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Christmas Eve Overnight Open Thread (12/24/24)
Luke 2:1-20 (King James Version) 2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Why not give them entire week off? I think many of us would be quite ecstatic, the ultimate Christmas gift with taxpayers money.(H/T Isophrone Blog)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, the day before Christmas Day. Sec. 2. The heads of executive departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2024, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need. Sec. 3. December 24, 2024, shall be considered as falling within the scope of Executive Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103(b) and other similar statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.
Over the river, through the woods and to a secure detention center. Genius Award Winner.
Woman stopped at LAX for carrying 88 prohibited items
A woman traveling through Los Angeles International Airport was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration last weekend after agents found 88 prohibited items in her luggage. The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday. The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.
Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire, AceCorp, LLC & Santa Claus himself. Batteries and valu-rite not included with any presents. On behalf of staff, management, The Fabulous and myself, a Blessed Christmas to each and everyone.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Megthered at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (HZt/w)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:41 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 09:45 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 24, 2024 09:47 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:48 PM (WXNFJ)
"And a partridge in a pear tree!"
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:51 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (3ek7K)
Filthy infidels shortened it and not in a good way.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)
YAY!!! MisHum, Merry Christmas to you and yours. So happy to "see" you!
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (3ek7K)
Merry Christmas to you to.
It's nice to be back.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (lPSbt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (08Ghs)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (RKJO3)
Prime has teed me off. We pay the no ads fee and the sneaky aholes are now advertising Thursday Night Football and upcoming movies.
What part of NO ADS do they not get?
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)
OK with that pull the chairs in closer for a group chat and pretend we're at a Biden/Harris rally
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (wDJaI)
The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.
The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.
All of which are legal to transport just not in your carry on luggage.
I've traveled with guns and ammo multiple times... and don't even get me started on flying to Sword Fighting Competitions.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (QAkQ3)
https://tinyurl.com/5xhf62rw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (Ylknx)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 09:40 PM (lhenN)
Did you use free-range pot?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (8zz6B)
Isn't it interesting, that the historical proof of the circumstances of Jesus' birth are from old Roman IRS records.
Posted by: Miklos, more historian than CPA at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:44 PM (wDJaI)
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That's what Kaboom kids moved up to - beer on their Kaboom with a shot of Old Crow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:56 PM (ZOv7s)
I searched to see if that Fisher Price Bar set was for sale on Amazon. Adam.the.creator is a funny guy.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 09:56 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: browndog perseveres at December 24, 2024 09:52 PM (TTAGa)
OK with that pull the chairs in closer for a group chat and pretend we're at a Biden/Harris rally
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (wDJaI)
That would qualify as a Comment of The Week nomination. Oh that's when I was a working stiff.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (08Ghs)
Thank you, MissHum, the picture is serene.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (pZEOD)
The fact that this story popped up right before the main travel season suggests it was an effort to reassure passengers (and, also temper them in believing the process is valid). I've yet to see any articles saying this woman was arrested, which is a pretty good give away.
Posted by: Orson at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (dIske)
Posted by: browndog perseveres
Tomorrow's Standing rib roast must rest.
Quietly.
No complaints from the fridge.
So far
Posted by: Miklos,who is actually a good cook at December 24, 2024 09:58 PM (xesY+)
The unnamed woman, who was trying to fly from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, had 82 consumer-grade fireworks, three knives, two replica guns and a canister of pepper spray, the TSA said in a release Friday.
The TSA alerted airport police, who confiscated the fireworks and interviewed the passenger. The TSA didn’t say whether the woman received a citation or is facing any charges.
All of which are legal to transport just not in your carry on luggage.
I've traveled with guns and ammo multiple times... and don't even get me started on flying to Sword Fighting Competitions.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (QAkQ3)
Must have been Hee Hawnee Willis gettin outa Dodge.
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (wDJaI)
What part of NO ADS do they not get?
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (3ek7K)
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Prime streaming is shit. I've done the commercial thing, and what's crazy is that if you are watching an old TV show, they don't put the commercials where they belong, they just happen.
Totally retarded. The only thing Prime video is good for is scoping out a film to see if you want to own it.
If you like it, grab the DVD and then you don't have to deal with any interruptions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (5Gvtc)
Unless the stuff was in a carry on... there was no reason for this to even be reporter... so... yeah... this is the TSA trying to say they are relevant.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)
Is that the record? Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (klJTj)
Quietly.
No complaints from the fridge.
So far
Posted by: Miklos,who is actually a good cook at December 24, 2024 09:58 PM (xesY+)
Wouldn't a Reclining Rib roast rest more easily?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:00 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:00 PM (5Gvtc)
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One string of Black Kat firecrackers, three other toys for her grandchildren and a can of pepper spay for self protection.
speculating
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)
We’ll see …
Posted by: Elon of DOGE at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (QAkQ3)
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DOGE looking over their shoulder. Huge cuts to federal payroll by shifting that to private security run by airports.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at December 24, 2024 10:01 PM (8lEQ/)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (5Gvtc)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:53 PM (QXQ4l)
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It's like the opposite of Quiet Quitting. You quit you job but you keep showing up for work.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Art Maven at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Miklos, more historian than CPA at December 24, 2024 09:55 PM (xesY+)
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And yet zero historical records of Mohammed during his purported lifetime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (pZEOD)
Thank you
Are you the piper I met in Texas?
No way you are a grandma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (fwDg9)
Happy Christmas, MisHum, and all.
A few seconds of Christmas Zappa on SNL
https://youtu.be/JP32ucWKS9I
Posted by: mindful webworker - silent flight holy might at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (09AS9)
Totally retarded. The only thing Prime video is good for is scoping out a film to see if you want to own it.
If you like it, grab the DVD and then you don't have to deal with any interruptions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)
The only reason I have Amazon Prime is for the free shipping. They keep telling me I have unused "Prime benefits". When is a "benefit" not a benefit? When you don't fucking want it. I told them that, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)
I aver that Judeochristianity has the broadest appeal to people that do not want to rule, but to serve. And that societies people by those believers are in some intangible way better to live in than other cultures.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton, Gin Slag at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (JkO4W)
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Tying one on since Bill didn't die.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)
It’s OK, we took care of that problem.
He can show up, just doesn’t get his Dental
Posted by: The Bobs at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)
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It's somewhat confusing because Herod the Great was the George Foreman of his age.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (5Gvtc)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Ashli at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (LMxW+)
Behold the father is his daughter's son,
The bird that built the nest is hatch'd therein,
The old of years an hour hath not outrun,
Eternal life to live doth now begin,
The word is dumb, the mirth of heaven doth weep,
Might feeble is, and force doth faintly creep.
O dying souls! behold your living spring!
O dazzled eyes! behold your sun of grace!
Dull ears attend what word this word doth bring!
Up, heavy hearts, with joy your joy embrace!
From death, from dark, from deafness, from despairs,
This life, this light, this word, this joy repairs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (L83z3)
Another interesting part of this - the Muslim claim is Mecca was a major religious and trading hub prior to Muhammed but it isn't mentioned in Roman or Persian records and no Roman coins have been found there - note Roman coins have been found in all the major other cities along the Red Sea and all the way out into India
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Ciampino - no turkey basedrum sticks? at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (D6PGr)
No way you are a grandma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
There are 32 year old grandmas in the hood.
Posted by: Unsocial Worker at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (G5+As)
Linus begins the passage still holding onto his famous security blanket. But when he gets to the words, "Fear not," he drops it.
He picks it back up when the scene is over, but that Schulz had the insight to include a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment like that is really cool.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 10:06 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
May you and your absolutely Fabulous have a heart-warming Christmas, full of family.
Plus that Happy New Year as America climbs on full afterburners out of the abyss.
You have taught me so much, and entertained me and mine extravagantly.
I even share some of your jokes with the kids.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (D6PGr)
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The Walt Disney Grooming Syndicate congratulates you on an excellent decision.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:03 PM (8zz6B)
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I get my author copies mailed for free, which is nice. I also have a credit card that generates more Prime points in a couple of months than Prime costs, so it's pretty much a self-licking ice cream cone for me.
I have found some good shows, but it's very difficult, and Amazon movies seem to hate their audience. There have been several really good series that just got canceled. Why bother, then? Why advertise a series with a clear story arc, and that's really good with top notch actors only to cancel it because crybabies complain?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (ZOv7s)
I read it in my Dad's voice.
bbl, gotta cry a bit
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (YoCnN)
Cat nip and Temptations treats so they should be happy the rest of the night.
Almost 3 months they've been 'visiting.' We have come up with routines now, mainly to keep me sane. Not our cats. Which amuses me.
And takes the pressure off.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (JkO4W)
No way you are a grandma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Well when you have your first child at 12…🤣 But I am Gigi, not grandma.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:08 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)
I doubt there has been any scientifically valid archaeology ever done in Mecca.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (D6PGr)
Ace's Time Machine is an amazing invention.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (gKDq2)
May you continue to light up the lives of Morones everywhere.
Merry Christmas.
Have a great Christmas, sunshine.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:09 PM (8zz6B)
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Digging around the Rock is strictly prohibited.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)
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Mohammed's house was demolished because the Saudis said it could lead to "idolatry."
Or archeology, which would show it was built well after Mohammed's alleged lifetime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (ZOv7s)
At a previous company I was friends with a manager peer. She had talked with me about the problems she was having with one employee and told me she was going to let the employee go.
The next day I saw the employee at the office being weird but she was always weird.
I ran into my manager friend and asked her if she decided to not let the employee go...and the manager's eyes got big... "WHERE DID YOU SEE HER?!?" and when I told her she ran off to get HR.
I found out later the employee had been laid off and had just...showed up for work the next day anyway. She followed someone else in when they used their keycard. I don't think the employee was up to mischief...I think she was just off and really wasn't ready to take being laid off.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)
Last 2 Christmases, I was in the middle of moving, from Wyo to SC in 2022 then from Greenville to SiD (Half) Acres last year. Thankful to be staying put this year.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (JRHzL)
That would qualify as a Comment of The Week nomination. Oh that's when I was a working stiff.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 24, 2024 09:57 PM (QXQ4l)
RAV aired a live rendition of the Christ Child Nativity Story after Charlie Kirks wild Amfest Weekend show on RAV.
While watching it I realized after being on offence and in attack destroy mode since 1988 maybe I need acclimate back to being enriched and edified from honest pure intentioned Powers of the Air! just sayin... Trust but Verify.. Feels good.. Back to the Days of Future Past...
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (wDJaI)
Santa Is Back In Town.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:07 PM (JkO4W)
Thank you .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:12 PM (D6PGr)
Last 2 Christmases, I was in the middle of moving, from Wyo to SC in 2022 then from Greenville to SiD (Half) Acres last year. Thankful to be staying put this year.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (JRHzL)
Yo time to celebrate the Prince of Peace... God Bless
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:12 PM (wDJaI)
Merry Christmas to all the Horde from me, Her Majesty and all the Hounds of Soyara.
Dutchess (Soyara's The Last Dance)
Val (GCH Soyara's Vala Rama)
Sonny (CH Soyara's Autumn Sunset)
Dan (GCH Soyara's High Noon)
Finn (CH Soyara's Grand Finale)
Dot (CH Soyara's Crowning Glory)
Ruth (CH Soyara's Notorious at Satara)
Diana (GCH Soyara's Dark Huntress)
George (Soyara's Dragon Slayer)
Puff (Soyara's Magic Dragon)
Fitz (Soyara's Justart Son of Fortune)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Doof
DOOFMAS
*throws confetti like a newly converted Rip Taylor*
Posted by: Miklos is Hungarian for Nicholas, Like Santa Claus at December 24, 2024 10:13 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (9JrK/)
I have no reason to get up early but doesn't mean I won't.
Good night
Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (fwDg9)
Lovely to see you Mis.Hum! Just like old times ❣👍...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (L83z3)
Nice to see you young lady
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:14 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)
Feelin the vibe here Nice... thank you for sharing
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (wDJaI)
I hadn't noticed that. That is a nice bit you shared. Thx a lot.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (dhKg3)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:15 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (9tvFd)
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We will do the feast tomorrow, but we went to the Children's Mass at 4, opened presents and had dinner before dispersing. The family will reconvene later tomorrow to check stockings and by then the roast will be done and the fire will be down to the coals.
Very chill Christmas, the best in years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Miklos is looking at you funny, and yes she only got the one eye at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (+HzbQ)
I hate things freaking disappearing to 5 other outlets. I watched and enjoyed the 10 'Saw' movies. Bought 3. Wanted to watch the series again and several aren't available anymore.
M3gan, with Violet McGraw, was free. I saw it. Now, have to rent or buy. Bought 'The Black Phone' with Madeleine McGraw, Violet's older sister, but can only see it when I have Prime.
They do have crappy shows like 'The Last Ship' that I like to put on and fall asleep to.
Oh, and I saw that 'Tomorrow War' movie which sounded great but between the plot holes and the diversity, as each minite passed, it was clear Amazon was passing a Yule log.
'Just Add Magic' is an amazing kids show though. Beautifully done. Olivia Sanabia turned into an amazingly beautiful young woman.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (klJTj)
It’s OK, we took care of that problem.
He can show up, just doesn’t get his Dental
Posted by: The Bobs at December 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)
Just make sure you keep your red stapler, MisHum!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (VNX3d)
Santa Is Back In Town.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:11 PM (hY4dx)
Elvis should have done some joint albums with B.B. King, or Muddy Waters. He had the chops for it. Could have made them all some money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
Very nice painting. I would hang that over my wife's extensive collection of Christmas Hummel figures.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Wait, You've Both Had Joint Replacement) at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (t+VLa)
SiD! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Back from church and watching Frosty and other old Christmas cartoons with the RMBS Mom.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (9JrK/)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)
Thank you for that. I mean it. When my parents passed, we divided up their stuff. At the top of my list of what I wanted, was my mom's creche set. Plaster, poorly painted figurines. It's sitting here in my living room now. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, some shepherds, the three kings, and some plaster sheep. You get it, Misanthropic Humanitarian. Some people out there will never understand this, and that is why they lost the last election. They don't get it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
How true. Or teamed with Ike Turner. Good music and a black eye, at least.
Posted by: Black And Blue Christmas at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:16 PM (8zz6B)
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True. Elvis was a tragic case of mismanagement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (+HzbQ)
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 09:54 PM (lPSbt)
It's a tragedy. Bitch don't even have a name.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (NehaE)
Sounds like somebody got a promotion. Congrats!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)
Promotions are worth the paper they're printed on.
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (gKDq2)
You have my undying gratitude for your incredible help when I was moving away from Wyo. Bingley says Merry Christmas too!
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (JRHzL)
NEW: Sen Rand Paul Breaks Down Yearly Festivus Report of $1 Trillion in Government Waste
- $10 billion on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing mostly empty buildings
- $12 Million on a Las Vegas Pickleball Complex
- $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil
- $10,851,439 on Orwellian cat experiments
- $4,840,082 on Ukrainian influencers
- $20 million on “Ahlan Simsim” a new Sesame Street show in Iraq
- $365,000 to promote circuses in city parks
- $90 billion on ineffective Navy LCS vessels
- $873,584 for movies in Jordan
- $288,563 to Ensure Bird Watching Groups Have Safe Spaces
- $20 million on the Fertilize Right initiative to advance fertilizer use in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil
- $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security
- $10,000 grant for ice-skating drag queens
- $892 billion in fiscal year 2024 on the interest on Uncle Sam’s Credit Card
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:20 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 24, 2024 10:20 PM (1TzeS)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM
Get them drones....
Merry Christmas all.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:21 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:21 PM (8zz6B)
🚨 $1 TRILLION BLOWN: RAND PAUL SLAMS INSANE GOVERNMENT WASTE
From climate-themed cabarets to breakdancing grants, here are just some of the places U.S tax dollars went, according to his Festivus Report:
$3M for "Girl-Centered Climate Action" in Brazil.
$20M for a new Sesame Street show.
$10K for a "Bearded Ladies Cabaret" on ice.
$365K for circus programs in city parks.
$32.5K for breakdancing.
$330K for censoring conservative media.
$720K for duck conservation in Mexico.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (izAv/)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (1TzeS)
The grandkids of Diogenes are scattered from the Florida Keys to Hawaii. I just got the last one to check in and wish me Marry Christmas.
Best gift of all!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (W/lyH)
That's my baby brother behind that bar!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (cWeHZ)
True. Elvis was a tragic case of mismanagement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)
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I'm not holding a brief for Colonel Tom Parker, but Elvis would have blown up anyway. He died too late.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: scampydog
Consummate
Cromulent
Compare and contrast
Homework is due on Monday
Posted by: Concerned School Teacher Aunt Miklos at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (KcwUg)
Thank you for that. I mean it. When my parents passed, we divided up their stuff. At the top of my list of what I wanted, was my mom's creche set. Plaster, poorly painted figurines. It's sitting here in my living room now. Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, some shepherds, the three kings, and some plaster sheep. You get it, Misanthropic Humanitarian. Some people out there will never understand this, and that is why they lost the last election. They don't get it.
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Totally get it...first thing I looked for after my mother died was the creche set, which they bought the year they were married. Not a fancy set, but the only creche set I knew as a child, and I still cherish it.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (9tvFd)
Sounds like somebody got a promotion. Congrats!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:18 PM (+HzbQ)
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There's the story of a Fleet Street editor who was called into the owner's office.
"Congratulations, I'm promoting you to Editor E-meritus."
"What's 'emeritus' mean?"
"Well, it's a contraction - the e is for ex-as in ex-editor, and the meritus means you deserve it. Clean out your desk immediately."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PabloD at December 24, 2024 10:24 PM (yHP5w)
Nice to see you, TecumsehTea. I'm usually not here this late. Thanks for your lovely card and message . I do apologize for not writing back yet. Combination of busyness and health issues . I will have to hope I get something to you by Epiphany. Sorry. God bless you and yours and Merry Christmas.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (36x37)
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Twarn't nothing. Tsar Bingley is a good dude.
Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (t+VLa)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Merry Christmas to you and your Mom!
My mom and I both love Charlie Brown and I finally got her to watch with me tonight. We have a Charlie Brown tree (3 ft tall) because I don't want to deal with a big tree, but it's perfect.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (JRHzL)
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater
The rage of unnamed persons will be the downfall of us all, especially when they join forces with all the unidentified persons!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)
Or archeology, which would show it was built well after Mohammed's alleged lifetime.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:10 PM (ZOv7s)
The cable TV outlets would have been a dead giveaway.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (Jtz/H)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)
Occupants and Residents
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 10:22 PM (jvJvP)
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It's "May You Have A Joyous Kwanzaaaa!" which rolls right off the tongue, don't it?
In one of the early seasons of Magnum p.i., TC celebrates Kwanzaa, and it's never mentioned again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
By a comparison between Bill Clinton and slime, slime comes out on top.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Cicero
There are stories that Col. Tom Parker was actually Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (xesY+)
Parents! Name your children, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Common Tater
The rage of unnamed persons will be the downfall of us all, especially when they join forces with all the unidentified persons!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM (cWeHZ)
What about those who have names, but keep forgetting them, and have to ask others if they know who they are...?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (KcwUg)
SOmeone was prepared for New Year's Eve.
Whoo, hoo!
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)
Occupants and Residents
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)
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To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
That one grinds my gears.
Sesame Workshop has over half a billion in assets, and rakes in around $200 million per year in revenue, but it's always "But....but...what about Big Bird?" whenever someone suggests that maybe we shouldn't be paying PBS to produce communist propaganda.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (W5ArC)
There are stories that Col. Tom Parker was actually Hungarian.
Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10:27 PM (xesY+)
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Dutch. An illegal immigrant to boot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (+HzbQ)
To Whom It May Concern
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
Dear Sir
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:26 PM (Jtz/H)
Merry Christmas to you BC ...
Posted by: browndog caroling alone at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (W5ArC)
Very nice painting. I would hang that over my wife's extensive collection of Christmas Hummel figures.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 24, 2024 10:17 PM (u82oZ)
Aww
Thanks Salty
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:29 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: Miklos can neither confirm not deny at December 24, 2024 10
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I thought he was Dutch. No?
Hungarian is like Dutch, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (hY4dx)
Second cousins
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (+HzbQ)
I'm so old I have to check my driver's license every morning to see who I am
Posted by: four seasons at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)
Ohhhh, so that's how you do it
Posted by: Rep. Kay Granger at December 24, 2024 10:30 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Common Tater
Lawd I got so may chirren
Posted by: Shirley Q Liquor (you can find this) at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (xesY+)
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I knew a BCochran in a prior life. Also his 3 sisters - M, L, and B.
He was, and surely still is, an absolute gem of a man. They were all gems, really.
Posted by: 496 at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (t+VLa)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
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To Whom It May Concern
Dear Whom,
....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (0Htd1)
My very best to you dear friend. I hope your New Year brings you much happiness and joy!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (L83z3)
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This woman is an idiot, but the TSA is right up ( actually down) there in IQ points. I saw the picture.Their " replica guns" are a couple of flat metal beer openers in the shape of pistols.
These TSA clowns have to be related to the "educators" who punished the kid who chewed a cookie? bread? into the shape of a gun.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (NE+I8)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (+HzbQ)
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No, it applies when there ain't no one for to give you no name.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Dear Whom,
....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:31 PM (ZOv7s)
________
The way to respond to memos "From the Desk of So-and-So" is "Dear Desk".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (9tvFd)
Spent time at Doof-mom's apartment this afternoon with my boys and my sister's husband and daughter. She has a ceramic nativity set on display that her mom made and painted - probably in the 60s. By any measure of objectivity - it's hideously tacky. But my mom cherishes it and puts it out every year. I get it so much more now that Mrs. Doof isn't around anymore, and I cherish the nativity set we got when we bought our first house in 1997. Yeah -- I'm NEVER getting rid of that set.
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (BSDFI)
Hungarian is like Dutch, right?
Posted by: Cicero
Like George Soros, he came to the US under uncertain circumstances.
Maybe lied, Soros did.
Posted by: Miklos can confirm some things at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (Ldgt5)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
That was a good song.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:34 PM (+HzbQ)
The Starlink ion thruster is a marvel of engineering
Steve Jurvetson@FutureJurvetson
...
The final EOS thruster design is in the Smithsonian. It was successfully tested twice in space on flights of Air Force Blue Scout missiles in 1964.
Back in 1912, Goddard postulated that high-velocity streams of electrons and positive ions could be “energized” by solar-electric power supplies to provide thrust for an interplanetary spacecraft. He went further to suggest that the source of the ions could come from exposing alkaline atoms, such as mercury or cesium, to hot tungsten surfaces. He was spot on!
more: https://tinyurl.com/2vbxak25
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
Dear Sir or Madam
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: buddhaha at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (NE+I
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During an exercise many years ago, one of the training events was terrorists infiltrating the base. Our office was unarmed, which we thought absurd.
To remedy this, I took a sheet of paper and tore it into a rough handgun shape and wrote "Simulated M-9" on it and give it to our lieutenant, who tucked it into her web gear.
For the duration of the exercise, it was passed around the office to the ranking officer or NCO.
We also learned that nap time began as soon as the fighters took off.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM
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Cherished, but the creche has all the animals except the dinosaurs. A clear omission.
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Doof at December
It’s a little dusty in here suddenly.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (pZEOD)
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Roland Felix Hirsch at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (Ke8zc)
How did the international study and service program go with one of your sons?
I was not prepared to help at that time, could do better now, but it takes 6-8 months.
Posted by: Miklos can help sometimes at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
That was a good song.
Posted by: ALH
It was good to get out of the rain.
Posted by: Wet Willie at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (+HzbQ)
Why not give them entire week off? I think many of us would be quite ecstatic, the ultimate Christmas gift with taxpayers money.(H/T Isophrone Blog)
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Socialists are always generous with other people's property and time.
Posted by: The Paolo at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
I've had Prime and not had it. I still get the free shipping, as long as order is over ? I think $40. There aren't that many movies I want to see with Prime ... so not worth it.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 24, 2024 10:38 PM (Cus5s)
Thank you Ace and all the COBs for what you do here it's so important for the survival of our unique Constitution. Love y'all!
Posted by: NC Ref at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (oilmB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Doof
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We have a clay Christmas tree ornamented with costume jewelry that my grandma made. It wasn't bad back in the day, but has become sadly misshapen and some of the ornaments have been lost to time. (I guess the same could probably be said about me... ) When we were cleaning out Mom's house I probably could've thrown it away, but I just couldn't bear to.
When we were putting out decorations this year I did decide to "display" it on the bureau in Mom's room, instead of the dining room or living room...
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:39 PM (JRHzL)
Nativity pt1 - from Twas the Night Before Christmas w Beaton Marionettes
https://tinyurl.com/3cbae2p4
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 10:40 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (9tvFd)
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For years my mom's manger scene featured a Happy Meal Roller Disco Barbie tucked among the Three Wise Men adoring the baby, until one year when she finally noticed it and tossed Barb out on her narrow Barbie ass.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)
They're always misgendering.
Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 10:41 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: TRex at December
They are behind the stable. You can’t see them because of the angle of the scene, and they are laying down.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:42 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 24, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
Dear Sir or Madam
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 24, 2024 10:35 PM (VNX3d)
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Salutations, Person:
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:43 PM (hY4dx)
Merry Christmas Jack
Hope the Rangers find their game under the tree
Posted by: browndog reveling in a win at December 24, 2024 10:43 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: House of Bread at December 24, 2024 10:44 PM (G5+As)
How did the international study and service program go with one of your sons?
I was not prepared to help at that time, could do better now, but it takes 6-8 months.
Posted by: Miklos can help sometimes at December 24, 2024 10:37 PM (xesY+)
It was a great experience for him. Was Sept 2022 through March 2023. He learned a lot, saw 4 different continents, got real world work experience, served needy communities, and made some strong friendships. And he learned to appreciate eating things besides chicken tenders and French fries!
Posted by: Doof at December 24, 2024 10:44 PM (BSDFI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:46 PM (hY4dx)
I'm hoping Miss Linda got me something nice from the Pipes & Cigars catalog I put directly into her hands back in November while listing the brands I wanted.
About to head off to bed, I guess, but I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a good night!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM
You and me both.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (9JrK/)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:42 PM
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Must be it. Worn out from all the excitement.
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 10:48 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at December 24, 2024 10:48 PM (wDJaI)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:33 PM (+HzbQ)
Merry Christmas ALH
I got a new phone
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)
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I so appreciate this comment and the tradition behind it.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (lUFok)
I got a new phone
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)
What make and model ?
I'm in the market at the moment ...
Posted by: browndog reveling in a win at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM
You and me both.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Mine is 42" tall, but that includes the bird on top.
Posted by: Genuine Tuscan Plastic at December 24, 2024 10:50 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)
I was watching a video on pre-Islamic Arabic religion, and holy cow, Muhammed plagiarized heavily from the Arabs. For example, they were worshipping the meteorite for centuries before he showed up. Of course he pulled the same stunt he did with the Jews and Christians: "Well, ackshully, you've been worshipping Allah the whole time but I can tell you how to do it correctly!" Too bad for him that he didn't get rid of *all* the stone carvings out of the desert that detailed their pre-Islamic religion. Whoops! Whoopsie!
Posted by: pookysgirl, not Arabic at all at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (LkLld)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkY-SyC37Tg
Posted by: SFGoth at December 24, 2024 10:51 PM (KAi1n)
About to head off to bed, I guess, but I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a good night!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 24, 2024 10:47 PM (omVj0)
Merry Christmas! Give the kitties a hug.
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 10:52 PM (p4NUW)
It has only some mini-lights on it, didn't want to tempt Cat or distract (mild dementia) hubby with ornaments.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 10:52 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (9tvFd)
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 10:49 PM (QXQ4l)
iPhone 15 or 16? I got the 15 earlier this year.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:53 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 10:54 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (9tvFd)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s)
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OTOH, Arabs kept pretty much zero written records of their own.
The Greeks were the go-to historians in the region and they paid little attention to goings on in the Arab world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:57 PM (JRHzL)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:59 PM (wZ2Bf)
The Greeks were the go-to historians in the region and they paid little attention to goings on in the Arab world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)
Nomads don't do literacy. Show me an exception.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 10:59 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 10:55 PM (hY4dx)
The Jews had some dealings with them, but the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians had more. What you learn in Sunday School barely touches on the constantly-shifting alliances and wars of the millennium before Christ.
Posted by: pookysgirl gets lost in her Study Bible sometimes at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)
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SPOILER!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Doof
This is in itself a kind of success.
I hear disco is still popular in certain countries.
Gotta learn from the best, and then SHARE
*Disco Doof Jr. All-American Disco Ambassador and general Cultural cool-guy*
Posted by: Foreign Exchange Student Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: ALH
Mineral rich, and to keep it out of the hands of the godless Chinese hordes. And to facilitate the relentless northward March of the Penguins.
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (G5+As)
You guys better have been good little fellas....🧐
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 24, 2024 11:04 PM (L83z3)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)
Greenland is a huge island. Plenty of mineral resources, both metals and coal. Huge supply of fresh water! And petroleum/nat gas, as yet undiscovered, but likely to exist. And fishing rights offshore, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (sAmhv)
Secondly, a heartfelt Merry Christmas to all the Horde of Morons who brighten these comments by .... commenting of course, supplying new knowledge or just reading.
No White Christmas this year.
A special thanks from all the kitties to all those Morons who have been so generous all year. You have no idea how we have treasured your help, even those of us who lost balls.
Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral at December 24, 2024 11:05 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)
Damn! My illusions are shattered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (8zz6B)
177- I have the nativity that my dad brought back from WWII Germany. The thatch on the inn is gone, it looks a little rough (because I played with it as a toddler) and it is now sitting on the mantle of our fireplace, the center of attention, as it should be. We collected nativities in our travels, but that one is precious to me!
Posted by: Moki at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:06 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Boss Moss
The initial funding for Fisher-Price was a CIA project contracted to Noam Chomsky through a company owned by Chomsky's wife.
Posted by: Alex Miklos-Jones, who might be right at December 24, 2024 11:07 PM (xesY+)
https://tinyurl.com/ntfcbbjm
Did he sign before or after ice cream?
Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unexpected at December 24, 2024 11:08 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:08 PM (8zz6B)
Merry Christmas! I leave you with this ...
Jessye's Carol (The American Boy Choir)
youtu.be/fOotEV7M6Xo?si=_uE1IL84PQbVomz_
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:09 PM (cWeHZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:09 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Moki
Why not find a rich stand of moss, use a spade to lift out a section, and glue it to the roof. It will dry brown and probably look great.
Posted by: Hints From Heloise at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: BifBewalski at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (MsrgL)
Of you and the woman,
And of your offspring and her Descendant;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”
Tomorrow we celebrate the keeping and the Keeper of this promise.
Posted by: Emmie at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (Sf2cq)
You guys better have been good little fellas....🧐
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I have been as good or bad as usual.
Bet both you and Doof have better, or at least more expensive whiskeys though.
Best and Merry to you!
Posted by: Miklos has been bribing Santa for years, capisce? at December 24, 2024 11:10 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 24, 2024 11:11 PM (OTdqV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:03 PM (wZ2Bf)
Damn! My illusions are shattered.
Posted by: Alberta
Photoshop? Can't be I got it on the internet
Illusion shatters should be banned with a lump of coal
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 11:11 PM (QXQ4l)
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:12 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 11:12 PM (GZPuW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 24, 2024 10:23 PM (KcwUg)
Make brownies and all will be fine
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (QXQ4l)
https://tinyurl.com/mtmzd3zx
Okay I deem that statement racyss.
So when are the Democrats going to quit with race since that's the only way to stop racism?
Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unjust at December 24, 2024 11:13 PM (i0xsb)
We drove around looking at Christmas lights tonight, also. It's always fun. I am a cheap date.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (+HzbQ)
Why is Trump saying he wants to buy Greenland?
He's applying pressure on Canada's left flank as the opening salvo in his campaign to reduce the filthy icebacks to a quivering mass of jello prior to annexing the whole shebang.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (GZPuW)
Merry Christmas "gumby" ! You are one of the good ones.
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:00 PM (+HzbQ)
If the US owns it, we can keep anybody else from setting up a military outpost on it. IIRC, the heathen Chinese have some commercial foot holds in Greenland now.
When Trump last proposed this, the Europeans mocked him. Silly, Orange Man, don't you know the world is at peace? Recent events may have changed their minds.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 24, 2024 11:15 PM (lhenN)
It would be awful if he made a rash decision without knowing all the facts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:16 PM (hY4dx)
Cardboard cones, with felt for clothing, scraps of rick-rack & metallic cord for embellishments.. The figures' 'heads' were simply scraps of old stockings, stuffed with bits of fabric. Very simple.
The 'manger' and walls/roof are made of scrap wood. Strips of felt for 'hay'
It's buried in boxes in our attic & I haven't been able to get up there to bring it out... so no pics.
This Christmas is sucking pretty hard, but I've got to remember: "It ain't about me, or mine."
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (YoCnN)
When Trump last proposed this, the Europeans mocked him. Silly, Orange Man, don't you know the world is at peace? Recent events may have changed their minds.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (bSUYY)
Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 24, 2024 10:02 PM (ZOv7s
So someone writing his 'history' thought having him marry a six year old girl and banging her at nine was a bold editorial choice to draw in new recruits? Wow.
I do remember ace's post where Lucas and Spielberg wanted to make Indy edgier by having an unconventional relationship with a 12 year old.
Writers....
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Ciampino - is this real? at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: LASue at December 24, 2024 11:18 PM (lCppi)
These are implicit assumptions, that (for example) “non college educated whites” will vote for so and so, but left handed lesbians who live on the odd side of the street will vote this way.
It’s an obsolete world view. Blacks vote Democrat. The End. Biden acknowledged this by saying “If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black!”
One of the most disgusting things, but again they operate on division
Posted by: Common Tater at December 24, 2024 11:18 PM (AC6Bk)
My cousin Jamey and I took over the Barbie House when the girls were done and turned it into a fort.
After turning Barbie's Malibu House into the best possible American Wild West Fort Ever, then we flipped a coin as to Cowboys or Indians.
We both wanted to be the Indians, but fair is fair.
Posted by: Miklos plays fair most of the time at December 24, 2024 11:19 PM (xesY+)
They were pretty butthurt.
But screw that. Invade. There's a lot of parasites that need to be eliminated.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:20 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)
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Are you making an offer?
Posted by: Denmark at December 24, 2024 11:20 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)
Greenland is currently owned by that economic and military powerhouse, Denmark. I bet they could now be convinced.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Denmark at December 24, 2024 11:21 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: ALH
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Glad you had fun!. We found a street with 11 houses decorated with lighted candy canes. One of those music, light show houses. Saw several old school lights and decorations too, which is always enjoyable.
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:22 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 24, 2024 10:25 PM
You and me both.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Mine is 42" tall, but that includes the bird on top.
Posted by: Genuine Tuscan Plastic
Prelit? The prelit ones are great. You take the garbage bags off, carry it up from the basement, plug it in, and you're good to go.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:23 PM (0Htd1)
Found the old Christmas lights that might be older than I am.
No one left to do it but me this year.
Some sadness, but proud that I remembered and did it.
Posted by: Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Piper at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (pZEOD)
Is Greenland for sale?
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM
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If you buy the Panama Canal, you can throw in Greenland for 50% off the retail price. Seems like a no brainer deal to me.
Posted by: TRex at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (Do6ft)
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:22 PM (41CYW)
My favorites are the old Southern mansions with the huge columns in front. Always so beautiful.
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:24 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: The Art of the Deal at December 24, 2024 11:25 PM (hY4dx)
I have 2 big beers left. I'm going to watch a horror movie.
I just found out Trumpy is the one that likes to go into the green bathroom and turn the faucet on....
They aren't mine but I love those cats.
Posted by: Stateless at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (iB0e9)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Good. That sick bastard who burned the woman in NYC needs to be fried.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (YoCnN)
I posted this earlier on another thread. I spent the worst Christmas locked in an insane asylum with good reason, and there upon began a nightmare of psychotropic drugs and the attendant misery. But after a fashion and a lot of detox I realized that Jesus was still born unto me, and He had me in mind at the time. So, embrace the suck, but follow that star anyway.
Merry Christmas even when it ain’t all that Merry. And anyone struggling, know that you are on my rosary tonight and every night. God will bless, but it could take time. Hang in there.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it.
Yes, Gumby is, but Pokey is an asshole.
Posted by: Feet of Clay at December 24, 2024 11:27 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: ALH
Trumpic
Posted by: Miklos (ed) at December 24, 2024 11:27 PM (xesY+)
Dad: umph
Dad: * slice * *walk off
Me: how about mom...
Dad: umph
me: fuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:26 PM (0Htd1)
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She'll do.
Posted by: District Attorney Trotter at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (izAv/)
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:17 PM (+HzbQ)
Everything is for sale, if enough money is offered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:29 PM (8zz6B)
When under arrest, I never had difficulty getting their hands behind their backs.
Posted by: 7 year old Deputy Miklos at December 24, 2024 11:30 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Everyone has their price, for the Million Dollar Man.
Posted by: Ted Dibiase at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:29 PM (8zz6B)
True dat
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:28 PM (izAv/)
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And how many virgins did we actually get out of the deal?
ZERO!
Beware of guild merchants in wooden shoes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Feet of Clay
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First tree while living on my own had two ornaments. Gumby and Pokey. One strand of multi colored lights and an empty beer bottle upside down as the tree topper. A bit of idiot and a lot of being broke.
Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (41CYW)
https://tinyurl.com/ntfcbbjm
Did he sign before or after ice cream?
Posted by: Ciampino - ephemeral & unexpected
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I wonder if the Legislature knows about these.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 11:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Lirio100
In 1917, for fear that the Germans would use it as a U-Boat base.
Which is why they still drive on the left there.
Posted by: Lil' Miklos thought they was drivin' crazy at December 24, 2024 11:32 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:33 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:33 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Ciampino - just sweep it under the rug at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (i0xsb)
Which is why they still drive on the left there.
Posted by: Lil' Miklos thought they was drivin' crazy at December 24, 2024 11:32 PM (xesY+)
What became of the French Caribbean colonies, and the Dutch ones, during WWII? Were they also occupied by the USA or other Allies to preclude German occupation?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (8zz6B)
Nobody lets Mildred in the Memory Care Unit sign legal documents. Why allow our vegetable to do so?
Posted by: Non Compos Mentis at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (G5+As)
He's applying pressure on Canada's left flank as the opening salvo in his campaign to reduce the filthy icebacks to a quivering mass of jello prior to annexing the whole shebang.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)
Wait. Do we even want Canada?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)
Hello, and Merry Christmas! So good to "see" you!! Do you ever hear from DC in Towson?
Merriest of Christmases to all you dear Morons. Sure hope 2035vis a better year.
God bless us all.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (Ezs10)
https://mol.im/a/14224379
Posted by: Ciampino - becoming a common occurrence at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (iB0e9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)
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The Eskimo welfare alone must eat up half of Denmark's annual budget.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Lirio100 at December 24, 2024 11:37 PM (izAv/)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)
Not until they fix their gddm highway we don’t.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:37 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Aunt Bethany at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:34 PM (HZsmh)
As mentioned above, Greenland has vast resource potential. It could be very wealthy if it did a better job of selling exploration rights. There is mineral exploration going on there, but there could be a lot more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (wZ2Bf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)
Why should they be different? We already do all of that here. Probably not gonna be a big change.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Aunt Bethany at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (mH6SG)
I pledge allegiance to the United States of America!
Posted by: ALH at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (+HzbQ)
Posted by: Doof at December
Never get rid of it, that set is yours. Mrs B has been using the same set since our first house that we got right before we were married. I didn't really appreciate it at first. My focus was always the tree which became more and more elaborate over the years. Somebody had given us a new nativity set. Fancier, bigger, had lights, etc. She viewed it as a cursed object and it never left the box. I said why, and she pointed to the original and said this one is ours. One Christmas I looked at it more carefully than usual. I realized that the entire manger was wood, realistically constructed, from the rough hewn beams, the support columns and framing that looked like they were made from tree branches to simulate the construction made from cut down trees, the tiny rope binding, tiny nails, the roof, the hay, all to the finest detail. The figurines have amazing detail, painted perfectly, and their lifelike poses. She was right, this one can't be improved on. Its perfect.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (VwHCD)
More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say
https://mol.im/a/14224557
Posted by: Ciampino - let them starve at December 24, 2024 11:40 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
All Dutch areas rejected German authority, the Dutch Navy joined the Allies. The French Caribbean possessions saw who was who and where, and cooperated.
To this day, the refinery on Dutch Bonaire keeps Venezuela supplied with refined oil products.
Posted by: Miklos is surprised at things that are interesting at December 24, 2024 11:41 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:38 PM (8zz6B)
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We can sublet to the Chinese to get gangs of children to work the mines.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (hY4dx)
The possibilities for Congressional graft would be epic.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others
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Perhaps if they opened an Indian casino there, with real vikings as the first peoples / indians.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 24, 2024 11:43 PM (/lPRQ)
We both wanted to be the Indians, but fair is fair.
Posted by: Miklos plays fair most of the time
Recycling at its best.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:43 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:36 PM (hY4dx)
Greenlanders are not Eskimos, and to call them that is a grave insult. They do not even look like Eskimos, and some are very tall. Result of interbreeding with the Vikings, I guess. The contrast between the Greenlanders and the Eskimos across the strait on Baffin Island, is like that between night and day. Greenland villages look like Northern Europe villages. Eskimo villages are dumps.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
Oh, yeah, muzzie. Intelligence of a dung beetle. But all cultures are equal…
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 24, 2024 11:14 PM (cWeHZ)
Wait. Do we even want Canada?
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 24, 2024 11:35 PM (0Htd1)
Been sayin for years... Annex Canada, and Mexico, and every Central American country down to our Canal.
THAT would be an easily controlled border.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (QAkQ3)
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I believe the Vikings called them Skraelings. They didn't get along.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Try to tell that to the kids these days.
While also inquiring where the sharpshooters should be.
Posted by: Miklos is unsurprised most days at December 24, 2024 11:47 PM (xesY+)
Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (4TAOz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 11:45 PM (hY4dx)
Those were American Indians. I don’t know what they called the ones on Greenland but towards the end apparently the called some of them Honeypie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Seconded.
Posted by: scampydog add that to my homework at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM (wZ2Bf)
Merry Christmas to you all.
I can finally say that sincerely, couldn't do that a couple of days ago. It's been a nightmare with both Jules and Dad. I'll just say things are better now.
Even when things seem overwhelming, there is always the future, things will change.
God bless this Moron Horde for being a source of support.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 24, 2024 11:49 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (G6LTi)
Cat has been hanging out very close to hubby, since he came home from hospital. I mean, this cat is *not* a lovey-dovey cuddler, but he's been right there next to hubby for over a week...
Cats *know*. They don't give a damn, but they *know*.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:48 PM (xZ/E3)
Back then the womenfolk may have been considered war booty (call), not necessarily wife material. Vikings and all.
Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (63Dwl)
Out.
Posted by: GWB at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (WlvCt)
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Oh, but it is, it is. Rocket surgeons turn water and sewer pipe into rockets. They need all the supplements they can get.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 11:52 PM (HZsmh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 24, 2024 11:51 PM (63Dwl)[/i
Or some sci-fi species.
Posted by: Furries at December 24, 2024 11:53 PM (gKDq2)
Always here for ya. Prayers continue.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 11:53 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Gold Fever at December 24, 2024 11:54 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: RickZ at December 24, 2024 11:54 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2024 11:56 PM (+Z09c)
https://tinyurl.com/ydncfmd3
Iqaluit, Baffin Island:
https://tinyurl.com/mumkneuk
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:56 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (YoCnN)
Don't even know what that is anymore. Sigh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 24, 2024 11:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 24, 2024 11:59 PM (gyhsN)
Days are long, here. And stressful.
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:59 PM (YoCnN)
Posted by: JQ
It depends - it's a traditional bit of folklore among some Orthodox Christians, but the key thing here is that you've got to turn to the Julian Calendar for the date of Christmas Eve. December 24 under the Gregorian Calendar would be way too early. Saki (Hector Hugh Monro) used that as an element in one of his best comedic vignettes. Werner has just heard a noise, so back into hiding miode,
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 12:00 AM (G6LTi)
Posted by: Popsicles, One And All at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (G5+As)
Or shall.
Fate, mein Wernershein, ist als vie Marleen dicht, ist so wie geht wie die Natyty Daddys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2m85l6ksbU
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein, keine anomie hier at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (xesY+)
So true, Farmer. Glad things are better.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (YoCnN)
I am loving the nativity scenes stories so much.
My grandmother gave me her little 1930 ANRI Nativity when I had my own family. One of those with the two-dimensional figures glued in place.
I decided to reproduce it in a larger size for our creche, so I did the math, scouted the materials and built if at the family warehouse, all by myself.
Only when we set it up at home and stepped back to look at it, did I notice that, embiggened, it looked like the Alamo.
If you put a lot of little artificial trees around it, it helps.
Posted by: sal at December 25, 2024 12:01 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Miklos was in Seattle once at December 25, 2024 12:02 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 11:39 PM (wZ2Bf)
The Darrien Gap is the obstacle.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (yHP5w)
Oh, yeah, muzzie. Intelligence of a dung beetle. But all cultures are equal…
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 24, 2024 11:45
Thanks for the guffaw tcn. After one TV anchor mentioned "rocket fuel science" we've used that term for yrs.
You know that there is a direct correlation between cousin marriages and low IQ? I think Afghanistan and Iraq were in the top, well the bottom, lol.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: JQ at December 24, 2024 11:57 PM (YoCnN)
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OK. West coast. You get a pass.
Off to work!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (+Z09c)
I believe it does.
A few years ago at the range, there was a guy who had an original Civil War Sharps. He said a great-great grand-something had actually used in the Civil War, with a Wisconsin unit. He let me shoot it.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:03 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 25, 2024 12:04 AM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Or characters in a movie nobody would watch
Posted by: Miklos from Disney at December 25, 2024 12:05 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 25, 2024 12:05 AM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 24, 2024 11:42 PM (Ezs10)
Thanks! Yeah, its been a hell of a year. Like I have said before though, I had virtually no recovery. I was back to my asshole self in a matter of weeks with what feels like a 20 year old body. The main thing is I got to see this year. Things went bad fast, I don't think I had weeks left. I never had any real serious symptoms until the week I realized something wasn't right. cardiologists were backed up 2 months, but this one guy realized I was in deep shit and got me in fast and scheduled some tests quick. Had I waited for the other asshats I probably wouldn't be here. My first appt with the cardiologist I wanted was feb 7, and I was already in the hospital and had surgery on the 8th. I actually called him from the hospital to cancel the appt. They asked if i wanted to reschedule, and I said uhhh no, I'm getting surgery tomorrow, so suck a dick and thanks for nothing. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:06 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 25, 2024 12:08 AM (Wx316)
Posted by: KT at December 25, 2024 12:08 AM (xekrU)
Posted by: Farmer
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Right. Now consider, after 70 or so generations of cousin marriage...
It's really a wonder that certain portions of the world population are even *alive*
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Seconded.
Posted by: scampydog
Thank you
Laughter is constant, because absurdity is amusing.
Posted by: Unworried Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (xesY+)
You're on my prayers. My mama's dementia has increased mightily the last few months, and I'm about to lose my own mind.I cannot imagine navigating this with no help, or a way to get away for a few days.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:09 AM (Ezs10)
The initial proposal from the UK to Vichy was to move the French fleet to Martinique/etc, there to remain under Allied custody. This offer having been declined, they did it The Hard Way, Royal Navy attacked the fleet, and they lost over 1,000 men in the attack at Mers al-Kebir.
In Aruba there's a sunken German ship, the Antilles, that I think was scuttled in May 1940, presumably because the Dutch would seize it anyway. Snorkled on it once.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:10 AM (1m82a)
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Let's see... Fate, Natty light, and Dietrich. Sounds good.
Posted by: scampydog add that to my homework at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (41CYW)
You're a whole miracle by yourself! I'm so glad you're a.ing us!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:11 AM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: tcn in AK"
https://youtu.be/aKEUlJRQVbA?si=c6vyKciSZg4cucz6
Posted by: eleven at December 25, 2024 12:12 AM (iziT8)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:12 AM (Ezs10)
We had a plain little tree, already losing its needles, but it's amazing how some lights and a couple of ornaments can make a difference.
______
Santa, Dear Friends
A short mindful webwork from Christmas Eve 1988,
for those who may have come to doubt the old elf
http://bit.ly/uPbosF
Posted by: mindful webworker - ho haugh hoot at December 25, 2024 12:13 AM (09AS9)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:13 AM (Ezs10)
Oh I'm so glad Werner showed up to join us for Christmas Eve!
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 12:14 AM (azvCj)
Finishing the train set-up will happen in the morning. Would take 10 minutes except screwing the tiny screws in to hold the track at key locations is absurdly difficult. Need to look into different screws and probably a power screwdriver. I mount the track on OSB board, maybe it's drying out? Seems like it's getting more difficult.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:14 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:15 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:16 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:17 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:17 AM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:19 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 12:19 AM (bSUYY)
Posted by: scampydog
Actually, Marleen is working until 6 (Waffle House pays overtime for everybody on Holidays).
But Charleen is giving that look (she wants champagne), and hell I can make it sparkle.
Posted by: Busy Man Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:21 AM (xesY+)
Spent yesterday at the DeBakey VA Hospital in Houston. They have a dedicated ALS/Gehrig's wing, right on the 1st floor. Was seen there by a parade of no less than seven specialists & disciplines, with two lacking, as they were already out for Christmas.
There are small possibilities to slow the advance of things. I'll take this as good news.
And the Nutritionist included copious amounts of real Ice Cream in my diet. I need calories, and fat, and I need 'em fast.
The "perfect food" for me right now, would be the entire skin from a perfectly roasted chicken. Protein, fat, and FLAVOR.
And Bourbon, to improve the morale.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 25, 2024 12:24 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 25, 2024 12:24 AM (1m82a)
Merry Christmas, MisHum!
Merry Christmas, Horde!
Some a-cappella Christmas music, but the opposite of Pentatonix's vibe:
https://youtu.be/BUkY1tPgq94
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 12:26 AM (DgGvY)
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December
Eat everything and drink all the booze and LIVE LIFE NOW.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:30 AM (kUm8P)
Hope Santa brings ya that entire, perfectly roasted chicken skin and a biiiiig bowl of ice cream!
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:31 AM (YoCnN)
A very Merry Christmas to you all!
Especially to Christmas Cob, MisHum.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:32 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: javems at December 25, 2024 12:33 AM (8I4hW)
Anyway - Merry Christmas to each and every Hordeling, near and far!
Posted by: Doof at December 25, 2024 12:34 AM (BSDFI)
Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:34 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 12:36 AM (41CYW)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
The Bourbon will continue until morale improves!
*eyes bottle*
Posted by: Miklos from Corporate Regional KPI Department at December 25, 2024 12:36 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Thanks, Tammy! Prayers up for you & mama as well.
Hubby wasn't this bad, before his fall a couple of weeks ago. It's related to his liver disease, and maybe will subside. How much? ??? When? ??? Or... maybe not at all.
Just got to ride it out & embrace the suck for now.
Changing diapers is the worst.
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:37 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:38 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 25, 2024 12:39 AM (6ZHNK)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:39 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 12:40 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:41 AM (sAmhv)
Can't decide.
But Kings Return , an acapella group, might be number one. These guys FEEL it.
Pavarotti and Domingo seem too forced..
Groban is ok..
the divas Houston Celine Carey...clearly in it for the $$.
Ave María sung in the stairwell by Kings Return is simply astounding in its gracefulness.
Oh, and I inherited my mother's Hummel crèche.
Cannot be a sweeter depiction of the holiest night ever. It is amongst my most prized possessions.
Thx MisHum. For being with this motley crew tonight. Just love this place. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:41 AM (w93IV)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
Best friends are best.
Publius and Miley know about these things, and gave me the away for a day or two option.
I praise and thank them, and hope you know some such Good People.
It really helps.
Posted by: Miklos at December 25, 2024 12:42 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Moe at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (41CYW)
She goes into the counseling about depression, end of life choices, booze, guns in the home, and etc. She used the phrase "a tragic death". I countered with "but how 'bout a hugely comedic death?" With barely suppressed glee at the torment I was about to offer up.
The LOOK on her face.
When I told her that no one need worry, until I order the Wylie E. Coyote Signature Catalogue from ACME industries.
'Cause if I'm gonna "go", it'll be on ACME Rocket Skates, holding a flimsy umbrella to protect me from the 10 ton rock coming in from above.
To quote the old dictator Stalin meme.
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (w93IV)
As I fly out of sight,
Merry Christmas to all
and to y'all a G'nite.
https://youtu.be/qJkiYNeDsw4
Posted by: mindful webworker - 50% chance of rain, dear at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (09AS9)
The Cambridge Singers have a beautiful rendition.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (Ezs10)
https://youtu.be/BUkY1tPgq94
Posted by: mikeski
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Okayyyy... 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuOIYCERc4
Baylor
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (7uGna)
Posted by: Miklos anna Sissy anna Bobby at December 25, 2024 12:44 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (aiBxL)
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 12:47 AM (XeU6L)
You made ne literallyOL!! 😂😂😂
Don't forget bacon, glorious bacon! Wright thick cut is the actual Bomb Diggity. And all your B vitamins, and probably plenty of taurine.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:47 AM (Ezs10)
421 I wants to wish Presdent Obama a Happy Holidays.
We love you and miss you......
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,Vt
Posted by: Buster Hymandd at December 25, 2024 12:48 AM (cBi2+)
[thumbs through his Tallis singers collection]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
........................
Nah, go for the cliff.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:50 AM (sAmhv)
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 12:50 AM (XeU6L)
Blessings for all and may we remember in our prayers those less fortunate and those who are ill and hurting.
Posted by: RetsgtRN at December 25, 2024 12:51 AM (VfgCo)
I wanna go with your plan when I go.
These docs by and large are humorless scolds with little imagination or soul.
They need a good shock to their psyche.
Good on ya.
Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (w93IV)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 12:40 AM (Sgq8y)
Merry Christmas, DDS!
Posted by: Emmie at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (Sf2cq)
And Mary, President and Mr. Obama want you to be their next Executive Chef on Martha's Vineyard!
So Exciting!
Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at December 25, 2024 12:52 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Earlier this evening at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)
I have to admit, Bill Murray's 'Scrooged' is not bad, either.
And George C. Scott made a good Scrooge, too.
Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (gKDq2)
Neuropsychologist, M.D. Not kidding about the title.
She goes into the counseling about depression, end of life choices, booze, guns in the home, and etc. She used the phrase "a tragic death".
Sounds like she makes things worse, not better.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (azvCj)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)
The Rich Little, Christmas Carol, where he plays all the parts imitating celebrities is a fun one too for those that are older than 29.
Posted by: Beartooth at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (3Ev2O)
They are amazing friends, and no one deserves them more than you.
There is no one nearby, but I do have a cousin in California who seems to sense when I'm on the edge, and flies out to help. Thor helps tremendously, but he can only do so much, as she's very modest.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:53 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:54 AM (YoCnN)
Ooooh! Another one! My OCD has kicked in. I'm on rendition 14!
Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (w93IV)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22 AM (Xo+UM)
way ahead of you. I'm on glass 3, and I usually never do more than one. This time last year to the day my blood pressure was 205 over 120. Now its 120 over 70. I earned glass 3.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (VwHCD)
Or shall.
Fate, mein Wernershein, ist als vie Marleen dicht, ist so wie geht wie die Natyty Daddys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2m85l6ksbU
Posted by: Miklos von und zu Miklostein, keine anomie hier
Truer words have never been expressed. Vielen Dank, friend Miklos, and may all go well with you. Oh, and Notorious BFD, you cannot outdrink a Kraut. The French, Canadians, and Italians come close, but the last man standing is always a man named Klaus, Werner, Lukas, Karl, or Dieter. And a word of advice - the one thing that a truly Notorious BFD never needs to do is to insist on that in the arena of public communication. if you have to tell everyone that you're the Notorious BFD, then that's exactly what you aren't.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (G6LTi)
I knew I loved you for a reason! Spen in alium is one of ny all time favorites!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (Ezs10)
We are rudderless right now and any National Emergency Could be dramatic with unthinkable consequences.......
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 12:56 AM (FDlb9)
Posted by: Miklos has Man Card because likes Stooges at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (xesY+)
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You missed the Christmas pickleball tournament.
Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (41CYW)
The LOOK on her face.
When I told her that no one need worry, until I order the Wylie E. Coyote Signature Catalogue from ACME industries.
'Cause if I'm gonna "go", it'll be on ACME Rocket Skates, holding a flimsy umbrella to protect me from the 10 ton rock coming in from above.
To quote the old dictator Stalin meme.
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43 AM (Xo+UM)
Woah, woah, what the fuck did I miss??
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (VwHCD)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:22
Good to hear Jim. You know there are many here rooting for you, praying for you. You know you are not allowed to leave us until I get to meet Jim Sunk New Dawn in person. Even then you must stick around a while.
I do think prayer has helped Jules. She was given a 50/50 chance on Nov 8. Today we argued on the phone, she's mostly back and wants some things her way, lol.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (8zz6B)
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Add in plenty of "blame the patient whenever they can" because somehow, it allows them to slough the hard work of determining any other possible cause...
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (YoCnN)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:55 AM (VwHCD)
Yes, yes you did!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (55Qr6)
My Christmas has just gotten merrier. Thank you for sharing this!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:00 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Yep
I always do a few shots before I get my blood pressure taken.
And my liver?
Hard as a rock
Posted by: Miklos recalls Marine Corps jokes at December 25, 2024 01:00 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (D6PGr)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (Idisy)
Posted by: Derak
Not the best, but different:
https://youtu.be/4AbjhyBav0s
Apocalyptica. A 4-man metal band, but they all play the cello.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (DgGvY)
I did befuddle the "experts" yesterday, too. 122/80 BP.
PERFECT blood numbers, across the board.
I'm not giving 'em anything to bitch me out for! LOL
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:01 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Well, I am flattered, but Allegri Miserere is my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWZIPri38Q
Merry Christmas to Arkansas!
You've missed a couple of interesting months in the Appalachians. Still going on.
Posted by: Clement Moore at December 25, 2024 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
Come on down to the missile silo, comrade. We'll strain a couple of gallons of rocket fuel through a loaf of bread and have a real party. There's reason we won the great Patriotic War.
Posted by: The Russians at December 25, 2024 01:05 AM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 12:57 AM (VwHCD)
ALS. Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Makes me want to dig THAT S.O.B. up and shoot 'im daid for loosing such a thing on the unknowing masses!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (Xo+UM)
That KJV is off. Linus had it right in "A charlie Brown Christmas. "Peace to men of goodwill."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (ZmEVT)
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Add in plenty of "blame the patient whenever they can" because somehow, it allows them to slough the hard work of determining any other possible cause...
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 12:58 AM (YoCnN)
When my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer she was moved from one hospital to another that specializes in cancer treatment. This fucking doctor who came into the room she was waiting in started giving me an attitude. He goes on a rant and asks why am I here, I don't know this woman, who is her doctor, she has stage 4 cancer, she's terminal, what do you want me to do, etc etc. My mom, who didn't know how bad she was, looked up at me and said "end of the line huh". This fucking doctor then lets out a small chuckle, covers his mouth and says I guess I said more than I should have". I thought in the back of my mind, "you sure did, because if colander face mask world arrives you're going to have a date with a roof and a tall building and motherfucking galileo is going to be proud".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:08 AM (VwHCD)
Yeah, and that Hodgkin's joker needs to be slapped around, too.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (azvCj)
Dark Humor is like Food. Not everyone GETS IT!"
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 12:43
Now I recall why I appreciate you so much, you sick f*cker.
My goal now that Dad is in hospice is to make him laugh at least once during our conversation. The other night it was a 3fer.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (55Qr6)
I'm not giving 'em anything to bitch me out for! LOL
Jim
So
You are the father
Posted by: Miklos, Esq. for Jane Does Conchita, Miguelita, y Mesquita et alia at December 25, 2024 01:09 AM (xesY+)
Cheers!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:11 AM (8zz6B)
Are there no workhouses?
Posted by: Earlier this evening
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“You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell me why?”
“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
Scrooge trembled more and more.
“Or would you know,” pursued the Ghost, “the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!”
Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:11 AM (XeU6L)
That's a really sweet arrangement. The cellos are muscular.
I think I really prefer the male voice for oh holy night because it is so forceful and convincing.
Oh my. I must go dream of sugarplums now.
Best to all of you ,especially those facing the most trying of times. You'll see the face of God. He will cradle you in His hands.
No fear, no despair, no anxiety. Peace.
Posted by: Derak at December 25, 2024 01:13 AM (w93IV)
Posted by: The Russians
Werner gives major props to Russian imbibing skills. But there is a difference - you drink on a professional level. We Krauts treat it as an athletic competition.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 25, 2024 01:13 AM (G6LTi)
Posted by: Farmer
When Old Papa was in his last days in hospice, morphine and all, The best I could do was to get him to come around a bit, drink coffee and cuss.
Which was easier, because there was a Duke basketball game on.
Posted by: Miklos so recalls at December 25, 2024 01:15 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)
>>I have to admit, Bill Murray's 'Scrooged' is not bad, either.
I think those are 2 of the best 'Modern' renditions. Both essential christmas viewing, imo.
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2024 01:16 AM (j6KoD)
A single man, living seven years aboard a sloop in the Houston/Galveston area; I seldom lacked for company from this or that comely lass of negotiable morals.
I guess telling 'em all my name was Berserker threw 'em off my trail?
Ooops.... Sorry, Bro!
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:17 AM (Xo+UM)
We are rudderless right now and any National Emergency Could be dramatic with unthinkable consequences.......
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at December 25, 2024 12:56 AM (FDlb9)
Saw a meme: Alien speaks to human girl, 'Take me to your leader'. Girl replies, 'Can you come back in about a month?'
But, yeah, I fear something bad is going to happen before the inauguration.
Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (gKDq2)
I just watched the Family Ties Christmas episode from 1983. It was "A Christmas Carol" themed. Kinda funny.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (azvCj)
It's on Youtube, btw.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 25, 2024 01:19 AM (azvCj)
Nice to see old friends here tonight, for all of you who have lost someone or are caring for someone or are suffering your own private hell, keep on fighting the good fight and know that as a member of the Horde you are surrounded by love and caring.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 01:20 AM (Sgq8y)
Makes me want to dig THAT S.O.B. up and shoot 'im daid for loosing such a thing on the unknowing masses!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:06 AM (Xo+UM)
I'll go with you, crack the lid on the casket, and you can roll in a grenade. Then we'll drink and watch the fireworks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:20 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: retroactive legal advice form Miklos at December 25, 2024 01:21 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:22 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:00
Glad to help Tammy.
They described Jules as feisty. I said, yeah, we started "dating" 48 yrs ago to the day when she went in the hospital, I think I know that.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:23 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:23 AM (55Qr6)
Farmer, I am pleased to hear that Jules is making progress, and sad to hear that your father is now in hospice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (8zz6B)
SHUT UP, WESLEY! he explained.
/s
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
H. L. Mencken, a quote from whom graces every Ace Post, used to piss on the grave of Edgar Allen Poe.
Mencken had himself cremated to avoid the same possibility.
Posted by: Miklos, who once lived in Mencken's house at December 25, 2024 01:25 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Probably the second part. Lou got named for it. First diagnosis I guess.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 01:26 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:22 AM (8zz6B)
Probably because Gehrig was a big celebrity and it's easier to remember 'Lou Gehrig's Disease' than ALS, 'Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis'.
Like Lyme Disease instead of Deer Tick Fever.
Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:28 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:30 AM (bSUYY)
Posted by: JQ at December 25, 2024 01:32 AM (YoCnN)
A single man, living seven years aboard a sloop in the Houston/Galveston area; I seldom lacked for company from this or that comely lass of negotiable morals.
I guess telling 'em all my name was Berserker threw 'em off my trail?
Ooops.... Sorry, Bro!
*runs serpentine*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 01:17 AM (Xo+UM)
Yeah that could have worked a few different ways. You could have scored some nice poon, or they might have decided to viking funeral your ass and made you the charred sunk new dawn. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:33 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:33 AM (XeU6L)
Was supposed to be there from mid September til November. Had a strong urge to come home. Glad I listened!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 25, 2024 01:34 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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ALS was named in the late 1800s by a French doctor. Fuzzy on the details, researched it decades ago. It was known before Gehrig.
Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:30 AM (bSUYY)
Made in hut 43 by a dude sitting on the jungle floor with a diaper on his head and holding them with his feet to package them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (VwHCD)
Posted by: RickZ
Powerline's latest "week in pictures" has a political cartoon like that.
Except it's on the steps of the White House, the "girl" is Jill Biden, and she answers "He lives at Mar-A-Lago."
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:36 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 25, 2024 01:36 AM (sAmhv)
Which was easier, because there was a Duke basketball game on.
Posted by: Miklos so recalls at December 25, 2024 01:15
Sweet, whatever works to keep them engaged. They just started Dad on morphine yesterday. I wish I could be there but with Jules' situation I can't.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at December 25, 2024 01:38 AM (55Qr6)
Like Lyme Disease instead of Deer Tick Fever.
Posted by: RickZ at December 25, 2024 01:28 AM (gKDq2)
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Puts me in mind of a bit from an episode of Bob's Burgers. A scammy baseball camp instructor is telling the kids of a ball-player, whose name he can't remember, who had Lou Gehrig's Disease. Makes me chuckle every time.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 25, 2024 01:38 AM (OGOaV)
Posted by: scampydog was eliminated in round one at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (41CYW)
Yeah, on searching, I learned the same thing. Gehrig may have been the first well-known American to die of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:39 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2024 01:35 AM (VwHCD)
I'm just happy he has feet. I hear Hut 39 is where they keep the lepers.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:39 AM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 25, 2024 01:42 AM (bSUYY)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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Still quite a mess here. Thousands are spending Christmas in very sad circumstances.
But through it all, the natives have displayed incredible spirit. This has been mentioned to me by out-of-town work crews to whom I have spoken. Typically, 'I've never seen a community come together and pitch in like this.'
Posted by: Charles at December 25, 2024 01:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:47 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: scampydog at December 25, 2024 01:50 AM (41CYW)
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I have traveled up as far north as Erwin,TN surveying damage, haven't bumped into a FEMA person yet, but volunteers are very busy distributing supplies, and doing muck/mud/debris removal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:53 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 01:54 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 01:55 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 01:54 AM (3ek7K)
I think Santa pastures out the reindeer at Flagstaff, and hitches up eight javelinas for southern Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 01:56 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 01:58 AM (lZDOL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Makes sense. The reindeer would be overdressed.
Posted by: mikeski at December 25, 2024 01:59 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
May … be …
But “Grandma got mauled by a javelina …” doesn’t quite have the same jingle feel to it.
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 01:59 AM (qz+gL)
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 02:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:02 AM (8zz6B)
Merry Christmas AOP!
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (3ek7K)
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And the same to you. Say..is the Christmas cactus decorated?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2024 02:04 AM (Xo+UM)
Lilies are white,
Christmas Eve no more.
A the stroke of midnight !
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah.
Posted by: Adriane to Totally Not Cynical Critic . . . at December 25, 2024 02:05 AM (qz+gL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:03 AM (XeU6L)
I have Christmas lights on the front of the house, and they are lit. The palm trees are not decorated. I had a big old recumbent barrel cactus in the side yard that survived for years, but the past summer's drought killed it, and it has collapsed to a husk. But a baseball-size green baby cactus has sprung up in the middle of the wreck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:07 AM (8zz6B)
Bers, nice to see you here tonight, how were your brother's in-laws??? Meery Christmas to you and Mrs. B.
Jim, Charred New Dawn, LOL Bers, Merry Christmas to you and Herself. I keep praying.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:11 AM (Sgq8y)
That man could write!! I don't think- unlike Biden- he had ghost writers:
https://tinyurl.com/5dapvba3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:12 AM (lZDOL)
Very pretty. Christmas Ships are on the other side, can't hear them.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 25, 2024 02:15 AM (H3AP2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2024 02:16 AM (lZDOL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Name it 'Mary Ellen Carter'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (XeU6L)
Santa fix my ass please!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (Sgq8y)
Merry Christmas to all, etc.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 25, 2024 02:20 AM (NE+I8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (XeU6L)
Heh. That is a worthy idea. I am thinking to take a spade, and dig out a soccer-ball sized lump of dead cactus and soil, and transplant the pup (which they are called) to a soil bed at the front of the house. I could then arrange for some sort of drip irrigation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:22 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:18 AM (Sgq8y)
Oh, I hear you! Last week, I went to a bar with friends to hear the band, which was not very good. Coming out, it was very dark, and I was gawking at the stars, and planet Mars in the eastern sky above Superstition Mountain, and I tripped over a concrete barrier in the parking lot, and did a lip stand in the gravel parking lot. Luckily, only injuries were lightly skinned knuckles, and a skinned patch on one knee the size of a dime. No aches and pains resulted. Dirt is good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:27 AM (8zz6B)
That man could write!! I don't think- unlike Biden- he had ghost writers:
https://tinyurl.com/5dapvba3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you have never seen it, this is worth a watch. Tribute to Churchill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:31 AM (XeU6L)
Merry Christmas neighbor. No snow in our forecast. Not even that cold.
Oops I just called down the weather gods.
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 25, 2024 02:32 AM (iB0e9)
AOP, I wish that I had dirt today, ouch!!!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 02:38 AM (Sgq8y)
Time to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and Good Night!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2024 02:39 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:41 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:44 AM (XeU6L)
meaning and I guess it showed on my face. She laughed and said, 'It's my time of the year!'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:46 AM (XeU6L)
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2024 02:49 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: raimondo at December 25, 2024 03:03 AM (ep9VE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 25, 2024 03:07 AM (Sgq8y)
Pete Bog,
Merry Christmas!
We're supposed to have snow for a few days. I don't think there will be much accumulation. It's good timing, the grandkids are out of school so they will have fun with the snow.
Posted by: four seasons at December 25, 2024 03:18 AM (3ek7K)
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