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Welcome to Thursday night! Can you believe we're more than halfway through 2024? Doesn't seem possible...
This Has Been Amazing Me As Well
Donald Trump's Restraint Is a Sight to Behold — And It's Driving the Dems MadHow many times have you heard people say that Donald Trump can be his own worst enemy? How many times have you thought that he could do so much more good if he didn’t get in his own way? Or, as Ben Domenech puts it at Spectator World, “The attitude is ubiquitous among some portions of the president’s base: they just think he’d be better off if he could focus and not give Democrats so much material. But because this hypothetical has never emerged, we never really got to find out if it was true — until now.”I confess that Trump since the debate has been a wonder to behold. He's letting the Dems tear themselves apart without giving the press something else (him) to focus on. I'm amazed, and I confess
For the last few weeks, we’ve largely seen that wish come true. The debate with Joe Biden handed Trump every opportunity to gloat or run his mouth on a silver platter. He probably has countless nicknames for Biden that he could have trotted out. But he didn’t.
The Trump we’ve seen these last few weeks is a more restrained man. It’s hard to know what to make of it as a conservative, so imagine how the left is struggling with a disciplined Trump.
A rare sight greeted archaeologists excavating a gravesite in the southern Bavarian town of Nördlingen last week: Nestled near the grave’s occupants was a 3,000-year-old sword.And that's a title that comes with a check for $10,000.
The weapon barely shows its age. It has remained so well-preserved that it “almost still shines,” says Bavaria's State Office for Monument Protection in a statement, per Google Translate.
The weapon sports an octagonal bronze hilt that was cast over the blade, which few smiths were skilled enough to make at the time, according to Live Science’s Laura Geggel. Only two manufacturing regions were known to have made swords of this kind: one near the excavation site in southern Germany, and the other in northern Germany and Denmark. The sword shows no wear and tear indicating use in battle, but archaeologists say “its center of gravity made it suitable for use as a real weapon, and it was capable of being used to slash opponents,” reports Newsweek’s Jess Thomson.
Bronze swords first emerged around 1600 B.C.E. and were used until roughly 600 C.E., as Smithsonian magazine’s Alex Fox wrote in 2020. Researchers say that the Bavarian artifact dates to the end of the 14th century B.C.E.
Smoking The Good Stuff 1 In 5 Auto Accident Deaths Now Involves Marijuana Use
Simply put, increased marijuana use has led to significantly more Americans being killed on our nation’s roads — as people are not only driving while stoned but driving while stoned and drunk. As we approach the week of July 4, when deaths from impaired driving tend to peak, Americans might want to ask themselves whether this is a price worth paying and what they’re getting in return. A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health — and conducted by scholars at Boston Medical Center, Boston University, and the University of Victoria — found that the percentage of car crash deaths in America that involved marijuana has skyrocketed since 2000. The percentage of car crash deaths involving cannabis alone rose from 4.2 percent in 2000 to 11.2 percent in 2018. Over that same span, the percentage of car crash deaths involving cannabis and alcohol together rose from 4.8 to 10.3 percent. So the total percentage of car crash deaths involving cannabis, either with or without alcohol, rose from 9.0 percent in 2000 to 21.5 percent in 2018 — to more than a fifth of all car crash deaths in America.Is it just me, or does anyone else notice the difference in smell between modern weed and what we had back in the 80s? I remember 80s weed as smelling sweet, while the stuff today smells like someone is roasting dead skunks.
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D-i-v-o-r-c-e How divorce never ends
All of this is to say something you don’t hear that often: divorce will affect your kids for the rest of their lives, well into adulthood. They will have split holidays and summers. They will have stepparents. Their kids will have step-grandparents. Whatever inheritance they would have been entitled to is often being divvied up with other spouses and their kids. More important than the money, however, is the attention they’ll never get because their parents are dating or remarrying or whatever. They will only be with one parent half of the year — if they’re lucky: we only saw my dad twice a year. They will have to choose who gets Christmas, forever. Or they will be bouncing around at holiday time with their kids, just like the old days.
I know that in many instances — for example, when there is abuse — divorce is necessary. Yet so often it feels like two people are just “over it” and want to move on with their lives and be single again instead of doing whatever it takes to make it work for the kids. People don’t want to hear this because it makes them feel bad about their decisions. Divorce sucks. It never ends — and it should be a last resort.
No-fault divorce was one of the most insidious tools of the anti-family left, and yet nobody ever discusses it as such. And hey, I had a practice wife before I met my real one, so I'm not throwing any stones, but I'm older and wiser now and I can recognize it for what it is.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TRex at July 11, 2024 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ciampino - He's gone Jim at July 11, 2024 09:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 11, 2024 09:58 PM (prrn7)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 11, 2024 09:58 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 11, 2024 09:58 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 11, 2024 09:59 PM (rJ7Hd)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 09:59 PM (H8fUU)
Posted by: Some Rat at July 11, 2024 10:00 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Tech Sgt. Chen at July 11, 2024 10:00 PM (Z8Yh2)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:01 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Ciampino - He's gone Jim ... at July 11, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Adriane the Another Saturday Night Critic . . . at July 11, 2024 10:02 PM (yM1Zs)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:03 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (TSQkU)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (sJHOI)
Perhaps he has discovered the fine advice on the AoS.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 11, 2024 10:05 PM (YoT4f)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:05 PM (v6JzV)
Far higher potency.
The history of marijuana legalization is having a bunch of older people saying "hey - the 3.2% beer I drank as a teenager wasn't so bad", and then legalizing Everclear.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:05 PM (uxCna)
Any kind words from the Horde?
I'm kind of hoping Deagle projectiins come true and Canada's population drops 22 or so million.
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:05 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (v6JzV)
A couple of nice gasthauses there. Good bier!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:06 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:06 PM (H8fUU)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:06 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:03 PM (W/lyH)
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Geez! Your eyesight must be terrible!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2024 10:07 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:07 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Piper
Local radio folks were saying this was the worst outcome for joey. Not so horrible as to hasten his departure, bad enough to let the public know he's done.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (pZEOD)
There was an AI program (which may be banned now) that took pictures of clothed women, and turned them into pictures of naked women.
Needless to say, it was popular at a few high schools.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Iris at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (n3DL0)
FU is not a curse word phrase. F for Fighter. U was the code assigned to North American Aviation. Followed by the last three digits of the serial number.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (wA6d0)
Posted by: Emmie
It's been a while since Ace talked about that, as I recall. DU's comments don't fit the mold of what I remember...they're more straight up delusional support.
Ace's conversation-wrecking trolling was nonsensical, but true and irrefutable, truths, from I recall. Someone might say "Biden's presser looked better last night!", and you'd respond "He looked left AND right!"
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Some Rat at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (vJiyU)
The sweet spot.
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2024 10:09 PM (SYTee)
https://tinyurl.com/2r5t7b9c
Posted by: Ciampino - He's gone Jim ... at July 11, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
He does have a type.
Posted by: spindrift at July 11, 2024 10:09 PM (75lbV)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:09 PM (W/lyH)
Today's weed is ? 100 times more potent, almost a hallucinogen? They used to say the old weed harmed the young brain ... I'd agree from my experience at about 19, I used to say it killed my calculus brain cells.
Not sure if that is true, but the "weed" of today is very concentrated. Alcohol also kills brain cells, my guess, at a much lower rate than the powerful "weed" of today.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2024 10:09 PM (Cus5s)
Only reason I'm watching is because the girl who played Hitler's secretary in Downfall is in it, and I wanted to see her in a different role. She's okay.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Ciampino - Joe has gone Jim at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (wA6d0)
Any kind words from the Horde?
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:05 PM (jvJvP)
Well, I certainly won't ask you to elaborate, bit I will note thst it could be worse.
You could have been the target of an AI generated meme.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (H8fUU)
Oh, yeah!
Old stuff smelled... pleasant enough.
New stuff... effing REEKS.
"But it's so much more *potent*" say today's fry-brains.
Yes, but I liked the old stuff. It was relaxing. Didn't smell offensive. Just enough 'kick' and didn't make ya freakin' psychotic.
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:03 PM (W/lyH)
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Geez! Your eyesight must be terrible!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2024 10:07 PM (F4bAW)
***
It is now. Mrs.D saw what I was zooming in on.
The swelling will go down in a day or two.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Ciampino - Joe has gone Jim ... at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:04 PM (v6JzV)
IIRC she is from Sveeden
Posted by: Gref at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (5fDan)
Well. Some of us got divorced because the other party refused to stop seeing the other woman. And we did the best we could with the hand we were dealt.
If anyone wants to guilt trip me about it and the effect it had on my boys you can go and fuck yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (5dHQx)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (pZEOD)
He also agreed to the debate, which I thought was idiotic, since the debate rules were clearly rigged to favor Biden.
Trump knew that he would wipe the floor with Joey, rules or no rules.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:10
Thanks.
Still. Go genocide...
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:12 PM (jvJvP)
Thanks for the ONT.
But have always loved tobacco's smell. Both unburned and burned.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:12 PM (i4fVr)
I wasn't around then so I can't speak to the 80s stuff, but the weed today is rank. "Roasting dead skunks" is exactly the phrase for it, though I prefer "two skunks fell into a blender while mating."
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:12 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (jvJvP)
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Preznit Joey B. at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: DOCTOR Jill at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (NXnx4)
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2024 10:14 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (pIfcn)
He also agreed to the debate, which I thought was idiotic, since the debate rules were clearly rigged to favor Biden.
Trump knew that he would wipe the floor with Joey, rules or no rules.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (uxCna)
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Either that, or he knew he wouldn't have to. Just sit back and let Biden implode.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (aLzBS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (pgG81)
You?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:10 PM (jGGMD)
She was in The Baader Meinhof Complex, about the Baader-Meinhof Gang (duh).
I don't remember much about it. I think she took her top off at one point in the filum.
Posted by: spindrift at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (75lbV)
Posted by: Kummala demands to be Positioned for Success at July 11, 2024 10:16 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2024 10:14 PM (SYTee)
Verifying the dosages.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:16 PM (H8fUU)
Thanks for the ONT.
But have always loved tobacco's smell. Both unburned and burned.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:12 PM (i4fVr)
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Ditto.
First wiff in high school and I knew I'd never be trying it. Now, it is just vile.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:16 PM (W/lyH)
If anyone wants to guilt trip me about it and the effect it had on my boys you can go and fuck yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (5dHQx)
Nope.
I'm the last person to say couples ought to stay married no matter what the circumstances. The results of my mom and dad not getting divorced probably would have been worse than what actually happened, and that was without abuse or anything of the sort.
But there is a cost to both parents not being under the same roof, even when one of those parents is blameless and did what they had to do.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: davidt
Prolly a little too amped up. Took a bit for the Seconal to kick in.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (vJiyU)
Well. Some of us got divorced because the other party refused to stop seeing the other woman. And we did the best we could with the hand we were dealt.
If anyone wants to guilt trip me about it and the effect it had on my boys you can go and fuck yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July
I never thought I would get divorced, but some people don’t give you much of an option. We pick up the pieces and do what we can to fill the void with our kids. You are a strong mama, you did what you needed to do.
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (pZEOD)
I'm sure we introduced some angst into the kid's lives but given the friendships of all involved, it's worked out pretty well.
During one of the interviews when one of my boys was going through his background checks for his TS clearances, he turned to R. and said "Mom, what was Mom's maiden name?"
We all are very blessed.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (Wb+1f)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (aLzBS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (wA6d0)
You?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Your wife has hair?
LUXURY
Posted by: Mr. Ayanna Pressly at July 11, 2024 10:17 PM (XIkHl)
First wiff in high school and I knew I'd never be trying it. Now, it is just vile.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:16 PM (W/lyH)
My first real encounter was in college. You'd be walking through the dorm and it was like 'what the hell?' Smelled like a willie nelson concert.
Now you smell it just as bad in the parking lots of some sites.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:18 PM (i4fVr)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:18 PM (v6JzV)
I hated the taste .. when kissing a smoker.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 11, 2024 10:18 PM (Cus5s)
FU is not a curse word phrase. F for Fighter. U was the code assigned to North American Aviation. Followed by the last three digits of the serial number.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:08 PM (wA6d0)
USAF Buzz Numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_number
If you don't know what the F-110 Spectre is without a web search you lose your Smart Military Blog Membership Card.
:-)
Posted by: Gref at July 11, 2024 10:18 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2024 10:19 PM (UTD5a)
Using the infanticide theory as the only support for the presence of a brothel is a hasty judgment, especially since none of the structures at Yewden Villa show any of the standard markers for being a brothel. Historians and archaeologists have a responsibility to use all of the facts at their disposal to investigate their studies, and there isn’t enough evidence to support either theory that the Roman villa regularly abandoned their babies or that the burial ground is evidence for a brothel.
https://tinyurl.com/2559xtp3
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 11, 2024 10:19 PM (Jh5b+)
Liftoff is targeted for 7:35 p.m. PDT (02:35 UTC, 04:35 CEST - July 12), with backup opportunities available until 11:37 p.m. PDT.
https://www.youtube.com/live/6br6_Q6qjWU
Posted by: Ciampino - Joe has gone Jim .. at July 11, 2024 10:19 PM (qfLjt)
You?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (v6JzV)
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That's cool! My dad did that at Fort Vancouver historical site.
As for me, not much. Trying to catch up on reading and sipping some scotch.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Having grown up in tobacco country, I find the aroma of curing barns to be wonderfully pungent.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (wA6d0)
Posted by: Trump/Miklos 2024! at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (XIkHl)
1. The half-hearted counter offensive in the northeast, meant to impress the NATO conference, is fizzling out and the Ukrainians are falling back.
2. In the eastern sector, the Ukrainians are being driven back with less effort than in previous campaigns. It's not a rout, but "Defeatist" posts are starting to show up on social media.
3. The Poles are getting feisty, talking about no-fly zones in western Ukraine. I personally think they are just setting the stage for a land grab of historically Polish territory.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (t/Ix2)
Needless to say, it was popular at a few high schools.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
"High school" might be a bit old for that program, considering it's the AI equivalent of taping a picture of a girl's face to a lingerie mannequin. I'd expect high-schoolers to be a bit more sophisticated.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Zombie Brewer and Shipley at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (XeU6L)
When I smoked there was no better smell than when you first opened the pack. Almost did not want to smoke them. Almost.
14 years in august and I still want one occasionally.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (i4fVr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (wA6d0)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (v6JzV)
Pipes and some cigars, yes. Not that crazy about the rest.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (mH6SG)
Stinkin' to high Heaven!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (wA6d0)
You're not supposed to spill the beans!!!!!!
Posted by: Gref at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (5fDan)
She's busy right now monitoring who is coming and going at al-Nasr? Hospital
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
I am sure I missed it previously, but what is your "planes" background?
As far as I can tell, you literally know everything there is to know!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (fiUiH)
Nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (wA6d0)
You'd do better than the weird furry who stole women's clothing in airports. You'd just have to explain the models and anime statues.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (i4fVr)
Nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma
Or Cultural Attache in the Embassy in Japan.
Posted by: Trump/Miklos 2024! at July 11, 2024 10:22 PM (XIkHl)
AI.jpg
Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM
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Did you see that at alex the chick's X account too, Dave?
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 11, 2024 10:23 PM (Jh5b+)
https://tinyurl.com/58kswnrh
I especially Iike the hot young woman shopping with a slung M4. I'm sure American Lefties would have a fit and feel unsafe...bitches, it's because of your antisemitic terrorist Palestinian friends (and fellow Leftists).
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 11, 2024 10:23 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Modern Farmer at July 11, 2024 10:23 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 11, 2024 10:23 PM (i4fVr)
The reddit suicidewatch channel puts things into perspective.
Still. Bad day.
Hang in there. Things can only get worse.
Posted by: Zombie Brewer and Shipley at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM (pIfcn)
To really get that they were a killer band with tight ensemble work, spot on vocals and harmony all supported by great pop songs with even better arrangements you have to look to the early recordings. The recordings were mostly done live in the studio in a a few takes with the first couple albums, Please, Please, Me and With the Beatles, done live over the course of few hours. To pull off recordings that good, that quickly points to some serious chops.
The other day I stumbled upon a live set, from 1964 in Australia I think, that is remarkably well recorded with the screaming mostly suppressed. The perfection of what I know from those early recordings is all there in this live set and makes abundantly clear they knew what they were about and that they could play there asses off. The first part has video while the second is audio only. I hope you enjoy it.
https://youtu.be/xxVtYSFaUx0
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM (RUmyk)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2024 10:25 PM (0Htd1)
To my knowledge, I have only one original pickup line.
"Hey baby, you 'mind me of my third wife!"
Posted by: Miklos notes only limited success at July 11, 2024 10:25 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:25 PM (jvJvP)
Nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma
That'll happen if you leave the cabinet door open.
Posted by: mikeski at July 11, 2024 10:25 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2024 10:26 PM (UTD5a)
Posted by: From about That Time
No.
A Proper MoMe would also have throwing axes.
Posted by: Miklos hopes to attend one day at July 11, 2024 10:26 PM (XIkHl)
I just have mountains of books and know some good web-sites. Plus I have a decent memory.
I just finished digging through the section of Larry Davis' book on the Wild Weasels dealing with the EF-105Fs of Weasel III configuration.
Japan?!?! HAI!!!!
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:26 PM (wA6d0)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (uxCna)
However, I once came home from practice to a big group of people smoking opium. Even burning, that stuff still smelled sweet.
Pot certainly never smelled "addictive" to me. Opium OTOH, that shit actually smelled addictive!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Cheep Thrills at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (V5BDR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 11, 2024 10:20 PM (XeU6L)
Love a good cigar. Always have. Hate cigarettes.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (W/lyH)
The Mahane Yehuda market is the place to be in Jerusalem on Thursday nights. It is a beehive that has everyone and everything to taste and enjoy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:28 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls
Hope you brought enough pudding cups for everyone.
Posted by: Miklos is a stickler for protocol at July 11, 2024 10:28 PM (XIkHl)
Same to you, Piper and Tonypete, and all the other Hordelings who have had marriages blow up on them. I can’t imagine what that must be like.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:28 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2024 10:24 PM
I can't wait to see that revolver in the Gun Thread after it has been refurbished!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:29 PM (HlyYF)
Also, God have mercy.
Thanks for the ONT WD.
Evening all
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 10:29 PM (S5+ge)
Charming.
Posted by: The ARC
There were kids too.
But I got the promotion!
Posted by: Adm. Levine at July 11, 2024 10:29 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Roll Your Own! at July 11, 2024 10:29 PM (V5BDR)
Charming.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:27 PM (uxCna)
Let me guess, did he start hating his ex-wife and call her every name in the book because she didn't accept his truth?
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls
Hope you brought enough pudding cups for everyone.
Posted by: Miklos is a stickler for protocol at July 11, 2024 10:28 PM (XIkHl)
Absolutely. Anyone who can get to my fridge can have as much as they'd like.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (pIfcn)
If you are in Canada, calling the suicide hotline will get you in contact with somebody from the Health Ministry who can arrange an appointment with a physician to help you with "end of life cafe."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (H8fUU)
Posted by: Ciampino - Joe has gone Jim .. at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Live from Madhouse Farm at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (no58w)
They had the money to purchase good gear. I've seen teenagers with a garage band have better amplifiers and gear than those guys.
At Shea stadium they ran everything through the public address system. These are horn type speakers with a frequency response not even slightly suited for listening to music.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (UTD5a)
I can still get descendant/hybrid weed of the original "Train Wreck" variety. Traces back to the late 80's. The first "new weed".
Then there is GG or Gorilla Goo which is a now dead strain that has probably 5 descendants of different names.
Most of the legal stuff in Nevada is from these flavors.
California right now has a problem with Chinese mass grown shit sprayed with chemical flavoring.
That might be why it smells different.
Rumor is it's spiked too.
Posted by: Reforger at July 11, 2024 10:32 PM (xcIvR)
here's some music to improve my chances of getting the gig in Japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LB_EPS48HE
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 11, 2024 10:33 PM (wA6d0)
If anyone wants to guilt trip me about it and the effect it had on my boys you can go and fuck yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched
In cases like that divorce is probably a better choice than murdering the cheating bastard.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2024 10:33 PM (0Htd1)
I watched a bit of Biden's big boy press conference.
Boy were the Democrats wrong!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:34 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at July 11, 2024 10:34 PM (fiUiH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:35 PM (v6JzV)
In my experience, people only remember the minutiae at that level if they truly love the topic!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:36 PM (HlyYF)
Rumor is it's spiked too.
Posted by: Reforger
---------
My first encounter with 'skunky' bud, was in '79. Friend ended up hospitalized, as he was allergic to the chemical that was used to enhance it.
Cheap muscle relaxant, to enhance sh!tty weed.
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 10:36 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
1. Alcohol
2. Abuse
3. Adultery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Maybe change "Alcohol" to "Addiction."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 11, 2024 10:38 PM (H8fUU)
Worked with an XY who was married to an XX. The XX decided to be a "man" shortly before the XY decided to be a "woman".
I feel for the kids.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 11, 2024 10:38 PM (rHxhM)
Sometimes it really is necessary. I’m very sorry that that’s the case. But it’s true.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:39 PM (v6JzV)
1. Alcohol
2. Abuse
3. Adultery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:37 PM
Spot on.
Of course, Asshole might also merit a spot on that list.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:39 PM (HlyYF)
The reddit suicidewatch channel puts things into perspective.
Still. Bad day.
Posted by: Stateless
I'll be praying for things to get better for you.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 11, 2024 10:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 11, 2024 10:40 PM (4p0Xq)
Well, the Horde is in a mood tonight, maybe because of the Biden show. They didn't do much to cheer you up.
However, here's this: As bad as this day was, it's over. You don't have to live through it again.
And you made it.
Life is worth living, even with the hard parts.
And on top of all that, there is a God in heaven who made you and loves you.
Tomorrow will be better.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 11, 2024 10:41 PM (JrYM1)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:41 PM (pRpzT)
When consuming mass quantities of popcorn, be sure to up your fluid intake!
Prevent constipation, y'all!
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 10:42 PM (njWTi)
I would also add “infamy,” as in the case of someone finds out that their spouse is a serial killer.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:42 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 11, 2024 10:42 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:43 PM (v6JzV)
YT
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2cfxvafh
Posted by: mrp at July 11, 2024 10:44 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:44 PM (pRpzT)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at July 11, 2024 10:44 PM (55boN)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:45 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:42 PM
Is that actually a deal breaker?
I have never understood why incarcerated serial killers receive hundreds of love letters.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:45 PM (HlyYF)
1. Alcohol
2. Abuse
3. Adultery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:37 PM
Spot on.
Of course, Asshole might also merit a spot on that list.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:39 PM (HlyYF)
How bout withholding intimacy.
Posted by: Some guy at July 11, 2024 10:45 PM (uBBbP)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at July 11, 2024 10:46 PM (fiUiH)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:46 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Ciampino - Joe has gone Jim & John at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (qfLjt)
Of course, Asshole might also merit a spot on that list.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:39 PM (HlyYF)
Yeah, but wouldn't "adultery, abuse, alcohol" necesarily lead to "asshole"?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (8sMut)
I said I hoped that wasn't NATO standard now. She did not respond
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (D7oie)
Married 28 years.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at July 11, 2024 10:44 PM (55boN)
Lol.... my wife celebrates 30 years of matting on anniversary. I mark it as 10 years since she moved out of the bedroom to the spare room.
Posted by: Some guy at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (uBBbP)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (v6JzV)
It's maiden flight was in 1952, in service since 1955.
2024 - 1955 = 69 years (72 since first flight)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (Q4IgG)
I have never understood why incarcerated serial killers receive hundreds of love letters.
Because there are a lot of very sick people out there.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (JrYM1)
We have a place where old COBs and Presidents go to cheat at cribbage in their dotage.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (2UBPP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 10:49 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 10:50 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Live from Madhouse Farm at July 11, 2024 10:31 PM (no58w)
At Blanco, TX, where she lived for a good long time.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:50 PM (8sMut)
Morrissey tonight, singing about the 2019 fire at Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral:
“Notre Dame, we know who tried to kill you.
Notre Dame, we will not be silent. Before the investigations they said this is not terrorism."
https://tinyurl.com/yck64kyd
50 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 11, 2024 10:50 PM (Jh5b+)
https://youtu.be/xxVtYSFaUx0
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
------------------------
In another lifetime I had a friend who was a professional drummer in Vegas. He documented the occurrence of popular stylistic 'licks' of the era; the majority of them were from Ringo.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 10:51 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 10:51 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:51 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 10:52 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Piper at July 11, 2024 10:44 PM (pRpzT)
Thank you both. I desperately needed that.
Hey, and I enjoyed the Biden show too! Dude did good enough to keep his supporters energized. The Kos kids have been fun to read.
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 10:52 PM (jvJvP)
It's maiden flight was in 1952, in service since 1955.
2024 - 1955 = 69 years (72 since first flight)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (Q4IgG)
I love the Stratofortress. I had the opportunity, and honor, to sit in the cockpit as an ROTC cadet.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:52 PM (8sMut)
It's maiden flight was in 1952, in service since 1955.
2024 - 1955 = 69 years (72 since first flight)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM (Q4IgG)
100th Anniversary of the start of WW2 is in 15 years, 1.6 months.
Posted by: Gref at July 11, 2024 10:52 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM
You would think that would mostly cover it.
However, my wife used to be an attorney for abused children. There are levels of assholery that I previously could not even fathom.
And I am not even talking about the overt abuse. It was the petty, chicken-shit stuff that some of these guys did.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:52 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: oldraceral at July 11, 2024 10:53 PM (e/PcK)
Posted by: tankdemon
Adultery with your dead brother's wife should be a separate category.
Posted by: Hunter B., effective Chief of Staff, as in propping up Pop-Pop at July 11, 2024 10:53 PM (XIkHl)
I said I hoped that wasn't NATO standard now. She did not respond
Posted by: Kindltot
During my IT career, I routinely used the NATO phonetic alphas especially on calls. Once the H1(b)s arrived in force, I'd be told "No, Mr. Tonypete, not 'Romeo' - Raj".
I think I retired right before I lost my mind. I think.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 10:53 PM (WXNFJ)
It's called hybristophilia.
Posted by: JROD at July 11, 2024 10:54 PM (IlL6s)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 11, 2024 10:15 PM (pIfcn)
the sword looks a lot like, but better quality than the ones found in the shaft graves at Mycenae, especially around the junction between the grip and the blade. A lot of the Greek swords were riveted, in spite of the gold leaf covering them
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2024 10:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Cicero
You need to watch Growling Sidewinder's YouTube channel. He seems to enjoy flying the Mig 15 in online simulated dogfights. Interesting aircraft, and a good match for the F-86.
Posted by: Military Moron at July 11, 2024 10:56 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM (v6JzV)
1. Alcohol
2. Abuse
3. Adultery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 10:37 PM
Spot on.
Of course, Asshole might also merit a spot on that list.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:39 PM (HlyYF)
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Are we talking 'personality trait' or 'I insist that we try this tonight, dear'?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM (dDmld)
1. The half-hearted counter offensive in the northeast, meant to impress the NATO conference, is fizzling out and the Ukrainians are falling back.
2. In the eastern sector, the Ukrainians are being driven back with less effort than in previous campaigns. It's not a rout, but "Defeatist" posts are starting to show up on social media.
3. The Poles are getting feisty, talking about no-fly zones in western Ukraine. I personally think they are just setting the stage for a land grab of historically Polish territory.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 11, 2024 10:21 PM (t/Ix2)
0. I was the first killed in the war. People can't figure that out.
Posted by: The Truth at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 10:48 PM
I got your meaning, I was just too cute by half.
Do you remember the BTK serial killer? The FBI worked up a big profile of the killer since he was murdering and taunting for many years.
I believe "loner with poor social skills and an inability to hold a job" was part of their profile.
Rader was apparently happily married and got along just fine with people at work.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM (HlyYF)
Well. Some of us got divorced because the other party refused to stop seeing the other woman. And we did the best we could with the hand we were dealt.
If anyone wants to guilt trip me about it and the effect it had on my boys you can go and fuck yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (5dHQx)
I thought infidelity was one of the very few accepted reasons for divorce for hundreds of years in common law, and iirc even some like, *really* old book that goes back for more than 2000 years or something.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2024 10:58 PM (VavZF)
Posted by: Cicero
You need to watch Growling Sidewinder's YouTube channel. He seems to enjoy flying the Mig 15 in online simulated dogfights. Interesting aircraft, and a good match for the F-86.
Posted by: Military Moron at July 11, 2024 10:56 PM (ycI94)
Especially considering the NATO code name. MiG-15s are problematic.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 11, 2024 10:58 PM (8sMut)
There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 10:13 PM (mH6SG)
----
There's a killer on the road .... -- The Doors.
killer = weed
Posted by: Ciampino - drugged is no way to go at July 11, 2024 10:59 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: some insider exposing the dark secrets of Big Butter at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (75lbV)
Update-
Discharged from hospital today; cancer on pancreas.
HOWEVER
This is one of the cases in which it can be surgically removed, and arrangements are under way.
I very sincerely thank all for thoughts and prayers, which may be having some good effect.
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (njWTi)
The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
Posted by: Damon Runyon at July 11, 2024 11:01 PM (yOPBE)
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/68xvcray
Supposedly the greatest sword ever made.
Posted by: mrp at July 11, 2024 11:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2024 11:02 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:02 PM (S5+ge)
Sort of OT, but I have heard the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" was one take, because that was all the money they could rustle up to rent the studio.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 11, 2024 11:02 PM (r5tfK)
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 11:03 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: some insider exposing the dark secrets of Big Butter at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (75lbV)
Step aside.
Posted by: Salt at July 11, 2024 11:03 PM (8sMut)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at July 11, 2024 11:03 PM (hOUT3)
It's called hybristophilia.
Posted by: JROD at July 11, 2024 10:54 PM
I know that phenomenon quite well.
In high school, I was smallish, clean cut, respectful, and an excellent student.
Several of the girls I dated had their mothers tell them, "You should keep a hold of that guy."
Nothing is a bigger turn OFF to a high school girl than having your mother tell you she really likes the guy you are dating!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 11:04 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:04 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: The Truth at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM
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Loser!
I'm halfway around the world and you haven't even got your pants on!
Posted by: Lies at July 11, 2024 11:04 PM (Jh5b+)
==
0. I was the first killed in the war. People can't figure that out.
Posted by: The Truth at July 11, 2024 10:57 PM (8sMut)
Don't be silly. The Ukrainians have killed one MEELION Russians who have killed one MEELION Ukrainians.
Posted by: slav vs slav at July 11, 2024 11:05 PM (VavZF)
I asked for a copy of my FBI file.
Would they give it to me?
No
All I wanted was my FBI file and Pepsi
Posted by: Miklos has some Suicidal Tendencies in MP3 at July 11, 2024 11:06 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2024 11:06 PM (KKnQx)
Stateless -- prayers up for you. Please check in tomorrow night and let us know you made it through another day.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 11, 2024 11:06 PM (JrYM1)
Posted by: Lies at July 11, 2024 11:07 PM (Jh5b+)
As a kid with an Instamatic, I once took a picture I'd give anything to have again, of mom & dad, bending over a counter, reading a newspaper, Dad's arm around Mom. I thought it was a treasured show of my folks' affection.
The announcement of their divorce was a total shock. My older siblings may have known they had problems, but I had no clue. I was 13. What I thought was our happy home was shattered. What ensued, such sad stories I could relate! It was a bitter divorce with us kids torn up in the battle.
Our folks' divorce had effects unto three generations. All my siblings either never married, or married badly, as a rule. My older brother had two brief failed marriages; he died a bitter old hermit, hating our mother whom he blamed for the divorce, estranged from the family, from his three kids, from his grandkids.
By grace of God I married and stayed married to my angel who gave us three kids. Wasn't easy.
Still affecting my life today, over half a century later.
You never get over it.
Moving on...
Posted by: mindful webworker - nice to be here now at July 11, 2024 11:07 PM (CYhNu)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2024 11:08 PM (KKnQx)
Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB at July 11, 2024 11:09 PM (V5BDR)
I'm at one of my lowest points ever. Already had a few words of encouragement..thank you so much.
I'm watching the recap of Biden too. Good enough to keep him in. Go Joe! Fox just showed whispering Biden.
Any encouraging words?
Thanks
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 11:10 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:10 PM (v6JzV)
I very sincerely thank all for thoughts and prayers, which may be having some good effect.
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (XIkHl)
===
Thanks and b"h for the great news
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:11 PM (v6JzV)
In response to that it is worth noting that their live sets were mostly poorly recorded and to make matters completely impossible the screaming overwhelmed everything.
Lots of bands in the 60's were poorly recorded live. Some studio recordings stunk as well.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2024 11:11 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: From about That Time
No.
A Proper MoMe would also have throwing axes.
Posted by: Miklos hopes to attend one day
... and a thrown dagger clinic led by Bluebell and vmom.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2024 11:11 PM (VNX3d)
Stateless -- prayers up for you. Please check in tomorrow night and let us know you made it through another day.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 11,
Yes and yes
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:11 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 11, 2024 11:12 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:12 PM (41CYW)
reddit.com/r/Sexyspacebabes/wiki/index/
Make this make sense.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2024 11:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:11 PM (v6JzV
Thank you. Kind of doubt that now.
Bless you. Have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 11:13 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:45 PM (HlyYF)
I think the main reason is the women all have a 'bad boy' fixation without the risk as the men they 'love' are in prison.
Then there are the 'I can fix him' savior types.
Ted Bundy proposed in court in Florida and the damn woman, Carole Ann, accepted. She later divorced him before he was electrocuted.
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:13 PM (gKDq2)
Her children's father relinquished custody and she and Dad each adopted the other's children. They also had a child of their own.
The five of us realized recently that 3 and 4 were so young at the time, that 1 and I are the only ones with any real memory of Mom and Dad not being all our parents.
It was a challenging situation in many ways, but we grew up as just one family.
Posted by: sal at July 11, 2024 11:14 PM (y7DxH)
Posted by: Pedro @ SOTB
Symptoms of nausea, and abdominal and back pain. CT scan. MRI scan. Yep, we see it.
My Old Papa had pancreatic cancer in the ductal area, which is the most common and least treatable.
Old Mama is luckier, if that counts as luck.
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2024 11:14 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:14 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:14 PM (v6JzV)
Divorce is rough. I wasn't perfect. But I wasn't the one to file and insist on ending the marriage. I did everything I could, but it was too late by the time I recognized what was going on.
I think most us do the best we can.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:15 PM (Ciokv)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:15 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: Miklos hopes to attend one day
... and a thrown dagger clinic led by Bluebell and vmom.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
*stabbystabby enters the chat*
Posted by: Miklos, all inclusive-like at July 11, 2024 11:16 PM (XIkHl)
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Good news, prayers in the round.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:16 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 11:16 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Miklos, still suggesting Hungarian as the Private language of the Burning Times at July 11, 2024 11:17 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2024 11:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:18 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:17 PM (RIvkX
Thank you.
Posted by: Stateless at July 11, 2024 11:18 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: mindful webworker -
--------------------------
Hey, last I heard you were off with the EMT's. Glad to see you back. Hope that you are doing well.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:19 PM (lCWOD)
Bi-done's VP
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:15 PM (S5+ge)
I'd hit that.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 11, 2024 11:20 PM (t/Ix2)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 11:21 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 11:22 PM (mH6SG)
Nudists save the day by fighting back against blowtorch-wielding man attacking tourist in San Francisco's famous 'gayborhood'
https://mol.im/a/13625855
Posted by: Ciampino - No Sunday Book Thread for these two at July 11, 2024 11:22 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 11, 2024 10:45 PM (HlyYF)
Explains the deliberateness of the guitar chords in the song.
"Don't screw this up, Frank." (Or whatever the guy's name was.)
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:23 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ciampino
Wait! Wait! Wait! A 'blowtorch' in a gay neighborhood?
The jokes write themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
Maniac DECAPITATES his parents and their dog as 'horrified' cops claim suspect was covered in blood, fled in stolen golf cart
https://mol.im/a/13626117
I've seen police chases with the guy in a golf cart. Hilarious.
Posted by: Ciampino - No Sunday Book Thread for these two! at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (qfLjt)
Thank you for posting here. You almost always make me laugh. Your sense of humor is much appreciated.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Ciampino - No Sunday Book Thread for these two at July 11, 2024 11:22 PM (qfLjt)
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I was in meetings today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (RIvkX)
I was 24 when my mom died. You are fortunate to have had her for so long. I pray for healing and strength and relief from worry or anxiety.
Cancer blows.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (8o8AK)
Big deal. 2.781 in 5 of all human events involve marijuana use.
Posted by: Tom Perry at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Ciampino - No Sunday Book Thread for these two! at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (qfLjt)
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A Yakkity Sax soundtrack makes them twice as funny.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:26 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Dude.
Bootlegs ROCK!
Posted by: Miklos, who got things right from the mixing board on cassette at July 11, 2024 11:26 PM (XIkHl)
Nudists save the day by fighting back against blowtorch-wielding man attacking tourist in San Francisco's famous 'gayborhood'
https://mol.im/a/13625855
Posted by: Ciampino - N
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NPR car radio referred to the lugs occupying the CA areas as 'those who choose to sleep outdoors' and the dreadful law the Supreme Court passed.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:26 PM (lCWOD)
Sort of OT, but I have heard the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun" was one take, because that was all the money they could rustle up to rent the studio.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 11, 2024 11:02 PM (r5tfK)
Explains the deliberateness of the guitar chords in the song.
"Don't screw this up, Frank." (Or whatever the guy's name was.)
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:27 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:27 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:27 PM (8o8AK)
VP Trump and President Putin
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:28 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:28 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: sal at July 11, 2024 11:29 PM (y7DxH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:29 PM (8o8AK)
Posted by: Ciampino - I never see an anti Islam backlash at July 11, 2024 11:29 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:29 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
I am a river unto my People!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noyFiYKlFJU
Posted by: Miklos Shecky-Dangerfield at July 11, 2024 11:30 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2024 11:30 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 11, 2024 11:31 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:31 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:29 PM (8o8AK)
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Not for a few weeks, maybe more than a month
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:32 PM (8o8AK)
Popcorn is a delivery device for butter.
________
And salt
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2024 11:08 PM (KKnQx)
Also Parmesan cheese, or Smokehouse Maple seasoning.
Posted by: sal at July 11, 2024 11:32 PM (y7DxH)
VP Trump (maybe you will like this one better.)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 11, 2024 11:32 PM (S5+ge)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
When you can understand the accent
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Your father smelt of elderberries
Posted by: le Mikleuse shall taunt you again at July 11, 2024 11:32 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:33 PM (v6JzV)
https://tinyurl.com/rrjpmjmb
any swords?
Posted by: Ciampino - Just a Greek temple, nothing to see at July 11, 2024 11:33 PM (qfLjt)
gar gantchyoo boy, pissedoff floor show.
Does that make me rayciss or something.
In my defense, I seldom have a clue what Steven Tyler is singing most of the time either.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 11, 2024 11:34 PM (hZc6Q)
I think I retired right before I lost my mind. I think.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2024 10:53 PM (WXNFJ)
I had heard that Pakistani ATC substitute some word for "India" and some muslim country substitutes another word for "Whiskey"
The fun ones is when the caller on the other end doesn't know it and just makes it up.
I was always planning on learning the US Army phonetic code pre 1957 [ able baker charlie dog easy ,. , ,
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2024 11:34 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:34 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (t56FM)
https://t.co/WsozB8T3vw
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #01 at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Everyone is not here.
But there are some red Solo cups with lipstick on them that smell a bit like Amaretto.
Still got ice too.
Posted by: Miklos considers them as Abandoned Property at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (XIkHl)
https://mol.im/a/13625881
Posted by: Ciampino - I never see an anti Islam
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Making them take off any pin but the American flag is a start.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: The Truth
Wannabe.
My word as a Biden.
Posted by: Beau at July 11, 2024 11:36 PM (tmPIh)
Prayers up for all who need them.
Good to see you, mindful...
Time for bed.
Posted by: sal at July 11, 2024 11:36 PM (y7DxH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
When you can understand the accent
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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+1
What's the saying...anyone can fake serious but none can fake witty? Miklos brain and typing fingers move fast.
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:36 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:37 PM (v6JzV)
Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Hey! You 'mind me of my third wife!
Posted by: Miklos is persistent, at least at July 11, 2024 11:37 PM (XIkHl)
https://tinyurl.com/32bem98v
So everyone is looking for a woman and when an unconscious guy is found the searchers just move on.
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #02 at July 11, 2024 11:37 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 11, 2024 11:38 PM (xjTDL)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (lCWOD)
Black with white lettering 'POW' pins are acceptable.
Never Forget.
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:38 PM (gKDq2)
When you can understand the accent
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Your father smelt of elderberries
Posted by: le Mikleuse shall taunt you again
Thankfully Miklos doesn't channel LePetomaine!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2024 11:38 PM (VNX3d)
https://tinyurl.com/rrjpmjmb
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Assyrians?
Those guys had range.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:39 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: pookysgirl, shaking her head at July 11, 2024 11:39 PM (8K3G/)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 11, 2024 10:23 PM (ycI94)
Goin' thru the market with my M16, getting good deals looks mighty keen.
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 11, 2024 11:39 PM (NMT5x)
Pfizer targets obesity with new once-daily Danuglipron drug
https://tinyurl.com/3mjxaax
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #03 at July 11, 2024 11:39 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:40 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:40 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Some of us Keep the Traditions
Posted by: Miklos actually has a degree in Ancient and medieval History (financially, a poor investment) at July 11, 2024 11:40 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 11, 2024 11:40 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 11, 2024 11:41 PM (w6EFb)
https://mol.im/a/13623721
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #04 at July 11, 2024 11:41 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 11, 2024 11:42 PM (hZc6Q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I will, if the Current Administration gives me a legitimate phoney baloney job.
Posted by: Miklos too has a price, and less than Darleen's at July 11, 2024 11:43 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 11, 2024 11:44 PM (gKWVE)
I was 24 when my mom died. You are fortunate to have had her for so long. I pray for healing and strength and relief from worry or anxiety.
Cancer blows.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 11, 2024 11:25 PM (8o8AK)
Prayers from me as well. My father passed away three years ago, but my mother - this is not to brag, it’s an oddity of my life - my mother is descended from a line of nemenoreans, one of her uncles died at 109, another at 107. She’s 87, looks 70, and still plays pickleball. She’s asked me to be her executor and I said “sure mom, but you’re probably gonna outlive me,”. She’s only got 20 years on me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2024 11:45 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:45 PM (v6JzV)
https://tinyurl.com/2s4a33d4
Did he mean
https://youtu.be/8zow2Dblvwo
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #05 at July 11, 2024 11:46 PM (qfLjt)
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It's the trend in even really nice hotels, at least in CA and Vegas. Cruise ship style pump bottles, usually fixed to the wall of the shower.
I was at the hoity-toity Waldorf-Astoria in Dana Point a few weeks ago and that's what they had. It felt cheesy, but I'm sure the environment is recovering by leaps and bounds.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:47 PM (dDmld)
https://mol.im/a/13623721
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #04 at July 11, 2024 11:41 PM (qfLjt)
classy hotels have the pump dispenser cemented to the inside of the shower - soap/body wash, shampoo and conditioner
And they leave the light on for you!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 11, 2024 11:47 PM (D7oie)
https://mol.im/a/13623931
Who thought these two sharing a room was a good idea?
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #06 at July 11, 2024 11:48 PM (qfLjt)
https://mol.im/a/13624299
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #07 at July 11, 2024 11:49 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at July 11, 2024 11:02 PM (r5tfK)
Explains the deliberateness of the guitar chords in the song.
"Don't screw this up, Frank." (Or whatever the guy's name was.)
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:27 PM (gKDq2)
The words of “Amazing Grace” work amazingly well with that tune.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2024 11:50 PM (S6gqv)
Herro! Trying to keep my feet up while chilling at the annual family rebellion-I mean reunion. No one's in the ER yet, but my BiL had a close call towing their camper when the hitch bent to a 45-degree angle. His family is at home while he fixes it and they're hoping to make it down tomorrow. If that's the closest we get to the ER this year, I'll gladly take it.
Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to keep everyone healthyish at July 11, 2024 11:50 PM (8K3G/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I will, if the Current Administration gives me a legitimate phoney baloney job.
Posted by: Miklos too has a price, and less than Darleen's
I'd forgotten about that one.
I admit, though, Joey probably fits the bill as The Farter.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 11, 2024 11:50 PM (VNX3d)
Cancer blows.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Yeah, it sucks. Can relate. 29 when my mom died. Aneurysm. She was 2 days shy of her 54th. Never met my children which is a bummer (wife was 3 months along with our first). Mom was the awesome.
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:51 PM (41CYW)
https://mol.im/a/13623931
Who thought these two sharing a room was a good idea?
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #06 at July 11, 2024 11:48 PM (qfLjt)
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School administration decided that the two-state solution would finally resolve all ethnic and religious intolerance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:51 PM (dDmld)
I'd add the toothpaste & floss samples from our dentist, and take it all down to our YWCA, for the women's shelter.
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 11:51 PM (njWTi)
https://mol.im/a/13624043
Again? Are these happening more frequently or is it just me?
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #08 at July 11, 2024 11:51 PM (qfLjt)
Miklos, glad to hear that the results are promising!
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at July 11, 2024 11:52 PM (hBG3V)
I remember as a youth when I could smell the goal within ... uh ... reach, and yet came up ... uh ... dry.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 11, 2024 11:52 PM (YqDXo)
Tiny shampoo bottles beloved of hotel guests will be banned in New York from 2025
https://mol.im/a/13623721
Posted by: Ciampino
New York and California save the world.
One stupid law at a time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2024 11:52 PM (63Dwl)
https://mol.im/a/13623625
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #09 at July 11, 2024 11:53 PM (qfLjt)
My eighth grade, pre von Däniken, Spanish teacher believed that the Egyptian water craft were seaworthy enough to cross the Atlantic and thought trade with the west too insignificant to record.
'Course he taught at the AF college, so, you know, AF thinkers.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:53 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:53 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 11, 2024 11:53 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2024
This is my usual response.
Her aunts lived to at or past 100, and that was 40 years ago.
Posted by: Miklos is at peace with mortality, because I have a Home with no bills to pay at July 11, 2024 11:54 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Miklos knows that you know the rules at July 11, 2024 11:54 PM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 11, 2024 11:54 PM (hZc6Q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2024 11:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:35 PM (lCWOD)
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Rainbow pins.
We're less than 2 weeks after Pride Month!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 11, 2024 11:55 PM (2I/ch)
https://mol.im/a/13625501
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #10 at July 11, 2024 11:56 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Miklos actually has a degree in Ancient and medieval History (financially, a poor investment) at July 11, 2024 11:40 PM (XIkHl)
That's a Classic.
My first two 'must have in a collection' movies are 'Holy Grail' and 'Blazing Saddles'. Anything after that is gravy, be they serious and sober or lighthearted and romantic.
Posted by: RickZ at July 11, 2024 11:56 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ciampino
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I thought cooking killed all of those germs. If so, they could slaughter them and cook them and give them to the poor, or sell them, or give them to me.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:56 PM (lCWOD)
My eighth grade, pre von Däniken, Spanish teacher believed that the Egyptian water craft were seaworthy enough to cross the Atlantic and thought trade with the west too insignificant to record.
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Following the trail blazed by the Solutreans!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 11, 2024 11:56 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:57 PM (41CYW)
https://mol.im/a/13623853
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #11 at July 11, 2024 11:57 PM (qfLjt)
May Miklos’ mother have that kind of vigor.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 11, 2024 11:58 PM (v6JzV)
Rainbow pins.
We're less than 2 weeks after Pride Month!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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No pin but the American flag. Sounds like they read Tractor Supply's letter to their customers and share holders.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:58 PM (lCWOD)
Good night, Horde, and rest well.
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at July 12, 2024 12:00 AM (hBG3V)
I'd add the toothpaste & floss samples from our dentist, and take it all down to our YWCA, for the women's shelter.
Posted by: JQ at July 11, 2024 11:51 PM (njWTi)
{Gentle Clap}
It's early. So I'm being vewy, vewy quiet, and I'm not hunting wabbits.
Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2024 12:01 AM (gKDq2)
https://mol.im/a/13623743
What is the system in Europe? Do waiters get a living wage without tips?
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #13 at July 12, 2024 12:02 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: pookysgirl has heard some doozies at July 12, 2024 12:02 AM (8K3G/)
Posted by: scampydog at July 11, 2024 11:57 PM (41CYW)
My take: He did well enough to fend off demands that he withdraw or resign now. No tough questions. He got softball questions down the middle of the plate.
So, actually, I'm pleased. This will reduce the pressure on him to withdraw.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:04 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 11, 2024 11:56 PM (lCWOD)
That is not the purpose, the purpose is to grind in the fact that the feds control who makes what food, and f you want to make food, you have to deal with the feds.
I was reading a work by an historian named Joel Mokyr today, and one of his points was that the 20s and 30's were a period with a large jump in agriculture production in America due to capitaliszation (loans during WWI) and advances in farming, both of which reduced the cost of food. FDR was trying to solve the falling cost of foods but I suspect he thought it was due to markets, and not production increase pushed by government and the federal reserve messing with the industry
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 12:04 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:06 AM (YqDXo)
One stupid law at a time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The plastic straw ban was based on a middle school science paper.
Posted by: Miklos Epistemologically denies "SCIENCE!" at July 12, 2024 12:07 AM (XIkHl)
Pfizer targets obesity with new once-daily Danuglipron drug
https://tinyurl.com/3mjxaax
Posted by: Ciampino
Pfizer employee or not, I'd like to buy a drink for the guy who got a weight-loss drug named "dang ugly pr0n."
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2024 12:07 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2024 12:08 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Cool. Thanks for the reply, DJG.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 12:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ
We got a tax deduction for Bill's used underwear.
Posted by: *hic* at July 12, 2024 12:09 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 12, 2024 12:09 AM (t56FM)
Posted by: B. Delphine at July 12, 2024 12:10 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 12, 2024 12:10 AM (v6JzV)
Trump knew that he would wipe the floor with Joey, rules or no rules.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 11, 2024 10:11 PM (uxCna)
Oh ye of little faith ...
I thought and hoped Trump knew what he was doing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:11 AM (YqDXo)
May Miklos’ mother have that kind of vigor.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
She does have a mean streak, augmented by dementia.
Scots-Irish and whatnot.
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at July 12, 2024 12:11 AM (XIkHl)
He’s shuffling like he’s got morphine in his bloodstream
And he don’t always say what he really means
I can hear every jumble of a word he makes
Getting lost in his malarky is your first mistake
I can see him shuffle along like he’s had vaccines
He’s a lying old man who wants his ice cream
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 12:12 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 11, 2024 11:52 PM (YqDXo)
Hasn't she been on a stage with Bill Clinton? She had to have been on a stage with Blow Job Billy sometime in her political 'career'.
But, yeah, I'm sure Kamalalaladingdong can taste The Oval Office at this point. If it's not Biden nor her at the top of the ticket, that will certainly be entertaining. Harris is the 25th Amendment insurance policy which has now lapsed. Somehow I don't think she'd 'go gentle into that good night' if her 'rightful place' at the top of the ticket is not 'bestowed' by a coronation at the convention by the super-delegates.
It took me a long time to realize how rigged the Dem primaries are.
Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2024 12:12 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Miklos Epistemologically denies "SCIENCE!" at July 12, 2024 12:07 AM (XIkHl)
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To be fair, you have to admit that nobody has spotted the continent-sized mass of plastic waste floating in mid-ocean since that ban took effect.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2024 12:13 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Ciampino
"How about Nooooooo!"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2024 12:13 AM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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It's part of their reduction and dissolution plan. There's no God, no Christ, no Before Christ the time that God came to humans or anno Domini, after the birth of Christ. God Almighty and his son Jesus the Christ have nothing to do with civilization or timelines.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:14 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Biden is Finished at July 12, 2024 12:14 AM (t56FM)
The more things change, the more they suck.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2024 12:15 AM (0FoWg)
"How about Nooooooo!"
Posted by: Tonypete at
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How about da noose wit 13 coils?
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:16 AM (lCWOD)
Oh ye of little faith ...
I thought and hoped Trump knew what he was doing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
I thought Trump was walking into a minefield.
I gladly admit to being wrong.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2024 12:16 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
It's part of their reduction and dissolution plan. God Almighty and his son Jesus the Christ have nothing to do with civilization or timelines.
Posted by: Braenyard
Yes, CE and BCE (common era, before the common era) just happen to line up perfectly with the old AD and BC dates.
As though any other significant historical event happened in 1
It's the equivalent of a toddler sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling LA LA LA CANT HEAR YOU.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2024 12:18 AM (DgGvY)
"Something will turn up."
Played by W.C. Fields in one film version of the novel.
Isn't that what Biden has come down to? Hoping that "something will turn up"?
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2024 12:20 AM (NLIak)
$5.00 says you are greater risk from Oakland than history over the next few weeks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 12, 2024 12:20 AM (4Yp57)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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It's part of their reduction and dissolution plan. There's no God, no Christ, no Before Christ the time that God came to humans or anno Domini, after the birth of Christ. God Almighty and his son Jesus the Christ have nothing to do with civilization or timelines.
Posted by: Braenyard
It's also a sign of how lazy they are. If they really wanted to shove it down our throats, they'd choose a different start point, such as Anno Domini 1776 or Anno Domini 1865. That would mean recalculating all the year numbers, though, and they stumble over 2+2=4.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2024 12:20 AM (VNX3d)
The only window I want this asshole to see is la fenetre republicain.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:21 AM (gKWVE)
Melania speaks five languages.
Dr. DOCTOR Jill?
Heh
Also interesting the Trump family history.
PJT's mother was born into and grew up in extreme poverty in Scotland. Immigrated legally.
Posted by: Miklos thinks history helps to understand, with some predictive advice at July 12, 2024 12:23 AM (XIkHl)
Yeah, I want to ask these CE-lovers "What made it 'common'? Is there an 'Uncommon Era'? Why that date specifically? Etc etc..."
Posted by: pookysgirl isn't just uncommon, she's rare at July 12, 2024 12:24 AM (8K3G/)
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2024 12:24 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: *hic*
You could get a lot of money in Japan for Hillary's used panties. Assuming that they're not banned by the Geneva convention.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:25 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:25 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2024 12:26 AM (0FoWg)
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2024 12:28 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
It's part of their reduction and dissolution plan. God Almighty and his son Jesus the Christ have nothing to do with civilization or timelines.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yes, CE and BCE (common era, before the common era) just happen to line up perfectly with the old AD and BC dates.
As though any other significant historical event happened in 1 CE AD that we'd be basing the switch to a "common era" on.
It's the equivalent of a toddler sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling LA LA LA CANT HEAR YOU.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2024 12:18 AM (DgGvY)
When they took away B.C. and A.D. and turned into the BCE and ACE mush, I thought P.C. has gone too far. Then they took away Pluto. I so hate these eggsperts good at only fucking everything up.
(Let's get a round of applause for Chevron.)
Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2024 12:28 AM (gKDq2)
PJT's mother was born into and grew up in extreme poverty in Scotland. Immigrated legally.
Posted by: Miklos thinks history helps
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His uncle was a perfesser at MIT.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:28 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:29 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Agree. And the press will re-light the gaslight machine and pretend none of the past few weeks happened.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 12:32 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Nope
Article III
Chemical and Biological weapons
Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls the Geneva Conventions (there is more than one) at July 12, 2024 12:34 AM (XIkHl)
The more things change, the more they suck.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
>When I was 10 I used to drift boat with my fly fishing gear past river-side brothels and wave at the 50 year old prostitutes sunning on the dock. Later, when the brothels were obsoleted, many of the old whores adapted to life to become waitresses at the local restaurants, even the one where I was a Michelin-rated weekend chef.
Good times.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2024 12:34 AM (2UBPP)
Re "common era". The jokes on them, actually. "Common Era" meant Christian era originally. I think Kepler first used it. "Vulgar era" or something like that. "Vulgar" meant common, and didn't have the strong negative connotations it has now.
Anyway common era, mean the era the common people were using, which was the Christian era, as opposed to some elite, noble regnal year numbering convention, such as the 2nd Year of King Chuckles, and so forth.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard
Something Kummala could not say.
Posted by: Miklos vaguely recalls certain facts at July 12, 2024 12:36 AM (XIkHl)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 12:37 AM (fwDg9)
Miklos, very happy to hear that Mama is coming home, continued prayers.
Happy Anniversary, Scampydog.
Hiya, JT, wherever you are.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 12, 2024 12:37 AM (Sgq8y)
I pray he keeps his ability to give the media a couple of minutes of "Biden Normal" until the nomination.
After the convention, if he shouts: "Who didn't shower with their daughter ? " He's the raw meat we prayed for.
Posted by: DAN at July 12, 2024 12:37 AM (rn2/h)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:29 AM (lCWOD)[/l]
Slaveowners, I assume you meant...
... although Harding used to rile up racists by hinting about the "woodpile". (Funny man, Harding. Pity about the dome of tea kettles.)
Anyway, Eisenhower didn't have slaveowners in his ancestry either, I believe. Really the point is about living Presidents:
businessinsider.com/ donald-trump-only-american-president-ancestors-slaveholders- reuters-2023-6
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:39 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
And all the ships at sea agree
I pray for a Joyous Restart of the bird bath, with proprietor present.
Posted by: Miklos at July 12, 2024 12:39 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:39 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:39 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:25 AM (gKWVE)
There is an hypothesis that 232 years were added into the calendar in the late Roman or early Medieval period
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 12:40 AM (D7oie)
Anno Domini means "In the Year of The/Our Lord".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:42 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:29 AM (lCWOD)[/l]
Slaveowners, I assume you meant...
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A quibbling difference.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:42 AM (lCWOD)
Watch the MSM do a 180 when Biden's nomination becomes inevitable. Back to "sharp as a tack; hard to keep up with," etc.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2024 12:42 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:39 AM (lCWOD)
That's what A.D. stood for, Anno Domini, In the Year of Our Lord. Latin used to be taught in schools, along with Greek. I got the Latin, but no Greek. Even though I had Catholic schooling through high school. Lucky, I guess.
Posted by: RickZ at July 12, 2024 12:45 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 12:45 AM (41CYW)
BCE and CE could - and probably should - refer to before and after the communist era.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:47 AM (YqDXo)
They had the money to purchase good gear. I've seen teenagers with a garage band have better amplifiers and gear than those guys.
I don't think anyone worried about good gear by semi modern standards until the late 60s, and the Beatles stopped touring in 1966. Big concerts were screamfests for young girls mostly and a way to make money.
Posted by: azjaeger at July 12, 2024 12:48 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2024 12:48 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 12, 2024 12:49 AM (4Yp57)
Posted by: RickZ
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#374
It's late, see y'all when the sun comes up.
'night.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 12, 2024 12:49 AM (lCWOD)
Anyway common era, mean the era the common people were using, which was the Christian era, as opposed to some elite, noble regnal year numbering convention, such as the 2nd Year of King Chuckles, and so forth.
What exactly do the Asians make of this "common era" crap?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:51 AM (YqDXo)
I had never heard of this "phantom time" theory. That somebody in the Church was trying to pull something with the dates and added 200-something to 300 years.
I was just looking, it doesn't wash to well. One thing was the observations of eclipses dating back before the supposed extra centuries were added in Chinese and other calendars as well as European. Those agree with the current calendar number of years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2024 12:42 AM (gKWVE)
well, I only read a couple of articles on it, and it is one of those massive re-organizing items, but depending on which worker in dendrochronology you look to, there may be a gap there and duplication in rings for around 200 years, and evidence from astro-archaeology that may confirm it The hypothesis is that the date was inflated at the initiation of the calendar, with a bad back-count, though accepting this would require re-determining things like what the relationship was between Justinian and Constantine. This is a paradigm shaking change, and one that would never be accepted without massive amounts of proof.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 12:55 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
>If they flinch for a second, it will become, "After Biden" when he Mr. Magoos them with a nuclear attack.
Oh, McBarker, you've done it again!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 12, 2024 12:57 AM (2UBPP)
Her rightful place is in the Mustang Ranch, or perhaps in the Greyhound station.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 12:58 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 12, 2024 12:58 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Here is the article that I found to start me on this particular rabbit hole
https://tinyurl.com/2u3zvxe3
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 12:58 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 12:58 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: publius,
And I thought AD means "A Duchess"
Posted by: Miklos is often in error, never in doubt at July 12, 2024 12:59 AM (XIkHl)
Just about every country in the world now uses the Gregorian calendar as the civil calendar or at least for any serious work.
Trying to look this up, the Chicoms use what translates to "Common Era".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 01:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 12, 2024 01:04 AM (4Yp57)
Thanks, I'll be looking at this. But I don't think it can hold up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius,
And I thought AD means "A Duchess"
Posted by: Miklos is often in error, never in doubt at July 12, 2024 12:59 AM (XIkHl)
Commonly thought in SoCal to mean: "Adios".
Not a total heresy. After three days in the tomb, Jesus was OUTTA THERE.
*sips bourbon*. It's been poured quite a while. But I've had a rather trying day, I'm achy sore and tired, and really just need to sip some more, and then into slumber.
The morning alarm, lacks any mercy.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2024 01:07 AM (kQgoX)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at July 12, 2024 12:58 AM (hKoQL)
That's me with Pimms. First time I had it I walked home several blocks before becoming desperately ill. I sat on the curb and threw up (after one glass - I wasn't lit). Second time exactly the same thing happened, when I realized that Pimms and I didn't see eye to eye.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:08 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 01:09 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
The Chicoms don't even have a fixed language.
Northern or Han Chinese is called the "national language".
People in southern China speak wat is sometimes called Cantonese.
Northern Chinese has five "tones".
Southern Chinese has nine.
The two are about like a guy from Clempson trying to talk to a girl from the Scottish Highlands.
Posted by: Miklos, as a lao peng jo sez Ni hao ma! at July 12, 2024 01:10 AM (XIkHl)
Hell Saudi Arabia has been using the Gregorian officially since 2016....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 01:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 12, 2024 01:12 AM (4Yp57)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:08 AM (YqDXo)
I am allergic to gin, you might be too. Count yourself lucky, gin gives me horrible incapacitating hangovers.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2024 01:12 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Miklos at Galt's Gulch Saloon at July 12, 2024 01:12 AM (XIkHl)
Northern or Han Chinese is called the "national language".
People in southern China speak wat is sometimes called Cantonese.
I had two postdocs, one of whom spoke Mandarin and the other Cantonese. They had to communicate with each other in English.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:13 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Tequila. Different drug. Pants off, dancing on bar, escorted out of bar, Thor hammer headache and a case of the guts the next day. Once was enough.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:14 AM (41CYW)
Thanks for the thoughts & prayers, y'all. Recently thought, I should write a little book of the episodes when I glimpsed but dodged the Grim Reaper. Been a few, with some scars to testify. Never really been a risk taker. The risks find me, like the black horse running in front of the car on a Texas country road in the middle of a moonless night.
Doing well enough, for being slightly past 29. Enjoying these lazy summer days.
Past time I should check out for the night.
https://youtu.be/qFs-Cd3Onb0
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - safe & warm at July 12, 2024 01:15 AM (CYhNu)
I don't know nuttin' 'bout no Chicom talk, but looking this up, the word here is "gongyuan" or maybe two words, "Gong yuan" with some accent symbols.
It's Mandarin, I think. One meaning is "Common era". The other is "public park".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 01:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos
I am pretty sure you intended to say Bama and Auburn.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at July 12, 2024 01:16 AM (4Yp57)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:14 AM (41CYW)
We've got to party, cowboy!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:17 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
Maybe we'll get lucky, and he'll ban Joey from the balllot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2024 01:18 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Upon a short rethink, Northern and Southern Chinese speaking to each other are like a Frenchman and an Italian.
They can get the main point across, but...
Posted by: Il Mikloselito at July 12, 2024 01:20 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
Safe bet. Democrats view a day without a ban as a day without sunshine.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:21 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
No.
I just realized that I had not used the letter "p" enough.
Posted by: Miklos makes no apologies, and owns no hampsters at July 12, 2024 01:23 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:14 AM (41CYW)
We've got to party, cowboy!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
hee hee
I'm in
Posted by: zombie Peewee Herman at the Alamo at July 12, 2024 01:24 AM (XIkHl)
They can get the main point across, but...
Posted by: Il Mikloselito
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Yep. Was there sort of recently. The Mandarin/Chinese was similar to the dialect jokes in the states. They understood each other but gave each other a bunch of shit. My translator app couldn't keep up. So I went with the eastern nod, smile, and laugh routine that they had deployed on me over the years.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:26 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
I have edited such post-doc papers for possible publication.
Somehow, my head remains unexploded.
Posted by: DOCTOR Dr. Miklos, deferring to senior colleague Jill at July 12, 2024 01:28 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:28 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Older asian lady at July 12, 2024 01:30 AM (XIkHl)
It was worse than that actually. They used to draw the ideographs on their hands to each other, and in desperation switch to English.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:31 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Simplify
Posted by: the Koreans at July 12, 2024 01:33 AM (XIkHl)
It's weird but one of the few benefits of a pictographic writing system.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2024 01:35 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Older asian lady
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In the late 80's guys were wearing those shirts with Chinese character/symbols. I always wondered if they translated to things like: Americans are Idiots. Or such. Most of the guys wearing them were....so.....
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)
Don't even ask me about the phone rates from Taco Bell. They're bad enough to give you indigestion!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 12, 2024 01:35 AM (kQgoX)
I've edited such papers I've reviewed for publication, because i'm stupid, and basically rewrote the papers in standard English, because I had sympathy for the authors.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:37 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: scampydog
Hungary in the 90's had lots of clothes with nonsensical Chinese English
It was for laugh
Posted by: Miklos does buy clothes with logos, because not your walking ad billboard at July 12, 2024 01:38 AM (XIkHl)
A friend calls me 'Captain Save-A-Hoe'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 12, 2024 01:40 AM (i4fVr)
OTOH, you never see anyone with tattoos in cuneiform.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2024 01:41 AM (dDmld)
One of the big problems (astronomically/scientifically) with the AD/BC year numbering is the lack of a year 0.
The astronomical calendar system includes a year 0. This is 1 BC. So, you have a proper system of negative years. The year -1 is 2 BC and so on.
This preserves leap year divisibility rules and all that. They do have a problem, and that's the Julian/Gregorian discontinuity. They use Julian before the date of the Gregorian and Gregorian thereafter. Thus 10 dates don't exist, and that adds some arithmetic complexity. And the Julian calendar is then proleptically extended as far back as desired.
The reason they don't proleptically extend the Gregorian is it would cause all sorts of conflicts with pre-Gregorian dates for many historical events. But still there is a period after the Gregorian was first instituted before others (looking at you, England) still used the Julian. But there has been confusion and screw ups based on that already.
So, don't add any more, and use the Julian before.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:37 AM (YqDXo)
I note that the rules have changed.
One is now allowed to "support" in ways that were previously academic malpractice.
I am a bit slow, but think money might be a involved.
Posted by: this is why University of Miklos at July 12, 2024 01:41 AM (XIkHl)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
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Between Beryl and termites, you've had a week. Pour another, friend.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:42 AM (41CYW)
It's weird but one of the few benefits of a pictographic writing system.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2024 01:35 AM (dDmld)
Exactly. It's weird to realize that you an read Japanese or Chinese, but not have the vaguest idea how to pronounce them.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:43 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Cicero
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Sometimes I hate you f*ckers.....Off to look up cuneiform to understand the reference or joke.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 01:44 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Cicero
Mayan calendar-COOL, so awesome
Hey-It even says when you will be sacrificed!
*Oh SHIT, backs far, far away*
Posted by: Miklos can actually read some Mayan glyphs at July 12, 2024 01:45 AM (XIkHl)
It is your job to lead them toward what they want.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:46 AM (YqDXo)
After my marriage cratered, I watched those of three other close friends crash and burn. In every case, it was the right thing to do for all concerned.
If the author wants to do something "for the children", I'd suggest abolishing Family Courts. Divorce should be handled through normal civil court channels. Too many FC judges fancy themselves latter day Solomons, and would literally split the baby for the appearance of fairness. In any event, divorce is a symptom of a bigger societal problem. Making it more difficult to obtain does nothing to address the our species' willingness to trade God's law with the law of the jungle
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2024 01:54 AM (RMN7W)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 12, 2024 01:54 AM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Your terms are not acceptable.
But you can come on over, big boy.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at July 12, 2024 01:57 AM (XIkHl)
Looking at this "3 missing century" thing, I found an explanation of the error the proponent of this "conspiracy" made. He found that the calendar should be behind (or ahead, depending on how you think about it) by 13 days instead of 10 at the time the Gregorian was instituted. So, he concludes that had fudged something beforehand.
Here was his error. The Julian was instituted in 45BC. The Gregorian reform did not try to rest the equinox to the date then, but the date of March 21 in 325 AD, the time of the First Council of Nicea.
In 45BC, the Vernal equinox occurred on Mar. 23. That is his 3 centuries error.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 02:01 AM (w6EFb)
Dreadful day today. Set out in the nice restored Studebaker convertible to drive to Vancouver (a 12 hour road trip, normally). Made it as far as Cochrane, Alberta, about 100 miles of the trip. Engine quit on me, no fuel. After some troubleshooting, I noticed the toggle switch for the electric fuel pump was quite warm. "Hmm, looks like that switch just gave out. No problem, just bypass it." Pump ran, I had fuel, and I was off down the road. Failed again shortly before I was to enter Banff National Park. Well, it can't be the switch this time. Took the pump out, blew through it, made sure the line from the tank to the pump was clear, got going again. Decided to turn around and go home. Got home about an hour ago, after numerous more stalls, a tow job ($$$), and borrowing a friend's truck and trailer to haul it home. Real problem now found: clogged bronze filter in carb inlet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2024 02:01 AM (U+MR7)
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Ahhh Trigglypuff. Living, waddling, sweaty example of every negative side effect of societal decadence. And dumbassery. Mostly dumbassery.
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 02:03 AM (41CYW)
I am calling bullshit RIGHT THERE
Posted by: Miklos desires such difficulties at July 12, 2024 02:03 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: scampydog
Ever jiggling, ever waddling, ever sweatful
Posted by: Jah Trigglyfarai! at July 12, 2024 02:06 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 12, 2024 02:09 AM (RMN7W)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 02:10 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
If Mr. Publius layed off being smart for a week, it would give the rest of us a chance.
Posted by: Miklos has to take his shoes and socks off, well rarely put 'em on ' MATH at July 12, 2024 02:11 AM (XIkHl)
Of those,1500+k are dead.
Which two states is 95% of this happening?
Arizona and Pennsylvania.
https://tinyurl.com/54ebvztc
(1 minute video on Rumble)
SSA.gov link where he says this comes from.
It checks out as far as I can determine.
https://tinyurl.com/2vjxbmpa
Dave in Fla and DivideByZero should look at this.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2024 02:12 AM (6ydKt)
I didn't figure that out, I was jest readin' those who did figure it out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 02:15 AM (41CYW)
This is an interesting thing. Mar 21 being fixed as the Ecclesiastical Equinox was just the date it happened to occur on in 325 AD, the First Council of Nicaea.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 02:19 AM (w6EFb)
This is one of the cases in which it can be surgically removed, and arrangements are under way.
I very sincerely thank all for thoughts and prayers, which may be having some good effect.
Posted by: Miklos at July 11, 2024 11:00 PM (XIkHl)
This is very fortunate for her. Pancreatic cancer usually kills the patient almost before they notice something wrong. May her surgeon have great skill!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2024 02:20 AM (QjQFX)
Dave in Fla and DivideByZero should look at this.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2024 02:12 AM
Thanks. Disgusting numbers:
People registering to vote in PA without ID by week.
6/22: 90,980
6/15: 116,524
6/8: 110,962
6/1: 104,250
So in one month, nearly a half a million people tried to register to vote without ID. Oh, and 391 of those people were dead.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 02:22 AM (RKVpM)
Evening, all. Not much tolerance for divorce among so many divorced people here.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 12, 2024 02:22 AM (/KAFg)
Miklos Media is pleased to appoint Publius as its Chief White House Correspondent.
Accreditation from the White House Correspondent's Association may take some time.
Posted by: Miklos used to sell news to the New York Times at July 12, 2024 02:25 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Miklos, who worries about the Wretched and neglected at July 12, 2024 02:31 AM (XIkHl)
https://tinyurl.com/mryhzm4h
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 02:36 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Son of Dad at July 12, 2024 02:37 AM (8JB5s)
Spread that around not horde it.
I had to look around for it.
But whatever is going on in AZ and PA is disturbing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2024 02:38 AM (6ydKt)
A phallus shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Canada before collapsing.
/ Not on my Bingo card
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/
1811066596150202675
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 12, 2024 02:39 AM (RKVpM)
Posted by: scampydog at July 12, 2024 02:41 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 02:43 AM (1GpuL)
Lost my mother in February, i was where you are.
It gets better, I promise.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 12, 2024 02:47 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 02:43 AM (1GpuL)
So sorry to hear that, AnnaS.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2024 02:47 AM (Zzf3f)
Posted by: Miklos at July 12, 2024 02:49 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: Son of Dad
The Supreme Court should be required to wear hard hats and flourescent safety vests over their robes.
Posted by: Dread Justice Miklos at July 12, 2024 02:53 AM (XIkHl)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 02:43 AM (1GpuL)
Very sorry to hear this. May he find peace and shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 12, 2024 03:03 AM (i4fVr)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 03:04 AM (1GpuL)
AnnaS, I'm so sorry. I hope you have loved ones and supporters around you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at July 12, 2024 03:05 AM (FXekL)
Oh Lord, I'm so sorry. Those left behind grieve, and I pray for their comfort.
But know this, your husband's work on earth is done. He's being called home. His toil is done. Your work is not done, and you must remain on earth longer. But when your work is done, you will see him again. Count on it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 03:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 03:18 AM (1GpuL)
AnnaS, I'm so sorry to hear your news. I echo what publius said: You will see him again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 03:19 AM (omVj0)
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 03:22 AM (w6EFb)
It will get better. No promises as to when -- but it will.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 03:23 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 03:28 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 03:32 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 03:33 AM (1GpuL)
It's very telling, as Ace and others have pointed out: The media and other Dems are all in on his dropping out, NOT because of the danger to the country now, but because they know they will lose to The Evil Trump. That's all they care about.
Vision: Trump wins in biggest landslide since Reagan in '84. The markets tick up and the Fed cuts interest rates, and by Christmas it's possible to buy a home without a 7% interest rate. Not just Morning in America again, but The First Morning of Summer Vacation When You're Twelve in America!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 03:38 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 03:39 AM (w6EFb)
I still don't wanna go work out. But I'll be glad for having gone.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 12, 2024 03:42 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2024 03:47 AM (fwDg9)
" Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
Your prayers were answered, but the cup did not pass. Such is the Divine Order of things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2024 03:57 AM (w6EFb)
I am sorry about your husband. That sounds so heartbreakingly difficult. I am sorry your prayers were not answered. Here are some thoughts about Unanswered prayer and the death of a loved one from a RC priest. I don’t know if you are RC but even if you’re not perhaps they will be helpful:
https://tinyurl.com/ypfz47va
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 04:12 AM (Qc2ZN)
between my God and me.
I do not choose the colors;
He worketh steadily.
Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow,
and I in foolish pride
forget He sees the upper,
and I the underside.
Not 'til the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly
will God unroll the canvas
and explain the reasons why
the dark threads were as needful
in the skillful Weaver's hand
as the threads of gold and silver
in the pattern He has planned.
-- Corrie ten Boom, Holocaust survivor
Praying for you and your husband, AnnaS. May the peace and comfort of Christ be with you.
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at July 12, 2024 04:25 AM (LLJRz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 04:28 AM (AtB7I)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2024 04:36 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2024 04:37 AM (AtB7I)
Do we say prayers are answered and if not do we say not His will? I asked many friends and family members to pray for my husband and told them I believe in answered prayer. Do I say oh well it wasn’t His will? I wanted to say see prayer IS answered
Posted by: AnnaS at July 12, 2024 04:39 AM (1GpuL)
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Also for you - the real Hollywood cop fro central casting with her partners Law and Order.
https://x.com/DaddyWarpig/status/1811630301246021898
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