Don't Be a Jive Turkey

I just had my first tranche of Thanksgiving dinner. I wisely stepped away from the table so I wouldn't over-eat.

But believe me, I'm going in hard again later.

Two years ago:

Today:

POV: you’re the conservative uncle at Thanksgiving

pic.twitter.com/TmADPokQMm
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 26, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 03:25 PM

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1 Woohoo!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 03:25 PM (W/lyH)

2 A first!!??

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 03:25 PM (W/lyH)

3 Others summoned.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 28, 2024 03:26 PM (O7YUW)

4
Willowed

Lemme ask. Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner? You'd think for a few hours people could keep their yaps shut over something that's likely to be contentious. So why start? Can't anyone just enjoy the company instead of haranging an audience?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 03:26 PM (dxSpM)

5 My daughter is tending bar for the morning, and I went over and had a Bloody Mary, with a massive smoked rib sticking out of the top of it. It was amazing.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 28, 2024 03:27 PM (2YLla)

6 Knowing what emergency calls await tomorrow, it's hard to really enjoy today.

The money is good, though.

Posted by: Your hometown plumber at November 28, 2024 03:27 PM (Aqu9a)

7 One done as well, soon onto next

Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2024 03:28 PM (fwDg9)

8 Instagram, so a big white blank square for me. (Meta's properties are blocked hard here at Firewall del Grumpy.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 28, 2024 03:28 PM (O7YUW)

9 Oh, never mind, it's already been fixed. Nice. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 28, 2024 03:28 PM (O7YUW)

10 Speaking of Jive:

https://youtu.be/g0j2dVuhr6s?t=57

In memory of David Zucker.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 03:28 PM (VNX3d)

11 I hear the Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump.
The blessings just never end!

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 03:31 PM (+HzbQ)

12 First course is just a warm up, ace.

Wise move.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:31 PM (HsOwE)

13 "Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner?"

It's the only interesting thing to talk about?

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at November 28, 2024 03:31 PM (XYJTg)

14 My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:32 PM (HsOwE)

15 Haranguing the audience is what performative Leftism is all about I think.

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (D7oie)

16 Picture of said Bloody Mary…

https://tinyurl.com/22kz8nr9

I had two.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (2YLla)

17 I just had my first tranche of Thanksgiving dinner. I wisely stepped away from the table so I wouldn't over-eat.
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I thought about that, but then remembered that I need an excuse not to eat pumpkin pie later, so I had fourths.

Posted by: Methos at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (Dnobf)

18 A little story about Salma Hayak on Mandy Patinkin, and getting him to break character.

https://youtube.com/shorts/NxEgj181LFk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (VNX3d)

19
"Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner?"

Tired of talking about football?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (63Dwl)

20 Drinking my aunts preferred, sweet enough to dissolve a whale tooth wine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:34 PM (HsOwE)

21 Picture of said Bloody Mary…

https://tinyurl.com/22kz8nr9

I had two.
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Amateur

Posted by: K Harris at November 28, 2024 03:34 PM (Dnobf)

22 Well, I am going to go outside, and plug in some block heaters. Time to shift vehicles around, and button up the place to make ready for me migrating South. I have given up on trying to get the broke-down Suburban back together. Rebuild kit for the transmission is lost in postal strike limbo, and it's just too damned cold to work outside to drop the replacement engine into it.

And I still have to get the '08 Suburban onto the hoist and change out a bad U-joint.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 03:35 PM (bUUsS)

23 217 I wish I knew someone that collected stamps. I wound up with my uncle's stamp collection from his estate. Hate to throw it out.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 03:06 PM (gfViB)
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Get an appraisal, don't leave the book with them, watch his eyes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:35 PM (wQ7Zi)

24 "Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner?"

When dealing with totalitarians everything is politics.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 28, 2024 03:35 PM (/lPRQ)

25 My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:32 PM (HsOwE)

Do you mean famous locomotives, water and fuel requirements, the benefits of coal v wood, or are they talking about expansion ratios in the various engines?

If the last, ask them their opinion of the Doble Steam car

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:35 PM (D7oie)

26 How it was back in the dark ages:

Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving 2020
We're all in this together, separately
Have another helping of virtual family.

http://mindfulwebworks.com/radical/
norman-rockwell-thanksgiving-2020

Posted by: mindful webworker - thankful we're beyond all that now at November 28, 2024 03:36 PM (68TeV)

27 Three for dinner. Not making much. I can't eat the amount I used to anyway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 03:36 PM (0eaVi)

28 "Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner?"

All the medical updates have been completed?

Posted by: Count de Monet, on the backside of 29 at November 28, 2024 03:37 PM (Aqu9a)

29 22 Well, I am going to go outside, and plug in some block heaters. Time to shift vehicles around, and button up the place to make ready for me migrating South. I have given up on trying to get the broke-down Suburban back together. Rebuild kit for the transmission is lost in postal strike limbo, and it's just too damned cold to work outside to drop the replacement engine into it.

And I still have to get the '08 Suburban onto the hoist and change out a bad U-joint.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Cold slows down the reflexes. Good luck getting out of Dodge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:37 PM (wQ7Zi)

30 Do you mean famous locomotives, water and fuel requirements, the benefits of coal v wood, or are they talking about expansion ratios in the various engines?

If the last, ask them their opinion of the Doble Steam car
Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:35 PM (D7oie)

Talking local routes and old lines. Coal drops. What infrastructure used to be in the area.

On the Doble, thatvis more my area. Imo, the doubles were beautiful, but ultimately a rich man's toy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (HsOwE)

31 Cold slows down the reflexes. Good luck getting out of Dodge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:37 PM (wQ7Zi)

It's a Chevy, not a Dodge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (0eaVi)

32 "I'm going in again hard later."

Obligatory: That's what SHE said!

Happy Thanksgiving, Ace!

Posted by: fly gal at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (6CtMt)

33 And I still have to get the '08 Suburban onto the hoist and change out a bad U-joint.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Cold slows down the reflexes. Good luck getting out of Dodge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others

Just stay away from the Ford.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (VNX3d)

34 Cold slows down the reflexes. Good luck getting out of Dodge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:37 PM (wQ7Zi)

Suburban is made by Chevy

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (D7oie)

35 Damn phone autocucumber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:40 PM (HsOwE)

36 Willowed: this orchestra is SO badly out of tune, I think they're doing it on purpose. Like nothing I ever heard before:
youtube.com/watch?v=0dRVAvrsys8

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at November 28, 2024 03:40 PM (XYJTg)

37 Obligatory: That's what SHE said!

Happy Thanksgiving, Ace!
Posted by: fly gal at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (6CtMt)

Wouldn't that be what 'he' sa... oh. Pegging.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:40 PM (HsOwE)

38 >>>>>Picture of said Bloody Mary…

https://tinyurl.com/22kz8nr9

I had two.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at November 28, 2024 03:33 PM (2YLla)
******
That’s a meal. It has all the major food groups, alcohol, meat + fat, and some green and red stuff. You have a wonderful daughter.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 28, 2024 03:42 PM (Iy4wM)

39 14 My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:32 PM (HsOwE)

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Calling the 2-8-2 a "Mikado" is anti-Asian cultural appropriation, the 4-4-0 "American" is imperialist and nationalistic, and the 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" is a phallic symbol of the misogynistic patriarchy! And why is there no tofurkey?!?!?!

Posted by: that one annoying aunt at November 28, 2024 03:43 PM (QdGJh)

40
I woke up in a Mel Brooks kinda mood.

So I downloaded Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, and Young Frankenstein.

And The Vagrant is downloading now.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 03:43 PM (g9a9d)

41 Losing Anzalone and Hutchinson will be too much for Detroit to overcome

Posted by: Accomack at November 28, 2024 03:44 PM (IG7T0)

42 This is Manatee Awareness Month. Please look both ways before crossing the street to avoid hitting Manatees.

Posted by: The Huge Manatee at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (z0QHk)

43 Milk House heaters are my favorite extras. Yesterday, the fan on the little one wouldn't turn. Last time it ran there was no hint of a problem. So, it's the 1500 watt turn and it doesn't run. What? Well, none of the Utoob remedies have worked so far.
If there are any remaining after the mad rush at Wally's it's time to buy a couple of new one's. These are about eight years old.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (wQ7Zi)

44 Just put the turkey in.

No, I didn't start it late, should be done around 5.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (lH8E4)

45 have you guys ever warmed pumpkin pie and had it with ice cream?

I don't know if it's the kind of thing you can or should warm.

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (KRtlO)

46
My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

You still got those?
That's good. Real good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (g9a9d)

47 Kamala Harris will never be president.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (LkLld)

48 I have finally had mashed potatoes that have enough butter. Reportedly, aunt and friend got three sticks of Kerry gold in there.

So rich. So good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:46 PM (HsOwE)

49 >>No, I didn't start it late, should be done around 5.

I always eat early. My mom used to have everything done by 3.

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:46 PM (KRtlO)

50 have you guys ever warmed pumpkin pie and had it with ice cream?

I don't know if it's the kind of thing you can or should warm.
Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (KRtlO)

If you run short on the whipped cream, put a truck or race car at the end of the run so it looks like it was burning out.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 03:46 PM (VNX3d)

51 The pie is warmed, not the ice cream, ace.

What are you? A Thanksgiving tenderfoot?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (HsOwE)

52 My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:32 PM

* Union Pacific #3600 4-6-6-4 Challenger has entered the chat *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (a3Q+t)

53 Chill the pie, warm the ice cream.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (XYJTg)

54 Obligatory: That's what SHE said!

Happy Thanksgiving, Ace!
Posted by: fly gal at November 28, 2024 03:39 PM (6CtMt)

Ummm... then that's not a she.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (lH8E4)

55 The pie is warmed, not the ice cream, ace.

What are you? A Thanksgiving tenderfoot?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (HsOwE)
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It's the Chuck Schumer method.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (z0QHk)

56 >>>Reportedly, aunt and friend got three sticks of Kerry gold in there.
So rich. So good.

I always over-use Kerrygold butter. People object to how much I use. they sniff, "It's too rich."

What's wrong with being rich? #Trump

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (KRtlO)

57 "Kamala Harris will never be president.

Posted by: JackStraw"

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Posted by: eleven at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (fV+MH)

58 My daughter is tending bar for the morning, and I went over and had a Bloody Mary, with a massive smoked rib sticking out of the top of it. It was amazing.

==

nice!

Posted by: runner at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (QTCRF)

59 >>>The pie is warmed, not the ice cream, ace.

no i know but do people warm pumpkin pie? It's not apple pie, after all. I've only had pumpkin pie chilled.

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (KRtlO)

60 No, I didn't start it late, should be done around 5.
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I always eat early. My mom used to have everything done by 3.

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:46 PM (KRtlO)

Yeah, that's the tradition, but I never really liked it.

We had a normal lunch, and I'm going to work tomorrow, so the day has to stay as normal as possible.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (lH8E4)

61 >>I have finally had mashed potatoes that have enough butter. Reportedly, aunt and friend got three sticks of Kerry gold in there.

Toss in some Parmesan cheese.

Go big or go home.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (LkLld)

62 In that video I'm the guy at the end of the table smiling.

Posted by: eleven at November 28, 2024 03:48 PM (fV+MH)

63
My dad and uncle are discussing steam locomotives.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

_________

We had a Big Boy pass through Houston on its tour. I'm sorry it wasn't possible to see it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 28, 2024 03:49 PM (dxSpM)

64 I have a rule...I always temp check my turkey AT least an hour before it's "supposed" to be done.

Just did it...yeah, it's got 10 minutes left, tops. Time to panic a little and get the mashed potatoes done!

Reason folks eat so much dry turkey - people believe the internet/bag directions and don't temp check early...really early...and they have an oven like mine (one my spouse says he might replace for me for Christmas)...

So, food at 4:30 vs 5...no one will mind...if the potatoes get done...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (exHjb)

65 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

66 Ummm... then that's not a she.
Posted by: BurtTC

Yeah, I realized that later. I might have had a couple or three snifters already.

Posted by: fly gal at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (6CtMt)

67 The conservative uncles videos looked like they would be fun to perform in as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 28, 2024 03:51 PM (6ORuo)

68 The stamps are from an estate and they had some sort of appraisal so theycould spilt things up. There are a few coins, but nothing of real value. Same with my aunt's jewelry and a few paintings.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (gfViB)

69 No leftwits at this table, all are Americans.

The first gorge has slackened so you actually taste stuff, thus far it's a resounding success, especially (for me) the sausage dressing. I made the gravy which guarantees you at least get a sufficient amount. All of it is traditional and shows the love that went into it.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (hKoQL)

70 Man, I thought my 71 yo younger brother had retired to pickle ball and other low stress sports.
He has, but continues ice hockey one night a week.
Better man than me in that area

Posted by: From about That Time at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (Id3K9)

71 >>And a Happy Thanksgiving to you.

A couple years ago they wanted us to stay from our families and friends on Thanksgiving. They stole so much from us and tried to take everything.

We didn't start this fight but we are finishing it and I will never not remind them, particularly on Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and all morons. We earned this one.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (LkLld)

72 Happy Thanksgiving Horde!

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at November 28, 2024 03:54 PM (jPdyB)

73 65 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

Well there goes the coveted Stage Builders Union endorsement.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 28, 2024 03:54 PM (b4o9z)

74 Braenyard, you probably don't want to hear this, but those fans are generally the same fan design based around copper wrapping around that laminated iron core. If it had no trouble and seized up after sitting for a summer, the oil in the bearings probably turned into something similar to peanut butter impregnated dust bunnies.

What usually fails in those are the bearing seizing up. There are generally no bearings as such, just a sintered bronze bushing holding the pin the fan turns on. Those get mucked up with dust and cat hair, and bind up. One attempted fix is to put 4-in-one or clp on the bearing to let it sit for a bit and then judiciously rap the end of the fan axle with a bit of wood, and see if that loosens it up.

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:54 PM (D7oie)

75 Hey, everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Food coma just wore off. Catered dinner was excellent, my wife and daughters agreed that it was yummy and the loved that it was just heat, serve, and seal back up for snacking. With only four of us on hand today, it made sense.

We slumped over before dessert could be deployed, so that battle has yet to be waged.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 03:55 PM (ZOv7s)

76 "Why does politics come up at all at a family dinner?"

When dealing with totalitarians everything is politics.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

This.

Sports? Education? BLM. Transanity. Politics.

Jobs? DEI. Inflation. Illegal invasion. Politics.

Health? Medicare. Covidiocy. Politics.

Movies, TV, music? Wokeness. Politics.

Posted by: mikeski at November 28, 2024 03:55 PM (DgGvY)

77 Holy shit. Electric battery plant near Elizabeth town came up and my uncle is actually off the full electric train! He is admitting it is a fucking idiotic pipedream!

It's a Thanksgiving miracle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 28, 2024 03:55 PM (HsOwE)

78 It's Plymouth Yacht Rock weekend!

https://tinyurl.com/yudmrsb7

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 28, 2024 03:55 PM (Dm8we)

79 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

Well there goes the coveted Stage Builders Union endorsement.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 28, 2024 03:54 PM (b4o9z)

They might get the Bollard Builders Union endorsement, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 03:55 PM (VNX3d)

80
Can you believe THIS is what used to entertain kids (us)?

Thumb Tennis??

https://is.gd/78IqhS

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 03:56 PM (g9a9d)

81 >>> 56 Reportedly, aunt and friend got three sticks of Kerry gold in there.
So rich. So good.
==
I always over-use Kerrygold butter. People object to how much I use. they sniff, "It's too rich."

What's wrong with being rich? #Trump
Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (KRtlO)

Similar to bacon, anyone who whines about 'too much butter' is probably a communist. Tell them you are appropriating their share of whatever they are whining about, for the people.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2024 03:56 PM (KcwUg)

82 What's wrong with being rich? #Trump
Posted by: ace at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (KRtlO)

as an old girlfriend used to say: "ow, my gall bladder"

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 03:56 PM (D7oie)

83 Ace, my brilliant cook MiladyJo says she doesn't know about heating up pumpkin pie… but can't see why you couldn't.

Just be sure to put the whipped cream or ice cream on it *after* heating.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pi are round at November 28, 2024 03:57 PM (68TeV)

84 57 "Kamala Harris will never be president.

Posted by: JackStraw"

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Posted by: eleven
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Alleluia!

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:57 PM (wQ7Zi)

85 The stamps are from an estate and they had some sort of appraisal so theycould spilt things up. There are a few coins, but nothing of real value. Same with my aunt's jewelry and a few paintings.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (gfViB)

I knew a guy who inherited some paintings from his mother, by a regional artist of some repute. Probably could have gotten low four figures for each of the paintings, but he went into a couple local shops, and they weren't interested.

So he said he was just going to throw them away.

I don't understand some people.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 03:57 PM (lH8E4)

86 Speaking of Jive:

There's a story behind that.

ZAZ figured out that it would be funny to have two black guys speaking in slang so impenetrable that it required subtitles.

So, they auditioned actors, and explained in the audition notice what they wanted to do in the scene.

ZAZ had written a script, but as one of them put it - "We're Jews from suburban Milwaukee! What do we know about black speech?"

However, two guys who had been friends since high school showed up with their own script to the audition, and when ZAZ had picked themselves off the ground from laughing, they told that the actors that they were hired, and that they would use their script in the movie.

During filming, the two guys took Barbara Billingsley out to lunch and taught her how to speak jive.

So the two guys besides acting also got a writer's credit, which I'm sure has been worth a pretty penny over the years.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 28, 2024 03:58 PM (uxCna)

87 "but do people warm pumpkin pie?"

Do you mean for eating, or for use as a poultice?

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at November 28, 2024 03:59 PM (XYJTg)

88 57 "Kamala Harris will never be president.

Posted by: JackStraw"

God bless us everyone

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at November 28, 2024 03:59 PM (jPdyB)

89 "but do people warm pumpkin pie?"
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Do you mean for eating, or for use as a poultice?
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at November 28, 2024 03:59 PM (XYJTg)

As a marital aid.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 04:00 PM (lH8E4)

90 88 57 "Kamala Harris will never be president.

Posted by: JackStraw"

God bless us everyone
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at November 28, 2024 03
And I helped!

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:00 PM (jgmnb)

91 Ace, my brilliant cook MiladyJo says she doesn't know about heating up pumpkin pie… but can't see why you couldn't.

Just be sure to put the whipped cream or ice cream on it *after* heating.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pi are round at November 28, 2024 03:57 PM (68TeV)
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We staged a quick raid at noon to bolster our dessert offerings and middle daughter found vodka-infused whip topping.

I kid you not.

Old and busted: a little Kahlua on your vanilla on your vanilla ice cream.

New hotness: vodka whip on the pumpkin pie.

And yes, by family tradition, this IS a drinking holiday.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

92 >>> 68 The stamps are from an estate and they had some sort of appraisal so they could spilt things up. There are a few coins, but nothing of real value. Same with my aunt's jewelry and a few paintings.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 03:52 PM (gfViB)

Hmm, my mom collects stamps...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 28, 2024 04:01 PM (KcwUg)

93 3 minutes of Big Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNyDQ&t=6s

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2024 04:01 PM (XeU6L)

94 This game will cost Eberflus his job.

Posted by: Accomack at November 28, 2024 04:01 PM (IG7T0)

95 65 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

Which one is on the top of the ticket?

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:02 PM (+HzbQ)

96 However, two guys who had been friends since high school showed up with their own script to the audition, and when ZAZ had picked themselves off the ground from laughing, they told that the actors that they were hired, and that they would use their script in the movie.

During filming, the two guys took Barbara Billingsley out to lunch and taught her how to speak jive.

So the two guys besides acting also got a writer's credit, which I'm sure has been worth a pretty penny over the years.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 28, 2024 03:58 PM (uxCna)

I love a story where people know their limits, and take (and credit) better ideas!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:02 PM (VNX3d)

97 "Tranche"

Ooh hoo hoo!

Somebody must have a passport!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 04:03 PM (vYDwg)

98 Speaking of thankful, when we moved out of the rental, into the new house, I didn't wait very long before getting two more cats.

These little monsters are so freakin' adorable, but the female thinks she SHOULD keep her paws on my keyboard. When she's not jumping onto my chest.

Her brother is sleeping on the chair next to us, and the other two resident cats scowl in the distance, remembering the days when it was just them.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 04:03 PM (lH8E4)

99 >>>There are a few coins, but nothing of real value. Same with my aunt's jewelry and a few paintings.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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I've got boxes of several generations of inherited jewelry, none of it is labeled and I know that some of it is not costume.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 04:03 PM (wQ7Zi)

100 You know, doing the pumpkin pie as a creme brulee would be awesom. Make it in ramekins with a short pastry crust, sprinkle the sugar on thick, glaze it with a blowtorch, serve with ice cream and top with the hard-sauce. Nom!

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 04:03 PM (D7oie)

101 So he said he was just going to throw them away.

I don't understand some people.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 28, 2024 03:57 PM (lH8E4)
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Decision fatigue. You're stressed about dealing with a thing, the easy solution does work, so you just want to get out of it.

This is why minor bits and crap linger in corners for years on end because by the time I get to them, I'm too worn out from big cleaning to deal with it. This weekend we'll be solving a few of these problems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:03 PM (ZOv7s)

102 "But believe me, I'm going in hard again later."

lol

And as the family gets bigger, you really have to pace yourself. Today, cocktails at 4:30, then dinner in two homes, if you can waddle to the second one. In-laws, conflicting schedules, etc., then tomorrow night, all the families meet for leftovers etc. And cocktails.

Posted by: PJ at November 28, 2024 04:04 PM (RRCAT)

103 Last night's ONT had a poignant graphic of a mom and two kids saying grace. A picture of dad in battle rattle taped to an empty chair. A service flag family? A Gold Star family?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 04:04 PM (3SJzV)

104
Today's main feature will be Sleepy Hollow, the Depp version, 1999.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:04 PM (g9a9d)

105 Which one is on the top of the ticket?
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:02 PM (+HzbQ)
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Obviously Clinton. Stack them the other way, and Abrams will smother her.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)

106 My aunt went to Germany when her husband was stationed there after WWII. These are just landscapes done by a local painter, nothing fancy. I like them and will hang them in the living room.

This stuff was split three ways. That meant I got a bunch of photos of people I don't know. They are likely her second husband's family.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:05 PM (gfViB)

107 95 65 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

Which one is on the top of the ticket?
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:02
Somebody get hurt wallerin’ roun up in there.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:05 PM (jgmnb)

108 Today's main feature will be Sleepy Hollow, the Depp version, 1999.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:04 PM (g9a9d)

That's a Halloween movie. Blasphemy! It's Christmas movie season.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:06 PM (+HzbQ)

109 Which one is on the top of the ticket?
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:02

You need Abrams on the bottom for ballast.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 04:07 PM (vYDwg)

110
The Joos and their 40 years in the wilderness ain't got nothing on us.

Our 2021, 2022, 2023, and most of 2024 was WAY worse.

Who was that, Moses? Was it him in the desert for 40 years? I forget.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:07 PM (g9a9d)

111 Fortunately, the jewelry is costume stuff. There was a pocket watch in it, minus hands and crystal. I'm having that fixed, even though it's not a valuable watch(per Ebay). It's nice and solid and the mechanism seems to work.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:08 PM (gfViB)

112
That's a Halloween movie. Blasphemy! It's Christmas movie season.
Posted by: ALH

Perhaps.
But it still works for T-giving. It has a very "Fall" feeling.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (g9a9d)

113 I love a story where people know their limits, and take (and credit) better ideas!

I also found out yesterday that the two voices in "Airplane" squabbling over which zone to park in at LAX were the people who did the real parking announcements at LAX, and were married to each other.

I continue to think that on April Fools Day at the top of every hour that LAX should run the "Airplane" parking announcements (I think that LAX no longer does the real parking announcements).

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (uxCna)

114 > Holy shit. Electric battery plant near Elizabeth town came up and my uncle is actually off the full electric train! He is admitting it is a fucking idiotic pipedream!

It's a Thanksgiving miracle.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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The one in Glendale, KY? Yea... huge shit show that one.

The plant is supposed to be retooled to build ICE F-150's once the EV battery obligation is fulfilled.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (Q4IgG)

115 Which one is on the top of the ticket?
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 28, 2024 04:02

You need Abrams on the bottom for ballast.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 04:07 PM (vYDwg)

Do they allow cranes in the Capitol, to get Tank up on the dais for the State of the Union address and if she has to vote in the Senate? Wouldn't they need to fill it in with concrete to ensure it remains supported?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (VNX3d)

116 Mood. And yea, that's Bela Fleck on the banjo.

https://tinyurl.com/2n93zjuv

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (LkLld)

117 You confused me for a second with ZAZ, since that is a name of a French singer

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (D7oie)

118 You need Abrams on the bottom for ballast.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 04:07 PM

Now you tell me.

Posted by: Guam at November 28, 2024 04:10 PM (a3Q+t)

119 Festering Clinton and Oversized Tank for 2028. Ha Ha Ha. Never happen.

Meanwhile, lots of farmers in the UK need Ar-15s, shotguns, and pistols.

The UK, Australia, and New Zealand are cautionary tales of why the citizens should never disarm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:10 PM (u82oZ)

120 Clinton is not going to be at the top of anyone's ticket. She's a loser and old.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:10 PM (gfViB)

121 Informed sources say Clinton/Abrams will be the (D) ticket in 2028.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:50 PM (a3Q+t)

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh stop it! You're killin' me here.

BTW...anyone notice who got the First???

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 04:11 PM (W/lyH)

122 Maureen Dowd's brother's annual column: My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance

It seems Maureen is eating crow this year while Kamala is enjoying the Wild Turkey a bit to much.

https://archive.ph/DYPky

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 28, 2024 04:11 PM (vO42M)

123
The plant is supposed to be retooled to build ICE F-150's once the EV battery obligation is fulfilled.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2024 04:09 PM (Q4IgG)
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Aren't they slated to shift to the fusion reactors for the first gen battlemechs after that?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:12 PM (ZOv7s)

124 Turkey breast is the tofu of meats. And the dark meat generally has too much gristle.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 28, 2024 04:13 PM (Dm8we)

125 The UK, Australia, and New Zealand are cautionary tales of why the citizens should never disarm.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:10 PM (u82oZ)
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The UK: begging Americans for small arms since 1914.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:13 PM (ZOv7s)

126 119 Festering Clinton and Oversized Tank for 2028. Ha Ha Ha. Never happen.

Meanwhile, lots of farmers in the UK need Ar-15s, shotguns, and pistols.

The UK, Australia, and New Zealand are cautionary tales of why the citizens should never disarm.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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If we really must go to war we should liberate England.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 04:13 PM (wQ7Zi)

127 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Bolo, by Boston Robotics.
We need Musk to program those.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:13 PM (u82oZ)

128 Clinton is not going to be at the top of anyone's ticket. She's a loser and old.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:10 PM (gfViB)

She never once got on top.

Posted by: Bubba Clinton at November 28, 2024 04:14 PM (Aqu9a)

129 That meant I got a bunch of photos of people I don't know. They are likely her second husband's family.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:05 PM (gfViB)

No need to keep something like that. Send them to Lileks, he posts lost pictures sometimes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 28, 2024 04:14 PM (0eaVi)

130 Anyways, for your fun, Zaz singing Je Veux

youtu.be/r0jrjzrh1L4

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 04:14 PM (D7oie)

131 The Bears coach should be fired for the incompetent click management

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 28, 2024 04:15 PM (FxDm7)

132 Question: Does Kamala only own one pantsuit? In brown?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2024 04:15 PM (vYDwg)

133 I don't know what a Jive turkey is.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2024 04:15 PM (kTd/k)

134
She never once got on top.

Posted by: Bubba Clinton at November 28, 2024 04:14 PM

(softly hums and hopes someone changes the subject)

Posted by: Webb Hubble at November 28, 2024 04:15 PM (tljrc)

135 Braenyard

We do not have the sealift to evacuate Great Britain. 25% of the UK population is government approved invaders.

I wonder what alleles those invaders have. I am sure they need to be given the COVID-19 Wuhan vaccine.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:16 PM (u82oZ)

136 126 119 Festering Clinton and Oversized Tank for 2028. Ha Ha Ha. Never happen.

Meanwhile, lots of farmers in the UK need Ar-15s, shotguns, and pistols.

The UK, Australia, and New Zealand are cautionary tales of why the citizens should never disarm.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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If we really must go to war we should liberate England.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024
President Trump won’t start a war but he may have to finish one. I hope it’s not here in America.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:16 PM (jgmnb)

137 Clock not click. Too much food

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 28, 2024 04:16 PM (FxDm7)

138 That meant I got a bunch of photos of people I don't know. They are likely her second husband's family.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 28, 2024 04:05 PM (gfViB)

I have boxes of those too. I need to go through for pictures to give to the County Historical Society since my great Grandmother was in with some of the movers and shakers who grew up in this county in the 1880's.

Posted by: Kindltot+ (Now with Natural Flavors!) at November 28, 2024 04:16 PM (D7oie)

139
3 minutes of Big Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNyDQ&t=6s
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Well, in many ways, the Big Boy never left, sir. He's always offered the same high-quality meals at competitive prices.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 04:17 PM (63Dwl)

140 Webb Hubble

You must have had a lot of testosterone when you begat Chelsie Clinton.

Can you imagine the mess in the US if Bill Clinton was fertile? Yikes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

141 Eromero, if you're here-
I took your advice and stuck a big fork in the turkey to prop it up. Worked great- it was moist and tasty.
So thank you for coming to the rescue.

Posted by: sal at November 28, 2024 04:17 PM (f+FmA)

142 133 I don't know what a Jive turkey is.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2024 04:15 PM
Big disco hot for the BeeGees.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:18 PM (jgmnb)

143 135 Braenyard

We do not have the sealift to evacuate Great Britain. 25% of the UK population is government approved invaders.
---

Copper Tox

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 04:18 PM (wQ7Zi)

144 >>I don't know what a Jive turkey is.

https://tinyurl.com/mpdxn4wn

Posted by: JackStraw at November 28, 2024 04:19 PM (LkLld)

145 141 Eromero, if you're here-
I took your advice and stuck a big fork in the turkey to prop it up. Worked great- it was moist and tasty.
So thank you for coming to the rescue.

Posted by: sal at November 28, 2024 04:17
You’re welcome. Seabees Can Do. Where’s the bar?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:20 PM (jgmnb)

146
I don't know what a Jive turkey is.
Posted by: Northernlurker

https://t.ly/vmVy6

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2024 04:21 PM (63Dwl)

147 The temperature 165 having been bereached on the thickest part of the thigh, the bird is out of the oven now and resting. Carving to commence in 30 minutes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:21 PM (Aqu9a)

148 the dark meat generally has too much gristle.

That's racist.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 04:21 PM (3SJzV)

149 Senator Kennedy: “Happy Thanksgiving and stay deplorable.”

Boom.

Posted by: Java Joe at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (WaLgG)

150 The temperature 165 having been bereached on the thickest part of the thigh, the bird is out of the oven now and resting. Carving to commence in 30 minutes.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:21 PM (Aqu9a)

Are you thinking that you'll carve The Thinker, Venus de Milo, or Mount Trumpmore? Or just meat to feed the family?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (VNX3d)

151 The aromas filling the kitchen and spilling over into the house are making my mouth water.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

152 Are you thinking that you'll carve The Thinker, Venus de Milo, or Mount Trumpmore? Or just meat to feed the family?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (VNX3d)

Not David, certainly. *contemplates* Yes, Venus de Milo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:24 PM (Aqu9a)

153 I tried carving a turkey but I ended up with a girlfriend.

Posted by: Pygmalion at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (vYDwg)

154 President Trump won’t start a war but he may have to finish one. I hope it’s not here in America.
Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:16 PM (jgmnb)
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I caught a bit of flak on this the other night, but it is a fact that while we have an English heritage, our culture is actually closer to Germany than that of the contemporary UK. Germany to this day has a robust hunting culture and their firearms laws (and laws regarding weapons) are a lot more sane than in England.

Germany still has a very strong firearms industry with names like Walther, H&K, SIG-Sauer and even tiny Austria can boast Glock and Steyr.

The UK's small arms industry is gone. Hunting there is the preserve of the ultra-rich on landed estates or oppressed farmers who have to do reams of paperwork to have deer killed. In Germany, it is open to anyone will do take the classes and get their licenses.

I mean where did the legendary Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles come from, the ones that decimated British officers at Saratoga? The Rhineland.

BTW, von Steuben was the drillmaster of the Continental Army and to this day we salute like Germans, not with our palms up like the British.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

155 Back from Winter adventures. Air hose is frozen, so can't blow snow off anything. Uncoupled the loose hose, and put it in the heated shop to thaw. Female connector on fixed hose is stuck open. I will try dipping it in a jug of alcohol.

Got the block heater on the tractor plugged in. Will try it in a couple of hours. Fired up the snow blower, and moved a little snow.

It's only about 4 degrees F out there right now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (O3FKU)

156 152 Are you thinking that you'll carve The Thinker, Venus de Milo, or Mount Trumpmore? Or just meat to feed the family?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (VNX3d)

Not David, certainly. *contemplates* Yes, Venus de Milo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:24 PM (Aqu9a
No wings?

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (jgmnb)

157 The aromas filling the kitchen and spilling over into the house are making my mouth water.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

My job is to get the china out, set the table, and do the mashed potatoes. I have fortified myself with bier.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 04:26 PM (W/lyH)

158 Sorry, that should have read: "Not with our palms up like like the effete British." And what's with their stamping all the time while marching. Trying to keep the rats at bay or something?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:28 PM (ZOv7s)

159 Milk House heaters are my favorite extras. Yesterday, the fan on the little one wouldn't turn. Last time it ran there was no hint of a problem. So, it's the 1500 watt turn and it doesn't run. What? Well, none of the Utoob remedies have worked so far.
If there are any remaining after the mad rush at Wally's it's time to buy a couple of new one's. These are about eight years old.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (wQ7Zi)

Take it apart, and see if it has an internal circuit breaker. The little electric fan heater running right behind me now had an internal circuit breaker, which failed open, so I bypassed it (and wrote a note to that effect in Sharpie on the case!). It has worked fine for years, since.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 04:29 PM (O3FKU)

160 It's only about 4 degrees F out there right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (O3FKU)
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It's a cozy 33 degrees here behind the sheltering warm waters of Lake Michigan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (ZOv7s)

161 And what's with their stamping all the time while marching. Trying to keep the rats at bay or something?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
___________

You got something better to do than marching up and down the square?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (Dm8we)

162 I'll save Mount Trumpmore for the mashed potatoes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (Aqu9a)

163 BTW, von Steuben was the drillmaster of the Continental Army and to this day we salute like Germans, not with our palms up like the British.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Whish is waaaayyyy cooler than the Brit style.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (W/lyH)

164 It's only about 4 degrees F out there right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (O3FKU)
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It's a cozy 33 degrees here behind the sheltering warm waters of Lake Michigan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (ZOv7s)

A temperate 59 degrees here slightly north and west of Houston.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:34 PM (Aqu9a)

165
Tim Burton is okay. He's done some good flicks.

Other than Michael Keaton as Batman, he's good at casting.

I mean, it was genius to cast Vincent Price in Ed Scissorhands. And Martin Landeau in Sleepy Hollow.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:35 PM (g9a9d)

166 BTW, von Steuben was the drillmaster of the Continental Army and to this day we salute like Germans, not with our palms up like the British.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 28, 2024 04:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Whish is waaaayyyy cooler than the Brit style.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 28, 2024 04:32 PM (W/lyH)

Which makes me think of Benny Hill.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:35 PM (Aqu9a)

167 * Union Pacific #3600 4-6-6-4 Challenger has entered the chat *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2024 03:47 PM (a3Q+t)

I got to ride on a train hauled by this one, once:

https://tinyurl.com/2sjdxjnt

And just as impressive to stand at trackside, and see and hear it go thundering by.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2024 04:35 PM (O3FKU)

168 69 degrees in my part of AZ
(Yes really)

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at November 28, 2024 04:35 PM (elaR+)

169 Milk House heaters are my favorite extras. Yesterday, the fan on the little one wouldn't turn. >>>>>>>Last time it ran there was no hint of a problem. So, it's the 1500 watt turn and it doesn't run. What? Well, none of the Utoob remedies have worked so far.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 03:45 PM (wQ7Zi)
*******
Milk House Heaters would be a great name for a band. They could open for the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 28, 2024 04:35 PM (Iy4wM)

170 History and photography buffs. Thanksgiving parades:

https://tinyurl.com/2vt6r7hm

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2024 04:36 PM (QB+5g)

171
Ham is like...

You know what Ham is like?

Ham is like the Prime Rib of Pork.

Right?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:39 PM (g9a9d)

172 Just out of the oven, MiladyJo's mincemeat pies

http://mindfulwebworks.com/art-of/
mjs-mincemeat-pies.jpg

Posted by: mindful webworker - mincemeat isn't at November 28, 2024 04:40 PM (68TeV)

173
Correction:

Ham is like the Prime Rib of Bacon.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:40 PM (g9a9d)

174
That's genius.

Someone should send that in to Ann Landers or Readers Digest.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:41 PM (g9a9d)

175 I just had my first tranche of Thanksgiving dinner. I wisely stepped away from the table so I wouldn't over-eat.

But believe me, I'm going in hard again later.

Don't be a little bitch, Ace. As the Ruthless Podcast guys said, you have to get one plate of food for every term you want Trump to serve lol. Have to let your lib visitors know and eat at least 3 plates!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 28, 2024 04:42 PM (ycI94)

176 Not David, certainly. *contemplates* Yes, Venus de Milo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:24 PM

*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at November 28, 2024 04:44 PM (PiwSw)

177 I remember some black pastor calling Obama a Jive turkey.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2024 04:44 PM (kTd/k)

178 Trying to identify the host of that earlier Babylon Bee video about dinner with racist uncle. Anyone know who it is?

Posted by: ... at November 28, 2024 04:45 PM (lX8VI)

179 I remember some black pastor calling Obama a Jive turkey.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2024 04:44 PM (kTd/k)

I wanted to cut his nuts off.

Posted by: The Reverend, Jesse, Jackson at November 28, 2024 04:46 PM (Aqu9a)

180 140 Webb Hubble

You must have had a lot of testosterone when you begat Chelsie Clinton.

Can you imagine the mess in the US if Bill Clinton was fertile? Yikes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Carpet in front of the Resolute Desk at November 28, 2024 04:47 PM (2AW7/)

181 Ham is like the Prime Rib of Bacon.

What am I, chopped liver?
- Prosciutto

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 04:48 PM (3SJzV)

182 Can you imagine the mess in the US if Bill Clinton was fertile? Yikes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2024 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

Tell me about it.
Posted by: Carpet in front of the Resolute Desk at November 28, 2024 04:47 PM (2AW7/)

Oh, shut up.

Posted by: The Potted plant in Harvey Weinstein's office at November 28, 2024 04:49 PM (PiwSw)

183 Webb Hubble
You must have had a lot of testosterone when you begat Chelsie Clinton.

A mouthful.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 28, 2024 04:49 PM (3SJzV)

184 54 degrees feels like 44 degrees. My ass feels like 34 degrees. Had to look down see if I had pants on. This is ETEX, not Siberia.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2024 04:49 PM (jgmnb)

185
I forgot Christopher Lee is also in Sleepy Hollow.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:49 PM (g9a9d)

186 Take it apart, and see if it has an internal circuit breaker. The little electric fan heater running right behind me now had an internal circuit breaker, which failed open, so I bypassed it (and wrote a note to that effect in Sharpie on the case!). It has worked fine for years, since.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It uses two metal strips with contact points. When the strip warms it contracts and moves away from the other strip, opening the circuit. I bent the strips closer to the point of good contact at #2 on the setting dial. Progressively within less than two minutes, moving the setting to a higher number each time, the contact strip (it resembles a flat feeler gauge strip) had resumed its original shape leave the circuit open at the highest setting.

Thought about a dab of solder on the contact points. If the solder melted it would clear the electronics and fall to the bottom of the heater. Second thought is to wrap copper wire the two strips together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 28, 2024 04:51 PM (wQ7Zi)

187 I like making a volcano out of the smashed potatoes with the gravy pouring out. My wife loves it when I do it at her family's house.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5LAwZ)

188 44 here on the beach.

Some of the mountains are out. North Cascades and Mt Baker.

The Olympics are playing peek a boo.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 28, 2024 04:53 PM (hWqzv)

189 Not David, certainly. *contemplates* Yes, Venus de Milo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:24 PM

*sobs*
Posted by: Michelle Fields at November 28, 2024 04:44 PM (PiwSw)

Well, on second thought, maybe a Heather Mills. Or a Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) from Planet Terror.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 28, 2024 04:53 PM (Aqu9a)

190 I like making a volcano out of the smashed potatoes with the gravy pouring out. My wife loves it when I do it at her family's house.
Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 04:51 PM (5LAwZ)

I wouldn't recommend creating Devil's Tower that way, though. People start getting concerned when that happens.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:53 PM (VNX3d)

191
Noooddodododddd

nod

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 28, 2024 04:55 PM (g9a9d)

192 I wouldn't recommend creating Devil's Tower that way, though. People start getting concerned when that happens.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 28, 2024 04:53 PM (VNX3d)

Lol. I thought of the movie, couldn't remember the rock formation.

Posted by: DiddlySquat at November 28, 2024 04:56 PM (5LAwZ)

193 The UK, Australia, and New Zealand are cautionary tales of why the citizens should never disarm.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Yes I agree. But for some of us..... not so much.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at November 28, 2024 04:57 PM (bgJ0E)

194 It's only about 4 degrees F out there right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Arizona is thataway ↓

And, this year, please remember to close the door behind you when you head out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2024 05:06 PM (XeU6L)

195 Since Miklos isn't here, AOP, someone must make this reference when you are posting about vehicles.

Posted by: The Wretched Panhard at November 28, 2024 05:11 PM (NcvvS)

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