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Apple vice president Eddy Cue says you may not need an iPhone ten years from now. (The Verge)

Not a huge stretch of the imagination, since I don't need an iPhone now and didn't need an iPhone ten years ago.

On the other hand, possibly not the best message to send about a product that represents half your company's revenue.

I did buy an iMac ten years ago. Great hardware. Solid operating system. UI sucked.

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Europe has announced plans to spend $500 million over three years to make the continent a "magnet for scientists". (The Register)

Scientists are not ferromagnetic.
The Beeling GTR9 Pro is another AMD Strix Halo mini-PC designed like a Mac Studio. (Liliputing)

16 CPU cores, 40 GPU cores, and up to 128GB of RAM on a 256-bit bus. Mostly designed for running AI tasks locally because it can dedicate up to 96GB of RAM to the GPU, but makes a very nice computer for anything that needs a fast processor and solid graphics.
Meanwhile if you need a 192-core Arm CPU with 12-channel memory you can now get one. (Serve the Home)

You probably don't need one, but it's nice that it exists.
Stripe has unveiled an "AI foundation model" for payments. (Tech Crunch)

Not a model for payments for AI services, but a model for payments using AI services.

Cash or gold only. No cards. No cheques. No credit.
AI chatbots are juicing engagement instead of being useful, warns... Instagram? (Tech Crunch)

Isn't that the entire point of Instagram?
JetBrains CLion is now free for non-commercial use. (JetBrains)

CLion supports C and C++ (and also Python), and joins WebStorm (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) and RustRover (Rust) in its lineup of free IDEs for hobbyists.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Also dust. Sorry, I've been cleaning.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 04:30 AM (ypFCm)

2 good morning

Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 04:32 AM (89Sog)

3 I had a dream that Kangaroos where living here in the wild down by the river.

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 04:37 AM (ypFCm)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)

5 Pope-vote in an hour!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)

6 Not a model for payments for AI services, but a model for payments using AI services.

-

Speaking of, I'm pretty sure I had an AI chatbot in the human chat the other day. I initiated chat at noon and a warning popped up telling me they were extremely busy and it would be over 20 minutes until I could chat with anyone, and they could call me back if I'd like. I chose the "No, I'll wait" option and was IMMEDIATELY connected to chat. I mean immediately. From the moment I clicked "I'll wait" it went straight into "Rajid has entered the chat, Rajid is typing"

It seemed even more conversationally off than Universal Rajid normally seems, and would use an ellipses here and there in bizarre places. It finally gave me an unmonitored email address to Amazon customer service (and IIRC the email address on the website says it's unmonitored) where I could contact customer service for more customer service.

Yes, it could've been a human Rajid, but I really think they are putting chatbots in as humans now when they're backed up.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - smile and satisfy your boss' every desire, but not tonight dear I have a headache at May 08, 2025 04:39 AM (q43oI)

7 The 133 electing cardinals attended Mass this morning before returning to deliberations, with a vote expected around 10:30 local time (09:30 BST), followed by another at 12:00 (11:00 BST) (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

8 Pope-vote ten minutes ago! Sorry. Watching for smoke.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:41 AM (CQE5S)

9 BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn4we7prv4rt

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:42 AM (CQE5S)

10 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 08, 2025 04:42 AM (a1415)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 04:42 AM (sAmhv)

12 On Wednesday evening, black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that they had not reached a decision ... We'll only see smoke in this morning's first vote if a new pope is chosen - watch the chimney live at the top of the page(BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:43 AM (CQE5S)

13 Hey Horde, I took a very ill timed nap and I will likely not fall asleep for a while. Such a very odd thing to be nursing a scotch at this hour.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 08, 2025 04:46 AM (0nHVk)

14 I hope you're all well and better, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:47 AM (CQE5S)

15 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 08, 2025 04:47 AM (dg+HA)

16 3 I had a dream that Kangaroos where living here in the wild down by the river.
Posted by: Skip

Pennsylvania Kangaroos are found along the banks of the Delaware and Susquehanna.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 04:47 AM (sAmhv)

17 15 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Kangaroos kicked it to pieces. Grumpy sorts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 04:50 AM (sAmhv)

18 The first ballot will be at 10:30 (09:30 BST), followed by another at 12:00 (11:00 BST).
The cardinals will have lunch, followed by two more votes at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) and 19:00 (18:00 BST).
There isn't always smoke for each of the four votes ... On the first votes in the morning and afternoon, there's only white smoke if a new pope is chosen. Otherwise, there is just two lots of smoke - at the end of the morning, and end of the evening session. (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:50 AM (CQE5S)

19 G'mornin all y'all
Recollect father Guido Sarduci...finda the pope in a da pizza !
When SNL was actually funny

Posted by: OkJohn at May 08, 2025 04:55 AM (NC/it)

20 Good morning, good people, from my beloved Adirondacks, an integral part of the most exceptional country on the planet. Something I'm eternally grateful to experience. May the results of your efforts be of enormous benefit to you and yours accompanied by grievous heartburn on the part of the leftwit fungi who infest our world.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 08, 2025 05:02 AM (hKoQL)

21 Really, in the information age one bystander would think a email would be faster than working up smoke messages

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 05:03 AM (ypFCm)

22 They have to burn the ballots, anyway, so it's a twofer.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:04 AM (CQE5S)

23 Recollect father Guido Sarduci...finda the pope in a da pizza !

Posted by: OkJohn at May 08, 2025 04:55 AM (NC/it)
-

That would be Pope Pie Us the XIII.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 08, 2025 05:06 AM (D49EQ)

24 Is Mr. Cue all on board with people wearing googles, having digital chips or tattoos as apparently Gates, Zuckerberg and Musk are, (?) because I don't want to live in the "Brave New World that those titans of technology envision,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:08 AM (42Vb+)

25 m - after that last Pope, who would want to own up that vote?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 05:10 AM (ypFCm)

26 VE Day.

Posted by: 13times at May 08, 2025 05:10 AM (zXoXa)

27 Just my luck.

I quit drinking and someone declares it's an Open Bar.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 08, 2025 05:11 AM (ZmEVT)

28 VE Day.

Posted by: 13times at May 08, 2025 05:10 AM (zXoXa)
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Have you seen Europe lately?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 08, 2025 05:12 AM (D49EQ)

29 Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
@EsotericCD
5h
A touching thing to notice: There are basically ZERO fighting-age men visible in any of these reels. They were off doing their duty.

Bobbie
@bo66ie29
10h
This beautiful remastered footage was captured by an off duty policeman on 8th May 1945 after Churchill officially declared Victory in Europe. 🇬🇧

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:14 AM (CQE5S)

30 Christian devotional- " Our Daily Bread " Deeply rooted in Christ- Ephesians 3:24-21

https://tinyurl.com/bd2bpuv6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:14 AM (W7GAF)

31 VE Day!

Equidistant in time from today and the End of the American Civil War.

80 years.

We won the war and lost the peace.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 08, 2025 05:15 AM (ZmEVT)

32 KLee
@LeeKurtiss
10h
Replying to @bo66ie29
Do you know what city this is?

Bobbie
@bo66ie29
10h
Gateshead.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:15 AM (CQE5S)

33 @17/Puddleglum: "...Grumpy sorts."

But only when the chaos gets too much to deal with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 08, 2025 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

34 On 8 May 1945 at exactly 15:00 BST, Sir Winston Churchill took to the radio waves to announce Nazi Germany's surrender. The date is known as VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, and this year marks 80 years since the announcement. (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

35 And this woman writing on spiritual posture
And Ephesians 3:15-21, Psalm 118:1-8 sounds like a nice, thoughtful person of faith:

https://tinyurl.com/6km3uupn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:19 AM (W7GAF)

36 Have you seen Europe lately?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 08, 2025 05:12 AM (D49EQ)

I'm in Paris and heard some fireworks late last night, and definitely some singing. And since it wasn't in Arabic I am assuming it was to celebrate VE Day!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 08, 2025 05:20 AM (L5An7)

37 The date is known as VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, and this year marks 80 years since the announcement. (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

And where was the original surrender signed?

[It is a little-known fact...]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 08, 2025 05:21 AM (L5An7)

38 Yesterday morning I thought I saw at first was a large insect nest some Columbine flowers. It turned out to be a blessing. I know that people who have birdhouses may see hummingbirds all the time, but I don't . What a blessing! I'm trying to keep "book of blessings" which I write in everyday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:22 AM (W7GAF)

39 Want to get the latest papal selection news?
Download the SmokeSignal app today!

Posted by: The Google Play Store at May 08, 2025 05:22 AM (dg+HA)

40 Have a great day horde, I'm out

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 05:23 AM (ypFCm)

41 37 The date is known as VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, and this year marks 80 years since the announcement. (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)

And where was the original surrender signed?

[It is a little-known fact...]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 08, 2025 05:21 AM (L5An7)

I don't know.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:23 AM (CQE5S)

42 I won't google it. Other Morons will know!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:25 AM (CQE5S)

43 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Appomattox at May 08, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

44 I'm thinking "Chancellery" but I'm making that up.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:27 AM (CQE5S)

45 And where was the original surrender signed?
........................
Cleveland!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 05:27 AM (sAmhv)

46 And where was the original surrender signed?

[It is a little-known fact...]

IIRC It was Reims, in France, the location of SHAEF/SHAPE HQ

Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 05:29 AM (89Sog)

47 Nuremberg?

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:31 AM (CQE5S)

48 Some of our wonderful school bus drivers may not or are not driving a school bus at age 80, but this woman is. "Faithpot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/27cpkfxe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:32 AM (W7GAF)

49 My daddy was in Southampton 10 May 45. He would be 100 years old now!

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:32 AM (CQE5S)

50 It was on that ship. In that harbor. With the guy wearing the top hat.

Posted by: In black and white at May 08, 2025 05:33 AM (dg+HA)

51 Nuremberg was pretty much a pile of rubble. Maybe Reims was also pretty much a pile of rubble?

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

52 If memory serves me correctly, Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 7th in Reims minus the Soviets cuz they were pitching a fit. This required a second surrender be executed on May 8th in Berlin. Did I win free art or something?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 08, 2025 05:35 AM (amnH6)

53 It was on that ship. In that harbor. With the guy wearing the top hat.
Posted by: In black and white at May 08, 2025 05:33 AM (dg+HA)

That was the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Misouri? Jap dignitarys wore suits and those top hats.

Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 05:35 AM (89Sog)

54 I think it was signed in an army tent somewhere near the Elbe.

I could cheat and do a search, but why?

Posted by: 13times at May 08, 2025 05:37 AM (TssVs)

55 There are gonna be people online all day long exclaiming that Churchill was evil.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:37 AM (CQE5S)

56 I'm not fond of the JetBrains UI, but that's probably just me.

[Nerd crap follows. Most of humanity will not give a shit about said crap.]

I use IntelliJ for certain Grails 2.x projects simply because it's the only IDE that can get close to handling that insanity. My go-to IDE for Java is NetBeans and I tend to use Emacs for anything else (such as Python development). PyCharm isn't horrible, but I never think of using it for Python work at the start.

I do run Slackware for my local linux environments, which Pixy might find amusing.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 08, 2025 05:37 AM (U2/SX)

57 *That was the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Misouri? Jap dignitarys wore suits and those top hats.*

Except me. I ain't wearing no *$?!*# top hat!

Posted by: General Patton at May 08, 2025 05:37 AM (dg+HA)

58 Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 05:29 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 08, 2025 05:35 AM (amnH6)

I beat you by 6 minutes but I also understand that I'm not an approved commenter.

Have a day!

Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 05:38 AM (89Sog)

59 Able I was ere I saw Elba?

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:38 AM (CQE5S)

60 They have some great macaroni there.

Posted by: Pasta nerd at May 08, 2025 05:40 AM (dg+HA)

61 That would be Pope Pie Us the XIII.

That was very funny. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:43 AM (42Vb+)

62 I'm surprised we don't have a little jingle or popular song that tweaks our memory on these things.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:43 AM (CQE5S)

63 38- -"Turned out to be a ' hummingbird'"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:44 AM (42Vb+)

64 @48/FenelonSpoke: Thanks for that. We have someone like that at our company (even older than the lady in the article.) He's very kind and the kids absolutely love the guy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 08, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

65 I am off to sleep again, set my alarm for 2 hrs. and 15 minutes, that will be sufficient rest I hope. Have a good day, Horde. Just retrieved the morning paper from the back stairs.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 08, 2025 05:48 AM (0nHVk)

66 There are gonna be people online all day long exclaiming that Churchill was evil.

He was ... Churchill. Pretty much the same as every other Brit in high places before him. Worried about England first. Didn't mind doing shit like leasing 99 destroyers just to get the Americans interested in his war. Rattling the High Command to get the BEF off Dunkirk partly because 300K boys, but also because he knew if he lost them the UK was no longer a world power.

The biggest reflection on Churchill was that the Brits loved him ... then got rid of him at the first opportunity. Same as FDR. Except Churchill could walk.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 05:49 AM (bjDre)

67 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 08, 2025 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

That's wonderful . As long as folks are of sound mind, can see and hear ok and their reflexes are alright, I think it's great! They make some money and have some fun being with young kids. Spouse got two appreciation cards from kids yesterday. One had $10.00 and the other had a Dunkin Donut card . One card said "Your ( that word spelled that way throughout the best bus driver I've ever met. Your ( spelled that way so nice, You drive safe . Your the best."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:53 AM (+WdXk)

68 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 08, 2025 05:53 AM (/Ghsb)

69 66: FDR died before anybody could get rid of him.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 05:53 AM (sAmhv)

70 FDR died before anybody could get rid of him.

And yet those that lived still felt the need to pass a Constitutional Amendment making sure nobody could every accrue as much political power as him ever again.

So, of course, we have statues and school namings and such for the tyrant.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 05:55 AM (bjDre)

71 When I hit (Jump to bottom of page), it takes me to a page full of ads.

FYI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 08, 2025 05:55 AM (sAmhv)

72 And another blessing yesterday at 7:00 in the morning was a large, tall man delivering items to a restaurant. He was saying to the restaurant worker or owner "Good morning! I love you. I love everybody!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:55 AM (6f8Ov)

73 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ stations and satellites across the system! How are things on Titan and Europa tonight?

I "inherited" (sorta) my iMac, and now that I've set it up the way I like, it's great to use. Probably some more memory (it can take 8GB more on top of its current

would be useful, and I've ordered the wireless full-size keyboard I was asking about yesterday. But the user interface is fine, just different from the Windows experience.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

74 BEF
abbreviation
British Expeditionary Force.

A British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas against foreign countries. Such forces were sent to France at the outbreak of both world wars.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)

75 More black smoke from the Vatican.

The more they blow black smoke, the less likely Pope Communist was able to put enough cronies in place to keep the party going.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 05:59 AM (bjDre)

76 I posted this last night. "Hard fought hallelujah "

https://tinyurl.com/3vnc2zv6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 06:00 AM (6f8Ov)

77 'Tis pretty cool for here in May, 71 F., high humidity. We're due for some more periods of rain; I need to check the radar to see if I have a long enough window to go work out without getting drenched.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are well. The flea problem seems to have diminished, and the little flea-bite crusts on the cats' skin are fewer than they were.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

78 A British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas against foreign countries. Such forces were sent to France at the outbreak of both world wars.

I doubt anyone thought I was referring to the Belgians. But thanks for the clarification ?

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:02 AM (bjDre)

79 Seagulls flapping away from the roof of the Sistine Chapel are like "wut."

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:02 AM (CQE5S)

80 78 A British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas against foreign countries. Such forces were sent to France at the outbreak of both world wars.

I doubt anyone thought I was referring to the Belgians. But thanks for the clarification ?
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:02 AM (bjDre)

I didn't know off the top of my head what BEF stood for so I looked it up and popped it into a comment box.

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:03 AM (CQE5S)

81 IMHO, the Cardinals want unity. A middle of the road moderate is my prediction.

The Jesuits, of course, are worried the cardinals might elect, you know, a Catholic.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 08, 2025 06:04 AM (ZmEVT)

82 The next vote will take place at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:04 AM (CQE5S)

83 I didn't know off the top of my head what BEF stood for so I looked it up and popped it into a comment box.

No shit ? OK - now I'm intrigued. Have you ever watched movies like A Bridge Too Far, or Force Ten from Navarone, or The Longest Day ? Or played PC games like Hearts of Iron ?

I get why Boomers get off on knowing trivia about MLB and such. But knowing who the BEF where was just one of those things I thought everybody my age knew.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:07 AM (bjDre)

84 BoronCobbie puts little suggestions for daily living and the relations between the sexes into the end of his nic so I'm doing that ( not about relations between the sexes) just for today

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:08 AM (rwZUy)

85 We lost power for six hours yesterday following the explosive burst of thunderstorms around 9:15 a.m. Apparently there are people in town and in the 'burbs still without power. This reminds me that when I have my house, a gas generator for emergency power is going to be a necessity. Those whole-house generators I see advertised on TV sound great, but I have a feeling they cost as much as a small used car *used* to cost.

Plus I need a cooler or ice chest. If the outage had gone on for a long time, all the frozen foods would have melted and spoiled without ice. And I need to pour some brewed coffee into a container and keep it in the fridge for emergency caffeine rations!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:08 AM (omVj0)

86 What percentage of the cardinals need to agree, at this point, for someone to be elected?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

87 "I doubt anyone thought I was referring to the Belgians. But thanks for the clarification ?"

Wait, BEF doesn't mean Butt Eating Friends?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 08, 2025 06:10 AM (U2/SX)

88 BoronCobbie puts little suggestions for daily living and the relations between the sexes into the end of his nic so I'm doing that ( not about relations between the sexes) just for today
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025

***
Heinlein's Lazarus Long had good advice: "Always tell her she is beautiful, even if she is not." "Make sure she has her own desk -- then keep your hands off of it." (There was a third, but now I can't recall it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

89 If the cardinals don't come to a decision within three days, they have to take a day off ( Saturday ) to pray and meditate. This is what I learned from reading an article yesterday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:12 AM (rwZUy)

90 Heinlein's Lazarus Long had good advice: "Always tell her she is beautiful, even if she is not." "Make sure she has her own desk -- then keep your hands off of it." (There was a third, but now I can't recall it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

Keep her away from social media. (that's from the updated version)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:12 AM (ExV1e)

91 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0

I like those!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:13 AM (rwZUy)

92 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 08, 2025 06:13 AM (hoCmQ)

93 Genuine Compliment Number One - I've worked around stubborn asses from Japan all day. To whomever didn't get in my way, for whatever reason, thus keeping me from fixing in fifteen minutes what an entire circle of men equal in inches shorter than me ... thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Whomever you are.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:14 AM (bjDre)

94 Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:14 AM (bjDre)

You're supposed to tell the actual person, "Eddie" and probably in a somewhat less direct way than that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:16 AM (rwZUy)

95 Here's an example: Women with men: "I like your tie. I like to see men dressed up."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:17 AM (rwZUy)

96 Heinlein's Lazarus Long had good advice: "Always tell her she is beautiful, even if she is not." "Make sure she has her own desk -- then keep your hands off of it." (There was a third, but now I can't recall it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

BTW, here is the complete set:

https://tinyurl.com/2hsj7tm9+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:18 AM (ExV1e)

97 The third and fourth of Lazarus's ingredients for a hapy marriage:

"Budget the luxuries first!"

And "In a family argument, if it turns out you are right -- apologize at once!"

There's also "Rub her feet."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

98 Genuine Compliment Number Two - Husqvarna. Thank you for delivering a lawn mower to my home. You kept that non-cash crop I nominally call "grass" from engulfing those still in residence from being choked alive since I was not there to solve everything.

Please don't deliver one of your wonderful chainsaws.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:19 AM (bjDre)

99
Europe has announced plans to spend $500 million over three years to make the continent a "magnet for scientists".

$500 million over three years? Give the Euros one white chip.

The stultifying nature of European academia with its "Herr Professor Doktor" hierarchy of faculty and bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy has historically driven scientists out of Europe to the US. I sense nothing will be done about those rice bowls.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:19 AM (QnmlO)

100 86 What percentage of the cardinals need to agree, at this point, for someone to be elected?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:09 AM (ExV1e)

89/133 = 0.67

- all aged under 80 - are shut away in the Vatican until a candidate
gets the support of 89 cardinals (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:19 AM (CQE5S)

101 Yeah, well, I've done all of those things in my two marriages, and look where I am today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

102 "Always rub her feet" is the one I remember ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 08, 2025 06:21 AM (/Ghsb)

103 Anyway! Time to change, stretch, and work out. It'll be raining tomorrow and Saturday, so I need to get my third weekly session in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)

104
Keep her away from social media. (that's from the updated version)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:12 AM (ExV1e)

One of the things that eventually drove me to delete my FB account. The political hysteria that was taking it over was largely driven by women. Add to that AI-generated garbage, the 50-Cent Army and general anti-Americanism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:22 AM (QnmlO)

105 Genuine Compliment Number Three ... and this is a tie. Lawsons - which is like a classy 7-11 in Japan. And Sapporo, who makes a pretty good pale lager here.

Thank you Lawson's for stocking excellent Sapporo. And thank you to the Japanese Train System for allowing me to crack open the first one after a 1.5 mile walk to the station.

Namaste. Or something. I know absolutely nothing of the language here.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:24 AM (bjDre)

106 If they burnt the old pope, what color smoke would he give off?

Posted by: TC at May 08, 2025 06:26 AM (r4IU7)

107 If they burnt the old pope, what color smoke would he give off?

Either red ... or a rainbow.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:26 AM (bjDre)

108
I don't go near Her Majesty's desk myself. Nor do I go into her study if I can avoid it. I'm a big guy and she's quite petite and I can't even move among all the clutter.

Contrariwise, she rarely comes upstairs to the Command Center, which is spacious, neat and organized.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:27 AM (QnmlO)

109 I deleted my FB account after I saw the documentary "Social Dilemma"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 08, 2025 06:27 AM (ZmEVT)

110 106 If they burnt the old pope, what color smoke would he give off?
Posted by: TC at May 08, 2025 06:26 AM (r4IU7)

pople

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:27 AM (CQE5S)

111 Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:24 AM (bjDre)

It's supposed to be to an actual person, not a company. I assume you were good at genuine compliments, Eddie, or "Mrs. "Eddie" wouldn't have married you . Do something really radical and break them out even if you're irritated with her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:27 AM (yf/Oo)

112 If they burnt the old pope, what color smoke would he give off?

Rainbow.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 08, 2025 06:28 AM (ZmEVT)

113 Good morning morons

Is Lahore burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 06:28 AM (RIvkX)

114 Thank you Lawson's for stocking excellent Sapporo. And thank you to the Japanese Train System for allowing me to crack open the first one after a 1.5 mile walk to the station.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:24 AM (bjDre)

The best thing we ever did was get Lawson off the force. He was costing us money with his crazy explanations of crimes. The city paid out millions in settlements. Good luck on the store, though.

Posted by: Tiny at May 08, 2025 06:29 AM (0eaVi)

115 One of the things that eventually drove me to delete my FB account. The political hysteria that was taking it over was largely driven by women. Add to that AI-generated garbage, the 50-Cent Army and general anti-Americanism.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:22 AM (QnmlO)

I was thinking more of the (seeming) tendency among some modern women tp become unhappy with their lives due to fixating on Instagram and the like. Add in the attention they can get from other men and it can warp people. Not all, certainly, but it's not worth the risk IMO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)

116 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:21 AM (omVj0)

From what you've described one wife at least had mental health issues, so that was beyond your control . And Miss Linda still puts up with you. J/k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:30 AM (yf/Oo)

117
Then there's LinkedIn, which is turning into political hysteria, bragging go-getters, general anti-Americanism and garbage generated about AI.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:32 AM (QnmlO)

118 It takes so long because a conclave is unwieldy, inefficient. Should use that large squirrel who predicts the weather each year. He knows what time it is.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 06:32 AM (guCHD)

119 Genuine Compliment Number Four - Apple. Because they have the thing on the iPhone where you can do the World Clock and solve really complex problems like "I'm in the Eastern Time Zone but Fast Eddie is somewhere in Japan and should I go ahead and ask him what to do before I say fuck it and do what I want to do anyway ?".

And also the Airplane Mode. Which I'll be engaging in about two hours, to ignore all those that can't seem to grasp the entire World Clock thing.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:33 AM (bjDre)

120 I just want to say that the browser extension blocktube is awesome. Now I can configure youtube to be the way I want rather than the way they want (to a greater extent).

For example... no generated playlists, no endlessly recommending videos I've already watched, theoretically - no recommended shorts.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:33 AM (ExV1e)

121
It takes so long because a conclave is unwieldy, inefficient. Should use that large squirrel who predicts the weather each year. He knows what time it is.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 06:32 AM (guCHD)

To be sure, it is both faster and more honest than an election in California.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:34 AM (QnmlO)

122 Genuine Compliment Number Five ... to all my shit back home. Because none of it is in New Jersey. Thank my shit.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:36 AM (bjDre)

123 Then there's LinkedIn, which is turning into political hysteria, bragging go-getters, general anti-Americanism and garbage generated about AI.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:32 AM (QnmlO)

Sadly, I am linked to my BIL - who spent his entire adult life in the service of the MIC - who I thought was a reasonable person but who has decided to let the world know that he's a statist freak who thinks the little people should just do as they're told and fund the endless wars of choice that the upper officers, who never get wounded or killed in them, desire.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:36 AM (ExV1e)

124 As re the press reports on the arrests yesterday of the hamassholes that took over a building at Columbia, note FNC headline saying "anti-Israel" while every other outlet saying "pro-palestinian"

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 08, 2025 06:37 AM (KiBMU)

125 Sadly, I am linked to my BIL - who spent his entire adult life in the service of the MIC - who I thought was a reasonable person but who has decided to let the world know that he's a statist freak who thinks the little people should just do as they're told and fund the endless wars of choice that the upper officers, who never get wounded or killed in them, desire.

Take your shots. And make sure your kids sign up for the draft.

Honestly ... your BIL would fit in fine here with some.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:38 AM (bjDre)

126 Thank my shit.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:36 AM (bjDre)

Weird ritual. I normally just flush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:38 AM (ExV1e)

127 I wonder how the Cardinals would feel if a couple million migrants pushed their way into the Vatican and demanded a vote in the conclave. Tha's analogous to our own situation, and the church says we should accept these "new Americans", and so should they.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 06:39 AM (Hp8bi)

128 Weird ritual. I normally just flush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:38 AM (ExV1e)

I've been to New Jersey. I get the confusion.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:40 AM (bjDre)

129 Honestly ... your BIL would fit in fine here with some.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:38 AM (bjDre)

In his case, I'm sure it's all about fighting the red horde - not China, the historical red horde - to the last Ukrainian for glory and riches... but mostly riches.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

130 Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:33 AM (bjDre)

You evidently need a refresher course in giving genuine compliments to real people , Eddie 😉, so here are two: " You're very smart man" "You work hard."

Have a blessed day, everyone and remember: You are a blessing to others. I am now going away to add to my blessings book.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 06:41 AM (42Vb+)

131 n his case, I'm sure it's all about fighting the red horde - not China, the historical red horde - to the last Ukrainian for glory and riches... but mostly riches.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

My Boomer Dad - who did one stint in the National Guard to dodge 'Nam - is a virulent Post Cold War Hates Putin Boomer.

Why ? Man, I really don't know - other than that is absolutely part of his identity. And he's pretty typical of his generation.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:43 AM (bjDre)

132 Here's an example: Women with men: "I like your tie. I like to see men dressed up."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today)

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Which introduces an interesting point.

Should a man say something similar to a woman? If said to a woman he knows, should he assume her emotional state / response from hearing such a statement regarding her daily dressing habits? Is it received as a compliment?

If said to a woman he doesn't know, how would one expect having a strange man saying "I like to see ladies dressed up" to be received by her?

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 06:43 AM (ES0Ym)

133 Pixy Misa

That song was in the great and very romantic Australian movie Strictly Ballroom.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

134 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

135 FWIW unless there's an obvious age / looks gap (and even then not necessarily), if a woman says that kind of thing to a man the man will almost always assume it's flirting. Old, young, doesn't matter. It's how men work.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 06:44 AM (ES0Ym)

136 Here's an example: Women with men: "I like your tie. I like to see men dressed up."

I like your tits. Wear lower cut blouses. Thank you.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:46 AM (bjDre)

137
Women with men: "I like your tie. I like to see men dressed up."

Something like that is beyond the ken of my imagination. Even from Her Majesty, who is, on the whole, most sparing with compliments.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 06:48 AM (QnmlO)

138 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I recommend Strictly Ballroom to you and your turtledove.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

139 Fast Eddie Felson

HR will find you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

140 The last conclave, which elected Francis in 2013, lasted two days and involved five ballots.
In 2005, when Pope Benedict XVI was chosen by the assembled cardinals, the process also lasted two days and took four ballots in total, while the conclave to elect John Paul II in 1978 took three days and eight ballots. (BBC)

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 06:51 AM (CQE5S)

141 It's been discussed here before, but the majority of men will remember compliments from attractive women they don't know for DECADES later because they're so rare.

Part of the reason I don't think women understand the compliment thing is because they receive them constantly and from all angles. For men I suspect the reason they're rare is because women-to-men mean something very, very specific socially/sexually. I don't think women refuse to compliment men because they're selfish or mean. I think most understand that there are social understandings that come along with those statements and unless you're related or have some knowledge or history with the person it's a signal similar to flirtatious touching or brushing against an arm.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 06:51 AM (ES0Ym)

142 FWIW unless there's an obvious age / looks gap (and even then not necessarily), if a woman says that kind of thing to a man the man will almost always assume it's flirting. Old, young, doesn't matter. It's how men work.

I don't give a shit if they are 70s - and I'm in my 50s. If they just talk, and aren't bitching, it gives me pause.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:52 AM (bjDre)

143 Fast Eddie Felson

For best results, do not mention her appearance at all, Praise her poise, quick wit, or solid deportment instead.

Warren Beatty and his approach is a sound one. Study it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

144 HR will find you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

Luckily - I'm an LLC of one. I hate my boss.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:53 AM (bjDre)

145 For best results, do not mention her appearance at all, Praise her poise, quick wit, or solid deportment instead.

For a woman, you are not pissing me off or demanding I fix something. I am intrigued. Shall we meet for a non-committal drink that I purchase ?

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:55 AM (bjDre)

146 Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's

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Also so it's very clear:

This is not a suggestion for daily living and/or relations between the sexes. This is a polite but chiding observation.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 06:56 AM (ES0Ym)

147 Fast Eddie Felson

The woman who goes for a drink after that is gonna be a problem. Do you have an answer when she asks you how much you make?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

148 The woman who goes for a drink after that is gonna be a problem. Do you have an answer when she asks you how much you make?

The easy out is steer the conversation toward sexual prowess. Let them let themselves off easy.

Look ... they're all problems.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 06:59 AM (bjDre)

149 The Harry Truman just lost another F/A 18 overboard yesterday, the third one of the deployment.

Does the Navy still know how to use aircraft carriers?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 07:01 AM (Qfh/H)

150 The woman who goes for a drink after that is gonna be a problem. Do you have an answer when she asks you how much you make?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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That the two arguably most important things to women in a dating/marriage scenario (height and income) aren't in men's top ten should be taught in schools each year using grade-level appropriate instruction for the students.

And there should be a one sentence true-false test required to graduate from both high school and college.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 07:05 AM (ES0Ym)

151 Nice, from the ONT:

charlie
@chunkbardey
slept very poorly last night. and to make matters worse, as a weird coincidence everyone was being
annoying today

Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 07:05 AM (CQE5S)

152

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 08, 2025 07:05 AM (5hfjS)

153 132 Here's an example: Women with men: "I like your tie. I like to see men dressed up."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today)

-

Which introduces an interesting point.

Should a man say something similar to a woman? If said to a woman he knows, should he assume her emotional state / response from hearing such a statement regarding her daily dressing habits? Is it received as a compliment?

If said to a woman he doesn't know, how would one expect having a strange man saying "I like to see ladies dressed up" to be received by her?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 06:43 AM (ES0Ym)

Modern workplace rules have made this unthinkable, really going either way, at least in any large corporate-style workplace. A lot of very normal, innocuous interactions are risky.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 07:06 AM (guCHD)

154 Huck Follywood

Sorta. Every once in a while a ship has a series of bad events. Morale drops as it becomes known as a bad luck ship. Takes good leadership to overcome that.

An alternative answer is there are extraordinary demands placed on the ship, the crew, and the planes.

Truman has been in combat for it's entire time in the Red Sea, This is a much longer time for the Navy than anything since Vietnam. It is even more intense because of the Houtsi attacks on the carrier and it's escorts. This would go back to WWII for similar action.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

155
Modern workplace rules have made this unthinkable, really going either way, at least in any large corporate-style workplace. A lot of very normal, innocuous interactions are risky.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 07:06 AM (guCHD)

If you're not talking business with your co-workers, you have no business talking.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:08 AM (QnmlO)

156 Hillary Clinton

Botox wearing off?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

157 Modern workplace rules have made this unthinkable, really going either way, at least in any large corporate-style workplace. A lot of very normal, innocuous interactions are risky.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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Yep. I was thinking about it with someone you know and possibly could say it to. Imagine how it would be received.

"I like it when you wear dresses" is what you say.

"I think you dress like a slob" is what is heard on a good day, and then it's not a good day after that. Imagine saying it during down time.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Satisfy your boss' every desire, ignore almost all of your husband's at May 08, 2025 07:10 AM (ES0Ym)

158 Have a great day, everyone.

May there be a Spring in your step.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

159 Morning peeps.

The only compliment (not from my wife) I've received was about 4 years ago when I was undergoing a cardiac stress test and the attending nurse, after asking my age, said "you look pretty good for __ years old."

Probably because I wasn't pasty white, near death and smelly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 07:11 AM (Q4IgG)

160 That the two arguably most important things to women in a dating/marriage scenario (height and income) aren't in men's top ten should be taught in schools each year using grade-level appropriate instruction for the students.

The only good thing about going to high school in the 80s. You saw the pretty girls climb the social circles as much as they could, to attract the most popular boys. Good thing high schools gave jackets and such to the ball players ... just to make sure the prettiest girls knew who to fuck first.

I enjoy chaos. I especially enjoy the chaos of that system now, thirty years later.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 07:11 AM (bjDre)

161 A flip phone ought to be enough for anybody!

(rubs his erect nipples with honey until the maid comes in, shakes her head and leaves before things get too wild.)

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at May 08, 2025 07:14 AM (imQ+3)

162 I gave Webstorm a whirl, its native support for setting up react, vite and other web dev projects is pretty good and it’s vim motion extension is certainly better than vs code, but at the end of the Vim is my ide of choice.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 07:16 AM (XV/Pl)

163 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)
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Thanks for the explanation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 07:23 AM (d6sK7)

164 Just getting this in the name field

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're prettier when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 08, 2025 07:23 AM (ES0Ym)

165 Slight change to be more complimentary

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 08, 2025 07:24 AM (ES0Ym)

166
JJ
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2025 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

167 Well well well

"A migrant deported from the United States is the suspected terrorist behind the bombing plot at a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil."

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

168 Skip, old one from schooldays.
What do you get if you cross a sheep with a kangaroo?

A woolly jumper.

Posted by: Ciampino - no woolly beavers at May 08, 2025 07:31 AM (sPQoU)

169 Nood

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 07:32 AM (VJc7E)

170 "Have you ever watched movies like A Bridge Too Far, or Force Ten from Navarone, or The Longest Day ?"

When someone mentions BEF, my first thought is the WW1 group of brits that fought against the Germans in that war, my second thought is the Butt Eating Friends mentioned in a prior post, and my last thought are the WW2 group of brits that fought the against the Germans in 1940.

I don't connect the BEF with the British forces that landed on D-day and fought the Germans until 1945, but that very well could be a blind spot on my part.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 08, 2025 07:33 AM (U2/SX)

171 The BEF was what Dunkirk was all about, trying to get all those troops back to England before the advancing Germans.

Also was the VE deed signed in a boxcar somewhere, the latter location escapes me?

Posted by: Ciampino - no jumping beavers at May 08, 2025 07:44 AM (sPQoU)

172 149 The Harry Truman just lost another F/A 18 overboard yesterday, the third one of the deployment.

Does the Navy still know how to use aircraft carriers?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 07:01 AM (Qfh/H)
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Maybe for a while they need to sail on an ocean without a slope?

Posted by: Ciampino - no sloping laked for waterskis at May 08, 2025 07:58 AM (sPQoU)

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