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The most valuable gemstone on Earth is not blue diamond, or Padparadscha sapphire, or imperial jadeite. It's a little-known mineral called kyawthuite. (ScienceAlert)

Composed of an unusual formulation of bismuth antimonite and formed in cooling magma flows, it gets its value from its scarcity.

There's exactly one stone, and it's less than a quarter of an inch long.

Tech News

How should we treat beings that might be sentient? (Ars Technica)

Olive oil, pepper, and garlic.
The joy of upgrading from an iPhone 8 to the latest model iPhone 16. (Bearblog)

Spoiler: There was no joy.
Low code tools are still bad. (Radan Skoric)

Programming using a programming language is going to work out better than programming using something that is not a programming language.

Disclaimer: Can't say rarer than that, then.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

2 And yeah, there's a real shortage of tech news right now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 02, 2024 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

3 This space reserved for Skip

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:02 AM (YoCnN)

4 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers! 'Tis Monday, and a particularly hard one, as we have to go back to work after 4-5 days off. Still, the old adage (mine) holds:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 04:03 AM (omVj0)

5 Can't go wrong with olive oil, pepper & garlic!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:06 AM (YoCnN)

6 No doubt China is working on a way to make a synthetic version of this incredibly rare stone.

'Tis 52 F. here, and I am trying to motivate myself to go work out. Not because it's all that cold, but because I am lazy at this hour, and working out requires kicking myself into it.

Miss Linda dragged me to a local Christmas parade last evening. It was her b'day, so I said okay. And it wasn't bad. Mostly some dance teams and cheerleaders from a couple of local schools, and a stream of Jeep owners who had tricked out their vehicles with flashing and animated lights and shatteringly loud stereos. The owners wore Santa or Grinch costumes as they drove past , and their passengers threw toys and Tootsie Roll minis to us.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

7 Mornin'

youtu.be/nq4J_n6vMYo?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 02, 2024 04:09 AM (sH1oA)

8 It's a Jeep Thing, you wouldn't understand.

(j/k, it's something Jeep owners say)

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:09 AM (YoCnN)

9 Mornin. In until I tire and fall asleep.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:11 AM (SSBCb)

10 It's the rarest until more is found in the same vein or field or mine...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:13 AM (SSBCb)

11 I've been getting bumped from commenting on group texts on my iPhone. I can see all the new texts in the chain coming in, but can't comment. The group has to add me back, which opens a new chain and now there's two... first world problems, sigh.

I thought my phone was just being dumb, but apparently other iPhone users are dealing with it too. Might be connected to one of the newer software upgrades.

Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 04:14 AM (wcIbG)

12 It's a Jeep Thing, you wouldn't understand.

(j/k, it's something Jeep owners say)
Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024

***
Morning, JQ. I have to admit, I was impressed with the look of the Jeeps, which I never have been before. I mean, a moderate-sized one with decent-sized wheels and tires would sit higher off the ground, which is useful in floods, and four- or all-wheel drive would be useful for getting started in snow or mud or slush.

I heard they are not cheap, even used, and not all that reliable, so there's that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 04:15 AM (omVj0)

13 When I was with XH in Japan, he bought a Mitsubishi-built Jap Military Jeep, CJ3B body style. It was a blast! And cold, very cold in winter, as it was a rag-top.

Yeah, he insisted on importing it and I did all the paperwork for EPA exemption and DOT compliance... it was built in '68, so not *too* difficult.

Worst was deciphering the original title. It was in Kanji/Katakana.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:15 AM (YoCnN)

14 How should we treat beings that might be sentient?

Great, the left has come up with a new climate change substitute.

Are animals sentient? Of course they are. Have you ever asked a dog if they want steak? They always say yes. This does not apply to Chihuahuas which clearly are brain dead as burnt firewood though they somehow manage to be insane.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:15 AM (vO42M)

15 >>> The most valuable gemstone on Earth is... a little-known mineral called kyawthuite...There's exactly one stone, and it's less than a quarter of an inch long.

There's a James Bond story in there using this premise, I just know it. The stone does something cool, and 007 has to save it from falling into the hands of a supervillain.

Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 04:18 AM (wcIbG)

16 Reading doc notes is very interesting. I'll have to ask them about the lower lung lobe collapse in the notes (bibasilar atelectasis). Or the possible tiny hiatal hernia...although explains why they keep checking my lungs and seem happy they are clear...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:18 AM (SSBCb)

17 Jeep Wranglers and their ancestors are an art form here in New Mexico.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:18 AM (vO42M)

18 I heard they are not cheap, even used, and not all that reliable, so there's that. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You can wash your mouth out with soap now.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:21 AM (vO42M)

19 Wolfus, I don't believe the newer Jeeps are any more or less reliable than any other modern vehicle.

Of course, the most "modern" Jeep I've ever owned was a '62 Willys wagon. LOL. It had a Buick V6 and Muncie 4speed manual, no more 4wd.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:21 AM (YoCnN)

20 And yeah, there's a real shortage of tech news right now.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

There's plenty of tech news though all of it is basically the same article and the same topic: breathless hype about how to get the best deals on future E-Waste.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:24 AM (vO42M)

21 Wolfus, I don't believe the newer Jeeps are any more or less reliable than any other modern vehicle. Of course, the most "modern" Jeep I've ever owned was a '62 Willys wagon.
Posted by: JQ

I just got rid of a 2016 Jeep product and I can guarantee you anything coming out of Chrysler, now part of Stellantis, over the last few decades can be a complete shit show. Consistently they're recognized as being truly awful vehicles. My Jeep did not disappoint in this category. Remarkably it is still one of my favorite cars of all time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:30 AM (vO42M)

22 How should we treat beings that might be sentient? (Ars Technica)
Olive oil, pepper, and garlic.

If ET landed in China...

https://tinyurl.com/yv4984bh

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:30 AM (SSBCb)

23 The last of the *good* Jeeps, came out of AMC. Anything after that era... meh, at best.

My arrogant opinion, of course.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:32 AM (YoCnN)

24 We ExH had 3 sets of tires for the MitsuJeep. Sand, snow, and highway radials. 33" because 36's rubbed the wheel wells.

It was "HIS" vehicle. Period.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:36 AM (YoCnN)

25 Good morning from the suddenly winter time Adirondacks, it finally penetrated. Some are going orgasmic over the oncoming snow by midweek, no accumulation rate yet.

Celebration will last exactly as long as it takes to realize there will be some inconvenience involved. The same way any change in the system brings out the mewlers.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 02, 2024 04:36 AM (hKoQL)

26 Mornin' IG!
"Celebration will last exactly as long as it takes to realize there will be some inconvenience involved."

Hahaha, this is but one reason why *retirement* kicks ass!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:40 AM (YoCnN)

27 25 Good morning from the suddenly winter time Adirondacks, it finally penetrated. Some are going orgasmic over the oncoming snow by midweek, no accumulation rate yet.

Celebration will last exactly as long as it takes to realize there will be some inconvenience involved. The same way any change in the system brings out the mewlers.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 02, 2024 04:36 AM (hKoQL)

How many inches did these orgasmic people get?

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:41 AM (SSBCb)

28 My Dad, being a WW2 vet recognized what Jeeps were and he and an Uncle bought a half dozen then resold them. I was in charge (I think about 8 or 9) of maintenancing them prior to sale--all the scut jobs the adults didn't want to do, of course I thought it was great, knowing no better.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 02, 2024 04:42 AM (hKoQL)

29 From the article: The world's only known piece of kyawthuite is currently housed safely at the National History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Anybody interested in finding out If theft and burglary laws not being enforced in Los Angeles are true? I wonder how much community service you get for stealing something that's priceless?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:42 AM (vO42M)

30 Snow is like a one-night stand: you don't know how many inches you'll get, or how long it will last.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:43 AM (YoCnN)

31 30 Snow is like a one-night stand: you don't know how many inches you'll get, or how long it will last.
Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:43 AM (YoCnN)

Like the female newscaster to the weatherman on live tv: "But you promised me 8" last night!"

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:45 AM (SSBCb)

32 The best Jeep I ever owned was a 1971 international Scout. It made no pretense about being reliable, easy to get parts for, easy to work on, got ridiculously bad gas mileage, was literally the worst car on the planet to drive, was too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, and the vacuum driven windshield wipers were something to behold.

Without a doubt, that is my all-time favorite car I have owned and I wish I never sold it. I so loved owning that damn thing. It was less a mechanical thing and more of an unholy demon that was out to steal my soul. It may have succeeded.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:48 AM (vO42M)

33 Good one, JQ. Although I don't think that applies to straight guys...

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:49 AM (SSBCb)

34 G'Day everyone
This will be a long day, need to leave in a hour and might not be home until midnight

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 04:49 AM (fwDg9)

35 At least a straight guy hopes not

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:50 AM (SSBCb)

36 Okay, getting tired. Back to sleep for me.

Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 02, 2024 04:53 AM (SSBCb)

37 International Scouts were good rigs, but never known as "Jeeps."

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:54 AM (YoCnN)

38 International Scouts were good rigs, but never known as "Jeeps."
Posted by: JQ

Of course they weren't. I was poking fun at Jeeps.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:55 AM (vO42M)

39 Yeah, vacuum wipers *suck*!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:56 AM (YoCnN)

40 Although I don't think that applies to straight guys...
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia)
-------

You're right, Jim. It was a *girl joke* and a raunchy one at that. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 04:58 AM (YoCnN)

41 So it appears Joe Biden is going to pardon Hunter.
Joe said he wasn’t going to pardon Hunter.
That was before the election.

Now he’s got nothing to lose.
Might as well pardon himself while he’s at it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 04:58 AM (6ydKt)

42 The curious thing about this Biden pardon is it covers all criminal activity beginning on January, 1 2014. Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board in May of 2014. This pardon has very little to do the gun violation and and not paying taxes and has everything to do with the Biden crime syndicate when Joe Biden was vice president.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 04:58 AM (vO42M)

43 Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 04:49 AM (fwDg9

Wow. That is a long day, Skip. May you have travelling blessings and May your day go smoothly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 04:59 AM (THqLF)

44 Jeeps are (were?) the Harley-Davidson of 4x4s.

So much fun!

Such a pain in the ass...

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:00 AM (YoCnN)

45 "People of encouragement" . Acts 11: 19-26

The devotional contains some insights about the passage and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/4czdymyv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:03 AM (THqLF)

46 Hubby has a 2000 Sportster 1200, laying in pieces in an outbuilding. I don't know why he tore it apart and he doesn't remember.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:05 AM (YoCnN)

47 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 02, 2024 05:06 AM (dg+HA)

48 Posted by: Just Wondering at December 02, 2024 05:06 AM (dg+HA)

I think you have a kind heart about missing poster JT to post this everyday. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:08 AM (THqLF)

49 I thought by Legalinsurrection.com Sundowner already did

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 05:10 AM (fwDg9)

50 45- and for poor old who enjoy C.S. Lewis and J.RR Tolkien, this devotional reflects on their friendship.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:10 AM (THqLF)

51 Hope JT can join us again. Ben Had said he's still in rehab facility, doing better, and she's trying to get him reconnected. I think hardware and $ are the issues now...

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:11 AM (YoCnN)

52 Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:11 AM (YoCnN

That would be a good thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:13 AM (THqLF)

53 50 typo- people not "poor old" autocorrect makes me roll my eyes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:14 AM (THqLF)

54 Mornin' Fen!

Thanks for the devotional.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:15 AM (YoCnN)

55 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 02, 2024 05:16 AM (hoCmQ)

56 The media spin on the Biden pardon is going to be that Trump is so out of control with his bloodlust for retribution against his political enemies that Joe Biden had no option other than to pardon Hunter and protect him from that.

So yes, this is all President Trump's fault.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 05:17 AM (vO42M)

57 Dishwasher's unloaded and coffee is ready.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 02, 2024 05:18 AM (hoCmQ)

58 Good morning! Gonna be another day in travel paradise. DFW to DTW round trip in a single day.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2024 05:19 AM (tWzNG)

59 Brrr. Currently 23. High today 33 with 50% chance of snow this afternoon.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 02, 2024 05:19 AM (hoCmQ)

60 The Hunter news...Biden's gotta Biden. And the Fredo of the Bidens once again gets daddy to bail him out.

I still don't understand why Biden didn't pardon him going all the way back to Jan. 2009, when Biden started doing shady deals as VP. I get the Burisma stuff, but it still seems weird. Also, pardons are just for federal crimes, state crimes like state income tax fraud could still be charged later, yes? Or, just wait. No way Hunter is sober and vice free. Something new will pop up after daddy leaves office.

Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 05:19 AM (wcIbG)

61 I still don't understand why Biden didn't pardon him going all the way back to Jan. 2009, when Biden started doing shady deals as VP. I get the Burisma stuff, but it still seems weird. Also, pardons are just for federal crimes, state crimes like state income tax fraud could still be charged later, yes? Or, just wait. No way Hunter is sober and vice free. Something new will pop up after daddy leaves office.
Posted by: LizLem

Statue of limitations?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 02, 2024 05:21 AM (vO42M)

62 G'morning, all!

I see that Christmas came early for Hunter this year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:21 AM (a1415)

63 I'm thrilled to report Offspring Number 1 is settled in his apartment in Anchorage and in about seven hours shows up for the first day of his real career. I can't begin to tell you how many years he has worked to make this happen.
It feels so good to be so happy for someone else.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:22 AM (dg+HA)

64 I learned to drive on the one Jeep we kept. It had a winch and a crate that when opened contained a fording kit.

They work.,,, The vacuum wipers were linked by a rod to help them move, and yes they WERE terrible.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 02, 2024 05:22 AM (hKoQL)

65 Hunter, despite all his privilege and wealth, is still a criminal and drug-addict. He *will* fk up again.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:22 AM (YoCnN)

66 Oh, and the line in the Hunter pardon about it being justified because the charges are a political witch hunt... it gives Trump cover for pardoning all the Jan. 6 people in jail. Hooray! (But don't pardon the Utah antifa guy currently doing federal time, the one egging on the crowd on camera to riot. Let him rot.)

Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 05:23 AM (wcIbG)

67 I think Biden the lesser could be called to testify against others involved in his tax evasion issues and he can’t waive his 5th amendment rights because he’s been pardoned.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2024 05:23 AM (tWzNG)

68 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:22 AM (dg+HA)

That's wonderful! Thanks for letting us know May God bless him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:28 AM (q+SO6)

69 Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:15 AM

You are most welcome. Thanks for your encouragement.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:29 AM (q+SO6)

70 I think Biden the lesser could be called to testify against others involved in his tax evasion issues and he can’t waive his 5th amendment rights because he’s been pardoned.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT COULD POSSIBLY APPLY TO MANY OTHER CASES!

/Ben Roethwhatever dude

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:30 AM (YoCnN)

71 I still don't understand why Biden didn't pardon him going all the way back to Jan. 2009, when Biden started doing shady deals as VP. I get the Burisma stuff, but it still seems weird.

I've heard it discussed that, if he's pardoned for something, he can't plead the Fifth when called to testify about it, because he's in no danger. I'm no lawyer, so it sounds interesting to me.

Posted by: t-bird at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (GVjZ6)

72 And so the middle begins...

Posted by: The guy who always thinks the beginning is just ending at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (dg+HA)

73 For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024
Apparently it’s way more than just taxes and gun charges.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (tWzNG)

74 >>> C3
@C_3C_3 • 9h
Wrap your head around this.
President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for.

Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (wcIbG)

75 G'mornin' everyone!

oi, vacuum driven wipers, I remember those from the CTA buses I rode as a kid.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 02, 2024 05:34 AM (gY0JQ)

76 You might say my political career was vacuum driven.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at December 02, 2024 05:35 AM (dg+HA)

77 Perry Cuomo. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

https://tinyurl.com/57b36b9s

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:36 AM (bss/y)

78 Yeah, vacuum wipers *suck*!
Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024

***
Not to mention the vacuum-operated locking system on Mercedes of the 1980s. It always worked on my '84 and '86, but I heard horror stories of mechanics trying to trace down a vacuum leak that made it impossible to lock the car's doors and trunk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)

79 I'll see your vacuum-wipers, and raise with hot-air choke!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:37 AM (YoCnN)

80 Apparently it’s way more than just taxes and gun charges.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (tWzNG)

The laptop (which they now acknowledge was real and his) had cp, no?

Plus, his schtick reeks of a network of which he is the hype man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:37 AM (bss/y)

81 Hey. I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Vacuum operated hideaway headlights at December 02, 2024 05:38 AM (dg+HA)

82 but I heard horror stories of mechanics trying to trace down a vacuum leak that made it impossible to lock the car's doors and trunk.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)

A flaw to be sure. Kind of makes you wonder why just a simple mechanical lock was not good enough. Gimmicky.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:38 AM (bss/y)

83 81 Hey. I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Vacuum operated hideaway headlights at December 02, 2024 05:38 AM (dg+HA)

I always thought they were so cool in vettes and the firebirds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:39 AM (bss/y)

84 I actually managed to sleep 7 hours all the way through. That's just weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (bss/y)

85 Democrats:

The party of Presidents using their own brother as Attorney General..

and

Pardoning their own son for crimes against the United States.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (a1415)

86 Today is, what, Cyber Monday? I spent enough on groceries this weekend; no need to buy anything online.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (omVj0)

87 63 I'm thrilled to report Offspring Number 1 is settled in his apartment in Anchorage and in about seven hours shows up for the first day of his real career.

Congratulations to him! Nice to start my morning with some good news.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (+4yJ5)

88 Police officer and wife adopt baby found in a safe box:

https://tinyurl.com/muk6hjxw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (q+SO6)

89 It's a little-known mineral called kyawthuite.
-

https://youtu.be/WVzWeq_sfA8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2024 05:41 AM (CflQn)

90 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:40 AM (bss/y)

Glad to hear it!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:41 AM (q+SO6)

91 "I always thought they were so cool in vettes and the firebirds."

The manually operated headlight rotation lever on the Opel GT was the way of the future.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:41 AM (a1415)

92 The manually operated headlight rotation lever on the Opel GT was the way of the future.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:41 AM (a1415)

I seem to remember that there was a crank for some of the older models. ... The Cords?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:43 AM (bss/y)

93 Congratulations, Aetius, that is an achievement!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 02, 2024 05:43 AM (gY0JQ)

94 Why did the polar bear call tech support?

His screen was frozen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:44 AM (q+SO6)

95 IIRC it was always some version of Triumph you would see driving around with one headlight up and one down.
Of course, it was a Triumph so you were surprised just to see it actually being driven.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (dg+HA)

96 94 Why did the polar bear call tech support?

His screen was frozen.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:44 AM (q+SO6)

As was breakfast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (bss/y)

97 The old MitsuJeep had manual choke and throttle. Could put it in 4LO, flip the windshield down, set the throttle & put our feet up on the dash while beach-crawling. Fun!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (YoCnN)

98 "The manually operated headlight rotation lever on the Opel GT was the way of the future."

oh my, what a sheltered life I have led, automotively speaking ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (gY0JQ)

99 So, Fen
did you watch Blazing Saddles ?

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 05:46 AM (/7KEl)

100 95 IIRC it was always some version of Triumph you would see driving around with one headlight up and one down.
Of course, it was a Triumph so you were surprised just to see it actually being driven.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (dg+HA)

One reason I got a 2001 Miata Special edition. You could actually drive it and everything works. Oddly, the only problem I ever had out of the thing (aside from getting hit in one on the highway by a semi) was a coil going out. Electrics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:46 AM (bss/y)

101 Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 05:46 AM (/7KEl)

No; I'd have to get it from the library. I don't have streaming.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:47 AM (q+SO6)

102 No; I'd have to get it from the library. I don't have streaming.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:47 AM (q+SO6)

It is good. But a bit... saucy for your tastes, perhaps. Still one of the classics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:49 AM (bss/y)

103 As was breakfast.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:45 AM (bss/y)

What does the polar bear eat for breakfast? ice crispies?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:49 AM (q+SO6)

104 but I heard horror stories of mechanics trying to trace down a vacuum leak that made it impossible to lock the car's doors and trunk.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024
*
A flaw to be sure. Kind of makes you wonder why just a simple mechanical lock was not good enough. Gimmicky.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024

***
If the 23rd Century Germans build the Starship Enterprise, Scotty will have to remove both engine nacelles just to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.

And yet . . . like AP with his cranky Jeep, I miss my big gray W126 sedan (which really was terrifically reliable) and wish I still had it as a weekend car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

105 What does the polar bear eat for breakfast? ice crispies?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:49 AM (q+SO6)

Leftover seal. Or Ice Hippies. Canadians.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:50 AM (bss/y)

106 If the 23rd Century Germans build the Starship Enterprise, Scotty will have to remove both engine nacelles just to change the dilithium crystals every 20,000 light years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 05:50 AM (omVj0)

The same way they designed their tanks. Kind of makes sense. Porsche.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:51 AM (bss/y)

107 Fun fact. I drove a Mazda for 24: years. Protege. Took it apart and put it back together more times than I can remember. 275K. Six months ago it sold in an online downsizing auction for a grand. Hispanic guy bought it for his mom to drive.

Yeah, my fridge is covered in Rockauto magnets.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:52 AM (dg+HA)

108 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:49 AM (bss/y)

Yes, one of our other esteemed posters warned me rather at length that I wouldn't like it and exactly why.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:52 AM (q+SO6)

109 What does the Polar Bear eat for dessert?

Eskimo Pie, of course.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:52 AM (a1415)

110 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:49 AM (bss/y)

Which was not a knock on you, by the way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:53 AM (q+SO6)

111 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 05:52 AM (a1415

Well done.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:53 AM (q+SO6)

112 Yeah, my fridge is covered in Rockauto magnets.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 05:52 AM (dg+HA)

Mom drove the same Mazda my grandparents had had for years (until not checking the oil got it.) Same thing happened with her mustang. Hmmm, I sense a pattern.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 05:54 AM (bss/y)

113 Pardons are only for past crimes I think, not future crimes.

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 05:55 AM (fwDg9)

114 Yeah, my fridge is covered in Rockauto magnets.
-------

Cool! They send magnets now?

I have JEGS and SummitRacing stickers, among others.
Some places sent t-shirts, years ago. I miss those days. Sort of.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 05:57 AM (YoCnN)

115 My brother could buy the most reliable car ever built and it would immediately become a hideous money-sink. I swear he was jinxed.

Posted by: 13times at December 02, 2024 05:57 AM (hAU6L)

116 @91/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "The manually operated headlight rotation lever on the Opel GT was the way of the future."

Hold my beer!

Posted by: Fine Corinthian Leather at December 02, 2024 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

117 Ah, Thanksgiving. Bribe'em pardons two turkeys and his son.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2024 05:58 AM (gGMRM)

118 I had a tool box with about a gazillion stickers from auto parts and oil manufacturers at one time. Seems like Thrush had the best ones.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 02, 2024 06:00 AM (tWzNG)

119 117 Ah, Thanksgiving. Bribe'em pardons two turkeys and his son.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 02, 2024 05:58 AM (gGMRM)

Jive Turkeys? One Jive and the other a square?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 06:00 AM (bss/y)

120 Some enterprising state should make up charges like they did for Trump.

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 06:00 AM (fwDg9)

121 Mornin' Ben Had!

"Bribe'em pardons two turkeys and his son."

So... 3 turkeys.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 06:00 AM (YoCnN)

122 "Bribe'em pardons two turkeys and his son."

Bu the turkeys were actually innocent of any crimes.

Unlike Hunter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:01 AM (a1415)

123 Many years ago I explored Canyonlands NP in a borrowed Scout II. I seem to remember an issue with fuel starvation (carburetor) if the truck got to rocking and rolling off-camber too much. Driving it was loud and uncomfortable, but that was mitigated by a certain coolness factor.

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:01 AM (/7KEl)

124 Some enterprising state should make up charges like they did for Trump.
Posted by: Skip
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I'm sure, if they looked closely enough, they could find plenty, and wouldn't need to "make up" anything.

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 06:02 AM (YoCnN)

125 Some time ago I mentioned that Joe Rogan is an AGW proponent. He said so in one of hid podcasts with Ben Shapiro but I haven't been able to find it again. However he went through the same bullshit with Candace Owens:

https://youtu.be/9lD29jqH078

Posted by: Ciampino - The Glass Gaza Skating Rink & Parking at December 02, 2024 06:03 AM (i0xsb)

126 Trump nominates Covid tyrant Sheriff Chad Chronister to be Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Oh, great...

Posted by: one hour sober at December 02, 2024 06:03 AM (Y1sOo)

127 Wow, waaayyy past bedtime here!

Good night, horde.

Thanks for excellent chat!

Posted by: JQ at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (YoCnN)

128 We completed putting up all the Christmas decorations yesterday.

Due to not knowing how the kittens will do with things, we didn't put up a lot of the heirloom stuff.

Although so far, they seem to be pretty good with everything.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (a1415)

129 >I had a tool box with about a gazillion stickers from auto parts and oil manufacturers at one time. Seems like Thrush had the best ones.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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Trade ya
STP for a Bardahl

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (/7KEl)

130 *Cool! They send magnets now?*

Oh, yes. Every box will have one in it. They're the size of a business card and will have some random picture of say a vintage Cimarron with a caption like "Derek's Cadillac built with Rockauto parts."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (dg+HA)

131 Night JQ. Or morning.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (bss/y)

132 Looks like Amazon sold so many of their smart plugs that there is a one week back-order for shipment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:06 AM (a1415)

133 Almost forgot...

30.7 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:06 AM (a1415)

134
Hold my beer!
Posted by: Fine Corinthian Leather

KHAAAAANNNN!

His was the superior intellect

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 02, 2024 06:10 AM (xG4kz)

135 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 02, 2024 06:11 AM (z0QHk)

136 https://nypost.com/cover/december-2-2024/

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:12 AM (/7KEl)

137 Wanted to be gone already but it's a long day
Forward Dog 9 hitting the long road
See you out there

Posted by: Skip at December 02, 2024 06:12 AM (fwDg9)

138 They make kits to convert the old vacuum pop-up headlights to electric.

I saw the guys on Counting Cars do it on an old Corvette, I believe.

Worked smooth as silk, every time, once they did the replacement.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 06:12 AM (6ydKt)

139 130 Oh, yes. Every box will have one in it. They're the size of a business card and will have some random picture of say a vintage Cimarron with a caption like "Derek's Cadillac built with Rockauto parts."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024 06:04 AM (dg+HA)

—- —

I’ve got one on the fridge.
It’s a 70s Chevy Nova painted gold.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 06:14 AM (6ydKt)

140 >>Wrap your head around this.
President Trump was impeached over wanting to look into the crimes Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter for.
Posted by: LizLem at December 02, 2024 05:33 AM (wcIbG)

Ahhh, precedent.

Posted by: Roy at December 02, 2024 06:15 AM (z+ik4)

141 Hydraulic wipers were a GM thing for a while. They ran off the power steering pump. It was an ok setup until they wore out and starting leaking. I manufacturer and sell a kit to replace the hydraulic motor with an electric one on a particular old GM model.

I kept thinking I should write this up and send it to the hobby thread, as this conversion project started out as a hobby and it turned into a business, and something of a PITB.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2024 06:16 AM (vFG9F)

142 I've got over 100 Rock Auto magnets. My favorite is a yellow Opel GT. I used to have one that I painted candy blue.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2024 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

143 An article says that the UK has banned "new" gas cars by 2030. WTF? The UK is crazy. Brexit suggested they were coming back to reality, but nope. I'm kind of surprised that the sharia folks are down with the whole environmental crazy, but marxism is marxism I suppose.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 02, 2024 06:20 AM (xA5g+)

144 "I'm kind of surprised that the sharia folks are down with the whole environmental crazy,"

Notice that Buzzing Prayer Rugs are exempt from all environmental standards.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:23 AM (a1415)

145 destruction is their only real goal, stan's trademark.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 02, 2024 06:24 AM (gY0JQ)

146 *Cool! They send magnets now?*
*
Oh, yes. Every box will have one in it. They're the size of a business card and will have some random picture of say a vintage Cimarron with a caption like "Derek's Cadillac built with Rockauto parts."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 02, 2024

***
I have three of 'em on my refrigerator.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 06:27 AM (omVj0)

147 Off to the electron mines, all. Later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 02, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

148 Guilty as Sin! Free as a Bird!!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 02, 2024 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

149 No one is above the law, but if anyone is below it, It's Hunter Biden.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2024 06:30 AM (vFG9F)

150 125 Some time ago I mentioned that Joe Rogan is an AGW proponent. He said so in one of hid podcasts with Ben Shapiro but I haven't been able to find it again. However he went through the same bullshit with Candace Owens”

It’s going to take decades to undo the mass brainwashing of the last 40 years. The only effective counter is to get control of the levers of power and kill all the megaprojects the globalists are trying to ram through .

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 02, 2024 06:31 AM (W6hoT)

151 Good morning all y'all.
Frost on the windshield today.
Life is good.

Posted by: OkJohn at December 02, 2024 06:31 AM (NC/it)

152 Guilty as Sin! Free as a Bird!!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 02, 2024 06:29 AM (PiwSw)
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Wouldn't you know it?! There are cracks in the system!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 02, 2024 06:32 AM (CflQn)

153 Quarter Twenty, thanks for the update. We do love to hear positive news from the Horde.

My MIL loved her birthday lunch, but as always, thought we were making too much fuss over her.

Posted by: sal at December 02, 2024 06:32 AM (f+FmA)

154 As I have said many times before, no one is above the law.

And the law clearly says that I can pardon my son, Hunter.

Ergo, neither he nor I are above the law.

Now....who wants ice cream?

- Joe Biden.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:33 AM (a1415)

155 The UK isn’t hurting for oil thanks to the North Sea.
Yet they want to kill that cheap, plentiful, steady, source of energy to be replaced by windmills, which will at least work there, and solar power, in an island that is rainy, dark and dreary for half the year.

All to save the planet from a possible few degrees temp increase that would turn that island into a warm little paradise if it ever actually happens like they think it will.

Make it all make sense.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

156 Love how the Fake News channels didn't cover the Biden pardon last night.

Posted by: Case at December 02, 2024 06:34 AM (27pJk)

157 Dawn is approaching, and we have dropped to 29.7 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:34 AM (a1415)

158 Sat Dec 28
don't miss

Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl

this is a real thing

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:35 AM (/7KEl)

159
Please ... Perry Como. Don't saddle him with the name of NY's premier political crimes family.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 02, 2024 06:35 AM (xG4kz)

160 The "these Hunter charges never would have been brought" crowd should be regularly reminded that the charges were only brought because the corrupt DoJ corruptly thought they could corruptly include blanket immunity for all of Hunter's other crimes in the plea deal, and that the deal only fell apart when the judge took the unusual step of reading the terms. Thid pardon is plan B.

On the bright side, he can't plead the fifth when asked about anything he's done since Jan 2014.

Posted by: f2000 at December 02, 2024 06:36 AM (j2CUS)

161 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl

this is a real thing
Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:35 AM (/7KEl)
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A new breakfast cereal?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 02, 2024 06:36 AM (z0QHk)

162 there's a joke to be made about Snoop Dogg and 'bowls' but I don't know how to word it

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:38 AM (/7KEl)

163
huh
NCAAF National Championship will be played on Inauguration Day 🏈

Posted by: Don Black at December 02, 2024 06:41 AM (/7KEl)

164 The Mall that we used to shop at when living in B'More.

One could say that the area has a 'Yute' problem.

https://tinyurl.com/bdh6npn5

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:41 AM (a1415)

165 157 Dawn is approaching, and we have dropped to 29.7 degrees out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:34 AM (a1415)

Every time you do that, I check the iPad Weather widget to see what it is here and it’s consistently several degrees higher, says 33 now.

And you’re only about 10 or 15 miles to the west of me.

I know you use your own temp gauge so I’m starting to think Apple is just guesstimating the temps on their app.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

166
Has Red Kammie returned from Hawaii yet?

Timpon is girding his loins for the busiest season of the year for each and every organ grinder monkey. His only complaint is that "My new outfit is so scratchy!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 02, 2024 06:44 AM (xG4kz)

167 Late to the discussion. I own a 2013 Jeep Summit. Love it and don't know how I'll ever replace it. Built when they were owned by Fiat I believe. We keep it well maintained and it's been a joy to drive, especially when we were driving 2000 miles between OH and MT prior to our permanent move.
Yes, kammie returned from HI. I believe her last two video screeds were after she returned from vacation.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 02, 2024 06:47 AM (2NHgQ)

168 157 Dawn is approaching, and we have dropped to 29.7 degrees out.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:34 AM (a1415)

If not for climate change, it'd only be 29.3 degrees

Posted by: Roy at December 02, 2024 06:48 AM (z+ik4)

169 We use the Ambient Weather WS-2000 for temps and such.

The website allows you to see other WS-2000 users in the are who chose to share their data, and within about a half mile radius there are several other users. Our temps usually agree within about half a degree or so on average.

I know that the wind speed is off due to the mounting location, but temps. specially in the dark are usually pretty spot on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)

170 @ 165, I see the same thing here; I always assumed that it's the NWS "correcting the data".

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 02, 2024 06:52 AM (gY0JQ)

171 Aw. This gets me right here. *points to heart*

"The bromance between George Clooney and Barack Obama is reportedly on the rocks, with the Hollywood star said to be “furious” with Obama for setting him up as the “patsy” to end President Joe Biden’s career and then absorb the blowback following Kamala Harris’ election defeat"

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2024 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

172 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

173 No; I'd have to get it from the library. I don't have streaming.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 02, 2024 05:47 AM (q+SO6)

Honestly, I'd be shocked if a public library had it in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2024 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

174 28.6 on our Ambient station here. My station is on the web site too.

Posted by: fd at December 02, 2024 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

175 with the Hollywood star said to be “furious” with Obama for setting him up as the “patsy”

Wow, George. Almost as if you are just learning that you were nothing more than a useful idiot.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2024 06:55 AM (+4yJ5)

176 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Winter continues. Tomorrow morning will be 12℉. I knew we would have trouble when the turkey vultures went south two weeks early.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

177 "Every time you do that, I check the iPad Weather widget to see what it is here and it’s consistently several degrees higher, says 33 now. "

So I went to the map, and looked at your overall area, and every reporting Ambient station shows roughly the mid 30's right now.

So there is a definite trend of higher temps over by you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:56 AM (a1415)

178 I guess after blowing 2 billion dollars of other peoples money a girl needs a vacation in Hawaii to relax and unwind.

Posted by: Case at December 02, 2024 06:56 AM (NMZGW)

179 It’s supposed to be 25 here Wednesday morning.
Pretty nippy out.

Coldest I’ve seen it get here in a long, long, time was around 18 degrees, one night in January way back in 2014.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

180 Salty!

Tomorrow night is I believe supposed to be the coldest night yet here.

But....12 degrees?

No.

Just no.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

181
I guess after blowing 2 billion dollars of other peoples money a girl needs a vacation in Hawaii to relax and unwind.
Posted by: Case at December 02, 2024 06:56 AM (NMZGW)

How much did she really spend? I first saw $1.5 billion, now it's $2 billion?

Might check her shoe closet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 02, 2024 07:01 AM (dxSpM)

182

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 02, 2024 07:03 AM (EFZgU)

183
It's a little-known mineral called kyawthuite.

Sillywomen everywhere, "If you loved me, you'd get me a kyawthuite ring!" Or, "Kyawthuite crystals concentrate and store cosmic energies."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 02, 2024 07:04 AM (dxSpM)

184 183 Or, "Kyawthuite crystals concentrate and store cosmic energies."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Give it time. Some New Age store will be selling them soon enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 02, 2024 07:05 AM (+4yJ5)

185 Might check her shoe closet.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You are a highly experienced man.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

186 Have a great day, everyone. Lots of work preps after the break.

May you all be blessed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 02, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

187 The best thing about the Kash Patel nomination is that when the Dems in the Senate start to oppose him vigorously, and they will, Kash or Trump can say:

“What’s the problem? You guys don’t like brown people or something?”

Fingers crossed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 07:07 AM (6ydKt)

188 MI daughter sent her Nanna a phone video of her two singing "Happy Birthday".
They were so bundled up all you could see were their little faces. And they were standing on snow.
New experiences for them.

Posted by: sal at December 02, 2024 07:09 AM (f+FmA)

189 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

190 Sunrise was two minutes ago.

So we should see another small dip in temps.

Followed by a strong rise in temps about 20 minutes from now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 07:11 AM (a1415)

191 An article says that the UK has banned "new" gas cars by 2030. WTF? The UK is crazy. Brexit suggested they were coming back to reality, but nope. I'm kind of surprised that the sharia folks are down with the whole environmental crazy, but marxism is marxism I suppose.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at December 02, 2024 06:20 AM (xA5g+)

They held the Brexit vote because the UK uniparty thought it would be voted down. Once it passed, they basically ignored it. Once they went through with it, the deliberately ignored the most important thing to voters (stop the fucking migrants) and screwed up as much as possible to punish the voters. Then the voters decided that the Tories sucked (true) so they'd give Labour a shot. They're so very entirely fucked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 02, 2024 07:11 AM (ExV1e)

192 Le NOOD

It be here!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 02, 2024 07:12 AM (a1415)

193 Nood JJ.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 02, 2024 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

194 When I was a kid in the 50's, my dad owned a 49 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. It had hydraulic windows. You wanted them to work because it was Houston TX and there was no air conditioning in the black car. However, you had to be careful with them because they were so powerful that when they worked they would make the glass explode if there was anything, like a tree branch etc. in the window when you tried to close it. They mostly leaked and didn't work. Idiot idea: expensive, rarely worked, and dangerous.

49 Lincolns were the fastest American cars available when new: they had a 150 hp flat head V-8, and won all the stock car races. Hence the song Hot Rod Lincoln.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 02, 2024 07:13 AM (Da7Vv)

195 Intel CEO Pet Gelsinger Retires, Stocks Jumps

Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at December 02, 2024 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

196 If only he had listened to us then, the once-iconic chipmaker would have been in a far better place today, and the outcome would still be the same because early on Monday Intel reported that Pat Gelsinger fired himself, when he and retired from the company and stepped down from its board of directors just as the company is in the middle of trying to execute on a turnaround plan.

Intel CFO David Zinsner and Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus are serving as interim co-CEOs while the board searches for Gelsinger’s replacement, the company said in a statement. Frank Yeary, independent chair of the board of Intel, will serve as interim executive chair.

Posted by: SMOD at December 02, 2024 10:11 AM (RHGPo)

197 >Programming using a programming language is going to work out better

This makes the rather bold assumption that Ruby is a programming language.

Everything - and I mean *everything* - that Node.js has f*cked up about programming originated with Ruby. I could take Zed Shaw's infamous "Rails is a Ghetto" essay and s/Rails/Node/g without any loss of accuracy.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at December 02, 2024 03:07 PM (LgYtf)

198 148 Guilty as Sin! Free as a Bird!!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 02, 2024 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

I hope that's showing up on some front pages today.

Posted by: m at December 02, 2024 03:16 PM (VnUSN)

199 Here for the taking:

Posted by: m at December 02, 2024 03:24 PM (VnUSN)

200 200

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