is usually very much like a career police Sergeant, in my experience.
Plus he had the savvy to knock off an incumbent, which is hard to do, even if said incumbent is asshoe.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:22 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:22 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 22, 2024 11:22 PM (iRX3h)
Posted by: Doof at May 22, 2024 11:22 PM (eNASR)
And Henry Mancini for the non-sportsball peoples.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 11:22 PM (2QA3G)
Beyond ridiculous to say she broke a men's record.
Comparing apples to orangutans.
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:23 PM (0CsDL)
Posted by: madtom at May 22, 2024 11:23 PM (go+84)
Consider taking a break from reading ASHQ
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2024 11:23 PM (mc7sw)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:25 PM (S5+ge)
CC has a following in large reason because if you're going to get anyone interested in an already inferior game, it helps if the employees don't look like they play in a women's prison yard. While she does not have CC's stats, Angel Reese is at least feminine and attractive, especially for a 6'3" woman. And she's black, so no need to bring up race, which is booooring AF as the kids say.
Posted by: logprof at May 22, 2024 11:25 PM (znEX4)
https://mol.im/a/13447359
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #06 at May 22, 2024 11:21 PM (qfLjt)
I'd want a crack at sniffing them first but they're all too old.
Posted by: Joseph R. Biden at May 22, 2024 11:26 PM (Wc83a)
https://mol.im/a/13449213
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #04 at May 22, 2024 11:13 PM (qfLjt)
Just another example of the 48 hour rule. In this case more of a 48 day rule.
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:27 PM (0CsDL)
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 22, 2024 11:27 PM (3/XaG)
I kind of think they should have brought a dog on an Apollo mission. Just for that one picture of a dog looking for squirrels out the window.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:28 PM (PXj64)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:30 PM (PXj64)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 22, 2024 11:31 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 11:31 PM (2QA3G)
I kind of think they should have brought a dog on an Apollo mission. Just for that one picture of a dog looking for squirrels out the window.
Posted by: Common Tater
It's probably a little too late to do that now. Most of the manned US launches head to the ISS. How would you take a dog outside to do his business up there?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:32 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 22, 2024 11:32 PM (D7oie)
The first punk rocker, in the sense that his image and behavior was that he really didn't care what anybody thought, he was going to do what he wanted to do.
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 22, 2024 11:33 PM (3/XaG)
I had heard she went to The Atlantic, which is fine, because The Atlantic is a tiny boutique publication which is obscure and ignored.
Jemele would make a FINE wife for Keith Olbermann. They were meant for each other.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:34 PM (NLIak)
https://mol.im/a/13444347
Never heard of them but I don't travel in those circles.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #07 at May 22, 2024 11:36 PM (qfLjt)
vmom and JJ, prayers up from this sinner for your health, and while we miss you JJ, don't rush back on our account!
Sleep sweet Horde!
🕊️ ❤️
Posted by: logprof at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (znEX4)
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Maybe, but I think Olbermann's perfect wife would have a penis.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #08 at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (qfLjt)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
https://mol.im/a/13444021
Posted by: Ciampino
And rubber bands?
Posted by: Miklos assesses Aldi wine as Drinkable at May 22, 2024 11:39 PM (wWqRd)
They did bring some cats on the “vomit comet” flights to see how they would react in a weightless environment. You know how if you drop a cat it always lands on its feet? Well …
The cats, they don’t seem to like neutral gravity or weightlessnessi. At all. LOL. I’m pretty sure you can find it on the Tube that is You.
Technically, there is no such thing as “Zero” gravity. No matter where you are, you are always under the influence of a celestial body, however slight.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:40 PM (PXj64)
https://mol.im/a/13447357
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #09 at May 22, 2024 11:40 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Azjaeger
Harry never married, but shacked up for a while with Blondie's average-looking guitarist, Chris Stein.
Despite being less handsome than me, which is saying something, Ocasek married supermodel Paulina Porizkova. After marriages to two other cute-but-non-supermodel women.
Being in a rock band works better for dudes, I guess.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 11:40 PM (DgGvY)
If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
That one is good! My favorite is "all we ask is your heart" with an Aztec temple.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:40 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:41 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:42 PM (NLIak)
Never heard of them but I don't travel in those circles.
Posted by: Ciampino
I had some Ted-Baker-brand eyeglasses a few years ago, otherwise I wouldn't have known if he was a fashion designer or a tax attorney.
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 11:42 PM (DgGvY)
https://mol.im/a/13444633
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #10 at May 22, 2024 11:43 PM (qfLjt)
I've listened to one of his speeches and was quite impressed. He makes economics easy to understand and his country seems to be making quite the turnaround.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:43 PM (S5+ge)
The Ramones had an "artistic director" Arturo Vega, because they thought it important.
Posted by: Musik For the (M)asses at May 22, 2024 11:44 PM (V5BDR)
https://tinyurl.com/4aezp5pa
It begins?
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #11 at May 22, 2024 11:46 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Musik For the (M)asses at May 22, 2024 11:46 PM (V5BDR)
Dumplings are quite good, but nary a squawk of a chicken.
Posted by: Miklos is inevitably dissapoint at May 22, 2024 11:47 PM (wWqRd)
https://on.rt.com/ctfu
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #12 at May 22, 2024 11:48 PM (qfLjt)
Are Oregon’s problems (and so many other states) a result of the 1964 Reynolds v. Sims ?
I’m seeing a lot of people online suggesting “We need some mechanism to prevent big cities from completely dominating a state”.
I hate trying to explain basic shit to people, though not everyone memorized trivia like I did. I guess some states utilized this more than others, but “one man one vote” decision by Scotus sealed their doom.
Sen. Everett Dirksen warned and said this was predictable and predicted the state of Illinois would be ruined by this ruling. He was correct.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:48 PM (PXj64)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
You sure you're not a Swifty. Googling those words comes up with a Taylor Swift song called Sad Beautiful Tragic.
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:50 PM (0CsDL)
We do not recognize Ireland, Norway, or Spain.
Posted by: Miklos I Leka Zogu, Rightful King of All the Albanias at May 22, 2024 11:51 PM (wWqRd)
https://mol.im/a/13442733
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #13 at May 22, 2024 11:51 PM (qfLjt)
Now do dollarization. FAST. Before the voters turn on you.
Without dollarization, which Milei campaigned on (IIRC), hyperinflation will be right back.
What he's done so far is to buy a little time before he starts the hard part.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:52 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 22, 2024 11:52 PM (2QA3G)
https://on.rt.com/ctfu
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #12 at May 22, 2024 11:48 PM (qfLjt)M
The only thing wrong with Ireland is they are full of Irish.
Posted by: polynikes at May 22, 2024 11:53 PM (0CsDL)
I can imagine that. Poor dangerous things!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:53 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #14 at May 22, 2024 11:53 PM (qfLjt)
https://mol.im/a/13444265
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #15 at May 22, 2024 11:54 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
There's a country song with the line "I love this crazy tragic/sometimes almost magic/awful beautiful life." That might be what you're thinking of. I believe it's by Darryl Worley, but I'm not 100% on that.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 11:54 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 11:55 PM (bo7UB)
Rhode Island and California both get two senators.
Go Figure
Posted by: One Miklos, one vote at May 22, 2024 11:55 PM (wWqRd)
It just wouldn’t have a (D) after his name. It is regrettable that whenever leftists fuck something up they get an Excuse.
Deadlines are there for a reason.
And - “No One Is Above The Law” amirite? No fuck no. Yeah, it sounds petty, but fucktwaffles need to be punctual, and learn attention to detail. Thank goodness some spineless pubbie is there to smooth things over.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:55 PM (PXj64)
Posted by: mikeski at May 22, 2024 11:55 PM (DgGvY)
It's been a hoot. Goodnight.
Posted by: Cicero
Sweet Dreams
Posted by: Patsy Miklos-Cline at May 22, 2024 11:56 PM (wWqRd)
I’m seeing a lot of people online suggesting “We need some mechanism to prevent big cities from completely dominating a state”.
I hate trying to explain basic shit to people, though not everyone memorized trivia like I did. I guess some states utilized this more than others, but “one man one vote” decision by Scotus sealed their doom.
Sen. Everett Dirksen warned and said this was predictable and predicted the state of Illinois would be ruined by this ruling. He was correct.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 22, 2024 11:48 PM (PXj64)
You can't really say it publicly because of Brown v. Board, but Earl Warren has a good claim to be the most destructive figure in 20th-century America.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 11:57 PM (jGGMD)
You sure you're not a Swifty. Googling those words comes up with a Taylor Swift song called Sad Beautiful Tragic
I saw that one but hadn't clicked on it because I think it is too new. I just tried it, nope. I'm going to ask my sister.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:58 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:58 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Common Tater
Could we power the space station that way? Hook a generator up to a cat that's constantly spinning, trying to point its feet "down?"
Posted by: mikeski wonders how many catpower are in a horsepower at May 22, 2024 11:59 PM (DgGvY)
Rhode Island and California both get two senators.
Go Figure
Posted by: One Miklos, one vote
Correct me if I'm wrong, but all four qualify as nuts.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 23, 2024 12:00 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Dr. T
Quite an accomplishment.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 12:00 AM (2QA3G)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 23, 2024 12:00 AM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 23, 2024 12:00 AM (jGGMD)
Without dollarization, which Milei campaigned on (IIRC), hyperinflation will be right back.
What he's done so far is to buy a little time before he starts the hard part.
Posted by: mnw at May 22, 2024 11:52 PM (NLIak)
the chamber of deputies has a lot to say about that. As it is, however, Argentina is mostly unofficially dollarized, everyone keeps savings in dollars and figures prices in dollars, but are forced to make payments in pesos by the government, so everyone takes a bath on the exchage.
However, the black market price of the USD is listed in all the main papers, it is called the Dollar Blue. There is also a foreign price listed, that is the price of the USD in pesos listed in foreign banks, and there used to be a price listed specifically for Montevideo Uruguay.
The directive Milei put down stated that any currency, gold or other form of barter would be sufficient for making binding contract, this was shot down by the Chamber vote.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:01 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:02 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't
Posted by: Preznit in waiting Gavin, enjoyind al Almond Joy at the French Laundry at May 23, 2024 12:02 AM (wWqRd)
I followed a discussion online with the lefty strategist types probably 30 years ago. First they need to get rid of the Electoral College.
Then, this “2 senators” per state business. They really hate that, maybe more than the EC. They allowed that will take a while.
The EC is fast becoming moot. They know how to game the system, by careful strategy, a few key precincts in a few key states, and Bob’s Yer Uncle.
I was always impressed with the old school electoral wonks. Before computers. You could ask them any county in the country, say “Polk County, Iowa” and they could tell you how it went in every election going back decades.
That’s why they parked those guys in the back room on election night. They knew what “bell weather” counties to look at, almost proprietary information, because they knew who the ultimate winner would be at the end of the night, just by looking at a specific county or two. “Uh-oh”….
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2024 12:04 AM (PXj64)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 12:04 AM (2QA3G)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 23, 2024 12:05 AM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Kindltot
"The best way to get rid of any bad law, is to enforce it vigorously"
Posted by: attrituted to Abraham Miklos-Lincoln at May 23, 2024 12:05 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 23, 2024 12:05 AM (S5+ge)
The right answer:
You a fixxa uppa election integrity is PA, MI, AZ, GA, WI, NV, and MN and we'll talk about fixing this in OH...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:06 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Monty and Market Garden at May 23, 2024 12:06 AM (wWqRd)
what is 'natural wine'? Is there 'unnatural wine'?
This is an atypical locale, run by women and it seems geared towards women. A high end Cracker Barrel with a front shop? It's numbers will be similar to other eateries but not the same.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #16 at May 23, 2024 12:06 AM (qfLjt)
You know a LOT more about it than I do. By a factor of 100-1, it sounds like.
I guess he'll have to win the Chamber, then, for his reforms to last?
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:07 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Monty and Market Garden at May 23, 2024 12:06 AM (wWqRd)
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I hold that Monty was an overrated general and out of his depth and got lucky in N. Africa when Rommel ran out of fuel for the tanks. Market Garden was a clusterf*ck from the beginning.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #17 at May 23, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2024 12:09 AM (fwDg9)
Its numbers, sheesh!
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #16a at May 23, 2024 12:10 AM (qfLjt)
But the intersection of people who know both the oddities of Argentine banking and are willing to laugh about the Argentine navy, and will tolerate puns are pretty much . . . Me.
But I thought it was hilarious.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:11 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #17 at May 23, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)
He took over for another allegedly incompetent General.
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2024 12:11 AM (0CsDL)
She cried
More, More, More
Posted by: Skip
You chirrens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVGFfj7POA
Posted by: The Wicked Wilson Pickett at May 23, 2024 12:11 AM (wWqRd)
At the time, it was probably a good idea, because they had no way of knowing what the future would hold. And the government wasn’t leaving anything to chance.
Logistics and money wise, lumber, materials, construction. The cost must have been enormous. In a highly rationed environment (You couldn’t buy a tube of toothpaste without first turning in the empty) it is silly to suggest this was done simply out of racism, as is the current twaddle.
“A dark chaoter in our nations history …” blah blah. I think some cocksucker prezzie apologized. Never apologize.
But we can Blame Earl Warren. It was probably his idea.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2024 12:13 AM (PXj64)
Good evening.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 12:13 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #17 at May 23, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)
He took over for another allegedly incompetent General.
Posted by: polynikes
So this IS a Smart Military Blog!
Posted by: Miklos finds it increasingly difficult to trust at May 23, 2024 12:14 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:15 AM (NLIak)
In my neck of San Diego, I see announcements on a building for a restaurant, then nothing for months...then the start building up the inside...then nothing for months. It takes almost 2 years from the sign going up saying a new restaurant is coming to when they finally open. Why? I would guess Gov't red-tape. The above talks about "first year of operation", but how many bleed out before they can even open due to Gov't interference?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:16 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: mnw
Adm. Chester Nimitz only spoke German until the age of 6.
Posted by: Miklosian historical Fun Facts at May 23, 2024 12:17 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:15 AM (NLIak)
They did on the East coast.
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2024 12:17 AM (0CsDL)
Good money makers if willing to put in the time but time alligators. Sold both of mine 12 years ago.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 12:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:18 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2024 12:19 AM (0CsDL)
Wop did you say?! You can natz be serious!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 12:20 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: scampydog
Not if yu do it rite
Posted by: Overpriced sustainable organic free range non-gmo $$ avocado toast Cafe Miklos at May 23, 2024 12:20 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:21 AM (NLIak)
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Pretty lively comment section on a post earlier today about women with narrow world views. Jemele checks nearly all of those dumbassery boxes.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 12:22 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
It's a living.
Not like them ignant TikTok bitches
Posted by: Jemele at May 23, 2024 12:23 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 23, 2024 12:04 AM (2QA3G)
When I first read this, I thought you wrote "humor".
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 12:24 AM (S6gqv)
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Not in our neck of the woods.
Posted by: Corn Boil and Pork Chop Feed at May 23, 2024 12:24 AM (41CYW)
Which is why I'll probably never eat there...Yikes.
I also tend to spend cash when I eat out, as this saves on credit card fees.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:25 AM (ynpvh)
In my neck of San Diego, I see announcements on a building for a restaurant, then nothing for months...then the start building up the inside...then nothing for months. It takes almost 2 years from the sign going up saying a new restaurant is coming to when they finally open. Why? I would guess Gov't red-tape. The above talks about "first year of operation", but how many bleed out before they can even open due to Gov't interference?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
If it never opened, was it ever a restaurant at all?
Posted by: mikeski contemplates his navel at May 23, 2024 12:25 AM (DgGvY)
Sounds quaint now, with millions of unvetted illegals from golly knows where pouring across the border these days, huh?
Foreign nationals could not own radios capable of receiving shortwave broadcasts. All repair shops were required to disable this portion of the radio when it came in for service, if they played by the rules. They were clever about it, which csn cause some headscratching if you run into one of those sets today. Vintage radio repair is a great winter hobby.
Unfortunately there is nothing worth listening to today, so I fell out of it.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2024 12:25 AM (PXj64)
I guess he'll have to win the Chamber, then, for his reforms to last?
Posted by: mnw at May 23, 2024 12:07 AM (NLIak)
He had the executive order voted down, so I think the first step he is taking is to do what he can on the executive side, which includes cracking down on the protests, and getting the people who are suffering under inflation on his side. with what he is doing they have turned inflation down from ~30% to ~3% in five months, and it looks like he is getting traction.
He is an odd duck, he is a very good speaker and so far he has a smart cabinet behind him so far, who are interested in doing what they are doing. Bullrich was a candidate for pres who ran on law and order, so he made her his justice and security minister for example.
His view on dollarization is similar to Jesus Huerta de Soto in that the only benefit to dollarization is that it takes money printing away from the central bank and the politicians. I think he would be happier to use any hard currency or have all of them to set up a market of sorts instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:25 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: mnw
There was a small 'camp' in Crystal, TX for them. Not like the other camps, but the US did intern some German-Americans.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2024 12:26 AM (IG4Id)
https://mol.im/a/13442733
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #13 at May 22, 2024 11:51 PM (qfLjt)
≈===============
I wish you'd spared us that one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at May 23, 2024 12:27 AM (wjjYr)
That reminds me: Rapture
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g?si=mVPedP3tSTaaO07O
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (2rbYh)
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I like the first half but I could not stand the rap from the first time I heard it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #19 at May 23, 2024 12:28 AM (qfLjt)
There was a small 'camp' in Crystal, TX for them. Not like the other camps, but the US did intern some German-Americans.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 23, 2024 12:26 AM (IG4Id)
They thought about putting a fence around Milwaukee but said "naaaaah".
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 12:28 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
When I first read this, I thought you wrote "humor".
Posted by: Tom Servo
That sounds like an Irish Moron's toast. "May your tumor be benign, and your humor malignant."
Posted by: mikeski raises his glass at May 23, 2024 12:29 AM (DgGvY)
What about CBD infused booze?
Instead of killing two birds with one stone, Get stoned with two intoxicants...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:29 AM (ynpvh)
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g?si=mVPedP3tSTaaO07O
Posted by: Tonypete at May 22, 2024 10:14 PM (2rbYh)
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I like the first half but I could not stand the rap from the first time I heard it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #19 at May 23, 2024 12:28 AM (qfLjt)
that was the first rap song I (or most anyone) had ever heard, and while I liked it, it was all downhill from there for the genre.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2024 12:30 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Miklos, in the Land of 1000 Dances at May 23, 2024 12:30 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Mostly to steal their secret family sausage recipes.
Posted by: mikeski's dictatorship is the wurst at May 23, 2024 12:30 AM (DgGvY)
In my neck of San Diego, I see announcements on a building for a restaurant, then nothing for months...then the start building up the inside...then nothing for months. It takes almost 2 years from the sign going up saying a new restaurant is coming to when they finally open. Why? I would guess Gov't red-tape. The above talks about "first year of operation", but how many bleed out before they can even open due to Gov't interference?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
If it never opened, was it ever a restaurant at all?
Posted by: mikeski contemplates his navel at May 23, 2024 12:25 AM (DgGvY)
::: clapping with one hand while waiting for a tree to fall in the forest :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:30 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Seeing a lot of small biz owners passing along CC fees. Curious about the Law of Boomerang with CC companies as consumers move away from paying the rake and pay in cash. Moving the needle by a few percentage points may cause some CEO's thinking to wobble.
Posted by: Corn Boil and Pork Chop Feed at May 23, 2024 12:31 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: mnw
Japanese had exclusion zones on the west coast. They could pretty much be or go anywhere else. Most people there were in fact citizens of Japan or minor children. Unlike most immigrants those from Japan kept citizenship for home nation legal reasons. The camps were not prisons / POW camps and had job boards if people wanted to leave and wanted a job when they got to where they were going. There are Ansel Adams pics at shorpy dot com that documented this.
However, there was one camp that held those that affirmed their support for Japan. Just like Japan interred Anglos in occupied territory... but were not worked to death.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2024 12:31 AM (cOq4q)
He said the 88 was a real MFer, because it could be used for anti-aircraft use, or spin it down horizontally and really fuck up your day. He also said the Wermacht were absolute masters of camouflage, very hard to find them.
He was also pissed off about the gunpowder GIs had in the cartridges. It was a fairly dirty burning powder, and made a lot of smoke, giving one’s position away. He said the Germans had a very high quality smokeless powder, and you couldn’t see where they were firing from.
He said another advantage they had at that level of fighting was they had a very, very good NCO corps and made them punch far and away above their weight.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2024 12:32 AM (PXj64)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
When I first read this, I thought you wrote "humor".
Posted by: Tom Servo
That sounds like an Irish Moron's toast. "May your tumor be benign, and your humor malignant."
Posted by: mikeski raises his glass at May 23, 2024 12:29 AM (DgGvY)
LOL, yes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:33 AM (ynpvh)
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Two of those, Spain and Ireland, were neutral in WW2, but were Axis sympathizers. Norway would have liked to have remained neutral but got invaded anyway.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #20 at May 23, 2024 12:33 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Tangentially/conceptually related. I look at the map of the Baltics and think: Bummer of real estate. Russia wants water access. You're getting invaded. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Corn Boil and Pork Chop Feed at May 23, 2024 12:38 AM (41CYW)
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Two of those, Spain and Ireland, were neutral in WW2, but were Axis sympathizers. Norway would have liked to have remained neutral but got invaded anyway.
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #20 at May 23, 2024 12:33 AM (qfLjt)
That's nice. Why don't they load up on Gazans now?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ciampino - Recap #20 at May 23, 2024 12:33 AM (qfLjt)
Spain has recalled its ambassador to Argentina because Argentine President Milei went to Spain to talk to a conservative group there, and neglected to talk to the Spanish government, and in his speech he accused the prime Minister's wife of corruption, which was typical of the socialist politician.
When asked if Argentina would be recalling its ambassador to Spain he essentially said, why would I do something stupid like that?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:38 AM (D7oie)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Sounds similar to Supertramp's Logical Song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2024 12:39 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:39 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 23, 2024 12:42 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: mikeski
The writer Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill (Winston's son) served together in WWII.
Cordially hated each other.
After the War, word came to the Club in London that Randolph had had a cyst, removed, that was benign.
Waugh -"It a marvel of modern medicine, that they identified the only part of Randolph that is not malignant."
Posted by: Miklos, so recalling at May 23, 2024 12:43 AM (wWqRd)
Weimar
Hopefully this time around, the antidote to Weimar won't be invading in both directions.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 23, 2024 12:47 AM (lhenN)
Blondie - The Hardest Part (Official Music Video) - https://youtu.be/vEjCDriXwnI
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 22, 2024 10:23 PM (klJTj)
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Thanks, hadn't heard that.
Posted by: Ciampino - energetic woman at May 23, 2024 12:48 AM (qfLjt)
Justice Alito flew a flag at his beach home. He’s a Jan 6 supporter. Reeeeeee!!!!
The left gets more retraced daily.
Posted by: Montec at May 23, 2024 12:49 AM (tpjlM)
Posted by: Miklos, so normal he's some kind of freak at May 23, 2024 12:52 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: polynikes at May 23, 2024 12:53 AM (0CsDL)
Posted by: Montec
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Redistribution of one thought. It's in the manual.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 12:53 AM (41CYW)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Sounds similar to Supertramp's Logical Song.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 23, 2024 12:39 AM (63Dwl)
Was looking on genius.com. They have a lyrics search engine. I found a not-a-match (rappy, not country), but lyrics were close:
"Secrets, I got mystical, magical
It could be tragic for all you..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 12:54 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miklos, as if at May 23, 2024 12:54 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: Shakes BASIC cobwebs at May 23, 2024 12:57 AM (41CYW)
Then listened to Land of 1000 Dances - fun.
Thanks grey box friends.
Good night
Peace
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 23, 2024 12:58 AM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Shakes BASIC cobwebs
Just trefortranning some thick COBOL skulls.
Posted by: Ancient Inca Miklos at May 23, 2024 12:59 AM (wWqRd)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
Sung by man, woman, or group?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:01 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miklos, with hearty Ed McMahon guffaw at May 23, 2024 01:01 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 22, 2024 10:59
I think I'll make beef jerky tomorrow. Of course I've said that for a coupla weeks. Have some frozen round steak, half thawed it is easy to slice, makes great jerky.
What I liked today is the corrections couldn't list Biden's flubs right.
Demented "pres": they are erectionists
Emily Litella: since when are erections bad?
Posted by: Farmer at May 23, 2024 01:03 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:03 AM (yMKLy)
Posted by: Zydeco Mikleuse at May 23, 2024 01:04 AM (wWqRd)
Posted by: Miklos
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It was only a matter of time before we turned to procedural imperatives.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:05 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ancient Inca Miklos
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We don't want an ENDDO loop. Nor an array of overflow pun errors.
Posted by: About the end of my programming puns at May 23, 2024 01:06 AM (41CYW)
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Just a little more radical transformantion
_Brak O'mama
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:08 AM (yMKLy)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Lesbians in the WNBA? Unpossible.
Posted by: Reality is not real in the world today at May 23, 2024 01:09 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
May the bird of paradise not fly up your nose.
Posted by: Miklos, with hearty Ed McMahon guffaw at May 23, 2024 01:01 AM (wWqRd)
The leaves, branches and flowers of those would hurt in that capacity.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:09 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ancient Inca Miklos
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We don't want an ENDDO loop. Nor an array of overflow pun errors.
Posted by: About the end of my programming puns at May 23, 2024 01:06 AM (41CYW)
I C what you did there. I give you a ++.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:10 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 23, 2024 01:12 AM (DWbs8)
It's probably a little too late to do that now. Most of the manned US launches head to the ISS. How would you take a dog outside to do his business up there?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 22, 2024 11:32 PM (VNX3d)
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Good point, no trees.
Posted by: Ciampino - Moon sandboxes at May 23, 2024 01:14 AM (qfLjt)
She cried
More, More, More
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2024 12:09 AM (fwDg9)
"I never knew your name was Alex, man !"
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 01:14 AM (T4tVD)
*cringes*
*fires up old regulatory spreadsheet*
Whatre the CAS numbers of all the components, MisHum?
Posted by: pookysgirl can still remember the number for formaldehyde at May 23, 2024 01:14 AM (dtlDP)
The decision by board members has since caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, which is now investigating the move.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:16 AM (yMKLy)
*cringes*
*fires up old regulatory spreadsheet*
Whatre the CAS numbers of all the components, MisHum?
Posted by: pookysgirl can still remember the number for formaldehyde at May 23, 2024 01:14 AM (dtlDP)
so it has lead AND asbestos in it? Yikes!
Warning: the ONT can cause reproductive harm!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:17 AM (ynpvh)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
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Possibly The Logical Song?
Posted by: Ciampino - It's logical at May 23, 2024 01:18 AM (qfLjt)
The decision by board members has since caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, which is now investigating the move.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:16 AM (yMKLy)
A backup record of ballots, for recounts. What's not to like? Oh, right; it has the ability to short-circuit cheating, and the Deep State sees that as an injustice to their democracy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:18 AM (ynpvh)
have a 0.0000000000000001% chance of causing Cancer, in the State of Commiefornia.
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:18 AM (e6UQI)
I have been looking for a song and can't find it - maybe someone can help. Pretty sure it was a country song several years back that had the words " mystical, magical beautiful tragical life" anyone?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
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Possibly The Logical Song?
Posted by: Ciampino - It's logical at May 23, 2024 01:18 AM (qfLjt)
I think AK said it wasn't that one. Although I don't know if the song was sung by a man, woman, or group. Logical Song ain't country neither...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:19 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Why thank you. Just punching the cards.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:19 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 23, 2024 01:20 AM (1gOwg)
have a 0.0000000000000001% chance of causing Cancer, in the State of Commiefornia.
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:18 AM (e6UQI)
Unless you're multi-tasking, it CAN cause reproductive harm by keeping you away from you partner...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:20 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Why thank you. Just punching the cards.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:19 AM (41CYW)
I used punch cards for programming Fortran back at the JC more than a few decades ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:21 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:24 AM (yMKLy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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My first language was Basic. Instructor was the best I ever had in any subject. He took us through the history of programming and computers before diving into the writing (as is was called prior to coding). Punch cards was part of that historical journey. You paved some road. Punch cards took a lot of patience, discipline, and accuracy. Skills that seem lost on many today. Tip of the cap to ya.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:25 AM (41CYW)
Warning: the ONT can cause reproductive harm!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:17 AM (ynpvh)
Prop 65 requires more paperwork than the state of California's logging industry produces in a year. And yes, some of it's electronic, but labels have to be printed, and it has to have its own section in paper copies of MSDSs, and whatever crackpot causal link that has a small study attached to it is included, and...
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to introduce the EPA to the double deuce at May 23, 2024 01:26 AM (dtlDP)
I would ha
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:27 AM (e6UQI)
Warning: the ONT can cause reproductive harm!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:17 AM (ynpvh)
Prop 65 requires more paperwork than the state of California's logging industry produces in a year. And yes, some of it's electronic, but labels have to be printed, and it has to have its own section in paper copies of MSDSs, and whatever crackpot causal link that has a small study attached to it is included, and...
Posted by: pookysgirl would like to introduce the EPA to the double deuce at May 23, 2024 01:26 AM (dtlDP)
My workplace has signs on the outside...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:28 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Front panel switches at May 23, 2024 01:29 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:29 AM (ynpvh)
I would habve been DOOMED!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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*Shakes head knowingly* Coterminously learned typing on a 1954 IBM typewriter and programming on a TRS-80. I believe juxtoposition is the word for that.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:31 AM (41CYW)
Fortran is alive and well. Intel's whiz-bang Fortran compiler is available for free now.
Fortran is the lingua franca of scientific programming still.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2024 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:33 AM (ynpvh)
There is a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter going right now. We can't see it here, because it's right next to the sun, but SOHO can. Play the "C3" video on the right here:
https://tinyurl.com/y5yljunm
The smaller dot to the right of the sun is Jupiter, and the big one is Venus. Times are in Zulu, of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2024 01:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Same. And a model 100 at home. I think we laughed about this topic one night some days back. Baffling what took a string of characters to print something then now takes one click.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Same. And a model 100 at home. I think we laughed about this topic one night some days back. Baffling what took a string of characters to print something then now takes one click.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)
I do believe we did. I think we also talked about your attempts at a random number generator in HS as well...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:37 AM (ynpvh)
Fortran is the lingua franca of scientific programming still.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Scanned an article about this in the last year or so. Something about Russian programming in Fortran or C that was still operating some weaponry. Was busy so didn't have time to dig in but had a head tilt around who could actually deal with the code vs. who had aged out and/or died.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:38 AM (41CYW)
This flaw, rooted in an electrical issue, poses a risk of causing the aircraft’s wing fuel tanks to ignite and explode, a recent investigation has disclosed.
_DM
Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:39 AM (yMKLy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Ha. That damned random number thing. Not my finest hour but moderately amusing now.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:40 AM (41CYW)
Modern Fortran standard is Fortran 2023. That is a far cry from Fortran 77 some may think of.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2024 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
A deep space probe running Fortran, might Live Long and Prosper. It's scant lines of code, burning scant few watts as salvaged out of the ice cold solar panels, and nuclear decay generator.
And WHY would a deep space probe NEED a "windows" machine? Who the fuck is gonna SEE the GUI "interface" ???
Wasted code, wasted wattage.
No, I don't wanna know what .mil runs, these days. I've already shed a lifetime of tears, and don't wanna die of dehydration, now.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:41 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Ancient Inca Miklos
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We don't want an ENDDO loop. Nor an array of overflow pun errors.
Posted by: About the end of my programming puns at May 23, 2024 01:06 AM (41CYW)
I C what you did there. I give you a ++.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:10 AM (ynpvh)
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I'll just leave you and go Forth.
Posted by: Ciampino - It's logical, yes? at May 23, 2024 01:43 AM (qfLjt)
The worst random generator was IBM's Randu:
https://tinyurl.com/ct55t58
That was so bad, it's called into question some results of computer models that used it back in the day.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 23, 2024 01:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:45 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2024 01:47 AM (DgGvY)
A deep space probe running Fortran, might Live Long and Prosper. It's scant lines of code, burning scant few watts as salvaged out of the ice cold solar panels, and nuclear decay generator.
And WHY would a deep space probe NEED a "windows" machine? Who the fuck is gonna SEE the GUI "interface" ???
Wasted code, wasted wattage.
No, I don't wanna know what .mil runs, these days. I've already shed a lifetime of tears, and don't wanna die of dehydration, now.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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You know the most important thing about programming. No wasted, no unnecessary code. KISS - keep it simple, stupid.... No Zinn/Chomsky drivel.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:49 AM (41CYW)
...
You know the most important thing about programming. No wasted, no unnecessary code. KISS - keep it simple, stupid.... No Zinn/Chomsky drivel.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:49 AM (41CYW)
And good commenting practices...
Doesn't matter how snazzy that algo you came up with is, if you get hit by a bus and can't explain it to your successors.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:50 AM (ynpvh)
Whatre the CAS numbers of all the components, MisHum?
Posted by: pookysgirl can still remember the number for formaldehyde at May 23, 2024 01:14 AM (dtlDP)
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PubChem is your friend.
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Posted by: Ciampino - liquid fertilizer at May 23, 2024 01:50 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2024 01:51 AM (Sgq8y)
The result rather closely resembled the moon's surface. It was very interesting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:51 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Damnit Hammer, that post is a homework assignment.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:52 AM (41CYW)
That was so bad, it's called into question some results of computer models that used it back in the day.
Posted by: publius
IBM: It's Better Manually. Roll some dice and type in the results.
Posted by: mikeski at May 23, 2024 01:53 AM (DgGvY)
May 22, 2024, Boeing Starliner historic crewed launch delayed again indefinitely
_CNN
May, 2024, Boeing Co. 's first crewed spaceflight using its Starliner craft has been delayed for a third time this month due to repairs on a helium leak on the vehicle.
_Bloomberg
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Posted by: Braenyard at May 23, 2024 01:54 AM (yMKLy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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My first language was Basic. Instructor was the best I ever had in any subject. He took us through the history of programming and computers before diving into the writing (as is was called prior to coding). Punch cards was part of that historical journey. You paved some road. Punch cards took a lot of patience, discipline, and accuracy. Skills that seem lost on many today. Tip of the cap to ya.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:25 AM (41CYW)
When I was using the computer at school late one night, I saw a guy with a stack pf probably a couple of hundred punch cards drop them. The cards spilled all over the floor. The student cried.
Punchcards taught one proper typing. Computers don't give a shit about typos -- ERROR.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 01:54 AM (emlEe)
Doesn't matter how snazzy that algo you came up with is, if you get hit by a bus and can't explain it to your successors.
Posted by: jim
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I ran into a bug in a Z-80->6502 cross assembler written by a previous employee. In his code, I found a section with the comment: 'This is just too complicated to explain'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:54 AM (XeU6L)
Doesn't matter how snazzy that algo you came up with is, if you get hit by a bus and can't explain it to your successors.
Posted by: jim
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I ran into a bug in a Z-80->6502 cross assembler written by a previous employee. In his code, I found a section with the comment: 'This is just too complicated to explain'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:54 AM (XeU6L)
LOL. They he shoulda written it up in the manual!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:55 AM (ynpvh)
I would habve been DOOMED!
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:27 AM (e6UQI)
I'm not sure how you white-out a punch hole even if you could backspace.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 01:56 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 01:49 AM (41CYW)
In my Fortune 1000, Corporate Warrior days, I had a great relationship with the company's internal I.T. department.
They spoke fluent IBM AS-400 and RPG III.
And I spoke fluent Flow Chart.
I could SHOW THEM the paths and "if/and", "if/or" junctures of what I needed done. And they could write the code that GOT it done.
I didn't have to know PROGRAMMING.
I did have to know how to speak PROGRAMMER!!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:56 AM (e6UQI)
LOL. They he shoulda written it up in the manual!
Posted by: jim
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I ran into the guy later at a gala opening of a high tech firm. I told him that I had found a bug in his assembler. He never spoke to me again.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:58 AM (XeU6L)
LOL. They he shoulda written it up in the manual!
Posted by: jim
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I ran into the guy later at a gala opening of a high tech firm. I told him that I had found a bug in his assembler. He never spoke to me again.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 01:58 AM (XeU6L)
LOL again.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 01:59 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I love those types. Brains and awkwardness with a heap of FU if you cannot keep up.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:00 AM (41CYW)
I could SHOW THEM the paths and "if/and", "if/or" junctures of what I needed done. And they could write the code that GOT it done.
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 01:56 AM (e6UQI)
I once took a business information technology course that was all about the flow charts.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 02:02 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 02:04 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,
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I once loaned a guy $50 knowing he would never pay me back and would avoid me forever. Best $50 I ever spent. Fast fwd to a Bronx Tale movie and C chasing the kid that owed him $20.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:09 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,
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I once loaned a guy $50 knowing he would never pay me back and would avoid me forever. Best $50 I ever spent. Fast fwd to a Bronx Tale movie and C chasing the kid that owed him $20.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:09 AM (41CYW)
Can youse guys loan me a million dollars ?
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 02:11 AM (T4tVD)
And I did the same, though from naught more than a High School Diploma, some intuitive guidance, and an assist from the (then) new, Boston Graphics software suite.
When I "sold" the first T-1 comms line to the Corporate Suite? I HAND DREW the graphics, photographed those with a Kodak film that rendered those as dark blue fields with white text (i forget the nomenclature), and presented the stack as a Slide Show, to illustrate the channelization of 24 lines on a single, twisted copper pair.
$37k for the T-1, and the Mitel T-1000 switch, and associated gear. The CEO told me my ass was on the line. My figures projected a 26 month R.O.I.
It paid for itself in just over SIX months.
One CAN ascend to a Director level position in a NYSE, Fortune 1000 Corporation. Gotta have the right poker hand, and the exact WRONG telcom consultant, as an opponent.
Two years later, I bought THAT loser drinks at a Boston bar. At that point, he was working for his son.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 02:13 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 02:14 AM (uxxmy)
Anyone remember the competitions for writing 'one-line' BASIC programs?
I learnt to program on an HP29C while teaching at Univ in South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-19C/-29C
It was really just machine code. From there I went to an ICL mainframe but doing BASIC. Fun days. We developed a 'Scantron-like' answer for tests but using IBM punchcards so the ICL could read and grade the results.
Posted by: Ciampino - liquid fertilizers at May 23, 2024 02:19 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 22, 2024 11:37 PM (S5+ge)
There's a country song with the line "I love this crazy tragic/sometimes almost magic/awful beautiful life." That might be what you're thinking of. I believe it's by Darryl Worley, but I'm not 100% on that.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 22, 2024 11:54 PM (jGGMD)
Dr.T found the song I was thinking of. Link to it is at 309.
Bird of paradise has been successfully intercepted and is preparing to sing tomorrow. Night again
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 23, 2024 02:19 AM (S5+ge)
It paid for itself in just over SIX months.
One CAN ascend to a Director level position in a NYSE, Fortune 1000 Corporation. Gotta have the right poker hand, and the exact WRONG telcom consultant, as an opponent.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
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26 mo ROI is a license to print money. 6 month is a grand slam. The T-1 was a game changer for those with vision in the day of 9600 baud. Those without vision...as you said were bumming drinks off others.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:20 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Yes! Blast from the past. That was a thing (as kids say these days). I did not participate (was distracted with other things like baseball or wimminz) but was around a crew that worked on that. Infectious energy on solving the riddle.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:24 AM (41CYW)
https://tinyurl.com/3chkrdbk
(X)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 23, 2024 02:14 AM (uxxmy)
Popped in while eating late...
Is that Ben Shapiro in that vid?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 23, 2024 02:25 AM (ynpvh)
https://tinyurl.com/2ck7u8ar
Insane.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 02:29 AM (XeU6L)
1988, actually. Inside nod. San Antonio, TX was one of the first FOUR cities in the U.S. to get a FIber Backbone in the Telcom world.
Reasons: 1. Hemisfair World Fair '68. They had to have it for the AT&T Pavillion. 2. FIVE major miltary bases then in San Antonio. The critcal one was Kelly AFB, with it's USAF Communications Security Command H.Q., being there. One of THE bedrock crypto and listening post componds, anywhere.
Even regular "base cops" had Shoot to Kill orders for any intrudters inside the first of three barbed wire/chain link fences.
USAF did NOT fuck around in the Cold War '70s.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 02:31 AM (e6UQI)
https://tinyurl.com/2ck7u8ar
Insane.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Good stuff. Like back yard whiffle ball for Smarties. We need more Wild West fun stuff like this these days.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:32 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
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There is a dark side:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underhanded_C_Contest
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 02:35 AM (XeU6L)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underhanded_C_Contest
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Damnit Hammer... I go refresh my Bacardi and you post the eye poke article that ruins my momentary pollyanna worldview.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:40 AM (41CYW)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
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Cool history lesson, Jim SND.
I thought I had it outsmarted an bought some Worldcom stock in the early 90's. Rode that sumbitch from 43 to zero. Live and learn.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:43 AM (41CYW)
A. Whoever said it first: "Only God can generate a random number"
B: I have used reversed biased Zeners to make hardware random noise generators.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 23, 2024 02:47 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Turns on AC/DC. G'night Hammer. Thanks for the education and homework.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:49 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ciampino - computing humor at May 23, 2024 02:52 AM (qfLjt)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights
Posted by: Ciampino
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Every time I look at those blinkers I think....what does Rain Man see?
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:54 AM (41CYW)
Likewise. I'd invested into LCI Communications. Stock and options.
Did WELL, until the Telecommunications Act of 1996 kicked in in 1998. Gutted telco revenues like a fish.
Add an October '98 motorcycle wreck, and divorce not a year later (she hated not to be able to go shopping!).... Divorced in 1999.
That's when I moved to Kemah, TX. Bought the New Dawn. And the next seven years, lived aboard with nary a lawn to mow.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 23, 2024 02:57 AM (e6UQI)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
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This damned place. You folk remind of stuff I was glad to have forgotten. 1996 act was a dick punch to my portfolio but was able to win on the company side (not my company, so they won). Dollars for doors - subscribers and colocation. Will Serve letters were just letters...they were slooooooow. The 3rd parties paid and regretted it on future balance sheets.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 03:02 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Archer at May 23, 2024 03:03 AM (IDphi)
Posted by: Archer
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Phrasing.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 03:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Archer at May 23, 2024 03:03 AM (IDphi)
If you haven't had tasty ass cookies in years, try Archway Cookies. You will be sorely disappointed.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 03:11 AM (emlEe)
DO NOT LOOK AT LASER WITH REMAINING EYE
Posted by: Ciampino - squinting at May 23, 2024 03:13 AM (qfLjt)
If you haven't had tasty ass cookies in years, try Archway Cookies. You will be sorely disappointed.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 03:11 AM (emlEe)
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I read that as Anchovy Cookies ......
Posted by: Ciampino - hello girls at May 23, 2024 03:17 AM (qfLjt)
Pine trees! Pine Tree flag! reeeeeeeee
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 03:18 AM (hyRRf)
Posted by: Ciampino - hello, anyone at May 23, 2024 03:20 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 03:21 AM (hyRRf)
Posted by: Ciampino
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More fun to say it's you. But it is not. Getting techno attitude here also.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 03:22 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 02:09 AM (41CYW)
!!!
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 03:25 AM (hyRRf)
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 03:26 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ciampino
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More fun to say it's you. But it is not. Getting techno attitude here also.
Posted by: scampydog at May 23, 2024 03:22 AM (41CYW)
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 03:26 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 03:26 AM (T4tVD)
This is about us, isn't?
Posted by: Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson at May 23, 2024 03:29 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 03:31 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 23, 2024 03:32 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 03:33 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Ciampino - hello, anyone left? at May 23, 2024 03:41 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at May 23, 2024 03:41 AM (GgKcd)
Posted by: colin at May 23, 2024 03:53 AM (/z/eU)
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2024 03:54 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 23, 2024 03:55 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: JT at May 23, 2024 03:26 AM (T4tVD)
This is about us, isn't?
Posted by: Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson at May 23, 2024 03:29 AM (emlEe)
475 I forget a final 'it'. So much for Addams family reunion invite.
Posted by: RickZ at May 23, 2024 03:31 AM (emlEe)
My brain supplied the "it"--possibly due to some variant of horde mind?
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 03:56 AM (hyRRf)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 23, 2024 04:01 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 04:02 AM (hyRRf)
I have a dream story involving someone who looked and sounded much like Newt Gingrich. Maybe I'd better save it for the Tech Thread, though.
More worrisome is that last evening, my air conditioning ran steadily and never got the temp below 72. This is bad; if this goes on my power bill will be vicious -- and the heat coming up this weekend will be just as horrible. I'll call the office today, but I have a distinct feeling nothing will be done and I'll have to pay for a service call out of my own pocket. I've been dealing with this nightmare possibility for several years.
On the other hand, the shingles outbreak is just about gone, so there's that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2024 04:20 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 04:02 AM (hyRRf)
... perhaps politely waiting for us to hit 500.
Posted by: m at May 23, 2024 04:22 AM (hyRRf)
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I don't, and there's no way to get cross breezes either. It's A/C or nothing. The unit *is* cooling, and in fact this am it was reading just a hair under 70 before I edged the needle up. Bit that 70 is only about eight degrees under the outside temp right now.
I could go to Walmart like a lot of my neighbors and get a couple of small window units. But the air here usually works very well; I shouldn't have to do such things.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2024 04:28 AM (omVj0)
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