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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - May 6, 2025 [scampydog]
In case you missed the sad news earlier today
Eat bitterness? Sure, in the past when China was far poorer. But it now has the same middle-class ennui as the U.S. and the Communist party's legitimacy is largely based on an implied contract that it will improve living standards, not set them back. (Oh, and more than half of Chinese are now overweight, hardly a sign of asceticism.)Another link that addresses some of the cracks in the Chinese economy and problems the tariffs are causing them.
But the numbers tell a different story. Despite intense government efforts to spark spending-including a "Special Action Plan" rolled out in March to subsidize purchases of cars, home appliances, and smartphones-Chinese consumers remain cautious. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained in negative territory through March, suggesting ongoing deflation. The Producer Price Index (PPI), a leading indicator of economic health, has been declining for 30 consecutive months. Even online shopping, once China's retail powerhouse, is now stagnating, with growth falling to just 7.2% last year.Trump ending the de minimis exemption is a tranquilizer dart to the ass of Chinese E-Commerce. A bit older link, but does a good enough job of laying things out. White House link to the de minimis exemptions Not going to get into it heavily on the ONT, but there is a lot of chatter about smuggling synthetic opioids in these small packages. Part of my day job is in the shipping container world. I see the real-time logistics and data behind the headlines. In March, there were approximately 1.5M containers sitting idle/on docks in China (larger than the typical March numbers). The container stack in China has grown through April as shippers have paused and cancelled sailings, and/or moved to smaller ships due to the slowed cargo flow/declining volumes. Cancellations the past three weeks of 49% to 64% - Flexport reports a 60% drop in bookings the three weeks following Liberation Day. The tariff-free window is now closed as the final wave of tariff-free containers are arriving in the U.S. this week and next week (many on water, and/or queued at ports). The Chinese factories are still willing to build containers, but nobody is taking any orders as there are not enough bookings for all the boxes already built/sold. Fun, fun. On the retail side, we are about 3 weeks out from seeing some empty shelves. I received an email from Hong Kong while putting this post together.
Regret we are still unable to quote your order at this moment. Situation remains the same, very limited export going out of China and we are now seeing almost 20% of the boxes on-hired in March for USA being redirected to CAN or Europe.For any that want to dive deeper/geek out, some links below. Supply chain Rates and Blanked Sailings Canceled Sailings Tracker World Container Index China will lose. Their economy is too reliant on exporting to the U.S. Europe and the rest of the world cannot take enough of their 'junk' to absorb the drop off of the United States purchasing habits. Trump picked a battle he knew he could win. The media will go full spaz soon enough, but China has too much downside not to cut a deal.
Beyond the MoMee fun, where is the Horde off to this summer? Places you never tire of visiting? Or checking off somewhere new? Cody is my favorite visit in the U.S. We will be in Wyoming in July. Dual trip - wedding of family friend and our anniversary. The Cody Firearms Museum is a must see.
It's bucket-list-worthy for a reason. Immerse yourself in completely redesigned exhibits that house more than 4,000 firearms. It's the most comprehensive firearms museum in the United States, and it's reason enough to visit the Cody & Yellowstone area.
The Irma Hotel and restaurant. Come for whatever, but visit the bar. Speaking of bars, the Horde should have a go at that in the comment section. Coolest bar or back bar (is that one word? nope, two) you have seen/put cheeks to chair. Outback Tavern in Pendleton, OR had a really old and cool back bar. What have you seen in your travels of consumption?
Rodeo every night from June 1st through August 31st. American flags, bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, and bronc riding.
Sometimes we get caught flat footed. Or your spouse, friend, family member, or someone in your orbit just gets you. Needed a new ladder. Wife and I were shopping together. I picked one out (pictured below). My wife glanced at it, pointed to the "Max Weight" sticker, raised an eyebrow, tilted her head, smirked, and walked away. No words. No comeback. Damnit. Hit the comments with your recent, "Yep...they got me" moments.
Me hitting driver off the first tee after a great range session:
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It has been recently shown that at least some phorusrhacids like Andalgalornis, while very fast runners in a straight line, were poor at tight turns at speed, which contradicts the idea of phorusrhacids being agile predators of small prey.Serpentine! Serpentine!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at May 06, 2025 10:00 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2025 10:01 PM (t5Mp4)
God bless and keep Jim and bless his survivors...
God I am getting old.
Posted by: Sven at May 06, 2025 10:02 PM (o2Stx)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:02 PM (lUFok)
How tired was I? That was supposed to be Son and Daughter and SON-in-law.
Onward through the fog!
Posted by: mindful webworker - watch out for that treeeee at May 06, 2025 10:02 PM (OgpK3)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (t5Mp4)
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (t5Mp4)
Benefits of wasps? Yeah, I'm not seeing it.
I hate those flying bastiges of angry.
_________
Don't bother them and they won't bother you. Right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (QnmlO)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2025 10:06 PM (VWf79)
Easy. Create a secret society to safeguard time machine until such time as mankind can unlock its secrets and build a time machine.
Now you can move back, 7 days at a time, with the plans, until mankind can build its own time machine, predating the discovery of the alien time machine.
Then keep pushing the state of knowledge back, until humans are the earliest species in our galaxy to create galaxy-conquering technology.
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Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2025 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
The Buffalo Bill Wild West Museum is a must see if you are out this way.
The gun collection is awesome, of course, but there are many other things there that are awesome.
Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2025 10:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 06, 2025 10:07 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2025 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 10:08 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2025 10:08 PM (VWf79)
A buddy had a bad stay at a Hilton and spent his time waiting for his plane detailing how bad in an epic rant on Google. I felt like it was my fault after I read it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2025 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Derak at May 06, 2025 10:09 PM (aenXc)
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:09 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 06, 2025 10:10 PM (3+kW6)
I hate those flying bastiges of angry.
_________
Don't bother them and they won't bother you. Right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (QnmlO)
Works for me. Sucks when you accidentally bush hog over a hornet’s nest, though.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 06, 2025 10:10 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Cosda4 at May 06, 2025 10:11 PM (EJCs6)
You're welcome. I just thought that Jim's masterful mockery of chemjeff should always be remembered and celebrated.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:11 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)
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Pay your 16% hotel tax and tourism assessment thank you very much have a nice stay.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2025 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2025 10:12 PM (taw0g)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2025 10:12 PM (VWf79)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2025 10:03 PM (QnmlO)
Nope. They come to your picnic to steal your food. Especially meat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:12 PM (YlaNf)
We love Cody, Wyoming too! So far we've made two visits there. Yes, it's touristy. Yes, it has expensive hotel rooms. Decent restaurants and a Wal-Mart. But it is renowned for having the bestest museums evah! Five museums under one roof at the Center of the West. Art, guns, local history, natural history, and a rotating exhibit on even more local/natural history stuff.
And if you are lucky, the fellah out front of the museum will be cooking cowboy beans and making Dutch oven biscuits by the chuck wagon. Free samples and information. It's a real treat!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 06, 2025 10:12 PM (rxCpr)
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 10:13 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at May 06, 2025 10:15 PM (4TAOz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:15 PM (YlaNf)
I live in an older apartment complex, and my balcony/patio railings are wood.
Wasps (the boring-in kind) were colonizing them the first summer after I moved here, and it was very annoying to have them treat me like I was in their territory when I went outside.
I started seeing large bumblebees (the kind that fly right up to you and stare at you, but never DO anything to you) hanging out, and then chasing the wasps.
Later in the season, I noticed wasp larvae lying on the ground under the rail, so I started watching, and was rewarded with one day seeing a bee pitch one down, and start eating it while it was still moving.
This year, I have a whole fleet of guard bees, and no wasps.
Looked them up, and they are white faced carpenter bees--they fly up and look big, but that is the limit of their aggression, they don't sting. People just freak because they look like they're going to get in your face, but they're just looking. They don't even do that to me any more, they just bully the wasps away, or dig them out and kill their spawn.
Grandgirl was visiting a couple weeks ago, and when she came out with me a couple flew over to look at her, and she flinched a bit (cont)
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 10:15 PM (enw9G)
Scampydog - you nailed it. If you're looking at the news from the *financial* press, all you get are items telling us that 'the US is bound to lose and China is unaffected and will win anyway, so can't Trump just cut a deal already?' The press wants Trump to cut a deal in the next 60 days or else we're doomed. Complete BS. They are on China's side. I don't see us cutting a deal until the end of the year, and I don't see the big rush to do so sooner, unless China comes to the table first.
China has a real estate crisis that makes the US mortgage collapse look like a walk in the park. The only think keeping that house of cards up is a government-backed cash infusion of billions of dollars -- going on for years now. We're 40% of their economy - at least.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2025 10:15 PM (AxEuI)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Someone posted Jim's takedown of chemjeff in a comment section a few weeks ago. I had a busy life day and didn't have time to go find it. If anyone has it, please drop it in the comments tonight.
Never met Jim outside of the grey boxes - nor any other morons. Exchanged a few emails with him - he was just as stoic, real, and fun in those exchanges too. He was a treasure.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:15 PM (41CYW)
We are off this summer to the Outer Banks and then later Hilton Head. Completely different experiences even though they are both beach communities. OBX is my favorite of the two - we get together with some of the Mrs.'s sibs and always have a great time. My BIL is a former SF Blackhawk pilot and has a million sea stories - many of them true!! So tough he only drinks Jägermeister (and a lot of it). Hell of a guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2025 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
See where the fine state of california is preemptively blaming President Trump for any downturn in tourism.
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 10:16 PM (TfUTr)
I said yes.
She isn't scared of them any more.
Thank God for my guard bees!
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 10:17 PM (enw9G)
Model site in Australia has in stock the Hong Kong Models 1/48 Douglas Boston III/DB-7 kit. So hopefully in about a week I shall see arriving in the States my pre-order of this kit.
Thus bypassing the container ships choke point of California. And tariffs. No one in the US is even listing this model kit yet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2025 10:17 PM (SJjp+)
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Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 06, 2025 10:18 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:18 PM (lUFok)
RIP Jim.
I've been here since 2007 under one nic or another. I seem to recall he was here then or about the same time.
Ran some gunsmitting questions by him occasionally.
He was a Gentleman.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at May 06, 2025 10:19 PM (r+ghq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2025 10:19 PM (VWf79)
I don't drink, so I'll just raise an imaginary glass of Jim's favorite beverage in his honor and say a prayer for his family and friends. I don't think they have any idea how many people he's touched with his sparkling online personality.
See you in heaven, kind sir.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2025 10:19 PM (AxEuI)
lol, Blanco, I'm just grateful to have pest control that won't poison my 12-year-old 8 lb dog.
I hate wasps, hornets, yellow jackets. I see NO use for them.
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 10:20 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 06, 2025 10:20 PM (zS4/f)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2025 10:20 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: IrishEi at May 06, 2025 10:20 PM (3ImbR)
Sounds like they make good bee food.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 10:20 PM (lUFok)
RIP my friend.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 06, 2025 10:21 PM (0XVad)
They possibly were coming in through a gap in the hood vent over the stove, where the pipe passes through the overhead cabinet. We sealed that up solidly and have not seen any more wasps.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:22 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Buy the carpenter bee houses....they'd much rather move in than dig in.
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
Prayers up for his family, especially his wife, and all who knew and loved him.
Life is short.
Prayers up for Beverly and brain MRI as well.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 06, 2025 10:23 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:23 PM (YlaNf)
https://tinyurl.com/yck97aua
Posted by: huerfano at May 06, 2025 10:23 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Eromero at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (LHPAg)
Cheers, sir! A hoist of the tankard!
Posted by: Brewingfrog at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (N1hEM)
They BOTH hate it.
It took a while for the bees to trust again, after a couple flew through the cloud of mist.
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (enw9G)
Scampydog, your links were Cody focused. Are you spending time elsewhere in Wyoming?
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (EGtUA)
https://tinyurl.com/5pfmm72a
Posted by: Ciampino - the bodies are piling up at May 06, 2025 10:25 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2025 10:25 PM (gKWVE)
Are all the Kennedy Klan accounted for?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2025 10:26 PM (SJjp+)
This year I've seen only two, and they were immediately chased off by my buzzy guards.
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 10:26 PM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/yck97aua
Posted by: huerfano
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Whoa. That is really cool. Bookmarking that one.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:26 PM (41CYW)
God speed Jim! May you rest in the Father's embrace and may his eternal light shine upon you.
You will be missed. 🙏😢✝️
Posted by: lin-duh at May 06, 2025 10:27 PM (VCgbV)
The car is ready -- though I do want to have the battery tested to see how it's holding up. The unit is two years old; the previous one died without warning at about that age, as did the one before that. The Buick has a lot of electronics. I turn off everything I can before I leave the car, but no doubt there's still some draw on the battery.
I'll pass through suburban Birmingham on my way, stop at the famous pipe shop The Briary, and gas up at the Buc-ee's on my way north.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:28 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:29 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 06, 2025 10:29 PM (Pv9OE)
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Hey Pete. Yes, we will spend some time in Jackson. The wedding is in Rock Springs. We have not visited either of those. Do you have some WY recommendations?
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:29 PM (41CYW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgCTeJXKpYU
Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2025 10:24 PM (i0F8b)
Wait until dusk; they don't fly at night. Shove an M80 firecracker in the hole, light fuse, amble away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:30 PM (YlaNf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 06, 2025 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: 13times at May 06, 2025 10:30 PM (2FQpt)
Hope there are enough spaces.
Jim was the commenter to look forward to.
RIP
Posted by: Lurk at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (7IOVT)
Donnie Iris!! Ellwood City's finest!
I have indeed made a hole in one. A couple of years ago. Stoughton Acres Golf Course, Butler PA. Hole 12, about 115 yards, so not very long. I even had witnesses. No drinks were bought thou. Dry course, no booze. Also, yes, stupid golf 'rule'. They should buy me drinks! I did the work, dammit!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025
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You watched Mysterious Island on Svengoolie last Saturday night too?
The archaeologists are speculating, I'm sure. No doubt the creatures, being the direct descendants of the meat-eating dinosaurs, were the terror of anything they preyed on. Thus, "terror birds."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (omVj0)
Oh no - anything but the wealthy coastal enclaves.
Does this mysterious killer I know nothing about have a Go Fund Me ?
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (MEYgk)
Posted by: rocdoctom at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (y0d3M)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2025 10:31 PM (KAi1n)
I am also partial to the Menger Bar in San Antonio. Teddy Roosevelt recruited the "Rough Riders" from that bar, getting a tough bunch of Texas cowhands and hardscrabble workers and making them into a fierce outfit.
(Both have a big Moose hanging over the bar. Go figure...)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at May 06, 2025 10:32 PM (N1hEM)
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 06, 2025 10:32 PM (+I6Y/)
Wasp spray. Used to be good. Launched 15+ feet. Spent a little time on a bucket truck doing phone stuff. Those splice cases were the Taj Majal for wasps. Open them, duck, spray. Be always aware of the wind direction! Not on your mind, up in the air, until you try to beat back the swarm!
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 06, 2025 10:32 PM (65a8d)
Emphasis on *trying* ...
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 06, 2025 10:33 PM (VCbc9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at May 06, 2025 10:33 PM (EOjZq)
Buy the carpenter bee houses....they'd much rather move in than dig in.
Posted by: Some Rat
Thanks for this information.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2025 10:33 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:34 PM (omVj0)
I wish we could have met Jim SND in person. He wanted to meet Pookette most of all, probably to wind her up and let her go.
Posted by: pookysgirl, putting her feet up at May 06, 2025 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)
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Part of what made it funny is that I weigh under 200lbs! She thought she was funny. And she was.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:35 PM (41CYW)
I have been in this saloon. Built in 1913, but the back-bar is much older, and was hauled in by mule team from Colorado, IIRC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (YlaNf)
Posted by: The Wasps at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (MEYgk)
Can we just all agree to stop the dying for a bit? Please? (Offer does not extend to trolls or Bob from the NSA unless he starts singing like a bird to DOGE)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (F71xP)
https://x.com/GordonGChang
if you don't do X
This is Gordon Chang on xcancel. One doesn't need anything special to do xcancel.
https: is the prefix but possibly too long for Pixy
//xcancel.com/GordonGChang
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (0Htd1)
RIP Jim Sunk New Dawn.
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 06, 2025 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)
I am in the age where I go to more wakes and funerals than weddings and showers. Do not like.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at May 06, 2025 10:37 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:37 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)
Odysseus steps up.
Posted by: 13times at May 06, 2025 10:38 PM (2FQpt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 06, 2025 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
https://x.com/GordonGChang
if you don't do X
This is Gordon Chang on xcancel. One doesn't need anything special to do xcancel.
https: is the prefix but possibly too long for Pixy
//xcancel.com/GordonGChang
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:36 PM (28lDz)
Ive heard him on the radio a few times...one of the few people Ive heard use the term bad actors, which I like.
Posted by: a dude in MI at May 06, 2025 10:39 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:39 PM (41CYW)
Odysseus steps up.
Posted by: 13times at May 06, 2025
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There are several of his novels at the big East Bank Regional Library in the suburbs. I'll look for that one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:39 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 06, 2025 10:40 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2025 10:40 PM (d2kuJ)
I do. I live in north east Wyoming a couple hours south of of Billings. Fifth largest city in Wyoming at about 19,000 people. My advice regarding Jackson in July is stay away. It’s a zoo. Teton Village is very nice and there is a back way from there into Teton NP. Rock Springs country is austere but beautiful. The Green River gorge and reservoir is not far away and is spectacular. from which direction are you approaching?
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 06, 2025 10:41 PM (EGtUA)
I have been in this saloon. Built in 1913, but the back-bar is much older, and was hauled in by mule team from Colorado, IIRC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Kind of cool - they have a pic of Clark Gable cigar burns on the website.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:41 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025
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I've always wanted to, but was afraid the blue light from the computer screen would keep me from getting enough sleep to face the work day. Now I don't have to worry about that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2025 10:41 PM (omVj0)
God bless Jim SND.
It happened so fast.
I always looked forward to his comments, no exceptions.
Good bye.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 06, 2025 10:42 PM (dtlw7)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 06, 2025 10:42 PM (eQcSv)
There were a dozen and a half ducks on the green when we drove up to the tee. My line drive ground sweeper apparently hit one of them and ended up in the cup. Took us several minutes of walking around the green to find it.
Posted by: Ian Phlegming at May 06, 2025 10:42 PM (MB784)
Posted by: 13times at May 06, 2025 10:43 PM (2FQpt)
The thrill of victory: Jenny's Lake, where we've hiked and had lovely memories...to
The agony of defeat: the news of Jim's passing. What a strong, proud, knowledgeable, kind and generous man. I am so glad I got to meet and know him. And I am gutted to hear of his passing. May he rest in eternal peace, and may God bless his family and all those who loved him.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at May 06, 2025 10:43 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Hate Those Suckers! at May 06, 2025 10:44 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2025 10:44 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: RustyG at May 06, 2025 10:45 PM (vnSFM)
Posted by: Pete Bog
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Pete Bog, we are flying into SLC. Rental car adventure from there. Three free days before wedding duties. Please shoot me an email - I'd love to get some ideas. Email address at the bottom of the post.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:45 PM (41CYW)
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We are the linchpin of the world. Trump is the first president since Eisenhower or T. Roosevelt to wield it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:46 PM (28lDz)
Wasps are the “stop touching me” of the insect world. Build their nests exactly where humans need to go. Right by the front door, on the patio, inside the mailbox for crying out loud. As someone else mentioned, crawling into drink cans that are still in use is one of their specialties.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 06, 2025 10:47 PM (EXyHK)
Allow me to start with a cpuplet from "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch";
You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch
With a nauseous super "naus"
Please note the word usage there. Ladies and gentlemen, if you feel like throwing up, you are nauseated. "Nauseous" is something that causes you to become nauseated.
I realize trying to get people to stop saying/writing "nauseaous" when they mean "nauseated" is not a losing battle, but already a lost war, but I still felt the need to vent. Thank you for indulging me.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2025 10:47 PM (t5Mp4)
Posted by: Darin Zimmerman at May 06, 2025 10:47 PM (55jmf)
RIP Jim
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at May 06, 2025 10:47 PM (cL90e)
Nothing new or novel to say for Jim. Nice to read the thoughtful comments in the gray boxes. Glad to have crossed paths. Prayers to him, his family, and all among the Horde who knew him.
Posted by: TRex at May 06, 2025 10:48 PM (omd/p)
I've spent many a lovely evening there. It had a great atmosphere. Back then the hotel had less-than-savory characters living there full time...I haven't been back in years. Boulder and I have a mutual hatred for each other...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 06, 2025 10:49 PM (taw0g)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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*Looks at watch. Shakes fist at H7* 8,000 steps on the nose here. Better walk over to the bar...
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 10:49 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: TRex at May 06, 2025 10:50 PM (omd/p)
I asked on the phone when booking my room whether they would make guests wear masks, and he said that was up to the individual. When the other guests saw I wasn't wearing a bondage mask, they hesitantly, then with an air of relief, took theirs off, too, and we all had a fine time.
Comfortable, charming rooms, and Windham, NY, is a very pretty Catskills town, with ski slopes nearby for winter sport. They're on my mind because they showed up in my OneDrive memories of this day.
Posted by: Beverly at May 06, 2025 10:51 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 10:51 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:51 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:52 PM (28lDz)
The gun collection is awesome, of course, but there are many other things there that are awesome.
Posted by: four seasons at May 06, 2025 10:07 PM (3ek7K)
Last time we were at the museum, there are 5 museums under one roof, they had a section on the Yellowstone basin. As you walked down stairs to the different levels of exhibits, you descended back in time. Very cool.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 06, 2025 10:54 PM (dJimA)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at May 06, 2025 10:54 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2025 10:55 PM (BgmlQ)
"Stuart, 64, and Sally Jane Maxedon, 59, were arrested on suspicion of forgery, identity theft and attempting to influence a public servant, according to arrest affidavits.
Maxedon is registered Republican and Stuart is an unaffiliated voter, according to voter records provided to Colorado Newsline."
They claim they were testing the system.
AT first I was like, bulllllshit.
But then I considered....two dumbasses. Colorado, whch is pretty blue. Its possible they just were dumb.
Posted by: Harun at May 06, 2025 10:55 PM (IuIym)
In a neighboring town they had a vote last year to increase taxes by an absurd amount nominally to fund the schools which failed because based on town rules the people got to vote on it not the elected officials.
One of the candidates running in this cycle made the centerpiece of her campaign that she supported that failed tax increase. Someone did a FOIA request to get her voting record though and showed she did not bother to vote when the tax increase was on the ballot and then this person posted Candidate Liar's voting record anonymously to facebook.
Well, the leftists that run the town facebook page were not upset that Candidate Liar lied. But they were upset someone got a hold of her voting record and then they broke their own rules to reveal who the anonymous poster was, who is a notable local conservative and now they are all aghast at that local conservative voter. How dare a voter see if a candidate was lying or not!
PS: This isn't me or my town, I just like following politics in a town more dysfunctional then my own.
Its...comical.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2025 10:55 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:51 PM (28lDz)
Well, anyone coming to the Calgary Stampede needs to let me know, so we can meet up. I live about 90 minutes away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:56 PM (9ALtm)
Posted by: Dennis Keating at May 06, 2025 10:56 PM (KE9LW)
Posted by: Piper at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (e8mjv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (EOjZq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:52 PM (28lDz)
Runs around in circles, clapping hand to mouth, "woo, woo, woo, woo!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (9ALtm)
Because the wadded up paper looks, to them, like a wasp nest and they won't build a nest near another one.
It does work. Factors are the color of the paper, the size of the ball you wad up and, of course, where you put it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (Q4IgG)
Rest in peace, Jim.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
No confirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:58 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:52 PM (28lDz)
Runs around in circles, clapping hand to mouth, "woo, woo, woo, woo!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 10:57 PM (9ALtm)
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Don't take anything seriously until Elizabeth Warren provides the authoritative interpretation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 06, 2025 11:00 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:00 PM (W/lyH)
He was an original, a one-of-a-kind man who absolutely made this world a better place. Beyond the conversations in the gray boxes, I was lucky enough to meet him three times at the Texas MoMe.
I will pour two bourbons tonight, and drink one of them in his honor.
God Bless Jim. RIP.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 06, 2025 11:01 PM (dadcM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 10:52 PM (28lDz)
Runs around in circles, clapping hand to mouth, "woo, woo, woo, woo!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
* folds legs into lotus position, puts on Sitar music*
Hoping some Paki ass gets kicked.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:01 PM (QFUtX)
Wonder if they'll address the Paki's saying that opening the bottled sunshine is an option.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)
Crap, can't even type correctly.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 06, 2025 11:02 PM (dadcM)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:02 PM (QGaXH)
203 yards with a four iron.
A good day.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Sigh... none here. Hit a 7 iron in and it one-hopped the flagstick and dropped in the hole. Flagstick flexed/bent and when it snapped back it shot my ball out of the hole and off the green. Took a bogey.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:03 PM (41CYW)
Sounds like they make good bee food.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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They eat something that's good for us that they eat them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:04 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:05 PM (QGaXH)
No confirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard -
Pakis have F16s, the Hindus primary fighters are SU30s, seems possible.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:05 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2025 11:05 PM (VWf79)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)
That would be the end of Pakistan. India has more nukes; probably enough to nuke every Paki city twice or more. Even if Pakistan expended their entire nuclear arsenal on India, India would survive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:06 PM (9ALtm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 06, 2025 11:06 PM (YItOJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:08 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 11:09 PM (enw9G)
/youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A
Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2025 11:09 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Granddaughter knitted one. They did avoid it.
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 11:10 PM (TfUTr)
No confirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard -
Pakis have F16s, the Hindus primary fighters are SU30s, seems possible.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron
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They wanted to buy F-22s from Obama but he wouldn't sell them to India.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:11 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:11 PM (W/lyH)
Indian press conference in an hour and a half.
But we'll be on hold for an hour until we get someone on the line.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 06, 2025 11:11 PM (No9Bj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Yes. I've seen those Pakistani repair videos.
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (TfUTr)
I've never met anyone here in real life - came very close once or thrice - I hope to someday - but just my impression from his posts here - I'd be willing to bet AOP has one.....
I have a transmission filter, grill and cargo cover from a 1997 Grand Cherokee free if anyone wants to come to southern Calif to pick up.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (QGaXH)
Indian press conference in an hour and a half.
Press *3* for War support
Press *4* Collateral Damage support
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (No9Bj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (JkO4W)
/youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A
Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2025 11:09 PM (D7oie)
I watched a roadrunner do that to a lizard in Arizona. Slammed it into the ground repeatedly, until all the fight went out of it. Roadrunners are cute, but they are apex predators for their size.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:13 PM (9ALtm)
But we'll be on hold for an hour until we get someone on the line.
Posted by: Soothsayer
*pokes COB*
Comment of the week
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:13 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:14 PM (28lDz)
Golf as a hobby, for me, is just playing and I don't do that enough. But, I'd like to learn grip replacement for my clubs. I suspect I would need more room than I have in my condo for that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2025 11:15 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (JkO4W)
Calling Dr. Bombay.....calling Dr. Bombay.....Dr. Bombay.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:15 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fourseasons at May 06, 2025 11:15 PM (3ek7K)
But we'll be on hold for an hour until we get someone on the line.
Posted by: Soothsayer
*pokes COB*
Comment of the week
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Thanks for the heads up. Screenshot taken. And good evening, Sock Monkey.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:17 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2025 11:17 PM (jxGzv)
My SLC to Cody itinerary depending on SLC arrival time. Drive to Vernal Utah to spend the first night. A couple of hours from SLC. Cute little town, very Americana. Or drive out to Dinosaur National Monument. A three hour fascinating stop. From there you can pop into Wyoming and run up the Green River through Flaming Gorge, stunning scenery and land in Rock Springs. Off to Jackson. And through Yellowstone to Cody.
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 06, 2025 11:17 PM (EGtUA)
So sorry to hear about Jim. Condolences to his family. He will be missed here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 06, 2025 11:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:18 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:19 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:08 PM (28lDz)
I would not count on that. I spent three weeks with the Paki army Signals Intel dudes in the 80's. They know their stuff.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:19 PM (W/lyH)
I have a transmission filter, grill and cargo cover from a 1997 Grand Cherokee free if anyone wants to come to southern Calif to pick up.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:12 PM (QGaXH)
Heh. I have been trying to find a horn ring for Scampydog. My Pontiac friend in Helena did not have one, other than the one in his driver wagon, which he is loath to part with, for understandable reasons...
But... a friend here in Alberta bought an American Pontiac, which had had a Nova clip installed, and a Nova steering column. Car is being rebuilt as a Canadian Pontiac, which is quite different. But the American pontiac body had a box full of parts in the trunk, possibly including a horn ring. Waiting on news.
ARIK, I have a '97 Grand Cherokee sitting in AZ right now, that I want to sell. 4" lift kit, 31" tires, runs and drives, but the tranny is on the way out, I think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:19 PM (9ALtm)
Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2025 11:20 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:11 PM (28lDz)
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Obama would never favor a non-muslim over a muslim.
And funny how back then there was no Hula District Court judge to force him to sell F-22s to the Indians, isn't it?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:20 PM (JkO4W)
Didn't expect them to actually go after one of the command centers.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:20 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Yes. I've seen those Pakistani repair videos.
Posted by: Some Rat
Almost as good as a flock of Hindis trying this
tiny.cc/dmxi001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:20 PM (QFUtX)
Wasps and black faced hornets are really territorial, I am told that if you put up a false nest, they won't try to move into that area.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2025 11:21 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2025 11:21 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2025 11:21 PM (sAmhv)
Also, I was stung several times on the upper back by a baby yellowjacket while clearing out my backyard. It hurt like hell but it could have been worse. I'd made the mistake of letting the backyard get overgrown due to seeing a rattle snake molting earlier that summer and not wanting to deal with that, and the yellowjackets decided to set up shop in a corner. Said yellowjackets tried building several nests in the overhang and I had to spray those annoying pests repeatedly that summer to make them go away. Thankfully they haven't been back since then.
Posted by: Farquad at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (bwvMs)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (lUFok)
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How reliable do they need to be if you have a bunch of them?
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (Dnobf)
The closing is always a bit snarky on the ONT's, but I actually did break the horn ring on my '56 Pontiac Star Chief. If anyone has a line on one, please let me know.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (fMHJo)
Didn't expect them to actually go after one of the command centers.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:20 PM (lUFok)
Getting serious.
You can bet the nuke bunkers have been emptied by now and the systems dispersed.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: scampydog
Good evening to you sir. Another top shelf ONT. I appreciate your endeavors.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:24 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at May 06, 2025 11:26 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:14 PM (28lDz)
Air-to-air or ground-to-air?
Posted by: Gref at May 06, 2025 11:27 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM
The Clash, Rock the Casbah as the mystery click tomorrow night?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 06, 2025 11:27 PM (HlyYF)
You can bet the nuke bunkers have been emptied by now and the systems dispersed.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (W/lyH)
I expect India is getting good intelligence on the siting of Paki nukes from both Israel and Russia.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:27 PM (9ALtm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (28lDz)
tiny.cc/dmxi001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron
Heh! Thank you!
Posted by: Some Rat at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (uCfKO)
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Air-to-air or ground-to-air?
The jets ? Air-to-ground I'd say.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (fMHJo)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2025 11:30 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: scampydog
My nephew has 2 early 50's Pontiacs parked on the back of his dad's property. I honestly don't know alot about them. I occasionally drive by them when the grandkids and I go for a Mule ride. I'll ask for specifics when I see him again. I will keep you posted.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:32 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:33 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:33 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Cicero
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And this is why I love this place.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:34 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 11:33 PM (JkO4W)
What makes you think they bathe now?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (9ALtm)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (YCxFk)
I don't think that Tennyson would be out of order here. Pixy will probably require a separate post.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)
Recorded video from Poonch coming soon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (28lDz)
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2025 11:19 PM (9ALtm)
AOP
I remember reading your posts about working on the Grand Cherokee a couple years ago. Up until last year I was driving to Phoenix a few times a year for work. You're one of the people I thought about trying to meet. Alas, who knows now....I might even have brought you some surplus Grand Cherokee parts.
General Comment: From tonight's content, we went thru Cody, Wy last August on our RV trip. Stocked up on supplies in Albertsons before heading to our overnight in Buffalo. Didn't know about the rodeo.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2025 11:36 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Farquad at May 06, 2025 11:23 PM (bwvMs)
The only prudent thing to do here is to smack her on the ass and proclaim that you saved her from getting stung, hero.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2025 11:37 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 06, 2025 11:37 PM (QFUtX)
Posted by: Fatty McFattington at May 06, 2025 11:40 PM (NRMef)
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
***********
In my mind's eye I can see Jim raising the Sunk New Dawn and sailing off into eternity.
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2025 11:41 PM (uCfKO)
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)
Perfect, Mike.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2025 11:41 PM (jxGzv)
Well, one look at that aging face and I can tell you it certainly wasn't menstrual related.
Posted by: Insert Clever Name Here at May 06, 2025 11:41 PM (5VeHf)
Posted by: Fatty McFattington
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Glad you enjoyed it. I caught him at a live music place called, Jergels. Warrendale, I think? He was very easy going. Open mic type of night and he got up and sang - blew the roof off.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:42 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:42 PM (28lDz)
Cicero, I forgot he lived up in the OC too. Later he lived here, I know about exactly where, in Clairemont. His stories of crazy canyon bike riding hijinks certainly rang familiar bells. The one time he visited here recently I was out of town, so never met him. Corresponded a bit by email.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2025 11:43 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (YCxFk)
May be a lot to this. Perhaps not the end of the world, but a huge economic disruption.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:43 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: barbarausa at May 06, 2025 11:44 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (YCxFk)
Look at the bright side! England is so gone that the only way it could be saved now is if every major city was nuked, and they had to rebuild from the countryside. Same goes for California.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2025 11:44 PM (jxGzv)
Hot Shot Wasp & Hornet is great for spot shooting. It shoots a stream. It has good pressure and easily focused.
Ideal for shooting the nest.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2025 11:47 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 06, 2025 11:48 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:48 PM (41CYW)
Ideal for shooting the nest.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2025 11:47 PM (63Dwl)
Wear a mask. Don't breathe that crap.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2025 11:49 PM (W/lyH)
As I said - I expect to see a launch in my lifetime. Also expect a lot of the Middle East and China to close to the West.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 06, 2025 11:50 PM (fMHJo)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2025 11:50 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2025 11:51 PM (uCfKO)
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2025 11:52 PM (uCfKO)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 06, 2025 11:53 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: ` at May 06, 2025 11:53 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Gref at May 06, 2025 11:54 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Jeff Carter (@pointsnfigures1) at May 06, 2025 11:54 PM (ZiwLX)
Posted by: ` at May 06, 2025 11:54 PM (28lDz)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Endorsed. Except on Club ONT nights.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:54 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2025 11:55 PM (1m82a)
Wonder if the Brickskellar near Dupont Circle is still there. A basement bar, but notable more for the yuuuuge int'l and German beer selection.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2025 11:57 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Thanks, Sock Monkey.
Posted by: scampydog at May 06, 2025 11:58 PM (41CYW)
And USPS delivers it for free... Well, the rest of us pay for it when buying stamps, federal bail outs etc.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 07, 2025 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Truth be told I am not following specifics much. From my understanding of lab rats (virologists and such), they are each so siloed and focused on their particular little slice of the pie that they will continue to push limits that maybe shouldn't be pushed. Whack-a-Mole if you will.
Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2025 12:02 AM (uCfKO)
Grdon G. Chang@GordonGChang 3h
Is China going to join Pakistan in what looks like a war against India? See below
ao DaShuai 东北进修🇨🇳
@zhao_dashuai
18h
The Chinese air force fly over the peaks of Karakoram and Himalayas in Kashmir, Pakistan. Our blood pact is written beneath.
In 1966, 200 Chinese, 800 Pakistanis sacrificed their lives to connect our 2 countries via the Karakoram Highway.
Today, the Indian are claiming that piece of land as theirs. Emboldened by their vassalage to the US, they may feel confident to start a war in the region.
But rest assured, if they do, missiles and glide bombs will rain down on them from skies above these border regions, and the Indians won't even know who's hitting them.
This is why our anti-India campaign will shine in the borderless air domain, we can provide assistants from beyond the horizon.
From kinetic assistants like bombs and missiles, to intelligence and signals support from our network of satellites and AWACS.
Therein lies the ultimate weakness of India in South Asia, they don't have any friends in the region. Due to Modi's imperialistic policies, everyone hates them.
Posted by: ` at May 07, 2025 12:02 AM (28lDz)
As was my Dad, whose funeral we held today. 92 wonderful years. The day of family and friends couldn't have been better. Mom is holding up very well, and is glad he's out of pain.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 07, 2025 12:03 AM (odlUh)
https://tinyurl.com/4xx3h842
Posted by: Ciampino - the arrogance at May 07, 2025 12:03 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2025 12:05 AM (uCfKO)
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:05 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 07, 2025 12:03 AM
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Nice post. Best wishes to you and your family.
Posted by: TRex at May 07, 2025 12:05 AM (omd/p)
Reports from Yemen that the entire international terminal of Sanaa Airport, including all airplanes there, have been destroyed
Posted by: ` at May 07, 2025 12:06 AM (28lDz)
FAFO
Posted by: Ciampino - the arrogance shown at May 07, 2025 12:07 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Good call. Had a fun evening there once. Weather and the view were great.
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 07, 2025 12:03 AM (odlUh)
My condolences to you, as well.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 12:08 AM (y9KyA)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 07, 2025 12:09 AM (y7zkd)
Condolences to Jim SND's family. I hope he passed painlessly and peacefully.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 07, 2025 12:09 AM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2025 12:11 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (uCfKO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (y9KyA)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 07, 2025 12:09 AM (y7zkd)
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But not a 9 iron eh!
Posted by: Ciampino - lightning protection at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (sPQoU)
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I know I've mentioned this before. But, it made an impression. Hoff Brau Haus in Munich, Germany. But, not the fancy one upstairs. In the basement is a full blown Bier Garten with a live Oompa Band (including accordion, because...why not?). Bathrooms have the patented speibecken (puke basin for your novices). The entire basement is lined with long tables so getting into conversations with complete strangers from all over the world is a must. Liter mugs of "cold" Hoff Brau Hi-test with the occasional fried Hähnchen (that's chicken) to sop up the suds and make more possible. I happened to be visiting my past college roommate who was a Capt. in the Army stationed in the Fulda Gap at the time. He and his buddies taught me how to parachute off a table top. Jump Tuck and Roll. See, I still remember it. Good...not Great bar. The photos were epic.
Posted by: Orson at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (QFUtX)
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:12 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle
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Grieved to hear it, Jimmy. Prayers and thoughts for you and your mother.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 07, 2025 12:13 AM (XeU6L)
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Yeah, got kinda ripped at a table full of people whose nationality I never learned. I really have no idea how I made it back to wherever it was that I was staying.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 07, 2025 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
Speaking of elders, it's now past midnight, the 7th, which is my mother's birthday. She is now 95.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 07, 2025 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
Damn.
Never met the man, but sure enjoyed his comments here.
The world is a lesser place, without him.
Condolences to his family and all who knew him personally.
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
A particular Moron I really wanted to meet.
We discussed what to eat and where to drink in Galveston.
Time was not on our side.
Salute, Cap'm Jim
Posted by: Miklos at May 07, 2025 12:20 AM (t6ibK)
If you’re in the Greater Yinzertown area, he and the band are definitely worth the price of admission.
Posted by: Just Lurking at May 07, 2025 12:20 AM (VMjH3)
Posted by: publius
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That's pretty cool, publius. HBD to your mother.
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:21 AM (41CYW)
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How many allies do you need when you outnumber everyone else?
Posted by: Methos at May 07, 2025 12:21 AM (Dnobf)
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:23 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 07, 2025 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
_________________
I spent a week in Munich during Oktoberfest. I saw some things that were outright amazing. There was a group of Italians we were hanging with in the Spatenburg Tent, and one of the girls passed out. The other ones started laughing and pulled out this carry all black bag and proceeded to pull out a battery operated clippers. They shaved her head right there at the table. Apparently, it's a tradition of theirs.
Posted by: Orson at May 07, 2025 12:23 AM (dIske)
I buried my Daddy in 2001 and I still miss him. Glad you mama is doing ok. Please accept my condolences.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 07, 2025 12:24 AM (Ezs10)
Rest in Peace, Jim.
And those Pearly Gates need a little work, think you can give Peter a hand?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 07, 2025 12:25 AM (5bi6r)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2025 12:26 AM (bss/y)
Happiest of birthdays to Mama P! 🎂 🥳
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 07, 2025 12:27 AM (Ezs10)
Posted by: publius
Happy WOOF day to WOOF you "happy barkings"
Posted by: Miss Dixie, who is only about 8.5 at May 07, 2025 12:28 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2025 12:28 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:28 AM (28lDz)
Wow, the late 1800s were pretty wild. Steamships, telegraphs, slavery, fucked up Mahdis, the Suez Canal, Great Powers, minor powers, newly mapped areas, deadly malaria, shipping lane concerns, etc.
If you squint, not wholly different from today.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 07, 2025 12:29 AM (ufFY8)
My SLC to Cody itinerary depending on SLC arrival time. Drive to Vernal Utah to spend the first night. A couple of hours from SLC. Cute little town, very Americana. Or drive out to Dinosaur National Monument. A three hour fascinating stop. From there you can pop into Wyoming and run up the Green River through Flaming Gorge, stunning scenery and land in Rock Springs. Off to Jackson. And through Yellowstone to Cody.
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 06, 2025 11:17 PM (EGtUA)
Pete Bog - if you're still here - if you have time Grand Teton is worth a stop especially the view from Jenny Lake Lodge - I think your entry ($30) gets you into both parks unless you have the old fart pass.
The road from Yellowstone to Cody requires some extra driving mindfulness the first hour or so. Nothing to be afraid of. You'll pass the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and dam on your right. Visitor Center was worth a stop.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 07, 2025 12:30 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:31 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:31 AM (28lDz)
Nukes are hazardous to your health.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2025 12:32 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: fly gal at May 07, 2025 12:32 AM (6MCJI)
Posted by: scampydog
It went to DEFCON 3
WWIII was avoided.
For now.
Posted by: Miklos thinks rednecks should be given ICBMs and twelve packs at May 07, 2025 12:33 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: fly gal at May 07, 2025 12:32 AM (6MCJI)
IIRC, it was 'Quit fucking dying, people!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (bss/y)
Wow, the late 1800s were pretty wild. Steamships, telegraphs, slavery, fucked up Mahdis, the Suez Canal, Great Powers, minor powers, newly mapped areas, deadly malaria, shipping lane concerns, etc.
If you squint, not wholly different from today.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
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One would think that the indigenous folk would want to jump on the A-Train and take a ride into the 20/21st century.
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (28lDz)
Is this another screw-up for this ship and crew?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
You seem to be experiencing a glitch in the matrix with your nic/socks.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 07, 2025 12:35 AM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at May 07, 2025 12:35 AM (odlUh)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
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One would think that the indigenous folk would want to jump on the A-Train and take a ride into the 20/21st century.
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (28lDz)
Slavery, fucked up Mahdis, the Suez, and shipping lane concerns are completely unchanged. The other items have been upgraded to become faster and deadlier.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 07, 2025 12:37 AM (ufFY8)
And a former Sunday School teacher who is 97, and invites me for lunch at the Home every other week.
Posted by: Miklos has no such temporal ambitions at May 07, 2025 12:38 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (YCxFk)
Look at the bright side! England is so gone that the only way it could be saved now is if every major city was nuked, and they had to rebuild from the countryside. Same goes for California.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2025 11:44 PM (jxGzv)
Yikes!! Going outside to see if wind is blowing from L. A. direction.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 07, 2025 12:39 AM (QGaXH)
You seem to be experiencing a glitch in the matrix with your nic/socks.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Don't do nics. I'll check the hash.
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:40 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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The downwind/Hanford thing comes to mind.
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:40 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Frankie at May 07, 2025 12:41 AM (O3qZY)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:41 AM (28lDz)
Pahk-EE-stahn might be crazy enough to launch one, but they can kiss their three largest shitholes goodbye if they do.
Which means no more domestic Pakis.
Just the UK ones.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 07, 2025 12:43 AM (ufFY8)
I lift a glass towards Galveston.
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 12:43 AM (5bwJv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 06, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Lieawatha does interpretive sign language dance? Cool. Multi-talented, that Injun.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 12:43 AM (gKDq2)
Of course that is the wrong reaction, Jim is now at peace and no longer bound by the limitations of his failing body. It is however a very human reaction to the loss we experience.
You all know what a great guy Jim was. But what you don't know is back in 2020 when I busted my ankle up good Jim emailed me about rehab for that. He had been roofing, fell thru a hidden skylight and busted his ankle good. He simply wanted to help someone else by reaching out and sharing his knowledge.
Jim was always on my list of Morons I need to meet in person before I die. I'm tearing up writing this and am praying for his wife and loved ones.
RIP Jim Sunk New Dawn.
Posted by: Farmer at May 07, 2025 12:44 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Frankie
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Sounds perfect. I've not been to the San Juan Islands since the 80's. Funny, I dropped the Pig War into an ONT a few weeks/month ago - damned surveyors. Enjoy your trip.
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:44 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 07, 2025 12:46 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2025 11:35 PM (YCxFk)
I don't think this worry applies to this situation.
If a nuclear power nukes a non-nuclear power and essentially gets away with it (which seems likely because who, that is otherwise disinterested, is going to volunteer to pick a fight with someone that has just used nuclear weapons?), that's one thing, and sure others might follow suit.
But if two countries exchange nukes, I think that immediately increases deterrence between nuclear powers.
Posted by: Methos at May 07, 2025 12:47 AM (Dnobf)
Reports from Yemen that the entire international terminal of Sanaa Airport, including all airplanes there, have been destroyed
Posted by: ` at May 07, 2025 12:06 AM (28lDz)
Erkel voice: 'did we do that?'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 07, 2025 12:47 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 12:51 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 12:51 AM (5bwJv)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
MANPADS ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 07, 2025 12:52 AM (/lPRQ)
China’s central bank just announced it is cutting interest rates and lowering the reserve-requirement ratio
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:53 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 12:54 AM (HCMyZ)
I had to climb up on a ladder to install a new water heater for my daughter and her husband. Some time afterwards, my daughter told me about this conversation:
Son-in-Law: Wow, your Dad must have nerves of steel. There were wasps flying all around him, and he didn't even bat an eye. It was like they weren't even there.
Daughter: Well, you know he's very nearsighted. He probably couldn't see them.
Which is true. I had no idea how close I came to being stung until she told me about it afterwards.
Posted by: Toad-0 at May 07, 2025 12:54 AM (cct0t)
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 12:54 AM (5bwJv)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 12:57 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard
But everyone has been having so much fun
Posted by: Captain Miklos Renaul at May 07, 2025 12:57 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Not much verified info and even less detail.
True to form the most info is from Pakistan about cruel Indians killing innocent women and children. (Sounds familiar)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:00 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:01 AM (25kuG)
One thing I don't think the priginators of the internet expected was the near-familial relationships that would be built up by people unknown to each other on sight. Sure, some fakes, but we have an ability to sniff out the real. This place is more real than fake. Like Jim, Jewells, Rickl, backhoe, so so many others.
Sad. But I guess sad in a healthy way. A human way.
Goodbye, gray-box friends.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 01:02 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Pogo at May 07, 2025 01:02 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:03 AM (28lDz)
Thanks, I'll relay the happy birthdays to Mama.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 07, 2025 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
Long may he wave in the Halls of the Horde.
Posted by: Nightwatch
I am currently drinking to Cap'm Jim.
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, for Auld Lang Syne at May 07, 2025 01:04 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:05 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
MANPADS ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 07, 2025 12:52 AM (/lPRQ)
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Useful, but best when combined with MANTAMPONS.
Posted by: Tim Walz at May 07, 2025 01:06 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Pogo at May 07, 2025 01:02 AM (t6ibK)
Heh! I just looked up cardboard bin boxes on Amazon. Even the cheap-ass ones from Chy-nah are over a dollar apiece. I have made my own from 1/8" sheet plywood or masonite, with ends of 3/8 plywood. Set up the table saw, and run off a dozen or so in a few minutes. Assemble with glue and an air stapler, and they are far stronger than the cardboard ones, and cost pennies each, since the wood is salvage. Roughly 4X4X12"
So easy to make, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 01:08 AM (HCMyZ)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:11 AM (28lDz)
Pakis have reported 5.
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:11 AM (28lDz)
It's like Ukraine- but without slavs!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2025 01:12 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
We should discuss
Alberta may need a Nuclear Deterrent
A larger garage or outbuilding should be quite sufficient
Posted by: Miklos Szilard Teller von Neumann at May 07, 2025 01:13 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 07, 2025 01:13 AM (4/BuS)
But then again...those cultures.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:15 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 01:16 AM (5bwJv)
Still here. I know that route well. Lots of very scenic stops on the Road up to Yellowstone. The Roosevelt Parkway between the two Parks. Jackson Lake Lodge is also very scenic. On a hike a few years ago we walked up on a moose that we didn’t notice until about thirty yards away in the shadows. We were downwind and she paid us no mind.
Posted by: Pete Bog at May 07, 2025 01:16 AM (EGtUA)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 07, 2025 01:13 AM (4/BuS)
He had only been home a few days after having had surgery to place a feeding tube. Such a nasty disease.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 01:16 AM (HCMyZ)
Posted by: publius
Wish her happy birfday from your Moron friends.
Jimmy Doolittle, sorry for your loss. It sounds like you gave him a fitting tribute.
Posted by: Farmer at May 07, 2025 01:17 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:24 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 07, 2025 01:27 AM (0nHVk)
ER nurse 25 years... God Bless you Jim.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:27 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:24 AM (28lDz)
So they got Poonched out?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 01:28 AM (HCMyZ)
Posted by: Less than Genial Late Nite Miklos at May 07, 2025 01:29 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:32 AM (28lDz)
Any one speak Hindu.
Posted by: `Braenyard
only after a curry
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 07, 2025 01:33 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: L'akashmirious Dwayne Miklos at May 07, 2025 01:34 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:34 AM (25kuG)
The big flag is in English - Operation Sindoor (India)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:34 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: mikeski at May 07, 2025 01:34 AM (niZpe)
But then again...those cultures.
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:15 AM (25kuG)
Yeah, no one should be attacking a Nuclear Power!
Signed.... Zelensky
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 07, 2025 01:34 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2025 01:35 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:24 AM (28lDz)
So they got Poonched out?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 01:28 AM (HCMyZ)
That's what we called it when we pulled someone over...
Posted by: CHP Officer Poncherllo at May 07, 2025 01:36 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:36 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:37 AM (28lDz)
Thanks, Hour of the Wolf, for the link to the classic Jim SND takedown of chemjeff.
Thanks to Lurk for the link to the Sunk New Dawn blog entry.
Rereading in memoriam to absent friend Jim.
I am the Shadout Mapes posted this link today for Salty. Good for all who lose friends and family.
https://is.gd/cq722X
RIP, Jim SND
Posted by: mindful webworker - life is full of twists and turn, turn, turns at May 07, 2025 01:37 AM (OgpK3)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 07, 2025 01:35 AM (1m82a)
So Paki DefMin... has a ghost writer hired from Hamas?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 07, 2025 01:37 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: rhomboid
dammit
*applies fire extinguisher to hair*
Posted by: Miklos was about fire up some penny rockets left from Diwali at May 07, 2025 01:38 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends
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Braen, is Hindu the religion and Hindi the language? Not being a dink/pedantic I don't know, fer sure.
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 01:40 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nightwatch at May 07, 2025 01:40 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:40 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 07, 2025 01:13
Yes, thought the same thing. He was a fighter, but some things have their time. Jim was a courageous guy and we are all better off for knowing him.
Posted by: Farmer at May 07, 2025 01:44 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2025 01:45 AM (HCMyZ)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:45 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:46 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:47 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: scampydog
India has about 600 distinct languages, dialects, and sub-dialects.
English is an Official Language in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Use of the Colonial language is necessary to have a multi-ethnic-lingual country without one or another language and associated religion or culture or caste being imposed by violence.
cf: Nigeria
Posted by: Miklos used to know stuff at May 07, 2025 01:47 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: ERF at May 07, 2025 01:50 AM (qqD/x)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:51 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard
here is the English with subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eicVr8fgGlY
Posted by: Miklos, rollin' at May 07, 2025 01:51 AM (t6ibK)
now in English
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:54 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: scampydog at May 07, 2025 01:59 AM (41CYW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eicVr8fgGlY
Posted by: Miklos, rollin'
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Jive
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 02:02 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 01:51 AM (28lDz)
Yeah, now lets talk about Illegal Hispanics and Native Born Americans...
Good for India actually standing up for their Citizens... wish we did more often.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 07, 2025 02:04 AM (QAkQ3)
How does one 'saber rattle' nukes?
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:04 AM (gKDq2)
How does one 'saber rattle' nukes?
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:04 AM (gKDq2)
Very Carefully...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 07, 2025 02:05 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: `Braenyard
Thanks!
Reminded me that I have not listed to any Joe Jackson lately.
Posted by: Miklos on keyboards and martini shaker at May 07, 2025 02:06 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 07, 2025 02:05 AM (QAkQ3)
LOL! I'd say. Maybe we can have them tone down that high slap-step marching, too. Can't be too careful.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:11 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 02:11 AM (28lDz)
https://youtu.be/5PLzA6ly-F8
G'nite, y'all. May you have a good tomorrow.
Posted by: mindful webworker - joke's on us at May 07, 2025 02:12 AM (OgpK3)
By my grave, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not sleep-
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the day transcending soft night.
Do not stand
By my grave, and cry-
I am not there.
I did not die.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 07, 2025 02:14 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 02:11 AM (28lDz)
While India needs to so something about the scam call centers in their country, Pakistan is asshoe.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:14 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ragin' Dave at May 07, 2025 02:14 AM (JwTxV)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
Yall have a good evening.
Posted by: `Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 02:18 AM (28lDz)
Like sands through an hourglass, so are th-- wait, wrong channel.
Fleeting glimpses pass the shore,
Sands in time for evermore.
Longing hard for what has been,
Past is done, seen not again.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:20 AM (gKDq2)
Got bacon in the oven, so it will zap quickly in the morning for breakfast. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:23 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Here's a couple of tunes for insomniacs.
https://tinyurl.com/27yzf7en
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 02:25 AM (5bwJv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2025 02:27 AM (VWf79)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2025 02:28 AM (Te9F3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2025 02:27 AM (VWf79)
Culturally ignorant. Not a clue.
Looked it up. Disney. Star Wars universe.
Not paying extra for Disney, nor any other channel for that matter.
Posted by: RickZ at May 07, 2025 02:30 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2025 02:32 AM (VWf79)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
To Herself New Dawn, thank you for taking care of Jim, you're loss must be immeasurable.
To all of the Horde, get thee to a MoMe near you, you meet the most wonderful people.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 07, 2025 02:35 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 07, 2025 02:37 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 07, 2025 02:37 AM (hKoQL)
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There's a potential relatively graceful way to lose the battle. Recommended book:
https://tinyurl.com/3cwen4ju
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2025 02:46 AM (Te9F3)
@TimesAlgebraIND 1h
BIG NEWS All Indian pilots and fighter jets involved in #OperationSindoor have returned safely to base.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister says "We will certainly talk with India if these hostilities come to an end"
After spreading fake News, Pak Defense Minister took a U turn and said no Indian soldiers were taken prisoners.
MASSIVE VICTORY for India !!
and
Pakistan declares Emergency after India's military strikes
@TimesAlgebraIND 22m
Pakistan stock exchange plunges 6,200 points after India's strikes.
MASSIVE LOSS for Pakistan !!
Meanwhile, Indian stock market is stable.
Headquarters of Jaish E Mohammed completely wiped out in Indian strikes. As per News reports some family members (terrorists) of Masood Azhar also ki**ed in Indian strikes
OK, really cashing out.
'night
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 07, 2025 02:46 AM (28lDz)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 07, 2025 02:37 AM (hKoQL)
I don't know about the rest of you, but I intend to have my heart and brain explode at the same time and just blow me into the next world. But maybe not yet.
Getting old is not for the faint of heart. JSND was NOT faint of heart. He is where he should be, with light seas and fair winds.
I pray that this is so.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 07, 2025 02:48 AM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 07, 2025 02:49 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 07, 2025 02:55 AM (5bwJv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (28lDz)
Is this another screw-up for this ship and crew?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 07, 2025 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
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I thought this was why pilots went to full power once they caught a wire -- to be sure it had a good hold and to take off if there was a miss. Obviously, I don't know much.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 07, 2025 02:56 AM (ijf2N)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/3c7cuwwd
I'd really love to find out what's happening here.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2025 03:06 AM (Te9F3)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 07, 2025 03:10 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 03:22 AM (rdVOm)
LOL, kinda.
Life really isn't fair, and nobody owes me anything. (you were right, Dad!
)Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 03:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2025 03:56 AM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2025 11:28 PM (28lDz)
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Is this another one, not the one that was being towed and went overboard with the trator, when the carrier took evasive action?
Posted by: Ciampino - do these count the same as losses in action? at May 07, 2025 03:58 AM (sPQoU)
Ballad of Tom Tillis, a poem from Doug Ross Journal
Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2025 03:59 AM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Ciampino - do these count the same as losses in action? at May 07, 2025 03:58 AM (sPQoU)
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Yep.
At $60,000,000 a plane times 2... that comes to....
/math detected - operation halted
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2025 04:00 AM (Te9F3)
You are right. Life isn't fair. I won't go into details but I should be dead several times over. I'm pleasantly surprised that I made it to 60 when I tried everything I possible could to not make that milestone.
On purpose.
Now that I have spent the last 20 years recovering from one malady or another, I am getting paid back. I just had back surgery a month ago and my doctor says I'm still not strong enough to start rehab. Oh well. I sit and waut.
In the meantime, wanna see what the surgery area of my back looks like now? It's effen gross, if I do say so myself. Which I just did.
Posted by: Kwak! at May 07, 2025 04:03 AM (89Sog)
"Turning a Navy carrier isn’t enough to cause a jet to fall into the sea, US defense official says"
https://tinyurl.com/4emkzsu5
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - A man can't abandon a child if the couple isn't married at May 07, 2025 04:04 AM (NUq9e)
Very high winds are though. Wonder what the wind conditions in the Red Sea are?
Posted by: Kwak! at May 07, 2025 04:07 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2025 04:08 AM (ypFCm)
I finally ripped all of the them off (6) (six) and jet sprayed the brick underneath.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 07, 2025 04:12 AM (ZmEVT)
You have my sympathy.
Hubs & I never tried to make our life difficult. We worked hard, saved, thought we were doing things "right" and still got fked over.
Doesn't matter, ya know?
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 04:13 AM (rdVOm)
Any one speak Hindu.
Posted by: `Braenyard
only after a curry
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 07, 2025 01:33 AM (mlg/3)
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Learn to say "Please put the toilet paper in the ice box." in Hindi, after a good hot curry.
Posted by: Ciampino - a favorite food at May 07, 2025 04:18 AM (sPQoU)
I finally ripped all of the them off (6) (six) and jet sprayed the brick underneath.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Got same problem here, except house has metal siding. Supposed I'd need to fill the holes with something, after removing the shutters... Yeah, wasps under all of them!
I spray with high-pressure water couple of times a year but would be better if they just didn't have those places to nest.
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 04:19 AM (rdVOm)
You have mine. Twice over I have read your story over the months. I hope you find a way to get through.
😊
Posted by: Kwak! at May 07, 2025 04:21 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: JQ at May 07, 2025 04:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kwak! at May 07, 2025 04:36 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Ciampino - do these count the same as losses in action? at May 07, 2025 03:58 AM (sPQoU)
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Yep.
At $60,000,000 a plane times 2... that comes to....
/math detected - operation halted
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2025 04:00 AM (Te9F3)
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Add the one that we shot down with friendly fire ....
Posted by: Ciampino - a lot of money at May 07, 2025 04:39 AM (sPQoU)
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