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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:27 PM (fwDg9) 2
The face of God?
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:28 PM (fwDg9) 3
Another bull who's eager to please. No, I don't mean David French's associate.
--- I wonder how much David French is now associated with bulls. Google seems to be bending the knee to Trump, so we may see more honest results. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:30 PM (ZOv7s) 4
That makes you want to stay at home, stay in bed, and...sleep late.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 07:30 PM (vd6bO) 5
Singing Rotty is such a ham. And, he knows it. He looks around after his song and does the "Yup, I'm great, look."
Posted by: Orson at December 13, 2024 07:31 PM (dIske) Posted by: Kratwurst at December 13, 2024 07:31 PM (fcDpY) Posted by: Stateless at December 13, 2024 07:32 PM (jvJvP) 8
It's been days since I felt so negative...thanks.
Posted by: DOYLE at December 13, 2024 07:32 PM (Z8Yh2) 9
Poseidon is a wind-up dog?
Need to brush up on my mythology. Posted by: Kratwurst at December 13, 2024 07:31 PM (fcDpY) --- Bob Ross is Poseidon? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:33 PM (ZOv7s) 10
Meh. Looks like the Wolfman to me.
Posted by: Paco at December 13, 2024 07:34 PM (njExo) Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 07:34 PM (D7oie) 12
How does Cody Evans know what Poseidon looked like? That could be any mythical deity.
Posted by: huerfano at December 13, 2024 07:34 PM (DKIGo) 13
Bear was trying to steal that truck, he wanted to drive around like the rats do
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:34 PM (fwDg9) 14
I heard orange cats were dumb like Golden Retrievers, and Fredo Corleone
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (PCNh/) 15
RFK has The People's support for the Cabinet: 48% say Yes 43% say No So, add 10 points to the Yes column. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (QxTQv) 16
Freaky pic. Reminds of that sandstorm bit in The Mummy.
Posted by: davidt at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (i0F8b) 17
Look at that head of foam. It's Trump!
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (aD39U) 18
Not to brag, but I just rubbed my kitty's tummy and she loved it. No blood drawn!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 13, 2024 07:36 PM (kpS4V) Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 13, 2024 07:36 PM (aD39U) 20
9% say Who? Posted by: Grump928 Probably. They are the idiots who say "who" because they don't have a clue who RFK is or what HHS is. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:38 PM (QxTQv) 21
I never had an orange kitteh, but I did have a couple black cats. They are intelligent, even conniving little critters. But if an orange kitteh showed up on my doorstep I would not turn it away
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:38 PM (PCNh/) Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:38 PM (y/ZMQ) Posted by: Kratwurst at December 13, 2024 07:38 PM (fcDpY) 24
Wow, instead of a clown car we got a doodle car!
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 13, 2024 07:39 PM (XjTSo) 25
If that top photo is real, it is cool. If it isn't real it is still a cool idea.
Posted by: JTB at December 13, 2024 07:39 PM (yTvNw) 26
Incidentally, peelosi's Fall came soon after she was Heckled & Booed for 2 straight minutes at some stupid event. So.... lololololololol Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (QxTQv) Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (vFG9F) 28
It actually kind of looks like my buddy George.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (y/ZMQ) 29
In today's news, we learned that a behavioral scientist is a BIG fan of the Runaway Ralph books.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (XjTSo) 30
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) 31
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) They can be eerie. Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (aD39U) Posted by: Don Black. Message: Hail, Vega! at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (/7KEl) 33
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) --- Knowing it's Lake Erie makes me feel kind of dirty. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (ndlh7) 35
Supposedly this is a real picture taken on Lake Erie:
There's no evidence that supports any claims that Randall "Tex" Cobb ever stepped foot in Lake Erie. Posted by: Dave's not here, man at December 13, 2024 07:42 PM (Q1p8k) 36
It begins
people are shooting at the drones Posted by: Don Black. Message: Hail, Vega! at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (/7KEl) --- DoD has zero credibility, and that lying piece of shit spokesman reminds me of Joe Isuzu. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:42 PM (ZOv7s) 37
They say that you need to unfocus your eyes to see Poseidon but that's wrong. You need deep focus.
Posted by: Mr. Pitt at December 13, 2024 07:42 PM (aD39U) 38
Give the rats acid or blow then give them cars.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (dR6yv) 39
It begins
people are shooting at the drones https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/ 1867716852451094996 Posted by: Don Black - FINALLY We're Americans, dangit. The feds said they weren't theirs, so fire away. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (/50FY) 40
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) They can be eerie. Posted by: Grump928(C)" Superior comment! Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (vFG9F) 41
No: a face of a god.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (ndlh7) --- Technically, a fallen angel. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (ZOv7s) 42
>>Whale songs.
I wish Elon would put 10% of his focus on the oceans that he puts on space. There's magic happening right here. Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (LkLld) 43
32 It begins
people are shooting at the drones https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/ 1867716852451094996 Posted by: Don Black. Message: Hail, Vega! at December 13, 2024 07:41 PM (/7KEl) ------------- Took long enough - saw some shotgun rounds at a gunshow recently with some kind of expanding nylon web. Wondering how effective they are...at the proper range, of course... Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (vd6bO) 44
woof @d7gstudio 6h Replying to @Yoda4ever
That’s Ali. Follow him on Instagram Candostlarbursa Feeds and cares for hundreds of dogs every day! #hero 🐶 ===== 'Net search says it's in Turkey. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:44 PM (hovnC) 45
I saw Lake Erie once circa 1967. The shore was thick with dead stinking fish as far as I could see.
Posted by: torabora at December 13, 2024 07:45 PM (5/NJ0) 46
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) They can be eerie. Posted by: Grump928(C)" Superior comment Posted by: fd Huron the right track. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2024 07:45 PM (dR6yv) 47
It begins people are shooting at the drones https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/ 1867716852451094996 Posted by: Don Black That's Exactly What THEY Want You To Do! You're Playing Right Into THEIR Hands! Posted by: guy who shouts you're playing right into Their hands! at December 13, 2024 07:46 PM (QxTQv) 48
The kitty who likes the tummy rubs is just a baby. But my Sabi likes a tummy rub every now and again.
Posted by: Piper at December 13, 2024 07:46 PM (pZEOD) 49
I'm wondering how long the red light cameras are going to last.
Posted by: torabora at December 13, 2024 07:46 PM (5/NJ0) 50
What's that fancy bullshitty word for it? Where you can't recognize faces? A--- something or other... prosopagnosis or something?
It's like that, but "Hyper-" instead of "A-" Prosopohypergnosis? Fuck it. I'm calling that a word. It's a word now. Deal with it, Universe. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (y/ZMQ) 51
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) They can be eerie. Posted by: Grump928(C)" Superior comment! Posted by: fd ==== Huron the wrong track. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (hovnC) 52
I see two waves collide and that face coming out of it and I’m leaving a vapor trail in the other direction.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (u73oe) 53
What's that fancy bullshitty word for it? Where you can't recognize faces? A--- something or other... prosopagnosis or something?
- Paradolia (sp?) Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (/50FY) 54
It begins
people are shooting at the drones https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/ 1867716852451094996 Posted by: Don Black. Message: Hail, Vega! That's great except it looks like he's shooting in city limits towards his neighbors houses. Is Mr Drone Hunter going to take responsibility when one of his rounds hits some random pedestrian three blocks away? Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2024 07:48 PM (hB7mE) 55
No, wait, I think that's the one that makes us want to see faces in things. So it probably helps us recognize faces, not blank them out.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:48 PM (/50FY) 56
49 I'm wondering how long the red light cameras are going to last.
Posted by: torabora at December 13, 2024 07:46 PM (5/NJ0) ----------- You see this chase is hotly followed, friends. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 07:49 PM (vd6bO) 57
I can give my cats tummy rubs without wearing welders gloves or blood loss.
(Does victorious pelvic thrusts) Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 07:49 PM (elaR+) 58
55 No, wait, I think that's the one that makes us want to see faces in things. So it probably helps us recognize faces, not blank them out.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:48 PM (/50FY) Oh. So that one then. But my word is still a word, dammit. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:50 PM (y/ZMQ) 59
Horde opposite mind!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:50 PM (hovnC) Posted by: Don Black. Message: Hail, Vega! at December 13, 2024 07:50 PM (/7KEl) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:50 PM (QxTQv) 62
I absolutely love that the three-white photo of Kash is the one he decided to promote.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:51 PM (/50FY) 63
That's great except it looks like he's shooting in city limits towards his neighbors houses.
Is Mr Drone Hunter going to take responsibility when one of his rounds hits some random pedestrian three blocks away? Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2024 07:48 PM (hB7mE) --- Hard to say without knowing what ammo he's using. In olden times, people would shoot birdshot as a warning, since it was presumed to be non-lethal beyond point blank range. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:51 PM (ZOv7s) 64
53 What's that fancy bullshitty word for it? Where you can't recognize faces? A--- something or other... prosopagnosis or something?
- Paradolia (sp?) Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's Yep, pareidolia. Posted by: Piper at December 13, 2024 07:52 PM (p4NUW) Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 07:52 PM (elaR+) 66
Falling asleep
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:52 PM (fwDg9) 67
Is Mr Drone Hunter going to take responsibility when one of his rounds hits some random pedestrian three blocks away?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2024 07:48 PM (hB7mE) These things are kind of big, right? Like, car sized? Forget the bullet, i don't want a damn car falling on my head from 2,000 feet up because Cletus and Ty'travious wanted to yell Wooo and fuck around. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:52 PM (y/ZMQ) 68
Breaking911 @Breaking911 10h
Footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down drones and missiles as they entered Ukrainian airspace. https://tinyurl.com/2b5aejm3 1:03 minutes; LOUDish Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:53 PM (hovnC) 69
64 53 What's that fancy bullshitty word for it? Where you can't recognize faces? A--- something or other... prosopagnosis or something? - Paradolia (sp?) Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's Yep, pareidolia. Posted by: Piper at December Ha! I did it too. I read this as seeing human faces, not the opposite. Wonder the term for that, beside the obvious. Posted by: Piper at December 13, 2024 07:53 PM (p4NUW) 70
We've all heard "In The Hall Of The Mountain King." What would Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) think of his music being used in silly movies, memes, etc? I think he also composed "Morning Wood," which is another commonly used piece used in all kinds of media, including cartoons and commercials. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:54 PM (QxTQv) 71
These things are kind of big, right? Like, car sized?
Forget the bullet, i don't want a damn car falling on my head from 2,000 feet up because Cletus and Ty'travious wanted to yell Wooo and fuck around. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:52 PM (y/ZMQ) --- I don't know, I like that Americans are willing to take those risks to put together impromptu flak batteries when their government keeps lying to them. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:54 PM (ZOv7s) 72
and the FBI is
https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/ 1867715981969408497 === Fixed. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:54 PM (hovnC) 73
I think prosopagnosis is something else... like you don't recognize humans as human, but in the biological sense and not the sociopath sense. I don't know. I'm ain't gonna look this shit up, I'd rather amuse people with my wrongness.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:54 PM (y/ZMQ) 74
I can give my cats tummy rubs without wearing welders gloves or blood loss.
(Does victorious pelvic thrusts) Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale MegaRoy, the Maine Coon Monster would like to have a word with your cats. He thinks they are doing it wrong. It's a trap. It's always a trap. Posted by: BifBewalski at December 13, 2024 07:55 PM (MsrgL) 75
39 It begins
people are shooting at the drones https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/ 1867716852451094996 Posted by: Don Black - FINALLY We're Americans, dangit. The feds said they weren't theirs, so fire away. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:43 PM (/50FY) Well, our stupid frickin government basically asked for this scenario by do fuck all and saying they don't know what they are. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 07:56 PM (nyTxL) 76
Nobody hates my signature song-Dominic the Christmas Donkey.
Posted by: Lou Monte. at December 13, 2024 07:56 PM (G5+As) 77
I really think the administration is out to protect foreign drone spying
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (fwDg9) 78
Well, our stupid frickin government basically asked for this scenario by do fuck all and saying they don't know what they are.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 07:56 PM (nyTxL) "We have no idea, but you're fine". Possibly the least confidence building thing they could have said. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (y/ZMQ) 79
We need dual or quad mounts for auto-loader box magazine-fed shotguns be bedded down (for easy reloading) and fired sequentially.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (ZOv7s) 80
I think prosopagnosis is something else... like you don't recognize humans as human,
You can't differentiate human faces, so if somebody changes their hair or clothes you won't be able to recognize them. Allegedly, Jane Goodall had this problem, but had no trouble telling chimps apart by their faces. ... though that doesn't rule out her being a psychopath too. Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (hB7mE) 81
I wonder what the term is for seeing sentences as saying things that you recognize but they don't really say?
Warai-otoko, now's your chance! Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:58 PM (/50FY) 82
Fuck it. I'm calling that a word. It's a word now. Deal with it, Universe.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (y/ZMQ) pareidolia Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 07:58 PM (D7oie) 83
It would be mounted in a pickup bed, of course. Full 360 degree traverse.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 07:58 PM (ZOv7s) 84
Could one make an air cannon that fires an air burst projectile full of birdshot or even rock salt and triggered by a smart proximity fuse of some sort? Would that be a useful thing?
How about just a barrage of some of those 4th of July mortars that go straight up and blow up real good? Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 07:58 PM (vFG9F) 85
John Kirby is a lying sack of shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (dR6yv) 86
80 I think prosopagnosis is something else... like you don't recognize humans as human,
You can't differentiate human faces, so if somebody changes their hair or clothes you won't be able to recognize them. Allegedly, Jane Goodall had this problem, but had no trouble telling chimps apart by their faces. ... though that doesn't rule out her being a psychopath too. Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (hB7mE The chimps identified Jane by smell. Posted by: Eromero at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (LHPAg) 87
MegaRoy, the Maine Coon Monster would like to have a word with your cats. He thinks they are doing it wrong.
It's a trap. It's always a trap. Posted by: BifBewalski I will have to decline such contact. It feels good that they trust me that much. Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (elaR+) 88
A few more cars and we could have a rat race. Might be interesting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (XeU6L) 89
"We have no idea, but you're fine".
Possibly the least confidence building thing they could have said. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (y/ZMQ It's probably not aliens or foreign countries. Don't worry. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (nyTxL) 90
I think it's related to Starlink somehow.
DroneLink? Someone is piloting these things. Control range isn't very far if you're flying below FAA limits. Post up some guy in a van, string out a network of these things, and let them all relay control signals to each other? It's plausible. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (y/ZMQ) Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (3wi/L) 92
Just saw the ending to The Grand Duel spaghetti western that has some great weapons in it although with one anachronism.
https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/The_Grand_Duel Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (hovnC) 93
A.H.Lloyd many know better than I but doubting a shotgun can reach out that far to take out a drone. They must be up a few hundred feet
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (fwDg9) 94
Actually heard 'Christmas is the time to say I love you' in the grocery store at 6:30am. McCartney and Springsteen songs can never be played again afaic
Posted by: A dude in MI at December 13, 2024 08:00 PM (/6GbT) 95
In The Hall of the Mountain King https://is.gd/53fJ9q (I've heard this piece a thousand times and never knew the name of it until today.) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:00 PM (QxTQv) 96
"We have no idea, but you're fine".
Possibly the least confidence building thing they could have said. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 07:57 PM (y/ZMQ) "we don't know where it is from, but stay inside for two weeks out of an excess of caution" Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (D7oie) 97
Extend a trigger mechanism so that the reloader has plenty of room to work. External mag indicator so it could be changed before running dry.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (ZOv7s) 98
Warai-otoko, now's your chance!
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 07:58 PM (/50FY) Fuck Greek. That kind of shit needs German. Sätzenbedeutenunerkenntnisse. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (y/ZMQ) Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (nyTxL) 100
Skynet anti-drone shells for the smaller drones - 'course likely useless for the larger stuff.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (vd6bO) 101
I suggested large rc plane with fpv
Posted by: A dude in MI at December 13, 2024 08:01 PM (/6GbT) Posted by: Alvin at December 13, 2024 08:02 PM (XeU6L) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:02 PM (QxTQv) 104
Where can one get a used Stinger in a good condition?
Posted by: runner at December 13, 2024 08:02 PM (QTCRF) 105
"We have no idea, but you're fine".
- "Also we have no air defense or capacity to protect our cities from aircraft, but you're still fine." Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:02 PM (/50FY) 106
The wave looks like that SBF dude in jail.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 13, 2024 08:02 PM (Y6IkP) Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:03 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: NORAD at December 13, 2024 08:03 PM (y/ZMQ) 109
A.H.Lloyd many know better than I but doubting a shotgun can reach out that far to take out a drone. They must be up a few hundred feet
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:59 PM (fwDg9) --- Dual mount for an AR then, same specs - mags upright for quick change. Overheating may be an issue. Tracer rounds maybe every third? ROF is going to be lower than full auto. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:04 PM (ZOv7s) 110
A range-finder would be handy as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:04 PM (ZOv7s) 111
108 GO AWAY!!!! BAITIN'!!!!! Posted by: NORAD at December 13, 2024 08:03 PM (y/ZMQ Tracking Rudolph over here, boss! Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:04 PM (nyTxL) 112
Most of our numerous cats do not object to tummy rubs and a few will roll over straight away for one. My big 20 pounder, Shadow, is a sucker for tummy rubs as is Cheddar, one of Brie's babies.
Posted by: Ciampino - if they trust you at December 13, 2024 08:04 PM (i0xsb) 113
Wow that's a lot of dogs.
Posted by: Ciampino - if they trust you then ... at December 13, 2024 08:05 PM (i0xsb) 114
And rocket launchers.
Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:03 PM (vFG9F) --- What's the max range on model rocket engines? They may not have much payload, but we'll find out right quick if they are piloted after the first few get sent up! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:06 PM (ZOv7s) 115
I will have to decline such contact. It feels good that they trust me that much. Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale Had cats all my life, Meg is the first one that openly taunts me with the promise of a belly rub that turns into a trap. It's a game he plays. MegaRoy - Look at me, ain't my 16lb Grey ass cute? Wouldn't you wanna pet me? I'd wanna pet me. Go ahead, yeah...I like it like that, lemme roll over so you can pet me tummy. Gotcha, suckka. His other fun game is to ambush me and smack my hand or wrap around my ankle to jump scare me. He's very gentle, and he has a sneaky sense of humor that's on display. Posted by: BifBewalski at December 13, 2024 08:06 PM (MsrgL) 116
They ain't shooting at me. They ain't dropping crap on me. I ain't got top secret shit lying around in my back yard. So what do i care if Xi or Elon or Fghtrblrdr XVII of Gamma Reticuli 6 want to fly their little can around 1,000 feet over my back yard?
Give 'em a wave and get on with your day. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:07 PM (y/ZMQ) 117
I think a good sized rc aircraft (with cam) would be the way to go. Crash the thing if you have to.
Posted by: Alvin at December 13, 2024 08:07 PM (XeU6L) 118
We were discussing Douglas MacArthur on a previous thread. Well, TCM is showing MacArthur, starring Gregory Peck as the General.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM (v6JzV) 119
There are folks taping a picture of RFK Jr, with a stern look, inside of their fridge. Just a reminder to watch what they eat
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM (NQtI0) 120
Penguins do not object to belly rubs. In fact, it gets them so aroused that they will attempt to mount anything that moves, and some things that don't.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM (vFG9F) 121
Frickin' Hollywood. Teaser Trailer for the remake of The Return of the Living Dead just dropped on yootoob. I'm pretty sure it's gonna suck donkey balls. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM (+uHnC) 122
Oops /chipmunk
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 13, 2024 08:09 PM (XeU6L) 123
There are folks taping a picture of RFK Jr, with a stern look, inside of their fridge. Just a reminder to watch what they eat
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM (NQtI0) I do that with a picture of Kate Beckinsale.... Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:09 PM (y/ZMQ) 124
116 They ain't shooting at me. They ain't dropping crap on me. I ain't got top secret shit lying around in my back yard. So what do i care if Xi or Elon or Fghtrblrdr XVII of Gamma Reticuli 6 want to fly their little can around 1,000 feet over my back yard?
Give 'em a wave and get on with your day. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:07 PM (y/ZMQ) ------------------------- Ah, no. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:09 PM (vd6bO) 125
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112 Most of our numerous cats do not object to tummy rubs and a few will roll over straight away for one. My big 20 pounder, Shadow, is a sucker for tummy rubs as is Cheddar, one of Brie's babies. Posted by: Ciampino - if they trust you Awwww. Our cat Pookie was raised getting tummy rubs so he is used to them. Our other cat doesn't mind them. I swear her tummy fur feels like rabbit fur. Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 08:10 PM (elaR+) 126
On topic of termlimits, I think it should be age limits. And head off the "grandfather clause" jokes by making it immediate: anyone older than 75 years old when the Amendment passes, that's his / her last term. Enjoy the pension.
75 isn't even That Old but it's old enough to get out the way yo, get out the way yo. Posted by: gKWVE / Yyrog at December 13, 2024 08:11 PM (yYROg) 127
117 I think a good sized rc aircraft (with cam) would be the way to go. Crash the thing if you have to.
Posted by: Alvin at December 13, 2024 08:07 PM (XeU6L) Thats what I was thinking too, have some short trailing cables for entanglement.. think of it as a challenge Posted by: A dude in MI at December 13, 2024 08:11 PM (/6GbT) 128
What's the max range on model rocket engines? They may not have much payload, but we'll find out right quick if they are piloted after the first few get sent up!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd I have a quote with materiel BOM that will put a 15lb payload at 100,000 feet AGL using a 2 stage "P" set up. We were gonna use it to test micro satellite isr for artillery targeting in a denied air environment. Cost was $250k for two rockets, that could each do two flights. Posted by: BifBewalski at December 13, 2024 08:11 PM (MsrgL) 129
Leading Report @LeadingReport 2h
BREAKING: Trump calls for drones to be shot down if they cannot be identified by the government. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:11 PM (hovnC) 130
120 Penguins do not object to belly rubs. In fact, it gets them so aroused that they will attempt to mount anything that moves, and some things that don't.
Posted by: Penguin Facts An active libido is a sign of good health and that you want your species to survive. Penguins are NOT European! Posted by: Penguins, FTW!! at December 13, 2024 08:11 PM (G5+As) 131
Teaser Trailer for the remake of The Return of the Living Dead just dropped on yootoob.
- That's easy enough. Did Americans enjoy that movie? Did it offer a fun, fulfilling, exciting adventure with male and female characters engaging in comedic and occasionally frightening moments using stereotypical behavior appropriate to the sexes? If yes, then yeah, it's screwed. You'll be lucky to not have a black tranny in the lead. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:12 PM (/50FY) 132
Y'know, when the local wolf pack comes around and does the Call of the Wild by your back door, you're too far out into the wilderness.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (XjTSo) 133
They ain't shooting at me. They ain't dropping crap on me. I ain't got top secret shit lying around in my back yard. So what do i care if Xi or Elon or Fghtrblrdr XVII of Gamma Reticuli 6 want to fly their little can around 1,000 feet over my back yard?
Give 'em a wave and get on with your day. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:07 PM (y/ZMQ) --- Obviously, you'd have to sound the sirens, so people would go indoors. Then the covers on the treehouses and decks would be thrown back, and tracers would arc toward the threads, followed shortly thereafter by suicide RC planes. Because America. Minutemen manning AAA. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (ZOv7s) 134
Do you shoot at any car that stops in front of your house?
Would you shoot at a helicopter for flying over your yard? If you just saw a fat kid on a brand of bicycle you didn't recognize toodling across your lawn would you yank both triggers and send a double dose of 00-buck at the little bastard? What is all this "I'm skeered, shoot it" retardation going on? Come on, humanity, sack up a little bit. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (y/ZMQ) 135
Penguins do not object to belly rubs. In fact, it gets them so aroused that they will attempt to mount anything that moves, and some things that don't.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 13, 2024 08:08 PM The first scientific paper describing the breadth and depth of penguins polymorphic perverse behaviours was suppressed for over 100 years, as the public was not deemed ready to read of such behaviours. Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (a3Q+t) 136
Those Chanaa siblings in a previous post sound like they would be a blast to have at a Pride Parade.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:14 PM (KMWr+) 137
If I put a photo of RFK Jr in my fridge, he would probably cry like that TV ad Indian.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 13, 2024 08:14 PM (XjTSo) 138
I think a good sized rc aircraft (with cam) would be the way to go. Crash the thing if you have to.
Posted by: Alvin With a big blob of fishing line underneath so that it gets tangled in the the drones blades. If they get stuck together even better. Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 08:15 PM (elaR+) 139
People would probably have a different approach if the feds didn't allow the Chinese to teabag the entire nation with that spy balloon a couple of years ago.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:15 PM (/50FY) 140
What would be the effect of drones taking down a few airliners? These drones are weapons and their target is American people.
Posted by: Eromero at December 13, 2024 08:15 PM (LHPAg) 141
134 Not the same thing. This is not the mentality you are looking for.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:15 PM (vd6bO) 142
According to this article, one of those drones crashed in New Jersey early this morning.
https://shorturl.at/A3owP (Newsweek) If that's true, and that's a big if, then the Feds already have one and know where it's from. I find this entire story strange as hell. Still thinking it's a new drone class we're developing and testing. Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (6ydKt) 143
Drone Catcher - punt gun with weighted net.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (KMWr+) 144
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 2h
Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (hovnC) 145
I mean i might wave my dick at them if they come by, I'm not above that....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (y/ZMQ) 146
I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the drones are nothing more than a test to see how Americans respond, similar to COVID.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (/50FY) 147
What is all this "I'm skeered, shoot it" retardation going on? Come on, humanity, sack up a little bit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (y/ZMQ) --- Cars belong in my street, but they scatter bullets or do burnouts on the lawn, I will fire back. But if they abide by the rules, I ignore them. Helicopters are heavily regulated, but if one touched down in my backyard, in definance of those rules, I might get upset. Fat kids are the norm, so this is a stupid point of comparison. We have aircraft that have no lawful business, that our government tells us aren't there, or if they are there, ignore them, and trust us. Kirby is a complete liar, has lied repeatedly so his denials are meaningless. FAFO territory is being reached and I love to see it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:17 PM (ZOv7s) 148
Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT
- TRUMP IS ENGAGING ILLEGALLY IN INTERGALACTIC FOREIGN POLICY BEFORE TAKING OFFICE!!! Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:17 PM (/50FY) 149
Chinese weather balloons are so passe now
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:17 PM (KMWr+) 150
It's weird to think that precedence was set with the spy balloon.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:18 PM (/50FY) 151
51 That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) They can be eerie. Posted by: Grump928(C)" Superior comment! Posted by: fd ==== Huron the wrong track. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 07:47 PM (hovnC) ---- O look it's Mitch again! Posted by: Ciampino - if they trust you then .. at December 13, 2024 08:18 PM (i0xsb) 152
Is The Poseidon Adventure a Christmas movie?
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (iziT8) 153
I mean, even the cops are angry about the b.s.
It could be a opportunity for community growth. Have pot-lock at the town hall and select fire points and appoint your neighborhood fire control. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (ZOv7s) 154
The face of Bo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (63Dwl) 155
I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the drones are nothing more than a test to see how Americans respond, similar to COVID.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:16 PM (/50FY) Covid was a bioweapon that was developed in the US and released accidentally in China. The first part of the panic was because the PIC knew what it was and who was to blame. It grew from there as all the rest of the people in charge realized what a stroke of luck it was Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (D7oie) 156
This has been going on for some time.
It's not new. Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 08:20 PM (elaR+) 157
How high are these drones flying? If they are visible, then are they within range of regular consumer grade fireworks directed with aimed fire from a cannon improvised from a length of PVC pipe?
Asking for a friend. Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (vFG9F) 158
You know, if there's a drone flying around my place, looking in my windows, I will moon them.
And that will be punishment enough. Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (mT+6a) Posted by: Woody at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (v6JzV) 160
154 The face of Bo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (63Dwl) -- -- I've seen some weird shit on Doctor Who, but that one is probably the freakiest creature ever created for the small screen. Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (6ydKt) 161
Alert! Alert! Put down your phone,
Go outside and shoot a drone! On your deck or from your truck, Over the neighbors house, who gives fuck? Shoot it down, you know why It the CCP or the FBi So watch the sky and have some fun Shoot a drone and have some fun! Posted by: Dr Seuss at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (dR6yv) 162
I reckon people are just getting tired of the fed.gov et. al mooning us, you see?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:22 PM (vd6bO) 163
"Okay, so on the signal, everyone go inside. The Jones family will cover the playground approaches, and Mr. Mansfield has graciously offered to set up a pom-pom in the mall parking lot. Fire control will monitored from the bell tower of St. Mary's. I also want to thank the Hendricksons for these delicious brownies."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:22 PM (ZOv7s) 164
COVID was developed intentionally and released intentionally back in 2019. I doubt COVID killed even 10K people in the US that year (zero flu deaths, remember). The panic was what they needed, and they promoted the panic by restricting antibiotics to people with pneumonia somewhere around May. Boom, deaths skyrocket. Oh no, deadly virus, panic everywhere.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:22 PM (/50FY) 165
I wish I could find a cat who does this but they all seem to hate having their bellies touched.
-- Ace Its better when they don't like it, then you can modulate their ribcage while they complain and have a little live bagpipe Its worth the little warning scratches. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (n7h9X) 166
158
'You know, if there's a drone flying around my place, looking in my windows, I will moon them. And that will be punishment enough.' What if they like big butts? Posted by: Sir Mix a Lot at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (3wi/L) 167
Is The Poseidon Adventure a Christmas movie?
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (iziT Don't be silly, there are no terrorists or climbing through duct work to avoid them. Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (D7oie) 168
Off, THE Ohio State University Sock
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (v6JzV) 169
14 I heard orange cats were dumb like Golden Retrievers, and Fredo Corleone
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (PCNh/) I took care of an orange cat named Hobbes when his people moved to Sweden. He was very smart, very fast, and hunted and killed birds like nobody's business. I think, like purebred dogs, YMMV. Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (K861k) 170
I'm not familiar with this but...
R A W S G L 🌎 B A L @RawsGlobal 27m Breaking news from the United States: AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 42m BREAKING: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apparent suicide at his San Francisco, California apartment. - TechCrunch BNO News @BNONews 27m OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who accused the company of breaking copyright law, found dead in apparent suicide Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:25 PM (hovnC) 171
Kittens like to play the belly game.
With grown cats it's pretty much only females that like having their bellies touched. Females that don't like having their bellies touched tend to not do as well with their kittens. Posted by: KCSteve at December 13, 2024 08:25 PM (bxAlI) 172
Its better when they don't like it, then you can modulate their ribcage while they complain and have a little live bagpipe
Its worth the little warning scratches. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:24 PM (n7h9X) I used to do that to a friend's cat. the cat would looooook at me when I did that. Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:26 PM (D7oie) 173
You know what would be so Dr. Strangelove-esque? If no one in our govt REALLY doesn't know what these drones are doing BUT they all ASSUME it's a Secret Op and Some govt department is in full control of it. And because everyone in government is an arrogant nincompoop, everyone is giving The People the usual denial-but-all-is-good bullshit. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:26 PM (QxTQv) 174
158 You know, if there's a drone flying around my place, looking in my windows, I will moon them.
And that will be punishment enough. Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 13, 2024 08:21 PM (mT+6a) I offered DH to moon 'em, which would probably cause operator blindness, but I suspect if they were over my house, I'd just .308 'em. Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:26 PM (K861k) 175
We have an orange cat, Miss Kitty. She seems kind of dumb. Especially when she discovers her tail.
Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (vFG9F) 176
Most orange cats are toms, I am told.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (D7oie) 177
If the video of the guy shooting the "drone" is real, that guy needs to be locked up pronto. Those bullets gotta land somewhere, and he's shooting directly over house, around power lines, over a busy street, etc.
But I call BS on the whole thing. Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (XMwZJ) 178
Is The Poseidon Adventure a Christmas movie?
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (iziT You want to ruin Christmas? There's not nearly enough gunfire for a proper Christmas movie like Die Hard. And an artificial tree to get up to the ships bottom isn't enough for Poseidon to qualify in my mind. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (n7h9X) 179
173 The plausibility of that scenario is exactly at the root of the problem.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (vd6bO) 180
Like I said, mystery super drones are not new.
Tucson police chase 100 mph drone across city https://tinyurl.com/4a9u7hzf Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (elaR+) 181
If no one in our govt REALLY doesn't know what these drones are doing BUT they all ASSUME it's a Secret Op and Some govt department is in full control of it.
-- hahahaha, peak DEI A bunch of the toilet brush hair White House spokesman ladies all supremely confident that someone else is in charge because someone else always is. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (/50FY) 182
BREAKING NEWS:
Katie Couric has suffered a nasty pickleball injury, which she revealed in a shock Instagram photo today, in which a swelling bruise to the right side of her head could be seen. She captioned the picture: 'When you hit yourself in the head with a pickleball paddle'. For Rex R. and Quentin T., Ms. Couric wears a size 6 1/2 shoe. Posted by: Moron Celebrity News Service at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (a3Q+t) Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (v6JzV) 184
That story I posted is from 2021
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (elaR+) 185
Most orange cats are toms, I am told.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (D7oie) That's been my belief. Kind of like most calicoes are female. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:29 PM (Ad8y9) 186
Dr. Seuss, lolol
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:29 PM (piiLl) 187
Top pic: Gordon Lightfoot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (Ad8y9) 188
The word is prosopagnosia.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (UXLc2) 189
She captioned the picture: 'When you hit yourself in the head with a pickleball paddle'.
- Ladies, what are you doing? Why are you rushing to get your phone so you can get online to show this sort of thing to tens of millions of people? Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (/50FY) 190
Only 1 in 1000 orange tabbies are female. Almost all of those are sterile.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (a3Q+t) 191
If you just saw a fat kid on a brand of bicycle you didn't recognize toodling across your lawn would you yank both triggers and send a double dose of 00-buck at the little bastard?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:13 PM (y/ZMQ) Probably. Little shit would get one warning. "Get off my lawn," is not just a saying. My castle, my rules. Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:31 PM (K861k) 192
And Pamela Sue Martin, hubba hubba.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:28 PM (v6JzV) Boner fuel from when I was a teenager. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:31 PM (Ad8y9) 193
Miss Kitty is definitely a she. She's a stray that showed up at my parents house and stuck around because my dad was feeding her Vienna sausages.
Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:31 PM (vFG9F) 194
187 Top pic: Gordon Lightfoot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (Ad8y9) ----- Bob Seger Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:31 PM (vd6bO) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:32 PM (QxTQv) 196
190 Only 1 in 1000 orange tabbies are female. Almost all of those are sterile.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (a3Q+t) Mimi was orange, and she wasn't sterile. I guess I got the one. Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:32 PM (K861k) 197
Mimi was psychotic, but not sterile.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:32 PM (K861k) 198
Most orange cats are toms, I am told.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:27 PM (D7oie) For a female to be orange, she must have 2 X genes. If she does not she is a tortie or calico. Male cats have only one X chromosome and thus can't have black and orange. Tabby cats can have orange in the undercoat which is called a Brown Tabby. This is detectable by looking for the color of the stripe. Brown Tabbies have black stripes, a Orange has orange. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:32 PM (n7h9X) 199
One in a thousand? Does that make them worth more?
Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:33 PM (vFG9F) 200
I am waiting for the 'I was anally probed by the alien drones' stories to start.
Anally probed. Alien drones. I made a rhyme. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:33 PM (nyTxL) 201
Only 1 in 1000 orange tabbies are female. Almost all of those are sterile.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 08:30 PM (a3Q+t) Mimi was orange, and she wasn't sterile. I guess I got the one. Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:32 PM (K861k) It is male calicos that are mostly sterile, because they are XXY genetics. Orange cats of either sex are usually fine which is good for the orange cat lovers. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:34 PM (n7h9X) 202
The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation. _Donald J.Trump Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 08:34 PM (ZAwHo) 203
200 Hidee, Hidee, Ho, Sir.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:34 PM (vd6bO) 204
Enough about cats. Those damn things should never have been domesticated.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:35 PM (v6JzV) 205
Morning … wood? Um
Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:35 PM (C3G19) 206
There's one orange cat I really dig.
Posted by: zombie Sammy Davis Jr at December 13, 2024 08:36 PM (vFG9F) 207
Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth 9h
Whoopi has no idea how health insurance works: "If I don't go to the hospital for a whole year, where is my money? Why don't you give me the money back?" Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:36 PM (hovnC) 208
It is male calicos that are mostly sterile, because they are XXY genetics. Orange cats of either sex are usually fine which is good for the orange cat lovers.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:34 PM (n7h9X) So the male calicos can use either litterbox? Posted by: tcn in AK at December 13, 2024 08:36 PM (K861k) 209
192 Yeah.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:37 PM (v6JzV) 210
I don't care about DST, I want to know about CAFE!
I don't expect anything, but darnit, I want to dream Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:37 PM (D7oie) 211
169 14 I heard orange cats were dumb like Golden Retrievers, and Fredo Corleone
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:35 PM (PCNh/) I took care of an orange cat named Hobbes when his people moved to Sweden. He was very smart, very fast, and hunted and killed birds like nobody's business. I think, like purebred dogs, YMMV. ======== If you like short videos about goofy orange cats, there is this guy. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8DZXpFlcCHI Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 13, 2024 08:37 PM (XjTSo) 212
"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.
_Donald J.Trump Posted by: Braenyard" Yes! Please oh please. Posted by: zombie Sammy Davis Jr at December 13, 2024 08:37 PM (vFG9F) 213
N.b. Mr. Trump eschews the totally faggy “Daylight Savings”, and sets the example for all to see, reflecting great credit upon himself, the Chief Executive Office, and Mrs. Hildebrandt’s 4th Grade English class.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (C3G19) 214
"If I don't go to the hospital for a whole year, where is my money? Why don't you give me the money back?"
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:36 PM (hovnC) Damn. That sow must be a barrel of regular monkeys with a pile of scratch offs... Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (y/ZMQ) 215
Wait…doesn’t daylight saving time give us the long summer days??
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (piiLl) 216
Enough about cats. Those damn things should never have been domesticated.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:35 PM (v6JzV) --- Can we train the cats to hunt drones? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (ZOv7s) 217
Cats never really were domesticated. They just mostly showed up and made themselves at home.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (D7oie) 218
>>>Whoopi has no idea how health insurance works:
"If I don't go to the hospital for a whole year, where is my money? Why don't you give me the money back?" Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) --- She's bats for the other team and the other team gives free healthcare. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (ZAwHo) 219
Have an 18 month old tom keeping my kitteh princess Isis company. His mom was a gray tabby with spots and papa was orange. He has his mom's size and markings but there is an orange tint around his muzzle and a few other areas.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:39 PM (KMWr+) 220
200 Obscure reference explainer.
https://tinyurl.com/almost-Made-a-Rhyme Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:39 PM (vd6bO) 221
163 "Okay, so on the signal, everyone go inside. The Jones family will cover the playground approaches, and Mr. Mansfield has graciously offered to set up a pom-pom in the mall parking lot. Fire control will monitored from the bell tower of St. Mary's. I also want to thank the Hendricksons for these delicious brownies."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:22 PM (ZOv7s) ---- Yeah but who has got the 3D-printed 88 ? Posted by: Ciampino - what a gun at December 13, 2024 08:40 PM (i0xsb) 222
Wait…doesn’t daylight saving time give us the long summer days??
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (piiLl) --- Another emergency wartime measure that we kept after the war is over. Like income tax. And employers providing health insurance. And the Patriot Act. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (ZOv7s) 223
If Trump does nothing more than get rid of Daylight Savings Time, he will ensure Republican dominance for the next 200 years.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (v6JzV) 224
Yeah but who has got the 3D-printed 88 ?
Posted by: Ciampino - what a gun at December 13, 2024 08:40 PM (i0xsb) --- Krieghof family, next town over. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (ZOv7s) 225
8,8cm Flak 41?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (KMWr+) 226
Whoopi has no idea how insurance works
Supposedly Barky allowed publicly that he tried to submit a stolen car claim in Chicago on his liability policy. I believe it. Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (C3G19) 227
Cats never really were domesticated. They just mostly showed up and made themselves at home.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (D7oie) -- Cats were "domesticated" when an Egyptian sat down to write something on papyrus. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (Ad8y9) 228
"If I don't go to the hospital for a whole year, where is my money? Why don't you give me the money back?"
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:36 PM (hovnC) Health savings accounts were made illegal under ObamaCare. You know, the one that Whoopie supported whole heartedly because it was fair. I bet she likes the taste of fair now. Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:42 PM (D7oie) 229
I'll vote for Trump again if ends DST.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:42 PM (nyTxL) 230
Eliminate DST? That's a bridge too far.
Posted by: Grammie's phone at December 13, 2024 08:42 PM (6jMT7) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 13, 2024 08:42 PM (63Dwl) 232
One in a thousand? Does that make them worth more?
Posted by: fd at December 13, 2024 08:33 PM (vFG9F) there would be a third orange females and two thirds calico if an Oo Female mated with a Oy Male. If an OO Female mated with Oy Male, all would be orange. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:42 PM (n7h9X) 233
The sun gives us long summer days.
Posted by: Some Bimbo's Earpiece at December 13, 2024 08:43 PM (i0F8b) 234
We have to females and the elder one loves herself a belly rub. It helps her digestion (she tends to get constipated, so a massage helps things keep moving).
She loves to just stretch out and wait for it, but if it goes too long, she'll start to bite a bit. There's a line, you see. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:43 PM (ZOv7s) 235
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
I finally have something to disagree with Trump. I live for those June evenings when there’s still outdoor light moving up on 9 pm Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (piiLl) 236
Cats never really were domesticated. They just mostly showed up and made themselves at home.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (D7oie) -- Cats were "domesticated" when an Egyptian sat down to write something on papyrus. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (Ad8y9) They self domesticated. They even are willfull about breeding, which is why dogs, say, can be bred to be purse sized dogs and pony sized but cats are pretty much just cats to this day. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (n7h9X) 237
How about next time we just spring forward half an hour and tell everyone else on earth to get bent?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (y/ZMQ) 238
Cats were "domesticated" when an Egyptian sat down to write something on papyrus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (Ad8y9) Why did the Hittites or the Assyrians not domesticate cats? No self-respecting cat will sit on a lump of wet clay just to get the attention of a scribe. Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (D7oie) 239
8,8cm Flak 41?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (KMWr+) --- Yep, same as in town. There is an 88 over at the local reserve center in desert colors. How hard would it be to get a new breech block? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (ZOv7s) 240
I live for those June evenings when there’s still outdoor light moving up on 9 pm
lets have DST all year then! I dont care just no changing Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (Pv3Rg) 241
237 How about next time we just spring forward half an hour and tell everyone else on earth to get bent?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (y/ZMQ) ------------- I'm in. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (vd6bO) 242
Dave Rubin @RubinReport Dec 10
BREAKING: First image of Mitch McConnell’s fall has leaked... https://tinyurl.com/bddhcz24 Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (hovnC) 243
I think he also composed "Morning Wood," which is another commonly used piece used in all kinds of media, including cartoons and commercials.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 07:54 PM (QxTQv) Mood! Morning MOOD! Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 08:46 PM (dFGGg) 244
We have had some really awesome cats over the years. Our li'l black kitteh took a two-hour nap on my lap because I left work early.
Scout hates it when we have to go to work every day. She misses the departed kitties that she grew up with. Scout will be 20 next spring. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:46 PM (Ad8y9) 245
Sorry, I don’t like cats. Dogs rule!
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:46 PM (v6JzV) 246
Lemon Drop Kid is mort, at 28. In 1999, Charismatic (mort 2017) had won the Kentucky Derby, and then The Preakness. Going for the Triple Crown, Charismatic LOST to Lemon Drop Kid at The Belmont Stakes. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:46 PM (QxTQv) 247
I finally have something to disagree with Trump.
I live for those June evenings when there’s still outdoor light moving up on 9 pm Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (piiLl) --- Move to Alaska. You'll get all the summer sun you want. The extra daylight summer is super-annoying in getting kids to go to sleep. And of course the time changes suck. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:46 PM (ZOv7s) 248
Wait…doesn’t daylight saving time give us the long summer days??
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:38 PM (piiLl) --- Another emergency wartime measure that we kept after the war is over. Like income tax. And employers providing health insurance. And the Patriot Act. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:41 PM (ZOv7s) That and what Zone your state is in. Ohio is in the East zone, but geographically its west border is basically near the center of Central. So its sunsets are very late in the Summer. So they aren't longer, just later. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (n7h9X) 249
Make those little bastards hike to the School Bus Stop in the night. They need to get their eyes dark adapted anyhow. Pain is just weakness leaving your body Susan! Billy!! Don’t you start crying on me! Do you hear!? Move!! No more fucking Apple Pie at Lunch, you little porker!
Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (C3G19) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (Ad8y9) 251
Lloyd
With computer controlled all axis milling, do you have the plans, the machinery, and a correct block of steel? Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (KMWr+) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (QxTQv) 253
Just pick a time and keep it there.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (nyTxL) 254
237 How about next time we just spring forward half an hour and tell everyone else on earth to get bent?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (y/ZMQ) ------------- I'm in. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:45 PM (vd6bO) Some timezones are half or a quarter hour off. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (n7h9X) Posted by: Boron Cobbie - society needs the pejorative faggot, so the term sassy is now used at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (411Cx) 256
There's a video on Youtube "How We Domesticated Cats...Twice!"
Saved but never watched it. Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (QxTQv) The cats kept you from watching it...see the documentary "The Uncanny" if you dare. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (n7h9X) 257
Some timezones are half or a quarter hour off.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (n7h9X) Not for long!!!!!! Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (y/ZMQ) 258
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment 5 hours ago ... A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26. _.siliconvalley.com Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (ZAwHo) 259
Orange cats are usually male. If they have any white then they can be female. In all the years we have had one orange female with no discernible white.
All our calicoes have been females. Posted by: Ciampino - what do we know? at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (i0xsb) 260
Saw from last post Pelosi broke her hip.
Scanned comments and not one setting up a still living over/under line starting at six months. Disappointed. Posted by: From about That Time at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (4780s) 261
I hate sneezing. Stupidest reflex ever.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (v6JzV) Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (KMWr+) 263
Just pick a time and keep it there.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (nyTxL) Let's go back to the olden times where noon was whatever each railroad depot deemed it to be noon. More accurate, I guess, but very, very confusing. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at December 13, 2024 08:50 PM (Ad8y9) 264
They self domesticated. They even are willfull about breeding, which is why dogs, say, can be bred to be purse sized dogs and pony sized but cats are pretty much just cats to this day.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (n7h9X) --- I like cats because they generally leave me alone. Dogs are very intrusive, drool all over me, and bark. Cats are subtle, and have a much wider range of personalities (both good and bad). Cats do understand language, but they are tonal, not purely phonetic. You have to repeat the words in the same tone for them to understand, and it will transfer from person to person. On weekends (when we sleep in) our older cat will pat at our bedroom door and if she doesn't get an answer, will start vocalizing, and it sounds very much like "hello? Hello?" complete with the uptalk at the end. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:51 PM (ZOv7s) 265
(looks for transitional fossil of cat)
Huh. That's weird. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - society needs the pejorative faggot, so the term sassy is now used at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (411Cx) There are some housecat sized cats with saber tooth fangs. Its happened 3 times at least. I think the front fangs are about the size of lion's teeth. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:51 PM (n7h9X) 266
Move to Alaska. You'll get all the summer sun you want.
Alaska doesn’t want me. They told me they were waiting for you. I like the idea upthread about just springing ahead a half hour and keeping it there. If you get rid of the extra light at the end of the day in the summer, then daylight starts like 4 a.m. FTS Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 08:51 PM (PCNh/) 267
With computer controlled all axis milling, do you have the plans, the machinery, and a correct block of steel?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (KMWr+) --- I wish. Plus, theft of federal property and all that. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:51 PM (ZOv7s) 268
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Some timezones are half or a quarter hour off. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:48 PM (n7h9X) ---- Newfie time ! Posted by: Ciampino - what do they know? at December 13, 2024 08:52 PM (i0xsb) 269
Rothmus
@Rothmus The IRS received $46 billion in extra funding for enforcement and raked in a massive sum of…$4.7 billion. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 08:52 PM (ZAwHo) 270
Should I celebrate having 90 followers? Or wait for 100?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (KMWr+) 100 is a nice round number. If you really want to be weird celebrate 107. Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 08:52 PM (dFGGg) 271
I'm watching this Netflix Documentary Kings of Tupelo.
In. Sane. This is the most bonkers shit I've ever seen. I can't believe I never heard about these jokers. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:52 PM (nyTxL) 272
Turkey used to be 1/2 hour off of everybody else. Iran might be too.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:53 PM (C3G19) 273
Iran is just plain off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:53 PM (KMWr+) 274
107? Nani?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (KMWr+) 275
On weekends (when we sleep in) our older cat will pat at our bedroom door and if she doesn't get an answer, will start vocalizing, and it sounds very much like "hello? Hello?" complete with the uptalk at the end.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:51 PM (ZOv7s) Cats can mimic other sounds. There's a clip of Tigers mimicing cows to lure them over to their cage. So yeah they can mimic your sound if it works for them. My cats are not very vocal except with each other which puts the lie to the 'cat meowing is only for people' lie. Meows are baby talk to cats while adults use more complex body language to communicate with adult cats. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (n7h9X) 276
I've found that male cats are more accepting of belly rubs than females. My sample size is less than 20 though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (tK3Zm) 277
>>>I like the idea upthread about just springing ahead a half hour and keeping it there. If you get rid of the extra light at the end of the day in the summer, then daylight starts like 4 a.m.
FTS Posted by: kallisto --- Mark the spot, call it whatever time pleases them. Then leave it alone. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (ZAwHo) 278
Make those little bastards hike to the School Bus Stop in the night. They need to get their eyes dark adapted anyhow. Pain is just weakness leaving your body Susan! Billy!! Don’t you start crying on me! Do you hear!? Move!! No more fucking Apple Pie at Lunch, you little porker!
Posted by: Common Tater at December 13, 2024 08:47 PM (C3G19) --- I mean, they are. Sunrise is just after school starts right now. If we stayed on DST, the sun would rise an hour after school starts. I would rather have earlier sunsets in the summer and no clock changes, thanks. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:55 PM (ZOv7s) 279
How about all business gets done on GMT time, wherever you are, and if your state or township or commune want to say 12:00 GMT is 5:32 AM on last Saturday, then you happy fuckers just go right on ahead. Sun rises at 3:00 PM GMT? Well, then, i guess school starts at 3:15 PM GMT, and you feel free to call that 8:00 AM if you like.
Or PM. Or whatever. Keep your laws off my Rolex. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:55 PM (y/ZMQ) 280
272 Turkey used to be 1/2 hour off of everybody else.
------------ Had that problem once. Wound up with Turkey Jerky. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:55 PM (vd6bO) 281
Enough about cats. Those damn things should never have been domesticated.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:35 PM Indeed. Let's talk about ... penguins! Posted by: Big Penguin at December 13, 2024 08:56 PM (a3Q+t) 282
Again the DST wars.
Posted by: Yoda at December 13, 2024 08:56 PM (i0F8b) 283
282 Again the DST wars.
Posted by: Yoda at December 13, 2024 08:56 PM (i0F8b Time is relative, shorty. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 08:57 PM (nyTxL) 284
Had that problem once. Wound up with Turkey Jerky.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:55 PM (vd6bO) Izmir is always done wayyyy before Antalya is. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (y/ZMQ) 285
Everyone knows it's not "Morning Wood", Sooth. That's obscene.
It's "Morning Glory". Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (gKWVE) 286
The face of God?
Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 07:28 PM Look again. It's an Ewok. Perhaps even Shelvy the Ewok himself? Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (a3Q+t) 287
Cats can mimic other sounds. There's a clip of Tigers mimicing cows to lure them over to their cage. So yeah they can mimic your sound if it works for them.
My cats are not very vocal except with each other which puts the lie to the 'cat meowing is only for people' lie. Meows are baby talk to cats while adults use more complex body language to communicate with adult cats. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (n7h9X) --- It varies between the breeds as well. Siamese are extremely vocal, and love to talk. I will also say it's not a mimic in this case, it's communication. The cat heard people saying it, and observed that it got a response, and she has found the same to be the case. She also has a sort of grumble she makes in the kitchen (where we keep her food) that is like kids asking for a treat. The younger cat (calico female) is not very bright, which pisses off the older one. She's very affectionate though. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (ZOv7s) 288
Orange cats are usually male. If they have any white then they can be female. In all the years we have had one orange female with no discernible white.
All our calicoes have been females. Posted by: Ciampino - what do we know? at December 13, 2024 08:49 PM (i0xsb) If the white was on the chin and chest it might have just been from the tabby pattern all cats have. White marks on cats have nothing to do with the sex gene. They are from other genes and small white spots can appear on the chest or belly called lockets or buttons. Calicos come from an interaction between the colors and the "White Spotting" gene Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (n7h9X) 289
282 Again the DST wars.
Posted by: Yoda at December 13, 2024 08:56 PM (i0F8b) ----------- I prefer .45 acp Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 08:59 PM (vd6bO) 290
I have a cat that was bred in Ol' Kentucky, but he's just a crumb down here.
Posted by: Atomic Kitten at December 13, 2024 08:59 PM (G5+As) 291
Putin is no Biden. Biden is no Putin??
Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM 5h New @Maxar images of Khmeimim airbase and Tartus naval base in Syria reveal Russian military activity, including transport planes with nose cones open, disassembly of helicopters & air defences—factors consistent with forces gathering to depart. Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 08:59 PM (hovnC) 292
Again the DST wars.
Posted by: Yoda at December 13, 2024 08:56 PM (i0F8b) --- Right, like you changed your clocks on Dagobah. Stupid it is, look you. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:59 PM (ZOv7s) 293
FischerKing@FischerKing64
Before Obamacare it was possible to buy health insurance that covered a catastrophic event (like cancer) and just pay out of pocket for a checkup. Obamacare means you have to pay more to subsidize all kinds of things that don’t impact you. And of course it has led to further consolidation in the industry. It’s a little like how Dodd Frank supposedly reformed the financial industry but really just locked in the dominant positions of the largest banks - the only ones that could afford the compliance costs. Any kind of big federal regulation that aims to ‘solve’ a problem usually just entrenches the largest players and makes life worse for normal people. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (ZAwHo) 294
It's "Morning Glory". Posted by: gKWVE Do you happen to remember who lived at 1164 Morning Glory Circle? Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (QxTQv) 295
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (n7h9X)
Mostly correct but breeders have cruelly come up with the Sphinx and the Munchkin. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (tK3Zm) 296
She also has a sort of grumble she makes in the kitchen (where we keep her food) that is like kids asking for a treat.
The younger cat (calico female) is not very bright, which pisses off the older one. She's very affectionate though. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 08:58 PM (ZOv7s) My dilute calico uses tail and ears for most communication. She has a scolding chitter for when I cough too much. Her most common communication is ears and swishing her feather boa tail Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:01 PM (n7h9X) 297
How about all business gets done on GMT time, wherever you are, and if your state or township or commune want to say 12:00 GMT is 5:32 AM on last Saturday, then you happy fuckers just go right on ahead. Sun rises at 3:00 PM GMT? Well, then, i guess school starts at 3:15 PM GMT, and you feel free to call that 8:00 AM if you like.
Or PM. Or whatever. Keep your laws off my Rolex. Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 08:55 PM (y/ZMQ) --- Like how Chinese Central Asia runs on Beijing time, just to remind them who's boss? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:01 PM (ZOv7s) 298
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It's "Morning Glory". Posted by: gKWVE Do you happen to remember who lived at 1164 Morning Glory Circle? Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (QxTQv) ------ Derwood Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:02 PM (vd6bO) 299
I'm ambivalent about fixing the clock one way or the other. Just don't make me get up early.
Posted by: Sleep "n' Eat Willie Best at December 13, 2024 09:02 PM (G5+As) 300
Standard time and leave the clocks alone. Enough is enough.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 13, 2024 09:03 PM (dR6yv) 301
DST was forced on people by the Germans. True story. We are not nazis ! they are !
Posted by: runner at December 13, 2024 09:03 PM (QTCRF) 302
301 DST was forced on people by the Germans. True story. We are not nazis !
-------- Is that a double negative? Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:04 PM (vd6bO) 303
I like longer days in the summer. Kinda nice watching sunset at 8pm
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:04 PM (nyTxL) 304
Just like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (KMWr+) 305
Tonight's Cape Canaveral launch is scrubbed. On for tomorrow:
New launch is scheduled for December 14, 8:04 p.m. ET (December 15, 0104 UTC - 02:04 CET. ) https://www.youtube.com/live/wvwfwtWB_18 Posted by: Ciampino - what do they know at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (i0xsb) 306
My dilute calico uses tail and ears for most communication. She has a scolding chitter for when I cough too much. Her most common communication is ears and swishing her feather boa tail
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:01 PM (n7h9X) --- Oh yes, ear and tail position are big indicators! Our calico cat has very interesting facial markings, almost quartered like a coat of arms, so it's hard to see her expressions, but they are usually blank, poor thing. Our elder cat is gray, with a white tuxedo that also touches her face, so she make very vivid facial expressions and it's interesting so see when she's frowny or smiling. I think cats are a wonderful teaching too if you want to read people. All cats are horrible liars, and picking them out is helpful in spotting it in people. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (ZOv7s) 307
I'm ambivalent about fixing the clock one way or the other. Just don't make me get up early.
Posted by: Sleep "n' Eat Willie Best at December 13, 2024 09:02 PM (G5+As) Yep. Spring forward screws with me more than Fall back. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (tK3Zm) 308
Why some House Democrats are showing interest in Trump and Musk's DOGE plan "When you look at some of these departments, you see that there are like 12 supervisors for every five people," said one House Democrat. axios.com Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (ZAwHo) 309
I like longer days in the summer. Kinda nice watching sunset at 8pm
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:04 PM (nyTxL) --- There is literally nothing stopping you from staying up to enjoy that extra sunlight. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (ZOv7s) 310
spring forward screws with everybody
Posted by: runner at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (QTCRF) 311
I thought it was fall forward, spring back.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (vd6bO) Posted by: Soothsayer at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (QxTQv) 313
I think cats are a wonderful teaching too if you want to read people. All cats are horrible liars, and picking them out is helpful in spotting it in people.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (ZOv7s) Or you can just become an insurance claims adjuster. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (tK3Zm) 314
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 08:44 PM (n7h9X)
Mostly correct but breeders have cruelly come up with the Sphinx and the Munchkin. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (tK3Zm) Both are natural mutations, preserved by breeders. Three of my cats are from Munchkin litters, but the ones without the favored mutated gene. If a kitten gets two of the genes it is lethal, and you have an old style Persian cat. Meanwhile what they have done to the skull of the Persian cat through their breeding is cruel. I adopted one with the super flat face. He had such bad digestion he ate twice as much as my other cats at half the size. If he didn't eat virtually every waking moment he starved, and died some months later. Sweetest cat and had no fear Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (n7h9X) 315
304 Just like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (KMWr+) ---- The French were there, right? Posted by: Ciampino - why did they do that at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (i0xsb) 316
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Why some House Democrats are showing interest in Trump and Musk's DOGE plan "When you look at some of these departments, you see that there are like 12 supervisors for every five people," said one House Democrat. axios.com Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (ZAwHo) Oh wow. There's waste in the government? Shocking. Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (nyTxL) 317
281 Enough about cats. Those damn things should never have been domesticated.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 08:35 PM Lol. Show me on this doll where the cat touched you Bulg. Posted by: kitty shrink at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (8vU7O) Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (J+Ee3) 319
I thought it was fall forward, spring back.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (vd6bO) --- Only in San Francisco. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (iziT8) 321
spring forward screws with everybody
Posted by: runner at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (QTCRF) --- It is a tool of the devil! Seriously, huge surge in auto accidents because people are tired, disoriented. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:08 PM (ZOv7s) 322
It's double flip forward, handstand into a spring back.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:08 PM (nyTxL) 323
Sunlight should be controlled by government, like healthcare and CAFE standards for automobiles. It's for our own good.
Posted by: Inane Drone at December 13, 2024 09:09 PM (G5+As) 324
My first cat, Toonses, who was an extremely gregarious neighborhood stray would engage in all kinds of talk upon meeting/greeting me at night when he'd come to hang out. It sounded like chit chat, like he'd picked up from being around people.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 13, 2024 09:09 PM (KAi1n) 325
Or you can just become an insurance claims adjuster.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (tK3Zm) --- I think you kind of need that skill before you become a claims adjuster, otherwise you won't last very long. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:09 PM (ZOv7s) 326
Our elder cat is gray, with a white tuxedo that also touches her face, so she make very vivid facial expressions and it's interesting so see when she's frowny or smiling.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:05 PM (ZOv7s) That particuar degree of White Spotting is known as Bicolor. Yes most of teh variants from white feet and bib to all white but the tail have names. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:10 PM (n7h9X) 327
320 The Sun is too bright.
What's up with that? Hard to drive at sunset. Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:07 PM (iziT ----------------- It wasn't so bad until the bucket of the tractor hit the edge of that boulder I knew was there, but couldn't exaaaactly see and it told the tractor, "Stop right here." Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:10 PM (vd6bO) 328
spring forward screws with everybody
- I'm naturally a very, very early riser so I'm one of the few people who prefers it. I get it with everyone else, though. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:10 PM (J+Ee3) Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:10 PM (iziT8) 330
Before Obamacare it was possible to buy health insurance that covered a catastrophic event (like cancer) and just pay out of pocket for a checkup. Obamacare means you have to pay more to subsidize all kinds of things that don’t impact you. And of course it has led to further consolidation in the industry.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:00 PM (ZAwHo) --- Liz Warren threatens CEOs, but did nothing to rein them in when Dems had total control of the federal government. Same old same old. "Gosh, I just this minute discovered that the laws are unjust we must change them!" "Um, madame senator, you wrote the law." "Shut up, asshole, I'm on a roll." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:11 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:11 PM (iziT8) 332
It's roll forward, skip back.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:12 PM (nyTxL) 333
331 It's basically how this place is.
Information/disinformation. Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:11 PM (iziT ------------------ Happy to help. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:12 PM (vd6bO) 334
That particuar degree of White Spotting is known as Bicolor. Yes most of teh variants from white feet and bib to all white but the tail have names.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:10 PM (n7h9X) --- I see it in feral cats outside, and I assume the belly/bib (which is hidden when they lie down) has some sort of signaling/mating advantage. Something we find kind of funny is that there is a doppelganger for both of our cats in the neighborhood - not exact, but very similar. Probably part of the local gene pool. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:13 PM (ZOv7s) 335
Skipping stone video is like the Chemical Brothers video. Not real.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 09:13 PM (bYi+r) 336
I've found that male cats are more accepting of belly rubs than females. My sample size is less than 20 though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 08:54 PM (tK3Zm) Da Boyz are less prim and proper than most ladycats. In my cat's case the girl is the one flopped on her back the most in the center of the floor . Her looks are more elfin than librarian Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:14 PM (n7h9X) Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:14 PM (ZOv7s) 338
So, what is the consensus on Manx cats?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 09:15 PM (KMWr+) 339
331 It's basically how this place is.
Information/disinformation. Posted by: eleven More bullshit flows through this place than a PBR event. Posted by: Your Moove at December 13, 2024 09:15 PM (G5+As) 340
So, what is the consensus on Manx cats?
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 13, 2024 09:15 PM (KMWr+) --- They have more manx about them than the entire combined staff of the Dispatch, Bulwark and National Review. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (ZOv7s) 341
They screwed almost 300 million because of the alleged goal of providing insurance for 43 million who were uninsured.
I think the number of uninsured has remained about the same. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (tK3Zm) 342
O look it's Mitch again! --Posted by: Ciampino
You are on a tear, yo. And except for Saint Clair and the Georgian Bay, that completes the set at last. Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (zdLoL) 343
317 Eff cats. Today’s art showed that dogs are superior to felines in every way.
Cats are useful for killing vermin. That’s all. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (v6JzV) 344
More bullshit flows through this place than a PBR event.
Posted by: Your Moove at December 13, 2024 09:15 PM (G5+As) --- How dare you besmirch this Smart Military Blog! Good day to you, sir. I say, good day to you! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (ZOv7s) 345
343 317 Eff cats. Today’s art showed that dogs are superior to felines in every way.
Cats are useful for killing vermin. That’s all. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (v6JzV) ------------------ That's my contract with the ol' barn cat. Put a rat on the front step, you get a nice can o' tuna. Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:17 PM (vd6bO) 346
They screwed almost 300 million because of the alleged goal of providing insurance for 43 million who were uninsured.
I think the number of uninsured has remained about the same. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (tK3Zm) --- The purpose of the thing is what it does. It didn't provide insurance, but it did enrich both health insurers and the legislators who sponsored it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:18 PM (ZOv7s) 347
Before Obamacare it was possible to buy health insurance that covered a catastrophic event (like cancer) and just pay out of pocket for a checkup. Obamacare means you have to pay more to subsidize all kinds of things that don’t impact you. And of course it has led to further consolidation in the industry.
—- That policy was $150/mo. And it’s how every other insurance product works. Nobody expects auto insurance to pay for lol changes. Why do we expect health insurance to pay for flu shots? Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 09:18 PM (bYi+r) 348
They screwed almost 300 million because of the alleged goal of providing insurance for 43 million who were uninsured.
I think the number of uninsured has remained about the same. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth - You are 100% correct, and if you'll remember they switched immediately from complaining about 40M and began bragging about how there was "only X%" percentage uninsured instead post-Obamacare. Because that was how they could easily hide that it was the exact same 40M and we had just spent $10T+ for nothing. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (J+Ee3) 349
I see it in feral cats outside, and I assume the belly/bib (which is hidden when they lie down) has some sort of signaling/mating advantage.
Something we find kind of funny is that there is a doppelganger for both of our cats in the neighborhood - not exact, but very similar. Probably part of the local gene pool. Postedi by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:13 PM (ZOv7s) Cat genetics has wild variation built in so the normal genes can produce huge variances.. It takes one gene to make a Tabby Cat solid black. White spotting has a 'volume knob' somewhere that can make nearly solid to nearly white randomly. One gene can turn a cat orange instead of black. The dilute gene takes any other pattern and makes it grey. The siamese coat pattern is temperature dependent, cool areas are dark as the black coat is turned to dark brown to coffee with cream colors. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (n7h9X) 350
Y'all are hilarious (and occasionally informative), but I've gotta go live my life. Have a great evening!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (vd6bO) 351
329 Ok...now I officially can't remember if it's fall forward or fall back.
Thanks. Posted by: eleven --- It's fall up then throw down. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (ZAwHo) 352
Eff cats. Today’s art showed that dogs are superior to felines in every way.
Cats are useful for killing vermin. That’s all. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:16 PM (v6JzV) --- Dogs drool, bark, and need to be lot out to relieve themselves. Advantage: cats. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (ZOv7s) 353
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:18 PM (ZOv7s)
The goal is universal healthcare. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:20 PM (tK3Zm) 354
It's fall up then throw down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:19 PM (ZAwHo) --- THROW UP AND FALL DOWN! Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at December 13, 2024 09:20 PM (ZOv7s) 355
That's my contract with the ol' barn cat. Put a rat on the front step, you get a nice can o' tuna.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 13, 2024 09:17 PM (vd6bO) My hunter cat once brought in two lizards in one mouthful and brought it upstairs to my office on my birthday. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:20 PM (n7h9X) 356
The other big push was "uninsurable" people being finally allowed to buy insurance, and when the exchange opened up 107,000 (one hundred seven thousand) people who supposedly couldn't buy insurance prior to Obamacare signed up for insurance.
107K. $10T to insure 107,000 people. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (J+Ee3) 357
345 Fine. Cats are transactional, I get that.
But dogs are your bestest buds. Short version: Cats are mercenaries; dogs are Minutemen. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV) 358
329 Ok...now I officially can't remember if it's fall forward or fall back.
Thanks. Posted by: eleven Spring forward, fall back. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (n7h9X) 359
The 43 million number is and was bullshit.
If you go uninsured one day a year you’re counted as uninsured. So if you switch jobs and go a week or even a weekend in between coverage, voila you are uninsured. And millions of people who simply choose not to buy it. Mainly young healthy people. Factor those cases out and the real number of people who want insurance and can’t buy it is maybe 5% of the population. Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (bYi+r) 360
The goal is universal healthcare.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:20 PM (tK3Zm) --- Universal control. Canada and the UK have given the game away. The truly sick will just be killed off. Health has nothing to do with it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (ZOv7s) 361
Why some House Democrats are showing interest in Trump and Musk's DOGE plan
"When you look at some of these departments, you see that there are like 12 supervisors for every five people," said one House Democrat. axios.com Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:06 PM (ZAwHo) Fire four of the five people then hire six new supervisors. Posted by: Democrats at December 13, 2024 09:22 PM (/grhI) 362
Meanwhile, my very exotic Savannah has ice cream on his nose.
Posted by: Piper at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (pZEOD) 363
The other funny part was "medical bills caused bankruptcy"
And then you look at the data they base it off of and it was people overextended on homes, motorcycles, luxury cars, jet skis, credit cards, etc., but if they had $1500 in medical bills then THAT was what made them file for bankruptcy. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (J+Ee3) 364
Fine. Cats are transactional, I get that.
But dogs are your bestest buds. Short version: Cats are mercenaries; dogs are Minutemen. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV) --- Dogs have been bred to work. They do good work. Cats are actual pets, purely for companionship with some useful hunting/warning traits. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (ZOv7s) 365
Fine. Cats are transactional, I get that.
But dogs are your bestest buds. Short version: Cats are mercenaries; dogs are Minutemen. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV) My cat spent months healing my broken bones. She spent every hour she could sleeping as close to the break as she could get and as soon as it was cured (to the day) she went back to her pre break habits. As I am north of 29 this is not a trivial matter. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (n7h9X) 366
So, what is the consensus on Manx cats?
Posted by: Anna Puma Standing broad jump gold metalists. Mom had one that was able to jump from the carport floor through a 6" hole in the rood of the carport. Posted by: BifBewalski at December 13, 2024 09:25 PM (MsrgL) 367
352 Because you always want something that poops in the house.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:25 PM (v6JzV) 368
And then you look at the data they base it off of and it was people overextended on homes, motorcycles, luxury cars, jet skis, credit cards, etc., but if they had $1500 in medical bills then THAT was what made them file for bankruptcy. Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (J+Ee3) Much like how they counted Covid deaths. You weight 409 lbs? Smoke 3 packs a day? Eat nothing but fast food? What’s that you had a heart attack and died but you also got Covid? Well obviously the Covid is to blame for your death man. Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 09:26 PM (bYi+r) Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:26 PM (iziT8) 370
Because you always want something that poops in the house.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:25 PM (v6JzV) --- When it's -11, I sure as hell don't want to go on a walk. They're very fastidious about it. Bury it and everything. I've seen videos of cats using toilets, which is awesome. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:27 PM (ZOv7s) 371
Cats are the best, Oldcat.
Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:28 PM (iziT8) 372
Nobody expects auto insurance to pay for lol changes.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 09:18 PM (bYi+r) That reminds me I need to get my lol topped off and see about getting an lmao switch installed. Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 09:28 PM (8lk0y) 373
I can't handle them (literally, can't hold or touch) but I like a cat. We ended up getting one when we had a rodent problem and she was nice to have around. She was allowed indoors and when we had a baby she would stay within five feet of that crib unless she needed to eat or go to the litterbox. She monitored the situation until the crawling stage and then would keep her distance but come back for naps and resume guard duty. That was neat.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:28 PM (J+Ee3) 374
I grew up with both dogs and cats . They both have their positives and negatives, mostly 90% positive . But unless you have a big yard I would not have a dog.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 13, 2024 09:28 PM (tK3Zm) Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 09:29 PM (gKWVE) 376
Fine. Cats are transactional, I get that.
But dogs are your bestest buds. Short version: Cats are mercenaries; dogs are Minutemen. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:21 PM (v6JzV) Dogs are pack animals. They need a boss by their nature, and at one point they were wise enough to allow men to be their leaders. But they don't really have a choice like cats do, they are really in distress without a pack. Cats have free choice in bonding, which I appreciate. Like people, they trade their skills for payment. And they actually are amused by us generally. They see us as equals, not a master. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:29 PM (n7h9X) 377
My cat spent months healing my broken bones. She spent every hour she could sleeping as close to the break as she could get and as soon as it was cured (to the day) she went back to her pre break habits. As I am north of 29 this is not a trivial matter.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:23 PM (n7h9X) --- The purring of cats is still somewhat mysterious, but it does seem to produce positive effects on healing. It is unquestionably calming. Now that you mention it, my elder cat used to purr a lot on me when I was stressed from work, and I'd often doze right off. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:30 PM (ZOv7s) 378
I hate paying for monthly health insurance but it doesn't kick in until some made up out-of-pocket reach a certain amount. So if I go just once or twice a year then it's all out of my pocket. Then there's the co-pay. Why? Isn't that covered by my monthly premium?
Apparently in old China (Emperor times) it was customary to pay the doctor when well and not when sick so it paid the doc to cure you. Posted by: Ciampino - why did they? at December 13, 2024 09:30 PM (i0xsb) 379
364 No, carts are vermin-catchers, nothing more. Their occasional regard for humans is incidental.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:30 PM (v6JzV) 380
Much like how they counted Covid deaths.
You weight 409 lbs? Smoke 3 packs a day? Eat nothing but fast food? What’s that you had a heart attack and died but you also got Covid? Well obviously the Covid is to blame for your death man. Posted by: Its Go Time Donald - Good catch Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:30 PM (J+Ee3) 381
I officially can't remember if it's fall forward or fall back.
Either one works. --Speaker Emerita Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 09:31 PM (zdLoL) 382
She monitored the situation until the crawling stage and then would keep her distance but come back for naps and resume guard duty. That was neat.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - There's no such thing as LGBTQ, only straight and not straight at December 13, 2024 09:28 PM (J+Ee3) My current quartet act just like a security staff. When I get up they have 2 in front and 2 in rear, there are always cats watching the hallways leading to where I am. They often start being 'visible' in a gentle way if I am up too late. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:31 PM (n7h9X) 383
Robert's home planet
youtu.be/3Sq65VtpRvY Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 09:29 PM (gKWVE) Finally. A planet nearly as dense as me. Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 09:32 PM (37Htd) 384
It's, "Fall Down."
Posted by: Nancy at December 13, 2024 09:32 PM (i0F8b) 385
No, carts are vermin-catchers, nothing more. Their occasional regard for humans is incidental.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:30 PM (v6JzV) Its amusing that people can be afraid of an animal just because it has 18 concealed weapons at all times. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:33 PM (n7h9X) 386
The death knell for universal health care in this country was ironically COVID.
The leftists couldn't help but give the game away, wanting to set up Death Panels and gleefully bragging about how they sent Trumpkins to premature deaths while withholding life-saving treatment. It was a huge wakeup call for a lot of people. And now look at Canada, telling folks it would be great if they would just die. The "watchdog" actually covered up hundreds of violations, none of which were prosecuted and most resolved with a strongly worded email. For killing someone. A strongly worded email. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:33 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 09:34 PM (zdLoL) 388
365, Old Cat, I am glad to hear that you had solicitous feline. Any animal can be a comforting companion.
But cats in general are just not the companions that dogs are. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:34 PM (v6JzV) 389
Because you always want something that poops in the house.
Did not work out for the Depps. Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 09:34 PM (zdLoL) If the wife had been a cat, she'd still be there. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:35 PM (n7h9X) 390
Fellow is fed up and trying to shoot down a drone. Looks like some of those tracers are coming close. https://tinyurl.com/y33h2xf4 Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:35 PM (ZAwHo) 391
Ah, a cat thread. What a surprise!
Posted by: Zombie Felix at December 13, 2024 09:36 PM (mH6SG) 392
My current quartet act just like a security staff. When I get up they have 2 in front and 2 in rear, there are always cats watching the hallways leading to where I am. They often start being 'visible' in a gentle way if I am up too late.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:31 PM (n7h9X) --- Both of the cats run patrols and will let out a signal if they've found something wrong. The younger one makes a plaintive howl, which she also does when she scores a kill (often a sock), while the older one will sometimes cackle or cry if a serious violation has happened. The older one also tracks bugs brilliantly. I can't count how many times I realized a wasp was buzzing around because she suddenly went on point and tracked it for me. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:37 PM (ZOv7s) 393
"Ah, a cat thread. What a surprise!
Posted by: Zombie Felix" Ok...fine. Is The Poseidon Adventure a Christmas movie? Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:38 PM (iziT8) Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:39 PM (ZAwHo) 395
If the wife had been a cat, she'd still be there.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:35 PM (n7h9X) --- No. Failure to use the litter box is a serious issue, just as dog defecating inside would cause you concern. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:40 PM (ZOv7s) 396
When I had my back surgery, Splotchy would cuddle up as close as he could to the incision. He stayed there until I was mobile again. When I got the stent, he did the same thing. Not so much for the foot surgery. It was almost like he knew I was supposed to get up off my ass and try to walk. He would chivy me up every hour for a lap around the house.
I miss that chonky old boy. *dusty in here* Posted by: BifBewalski at December 13, 2024 09:40 PM (MsrgL) 397
Dogs are for people who want to be worshipped. Cats are for people who want companionship.
I love both, have had both. We are currently without dogs, because it wasn't worth the expense of fencing in 20 acres, and I won't let my dogs roam. I won't ever be without cats. Ours are very affectionate, very entertaining, and very empathetic. They can definitely tell when you're unwell, be it illness or emotional troubles. Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 13, 2024 09:42 PM (Vvh2V) 398
Because you always want something that poops in the house.
Did not work out for the Depps. Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 09:34 PM (zdLoL) --- Yeah, if Amber just took her shits out on the lawn, they'd still be together today. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:42 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Harry Reid's exercise device at December 13, 2024 09:43 PM (QTCRF) 400
359 The 43 million number is and was bullshit.
---- That number correlated well with my estimate of the number of illegal aliens in the country since the late 90s. Current estimate is 65M ± 5M. Posted by: Ciampino - why did they do it? at December 13, 2024 09:43 PM (i0xsb) 401
The Poseidon Adventure is a New Year’s movie.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:43 PM (v6JzV) 402
Ah, a cat thread. What a surprise!
Posted by: Zombie Felix at December 13, 2024 09:36 PM (mH6SG) --- I talked about drones, and that faded. I talked about health care and that faded. So cats reign supreme. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:44 PM (ZOv7s) 403
365, Old Cat, I am glad to hear that you had solicitous feline. Any animal can be a comforting companion.
But cats in general are just not the companions that dogs are. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:34 PM (v6JzV) Its just different. If you are hunting or taking the long walks dogs need because that is how dogs become an apex predator it is ideal. Herding livestock, also a huge plus. Its less useful for me who doesn't do that. But for me, I am uneasy at that sort of slavish or intense adoration by anything, it doesn't suit me. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:44 PM (n7h9X) 404
The Poseidon Adventure is a New Year’s movie.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:43 PM (v6JzV) --- There's got to be a morning after. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:44 PM (ZOv7s) 405
I prefer pigs to cats.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:45 PM (v6JzV) 406
o cats reign supreme.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:44 PM (ZOv7s) But, of course. Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 13, 2024 09:45 PM (Vvh2V) 407
I won't ever be without cats. Ours are very affectionate, very entertaining, and very empathetic. They can definitely tell when you're unwell, be it illness or emotional troubles.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 13, 2024 09:42 PM (Vvh2V) One of my cat is even the 'psychiatrist' cat who will find the cats who are upset by something or one of the other cats and just watch them nose to nose until they feel better. Posted by: Oldcat at December 13, 2024 09:46 PM (n7h9X) 408
Oh, I do love pigs, too. Lots of personality and piglets are adorable.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 13, 2024 09:47 PM (Vvh2V) 409
That number correlated well with my estimate of the number of illegal aliens in the country since the late 90s. Current estimate is 65M ± 5M.
Posted by: Ciampino - why did they do it? at December 13, 2024 09:43 PM (i0xsb) --- Yeah, that was the elephant in the room. Illegals with no insurance but who must be treated at ERs. Gotta make up that shortfall somewhere, so force people into higher premiums so hospitals can cover their costs. I've been told point black by the billing dept. that my family is allowed longer hospital stays because of my insurance and they will also cut me a discount if I pay the co-pay as a lump sum because they get so much on the back end. It's socialized medicine with a capitalist skin. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:47 PM (ZOv7s) 410
I prefer pigs to cats.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:45 PM (v6JzV) --- I haven't eaten a cat, so I can't comment. I do like bacon, though. mmmm, bacon.... Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:48 PM (ZOv7s) 411
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate cats. But dogs are far preferable. They’re called “Man’s Best Friend” for a reason.
Posted by: Bulg at December 13, 2024 09:49 PM (v6JzV) 412
388 388 365, Old Cat, I am glad to hear that you had solicitous feline. Any animal can be a comforting companion.
But cats in general are just not the companions that dogs are. Posted by: Bulg at December 13, Entirely not true. You haven’t been loved by a cat. My cats are obsessive about me. They growl at J because they don’t think he needs to sit by me. I think it’s funny. If I am not home, they love on him. Posted by: Piper at December 13, 2024 09:51 PM (pZEOD) 413
That top pic freaks me out, but it doesn’t surprise me. I never did trust any of the Great Lakes.
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 07:40 PM (PCNh/) Looks like Gayle. Never trust a Gayle. Posted by: haffhowershower at December 13, 2024 09:52 PM (NMT5x) 414
News from the Russian front:
Russia suspends grain exports to Syria following Assad's ousting. India purchases 12 Russian-designed Su-30MKI fighter jets. --- So much for them running out of product. Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:52 PM (ZAwHo) 415
Looks like Gayle. Never trust a Gayle.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 13, 2024 09:52 PM (NMT5x) --- The Gayles of November are particularly dangerous. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:53 PM (ZOv7s) 416
So ... I'm watching 310 to Yuma, all the way through for the first time.
I feel like every character here is like John Ruth or Mattie Ross, hellbent on meeting the hangman. If I was in a bounty party, I'd just assure the prisoner that if anyone dies, they'd be soon to follow. Wade kills way too many people for them to go on the way that they did. Crowe played a villain in ?Virtuosity? also but it doesn't fit him. Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 13, 2024 09:53 PM (lhenN) 417
Oh man. Syria is going to be such a mess.
I have zero qualms about Israel encroaching as much as they see fit. Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 09:55 PM (iziT8) 418
So much for them running out of product.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 09:52 PM (ZAwHo) --- Russians are making some serious gains in the south, outflanking the Ukrainian defensive lines. They're moving slowly but steadily, outflanking towns rather than assaulting them. I can't help but wonder what Ukraine has left to throw at them. Their lines must be stretched really thin, and with the snow, new trenches show up like a neon sign. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:55 PM (ZOv7s) 419
just getting this in the name field
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Ladies, the CEO shooter is only 5 foot 7 at December 13, 2024 09:56 PM (J+Ee3) 420
The entire Middle East is and always will be a mess.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:57 PM (nyTxL) 421
The government could devise the best healthcare system in history and I still wouldn't want it because I don't want my healthcare in the hands of democrats.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 13, 2024 09:57 PM (3wi/L) 422
The Gayles of November are particularly dangerous.
Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya...fellas, it's been good to know ya. Posted by: The Edmund Fitzgerald Cook at December 13, 2024 09:57 PM (mH6SG) Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 09:58 PM (ltTgF) 424
So ... I'm watching 310 to Yuma, all the way through for the first time.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 13, 2024 09:53 PM (lhenN) --- I know that I watched it, but none of what you wrote has any meaning to me. It was a thoroughly forgettable film. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:58 PM (ZOv7s) 425
Noodlums, ya hoodlums.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 13, 2024 09:58 PM (nyTxL) 426
Is Luigi really only 5'7"?
Untermensch. Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 09:58 PM (ltTgF) --- He shot a dude in the back. Fucking worm. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 13, 2024 09:59 PM (ZOv7s) 427
He coulda shot the dude from the front and Me. CEO Man still wouldn't have seen him coming.
Posted by: Robert at December 13, 2024 10:01 PM (ltTgF) 428
152 Is The Poseidon Adventure a Christmas movie? Posted by: eleven at December 13, 2024 08:19 PM (iziT -------- It was a bunch of special effects. With a model ocean liner, with great big water droplets, because nobody had figured out how to fix that. And washed up actors And Irwin Allen. You had to be there, man. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 13, 2024 10:04 PM (t1fZA) 429
In my lifetime, I've had dogs (preferable)
Cats (Tolerable) Belgin Lope Eared Rabbits (A curse from my son) Yeah... Posted by: Nightwatch at December 13, 2024 10:34 PM (TDvv2) 430
There was a film I saw in theater in my youth back in the early 70's
"Lawman" Burt Lancaster plus a number of well-known western actors. But the thing that caught me was how gory it was. Almost has if Sam Peckinpah had directed it. Particular is the scene where Lee J. Cobb puts a pistol under his chin and blows his brains out the top of his hat in full reveal. Don't know why I'm sharing this...must be Friday. Posted by: Nightwatch at December 13, 2024 10:53 PM (TDvv2) Processing 0.08, elapsed 0.0825 seconds. |
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