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Yes...Yes. It's confusing, but you maniacs will power through it!

Posted by: CBD at 10:13 PM

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1 Huh

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2024 10:14 PM (1m82a)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at December 21, 2024 10:14 PM (GYt5+)

3 First?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 21, 2024 10:14 PM (4MP1v)

4 hello?

Posted by: caf at December 21, 2024 10:14 PM (/+mVZ)

5 First? Read the contnet.too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (8zz6B)

6 "Good grief, Pig Pen, kill it with fire!"

Posted by: Locarno at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (h6LWB)

7 Alien Peanuts then The Peanuts Thing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (63Dwl)

8 howdy horde.

Posted by: Solutus at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (Jnnb9)

9 I see the movie Life as sort of a more modern The Thing.

[spoilers] Especially in the sense that some of mankind is more concerned about saving its enemy then it is of saving itself - an idea not at all present in The Thing.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (oZhjI)

10 I found the content...disturbing.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 21, 2024 10:16 PM (mH6SG)

11 Just laughing at der Trumpenfuhrer's Panama Canal post and puzzling over the US hits on the Houthis (puzzling because this administration has completely mishandled this from the outset and apparently now creeping back towards sanity - with a month in office - is baffling).

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2024 10:16 PM (1m82a)

12 It's The Thing, Charlie Brown!

Posted by: A missed opportunity at December 21, 2024 10:16 PM (UKe2c)

13 This is what happens when Snoopy could no longer control all of his various personas and alter egos.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at December 21, 2024 10:16 PM (Vyll1)

14 Happy Equinox to all. Now we can get back to more daylight. One minute at a time

Posted by: Pete Seria at December 21, 2024 10:16 PM (7ZQe3)

15 Dayummm!

I was getting the shakes over here.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:17 PM (WXNFJ)

16 Found Waldo, Woodstock, and The Three Faces of Eve.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2024 10:17 PM (41CYW)

17 Good Grief! The Great Pumpkin Spice season finally comes to its well deserved end!

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 21, 2024 10:17 PM (Xo+UM)

18 The Thing is one of my favorite memories.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 10:17 PM (LkLld)

19
This is what happens when Snoopy could no longer control all of his various personas and alter egos.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle

He had a cheap psychiatrist living nearby.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2024 10:18 PM (63Dwl)

20 Rats.

Posted by: Solutus at December 21, 2024 10:18 PM (Jnnb9)

21 He had a cheap psychiatrist living nearby.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Think of it, a Psychiatrist repeatedly bullying and tormenting a neighbor with a football.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:19 PM (WXNFJ)

22 Meep meep meeping!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 10:20 PM (mT+6a)

23 Nobody trusts Snoopy and we're all very tired.

Posted by: Lucy MacReady at December 21, 2024 10:21 PM (mH6SG)

24 John Carpenter approves.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2024 10:21 PM (VwHCD)

25 Jeepers. That's disturbing.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 10:21 PM (mT+6a)

26 The aborted SpaceX launch is on again:

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR DECEMBER 21

On Go - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Astranis Block 2
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: December 21/22, 2024
Launch Time: 12:00 a.m. - 0500 UTC, 06:00 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/nHgWiLoW6SI

Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with mahometans at December 21, 2024 10:21 PM (i0xsb)

27 "Good grief, Pig Pen, kill it with fire!"
Posted by: Locarno

Pig Pen has already been assimilated. I really should not have laughed out loud when I saw this rendition. Coal this year for sure.

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 21, 2024 10:22 PM (+VovS)

28 Oh, Pooky would love this ONT! Unfortunately, he's in bed, so you're stuck with me.

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeding the giant Dutch baby at December 21, 2024 10:23 PM (dtlDP)

29 Hmm. Maybe I could do a western.

Posted by: James Arness at December 21, 2024 10:24 PM (XeU6L)

30 Tennessee is getting beat like a red headed step child.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 10:26 PM (mT+6a)

31 You got to fucking kidding

Posted by: javems at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (8I4hW)

32 Ciampino -- thanks for blowing the mragins.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)

33 Reindeer on wildcat strike. Santa's using zebras now.

Posted by: North Pole News at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (G5+As)

34 Someone here, maybe it was even ace, remarked that The Hateful Eight is a western-style version of The Thing. A group stranded together in close quarters not sure who is the enemy(ies). Both good movies in my opinion.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (CWMF2)

35 Ciampino -- thanks for blowing the mragins.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)

You're supposed to say that with a cigarette in your mouth.

Posted by: pookysgirl, enforcing the AoSHQ Style Guide with a lighter at December 21, 2024 10:29 PM (dtlDP)

36 Howdy, Horde!

Just checking in.

Good night, Horde. Battling a (most likely) sinus infection.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 21, 2024 10:29 PM (ha1wR)

37 Nuke it from orbit, Charlie Brown.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2024 10:30 PM (Wnv9h)

38 Neil DeGrasse Tyson runs his mouth and gets smoked by an actual scientist:

https://tinyurl.com/yj6nkmmx

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 21, 2024 10:30 PM (pIfcn)

39 @30- Not watching but I guess I'll end up 3-1 on my bracket picks.
Picked Tenn due to kid from this small town plays for em.
And he's a grandson of a very dear widow lady's best friend.

Posted by: TeeJ at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (ytKo6)

40 Good evening Horde.

Posted by: TRex at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (9tvFd)

41 George Fenneman was in The Thing From Another World. Don't think he made a lot of movies.

Posted by: You Bet Your Life at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (G5+As)

42 I didn't notice a post on it.

But Ace were you aware that apparently RINO Kay Granger has been missing from Congress for SIX MONTHS, and they just found out she's been confined to an assisted living memory unit for the whole time?

Which of course means that she's been worthless for years before that.

It's actually insane that the RINOs just casually covered up something like this.

She should have been forcibly removed and a replacement named.

But of course, the RINO party hoped we just wouldn't notice.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (lCHt6)

43 So was it Franklin or Charlie Brown, at the end?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 21, 2024 10:32 PM (kpS4V)

44 "Ciampino -- thanks for blowing the mragins."

Interesting thing about the internet if you haven't heard yet, it was designed for large scale monitors and not tiny little telephone screens.

If you are viewing on a pc or even a laptop, margins being expanded are barely noticeable.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:32 PM (89Sog)

45 I genuinely lol'd at the picture. Thanks, I needed that.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 21, 2024 10:32 PM (DTX3h)

46 Neil DeGrasse Tyson runs his mouth and gets smoked by an actual scientist:

https://tinyurl.com/yj6nkmmx
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

Shucks. I was hoping it was Brian May of Queen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2024 10:33 PM (VNX3d)

47 So, celebrating the winter solstice with eggnog and bourbon. Mmm. I found my recipe in The Deplorable Gourmet. I couldn't find it in my foodie binder.

Weasel and Bluebell did an excellent job with that.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 21, 2024 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

48 this isn't the ONT?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (/7KEl)

49 Man arrested for spraying bug kiIIer on food inside Mesa, Arizona Walmart

https://t.co/Za5TInBQot

Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with idiots there's too many at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (i0xsb)

50 I didn't notice a post on it.

But Ace were you aware that apparently RINO Kay Granger has been missing from Congress for SIX MONTHS, and they just found out she's been confined to an assisted living memory unit for the whole time?

Which of course means that she's been worthless for years before that.

It's actually insane that the RINOs just casually covered up something like this.

She should have been forcibly removed and a replacement named.

But of course, the RINO party hoped we just wouldn't notice.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (lCHt6)

Ho Lee Fuk. The bar for the GOP is We Too Low.

Posted by: pookysgirl with the meme callbacks at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (dtlDP)

51 - phone I'm on is about as small as they get.
Margins fine here.
Maybe, if they turn their phone sideways...?

Posted by: TeeJ at December 21, 2024 10:37 PM (ytKo6)

52 Lara Trump announces she is dropping out of running for the Senate

https://mol.im/a/14217731

Posted by: Ciampino - no nepotism is good at December 21, 2024 10:38 PM (i0xsb)

53 Reindeer on wildcat strike. Santa's using zebras now.
Posted by: North Pole News at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (G5+As)

They are a lot bigger than DD bras, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 10:38 PM (8zz6B)

54 Eggnog with Baileys Belgium chocolate

Very good

Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at December 21, 2024 10:38 PM (tXURQ)

55 Time to weed out the old drunksters. It's like a Politburo gerantocracy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 21, 2024 10:39 PM (kpS4V)

56 Somebody's rolling over in his grave...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 21, 2024 10:39 PM (Q4IgG)

57 For people who are really frustrated, just imagine you're a Tyrannosaurus Rex trying to make a bed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2024 10:39 PM (VNX3d)

58 This is New York Police Officer Quathisha Epps

https://tinyurl.com/4ffw94t9

Posted by: Ciampino - monthly is ridiculous at December 21, 2024 10:40 PM (i0xsb)

59 Time to weed out the old drunksters. It's like a Politburo gerantocracy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos

Us or congress?

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 21, 2024 10:40 PM (+VovS)

60 I know where you all are.

That ho Insty put up two Firefly references in a row and you can't resist, can you?

Well, THE POWER OF THE EWOK COMPELS YOU and you need to get back here!

Posted by: pookysgirl, yet again juggling a cat and baby at December 21, 2024 10:40 PM (dtlDP)

61 Eggnog with Baileys Belgium chocolate

Very good
Posted by: Zeera The people are coming

To satisfy my sweet tooth I'm having Rumchata mixed with cheap whiskey my son gave to me. Only way I can choke that crap down.

But, I'm up for the challenge.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:40 PM (WXNFJ)

62 Time to weed out the old drunksters.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
-------

I'm right here, you know...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2024 10:41 PM (XeU6L)

63 That's not funny.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 21, 2024 10:41 PM (jGGMD)

64 >>Lara Trump announces she is dropping out of running for the Senate

Allow me to translate.

DeSantis was not going to pick Lara Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 10:41 PM (LkLld)

65 I didn't notice a post on it.

But Ace were you aware that apparently RINO Kay Granger has been missing from Congress for SIX MONTHS, and they just found out she's been confined to an assisted living memory unit for the whole time?

Which of course means that she's been worthless for years before that.

It's actually insane that the RINOs just casually covered up something like this.

She should have been forcibly removed and a replacement named.

But of course, the RINO party hoped we just wouldn't notice.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (lCHt6)

Shit is getting out of hand with these fucking archaeological wonders taking up space in government.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2024 10:42 PM (VwHCD)

66 Posted by: pookysgirl, yet again juggling a cat and baby

I see a lot of therapy in that child's future.

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 21, 2024 10:42 PM (+VovS)

67 Hillary had nothing to do with this 'suicide'.
Judge's bombshell response to 'suicide' death of teacher from TWENTY stab wounds

https://mol.im/a/14216607

Posted by: Ciampino - 4 shotgun blasts in the back -- suicide at December 21, 2024 10:43 PM (i0xsb)

68 You know, the Charlie Brown cartoon above triggered a thought - I've seen plenty of pron of Wilma and Betty, Jane Jetson, etc.

But nothing like that of Charlie Brown characters. But then again, Rule 34 is always in play.

And no, I'm not going to look for them.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:43 PM (WXNFJ)

69 Cleaned the carpets this evening. Dog is not impressed.

Posted by: scampydog at December 21, 2024 10:44 PM (41CYW)

70 I see the movie Life as sort of a more modern The Thing.

[spoilers] Especially in the sense that some of mankind is more concerned about saving its enemy then it is of saving itself - an idea not at all present in The Thing.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 10:15 PM (oZhjI)

Life is a movie that I will watch but don't really like.

But damn, Rebecca Ferguson.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 21, 2024 10:44 PM (jGGMD)

71 Ho Lee Fuk. The bar for the GOP is We Too Low.
Posted by: pookysgirl with the meme callbacks at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (dtlDP)

Vote Papoon, Not Insane!

Posted by: Papoon - actually insane at December 21, 2024 10:44 PM (D7oie)

72 It's too early to tell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 10:44 PM (mPfbt)

73 Ciampino -- thanks for blowing the mragins.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)

I was trying to figure out what "blowing a migraine" was.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2024 10:44 PM (WlvCt)

74 Peanuts in the Carpenter Universe. Brilliant! 😁👍

Posted by: Tracy at December 21, 2024 10:45 PM (PdW5U)

75 Interesting thing about the internet if you haven't heard yet, it was designed for large scale monitors and not tiny little telephone screens.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:32 PM (89Sog)

Except...about 35% of Ace's readers use their phones, so people who don't give a sh*t about blowing the margins (that's a Pixy problem, but that is also another issue) are pretty rude.

That being said, the margins aren't blown. Maybe expanded a bit, but it is still readable.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 10:45 PM (d9fT1)

76 Navy shot down one of its own F-16s tonight. The 2 pilots are alive & uninjured, which is the most important thing. Also not in Houthi captivity, praise God.

Could've been worse. Could've been an F-35.

Kind of makes the U.S. combat capabilities look a little rusty, though.

Posted by: mnw at December 21, 2024 10:45 PM (NLIak)

77 It's inhumane and a disservice to Granger's constituents to make her serve out her term when she had obvious dementia.
Everyone knows you need to put her in the Senate.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staffers at December 21, 2024 10:46 PM (sDWtc)

78 She had 10 stab wounds to her neck and the back of the head, and 10 to her stomach, abdomen and chest with a 10-inch knife still plunged into her heart

Um...this is almost as bad as the Clinton and Epstein adviser that "committed suicide" by hanging himself and while suffocating then shot himself in the chest with a shotgun, which was NOT found at the scene.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 10:46 PM (oZhjI)

79 To satisfy my sweet tooth I'm having Rumchata mixed with cheap whiskey my son gave to me. Only way I can choke that crap down.

But, I'm up for the challenge.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:40 PM (WXNFJ)

I'm doing Hershey kisses and bourbon. Kinda tastes like those little booze filled chocolate bottles.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2024 10:46 PM (VwHCD)

80 I see a lot of therapy in that child's future.

Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 21, 2024 10:42 PM (+VovS)

Heh, the cat thinks it's safe because my lap has gone still. But then she hops up, sniffs the sleeping baby, and either gently cuddles up to him or hops off.

Posted by: pookysgirl, yet again juggling a cat and baby at December 21, 2024 10:47 PM (dtlDP)

81 Man arrested for spraying bug kiIIer on food inside Mesa, Arizona Walmart

https://t.co/Za5TInBQot
Posted by: Ciampino - trouble with idiots there's too many at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (i0xsb)

That fucker needs a serious beating. About 40 broken bones should be about right.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 10:47 PM (8zz6B)

82 Navy shot down one of its own F-16s tonight. The 2 pilots are alive & uninjured, which is the most important thing. Also not in Houthi captivity, praise God.

Soviet America has shot down more F-16s then Soviet Russia did...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 10:47 PM (oZhjI)

83 And he's a grandson of a very dear widow lady's best friend.
Posted by: TeeJ at December 21, 2024 10:31 PM (ytKo6)

This is how every campfire story and every "No, it's real!" gossip starts.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2024 10:48 PM (WlvCt)

84 F-18s, presumably? If Navy. In the Red Sea, HST group? Haven't seen that yet. Oops. Happens.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2024 10:48 PM (1m82a)

85 76 Navy shot down one of its own F-16s tonight. The 2 pilots are alive & uninjured, which is the most important thing. Also not in Houthi captivity, praise God.

Could've been worse. Could've been an F-35.

Kind of makes the U.S. combat capabilities look a little rusty, though.

Posted by: mnw at December 21, 2024 10:45 PM (NLIak)

Navy. F-16. It's own. Does not compute.

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2024 10:48 PM (aBgBM)

86
OSU is thumping Tennessee pretty good

35-10 3rd

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (/7KEl)

87 "Except...about 35% of Ace's readers use their phones, so people who don't give a sh*t about blowing the margins (that's a Pixy problem, but that is also another issue) are pretty rude."

Maybe a handy guideline on just how wide the comment box is might be in order. That way when somebody posts a link or a quate, they can count down to the exact character.

Most are not trying to be rude at all. So how about you help them?

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (89Sog)

88 this isn't the ONT?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 10:34 PM (/7KEl)

The ONT is a state of mind. Yes.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

89 ONT is on the other side.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 10:51 PM (mPfbt)

90 > Navy shot down one of its own F-16s tonight
--------
F/A-18... purportedly.

There was "shit" going on in the area. Someone did not deconflict their airspace.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 21, 2024 10:52 PM (Q4IgG)

91 Navy shot down one of its own

==

take it out their salaries !!

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2024 10:52 PM (QTCRF)

92 85

F-18...pedant.

Now does it compute for you?

Posted by: mnw at December 21, 2024 10:52 PM (NLIak)

93 F/A-18 !

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2024 10:52 PM (QTCRF)

94 Man arrested for spraying bug kiIIer on food inside Mesa, Arizona Walmart

https://t.co/Za5TInBQot

Rats....site no likes adblockers.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:53 PM (89Sog)

95 >>Most are not trying to be rude at all. So how about you help them?

Use tinyurl or another link shortener.

This isn't hard. It's been know for years here. Long unbroken stings of letters blown the margins.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 10:53 PM (LkLld)

96 32 Ciampino -- thanks for blowing the mragins.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 21, 2024 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)
----
If it's #26 then that has never caused problems before. It's uTube's own link shortener and I post them all the time without complaints.
Can your browser handle a split link like this?
ttps://www.youtube.com/
live/nHgWiLoW6SI

Posted by: Ciampino - I'll split them if you want them at December 21, 2024 10:54 PM (i0xsb)

97 86
OSU is thumping Tennessee pretty good

35-10 3rd

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (/7KEl)

Division 1 Championship First Round Playoff games have all been one-sided in favor of the higher-ranked teams. Wow, is this brand-new 12-team playoff format terrific or what? I'll take "or what."

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2024 10:54 PM (aBgBM)

98 >>>apparently now creeping back towards sanity - with a month in office - is baffling).
Posted by: rhomboid
---

Everything they do has a degrading purpose if it appears logical it's a misdirection.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 10:55 PM (mPfbt)

99 Most are not trying to be rude at all. So how about you help them?

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (89Sog)

Seriously? I have been helping them for five fucking years. Do you know how many fucking comments I have edited so they don't blow the margins? Do you know how many times I have asked that people don't use links that are too long?

Maybe ease up on the entitlement. I don't work for you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 10:55 PM (d9fT1)

100 > Man arrested for spraying bug kiIIer on food inside Mesa, Arizona Walmart
----------
Social media "influencer" with thousands of followers. Supposedly been doing this for "a while."

Gets a lot of "likes" for his stupidity.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 21, 2024 10:55 PM (Q4IgG)

101
pookysgirl, yet again juggling a cat and baby

Throw in a couple bowling pins and a chainsaw and you've got an act suitable for the Sullivan show.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2024 10:56 PM (63Dwl)

102 I'm not CBD, but one good tip is to use youtu.be/[whatever] instead of the llllooonnng https://youtube.com / watch / v=[whatever].
Just get rid of the http crap wherever it appears.
My problem with tinyurl is what if some troll or spammer hides something nasty in there.

Posted by: margin fellator at December 21, 2024 10:56 PM (sDWtc)

103 92 85

F-18...pedant.

Now does it compute for you?

Posted by: mnw at December 21, 2024 10:52 PM (NLIak)

The devil is in the details on a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2024 10:56 PM (aBgBM)

104 YouTube designs its links to be short.
Maybe there's a problem with the phone.
I had an Alcatel that would fritz on anything.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 10:57 PM (mPfbt)

105 So what is the max count of characters in one line on a phone before breaking margins? (I don't have a cellphone but have a 17" screen on my laptop

Posted by: Ciampino - I'll split them if you want them? at December 21, 2024 10:58 PM (i0xsb)

106 Here is an example of how to shorten links :

https://tinyurl.com/5brvmpb6

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2024 10:58 PM (QTCRF)

107 The Economist has an article on how terrible Merkel was. On the facebook link to it the first two comments are:

1) A Turk in Germany saying she was a great visionary

2) A self described American leftist in Germany saying she was great

But all the comments aren't bad. One poster noted "She made West Germany into East Germany"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 10:58 PM (oZhjI)

108 Navy shot down one of its own F-16s tonight.
Posted by: mnw at December 21, 2024 10:45 PM (NLIak)

The US Navy doesn't have any F-16s. At all.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (WlvCt)

109 As if Pixy Misa gives a tuppenny fuck about us mobile users. This is the least mobile friendly site that's still active on the internet. He can't even be bothered to fix a bad URL to the style sheet that kind of works but kind of doesn't because some browsers can correctly guess the real link but others follow the literal broken link to the CSS and it fails. Why would he bother to fix the CSS to have fixed margins or other faggy shit like that?

But don't mind us, we find a way to make it work. Pixy has more important work, like rehashing HN and Slashdot at 4 AM in the US.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (RGt60)

110
If it's #26 then that has never caused problems before. It's uTube's own link shortener and I post them all the time without complaints.

Probably the constant underline.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (63Dwl)

111 57 For people who are really frustrated, just imagine you're a Tyrannosaurus Rex trying to make a bed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2024 10:39 PM
***
You rang?

Posted by: TRex at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (9tvFd)

112 I've long thought that Snoopy was what killed "Peanuts."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (CHHv1)

113 I am sick as a dog. Himself gave me an early Christmas present: A big, bad head cold. I skipped dialysis Thursday, but went today. Amazon had a deal on Hunt For Red October. Doesn't matter I can probably quote most of the script by heart. Got home. Ate Arby's sandwich for supper. Couldn't taste it. Went to bed. Got up after Himself went to bed. Drank some ice water. Bleh. Dug out snow cone machine and packed snow around ice. Water is finally cold enough.

I will be madder than hell if I still can't taste anything by Christmas. She's making rib roast. It been a coon's age since I've had a decent cut of beef. She'll probably sous vide the thing then send her husband out to finish it on the grill.

Anyone have any luck finding None such mince meat in the jar this year? Himself finally dug out his mother's recipe and made it from scratch.

Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 21, 2024 11:00 PM (lAAta)

114 Oh, and combat F-16s aren't two-seaters.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2024 11:00 PM (WlvCt)

115 57 For people who are really frustrated, just imagine you're a Tyrannosaurus Rex trying to make a bed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2024 10:39 PM (VNX3d)

Pfft...

Try getting off

Posted by: TRex with blueballs at December 21, 2024 11:01 PM (TTAGa)

116 Maybe ease up on the entitlement. I don't work for you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 10:55 PM (d9fT1)

Do you have a hard number for unbroken string length? I generally use a url shortener, but some links are natively "pretty short", and it would be nice to know if they can be posted as-is.

Is less than one comment input box line OK? Half a line?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:01 PM (8zz6B)

117 Do you have a hard number for unbroken string length? I generally use a url shortener, but some links are natively "pretty short", and it would be nice to know if they can be posted as-is.

Is less than one comment input box line OK? Half a line?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:01 PM (8zz6B)

That's pretty much all I wanted to know but something got lost in translation.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 11:02 PM (89Sog)

118 Probably the constant underline.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
---

Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 11:02 PM (mPfbt)

119 also pixy doesn't recognize hyphens as linebreaks (they are linebreaks) so even if a URL comes in that doesn't bust the margin, pixy will declare it 'annoying'.

Posted by: margin fellator at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (sDWtc)

120 Is less than one comment input box line OK? Half a line?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:01 PM (8zz6B)

Half a line. That's a guess, but I think I am pretty close.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (d9fT1)

121 Maybe a handy guideline on just how wide the comment box is might be in order. That way when somebody posts a link or a quate, they can count down to the exact character.
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 10:50 PM (89Sog)

Or, you follow the rule of thumb to use an URL shortener.
That is frequently mentioned here, I think.

Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (WlvCt)

122 Rule 34 applies to dinosaurs also.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (ImxiA)

123 110
If it's #26 then that has never caused problems before. It's uTube's own link shortener and I post them all the time without complaints.

Probably the constant underline.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2024 10:59 PM (63Dwl)
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I assumed that any text processing system would break a line at a space, even if underlined. Okay I'll sort that out.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'll split them if you want them? at December 21, 2024 11:04 PM (i0xsb)

124 Link goes to yahoo....

woman leaves kids in car while she goes drinking.

https://tinyurl.com/wztpw6tp

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 11:04 PM (89Sog)

125 It's inhumane and a disservice to Granger's constituents to make her serve out her term when she had obvious dementia.
Everyone knows you need to put her in the Senate.
Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staffers at December 21, 2024 10:46 PM (sDWtc)

I concur!

Posted by: Zombie Dianne Feinstein at December 21, 2024 11:04 PM (wNu9z)

126 F-18 Story....

https://is.gd/OH7URg

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:04 PM (d9fT1)

127 OT, but I saw that one of my favorite authors died a day or so ago. Barry N. Malzberg. You've probably never heard of him and most assuredly wouldn't like him (he was super angry all the time) but for me, the world is poorer.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (CHHv1)

128 Is less than one comment input box line OK? Half a line?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:01 PM (8zz6B)

That's pretty much all I wanted to know but something got lost in translation.
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it.
---

That should solve the problem. What is the number of string characters allowed?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (mPfbt)

129 Posted by: Ciampino - I'll split them if you want them? at December 21, 2024 11:04 PM (i0xsb)

Your link was...fine. It pushed the margins, but not enough to be unpleasant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (d9fT1)

130 Navy shoots down its own F/A-18 in Red Sea fight
https://t.co/OJqhrpDMF2
The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a. The incident is under investigation.
On Saturday, Dec. 21, CENTCOM said that U.S. forces had shot down several one-way attack drones and an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Yemen over the Red Sea; it’s unclear if the back-and-forth strikes were ongoing when the Navy jet was shot down.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (9aVck)

131 also pixy doesn't recognize hyphens as linebreaks (they are linebreaks) so even if a URL comes in that doesn't bust the margin, pixy will declare it 'annoying'.
Posted by: margin fellator at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (sDWtc)

Well, I don't recognize hyphens as line breaks, either, and I am pretty sure that hyphens exist as characters in their own right in some urls.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (8zz6B)

132 Throw in a couple bowling pins and a chainsaw and you've got an act suitable for the Sullivan show.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I loved the dude spinning plates. THAT, my friends, is entertainment.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (WXNFJ)

133 >>Lara Trump announces she is dropping out of running for the Senate

Allow me to translate.

DeSantis was not going to pick Lara Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw

Good. I despise political dynasties.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2024 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

134 WTF, CBD??

Anyway - Howdy Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2024 11:06 PM (RFPHU)

135 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR DECEMBER 21

On Go - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Astranis Block 2
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: December 21/22, 2024
Launch Time: 12:00 a.m. - 0500 UTC, 06:00 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/nHgWiLoW6SI

Posted by: Ciampino - This okay? at December 21, 2024 11:06 PM (i0xsb)

136 135
That 12:00 AM is Eastern time.

Did it break the margins?

Posted by: Ciampino - This okay?? at December 21, 2024 11:07 PM (i0xsb)

137 Mistakenly?

Uh that is why Mode 4 exists.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (ImxiA)

138 >>Do you have a hard number for unbroken string length? I generally use a url shortener, but some links are natively "pretty short", and it would be nice to know if they can be posted as-is.

A great rule of thumb is use a url shortener for every link. They are stupid easy to use and they never blow the margins.

This place is free. ace almost never asks for any donations and hall monitors are also working for free other than CBD who gets dental.

Just use a tinyurl of bitly or another url shortener whenever you post a link and it makes it easier for everyone. Bonus, we can stop having this same conversation for the next 10 years.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (LkLld)

139 I see in the news the Ukes are attacking Russian apartment complexes with suicide drones.

And yes the video looks kind of like 9/11.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (oZhjI)

140 Just use a tinyurl of bitly or another url shortener whenever you post a link and it makes it easier for everyone. Bonus, we can stop having this same conversation for the next 10 years.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (LkLld)

This being the HQ, and we the Horde ...

What fun would that be?

Posted by: browndog watching the Buckeyes roll Tennessee at December 21, 2024 11:10 PM (TTAGa)

141 Just use a tinyurl of bitly or another url shortener whenever you post a link and it makes it easier for everyone. Bonus, we can stop having this same conversation for the next 10 years.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (LkLld)

Next you won't want to refight the war of southern idiocy again.

How rude.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 11:10 PM (89Sog)

142 Half a line. That's a guess, but I think I am pretty close.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:03 PM (d9fT1)

Thank you. I will try to remember that. I generally use tinyurl, but some links that I find are real short, as is.

By the way, youtube has their own short link maker, the "share" function. It generates a link with a string of characters, a question mark, and another string of characters. Delete the question mark, and the string that follows, and the link still works; just denies youtube their tracking data.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:11 PM (8zz6B)

143 WTF, CBD??

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2024 11:06 PM (RFPHU)

Blue Note "Juke Joint."

93 proof. Simple. Pleasant. but definitely not exciting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:11 PM (d9fT1)

144 Scrubbed Scrubbed Scrubbed

OKAY, after all that launch is scrubbed. Come back in 5 days.

Posted by: Ciampino - you jinxed it at December 21, 2024 11:11 PM (i0xsb)

145 By the way, youtube has their own short link maker, the "share" function. It generates a link with a string of characters, a question mark, and another string of characters. Delete the question mark, and the string that follows, and the link still works; just denies youtube their tracking data.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:11 PM (8zz6B)

Ahhhhh, that's good to know.

I've seen the YouTube string and delete it as I would be afraid of blowing the margins.

Posted by: browndog watching the Buckeyes roll Tennessee at December 21, 2024 11:13 PM (TTAGa)

146 So it is going to be Don Jr, right?
Lara Trump
@LaraLeaTrump
After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate.
I could not have been more honored to serve as RNC co-chair during the most high-stakes election of our lifetime and I’m truly humbled by the unbelievable support shown to me by the people of our country, and here in the great state of Florida. I have read so many of your kind messages and I cannot thank you enough.
I do have a big announcement that I’m excited to share in January, so, stay tuned.
I remain incredibly passionate about public service and look forward to serving our country again sometime in the future. In the meantime, I wish Governor DeSantis the best of luck with this appointment.
Quote
Donald J. Trump Daily Polls
@TrumpDailyPolls·Dec 4
Would you support Lara Trump to replace Marco Rubio in Florida Senate?
Show this poll
2:42 PM · Dec 21, 2024

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 21, 2024 11:14 PM (9aVck)

147 I'm getting old and crotchety. The phrase suicide drones bugs me, as I'm pretty sure no drone has such advanced AI that it has any will to live or die. It does convey drones being deliberately crashed into buildings with just 2 words so I guess I'll have to learn to live with it.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2024 11:14 PM (83y/e)

148 I only access Ace on my phone.

I can manage to use tinyurl. It is t difficult, but reading on my phone when y'all blow out the margins is not fun.

Please. It isn't hard. And y'all are a lot more techy smart than I am.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:14 PM (mT+6a)

149 Blue Note "Juke Joint."

93 proof. Simple. Pleasant. but definitely not exciting.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 21, 2024 11:11 PM (d9fT1)

Aren't all those Blue Note varieties crazy expensive??

My local shop is selling allocated stuff tomorrow at noon. Everything is MSRP. They're drawing tickets to make it somewhat fair. I'll let you know if I get anything.

Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2024 11:15 PM (RFPHU)

150 Big Announcement !

Posted by: runner at December 21, 2024 11:15 PM (QTCRF)

151 Mystery over suspicious death at Vanderbilt mansion as cops release picture of woman's dead body

https://mol.im/a/14216693

Posted by: Ciampino - you jinxed it? at December 21, 2024 11:15 PM (i0xsb)

152 130 Navy shoots down its own F/A-18 in Red Sea fight
https://t.co/OJqhrpDMF2
The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a. The incident is under investigation.
On Saturday, Dec. 21, CENTCOM said that U.S. forces had shot down several one-way attack drones and an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Yemen over the Red Sea; it’s unclear if the back-and-forth strikes were ongoing when the Navy jet was shot down.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (9aVck)

Why should I believe anything from DoD nowadays? The friendly fire explanation is no doubt a coverup for the aircraft being shot down by an anti-matter particle beam fired from a SUV-sized drone from the Planet Whizbang in the Outer Hydrocephalic Nebula.

Posted by: Tin Foil Hat-Wearing Gref at December 21, 2024 11:15 PM (aBgBM)

153 Stephen King writes schlock horror and his works like The Green mile were written by someone else.
That is my 2 cents.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 21, 2024 11:16 PM (elaR+)

154 OT, but I saw that one of my favorite authors died a day or so ago. Barry N. Malzberg. You've probably never heard of him and most assuredly wouldn't like him (he was super angry all the time) but for me, the world is poorer.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (CHHv1)

1972 Overlay
1972 The Horizontal Woman
1972 The Masochist
1972 The Men Inside

Well, I feel like I've got an, um, feel for his work.

Posted by: pookysgirl is aware of phrasing thank you very much at December 21, 2024 11:16 PM (dtlDP)

155 If DeSantis appoints an elder conservative than likely he wants the Senate seat after his governorship is up

Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 11:16 PM (oZhjI)

156 I see in the news the Ukes are attacking Russian apartment complexes with suicide drones.

And yes the video looks kind of like 9/11.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 21, 2024 11:08 PM (oZhjI)

An attack of great strategic importance, no doubt. Are they try to goad the Russians into making a Lidice out of Kiev?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:17 PM (8zz6B)

157 Throw in a couple bowling pins and a chainsaw and you've got an act suitable for the Sullivan show.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I loved the dude spinning plates. THAT, my friends, is entertainment.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 11:05 PM (WXNFJ)

Funniest juggling moment that looked unscripted was a group of jugglers in two facing lines juggling the bowling pins and tossing one across to their partner every so often. Dude on the end "drops" his catch and it rolls away between the two lines of jugglers. He jogs through the lines, barely avoiding getting beaned by the tossed pins, picks up his "dropped" pin, and returns to his spot, again barely avoiding getting beaned. The timing was incredible and it took the audience a few beats to register just what had happened before roaring in approval.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2024 11:18 PM (Aqu9a)

158 >Delete the question mark, and the string that follows, and the link still works; just denies youtube their tracking data.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-=--

this is the greatest tip since sliced bread
thank you

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 11:19 PM (/7KEl)

159 42-10?

Tennessee forgot to show up.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:19 PM (mT+6a)

160 I would think whoever owned Marco Rubio, before they decided to release him as a free agent, will have something to say about who his replacement will be.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2024 11:20 PM (wNu9z)

161 I only access Ace on my phone.

I can manage to use tinyurl. It is t difficult, but reading on my phone when y'all blow out the margins is not fun.

Please. It isn't hard. And y'all are a lot more techy smart than I am.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:14 PM (mT+6a)

Do you need a computer? I have a spare Linux desktop that I brought down here, thinking that this one I am using might be on its last legs. But it's running fine. I would have to find a keyboard, monitor, and mouse at the thrift store, but they are cheap and plentiful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:23 PM (8zz6B)

162 I do hope that if the Ukes are targeting civilians by flying planes into apartment buildings now the FNM will piss off with the propaganda that we have to arm them up to stop big bad Russia / Putin.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2024 11:23 PM (83y/e)

163 Killeen PD shoot suspect who crashes in JC Penney in a pursuit.

https://youtu.be/6yYcaDvPyZc

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2024 11:24 PM (Aqu9a)

164 Do you need a computer? I have a spare Linux desktop that I brought down here, thinking that this one I am using might be on its last legs. But it's running fine. I would have to find a keyboard, monitor, and mouse at the thrift store, but they are cheap and plentiful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You're so sweet!

But, no thank you. It's on purpose. Plus, I don't have internet at home. And I don't want it. I just use my phone and I'm good.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:25 PM (mT+6a)

165 Killeen PD shoot suspect who crashes in JC Penney in a pursuit.

https://youtu.be/6yYcaDvPyZc
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2024 11:24 PM (Aqu9a)

Heh. I read that as "pantsuit" at first, and thought, "good shoot".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:26 PM (8zz6B)

166
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 21, 2024 11:26 PM (lCaJd)

167 For those afraid to go to tinyurl due to trolls or whatever:

open new tab & type

preview.

between https://www. and tinyurl.whatever

will take you to a page what tells you where it goes, so you can then decide whether to continue

Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2024 11:26 PM (YoCnN)

168 this is the greatest tip since sliced bread
thank you

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I don't understand at December 21, 2024 11:19 PM (/7KEl)

Consensus at the Christmas dinner today was that floating tables are going to be the next great thing after sliced bread.

(Pookty's family is a lot of fun. I've been cut off from my family because of JT The Wonder Dog. Tomorrow I'll probably see my parents, 1/3 of my siblings and 2/13 nieces/nephews. This is beyond stupid.)

Posted by: pookysgirl isn't bitter, what are you talking about at December 21, 2024 11:26 PM (dtlDP)

169 1) The letters all have their own width, so there will not be a defined number that 2) blows the margins. If you keep it inside the message box, it will be fine.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 21, 2024 11:27 PM (lhenN)

170 But, no thank you. It's on purpose. Plus, I don't have internet at home. And I don't want it. I just use my phone and I'm good.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:25 PM (mT+6a)

You ought to be able to use your smartphone as a tether for the computer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:27 PM (8zz6B)

171 You ought to be able to use your smartphone as a tether for the computer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That's what I do when I bring home my work laptop and wfh.

I'm good.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:29 PM (kIzwW)

172 An attack of great strategic importance, no doubt. Are they try to goad the Russians into making a Lidice out of Kiev?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:17 PM (8zz6B)

One interpretation of the recent Ukrainian strikes into Russian territory is that they are hoping for an "overreaction" from the Russians which will draw the US and NATO (BIRM) into direct combat, before Trump's inauguration.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2024 11:30 PM (wNu9z)

173 family because of JT The Wonder Dog. Tomorrow I'll probably see my parents, 1/3 of my siblings and 2/13 nieces/nephews. This is beyond stupid.)
Posted by: pookysgirl isn't bitter, what are you talking about

Wait. Your family won't see you because of your dog? What did he do? Eat someone?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:31 PM (kIzwW)

174 159 42-10?

Tennessee forgot to show up.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:19 PM (mT+6a)

Division 1 NCAA Football is a joke this year. Oregon wins the Big 10 (a conference now with 18 teams!). Arizona State wins the Big 12 (a conference now with 16 teams!). A much-ballyhooed 12 team playoff! (With lopsided games in the first-round.) A playoff campaign that will very likely result in the same title game we'd get if there wasn't a playoff, and the top 2 teams in the AP poll played the game. Georgia vs Oregon. Progress has gone on for too long. For too many things.

Posted by: Old School Gref at December 21, 2024 11:33 PM (aBgBM)

175 woman leaves kids in car while she goes drinking.

https://tinyurl.com/wztpw6tp
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it.

Four kids, the youngest is 10 months. The judge will probably drop most of the charges. I learned this by watching youtube videos of people who behave abominably

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)

176 woman leaves kids in car while she goes drinking.

https://tinyurl.com/wztpw6tp
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it.

I wonder how much this gal gets in food stamps and rent subsidies.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2024 11:36 PM (0Htd1)

177 Your family won't see you because of your dog?

Do you blame your flatulence on the dog?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 21, 2024 11:36 PM (t8pEB)

178 woman leaves kids in car while she goes drinking.

How about a bar with daycare?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 21, 2024 11:37 PM (t8pEB)

179 family because of JT The Wonder Dog. Tomorrow I'll probably see my parents, 1/3 of my siblings and 2/13 nieces/nephews. This is beyond stupid.)
Posted by: pookysgirl isn't bitter, what are you talking about.

Whoa, that is a lot of allergic to dogs in one family. I'm supposing they are saying they are allergic, and not just saying "we are too prissy to have the service dog present"

Posted by: PaleRider at December 21, 2024 11:39 PM (83y/e)

180 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:41 PM (pZEOD)

181 I am honored to see a still from my only foray into the field of children's entertainment atop this evening's ONT. "It's an Abomination from the Cruel Void of Outer Space, Young Charlie Brown, as Your Foretaste of the Abyss" was widely successful in Deutschland, but somehow did not test well in America markets. Perhaps it was not colorful enough? Werner does not know. Charles Schulz sent me a video in which he screams for three minutes, before being forcibly restrained from committing seppuku. If Werner is being honest, I have had much worse reactions to my works.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 21, 2024 11:41 PM (tmPIh)

182 Good evening Piper, has it gotten down to 60 yet?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2024 11:42 PM (D7oie)

183 Malzberg and Resnick were two victims of proto#woke in SF. They had the temerity to talk of "lady writers".
I don't know of Malzberg's fiction; I didn't ever read much of it, but there's this -
Wiki: Malzberg uses metafiction techniques to subject the heroic conventions and literary limitations of space opera to biting satire.
Seems like his career was devoted to taking away from SF's hope and wonder, and from its appeal. Driving away boys left Malzberg vulnerable to mean girls, and the mean girls did what they do.

Posted by: margin fellator at December 21, 2024 11:44 PM (sDWtc)

184 Is this thread open?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2024 11:45 PM (JkO4W)

185 I have had much worse reactions to my works.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 21, 2024 11:41 PM (tmPIh)

I thought I recognized Klaus in the Creature costume. I'm surprised he agreed to wear so much makeup.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2024 11:46 PM (wNu9z)

186 Wait. Your family won't see you because of your dog? What did he do? Eat someone?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:31 PM (kIzwW)

Pooky has a service dog named JT (after Justin Thomas, the golfer who sponsored him). He's had him for two years now, and talked to my sister beforehand, and was reassured that as long as he kept his distance, he'd be fine.

Well, my sister's crippling asthma/allergies got triggered the first time she met JT and we've been trying to mitigate ever since. Meanwhile, my 13-year-old niece decided (consciously or subconsciously, I'm not sure) that she was terrified of dogs and therefore my brother's family refuses to be in the same room as the dog (my brother has allergies as well, but much milder than my sister). So now we take "shifts" at my parents and my older brother and sister have never seen my son (I helped raise their kids). My only consolation in my niece's cynophobia is that it's not limited to JT, the friendliest dog you've ever met who doesn't understand the concept of aggression; but it also extends to her best friend's elderly and blind dog as well as her aunt on the other side's friendly Shih Tzu.

Posted by: pookysgirl isn't bitter, what are you talking about at December 21, 2024 11:46 PM (dtlDP)

187 180 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:41 PM
***

**waves**

Posted by: TRex at December 21, 2024 11:47 PM (9tvFd)

188 DEI is working very well in the Military....

USS Gay Pride and Captain Stuebing had no comment on the incident. President Biden was awakened, but only asked where is the Red Sea ?, and that someone needs to change my depends...

The Binder also referred reporters to the Three Stooges for further comments on the incident..

Nyuk... Nyuk...... Nyuk..

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Both pilots were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries, but the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become over the ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis despite U.S. and European military coalitions patrolling the area.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 21, 2024 11:48 PM (7uGna)

189 I'm out. Have a good evening everyone. I won't. I'll have nightmares about SUV-sized alien drones shooting down the Goodyear blimp over the NCAA title game between Texas and Ohio State that goes to 27 overtimes while Navy F-16s strafe the cruiser USS Gettysburg for payback off the Cape of Happy Hour Daycare that is the chokepoint of the Straits of Dog Flatulence.

Posted by: Gref at December 21, 2024 11:49 PM (aBgBM)

190 Posted by: pookysgirl

Sounds like a lot of drama. I'm sorry. And it's sad you did so much for your brother and his kids and they've not even met your youngest.

But. It is what it is.

Merry Christmas to you and your growing family.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (o6bhz)

191
182 Good evening Piper, has it gotten down to 60 yet?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2024 11

It’s 36 right now! Good thing I am buried under a duvet.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (pZEOD)

192 Happy Hour Daycare and laundromat!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 21, 2024 11:53 PM (t8pEB)

193 Hi TRex!

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:53 PM (pZEOD)

194 It’s 36 right now! Good thing I am buried under a duvet.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (pZEOD)

wow, it is warmer up here. We are expecting gobs and gobs of rain this week, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 21, 2024 11:53 PM (D7oie)

195 I wonder how much this gal gets in food stamps and rent subsidies.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 21, 2024 11:36 PM (0Htd1)

With 4 kids she's probably maxed out. Where I live that's about 200 a month per kid. She's making bank when she sells that snap.

You are correct. Probably won't even get a slap on the wrist.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 21, 2024 11:54 PM (89Sog)

196 194 It’s 36 right now! Good thing I am buried under a duvet.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (pZEOD)

wow, it is warmer up here. We are expecting gobs and gobs of rain this week, though.
Posted by: Kindltot at December

It will be 72 next week. I hope I make it until then.

Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:54 PM (pZEOD)

197 If a T-Rex waves and nobody can see his tiny hands waving did it really happen?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 21, 2024 11:55 PM (LkLld)

198 Happy Hour Daycare and laundromat!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 21, 2024 11:53 PM (t8pEB)

I always figured a tavern/laundromat combination would be a winner. Throw your duds in the washer, have a couple of beers. Number nine washer finishes its cycle, it lights up a big red "9" above the back-bar, you go move your duds to dryer number 4, have a couple more beers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

199 It’s 36 right now! Good thing I am buried under a duvet.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (pZEOD)

Icebergs in Mobile Bay! It's about 65 here in AJ.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:58 PM (8zz6B)

200 F18 Hornet shot down in the Red Sea. Both aviators are safe. Friendly fire. Cruiser Gettysburg responsible for the shooting.

Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:00 AM (IDphi)

201 Sounds like a lot of drama. I'm sorry. And it's sad you did so much for your brother and his kids and they've not even met your youngest.

But. It is what it is.

Merry Christmas to you and your growing family.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 21, 2024 11:51 PM (o6bhz)

Dankeschoen, und Frohe Weihnachten.

My mother has formally apologized (something she's never done in my lifetime), told me that I did nothing wrong, and is trying to make things work with "shifts." Lil Pooky is being a sweetheart to everyone he meets and has even charmed Pookette to the point that she'll play "Boop Your Nose."

The exclamations of "He smiled!!!" make it all worth it.

Posted by: pookysgirl has sweet children at December 22, 2024 12:01 AM (dtlDP)

202 *hangs up top hat and tails*
*puts opera glasses in rolltop desk drawer*
*removes spats*
*relaxes in leather chair with Meerschaum and brandy*

Back from the ballet. A magnificent performance of Nutcracker, best I've ever seen, and I've seen a few. The guest artists, Viktorina Kapiitonova and Lasha Khozashvili, were outstanding. The rest of the sizable all-ages cast was amazing.

Okay, I may have made up everything *inside asterisks* but it really was a good show. Many accolades, well deserved, for the rehearsal director and instructor, known hereabouts as 'ette Sugar Plum Fairy.

Hope that's not breaking opsec too much. Proud of her.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pier o ettes at December 22, 2024 12:02 AM (Wr8x8)

203 F18 Hornet shot down in the Red Sea. Both aviators are safe. Friendly fire. Cruiser Gettysburg responsible for the shooting.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:00 AM (IDphi)

Does Gettysburg get to paint an airplane silhouette on the side of her bridge?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

204 I always figured a tavern/laundromat combination would be a winner. Throw your duds in the washer, have a couple of beers. Number nine washer finishes its cycle, it lights up a big red "9" above the back-bar, you go move your duds to dryer number 4, have a couple more beers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

Until they get too drunk to remember the number of the machine they're using. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2024 12:03 AM (VwHCD)

205 I always figured a tavern/laundromat combination would be a winner. Throw your duds in the washer, have a couple of beers. Number nine washer finishes its cycle, it lights up a big red "9" above the back-bar, you go move your duds to dryer number 4, have a couple more beers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There *was* such an arrangement, nearby, for decades!
Alas, the owner passed away some years ago, and laundry side went away. Tavern converted to plain burger joint, no beer.
*********

My older bro called me a few times, back in the 80s:
"Hey, sis. Can you come pick me up?" (and I thought his rig had broken down...) "No, I'm a bit messed up. Did laundry today..."

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2024 12:04 AM (YoCnN)

206 Kurt Russell only hoped he looked that handsome.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 22, 2024 12:06 AM (/MR36)

207 Until they get too drunk to remember the number of the machine they're using. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2024 12:03 AM (VwHCD)

Makes mental note to add "thrift store" to the combo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:06 AM (8zz6B)

208 203 F18 Hornet shot down in the Red Sea. Both aviators are safe. Friendly fire. Cruiser Gettysburg responsible for the shooting.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:00 AM (IDphi)

Does Gettysburg get to paint an airplane silhouette on the side of her bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Heh!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 22, 2024 12:07 AM (Kdi1r)

209 Does Gettysburg get to paint an airplane silhouette on the side of her bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

The commander of the Gettysburg is the air defense commander for the strike group. I would think that his/her career is over.

Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:07 AM (IDphi)

210 Does Gettysburg get to paint an airplane silhouette on the side of her bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

During WWII, the USS Barb (I think) torpedoed a train. And, as a result, painted an train engine on her sail.

Therefore, I can't see why the Gettysburg can't also claim her shoot down.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2024 12:08 AM (WXNFJ)

211 The commander of the Gettysburg is the air defense commander for the strike group. I would think that his/her career is over.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:07 AM (IDphi)

Could the Hornet have flown into the flight path of a missile launched at a legitimate target?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

212 …The exclamations of "He smiled!!!" make it all worth it.
Posted by: pookysgirl

I'm glad I got back in time to catch up on this. Now I've got "allergies."

Posted by: mindful webworker - dusty at December 22, 2024 12:10 AM (Wr8x8)

213 Love the classic pic up top. Nothing like the Peanuts characters to remind you it's Christmas.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 22, 2024 12:10 AM (lUFok)

214 200 F18 Hornet shot down in the Red Sea. Both aviators are safe. Friendly fire. Cruiser Gettysburg responsible for the shooting.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:00 AM (IDphi)

---------

XO not on speaking terms with her captain again?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2024 12:11 AM (JkO4W)

215 Off to bed. Sleep tight, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at December 22, 2024 12:12 AM (pZEOD)

216 Murder hornets

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2024 12:12 AM (63Dwl)

217 I'm glad I got back in time to catch up on this. Now I've got "allergies."

Posted by: mindful webworker - dusty at December 22, 2024 12:10 AM (Wr8x

Heh. Pardon how dusty I make it in here sometimes.

Posted by: pookysgirl with the Swiffer at December 22, 2024 12:12 AM (dtlDP)

218 I always figured a tavern/laundromat combination would be a winner. Throw your duds in the washer, have a couple of beers. Number nine washer finishes its cycle, it lights up a big red "9" above the back-bar, you go move your duds to dryer number 4, have a couple more beers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 21, 2024 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

I remember reading about a business combo like that. For real. A walk-though opening on the inside between the two. So you can watch your machine while you imbibe.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:14 AM (gKDq2)

219 During WWII, the USS Barb (I think) torpedoed a train. And, as a result, painted an train engine on her sail.

Therefore, I can't see why the Gettysburg can't also claim her shoot down.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2024 12:08 AM (WXNFJ)

I looked it up. She landed 12 men who set an explosive charge that demolished a train. It was the only land engagement on the Japanese Home Islands. Cool!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:16 AM (8zz6B)

220 I would think that the F 18 was operating IFF and it would be near impossible for the Cruiser to identify it as hostile. But it is not the same Navy I served in 40 years ago.

Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:18 AM (IDphi)

221 I would think that the F 18 was operating IFF and it would be near impossible for the Cruiser to identify it as hostile. But it is not the same Navy I served in 40 years ago.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:18 AM (IDphi)

IFF should preclude a deliberate shootdown, right? But if the aircraft flies into harm's way, is that the fault of the crew that launched the missile?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:21 AM (8zz6B)

222 During WWII, the USS Barb (I think) torpedoed a train. And, as a result, painted an train engine on her sail.

Therefore, I can't see why the Gettysburg can't also claim her shoot down.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 22, 2024 12:08 AM (WXNFJ)

Yes, it was the Barb. Blew up a train. Landing party left behind timed bombs on the tracks. Came into port flying a 'made on board' pennant with a train on it. Officially, still the only sub to 'sink' a train.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:21 AM (gKDq2)

223 Could the Hornet have flown into the flight path of a missile launched at a legitimate target?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

I was wondering about that. From what I was reading the area is a shit storm of activity. I guess it's possible.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2024 12:22 AM (VwHCD)

224 Tonypete, I think USS Barb got the train via a shore party sabotaging a rail line. Put the train symbol on their battle flag.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2024 12:22 AM (1m82a)

225 IFF should preclude a deliberate shootdown, right? But if the aircraft flies into harm's way, is that the fault of the crew that launched the missile?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:21 AM (8zz6B)

Stranger things have happened, I suppose.

Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:22 AM (IDphi)

226 Phone problems are copy paste and anything related. The OS isn't geared to it and it's a bit tedious. The other problem with links and going out of the way to bring them here is the reluctance to click them. It's frustrating to spend time to put something worthwhile together only to have it passed.

We know who we are and there should be no reluctance. If you're shy and don't know the nic don't click. Don't forget to always click Admiral Ackbar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2024 12:23 AM (mPfbt)

227 >I always figured a tavern/laundromat combination would be a winner.

There was one in Cincinnati called Sudsy Malones.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 22, 2024 12:24 AM (lhenN)

228 224 Tonypete, I think USS Barb got the train via a shore party sabotaging a rail line. Put the train symbol on their battle flag.
Posted by: rhomboid
---

Is this an erotic allusion?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2024 12:25 AM (mPfbt)

229 >>>Yes, it was the Barb. Blew up a train. Landing party left behind timed bombs on the tracks. Came into port flying a 'made on board' pennant with a train on it. Officially, still the only sub to 'sink' a train.

Posted by: RickZ

>That would make for a great feel-good comedy script. Add some big titties and some toilet humor and it's a winner!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 22, 2024 12:26 AM (/MR36)

230 White Stripes and Smashing Pumpkins played at Sudsy Malones. I did not go there, and besides most of my good taste in rock has been in retrospect.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 22, 2024 12:28 AM (lhenN)

231 We know who we are and there should be no reluctance. If you're shy and don't know the nic don't click.
--------

Wishing it was truly that simple! Trolls *have been known* to sock anyone they wish. Also, some of us would rather not give a click to certain sites.

So, add the 'preview.' to tinyurl, or just don't click. Yeah, I miss out sometimes. Other times, wait for others' reactions before pursuing a link.

It's all good.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2024 12:28 AM (YoCnN)

232 The story of the USS Barb is an episode on the Smithsonian Channel's series 'Hell Below', about WWII sub warfare. That's not a bad series as far as tv goes.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:29 AM (gKDq2)

233 I thought there was a laundromat/eatery combo in MD, across the street from a golf driving range, but alas, it was not to be. Separate businesses.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 22, 2024 12:30 AM (Kdi1r)

234 Wishing it was truly that simple! Trolls *have been known* to sock anyone they wish.

Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2024 12:28 AM (YoCnN)

I take it as a personal insult/point of pride that no one has be crazy enough to sock me.

I'm "un-ee-quay," as they say in da hood.

Posted by: pookysgirl broke the mold then danced on its ashes at December 22, 2024 12:32 AM (dtlDP)

235
Does Gettysburg get to paint an airplane silhouette on the side of her bridge?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

During WWII, the USS Barb (I think) torpedoed a train. And, as a result, painted an train engine on her sail.

Therefore, I can't see why the Gettysburg can't also claim her shoot down.
Posted by: Tonypete

There was an American fighter ace that shot down 6-7 German planes in WW2, an Italian fighter, and a Japanese plane as well. He got more famous after he shot down an American transport that was lost and low on fuel before it could land on a Japanese held island. Louis E Curdes- had victories of the three main Axis powers flags painted on his fighter, plus one American for the transport plane he successfully shot down/forced to ditch in the Pacific, likely saving them from a horrible experience as POWs of Japan vs one cold night bobbing in life rafts.

There's a pic of him here in his P-51 "Bad Angel"

https://tinyurl.com/bdd86b8f

Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 12:34 AM (PT7Bh)

236 The story of the USS Barb is an episode on the Smithsonian Channel's series 'Hell Below', about WWII sub warfare. That's not a bad series as far as tv goes.
Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:29 AM (gKDq2)

Kind of surprising how few submarine-supported sabotage missions were done, by both Axis and Allies, given that such missions were always part of the submarine's raison d'etre.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:34 AM (8zz6B)

237

I LIKE ICE CREAM SO BITE ME

Posted by: pookysgirl broke the mold then danced on its ashes at December 22, 2024 12:35 AM (r6qde)

238 I heard Pretty Noose by Soundgarden for the first time in a long while.. Man, what a great song. Those guitars..I really miss good music. There may very well be some band out there somewhere that is good, but I don't have teenage time to go search for it in the depths of the internet.

Posted by: azjaeger at December 22, 2024 12:35 AM (3/XaG)

239 200 F18 Hornet shot down in the Red Sea. Both aviators are safe. Friendly fire. Cruiser Gettysburg responsible for the shooting.
Posted by: Archer at December 22, 2024 12:00 AM (IDphi)

Glad they’re safe. Friendly fire? That’s a pretty big fuck up there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2024 12:36 AM (7MHHr)

240 In WWII, we could afford for subs like the Barb, with an aggressive Captain and crew, to accomplish such audacious acts.

But today's "Fast Attack" boats have nothing in common with the WWII Fleet Boat, other than both carry some torpedoes.

Fact is, our Sub Fleet is wholly unsuited to the sinking of millions of tons of enemy shipping. Fast Attacks are used for the hunting of enemy missile subs, and little else.

We need a class of subs, dedicated to WWII type denial of shipping missions, and otherwise choking-off seaborne commerce to belligerent nations.

Cheaper than Fast Attacks, maybe even.... affordable losses, in time of war.

The U.S. lost over 50 subs in WWII action. And shrugged off the losses.

Lose FIVE subs today, and the effects may be shattering. And that ain't wise, or good.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 22, 2024 12:39 AM (Xo+UM)

241 AOP, there were some similar missions. US subs were quite active in supplying/supporting the Philippines guerrillas against the Japanese up until liberation. A sub also was key to the amazingly daring and risky operation that got Gen. Mark Clark ashore in North Africa to discuss non-resistance options with Vichy French brass prior to Operation Torch. And I believe both British and US subs did support sabotage and intel teams in the Med.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2024 12:42 AM (1m82a)

242 There's a pic of him here in his P-51 "Bad Angel"

https://tinyurl.com/bdd86b8f
Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 12:34 AM (PT7Bh)

Very interesting story! Thanks for linking it!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:43 AM (8zz6B)

243 I was going to try JQ's trick but now tinyurl doesn't recognize my input. Maybe I've exceeded my nightly limit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2024 12:44 AM (mPfbt)

244 Kind of surprising how few submarine-supported sabotage missions were done, by both Axis and Allies, given that such missions were always part of the submarine's raison d'etre.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:34 AM (8zz6B)

IMO risk/reward. Coastlines were well guarded by air, sea and on onshore. Subs were high tech and valuable. Risk vs. a warship/shipping as opposed to risk vs. a train (or similar coastal targets). That's my guess.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:44 AM (gKDq2)

245 Does this mean that Gay Pride and Transgender Christmas Parties are cancelled on the USS Gettysburg for tomorrow?

Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 22, 2024 12:44 AM (upoXC)

246 Somehow the accidental shoot-down of the F-18's has to be.......

"TRUMP'S FAULT"....

Posted by: Franklin Mason at December 22, 2024 12:45 AM (ihCWB)

247 ---Lose FIVE subs today, and the effects may be shattering. And that ain't wise, or good.

Jim
---

We're going to have a different military in four years.
We may have a different country in four years.
Here's hoping it's on our side.
Cheers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2024 12:46 AM (mPfbt)

248 I am not so sure that there will ever be another large war using conventional weapons between major powers...too much risk of it going nuclear if one side or the other starts losing badly. You don't think Hitler or the Imperial Japanese would have started tossing nukes in 45 if they had them? But yeah, the trend towards small numbers of extremely advanced and expensive ships, planes, even tanks would tend to discourage much action, kind of like how the big British and German fleets were very leery to go at it in WW1..you could lose the war in an afternoon

Posted by: azjaeger at December 22, 2024 12:46 AM (3/XaG)

249 I LIKE ICE CREAM SO BITE ME

Posted by: pookysgirl broke the mold then danced on its ashes at December 22, 2024 12:35 AM (r6qde)

Well, yes. Hex begs for it every time I open the freezer door.

Having lived most of my life near the Ice Cream Capital Of The World, I have yet to decide my favorite flavor. Should it involve caramel or cookie dough?

Posted by: yes, pookysgirl gets the joke at December 22, 2024 12:49 AM (dtlDP)

250 Very interesting story! Thanks for linking it!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:43 AM (8zz6B)

Anytime. Fairly common knowledge for some warbird buffs here. The article mentions Curdes unknowingly shot down a nurse that day that he had dated a couple days previous and they got married later but I don't know for certain if that's true.

Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 12:50 AM (PT7Bh)

251 As far as sinking enemy shipping goes, maybe subs are not needed for that. Satellites see everything on the surface of the ocean. Identify an enemy container ship or tanker, and some surface ship a thousand miles away launches a sea-to-sea missile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 12:50 AM (8zz6B)

252 If it was a huge "DogFight" and or A/C Fur Ball over the Red Sea and that many aircraft are in the air that it is hard to determine friendly or foe IFFs, then Deterrence has failed dramatically, and we ...

Do Not Have Air Superiority over the Red Sea...............

Posted by: Mike Hunt at December 22, 2024 12:51 AM (ihCWB)

253 Should it involve caramel or cookie dough?

YES!

Posted by: pookysgirl broke the mold then danced on its ashes at December 22, 2024 12:51 AM (r6qde)

254 But yeah, the trend towards small numbers of extremely advanced and expensive ships, planes, even tanks would tend to discourage much action, kind of like how the big British and German fleets were very leery to go at it in WW1..you could lose the war in an afternoon
Posted by: azjaeger at December 22, 2024 12:46 AM (3/XaG)

New-fangled drone warfare. Tanks are sitting ducks.

Look at what's happening coast-to-coast with drones of unknown origin but aren't a threat.

My fear are coordinated drone attacks across the country on inauguration day. Our infrastructure is vulnerable. And that's not telling tales out of school.

Posted by: RickZ at December 22, 2024 12:54 AM (gKDq2)

255 Been reading about the F-18 sootdown. Is it possible it was a maintenance fuckup and the ground crew didn't update the crypto keys in the IFF transponder?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 22, 2024 12:56 AM (lUFok)

256 Seems to me there's some website that will "preview" any shortened URL to let you know where it links.

Do I have that bookmarked? Of course not.

DDGing on "preview shortened url"

expandurl.net
techspot.com
checkshorturl.com
dynadot.com
getlinkinfo.com

Just the top search results.

Gee, that was tough. 🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - websearching is haaard says Barbie at December 22, 2024 12:58 AM (Wr8x8)

257 My goodness, it's raining HARD out thar.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 22, 2024 01:00 AM (7hR46)

258 Many decades ago, I'd drive to Tulsa to do my laundry and visit the bar next door. High trust society days. Never worried about someone running off with my underwear.

The bar served frozen margaritas before the BYOB liquor laws were changed, but got away with it. Somehow. Probably because it was near the college.

Posted by: mindful webworker - they had good nachos too at December 22, 2024 01:01 AM (Wr8x8)

259 257 My goodness, it's raining HARD out thar.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 22, 2024 01:00 AM (7hR46)

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Rain? In the Pacific Northwest?

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2024 01:02 AM (JkO4W)

260 Rain? In the Pacific Northwest?

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2024 01:02 AM (JkO4W)

I know! But we normally get a pretty steady medium rain, not HARD rain. It seems to be tapering off a bit. Oh, nope. Another squall.

I love listening to the rain on the roof.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 22, 2024 01:05 AM (IDcT3)

261 The U.S. lost over 50 subs in WWII action. And shrugged off the losses.
Posted by: Jim

It's almost time to send out Christmas well-wishes to all the submarines on patrol.

Which includes those 52 lost in WWII. They are, by tradition, "still on patrol."

https://is.gd/nhrM6r

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2024 01:05 AM (DgGvY)

262 Rain? In the Pacific Northwest?

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2024 01:02 AM (JkO4W)

Atmospheric River?.... Climate Change!

Drought?... See?..... Climate Change!

Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 01:06 AM (PT7Bh)

263 Pineapple Express >>> Atmospheric River.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 22, 2024 01:07 AM (IDcT3)

264 um

Posted by: m at December 22, 2024 01:10 AM (VnUSN)

265 15 Dayummm!

I was getting the shakes over here.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2024 10:17 PM (WXNFJ)

Make mine a double-malt chocolate. Thank you.

Posted by: m at December 22, 2024 01:11 AM (VnUSN)

266 Pineapple Express >>> Atmospheric River.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 22, 2024 01:07 AM (IDcT3)

Cliff Mass covered this yesterday. Confirms exactly what you're saying.

Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 01:12 AM (PT7Bh)

267 mikeski if you're ever in San Diego there is a monument (actually individual small monuments for each boat) to the lost subs of WWII at the former Naval Training Center, now called Liberty Station in its decommissioned/repurposed incarnation. Worth seeing the place anyway, but the memorial is interesting.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 22, 2024 01:13 AM (1m82a)

268 Well, past 2300 here, and I am due for a nap. Night, horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2024 01:16 AM (8zz6B)

269 Have a good night AOP.

Posted by: Rex B at December 22, 2024 01:19 AM (PT7Bh)

270
Down the rails oracroß the tracks

Posted by: Just Sayin... at December 22, 2024 01:22 AM (r6qde)

271 Checking in.
...
Checking out. Sleep well, Morons.

Posted by: PabloD at December 22, 2024 01:27 AM (iPHJZ)

272 Better than dying of diabeetus.

Posted by: WillyB at December 22, 2024 01:30 AM (FhXTo)

273 Better than dying of diabeetus.
Posted by: WillyB at December 22, 2024 01:30 AM (FhXTo)

****

The immortal Wilford Brimley...

Posted by: EFG at December 22, 2024 01:38 AM (BJDRc)

274 46 Neil DeGrasse Tyson runs his mouth and gets smoked by an actual scientist:

https://tinyurl.com/yj6nkmmx
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

The level of dick-riding NDT in the comment section is repulsive.

Posted by: NDT: stupid,arrogant, pretends to be smart at December 22, 2024 01:45 AM (UKe2c)

275 LIBs. Never settling for the Lesser Evil agin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftld7Ohojg

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at December 22, 2024 01:48 AM (uwXSc)

276 The level of dick-riding NDT in the comment section is repulsive.
Posted by: NDT: stupid,arrogant, pretends to be smart at December 22, 2024 01:45 AM (UKe2c)

*****

NDT?

????

Posted by: EFG at December 22, 2024 01:52 AM (BJDRc)

277 Nevermind, I figured it out.

NDT= Neal DeGrassi Tyson.

Posted by: EFG at December 22, 2024 01:53 AM (BJDRc)

278 Oh my gosh Horde, I just wrapped a trapezoid successfully. I am earning Nana stars. Having a hard time this Christmas, I am waiting for the spirit on Christmas Eve, it will come. I BELIEVE.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 22, 2024 01:58 AM (Sgq8y)

279 Just ran across a pathetic story of the times:
“JUST IN: “Missing” Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX) who hasn’t been seen for 6 months, was found living in a dementia care facility.

She’s been in office since 1997. She’s 81 years old.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2024 01:58 AM (7MHHr)

280 The U.S. lost over 50 subs in WWII action. And shrugged off the losses.
Posted by: Jim

It's almost time to send out Christmas well-wishes to all the submarines on patrol.

Which includes those 52 lost in WWII. They are, by tradition, "still on patrol."

https://is.gd/nhrM6r
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2024 01:05 AM (DgGvY)
***

My dad did a couple patrols on the Herring before moving on to another boat. The Herring was lost in late May, 1944.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 22, 2024 02:02 AM (W/lyH)

281 I am off to bed, Horde, it is mighty cold here tonight, fortunately my Granddog is with me, he was bred to provide heat to French lace workers. Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 22, 2024 02:23 AM (Sgq8y)

282 Once upon a time, it was bedtime for webworker. That time is past.

https://youtu.be/T0C2CB4pxmo

G'nite. Don't let the sugar plums bite.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nutty crackers at December 22, 2024 02:31 AM (Wr8x8)

283 For those afraid to go to tinyurl due to trolls or whatever:

open new tab & type

preview.

between https://www. and tinyurl.whatever

will take you to a page what tells you where it goes, so you can then decide whether to continue
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2024 11:26 PM (YoCnN)
-

To get TINYURL to allow for review of a link before going there, simply append a "+" sign to the end of the TINYURL link. As an example, here's AOC projecting on all of us and Elon Musk:

https://tinyurl.com/5yjds9ws+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 22, 2024 02:38 AM (jIIXc)

284 To get TINYURL to allow for review of a link before going there, simply append a "+" sign to the end of the TINYURL link.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

TIL there's an easier way to do the "preview.tinyurl.com" thing.

Thanks!

Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2024 03:22 AM (DgGvY)

285 I should not stay up past my bedtime on weekends

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2024 03:45 AM (fwDg9)

286 I should go put on coffee

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

287 All by myself
I don't want to be
All by myself, anymore

Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

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