Mid-Morning Art Thread

Slow Turn
Edward Biberman

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Art for art's sake!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:30 AM (J2vNu)

3 The last moments for James Dean.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 What does it all mean?

Posted by: redridinghood at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

5 Hmmm. Interesting, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

6 End of the road.

Posted by: huerfano at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (n2swS)

7 Darn it!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (hOUT3)

8 Kind of reminds me of driving the PCH.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (FmyGS)

9 Seems AI generated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

10 It's evil how they mounted that far streetlamp a little ways down the cliff so that drivers won't know there's a drop-off there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2025 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

11 Don't drive drunk.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 28, 2025 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

12 Why is there a bomber flying overhead?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

13 Life sure takes some strange turns!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (hOUT3)

14 That cracked split street looks like many a so-called "street" in Da Swamp. It appears to be a winding street rising atop, and then descending, a hill or the edge of a canyon. One almost expects to see a park bench there with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dancing together in the early dusk of a summer evening.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

15 When CBD told me there would be crack if I joined this morning's conclave of artistes, this is not what I was expecting.

Posted by: Hunter B. at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (a3Q+t)

16 Alternate title: "Shitty Road"

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (BxjkL)

17 Hrothgar!

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

18 Almost looks like a photo.

Posted by: Tuna at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

19 This seems one of those 'take at your own risk' things......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

20 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (CQE5S)

21 Alternate title: "Shitty Road"
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (BxjkL)

So, it's in San Francisco?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

22 That cracked split street looks like many a so-called "street" in Da Swamp. It appears to be a winding street rising atop, and then descending, a hill or the edge of a canyon. One almost expects to see a park bench there with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dancing together in the early dusk of a summer evening.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Do you even have hills in Da Swamp?

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

23 They're more trees than bushes, but at least they're happy!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (a3Q+t)

24 Yawn.

Posted by: She Hobbit at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

25 That road needs a death counter.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM (VwHCD)

26 It's kind of nicely done. It looks like a stage where something is supposed to happen. (If I made a scene like that, that's what I would use it for.)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM (WPL6O)

27 20 are you trying to Con us?

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM (hOUT3)

28 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

***
Pro: classical style
Con: Crete

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (J2vNu)

29 No wonder I drink.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

30 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (kpS4V)

31 Storm's a-comin' in that picture.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (svLOV)

32 15 When CBD told me there would be crack if I joined this morning's conclave of artistes, this is not what I was expecting.
Posted by: Hunter B. at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (a3Q+t)

heh

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (CQE5S)

33 The rabbitbrush and juniper trees are nice.

Posted by: huerfano at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (n2swS)

34 Is this about us?

Posted by: Thelma and Louise at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (2l9Gd)

35 Ominous sky. Where is Anton Chigurh?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (Hpgos)

36 Pro: classical style
Con: Crete
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Knossos fast with the Crete puns.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

37

Thelma and Louise Scenic Overlook.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (8ouHS)

38 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (kpS4V)

Population control.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

39 Bulg!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (hOUT3)

40 And just beyond the crest is Jeremy Clarkson screaming "MOAR POWER!!!!"

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (FmyGS)

41 Feels very Hopper-ish.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (GTqXr)

42 Maybe the "slow turn" is what that plane's doing?

Like just before the bomb bay doors open... ✈️💥

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

43 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

***
Pro: classical style
Con: Crete
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM (J2vNu)

And the natives are Cretiins.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (BxjkL)

44 >>I like the distinct lack of guard rails.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM

If you hit the curb, it's too late.

Posted by: huerfano at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (n2swS)

45 In a perfect world that would be my driveway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (VwHCD)

46 I can't tell where the sky meets the water--if that's water.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (CQE5S)

47 bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

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That exact lamppost and the identical globe was on the sidewalk right in front of my house when I was a kid.

We didn't live on Crete.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (JkO4W)

48 41 Feels very Hopper-ish.
----------------------
Well, there no people in it, so yeah.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (Hpgos)

49 I saw Clarkson take that turn in a Bugatti 'Veyron' on 'Top Gear'.

Posted by: Dr_No at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (ayRl+)

50 30 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.

---

I don't.

Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (2l9Gd)

51 This little segment of road makes the viewer imagine what lies beyond. Interesting.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (kpS4V)

52 Do you even have hills in Da Swamp?
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025

***
Two. And one is artificial, the "Monkey Hill" in the park near the zoo that was allegedly constructed decades ago to show local children what a hill is. The other is in City Park midway between river and lake, and is natural -- a dizzying 27 feet above sea level. The park's website says "Laborde Mountain. . . oxygen and sherpas are available upon request."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

54 I saw Clarkson take that turn in a Bugatti 'Veyron' on 'Top Gear'.
Posted by: Dr_No at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (ayRl+)

At least it's not the Nürburgring.

Posted by: James May at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

55 12 Why is there a bomber flying overhead?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

That would fit Crete, too.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

56 Obviously, those street light globes tell you the locals don't own shotguns.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (Hpgos)

57
This is a storyboard from Bullitt

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (AOsQT)

58 Pro-Crete or con-crete?

Posted by: You decide at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (2l9Gd)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

Damn. Foiled again.
-- The Barrel

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

60 I'd rather be on the plane than driving on that road.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (/tzYP)

61 53
Good reflexes!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (hOUT3)

62 >55 12 Why is there a bomber flying overhead?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

That would fit Crete, too.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:39 AM (CQE5S)

Look Mummy, there's an airplane in the sky.

Posted by: Roger Waters at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (GTqXr)

63 Benedict Canyon, 1969.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (JkO4W)

64 Pro-Crete or con-crete?
Posted by: You decide

Both have their plusses and minoses.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

65 For Wolfus

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (a3Q+t)

66 Here's the music to go with it

https://youtu.be/4rPlk-wtYww

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (AOsQT)

67
Damn. Foiled again.
-- The Barrel
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

He's got the premium membership and Pixy fixed it for him automatically. That's why his nick isn't italicized.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

68 51 This little segment of road makes the viewer imagine what lies beyond. Interesting.
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Plummeting off of a cliff.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (/tzYP)

69

At least it's not French!

Posted by: Ped Xing at March 28, 2025 09:42 AM (8ouHS)

70 42 Maybe the "slow turn" is what that plane's doing?

Like just before the bomb bay doors open... ✈️💥
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

Good point!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:42 AM (CQE5S)

71 Don’t hit that curb too hard… it could be a long way down.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 28, 2025 09:42 AM (TJLr1)

72 I can't tell where the sky meets the water--if that's water.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

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Could be both. If this were in LA, there'd be lights visible down there.

This has kind of the feel of a Raymond Chandler story, where Philip Marlowe is to meet someone to hand over ransom money. Phil had better know how to use his transmission to save his brakes on those downslopes. (But then, he lived in LA for decades and had traveled all over California. He'd know.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

73 I appreciate the distinct lack of ottomans.

Posted by: Most horde members at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (2l9Gd)

74 Pro-Crete or con-crete?
Posted by: You decide at March 28, 2025 09:40 AM

What am I, crushed aggregate?

Posted by: Ac-crete at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (a3Q+t)

75 Lockheed Constellation. There must be an airshow nearby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (hY4dx)

76 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:36 AM

Come on, we call it Dead Man's Curve for a reason. You want guard rails?

Posted by: City Hall at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (kgE5c)

77 When I embiggen this, there appears to be an aura around the bushes and lamp post. Artifact of the medium? Or digitizing?

Posted by: She Hobbit at March 28, 2025 09:44 AM (ftFVW)

78 >This has kind of the feel of a Raymond Chandler story, where Philip Marlowe is to meet someone to hand over ransom money. Phil had better know how to use his transmission to save his brakes on those downslopes. (But then, he lived in LA for decades and had traveled all over California. He'd know.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

The road stretched out like a dame with too many secrets, all asphalt and shadow under the sodium glow of streetlights. I gripped the wheel of my beat-up sedan, the engine growling like a PI who’d seen one too many double-crosses.

Posted by: Roger Waters at March 28, 2025 09:44 AM (GTqXr)

79 Wait -- I know that place! It's right by those big kudzu-covered bushes, and the dead tree, and. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 09:44 AM (Cki93)

80 That's one steep and winding road.

*********

Shamelessly Adapted From C.W. McCall

Brake failure's one of those things
that leads to ridiculous swings
He finally came to a stop
In the side of a shop
In downtown Pagosa Springs

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

81 Off commie hippy fag sock

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 28, 2025 09:45 AM (GTqXr)

82 sac- crete

Posted by: Ben Had at March 28, 2025 09:45 AM (keLsF)

83 When I embiggen this, there appears to be an aura around the bushes
Posted by: She Hobbit at March 28, 2025 09:44 AM

They're happy!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at March 28, 2025 09:45 AM (a3Q+t)

84 >>Pro-Crete or con-crete?

Pre-Crete.

Posted by: Mom, more babies! at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (Cki93)

85 I'm scrolling through Biberman's other works and there are definitely touches of Hopper, Diego Rivera, Lempicka, and that spare industrial style that was popular back then.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (kpS4V)

86 Longitudinal Channelizing Devices??

We don't need any Longitudinal Channelizing Devices!

Posted by: mexican bandito road-designers at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (/tzYP)

87 Usually, in movies and cartoons, this is where you see the barricade that says, "Bridge Out Ahead" right before the hero's (or villain's) car goes flying through it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (7fElN)

88 Normally to see this much boring you'd to get a job in oil and gas.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (nd2ez)

89 "Slow Turn" sounds like a Nevil Shute title.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:46 AM (CQE5S)

90 I appreciate the distinct lack of ottomans.
-----

Don't poke the bear!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:47 AM (kpS4V)

91 Feels very Hopper-ish.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 28, 2025 09:37 AM

That was my first thought. Very Hopper-ish.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 28, 2025 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

92 Shamelessly Adapted From C.W. McCall

Brake failure's one of those things
that leads to ridiculous swings
He finally came to a stop
In the side of a shop
In downtown Pagosa Springs
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025

***
"Wolf Creek Pass"!

"The gen-u-wine chromium-plated fully-illuminated shift knob came right off in his hand.
"I said, 'You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl???' "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:47 AM (J2vNu)

93 I'm quiet, but don't dis me!

Posted by: Dis-crete at March 28, 2025 09:47 AM (a3Q+t)

94 Our system should include guardrails to keep all the retards safe. Fifty percent of the people you meet today are below normal. Special coddling is necessary for Asian lady drivers, who are mostly above average intelligence but drive like shit.

Posted by: You Start To Live When You Learn To Drive at March 28, 2025 09:47 AM (G5+As)

95 Needs cold patch
Would hang, in the waiting room.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 28, 2025 09:48 AM (SZaJX)

96 This looks like something the coyote would see right before he goes off the cliff.

Posted by: fd at March 28, 2025 09:48 AM (vFG9F)

97 I think I should get this but I don't. CONUS?

20 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (CQE5S)

27 20 are you trying to Con us?
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM (hOUT3)

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:48 AM (CQE5S)

98 I'm always amused by road advisory signs in the mountains declaring "Windy Road". I'm not sure if its twisty or subject to strong gusts...

...or both.

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:48 AM (/iMjX)

99 "Slow Turn" sounds like a Nevil Shute title.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

***
It does! It would fit right in with "In the Wet" and "Pied Piper," and would tie in with his love of airplanes and flying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 28, 2025 09:48 AM (J2vNu)

100 > Lockheed Constellation
--------
Maybe a Lockheed Ventura (PV-1) - it has two props.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (Q4IgG)

101 Quick straw poll:

Looking at the road in this painting does it appear to be going uphill or downhill?

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (/iMjX)

102 Who's a big fan of mine, depends.

Posted by: Ex-crete at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM (a3Q+t)

103 101 Quick straw poll:

Looking at the road in this painting does it appear to be going uphill or downhill?
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (/iMjX)

=====

It is space where there is no up or down.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM (GBKbO)

104

Acme Instant Bridge? I have a cunning plan...

Posted by: W. Coyote, Esq at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM (8ouHS)

105 Uphill, 'Doon.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM (kpS4V)

106 Looks like the road is turning towards the left in the distance. Is there a hidden message here?

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM (g8Ew8)

107 >101 Quick straw poll:

Looking at the road in this painting does it appear to be going uphill or downhill?

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (/iMjX)

Yes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (GTqXr)

108 >Pro-Crete or con-crete?

Just don't ask me to excrete

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (Cki93)

109 I guess I'll put this Roadway Closed barrier around to the left where that second streetlamp can shine on it good.

Posted by: employee of lowest-bid winning contractor at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (/tzYP)

110 Love this painting. Love landscapes and both the naive and surreal elements, the clear lines and bright colors, the other-wordliness of it.

Would hang proudly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

111 Looking at the road in this painting does it appear to be going uphill or downhill?
Posted by: muldoon

It appears to be going uphill here, but then downhill past the far streetlight.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

112 Would hang.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (CQE5S)

113 *other-worldliness

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2025 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

114 I think I should get this but I don't. CONUS?

20 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (CQE5S)

27 20 are you trying to Con us?
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM

Look at all the x-Crete commenter nics.

Posted by: Ex-crete at March 28, 2025 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

115 Somewhere there is a Norwegian rally driver salivating at the opportunity to slide that ridge doing close to 100 mph while some dummy sits next to him shouting directions.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 28, 2025 09:52 AM (KbCG3)

116 I only ooze for you.

Posted by: Se-crete at March 28, 2025 09:53 AM (a3Q+t)

117 the other-wordliness of it
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Muldoon's limericks have entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

118 I had to.

It said it had Soft Shoulders and got Slippery When Wet!

Posted by: street-sign f#cker talking to the cops at March 28, 2025 09:54 AM (/tzYP)

119 The sun doesn't appear yet it's placement is clear and off the canvas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2025 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

120 Apparently, sale of this painting paved the way to greater fame and fortune for Biberman!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 09:54 AM (Cki93)

121 "I said, 'You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl???' "

********

"Started counting amp posts going by at the rate of four to the seventh power..."

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:55 AM (/iMjX)

122 THIS is no guardrails

https://tinyurl.com/5dpft9uw

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 09:55 AM (AOsQT)

123 114 I think I should get this but I don't. CONUS?

20 Little bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:34 AM (CQE5S)

27 20 are you trying to Con us?
Posted by: Hrothgar at March 28, 2025 09:35 AM

Look at all the x-Crete commenter nics.
Posted by: Ex-crete at March 28, 2025 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

Ah. Thanks.

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:55 AM (CQE5S)

124 Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky.

Posted by: Little Floyd at March 28, 2025 09:56 AM (EMrk0)

125 I'd hang it -- it has curb appeal.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 09:56 AM (Cki93)

126 Painting needs to have Mr. Bacciagalupe crossing the road with a pushcart with fruits and vegetables on it. Extra points if he's wearing a striped shirt and gondolier's hat.

Posted by: Sid Fields Rooming House at March 28, 2025 09:57 AM (G5+As)

127 119 The sun doesn't appear yet it's placement is clear and off the canvas.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 28, 2025 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

Dusk?

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:57 AM (CQE5S)

128 Started counting amp posts going by at the rate of four to the seventh power..."
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 09:55 AM (/iMjX)

You're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop driving that hotrod Lincoln.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2025 09:57 AM (g8Ew8)

129 Not a fan of the style although the color choices, especially that dark blue sky, are distinctive. Edward Hopper can pull off those angular blocks of color and still tell a story or at least hint at one. That element seems to be missing in Biberman's paintings. They aren't bad or bad art, just not appealing to me.

Posted by: JTB at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

130 A lot of Beeb's works are kind of Commie WPA stuff, but his portraits are terrific. Thanks for introducing me to this artist, CBD.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (kpS4V)

131 The Cousins *are* The Cousins because their mom was the passenger in a fatal one car crash in Indiana (?) and their extended family asked my sister and her husband to become their guardians. A couple of years ago, they heard that road was being worked on after a third fatal crash that happened in the same way.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (lFFaq)

132 There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah...

Posted by: Mr. Mojo Risin at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (ce5If)

133 64 Pro-Crete or con-crete?
Posted by: You decide

Both have their plusses and minoses.
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

*much applause*

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (CQE5S)

134 Isn't this one of the better streets in St Barts ?

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

135 Falling Rock!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:00 AM (CQE5S)

136 I like this painting. It's eerily calm and scary to me; high on a hill, on the path unprotected from falls but for lighting. Maybe.

Also see https://unframed lacma org/ March 28, 2025:
'Edward Biberman's Conspiracy, December 7, 2011
American art'

It begins, "I was a double major as an undergraduate, in art history and political science, and have always loved the intersection of art and politics. I think that was what first drew me to Edward Biberman, particularly his 1955 painting Conspiracy, currently on view in the Ahmanson Building as part of a focused installation of LACMA’s Biberman holdings."

And it ends, "Eternal vigilance truly is the price of liberty, and art can play an important role. Carol S. Eliel, Curator of Modern Art"

(Note: Edward’s Bieberman's brother, Herbert, had been called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C. to testify about his allegedly politically subversive acts. Reading the entire piece is suggested.

Btw, would hang. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 28, 2025 10:00 AM (NFX2v)

137 Isn't this one of the better streets in St Barts ?
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

LOL. Could be.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2025 10:00 AM (g8Ew8)

138 135+ comments, and still mostly on topic.

Well Done, Horde!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2025 10:01 AM (a3Q+t)

139 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

*********

Then you would love Red Mountain Pass on US 550 southbound out of Ouray. 800 foot drop-off with no shoulder and no guard rail.

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:01 AM (/iMjX)

140 Let's combine all the -crete comments, shall we?

Posted by: Syn-crete at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (a3Q+t)

141 >>THIS is no guardrails

https://tinyurl.com/5dpft9uw

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 09:55 AM

I have been over that many times. The passenger has a tendency to lean toward the driver and hold on to the armrest.

Posted by: huerfano at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (n2swS)

142 Falling Rock!
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One of Frank Lloyd Wright's less successful designs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (kpS4V)

143 CO Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) encourages Coloradans on Medicaid to murder babies instead of giving birth, because it’s cheaper for the state.

You know what else is cheaper for the taxpayers?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (i24o9)

144 143 CO Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) encourages Coloradans on Medicaid to murder babies instead of giving birth, because it’s cheaper for the state.

You know what else is cheaper for the taxpayers?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (i24o9)

======

Eliminating Medicaid?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

145 135+ comments, and still mostly on topic.

Well Done, Horde!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I'll fix that.

BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

146 Let's combine all the -crete comments, shall we?

It will be a bonding moment!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (Cki93)

147 75 Lockheed Constellation. There must be an airshow nearby.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (hY4dx)

100 > Lockheed Constellation
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Maybe a Lockheed Ventura (PV-1) - it has two props.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (Q4IgG)

Decision on this? (I have no expertise in this.)

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (CQE5S)

148 "Get Off The Road" is one of only two The Cramps songs that Poison Ivy, lead guitarist, got to sing on. She is an awesome guitar player, but retired when her husband, Lux Interior passed on.

Posted by: Bad Music For Bad People at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (G5+As)

149 I like it .. Reminds me of Hopper....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (VE6XX)

150
The patented Loni Anderson Hair Helmet

https://tinyurl.com/mpfehzx5

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (AOsQT)

151 145 BOOBS!
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

=========

https://is.gd/XNZbgC

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (GBKbO)

152 Then you would love Red Mountain Pass on US 550 southbound out of Ouray. 800 foot drop-off with no shoulder and no guard rail.
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:01 AM (/iMjX)

Dad had me look down into the gorge at the scenic stop on the "million dollar highway". Wasn't afraid of heights before that. Now I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (lFFaq)

153 Let's combine all the -crete comments, shall we?

It will be a bonding moment!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (Cki93)

No hugs!

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2025 10:05 AM (g8Ew8)

154 The sky color in the art suggests approaching T-storms

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:05 AM (AOsQT)

155
Meh

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at March 28, 2025 10:05 AM (EFZgU)

156 >> CO Speaker Julie McCluskie (D) encourages Coloradans on Medicaid to murder babies instead of giving birth, because it’s cheaper for the state.

You know what else is cheaper for the taxpayers?

"Yes"
-- Fauci, Dazak, Gates

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:05 AM (Cki93)

157 I love when a painter gets light to look just this side of real.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:05 AM (aPY1X)

158 Then you would love Red Mountain Pass on US 550 southbound out of Ouray. 800 foot drop-off with no shoulder and no guard rail.
Posted by: muldoon

Yeesh.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

159 At the hospital. The grandson is still being stubborn but we are getting closer to go time! Waiting for my spawn to come out with another report. Hopefully my grandson will make a grandson entrance soon.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:06 AM (DJQ2F)

160 Slow Turn.
-

Step Step.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (lkmGL)

161 >>Let's combine all the -crete comments, shall we?

>>It will be a bonding moment!

>>No hugs!

Too hard!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (Cki93)

162 Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:06 AM (DJQ2F)

Congrats, grandma!

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (lFFaq)

163 75 Lockheed Constellation

I think that's what it's supposed to be (four engines), but the artist forgot to paint the middle vertical stab.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (Y1sOo)

164 The patented Loni Anderson Hair Helmet

https://tinyurl.com/mpfehzx5
Posted by: Don Black

Must be chilly.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

165 159 At the hospital. The grandson is still being stubborn but we are getting closer to go time! Waiting for my spawn to come out with another report. Hopefully my grandson will make a grandson entrance soon.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:06 AM (DJQ2F

How wonderful

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2025 10:07 AM (VE6XX)

166 >150
The patented Loni Anderson Hair Helmet

https://tinyurl.com/mpfehzx5

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (AOsQT)

Let's take a moment of silence for all of the cans of Aquanet that were sacrificed to make Loni's hair helmet. Also, high beams!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (GTqXr)

167 >>Let's combine all the -crete comments, shall we?

You want aggregate?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (i24o9)

168 >> 147 75 Lockheed Constellation. There must be an airshow nearby.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (hY4dx)

100 > Lockheed Constellation
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Maybe a Lockheed Ventura (PV-1) - it has two props.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (Q4IgG)

Decision on this? (I have no expertise in this.)
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (CQE5S)
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Lockheed PV-1 photo

https://tinyurl.com/mskakpnf

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (Q4IgG)

169 124 Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the skyyyyyyyyyyy
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Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (/tzYP)

170 Oh I know 550

rode it on a large American-made motorcycle back in the day

did Durango to Silverton in the rain

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (AOsQT)

171 47 bit of Classical inspiration in those lamp posts and paving. I'd say: Crete.
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025

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That exact lamppost and the identical globe was on the sidewalk right in front of my house when I was a kid.

We didn't live on Crete.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM (JkO4W)

Cultural appropriation!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (CQE5S)

172 Godspeed, Baby Mayhem! Let's get the party started.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (i24o9)

173 Lol, just looked it up, and Red Mountain pass, *is* the "million dollar highway".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 10:09 AM (lFFaq)

174 800 foot drop-off with no shoulder and no guard rail.

********

Red Mountain Pas - a limerick

What with the long-haul over-the-road truckers
And the Kansas motorhome- motherf**kers
The road twists round and round
And I can hear the squeaking sound
As my lower rectal sphincter tightly puckers

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:09 AM (/iMjX)

175 I was actually in the room when 3 of my four Grandkids were born

Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2025 10:09 AM (VE6XX)

176 Btw, would hang. Thanks.
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I agree Commie fifth columnists should hang too.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (/tzYP)

177 This painting could have been jazzed up by having a seedy looking tanker truck going over into the abyss like the last scene in the movie Duel.

Posted by: With Sound Effects at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (G5+As)

178 If the baseline critique is 'Is it better than Dogs Playing Poker?', then no, this art is no good.

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (kuTyJ)

179 Is that like the road around the Griffith Observatory in L.A.?

I’m getting that vibe for some reason.

And what’s up with the plane in the top right?
It looks like it was cut and pasted in later, even has an outline around it.

It’s lonely and desolate but the realism is very well done with the road and streetlights.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (6ydKt)

180 I like some of this guys works. Different styles.

Posted by: javems at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (8I4hW)

181 >>I love when a painter gets light to look just this side of real.

Glasslighting

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (Cki93)

182 I normally try to avoid profanity in my limbericks, but if anyone deserves it it's flat-landers who drive 60 ft long motorhomes in the mountains.

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:11 AM (/iMjX)

183 169 124 Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the skyyyyyyyyyyy
yy
yy
yy
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y
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y
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Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (/tzYP)

I always wanted that little riff to go on forever.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 28, 2025 10:12 AM (KbCG3)

184 Looks like a B-24 Liberator.

Posted by: front toward enemy at March 28, 2025 10:12 AM (TIizU)

185 James Carville predicted on Feb 24 that the Trump administration would "collapse in 30 days"

1. I think he had advance knowledge of this Signal op ( or something similar)

2. 30 days have passed and Trump admin just getting ramped up.

3. Neener neener boo boo

Posted by: kallisto at March 28, 2025 10:12 AM (dCxaZ)

186 Decision on this? (I have no expertise in this.)
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM

Dude. This is a Smart Military Blog. Expertise is not demanded at the start, but development of it is expected over time.

Get started homework: Look up one of the greatest military aircraft of all time, the Douglas R4D-8

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 28, 2025 10:13 AM (a3Q+t)

187 Whey the Navy decided it was cheaper to build all new ships rather than redesign and rebuild hulls, I'll never figure out.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2025 12:02 AM
——

One would think they could have milked many more years of service out of these ships, I agree

Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2025 10:13 AM (wO3Gh)

188 178 If the baseline critique is 'Is it better than Dogs Playing Poker?', then no, this art is no good.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at March 28, 2025 10:10 AM (kuTyJ)

High bar!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:13 AM (CQE5S)

189 Brett Baer and DOGE Team
30 minutes

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/
1905405372921184443

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (gbOdA)

190 DOJ Attorney Liz Oyer Said Trump Fired Her Over Mel Gibson’s Guns — Turns Out She Was Mega-Progressive Activist

Gibson was convicted of a misdemeanor charge of battering his former girlfriend in 2011, the Times reported. He pleaded no contest.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent Oyer a memo informing her of the termination, Oyer said. She claimed she was not informed about why she was fired, but said the notice was delivered shortly after she pushed back against restoring Gibson’s gun rights.

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

191 This painting could have been jazzed up by having a seedy looking tanker truck going over into the abyss like the last scene in the movie Duel.

********

Like a cross between a runaway truck ramp and a ski jump.

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (/iMjX)

192 This art makes me angry.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (Roxr/)

193 185 James Carville predicted on Feb 24 that the Trump administration would "collapse in 30 days"

1. I think he had advance knowledge of this Signal op ( or something similar)

2. 30 days have passed and Trump admin just getting ramped up.

3. Neener neener boo boo
Posted by: kallisto at March 28, 2025 10:12 AM (dCxaZ)

Trump should announce a full and total investigation into this. He should give Goldberg the biggest platform he can find.

And then just sit back as the dems suddenly become disinterested in discovering how this horrible gaffe came to be.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (KbCG3)

194 That's not even upto pre-DOGE code.

Posted by: NHTSA at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (FhXTo)

195 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common? Give up? They’ve both at one point or another caused coffee colonic-related controversies

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

196 >> 147 75 Lockheed Constellation. There must be an airshow nearby.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 09:43 AM (hY4dx)

100 > Lockheed Constellation
--------
Maybe a Lockheed Ventura (PV-1) - it has two props.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 09:49 AM (Q4IgG)

Decision on this? (I have no expertise in this.)
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:04 AM (CQE5S)
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Lockheed PV-1 photo

https://tinyurl.com/mskakpnf

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 28, 2025 10:08 AM (Q4IgG)

By shear probability, number of engines, and tail spread, Constellation. I'll chock (get it?) up lack of center vertical stabilizer to artistic license.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:15 AM (i24o9)

197 >>James Carville predicted on Feb 24 that the Trump administration would "collapse in 30 days"

He's nuts.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:15 AM (Cki93)

198 Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:11 AM (/iMjX)

"Flatlander!" *was* the profanity my dad used when we would drive up to Estes Park. I was always happy to let someone else drive so my first real mountain driving experience was in Pennsylvania. They even had run away truck ramps on that road. Filled with gravel instead of sand though.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (lFFaq)

199 Somewhat related although, luckily, not a mountain road:

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
BREAKING: Massive surface rupture after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar.

http://tiny.cc/1tse001
56 seconds; no gore etc.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (/tzYP)

200 Looks like it was painted then the artist decided the sky was the wrong color so he spent hours redoing it. You can see the old color around the plane, which I think is supposed to be a B-17.

Posted by: Reforger at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (xcIvR)

201 James Carville is a shriveled up cantaloupe. His one sole purpose for existence is to give the left soundbites and clicks.

Come to think of it, a lot of people exist for that very reason. The entire subculture of paid interviews for outrageous statements to drive clicks and revenue should be burnt to the ground.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (aPY1X)

202 192 This art makes me angry.
Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (Roxr/)

Why?

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (CQE5S)

203 Ramadan TV Series Stokes Tensions Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims

The series, “Muawiya,” tells the story of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, a major figure in early Islam. He was one of Islam’s early rulers and the founder of the Umayyad dynasty — the first hereditary rulers in Islam where power passed down within the same clan. He was also a reputed companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

... I'm curious just how they make the "companion of the Prophet" reveal

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (RHGPo)

204 >>> 139 I like the distinct lack of guard rails.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

*********

Then you would love Red Mountain Pass on US 550 southbound out of Ouray. 800 foot drop-off with no shoulder and no guard rail.
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:01 AM (/iMjX)

Heh.

Posted by: Trail Ridge Road at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (Vqx30)

205 Yesterday I posted in the morning thread an issue with my company promoting someone over a Good Strong Independent Black Woman who screamed RACISM when it was announced. Said woman is also on the RIF list we all drew up a little over a week ago and will be announced next week.

Met with HR and department heads yesterday. All agreed that the promotion was absolutely justified on the merits and documented as such. HR was being a bit of a whiny bitch and suggested we remove her from the RIF list for now to investigate her claims further.

I lost my cool to Ms HR and said that there's nothing to investigate unless you want to call all of us racist right now. We're fully documented, the decisions were made amongst different groups in management, so we're covered.

She then started babbling about treating her with 'grace and dignity' which someone else said "the dignified thing for her would be to take the L as a consequence for not paying attention to her last four performance reviews."

So over the kicking and screaming objections of HR, we are proceeding with the RIF.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (PzXaK)

206 202 192 This art makes me angry.
Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2025 10:14 AM (Roxr/)

Why?
Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 10:16 AM (CQE5S)

You know why.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (aPY1X)

207 I'm a limberick and I'm okay!
I sleep all night and I rhyme all day!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (/tzYP)

208 Anyone here drive or have driven the Lincoln Corsair?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (Hpgos)

209
*sings*

You don't come back from Dead Man's Curve!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2025 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

210 197 >>James Carville predicted on Feb 24 that the Trump administration would "collapse in 30 days"
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He's nuts.
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He needs a payday.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (Hpgos)

211 Initially, The Atlantic tried defending its reporting by releasing screenshots of the supposed messages. Those were soon examined, and readers discovered that none of them involved the supposed “war plans” discussed by the Trump Administration officials; rather, they mainly showed those officials being annoyed with America’s NATO allies for not pulling their weight.

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (RHGPo)

212 210 He needs a payday.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (Hpgos)

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He seems hangry. He should have a Snickers instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

213
Gun it!!!!!!1111!!11!

Posted by: Thelma and Louise Learn About Gravity at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

214 Now I want a candy bar.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (aPY1X)

215 I have a cunning plan...
Posted by: W. Coyote, Esq at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM

That's my line!

Posted by: Baldrick at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (kgE5c)

216 The composition does seem intentionally annoying.

Like looking at an unfinished sente

Posted by: ... at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (ZmJyQ)

217 212 210 He needs a payday.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (Hpgos)
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He seems angry. He should have a Snickers instead.
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Have you noticed the obvious shrinkage of both of them?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (Hpgos)

218 One would think they could have milked many more years of service out of these ships, I agree
Posted by: Common Tater

We've been milking plenty of something on the USNS Harvey Milk!

Posted by: Seaman full of Pride at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (JCZqz)

219 208 Anyone here drive or have driven the Lincoln Corsair?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM
I’m waiting on the WW II Corsair. That’s what I want to drive.

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (p4vtc)

220 175 I was actually in the room when 3 of my four Grandkids were born
Posted by: It's me donna at March 28, 2025 10:09 AM (VE6XX

Triplets?

Posted by: RI Red at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (WRdlW)

221 Knew I should of had these brakes checked!

Posted by: Case at March 28, 2025 10:20 AM (OrSPY)

222 Slow turn
Take it easy

Posted by: Foghat at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (HcoTw)

223 >>> 213
Gun it!!!!!!1111!!11!

Posted by: Thelma and Louise Learn About Gravity at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

That was filmed in Canyonlands in Utah, NOT the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: Your Movie Trivia for Today at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (Vqx30)

224 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (DJQ2F)

225 Anyone here drive or have driven the Lincoln Corsair?

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Is that the one based on the Explorer or the Escape?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (hY4dx)

226 I’m waiting for a judge to rule when Trump is allowed to take a shit and when he’s not.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (Fja6Y)

227 So over the kicking and screaming objections of HR, we are proceeding with the RIF.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (PzXaK)

Sometimes sanity prevails. Well done. Don't be surprised by the inevitable lawsuit, however.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (i24o9)

228 US Steel Stock Jumps on Report Nippon Steel Planning Up to $7B Investment to Save Merger (that Biden tried to scuttle)

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (RHGPo)

229 did Durango to Silverton in the rain
Posted by: Don Black

********

That sounds like the perfect Country & Western song. Just needs a bit about getting drunk, and Mama, and prison, and trains...

🤔

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (/iMjX)

230 209
*sings*

You don't come back from Dead Man's Curve!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2025 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

"Hot Rod Linoln . . . "

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (x0n13)

231 >>James Carville is a shriveled up cantaloupe. His one sole purpose for existence is to give the left soundbites and clicks.

As the guy who knew how to be just outrageous enough (dancing on the line) to confound and destroy the latest foes of his party to be effective, it must drive him to distraction to watch the next generation go completely batsh#t crazy.

He created them, of course, so it's fun to watch him lose it, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (Cki93)

232 219 208 Anyone here drive or have driven the Lincoln Corsair?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM
I’m waiting on the WW II Corsair. That’s what I want to drive.
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Remember to swing out wide to line yourself up with the deck. Seeing over the engine was a problem.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (Hpgos)

233 Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (PzXaK)

Sounds like companies, or at least yours, are finally remembering that HR is not supposed to be making final decisions.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (lFFaq)

234 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (DJQ2F)

*readies catcher's mitt*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (i24o9)

235 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Wouldn't he be "outbound."

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

236 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (DJQ2F)

Someone get a bucket of hot water!

Posted by: ... at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (ZmJyQ)

237 James Carville predicted on Feb 24 that the Trump administration would "collapse in 30 days"

Errr.....ah....ah meant April 24th!

....Yeah.

Posted by: James Carville Salivating Over a Gatorburger with Cheese at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

238 215 I have a cunning plan...
Posted by: W. Coyote, Esq at March 28, 2025 09:50 AM

That's my line!
Posted by: Baldrick

I always liked this one. Brilliant, in a stupid sort of way.
https://tinyurl.com/3zy2p7c9

Posted by: Military Moron at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (JCZqz)

239 I see beefy guys in fedoras and LAPD badges tossing mobsters off a cliff on Mulholland Drive

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (FoIOl)

240 *readies cheap cigars*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (hY4dx)

241 229 did Durango to Silverton in the rain
Posted by: Don Black
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Heh, I ran a fishing lodge on the other side of the Rockies from Durango.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (Hpgos)

242 Baby inbound!!

********

I'm not sure that's how it works...

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (/iMjX)

243 I’m waiting for a judge to rule when Trump is allowed to take a shit and when he’s not.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Judge Boasberg would order the poop to return to Trump's colon.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

244 So over the kicking and screaming objections of HR, we are proceeding with the RIF.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (PzXaK)

For the uninitiated, what is an R.I.F. in this context?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (TJLr1)

245 Report: U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (RHGPo)

246 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Wouldn't he be "outbound."

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

You gonna tell that to a prego about to pop?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (i24o9)

247 >>> 229 did Durango to Silverton in the rain
Posted by: Don Black

********

That sounds like the perfect Country & Western song. Just needs a bit about getting drunk, and Mama, and prison, and trains...

🤔
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (/iMjX)

I should have included a dog or two or six.

Posted by: David Allan Coe at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (Vqx30)

248 For the uninitiated, what is an R.I.F. in this context?
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Reduction In Force

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (Hpgos)

249 Gun it!!!!!!1111!!11!

Posted by: Thelma and Louise Learn About Gravity at March 28, 2025 10:19 AM (iJfKG)

That was filmed in Canyonlands in Utah, NOT the Grand Canyon.
Posted by: Your Movie Trivia for Today at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM (Vqx30)

That's...like...just your opinion, man!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

250 242 Baby inbound!!

********

I'm not sure that's how it works...
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (/iMjX)

Involves a catcher's mitt, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM (aPY1X)

251 I’m so old I remember when layoffs were the euphemism for firings.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM (Fja6Y)

252 rather, they mainly showed those officials being annoyed with America’s NATO allies for not pulling their weight.

Posted by: SMOD

=====

That candor seems to be what really irks The Hive.

"How dare you inbred knuckle dragging Jesus People have an opinion we didn't issue you?"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM (u5fr9)

253 232 219 208 Anyone here drive or have driven the Lincoln Corsair?
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM
I’m waiting on the WW II Corsair. That’s what I want to drive.
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Remember to swing out wide to line yourself up with the deck. Seeing over the engine was a problem.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:22 AM (Hpgos
About 11’ prop arc, more suiting land-based( Pappy Boyington).

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (p4vtc)

254 You gonna tell that to a prego about to pop?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (i24o9)

You gonna tell her she's a prego about to pop?

Posted by: ... at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (ZmJyQ)

255 250 I'm not sure that's how it works...
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (/iMjX)

Involves a catcher's mitt, if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM (aPY1X)

======

https://is.gd/FK6gBL

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

256 226 I’m waiting for a judge to rule when Trump is allowed to take a shit and when he’s not.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

You think so small. I'm going to order him and Vance to resign!

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

257 Sounds like companies, or at least yours, are finally remembering that HR is not supposed to be making final decisions.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette

-

See, that's just it. They are the advisors. No different than a lawyer. HR has had outsized influence here for so long that it's been hard to dig out from it. I think the cracks started to show a while ago though when I was able to skip mandatory DEI "training" with no penalty whatsoever (I wrote about it here somewhere when it happened...).

I think we're getting to the point where we will say it isn't "HR says we can't" but "HR says we shouldn't." It definitely looks though like things are taking....

A Slow Turn.

Damn I love when things work out like that.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (PzXaK)

258 248 For the uninitiated, what is an R.I.F. in this context?
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Reduction In Force

Is that like a great disturbance? I'm familiar with those

Posted by: Obi Wan at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (HcoTw)

259 Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (Hpgos)

Appreciated.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (TJLr1)

260 Doctors like to see men in a range of 300-1000 for testosterone.
The highest level at NPR was 270.

NPR did testosterone level testing and the *highest* level of testosterone in the building was so low you should see a doctor about it.

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (RHGPo)

261
https://is.gd/FK6gBL
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

Ha. That's the exact movie I was thinking about.

Great movie.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (aPY1X)

262 I just quote the soon to be parental units.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (DJQ2F)

263 did Durango to Silverton in the rain
Posted by: Don Black

********

That sounds like the perfect Country & Western song. Just needs a bit about getting drunk, and Mama, and prison, and trains...
+++
There's a narrow gauge from Durango to Silverton. Once of the most scenic train rides in the country.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (wdgI+)

264 256 226 I’m waiting for a judge to rule when Trump is allowed to take a shit and when he’s not.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

You think so small. I'm going to order him and Vance to resign!
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 28, 2025 10:26 AM (JCZqz)

We see no issue with this
- Roberts, ACB

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (Fja6Y)

265 I'm a limberick and I'm okay!
I sleep all night and I rhyme all day!
Posted by: andycanuck

*********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (/iMjX)

266 Pushing has begun!!!
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*cues up Salt-N-Pepa*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:27 AM (kpS4V)

267 I dont know nothin bout birthin babies!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at March 28, 2025 10:28 AM (IkM4W)

268 226 I’m waiting for a judge to rule when Trump is allowed to take a shit and when he’s not.
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Everyone should have a schedule.

Posted by: Dr Sheldon Cooper at March 28, 2025 10:28 AM (/tzYP)

269 267 I dont know nothin bout birthin babies!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at March 28, 2025 10:28 AM (IkM4W

Well. See, when mommy drinks a little too much wine...

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:28 AM (aPY1X)

270 267 I dont know nothin bout birthin babies!
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Never get out of the boat.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:29 AM (Hpgos)

271 248 For the uninitiated, what is an R.I.F. in this context?
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Reduction In Force
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (Hpgos
High Year Tenure.
‘You been here 40 year! You go now!’
- Elon The Magnicicent

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2025 10:29 AM (p4vtc)

272
Well, the last thing I remember, Doc, I started to swerve
And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve
I know I'll never forget that horrible sight
I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right
Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve

(Dead Man's Curve) Dead Man's Curve, it's no place to play
(Dead Man's Curve) Dead Man's Curve, you best keep away
(Dead Man's Curve) Dead Man's Curve, I can hear 'em say
Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2025 10:29 AM (xG4kz)

273 We have reached the point where a male could ask of Mayhem off spring "are you, by any chance, expecting?"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 28, 2025 10:29 AM (u5fr9)

274 I kinda like the art today, even though it's somewhat stark. Feels sunbaked. Also feels like being on the way to something interesting.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 28, 2025 10:30 AM (Sf2cq)

275 Elon the MAGAnificent!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:30 AM (kpS4V)

276 On Tuesday, Julie McCluskie, a Colorado Democrat and Speaker for the House in the Colorado legislature, spoke on a bill she is currently co-sponsoring to require “abortion care services” to be covered by Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus program participants.

During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (RHGPo)

277 TJM, have you seen Amadeus Director's Cut and is it better that the original? The wife and I have talking about viewing it this weekend.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (Hpgos)

278 245. Report: U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one
Posted by: SMOD
----

The Signal hoha is all about stomping Vance.

>Business insider: Tech
'Signal's founder pokes fun at the US military group-chat debacle,' March 26, 2025

>MSNBC, 'Why aren’t we talking more about what JD Vance actually said in the Signal chat?'

Opinion
The Signal security lapse was bad. So is what the chat logs actually reveal.
As national security principals debated bombing Yemen, the true nature of America First was revealed. By Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor, March 28, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

279 "And I never see that sudden curve til it's way too late ...."

Posted by: Elric Blade at March 28, 2025 10:32 AM (iFTx/)

280 40% of Social Security Calls to Change Banking Information Are Fraudsters

Please help the older people in your family or friends set up their online ID.

thx

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 28, 2025 10:32 AM (gbOdA)

281 277 TJM, have you seen Amadeus Director's Cut and is it better that the original? The wife and I have talking about viewing it this weekend.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (Hpgos)

=======

It's got boobies.

I haven't seen the theatrical cut in forever, but it does not have boobies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

282 Oh, and Amadeus is one of my favorite movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

283 244 So over the kicking and screaming objections of HR, we are proceeding with the RIF.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:17 AM (PzXaK)

For the uninitiated, what is an R.I.F. in this context?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 28, 2025 10:24 AM (TJLr1)

Reduction In Force

aka- layoffs

Posted by: Inogame at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (53oGX)

284 251 I’m so old I remember when layoffs were the euphemism for firings.
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I was "permanently laid-off".

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (/tzYP)

285 This little segment of road makes the viewer imagine what lies beyond. Interesting.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 09:38 AM

The Great Beyond maybe.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (jc0TO)

286 I did a spit take at first glance because that lamp looks like one of Bezo's penis-rockets on the launch pad.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (fY84s)

287 "Please help the older people in your family or friends set up their online ID."

And teach them not to trust anyone who calls them with the claim that they are from some government agency.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (svLOV)

288 190 DOJ Attorney Liz Oyer Said Trump Fired Her Over Mel Gibson’s Guns — Turns Out She Was Mega-Progressive Activist

Gibson was convicted of a misdemeanor charge of battering his former girlfriend in 2011, the Times reported. He pleaded no contest.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent Oyer a memo informing her of the termination, Oyer said. She claimed she was not informed about why she was fired, but said the notice was delivered shortly after she pushed back against restoring Gibson’s gun rights.
Posted by: SMOD

Oyer is knee deep in AutoPenGate where Neena Tanden was the guardian of the AutoPen while Biden was vegetating in the sun in the Virgin Islands. Apparently no paperwork exists that indicates Biden approval of these dark of the night pardons and Oyer would have to be involved in that. Basically violent thugs pardoned.

"The timeline is damning. On Dec. 30, 2022, while Biden was allegedly golfing in St. Croix, six pardons magically appeared with his signature. "

Story link goes to Matt Margolies at PJ Media.
https://tinyurl.com/535y3bn9

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (ctrM5)

289 Randy Fine (running for Walz's seat in FL-06) doesn't care much for people showing up at his committee meeting draped in a keffiyeh:

https://tinyurl.com/4vj8dc9a

Posted by: one hour sober at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo)

290 284 251 I’m so old I remember when layoffs were the euphemism for firings.
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I was "permanently laid-off".
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:33 AM (/tzYP)

=====

I'm so old I remember when the energy sector lost tens of thousands of employees in the first weeks of Biden's presidency and there were no running media narratives about their troubles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

291 I don't know nothing about birthing no babies!

Posted by: From that old movie at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (2l9Gd)

292 It's got boobies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Elizabeth Berridge boobies?

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

293 It's got boobies.

I haven't seen the theatrical cut in forever, but it does not have boobies.
-----------------
So Director's Cut. Thanks.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (Hpgos)

294 292 It's got boobies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Elizabeth Berridge boobies?
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

=======

Confirmed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

295 The term went from Fired to Let Go to Terminated to Laid Off to RIFfed.

HR's contribution to the business world.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:35 AM (PzXaK)

296 287 "Please help the older people in your family or friends set up their online ID."

And teach them not to trust anyone who calls them with the claim that they are from some government agency.
Posted by: NR Pax
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Recommendation, do not try to set up login.gov account via a smartphone. Ditto for other government forms. Best set up on a computer.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:35 AM (ctrM5)

297 The art....
Fuck it. I got a grandson being born! And my phone really hates being online. Will update later. Have fun horde!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:35 AM (DJQ2F)

298 Oh, and addendum since I mentioned the stupid DEI training I had to threaten my way out of.

We still have a VP of Inclusion and Diversity. Can't win them all.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:36 AM (PzXaK)

299 TJM, have you seen Amadeus Director's Cut and is it better that the original? The wife and I have talking about viewing it this weekend.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (Hpgos)

I saw it 2 nights ago.

It's roughly 20 minutes longer. There are actually a scene or two that improve the movie, and fill in some spots.

Toward the end you feel the extra minutes of length, but I was never bored.

Excellent movie. Worth the watch.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2025 10:36 AM (iJfKG)

300 Technically the car scene in Thelma & that Other Chick was filmed at Dead Horse state park, a detached unit, in no way part of the federal National Park, albeit in “Canyonlands” in the very generic sense.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2025 10:36 AM (wO3Gh)

301 We're "rightsizing."

Wimps in the HR department in the 1990s.

Posted by: From that old movie at March 28, 2025 10:37 AM (2l9Gd)

302 295 The term went from Fired to Let Go to Terminated to Laid Off to RIFfed.

HR's contribution to the business world.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
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If others are released at the same time, legally it makes a big difference in court. Much easier to defend if other people are laid off at the same time.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:37 AM (ctrM5)

303 t's got boobies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Elizabeth Berridge boobies?
Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

=======

Confirmed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

Yeah. Lovely pair and you do get a good chance to admire them.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 28, 2025 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

304 >During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.
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death is cost-effective

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:38 AM (AOsQT)

305 It's roughly 20 minutes longer. There are actually a scene or two that improve the movie, and fill in some spots.

Toward the end you feel the extra minutes of length, but I was never bored.

Excellent movie. Worth the watch.
-----------------
Excellent movie and Boobies. Thanks. Imma have a movie night.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:38 AM (Hpgos)

306 We're "rightsizing."

Posted by: Wimps in the HR department in the 1990s. at March 28, 2025 10:38 AM (2l9Gd)

307 The term went from Fired to Let Go to Terminated to Laid Off to RIFfed.

HR's contribution to the business world.

Posted by: WitchDoktor

======

I've lost track of how many "event" days I've survived over my 29 years. The one where the HR Dept that spewed the most buzzwords got clear- cut . . I liked that one the best.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 28, 2025 10:39 AM (u5fr9)

308 289 Randy Fine (running for Walz's seat in FL-06) doesn't care much for people showing up at his committee meeting draped in a keffiyeh:

https://tinyurl.com/4vj8dc9a

Posted by: one hour sober
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Fine apparently is not running much of a campaign from reporting. Have no idea whether that is true.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:40 AM (ctrM5)

309 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. So what's this art? The road less travelled?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 28, 2025 10:40 AM (W/lyH)

310 Pushing has begun!!! Baby inbound!!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 28, 2025 10:21 AM

Will raise a glass to Grandbaby Mayhem tonight!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 28, 2025 10:40 AM (kgE5c)

311 If others are released at the same time, legally it makes a big difference in court. Much easier to defend if other people are laid off at the same time.
Posted by: whig

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Absolutely brother. Promotions are handled within the individual section. An entirely different corporate-level group worked on the RIF list which focused on objective criteria such as length of employment, performance, etc.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:41 AM (PzXaK)

312 Rightsizing horde mind.

[BTW, Brave browser's dictionary has 'rightsizing' in it and I know I didn't add it to the dictionary/spellcheck manually, myself.]

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 28, 2025 10:41 AM (/tzYP)

313 “Inclusion and Diversity” seems to be an Orwellian term that generally means specifically excluding caucasians as a general principle, and definitely joined at the hip with “Hate Whitey”.

Perhaps that wasn’t the intent, but it certainly is the effect. 1964 Civil Rights Act is very clear. Racial discrimination is illegal. The latter “affirmative action” stuff subsequently has been a square peg into a round hole, trying to square that circle.

In any case, even that abortion of a law was only ever intended for the descendants of American slaves. Not illegal aliens from Outer Mongolia just off the boat.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 28, 2025 10:41 AM (wO3Gh)

314 304 >During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.
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death is cost-effective
Posted by: Don Black.
=====
Next stop euthanasia for everyone. It's cheaper so we can shovel more money to immigrants to replace the existing population of CO.

Culture of death which is something leftists have in common with their Hezblown Up and Ham Ass counterparts.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:42 AM (ctrM5)

315
Sex music from a bygone age

https://youtu.be/2oWE814j-eg

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Defeat Canada! at March 28, 2025 10:42 AM (AOsQT)

316 289 Randy Fine (running for Walz's seat in FL-06) doesn't care much for people showing up at his committee meeting draped in a keffiyeh:

https://tinyurl.com/4vj8dc9a

Posted by: one hour sober at March 28, 2025 10:34 AM (Y1sOo
I have a couple dozen keffiyelas, can’t tell you how much I despise these ‘protestors’.

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2025 10:42 AM (p4vtc)

317 I'm not sure that's how it works...
Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (/iMjX)

Involves a catcher's mitt, if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 28, 2025 10:25 AM

Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 28, 2025 10:42 AM (kgE5c)

318 Whey the Navy decided it was cheaper to build all new ships rather than redesign and rebuild hulls, I'll never figure out.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 28, 2025 12:02 AM

This question demonstrates a profound lack of understanding.

Ask yourself this question, has the government EVER cared about cost? It's not about what's cheaper, it's about who's friend is getting the $$$.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2025 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

319 During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.

"I think if we listen carefully, we can hear the demons casting lots for the tattered, grubby remains of your soul."

Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2025 10:43 AM (svLOV)

320 Let's try again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwPy31vWZ8

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 28, 2025 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

321 Absolutely brother. Promotions are handled within the individual section. An entirely different corporate-level group worked on the RIF list which focused on objective criteria such as length of employment, performance, etc.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
========
Sounds like your company has at least a sane process that legally protects the company in place. HR are not by and large not lawyers and should not try to give legal advice that they often poorly understand themselves. Should go back to the old personnel title.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:44 AM (ctrM5)

322 "I think if we listen carefully, we can hear the demons casting lots for the tattered, grubby remains of your soul."
Posted by: NR Pax
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Well said.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:45 AM (ctrM5)

323 I've lost track of how many "event" days I've survived over my 29 years. The one where the HR Dept that spewed the most buzzwords got clear- cut . . I liked that one the best.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 28, 2025 10:39 AM (u5fr9)

‘I don’t want play this game no more…’’
-Daryll Hall

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2025 10:46 AM (p4vtc)

324 Well said.
Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:45 AM (ctrM5)

Courtesy of Schlock Mercenary. One of the finer lines in that strip.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 28, 2025 10:47 AM (svLOV)

325 During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM
____/

The Left is a death cult, example #6336853

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 28, 2025 10:48 AM (Dv3i1)

326 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common?

They both privately dislike Meghan Markle?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 28, 2025 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

327 Please help the older people in your family or friends set up their online ID.

thx
Posted by: rhennigantx
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I would also help them lock their cellphone accounts so that their number cannot be hijacked to a scamster's phone without a pin.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:48 AM (ctrM5)

328 326 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common?
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They both serviced Weinstein?

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:49 AM (ctrM5)

329 Those cracks in the road.
Not your fault.
Not my fault.
It's the asphalt.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 28, 2025 10:49 AM (W/lyH)

330 328 326 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common?
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They both are pussies?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:51 AM (Hpgos)

331 Courtesy of Schlock Mercenary. One of the finer lines in that strip.
Posted by: NR Pax
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Then, thanks for sharing.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:51 AM (ctrM5)

332 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common?

Tampons. Duh.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

333 They both are pussies?
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Did King Charles sell a candle like Gwyneth did?

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:52 AM (ctrM5)

334 Not a Lockheed Constellation, which has three tails. Not a Ventura either, which only has 2 engines. Perhaps a Liberator...but really doesn't look right for that.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 28, 2025 10:52 AM (xAP/Y)

335 >During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.

I thought we rightwingers were the money grabbers.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 28, 2025 10:52 AM (1wILg)

336 What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common?

They both privately dislike Meghan Markle?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I think Charles' dislike for her is pretty public.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

337 It seems that the phones being used by the people in the infamous chat room were “corporate phones” handed over from the preceding administration. The “signal app” was installed by the CIA specifically for discussions among the bigwigs. The phone lists were already in place for the app, to include the address on Signal for the head of The Atlantic. The group was set up by a staffer, not by Mike Waltz. The Staffer appears to be Alex Wong. (PRC connection? Chinese born, been in government since 2007, been working with state or as a advisor for foreign policy and law ever since… appointed by Trump to his current role as “Principal Deputy National Security Advisor.”

Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

338 Hey, say what you like about Gwyeneth Paltrow but she definitely had creativity when it came to figuring out what to do with twenty surplus palettes of fish-scented candles.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at March 28, 2025 10:55 AM (PzXaK)

339 I thought we rightwingers were the money grabbers.
Posted by: Northernlurker

Never been true. Leftists invert the truth all the time. On average, Conservatives give more to charity, have happier lives, etc. because their lives, by and large, have purpose. Leftists try to fill the void of personal virtue by claiming social virtue instead. That road leads to depressed and angry people because they never get the Nirvana they are seeking.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:55 AM (ctrM5)

340 339 Never been true. Leftists invert the truth all the time. On average, Conservatives give more to charity, have happier lives, etc. because their lives, by and large, have purpose. Leftists try to fill the void of personal virtue by claiming social virtue instead. That road leads to depressed and angry people because they never get the Nirvana they are seeking.
Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:55 AM (ctrM5)

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I fill the emptiness in my life with memes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

341 338 Hey, say what you like about Gwyeneth Paltrow but she definitely had creativity when it came to figuring out what to do with twenty surplus palettes of fish-scented candles.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
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I guess Charles' side venture into mackerel flavored candles with used Camilla tampon wicks did not go so well.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (ctrM5)

342 It's the asphalt.
Posted by: Diogenes

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Hemorrhoids are a type of asphalt, eh?

Posted by: muldoon at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (/iMjX)

343 During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.
Posted by: SMOD at March 28, 2025 10:31 AM (RHGPo)

I wonder if McCluskie has calculated how much the state could save if they withheld taxpayer-funded freebies from illegal residents.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (Sf2cq)

344 Falling Rock!
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One of Frank Lloyd Wright's less successful designs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:02 AM (kpS4V)

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Well-played, Eris.

He was initially going to call it "Atlas Shrugged" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (V+K+8)

345 I fill the emptiness in my life with memes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Retro me TJM.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (ctrM5)

346 Did King Charles sell a candle like Gwyneth did?
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"This Candle Smells Like My Mistress's Vagina"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (kpS4V)

347 345 I fill the emptiness in my life with memes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Retro me TJM.
Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 10:57 AM (ctrM5)

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And Godzilla movies.

But mostly memes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

348 'Palestinian' Authority Makes Fresh Round of Terrorism Payments Weeks After Vowing To End Them

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Old and busted: Indian giver

New and cool: Palestinian promiser.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at March 28, 2025 10:58 AM (Sxyn8)

349 He was initially going to call it "Atlas Shrugged" ..
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*golf clap*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:58 AM (kpS4V)

350 Though sunshine can always make my days seem bright
Sunshine can warm up a cold, cold night
I know my sunshine was sent from above
An angel that's filled with love

All for the love of sunshine
All for the love of sunshine
The Lord smiled down on this life of mine
And sent me the love of sunshine

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 10:59 AM (Hpgos)

351 I wonder if McCluskie has calculated how much the state could save if they withheld taxpayer-funded freebies from illegal residents.
Posted by: Emmie
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Impossible for McCluskie's friends at Planned Parenthood from selling aborted baby parts that way. She is truly evil.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (ctrM5)

352 I fill the emptiness in my life with memes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

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The Paolo, how you say, fills his with moms.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (V+K+8)

353 Not a Lockheed Constellation, which has three tails. Not a Ventura either, which only has 2 engines. Perhaps a Liberator...but really doesn't look right for that.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 28, 2025 10:52 AM (xAP/Y)

Ju-88 bomber getting ready to attack.

Posted by: Kwak! at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (89Sog)

354 Late to the snark thread.

I like it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (VofaG)

355 Godzilla movies are like Chinese Food. You are never completely satisfied. Sum Ting Wong.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (Hpgos)

356 And Godzilla movies.

But mostly memes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

This is like offering crack to a kiddie but Sarah Hoyt's blog runs a regular meme post every week on Saturday to Sunday time frame. Blog is According to Hoyt if you have never been there.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 11:01 AM (ctrM5)

357 The Paolo, how you say, fills his with moms.
Posted by: ShainS
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You are a very bad man today.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 11:02 AM (ctrM5)

358 356 This is like offering crack to a kiddie but Sarah Hoyt's blog runs a regular meme post every week on Saturday to Sunday time frame. Blog is According to Hoyt if you have never been there.
Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 11:01 AM (ctrM5)

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I get mine from Bored Panda when Google recommends a post for me.

It's enough to satiate.

Also the Powerline weekly thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 28, 2025 11:02 AM (GBKbO)

359 Godzilla movies are like Chinese Food. You are never completely satisfied. Sum Ting Wong.
Posted by: Pudinhead at March 28, 2025 11:00 AM (Hpgos)

Godzilla movies aren't complete without the evil Mothra.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 28, 2025 11:02 AM (g8Ew8)

360 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at March 28, 2025 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

361 355 Godzilla movies are like Chinese Food. You are never completely satisfied. Sum Ting Wong.
Posted by: Pudinhead
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That is because you don't dislike the Japanese nor Tokyo. If Godzilla was chomping down on DC or NYC among other blue shitholes, you might enjoy them better.

Posted by: whig at March 28, 2025 11:03 AM (ctrM5)

362 239 I see beefy guys in fedoras and LAPD badges tossing mobsters off a cliff on Mulholland Drive
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 28, 2025 10:23 AM (FoIOl)

I saw Beefy Guys in Fedoras and LAPD Badges Tossing Mobsters off a Cliff on Mulholland Drive in '89 at The SlapShack.

Posted by: Reforger at March 28, 2025 11:04 AM (xcIvR)

363 I really like that painting. More like that, please.

Posted by: Paco at March 28, 2025 11:06 AM (mADJX)

364 During her time to speak on the bill, McCluskie focused on how much money the state could save if women chose to have abortions rather than giving birth.----

Think how much the State could save if they used the death penalty timely for every Capital Murder.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 28, 2025 11:06 AM (VofaG)

365 *golf clap*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 28, 2025 10:58 AM (kpS4V)

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[Trivia you can't use:] We used to watch the Canadian TV series "Murdoch Mysteries" -- which was a really well-done period piece (great acting, cinematography, writing, et. al.) that mixed in historical characters / events with murder mystery / early forensic crime-investigation and -solving ... until the writers went full retard #Woke.

Anywho, there was one episode that featured a Frank Lloyd Wright character as well as "Ann Ryand" (portrayed by the actress who played Daisy on Downton Abbey,
Sophie McShera).

BTW, there was another really good couple of Canadian shows we enjoyed back in the day starring the great Nicholas Campbell: "Da Vinci's Inquest" (7 seasons) and followed by one season of "Da Vinci's City Hall."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Dissolution of The Autopen Empire at March 28, 2025 11:10 AM (V+K+8)

366 pure italian marble.

Posted by: cmeat at March 28, 2025 11:19 AM (6+aIJ)

367 That first step is a doozy.

Posted by: Francis at March 28, 2025 12:03 PM (bbuBP)

368 Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: m at March 28, 2025 03:53 PM (CQE5S)

369 That is SO Los Angeles. I think I even know the drive depicted. The aircraft dates it even without the listing - 1945. He gets the LA light, the cities old-style concrete pavement, all cracked, the distinctive lamps of that era. Would hang.

Posted by: ZilWerks at March 28, 2025 04:20 PM (0MpOC)

370 Looks like the road to the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

Posted by: Jimmy in Texas at March 28, 2025 06:17 PM (iolWE)

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