Monday Overnight Open Thread - July 14, 2025 [scampydog]

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Good evening and welcome to the bordering on world famous ONT. Our esteemed Monday host, Disco Doof is unable to attend. He is in parts unknown - and possibly untoward. Four-legged canine blogging this evening. Let's get to it!

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Media is living up to its reputation. "Was the fire hot?" "Did you get wet in the rainstorm?" The question and the masterstroke verbal reply. (sound way up for this one)

We the media is lank, the sarcasm is heavy and hilarious! 😂🤣😂🤣😇 pic.twitter.com/mYYJRp9tJ3
— Shannon 🇺🇸I stand with America (@thewriterme) July 8, 2025

Small town sign war. Even the bank got in on the fun. (sound off for this one)

A small town in Missouri has a hilarious sign war pic.twitter.com/bfxpGKCQ1H
— • Angry Frog ™ • (@angrifrog) July 5, 2025

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It's always cool to see an heirloom repurposed. From stitching to a laptop workstation.

Turns out there are quite a lot of repurposed sewing tables to be found.

There are many ways you can make your old singer machine work for you. Below are 10 functional upcycled sewing machine table ideas to consider.

Nice pictures of this antique Singer getting a makeover.

Any of the Horde have an old Singer (sewing machine)? Or a repurposed one?

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Harry Chapin had his 30,000 lbs of bananas. British Columbia got its traffic "jam."

"Some crates went crashing down onto the roadway, and thousands of blueberries spilled out onto Lougheed Highway, creating a sticky mess for vehicles that drove over the fruit.," the post said.
RCMP officers "were called to the juicy incident" and used a shovel to push the sticky remains out of the roadway.

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Monday night wholesome content section.

Hilarious toddlers Tongue Twisters" – challenges pic.twitter.com/khqtz2Zkp2
— Nina Deer (@longdepzai_n) July 7, 2025

Wholesome pic.twitter.com/98z3yz7oTg
— Giga Based Dad (@GigaBasedDad) May 24, 2025

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AoS HQ regular, Hour of the Wolf, shared a link in the comment section last week.

Fine remembrance by Kim Du Toit about our absent friend, Jim Sunk New Dawn. Cheers to you, Jim SND and thank you Hour of the Wolf for sharing the link.

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How about some underutilized words? Or choosing your words poorly with a group that is quick with ridicule and laughs? Outre came out of my mouth recently - had not used that word in decades. Immediately the good natured nerd comments and taunts began flying from the other 15 golfers in the league.

Big list to peruse. Any Horde favorites?

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Toys were built a bit different.

«The 1950s children's toy that burnt many carpets.»pic.twitter.com/zrO3vVmS2I
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 28, 2025

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Don't tell Disco Doof, but we're doing a "This day in music history" without him.

Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker sang the Star-Spangled Banner at the 1980 Republican Convention.

It’s no industry secret that Tucker dabbled in some “non-prescriptions” from time to time, and based on this long told tale of her duet with Glen Campbell at the 1980 Republican National Convention, both her and the “Rhinestone Cowboy” singer were on a little something when they sang the “Star Spangled Banner.”

Never get tired of this song. When a man of low degree stood by her side.

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This ONT brought to you by: Maturity is overrated.

American golfer wins Scottish Open. The best name in pro sports?

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Send polyester to Disco Doof. Send matching socks (not that kind) to: scampydoggo@atomicmail.io Proton email address is inaccessible.

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Late ONT Additional Content

The bat signal went up on the COB back channel - always working behind the scenes to have the best interest of the Horde in mind. CBD sent it to Doof (keeper of Monday night). Doof (not in tonight) handed it to me. All so this could get to you, the suspiciously good-looking, Horde.

Jeeezus! Do they live in Transylvania? 🦇🫣 pic.twitter.com/5DdEl1zAxp
— Jen (@SweetTexanRose) July 13, 2025

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Yay, Pandemonium Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 14, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 Happy Monday, ONT'ers.

I still shake my head in nigh-disbelief when I see Trump at Butler, reaching up to his ear. You don't often see an outright miracle like that live on teevee.

MiladyJo had been out with the dog, and when she came back, I told her, well, the world changed while you were out!

Posted by: mindful webworker - five-note UFO theme at July 14, 2025 10:00 PM (+kBwA)

3 Not first

Posted by: QED Texan at July 14, 2025 10:00 PM (fveCG)

4 Hey! Happy Monday!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 14, 2025 10:00 PM (hftn9)

5 Tips hat to Blanco.

The usual excuse. Hit the wrong key. One stroke too many.

I'm off to nood the cafe.

Posted by: mindful webworker - well okay then at July 14, 2025 10:01 PM (+kBwA)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2025 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

7 Lotta content for a Monday.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 14, 2025 10:02 PM (n4GiU)

8 Sorry I'm late, I was counting licks for a Tootsie Pop.

It's actually more than three.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2025 10:03 PM (3pEm9)

9 I've got a bone to pick with some of you people.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:03 PM (hY4dx)

10 scampydog, bringing ONT up to speed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2025 10:03 PM (Kq8pV)

11 What vehicle is that up top?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

12 Nice ride.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:04 PM (viF8m)

13 11 What vehicle is that up top?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

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Allow me to put you some knowledge:

MG-A

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:05 PM (hY4dx)

14 that last video... uh, nope.
nope nope nopeity nope nope.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2025 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

15 Sign wars! Good stuff.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 14, 2025 10:05 PM (dR6yv)

16 Allow me to put you some knowledge:

MG-A
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025
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You sir, are correct. That one is a '56.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:05 PM (41CYW)

17 Not quite a Red Barcetta, but evocative.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)

18 , I told her, well, the world changed festive little hats while you were out!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2025 10:06 PM (QWhkt)

19 I clicked the link about the antique Singer getting a makeover and fully expected to see video of Mick Jagger at a salon.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2025 10:07 PM (3pEm9)

20 "Genesis Scottish Open"

GENESIS?! Is planet forbidden! Permits many--money...more.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2025 10:08 PM (CHHv1)

21 Purty car.

Posted by: davidt at July 14, 2025 10:08 PM (i0F8b)

22 Meow. Good evening.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 14, 2025 10:08 PM (w3u3d)

23 Hi everyone. I bought a cheap UPS to help with the constant power outages. Maybe it will help.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2025 10:09 PM (CHHv1)

24 That is an MGA roadster. Late 1950's, and a very pretty car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:09 PM (piB20)

25 The curse of Lucas electronics compels you.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:09 PM (viF8m)

26 Allow me to put you some knowledge:

MG-A
Posted by: Cicero

Thank you. I'm assuming it that since it possessed Lucas components it had very few hours of actually driving.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

27 17 Not quite a Red Barcetta, but evocative.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)

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A red Lambretta maybe? Rumor has it that's what Ace rides.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:09 PM (hY4dx)

28 I liked Strawbs. RIP David Cousins.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2025 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

29 @27

>>A red Lambretta maybe? Rumor has it that's what Ace rides.

Ace drives a Gold 1989 Acura Integra.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2025 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)

30 The residents of that house can look forward to a much higher than normal mosquito population now that they've destroyed the bat colony.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

31 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, scampydog!

I learned to sew on an old Singer treadle machine. Good times until I managed to embed the needle in my finger. Those were great and very reliable machines.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 14, 2025 10:13 PM (kB9dk)

32 9 I've got a bone to pick with some of you people.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Festivis? Now we're going to hear about it? Feats of strength next?

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 14, 2025 10:13 PM (hftn9)

33

ONT - Children of the night

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2025 10:14 PM (63Dwl)

34 The Brits might have made the bonnet a bit wider, to allow better access to the engine. Or is it powered by Singer?

Posted by: Muscle Car Muscle Head at July 14, 2025 10:14 PM (G5+As)

35 My dad bought my mom a black MG roadster when I was very small. I remember she used to stuff my 2 brothers and me and the dog in the car to go cruising out in the country. She would do some sketching and we would run around until it was time to go, then we would all get stuffed back in and head home.

Posted by: Megthered at July 14, 2025 10:14 PM (GOJbT)

36 You sir, are correct. That one is a '56.
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:05 PM (41CYW)

So you say - are you sure it’s not a 1961?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2025 10:15 PM (YQdCi)

37 Good evening, LS. Ouch, the needle had a point to make. Sew it seems.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:15 PM (41CYW)

38 BatMan, your bats is hatching out in broad daylight.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2025 10:15 PM (LHPAg)

39 9 I've got a bone to pick with some of you people.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:03 PM (hY4dx)

On this blog, it had better be the humerus.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2025 10:16 PM (3pEm9)

40 The driver of the pickup truck that spilled all those blueberries should have been ticketed for having an insecure load. Nearly all the berry farmers now in that region are asians of the Indo persuasion.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:16 PM (piB20)

41 So you say - are you sure it’s not a 1961?
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Here is the link to the ad. https://tinyurl.com/32hy9p95

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

42 Great job, ScampyDog! And I never noticed until you mentioned it but yes, this is a very handsome crowd indeed!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 10:17 PM (pZEOD)

43 6 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2025 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

You with your always excluding of us non-good people TonyPete

Posted by: PaleRider at July 14, 2025 10:18 PM (bP/i4)

44 She would do some sketching and we would run around until it was time to go, then we would all get stuffed back in and head home.
Posted by: Megthered

"Get Stuffed"! is a fine old British pejorative.

Posted by: Benny Hill, 1973 at July 14, 2025 10:18 PM (G5+As)

45 Evening Horde, thx scampydog.
Back in the nineties my firm represented the estate of the guy who built the Bearsville Theater. The partner i was working with handed me two tickets. It was the warm up show for The Pretenders work tour. A friend and I saw them in front of about 100 people at Bearsville. Great show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2025 10:19 PM (wD1xW)

46 The face of Minneapolis has changed. Here's the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

https://is.gd/un8gwY

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

47 >>> Ace drives a Gold 1989 Acura Integra.
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I though he tooled around in a Vespa?

Posted by: IrishEi at July 14, 2025 10:21 PM (3ImbR)

48 Any of the Horde have an old Singer (sewing machine)?
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There's one at Dad's house. I think the sewing machine itself may be kaput, but the unit looks complete.
Thanks for the ideas! I was sad to think I'd need to just pitch it out.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2025 10:21 PM (rdVOm)

49
Here is the link to the ad. https://tinyurl.com/32hy9p95
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

Awww, you cheated. Finding the ad that the picture came from and all that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2025 10:22 PM (YQdCi)

50
Madman in NYC was pulled off the stage by his aides. It was some media event.

I guess he's talking too much about he's going to "improve" the city.

Posted by: fourseasons at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (3ek7K)

51 9 I've got a bone to pick with some of you people.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Festivis? Now we're going to hear about it? Feats of strength next?
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 14, 2025 10:13 PM (hftn9)
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Is it too late to make a donation to the Human Fund?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (IBQGV)

52 Good evening, LS. Ouch, the needle had a point to make. Sew it seems.
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:15 PM (41CYW)
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And that, my friend, is how I learned to keep my eyes on what I was doing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (kB9dk)

53 I though he tooled around in a Vespa?
Posted by: IrishEi at July 14, 2025

That is Garrett.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (pZEOD)

54 We’ve got two singers - one used as a side table in the house with the original machine still in it, and one frame out on the porch with just a flat board on top, for a small utility table.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (YQdCi)

55 Awww, you cheated. Finding the ad that the picture came from and all that.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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LOL. It's kind of a bucket list item for me. I keep telling my wife I'll buy one, put on the driving goggle, gloves, white scarf, and drive around town. She doesn't think it's as funny.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:23 PM (41CYW)

56 >>My dad bought my mom a black MG roadster when I was very small.

My dad bought my mom a Mustang. Then a Camaro IROC Z He bought himself the MGs. All of which found their way into my grubby paws.

3 pedals.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:24 PM (viF8m)

57 Mom had one of those treadle-powered Singer that folded away into its own cabinet. At some point, she had someone add a motor. I think she removed from the cabinet when we moved, and maybe gave it to my older sister.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2025 10:25 PM (bA75n)

58 DQ Rules!
MacD drools.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2025 10:26 PM (W/lyH)

59 Still have my grandmother's Singer in the original cabinet. It was a treadle machine, but an electric motor was added. The motor still works (I believe it was added around 193

. The motor drove the mechanism via a rubber belt. It wasn't strong enough to start so my grandmother would use her left hand on the flywheel to get it going.
I still miss her after almost 50 years.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2025 10:26 PM (n3kHr)

60 The great thing about the MG Midget was, you could get one for each foot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:28 PM (hY4dx)

61 I submit that this is indisputable:

The Jerusalem Post & The Times of Israel are to Netanyahu EXACTLY as The NYT and CBS News are to Trump.

I base this opinion on having read the 2 Israeli publications online every day since the war started-- for appx a year and 9 months so far.

I know our friend Biden's Dog doesn't care for Bibi, and I wish he'd explain why.

And please spare me, "You don't understand that the Israeli political spectrum is entirely different from ours!" I know leftwing, liquid green Horzh*t when I see it, thanks very much.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2025 10:30 PM (kd60y)

62 Guess I should take my baby doge out for final potties.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 10:31 PM (pZEOD)

63 The great thing about the MG Midget was, you could get one for each foot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:28 PM (hY4dx)

I don't think the NBA would allow their players to wear them on the court!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2025 10:31 PM (S/Y4j)

64 My guess is "Portugal"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2025 10:31 PM (D7oie)

65 I saw something awful in the stores recently. Halloween stuff. Yep. It is already hitting the shelves !

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2025 10:31 PM (g47mK)

66 Big list to peruse. Any Horde favorites?
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Oh my, one of my favorite words is on that list. "Bailiwick". I use it whenever I get the chance (even in the comments here).

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2025 10:32 PM (dIske)

67 I had a steam-engine toy that looked like this
https://bit.ly/steam-engine-toy
or something like it. It's been… a few years ago. Electric, though. Steam was hot, but no flames.

I'd link it to tinkertoy ferris wheels and other constructions.

Posted by: mindful webworker - steam power, baby! at July 14, 2025 10:33 PM (+kBwA)

68 Any of the Horde have an old Singer (sewing machine)? Or a repurposed one?

Yup, got an ancient singer down in the basement. Its in nice shape, but missing the table. Got a 1914 german made one in almost mint condition. Its a table top model, hand crank, beautiful wood case. Of course I don't know how to use it, but its a cool piece of engineering.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2025 10:33 PM (snZF9)

69 Beautiful car.

How fun would it have been to be a young woman and your date shows up in that?!?

As long as dad was sitting on the porch cleaning his shotty.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 14, 2025 10:34 PM (ApcYo)

70 That's a lot of bats.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (hY4dx)

71
The MGA was one of the most beautiful cars ever made, and was great to drive, like a go-kart.

Posted by: frankly at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (uN5L6)

72 Holy fuck that’s a lot of bats.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (ImXfC)

73 I don't think the NBA would allow their players to wear them on the court!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2025 10:31 PM (S/Y4j)

Midgets are too small for the feet of the average roundball player. Chevy Impala a better fit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (piB20)

74 My first machine was a Japanese knock-off of the Singer with a motor running it. I wound up with a treadle cabinet, so I keep it there.
The back and forth only Singer was a good machine to learn on, and it would do leather,, as long as it wasn't too thick or to tightly sewn.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2025 10:36 PM (D7oie)

75 72 Holy fuck that’s a lot of bats.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (ImXfC

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED:

That's like a metric fuckton of bats.

*mike drop*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (hY4dx)

76 *peeks in to make sure Doggo covered for me*

*tosses a porterhouse bone his way*

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (4F6GB)

77 mnw at July 14, 2025

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Israel is a left wing country. Bibi is a bit of an aberration.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (ImXfC)

78 Whoa, Tanya Tucker doing an imitation of a sheep.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

79
Ever read horror stories about a homeowners heating oil tank busting and the subsequent hundreds of thousands of dollars they spend for cleanup?

Never tell anyone about an oil leak. You call your hvac plumber and guess what? He MUST report it or insist You report it or else he won't get involved.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (aTBFc)

80 What do you mean "bordering on"? Canada is "the world", right? And we have Canadian morons. So it already is actually World Famous!

(Hey it's the "World Series" right? And that's based solely on Canada being involved, not Japan.)

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2025 10:39 PM (/nQF/)

81 So, who's got the Dead Pool going on Ghislaine Maxwell?

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)

82
My furnace is 24 years old. Runs fine. But I'll be switching to natgas when I get a new one.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 14, 2025 10:39 PM (aTBFc)

83 Any of the Horde have an old Singer (sewing machine)? Or a repurposed one?

I know of a place where 9 old sewing machine tables were repurposed. There's a treadle machine, which has been turned into a TV stand just by putting the machine down and a TV on top. Then there's various tables that are now nightstands. As far as I know, none were in working condition when acquired.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 14, 2025 10:40 PM (lUFok)

84 Never tell anyone about an oil leak. You call your hvac plumber and guess what? He MUST report it or insist You report it or else he won't get involved.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 14, 2025 10:37 PM (aTBFc)

Funny. There never was a problem with leaking coal bins.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:40 PM (piB20)

85 Underused words? I like "incandescent ", but only when used to describe rage, not lightbulbs.
I also like "termagent "and "virago" to describe women like Hillary.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 14, 2025 10:40 PM (5Dm6N)

86 71
The MGA was one of the most beautiful cars ever made, and was great to drive, like a go-kart.
Posted by: frankly at July 14, 2025 10:35 PM (uN5L6)

Drove a TR-6 a couple times, and a friend had a TR-4A that was a Garage queen... but when it ran it was like a raped ape...

Been thinking about buying a Miata with the retractable hard top... need to get one in the area to test drive.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2025 10:41 PM (mP0Kj)

87 Ever read horror stories about a homeowners heating oil tank busting and the subsequent hundreds of thousands of dollars they spend for cleanup?

Never tell anyone about an oil leak. You call your hvac plumber and guess what? He MUST report it or insist You report it or else he won't get involved.

Posted by: Soothsayer

Better get ServePro

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 14, 2025 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

88 I had a little red 1992 Mercury Capri XR2 Turbo. My boys fit in the backseats (barely) and we did a few road trips together.

Top down. North Cascades Hwy. all our stuff jammed in the trunk, camping in Winthrop, Wa.

I loved that little car.

Had to give it up for a lesbaru. Boys got too big. Too much stuff.

Oh well. I think every girl should get to own a little red convertible.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 14, 2025 10:41 PM (d8mPq)

89 Y'argh, horde.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 14, 2025 10:41 PM (LJlnI)

90 I can no longer avail myself to the constant poppycock and balderdash associated to this comment section. Therefore I bid you all adieu fine ladies and gentlemen humph storms out

Posted by: Captain Fantastic at July 14, 2025 10:42 PM (uEWUd)

91
Homeowners insurance is a scam.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 14, 2025 10:42 PM (aTBFc)

92 The face of Minneapolis has changed. Here's the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

https://is.gd/un8gwY

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:20 PM

Archimedes, I didn't bother to open open your link because what is happening now in Minnesota started in 1965 and now it's just crying over the ruins.

Posted by: Long time guy at July 14, 2025 10:43 PM (B7IUE)

93 I can no longer avail myself to the constant poppycock and balderdash associated to this comment section. Therefore I bid you all adieu fine ladies and gentlemen humph storms out
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at July 14, 2025 10:42 PM (uEWUd)

Well, don't let the doorknob hit you on the fundament, Cap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:44 PM (piB20)

94 I can no longer avail myself to the constant poppycock and balderdash associated to this comment section. Therefore I bid you all adieu fine ladies and gentlemen humph storms out

It is unclear if this is a flounce, unbridled or otherwise. Be better.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:44 PM (Riz8t)

95
>>>Funny. There never was a problem with leaking coal bins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

True. And shoveling coal keeps 'er-indoors in good shape.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (aTBFc)

96 >>Drove a TR-6 a couple times

One of the best looking and best driving of the bunch. Had a couple. The normal Lucas issues but when they were right there wasn't much better.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (viF8m)

97 Oh, and the toddler tongue twisters were great!

There's a very short window when the little thugs are just starting to form words, and I loved those moments with Little. He had a stuffed toy that we called "Smiley face". Best he could manage was something that sounded like, "Ofaje"...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (bA75n)

98
Madman in NYC was pulled off the stage by his aides. It was some media event.

I guess he's talking too much about he's going to "improve" the city.
Posted by: fourseasons

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Ooh, details! Link!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (xp7+v)

99 The face of Minneapolis has changed. Here's the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

https://is.gd/un8gwY

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:20 PM

Archimedes, I didn't bother to open open your link because what is happening now in Minnesota started in 1965 and now it's just crying over the ruins.

I mostly posted it because the guy is some kind of amusing looking.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (Riz8t)

100 The Jerusalem Post & The Times of Israel are to Netanyahu EXACTLY as The NYT and CBS News are to Trump.

...

And please spare me, "You don't understand that the Israeli political spectrum is entirely different from ours!" I know leftwing, liquid green Horzh*t when I see it, thanks very much.

Posted by: mnw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (Kq8pV)

101 MN changed its state flag to essentially Somalia’s flag.

It’s a dead state walking.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 14, 2025 10:47 PM (ImXfC)

102
Blonde,

FOX website

Posted by: fourseasons at July 14, 2025 10:47 PM (3ek7K)

103 So, who's got the Dead Pool going on Ghislaine Maxwell?
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)

I mean I would, but instead, I figure that I might as well get started practicing to not talk about her untimely demise, either.

Posted by: Methos at July 14, 2025 10:47 PM (zLwRl)

104 I had a 58. There was sufficient room under the hood to work on most of the engine. 1498cc cast iron. 4 speed with a 410 rear end. Lot of fun to drive and you could always rewire around the prince of darkness. Long gone but still missed.

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 10:48 PM (p4TlZ)

105 MGA is a beaut. Guess a 300 ci Ford 6 would be too heavy for it.
Maybe hot Honda systems.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2025 10:48 PM (Kq8pV)

106 Here is the link to the ad. https://tinyurl.com/32hy9p95
Posted by: scampydog
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I was thinking Austin Healy 100, because that pic distorted the length of the hood.
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The Brits might have made the bonnet a bit wider, to allow better access to the engine. Or is it powered by Singer?
Posted by: Muscle Car Muscle Head
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The even smaller MG Midget was worse, by the AH "Bug-eye" Sprite on the same frame did. The whole front tilted forward.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2025 10:49 PM (n3kHr)

107 I mostly posted it because the guy is some kind of amusing looking.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:46 PM (Riz8t)

Add a pair of goat horns, and he's Satan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:49 PM (piB20)

108 We have an old Singer machine complete with the table and treadle, it's just missing one small connecting part as part of the linkage between treadle and machine. Maybe someday we'll be able to locate the right piece for it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 14, 2025 10:49 PM (O7YUW)

109 Evening Horde!
Wow about the bats! Anytime any animal is around in that quantity it is creepy!

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2025 10:50 PM (bOJ2I)

110 88 Oh well. I think every girl should get to own a little red convertible.
Posted by: nurse ratched at

I have come full circle and now have a little green convertible. But there are times I miss my 2012 LR, I fit so much stuff in there! I really loved it.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 10:50 PM (pZEOD)

111 Jeeezus! Do they live in Transylvania?

There probably isn't a mosquito for miles

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 14, 2025 10:51 PM (pIfcn)

112 Drove a TR-6 a couple times, and a friend had a TR-4A that was a Garage queen... but when it ran it was like a raped ape...

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The Fiat X19 was in that category. It really was like a go-cart, and a major threat to nearby motorists when my grandma foolishly put it in my teenaged hands.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:51 PM (hY4dx)

113 Hi All,

Today marked one week since Dad's (Ciampino) passing. We find it hard to believe a week has already gone by. My sister had a cry at work on her break. Her coworkers bought us some food to make sure we eat. We haven't been sleeping or eating much. Our neighbor also called to check on us. He considers us like his kids, so he looks out for us.

[Link to Ciampino's fund: https://t.co/NfEjq7HEkV]

To make today worse, we had to rush Purrcy to the vet. He was bleeding from his mouth again, but this time his chest, legs and the floor had blood everywhere. He then proceeded to collapse and gasp for air. He's currently on the bathroom floor, still bleeding, but otherwise the vet didn't seem worried. I did make a post about him on the cat fundraiser.

[Link to cat fund: https://t.co/iS8XTjbmSR]

Huge thanks to those who have donated to both funds.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2025 10:52 PM (sPQoU)

114 MGA is a beaut. Guess a 300 ci Ford 6 would be too heavy for it.
Maybe hot Honda systems.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2025 10:48 PM (Kq8pV)

Toyota 22RE with a 5-speed, from a pickup. Fuel injection, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 10:53 PM (piB20)

115 Halloween is a for great excuse for women to dress very naughty. It's aceptable if you are in costume. Hubba hubba. Great time of year!

Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 14, 2025 10:53 PM (hftn9)

116
remember the FIERO?

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 10:53 PM (aTBFc)

117 Had to step away for a bit - probably missed all the fun. Cooking ribs - they're getting close. Team scampywife shot a 3 under in their 9 hole scramble league tonight. Not too shabby!

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:54 PM (41CYW)

118 114 MGA is a beaut. Guess a 300 ci Ford 6 would be too heavy for it.
Maybe hot Honda systems.

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It's British, so maybe you could shoehorn a Merlin V12 into that bad boy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 10:54 PM (hY4dx)

119 And, can I ask y'all not to post songs as part of playlists? I want to hear the song *you* posted, not the next one, and I don't know how to stop it automatically playing. No, I won't log in, if that's required to stop the autoplay.

Please?

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2025 10:55 PM (/nQF/)

120 115 Halloween is a for great excuse for women to dress very naughty. It's aceptable if you are in costume. Hubba hubba. Great time of year!

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Cool! I'm dressing like a sexy pumpkin this year!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (hY4dx)

121
The face of Minneapolis has changed. Here's the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

https://is.gd/un8gwY

Posted by: Archimedes

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I can't find it now, but that guy is a dead ringer for one of the pictures we see from time to time representing the religion of peace. That scene from Koln, New Year's 2016. Looks exactly like one of those wild-eyed African men rampaging the women.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (xp7+v)

122 >>The Fiat X19 was in that category. It really was like a go-cart, and a major threat to nearby motorists when my grandma foolishly put it in my teenaged hands.

One of the best cars I ever owned was a 1974 Porsche 914. It was well used by the time I got it but I rebuilt most of it.

There is nothing like a mid-engine car for go kart appeal. Probably the most fun driving car I've ever had.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (viF8m)

123 OK. Spent a few minutes flipping through that word list, and I have a couple of observations:
1) It doesn't contain "cromulent", so as far as I'm concerned it's not worth much.
2) Christopher Williams of Livonia, MI REALLY needs to get a hobby.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 14, 2025 10:57 PM (5Dm6N)

124 119 And, can I ask y'all not to post songs as part of playlists? I want to hear the song *you* posted, not the next one, and I don't know how to stop it automatically playing. No, I won't log in, if that's required to stop the autoplay.

Please?
Posted by: GWB
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Comments or content? I try not to do that in the content. Wrong song played one night...pretended like nothing happened.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:57 PM (41CYW)

125 I had. Convertible for a couple e of years. Problem was the weather was rarely good for it. It was either scorching hot during the day then by the time it got dark it got kinda chilly.

I had like 1-2 hours at dusk, lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 14, 2025 10:57 PM (ImXfC)

126 105 MGA is a beaut. Guess a 300 ci Ford 6 would be too heavy for it.

1498cc is about 91ci or so. iirc, about 68hp.

Quick and light and I had mine up to 105 or so.

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 10:59 PM (p4TlZ)

127 Sunbeam Tiger. How about a little love...

https://is.gd/7nHEXm

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at July 14, 2025 11:00 PM (NXz8h)

128 76 *peeks in to make sure Doggo covered for me*

*tosses a porterhouse bone his way*
Posted by: Doof
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A true gentleman. I'll go find a place to bury that in the yard.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 11:01 PM (41CYW)

129 I can't find it now, but that guy is a dead ringer for one of the pictures we see from time to time representing the religion of peace. That scene from Koln, New Year's 2016. Looks exactly like one of those wild-eyed African men rampaging the women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (xp7+v)

Looks like the love child of Gollum and David Hogg.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:02 PM (piB20)

130
Archimedes, I didn't bother to open open your link because what is happening now in Minnesota started in 1965 and now it's just crying over the ruins.
Posted by: Long time guy

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I saw him in a video detailing his campaign and the problems with that freak Jacob Frey (too far right, of course). He didn't know what he was saying any more than those Mexican elementary school kids speaking heavily accented English pleading for "humane immigration policies for Central and South Americans, and reasonable opportunities for employment and public assistance [sob]."

He simply lifted Zohran Mamdani's policies and recited them as his own. It's metastasizing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 11:02 PM (xp7+v)

131 116
remember the FIERO?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 10:53 PM (aTBFc)

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I remember the aftermarket kits that let you turn a Fiero into an ersatz Ferrari Testarossa.

Cheezy, but you might fool some of the dumber dating prospects.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 11:02 PM (hY4dx)

132 I came home to visit Mom & Dad many years ago and found he had an MG in the driveway in the process of restoration. He had had found one in a farmers field in rural KY, and another in another farmers field. He had never really had any interest in cars before.

I asked him what the deal was and he said finding two MG's that way seemed like a sign. He had one running but it had no floor board. I got a piece of plywood and cut it to shape. My contribution to the project.

I heard he evidently sold them. The next time I saw him was the night before his surgery. I never got the chance to ask him why.

Posted by: javems at July 14, 2025 11:03 PM (8I4hW)

133 Any of the Horde have an old Singer (sewing machine)? Or a repurposed one?

I have a grandmother's, manufactured before the 1920s. It's the sewing machine and table, and also has the bobbins and extra drive belts for the treadle. It can work.

Grandmom (from Europe) could sew anything beautifully including draperies and fine coats for adults. My mother inherited it and made my prom gowns, her dress for (1st) my first marriage, etc. She, too, sewed beautifully when she could find the time & a place to layout, pin & cut patterns. (Four kids and a full time job, too.)

I had home economics in high school and sewed sleeves backwards into a blouse and dress so that was about it for the sewing class.

I have only one cousin on that side of the family who really sews well. She became employed by Singer purely by accident, and rose to executive level with the corporation.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2025 11:03 PM (NFX2v)

134 Nice ride.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 10:04 PM (viF8m)

The car, or that Sloopy chick?

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2025 11:04 PM (/nQF/)

135 Toyota 22RE with a 5-speed, from a pickup. Fuel injection, too.

Now you're just being silly. Oo.

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 11:04 PM (p4TlZ)

136 Buncombe
Rubbish; nonsense; empty or misleading talk.
At last the election year's great festival of buncombe has dimmed to a trickle of murmurs and muttering.
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[throws flag]

Properly, it is 'Bunkum'. Derived from speech(s) delivered before Congress by Sen. Bob Reynolds, of Buncombe County, NC.

He became known as 'Bunkum Bob'. His daughter. Mamie, (from first wife) was, by inheritance, the owner of the Hope Diamond. She used to put it on her Great Dane dog as a collar.

Mamie's life story is pretty amazing. For eample, her first husband was Luigi Coco Chinetti Jr.,

Here's the story: http://tiny.cc/y6ep001

She was a very free spirit, as is evident. The stories here about her are fascinating. Liked fast cars and parties. I know people who knew her, and I live in the shadow of Reynolds mountain, where the Reynolds house still stands.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2025 11:06 PM (XeU6L)

137
>>>He's currently on the bathroom floor, still bleeding, but otherwise the vet didn't seem worried.

Poor little guy.

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 11:06 PM (iuPOa)

138 I can't find it now, but that guy is a dead ringer for one of the pictures we see from time to time representing the religion of peace. That scene from Koln, New Year's 2016. Looks exactly like one of those wild-eyed African men rampaging the women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (xp7+v)

you are thinking of this Catturd meme

https://tinyurl.com/3v6wt5vw

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2025 11:07 PM (D7oie)

139 Evening, javems. Always good to see you in the comments.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)

140 True story: the Japanese found the phrase 'sewing machine' too difficult. So they called it 'mishin,' as in machine.

Also, the stapler is called 'hochikisu' after the Hotchkiss stapler brand name.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:08 PM (mlg/3)

141 >>The car, or that Sloopy chick?

The car, of course. Cars and particularly sailboats are sexy. Girls have cooties.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:08 PM (viF8m)

142 Looks like the love child of Gollum and David Hogg.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:02 PM (piB20)

Like the feral kid in Road Warrior.

Posted by: Long time guy at July 14, 2025 11:08 PM (B7IUE)

143 Now you're just being silly. Oo.
Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 11:04 PM (p4TlZ)

I've owned Brit cars. They had heavy 4-cylinders with really small bores, and really long strokes, an artifact of the weird British tax laws. And their gearboxes tended to have glass gears, too. The Toyota engine and transmission ought to fit right well, and weigh less, overall. I would upgrade the brakes, too. And it could all be done without messing up the exterior beauty of the car.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:10 PM (piB20)

144 MGA is a beaut. Guess a 300 ci Ford 6 would be too heavy for it.

1498cc is about 91ci or so. iirc, about 68hp.
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I was surprised when they shoehorned both 6's and V8's into the MGB-GT's

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2025 11:10 PM (XeU6L)

145 And their gearboxes tended to have glass gears, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I'm sorry, WHAT?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:10 PM (mlg/3)

146 That MG up top is beautiful. Buddy from NJ had one in white he brought down to San Diego in the early 80s when we were both in the Navy down there. Loved that car. One night, a group of five of us got a little inebriated of which I was voted the least so I drove while three others sat on the trunk facing forward w feet behind those front seats. The SD cops weren't amused and pulled me over .....on a hill. I pushed in the clutch, brake slipped and I rolled back into the front of the cop car. They still weren't amused. How I got off w/o a citation is a testament to how times have changed, no doubt for the better.

Posted by: Ranger Steve at July 14, 2025 11:11 PM (WbcL6)

147 The face of Minneapolis has changed. Here's the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

https://is.gd/un8gwY

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:20 PM

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Could be the BroFo's brother.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 14, 2025 11:11 PM (/lPRQ)

148
you are thinking of this Catturd meme

https://tinyurl.com/3v6wt5vw
Posted by: Kindltot

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The face is similar, but it's a different picture, I think literally from 2016. A bunch of mobbing men, and the next mayor of Minneapolis staring glazedly at the camera, looking as intelligent and self-determined as a zombie 28 days later.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2025 11:12 PM (xp7+v)

149 I'm sorry, WHAT?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:10 PM (mlg/3)

Not literally glass. But the gears were hardened to the point of being brittle, and could break. And on the older cars, first gear was not synchronized, so a bad shift into first would take chips off the gears.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:15 PM (piB20)

150 remember the FIERO?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover

IIRC there was an aftermarket kit to hang a 400ci V8 off the ass end of it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 14, 2025 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

151 SpaceX/Axiom-Space - Axiom-4 - Deorbit & Splashdown Pacific

Approximately 2:31 a.m. PDT (5:31 a.m. EDT, 0931 UTC, 10:31 CEST) on Tuesday, July 15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaK-tV3LbTc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2025 11:17 PM (sPQoU)

152 One of the best cars I ever owned was a 1974 Porsche 914. It was well used by the time I got it but I rebuilt most...
Posted by: JackStraw
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In 74, a guy I worked with had a 914. While the rest of us were scheduling grocery runs or waiting in line for gas, he and his wife would drive from the SF peninsula to Yosemite for the weekend, because he could do the round-trip on a tank and have enough gas left for his commute.
Close to 40 mpg and a 13 gal tank.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2025 11:17 PM (n3kHr)

153 you are thinking of this Catturd meme

https://tinyurl.com/3v6wt5vw
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2025 11:07 PM (D7oie)

I was expecting "Look at me- I'm da captain now", but will accept this.

Posted by: sal at July 14, 2025 11:19 PM (f+FmA)

154 Ever read horror stories about a homeowners heating oil tank busting and the subsequent hundreds of thousands of dollars they spend for cleanup?

Never tell anyone about an oil leak. You call your hvac plumber and guess what? He MUST report it or insist You report it or else he won't get involved.

Posted by: Soothsayer

I was shitting bricks when I sold the old house a few years ago. There was an old oil tank in the ground since the 50's, and hadn't been used since the early 70's when they ran gas lines. Well, no way could I sell the house with a tank in the ground, so I had somebody remove the tank. the first thing he did was test the soil around the tank. It came up clean, so we decided to to pull it. the soil here is pretty sandy, so it was well drained soil. The out side of the tank had only surface rust, no rot, as if it was in the ground for only a year, and it was a super thick gauge of steel. I dodged a bullet with that one. The inspector wanted the tank cut in half so he could inspect it. He took a look and slapped the sticker on it, and said yeah no problem here. If there was a soil problem I would have yanked it in darkness. Tank? what tank? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2025 11:20 PM (snZF9)

155 Glen Campbell made some good music.

My son and I share some favorite bands. He called me a while back and said “Midland has a new song, it’s really good. Wichita Lineman”.

I could only hang my head at my failure to educate.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2025 11:21 PM (0v3JH)

156 It is unclear if this is a flounce, unbridled or otherwise. Be better.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2025 10:44 PM (Riz8t)

It was a Larry David / George Costanza flounce.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2025 11:21 PM (YQdCi)

157 Joyenz, I know money is tight, but maybe another vet should look?

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 11:21 PM (pZEOD)

158 >>In 74, a guy I worked with had a 914. While the rest of us were scheduling grocery runs or waiting in line for gas, he and his wife would drive from the SF peninsula to Yosemite for the weekend, because he could do the round-trip on a tank and have enough gas left for his commute.
Close to 40 mpg and a 13 gal tank.

It was largely a VW product, not a real Porsche. It was pretty quick in gear but not a rocket off the line but the handling was exceptional. Mid-engine. I was living in Boston and most of my driving was city and it was like driving a go kart around town. Lots of fun in that environment. And yea, it sipped gas.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (viF8m)

159 Oh, I remember the Fiero alright.

Posted by: Zombie Walter Mondale at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (+xk6Q)

160 Not literally glass. But the gears were hardened to the point of being brittle, and could break. And on the older cars, first gear was not synchronized, so a bad shift into first would take chips off the gears.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Oh, ok. I thought you were being transparent there, but clearly, on reflection, it was a bit of a fractured tale.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (mlg/3)

161 139 Evening, javems. Always good to see you in the comments.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)

Thank you sir. Hope you and yours are well.

Posted by: javems at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (8I4hW)

162 Cool! I'm dressing like a sexy pumpkin this year!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (hY4dx)

Wouldn't that be a little too orange for a lefty like Lena?

Posted by: RickZ at July 14, 2025 11:25 PM (gKDq2)

163 My MGB burned up in a fire.
Never even got it running.
Oh well.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2025 11:27 PM (lPvx2)

164 the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

Thanks, Lutherans!
And bless you too, Catholic Charities.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2025 11:27 PM (gKWVE)

165 IIRC there was an aftermarket kit to hang a 400ci V8 off the ass end of it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I think for a few years in the 80's, kit cars 'kits' were made for the Fiero to look like a Ferrari.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:28 PM (mlg/3)

166 164 the Democrat's candidate for mayor, Omar Fateh.

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I think he said, the Mayor is near.

Posted by: Olson Johnson at July 14, 2025 11:28 PM (hY4dx)

167 the AH "Bug-eye" Sprite on the same frame did. The whole front tilted forward.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2025 10:49 PM
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Family member had a Bugeye Sprite. Was a very small, but fun car.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 11:29 PM (41CYW)

168 Cool! I'm dressing like a sexy pumpkin this year!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (hY4dx)

Bleagh

Posted by: Snoopy at July 14, 2025 11:29 PM (zLwRl)

169
>>>If there was a soil problem I would have yanked it in darkness. Tank? what tank? lol
Posted by: Berserker

Precisely.

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 11:29 PM (iuPOa)

170 It was largely a VW product, not a real Porsche. It was pretty quick in gear but not a rocket off the line but the handling was exceptional. Mid-engine. I was living in Boston and most of my driving was city and it was like driving a go kart around town. Lots of fun in that environment. And yea, it sipped gas.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (viF8m)

Mid-engine means low polar moment of inertia. Car is easy to maneuver. Downside might be that irregularities in the road, or strong crosswinds, could deflect it off course, making corrections necessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:30 PM (piB20)

171 Joyenz, I know money is tight, but maybe another vet should look?
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2025 11:21 PM (pZEOD)

I messaged our vet on Facebook when he started bleeding all over me tonight. She said if the antibiotics doesn't work, then they'll do bloodwork, etc. The visit today used up the last of my Sister's paycheck that she was using for cat food. I don't know how we can see another vet right now. Because of the debt we're currently in with our vet, they will no longer see our cats without immediate payment.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2025 11:30 PM (sPQoU)

172 Cool! I'm dressing like a sexy pumpkin this year!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 14, 2025 10:56 PM (hY4dx)

They'll just mistake you for a gas giant.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)

173 My son and I share some favorite bands. He called me a while back and said “Midland has a new song, it’s really good. Wichita Lineman”.

I could only hang my head at my failure to educate.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2025 11:21 PM (0v3JH)

Wait until he tells you he just heard this amazing new song Cats in the Cradle.

Posted by: Long time guy at July 14, 2025 11:32 PM (B7IUE)

174 They'll just mistake you for a gas giant.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)

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*cue joke about Uranus*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2025 11:32 PM (hY4dx)

175 Family member had a Bugeye Sprite. Was a very small, but fun car.
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 11:29 PM (41CYW)

IIRC, the bugeye Sprite was its own model. When the MGB was introduced, they also brought out the MG Midget, using Sprite mechanicals, and made both Sprite and Midget models nearly identical, on the same platform. Car guys called them the "Spridget". About the only distinction was the nameplate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2025 11:34 PM (piB20)

176 >>Mid-engine means low polar moment of inertia. Car is easy to maneuver. Downside might be that irregularities in the road, or strong crosswinds, could deflect it off course, making corrections necessary.

Front end was really light. Great road feel under good conditions but you felt it when you got on the highway and tramlining could be an issue.

You had to drive that car but boy howdy was it fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:35 PM (viF8m)

177 I think for a few years in the 80's, kit cars 'kits' were made for the Fiero to look like a Ferrari.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:28 PM (mlg/3)

My favorite was called the “Geraldine”. The Geraldine Ferraro.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2025 11:35 PM (0v3JH)

178
Mid-engine = terrible cooling

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 11:37 PM (KFNTP)

179 Mid-engine = terrible cooling
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 11:37 PM (KFNTP)

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That's easily cured with monster scoops on each side.

Posted by: The C8 Corvette at July 14, 2025 11:38 PM (hY4dx)

180 Good evening horde from beautiful Sonoma y gracias Perro

Pretty sure I watched the 1980 convention gavel to gavel but not sure I would noticed they were wasted.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2025 11:39 PM (JvZF+)

181 Best name in high school sports: Rowdy Neighbor (wrestling - Iowa)

Runner up: Cash Compliment (Football - Kentucky)

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 14, 2025 11:40 PM (DIweC)

182 Every few years I buy a convertible and it always makes me remember that I really like a coupe. With lots of horsepower. Brakes are nice as well. Good brakes even better.

No sooner than the vertible is sold than my lovely wife says “ I can’t believe you sold my car!”

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2025 11:41 PM (0v3JH)

183
We missing anyone?

Northernlurker?

Notorious BFD?

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 14, 2025 11:45 PM (KFNTP)

184 Franpsycho you doing wine stuff up there? Used to visit the area twice a year or more (from the east coast), back when it was still pretty sleepy. Beautiful indeed. Have you ever sat on the deck at Fort Ross Winery, in the sun, with the marine layer below you?

Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2025 11:46 PM (1m82a)

185 >>Mid-engine = terrible cooling

Enormously hard to access and a pain in the ass to work on.

Like pretty women.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:46 PM (viF8m)

186 Best name in college sports I recall was way back about 1970, Fresno State football team.

Atomic Torosian

Armenian immigrant parents no doubt, he was probably born in the Armenian SSR. "Atomic" was a post-war "patriotic" (stronk!) Soviet surname, like "Traktor" and "Electrifikatsiya" had been in the 30s during the hero-project era.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 14, 2025 11:49 PM (1m82a)

187 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2025 11:50 PM (t2z+i)

188 Enormously hard to access and a pain in the ass to work on.

Like pretty women.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:46 PM (viF8m)

You are doing it wrong.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 14, 2025 11:51 PM (0v3JH)

189 My favorite was called the “Geraldine”. The Geraldine Ferraro.
Posted by: Pete Bog

Go to your room~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:51 PM (mlg/3)

190 Years later, I am in St. Louis and looking for a car. I found a 72 MGB. Nice condition, decent price. So I put $200 down to hold it for the bank loan. I have a business trip the next week, so I tell the salesman that I'll call him from the road. I call him at lunch time. He says that there was no problem with the bank wanting to loan on the car but they could not sell the car to me.
I ask why and he is reluctant to tell me why. I finally drag the story out of him. Seems they left the car out on the lot and one of the other salesman gave the keys to a kid, probably a relative, for a test drive. Kid starts it up and starts revving it up and pops the clutch. PING!!! Two rods through the hood and a couple through the block. So, yeah, I really did not want a car that needed a new engine.

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 11:52 PM (p4TlZ)

191 >>You are doing it wrong.

Not so far.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2025 11:55 PM (viF8m)

192 Oh, ok. I thought you were being transparent there, but clearly, on reflection, it was a bit of a fractured tale.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2025 11:24 PM (mlg/3)

I thought he was crystal clear.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2025 11:56 PM (YQdCi)

193 Pete Bog!

*looks at watch*
Jeepers. It’s early for you to be here!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 14, 2025 11:58 PM (mT+6a)

194 It was largely a VW product, not a real Porsche. It was pretty quick in gear but not a rocket off the line but the handling was exceptional. Mid-engine. I was living in Boston and most of my driving was city and it was like driving a go kart around town. Lots of fun in that environment. And yea, it sipped gas.
Posted by: JackStraw
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A few years later, at a different company, another cow-orker had a 914-6. That wasn't VW. He didn't race it, but he did compete in Gymkhana events with it and did pretty well. Spent more money on tires than on the rest of the car.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2025 11:59 PM (n3kHr)

195 And, can I ask y'all not to post songs as part of playlists? I want to hear the song *you* posted, not the next one, and I don't know how to stop it automatically playing. No, I won't log in, if that's required to stop the autoplay. Please?
Posted by: GWB

One thing is, just stop the playback at the end of the video. Or close the tab. Which of course requires attention.

Alternately, here's a sample URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H6re3PCP3E
&list=PLeDakahyfrO-S4nfovG7NxPODGlMFdtPn

In the address field, just remove everything from (and including) "the &list=" through the end of the URL and enter to reload the video alone. Yeah, it's a hassle.

Agreed, preferable if folks not link to a list item. But folks do.

Posted by: mindful webworker - steam power, baby! at July 15, 2025 12:01 AM (+kBwA)

196 I ask why and he is reluctant to tell me why. I finally drag the story out of him. Seems they left the car out on the lot and one of the other salesman gave the keys to a kid, probably a relative, for a test drive. Kid starts it up and starts revving it up and pops the clutch. PING!!! Two rods through the hood and a couple through the block. So, yeah, I really did not want a car that needed a new engine.
Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2025 11:52 PM (p4TlZ)

I would have been tempted to tell the dealer: "You have my $200. You just let a kid turn the car into scrap. A scrap dealer will give you a hundred bucks for it, tops. Give me the car and the title for my 200 simoleons, and we're good."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2025 12:07 AM (piB20)

197 >>A few years later, at a different company, another cow-orker had a 914-6. That wasn't VW. He didn't race it, but he did compete in Gymkhana events with it and did pretty well. Spent more money on tires than on the rest of the car.

I wanted a 6 but couldn't find one even remotely in my price range at the time. Different animal.

Boxster convertible is my target now.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:08 AM (viF8m)

198 In the address field, just remove everything from (and including) "the &list=" through the end of the URL and enter to reload the video alone. Yeah, it's a hassle.

Agreed, preferable if folks not link to a list item. But folks do.
Posted by: mindful webworker - steam power, baby!
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It's a sentence ya da ya da & such and such. At the & and everything else forward - > delete.

Also if it has a tedious intro or it's something in the middle that you want to highlight, right click at that spot and you will be given the option to start the playback at that spot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:10 AM (Kq8pV)

199 Had my eye on a 914 until I got the insurance quote. Ended up with a '79 Corvette - insurance was quite a bit more reasonable. Got rid of my 1969 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40 with a 283 in it - after buying the Corvette. Big dummy move - I'd like to have that Landcruiser back.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 12:12 AM (41CYW)

200 GTS

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:12 AM (viF8m)

201 Grand Old Retards

@LeadingReport
·
6m
BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 12:14 AM (mlg/3)

202 While looking at the Toyota Cross the reviewer suggested I take a look at the Chevy Trax. OK. Stopped reading at, 'the spirited three cylinder engine', yes that's what I'm looking for, a three cylinder engine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:15 AM (Kq8pV)

203 Stopped reading at, 'the spirited three cylinder engine'
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LOL.

So, *that's* what happened to all those Geo Metro leftovers...

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

204 In the "cars I never owned but neighbor/buddy/cousin did and coveted it" category I'll throw this out:
Neighbor, 1968. Elva Courier MkIV.
Only the real car nuts will know that without the goog.
Bounced the back of my head on the rollbar every time he shifted.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 15, 2025 12:17 AM (n3kHr)

205 119 And, can I ask y'all not to post songs as part of playlists? I want to hear the song *you* posted, not the next one, and I don't know how to stop it automatically playing. No, I won't log in, if that's required to stop the autoplay.

Please?
Posted by: GWB
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Comments or content? I try not to do that in the content. Wrong song played one night...pretended like nothing happened.
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2025 10:57 PM (41CYW)

Content. All of the above songs are playlists, including the mystery click. (Which is a great choice, btw.)

Posted by: GWB at July 15, 2025 12:18 AM (/nQF/)

206 The steam roller toy is awesome!

And Elon Musk thought he made the first toy flame-thrower.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 15, 2025 12:18 AM (HlyYF)

207 BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 12:14 AM (mlg/3)

This irritates me to no end. They protect these elite criminals, but the average joe gets prosecuted to hell and gone for lesser crimes.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 12:19 AM (sPQoU)

208 Content. All of the above songs are playlists, including the mystery click. (Which is a great choice, btw.)
Posted by: GWB
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to clean that up in the future - thinking I know why/how to rectify. I appreciate the heads up.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 12:20 AM (41CYW)

209 The repetition within the toddler "tongue twisters" was interesting.

Daughter #2 had an example of that. Our children's science museum is called Exploration Place.

She called it Eca-eca place.

We still call it that 23 years later!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 15, 2025 12:21 AM (HlyYF)

210 omit.

If you are a programmer writing comments or commit messages, this word is key. Explaining why something *isn't there* is the most valuable kind of comment, and without this four-letter word you would often be resorting to some prodigious periphrasis.

Another word that is often handy is "seldom."

I see neither of my favorites made the list!

Posted by: pjungwir at July 15, 2025 12:22 AM (q4wrI)

211 @LeadingReport
·
6m
BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
------------------------------

There's some Pubbies on that list.
They don't understand that Dershowitz, as replayed by MeAgain Kelly, gave them cover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:23 AM (Kq8pV)

212 Boxster convertible is my target now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:08 AM (viF8m)

Watch out for beautiful women!

Is the GTS the model with the Carrera engine?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 15, 2025 12:26 AM (0v3JH)

213 >>This irritates me to no end. They protect these elite criminals, but the average joe gets prosecuted to hell and gone for lesser crimes.

How does all this make you feel? Just because it isn't being reported in the clickbait media doesn't mean it isn't happening.

https://tinyurl.com/5fywevy8

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:28 AM (viF8m)

214 Well, I am off to the rack. Got to get an early one tomorrow. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2025 12:30 AM (OvO3C)

215 steatopygic.

Learned this year from The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. Look it up.

Posted by: pjungwir at July 15, 2025 12:31 AM (q4wrI)

216 I don't know exactly many 914-6s were built and imported, but , IIRC, it was well under 2000.

Chevy small block into an FJ40 was a classic swap. I helped a friend do it. I think it was advanced adapters that made the mounts and trans adapter SB350 and TH350.
60 pounds lighter, 80 more HP and milage went from 14 to 19.9

Posted by: buddhaha at July 15, 2025 12:34 AM (n3kHr)

217 steatopygic.

Learned this year from The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. Look it up.
Posted by: pjungwir at July 15, 2025 12:31 AM (q4wrI)
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Callipygic is better.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2025 12:34 AM (XZ5S6)

218
Alan Dershowitz giving Republicans, or any of the characters involved, cover from complicity.

youtu.be/cykkvQJ45R4?t=47

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (Kq8pV)

219 >>Is the GTS the model with the Carrera engine?

I don't know if it's identical but it's a 4 liter 6 clynder 394 hp monster. The Spyder RS is much faster but that thing is crazy expensive.

The GTS is more than enough for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (viF8m)

220 If you are a programmer writing comments or commit messages, this word is key. Explaining why something *isn't there* is the most valuable kind of comment, and without this four-letter word you would often be resorting to some prodigious periphrasis
-----

One of the most memorable comments that I ever encountered in some else's code, was in 6502 assembly language. I won't mention the product, but some of you who are over 29 would have used it.

At any rate, the comment pertained to a section of the code and read 'This is just too complicated to explain.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)

221 When I was little, my folks said I pronounced "Warner Brothers" as "Wanna Banos," (we lived a few miles from the studios,)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2025 12:37 AM (XZ5S6)

222 BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 12:14 AM (mlg/3)

This irritates me to no end. They protect these elite criminals, but the average joe gets prosecuted to hell and gone for lesser crimes.
Posted by: Joyenz
===

Yeah.
I'd let that flow.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2025 12:38 AM (/lPRQ)

223 Posted by: buddhaha at July 15, 2025 12:34 AM

Yes. Advanced Adapters sold kits for transplanting a SB350 into just about anything.

(XH was really into that stuff)

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

224 'This is just too complicated to explain.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:36
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I think that applies to trying to fold a fitted sheet also.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 12:40 AM (41CYW)

225 How does all this make you feel? Just because it isn't being reported in the clickbait media doesn't mean it isn't happening.

https://tinyurl.com/5fywevy8
Posted by: JackStraw a
============

He said, ordinary Joe's being prosecuted.
Apples and oranges. They are fired, boo hoo.
If the shoe is on the other foot there would be ten show trials with big names.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:40 AM (Kq8pV)

226 Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:28 AM (viF8m)

I'm glad they are getting purged. For the girls who were violated, I want the abusers named, shamed, arrested and prosecuted. I have little confidence in our government (R or D) to actually hold people accountable. I hope I am wrong and can celebrate prosecutions in the future.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 12:41 AM (sPQoU)

227 Hurdy Gurdy:

https://youtu.be/bvNZeh6f8vE?si=W6G4ZgYRYH_LpQM_

https://youtu.be/ypuaJLHK_LQ?si=443BlgUN2dvnujn5

The atmospheric thing for me to play while wearing my wendigo stilt costume.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 15, 2025 12:42 AM (lhenN)

228 So
this is the end
at last
All good things
end
including Mondays

'Til Tuesday, then, my friends

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that's a wrap at July 15, 2025 12:46 AM (+kBwA)

229 Dad had an old CJ series Jeep with a 283 and the starter had to be replaced. Regular 283 starter was too long, wouldn't fit.
Hauled it over to a shop that specialized in electrical systems.
It was a starter for an inboard/outboard motor, shorter and fatter.
Fit right in the slot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 12:46 AM (Kq8pV)

230 Uh, 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' - Donovan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHxfOZH8cew

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:46 AM (XeU6L)

231 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2025 11:03 PM (NFX2v)

What a wonderful family story!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 15, 2025 12:47 AM (Vvh2V)

232 Sorry I'm late, I was counting licks for a Tootsie Pop.
It's actually more than three.
Posted by: tankdemon

Gotta sharpen your beak a bit more, then.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 12:47 AM (DgGvY)

233 steatopygic.
Learned this year from The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. Look it up.
Posted by: pjungwir

Hard to rhyme, so it ain't in my rap.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at July 15, 2025 12:49 AM (DgGvY)

234 >>I'm glad they are getting purged. For the girls who were violated, I want the abusers named, shamed, arrested and prosecuted. I have little confidence in our government (R or D) to actually hold people accountable. I hope I am wrong and can celebrate prosecutions in the future.

6 months ago almost nobody here believed Trump was going to win and anyone would be purged. No body. I heard it daily.

What has happened over the last few months is probably the most remarkable turnaround in US history. It will be written about in history books long after all of are gone. And pretty much everyone here said none of this would ever happen.

Everyone needs to take a deep breathe and appreciate how far we've come in a few months and stop listening the clickbait idiots. It gets tiring hearing the same people who said Trump can't win now saying "Are we there yet?" over and over.

Have a bit of patience.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:49 AM (viF8m)

235 Good evening Horde. Well done Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - past my bedtime at July 15, 2025 12:51 AM (QATj/)

236 BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
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Awesome optics, guys

Posted by: Snoopy at July 15, 2025 12:52 AM (zLwRl)

237 Favorite Dino. Good evening.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 12:53 AM (41CYW)

238 Evenin’, All. Evenin’, Scampy.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 12:54 AM (77rzZ)

239 Hey Horde, how is everybody tonight?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 12:54 AM (0nHVk)

240 BREAKING: House Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.
--
Awesome optics, guys
Posted by: Snoopy

Republican voter: My guy doinked a 17-year-old? Woodchipper!!

Democrat voter: My guy doinked an 11-year-old? Can I still get muh 'bortions? Vote him back in!

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 12:55 AM (DgGvY)

241 'Evening, Bulg and DDS.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 12:56 AM (41CYW)

242 Hey Bulg, good to see you.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 12:58 AM (sPQoU)

243 Oy vey, the Epstein stuff. Where is an Assange or a Snowden when you need them?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:00 AM (77rzZ)

244 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 15, 2025 01:01 AM (SRRAx)

245 Everyone needs to take a deep breathe and appreciate how far we've come in a few months and stop listening the clickbait idiots. It gets tiring hearing the same people who said Trump can't win now saying "Are we there yet?" over and over.
-
Has it occurred to you that some of us are expressing our own opinions?

Everything you say that boils down to "better than anyone reasonably expected, or ever done" and I'll agree with you there.

The disconnect is that some of us are comparing the progress with what yet needs to be done (and noting with concern the signs that Trump's goals may fall far short of ours, see the deportation exemption for hotel workers and farm labor that keeps being floated, for example).

Posted by: Methos at July 15, 2025 01:02 AM (zLwRl)

246 Hey, Joyenz. Thank you, good to see you, too.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:02 AM (77rzZ)

247 There is a reason the magician’s assistant is such a beauty. Everything is to keep your eyes off what the magician is really doing! So guess who’s the magician?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2025 01:04 AM (l30Kj)

248 Hey, Teresa!

Now the party can REALLY start!

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:04 AM (77rzZ)

249 >>>President Trump on Sunday said he hopes a ceasefire deal in Gaza can be finalized within this week,
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Methinks Trump is being distracted from the reasons he was elected.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 01:06 AM (Kq8pV)

250 247 Is that an allusion to Pam Bondi?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:07 AM (77rzZ)

251 We live in aa time where a member of the current administration's says things like this:

"He said this guy didn't have the "b****" to be an ICE officer or a Border Patrol agent.

"This guy lives in his mother's basement," he declared. "The only thing that surprises me you don't have purple hair and a nose ring.

Get out of here, you loser! And hey, if you're such a badass, meet me offstage in 13 minutes and 50 seconds. I guarantee he sits down to pee."

Homan is a serious badass.

Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2025 01:07 AM (QB+5g)

252 Teresa in Fort Worth -
I’ve been praying for you, and I’ve got my prayer group to pray for you too!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2025 01:09 AM (l30Kj)

253 232 Gotta sharpen your beak a bit more, then.
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 12:47 AM (DgGvY)

I ran out of cuttlebone.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 15, 2025 01:09 AM (VSht7)

254 >>Has it occurred to you that some of us are expressing our own opinions?

Sure.

Has it occured to you I am too?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 01:09 AM (viF8m)

255 Zuckerberg - > "For our superintelligence effort, I'm focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry. We're also going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into compute to build superintelligence. We have the capital from our business to do this," Zuckerberg wrote in a post.

He continued, "We're actually building several multi-GW clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus...

Ruh Roh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 01:09 AM (Kq8pV)

256 Homan is a serious badass.
Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2025
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He is my favorite. No nonsense and allergic to dumbassery - which was the inspiration word for the underutilized word(s) section in the content.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 01:12 AM (41CYW)

257 There will always be a gap between what is attainable and what is desired.

It's like a law of thermodynamics or something.

Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2025 01:13 AM (QB+5g)

258 I was supposed to go to bed 10 minutes ago! I think I’ll go to bed now and see what the later comments were in the morning!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2025 01:13 AM (ZVgZ4)

259 >>>Trump's goals may fall far short of ours, see the deportation exemption for hotel workers and farm labor that keeps being floated, for example).
Posted by: Methos
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Or the lack of any Star Chamber prosecutions.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 01:13 AM (Kq8pV)

260
He continued, "We're actually building several multi-GW clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus...

Ruh Roh
Posted by: Braenyard

=============

Why not call it the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?

Or maybe Pandora's Box?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2025 01:14 AM (xp7+v)

261 Prometheus will rule us all, someday.

The first one who stops clapping after TJM’s speech had better beware.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:14 AM (77rzZ)

262 Have a bit of patience.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:49 AM (viF8m)

McCoy used to convict murderers based on the five-minute-timeframe memory Briscoe dug up from some vodka-sloaked slag about one unremarkable morning 20 years previously.

If you're saying TV has been lying to me all this time, I strongly beg you to reassert your position.

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2025 01:14 AM (LHaRB)

263 Mariners Pitcher the Big Dumper wins the Home Run Derby!

Whoofreakinghoo hoo

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:16 AM (mT+6a)

264 "He continued, "We're actually building several multi-GW clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus...
"

Oh good. He's going to let the super intelligences fight it out amongst themselves first to determine who rules them all.

Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2025 01:16 AM (QB+5g)

265 His dad was the pitcher and his little brother was behind the plate.

Fuck yeah!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:17 AM (mT+6a)

266 The first one who stops clapping after TJM’s speech had better beware.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:14 AM (77rzZ)

I would stop clapping about Prometheus just to avoid it being being presented to my horrified ocular faculties ever again.

Whatever the cost.

Posted by: far cry at July 15, 2025 01:18 AM (LHaRB)

267 the White House has now released a detailed list of changes within the processed food industrial complex — just ahead of a promised September revelation by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to identify the root cause of the autism epidemic.
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List: https://tinyurl.com/34mspapf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 01:19 AM (Kq8pV)

268 Evenin’, Nurse.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:20 AM (77rzZ)

269 At any rate, the comment pertained to a section of the code and read 'This is just too complicated to explain.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)

Long-winded way of saying 'job security'.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 01:20 AM (gKDq2)

270 the White House has now released a detailed list of changes within the processed food industrial complex — just ahead of a promised September revelation by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to identify the root cause of the autism epidemic.
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List: https://tinyurl.com/34mspapf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Some big names on that list. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 01:21 AM (41CYW)

271 >>If you're saying TV has been lying to me all this time, I strongly beg you to reassert your position.

Imagine how much this guy suffered waiting.

By the way, the what was me singing.

https://tinyurl.com/3rudup3y

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 01:21 AM (viF8m)

272 steatopygic.
Learned this year from The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. Look it up.
Posted by: pjungwir

To tie it to the Underutilized Word list in the content, steatopygic is a specific sort of zaftig.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 01:21 AM (DgGvY)

273 Has it occured to you I am too?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 01:09 AM (viF8m)

Why ask that?

I haven't accused you of letting clickbait idiots do your thinking for you.

Yes, by the way, that is my going assumption, given how well informed you generally are *and* seem not to following the NPC orders to insist that there was never any there there.

Posted by: Methos at July 15, 2025 01:23 AM (zLwRl)

274 He’s a SWITCH HITTING CATCHER!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:23 AM (mT+6a)

275 At any rate, the comment pertained to a section of the code and read 'This is just too complicated to explain.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer

"Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at July 15, 2025 01:24 AM (DgGvY)

276 He’s a SWITCH HITTING CATCHER!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Does he switch-catch to match the pitcher, too?

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 01:25 AM (DgGvY)

277 “Steatopygic” is not “zaftig.” It means having a specific type of abnormally fat ass.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:29 AM (77rzZ)

278 Since scampy and TRex are here maybe we could open up the bar. I miss Miklos, is he okay?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 01:30 AM (0nHVk)

279 Have a bit of patience.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 12:49 AM (viF8m)

Instant gratification.

It's very 21st Century.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 01:31 AM (gKDq2)

280 “Steatopygic” is not “zaftig.” It means having a specific type of abnormally fat ass.
Posted by: Bulg

Which is why I said "a specific sort of," not "a synonym for."

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 01:32 AM (DgGvY)

281 He’s a SWITCH HITTING CATCHER!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:23 AM (mT+6a)

Oh my.

Posted by: Barack Obama, America's favorite athlete at July 15, 2025 01:33 AM (LHaRB)

282 The Underutilized Word list has "widdershins," but not its antonym, "deisal." Word nerd fail!

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 01:34 AM (DgGvY)

283 281 He’s a SWITCH HITTING CATCHER!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:23 AM (mT+6a)

Oh my.
Posted by: Barack Obama, America's favorite athlete at July 15, 2025 01:33 AM (LHaRB)

Outta my way!

Posted by: Sulu at July 15, 2025 01:37 AM (+I6Y/)

284 283 281 He’s a SWITCH HITTING CATCHER!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 01:23 AM (mT+6a)

Oh my.
Posted by: Barack Obama, America's favorite athlete at July 15, 2025 01:33 AM (LHaRB)

Outta my way!
Posted by: Sulu
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I'm right behind you!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 15, 2025 01:37 AM (41CYW)

285 >>Why ask that?

Because you seem to feel that only your opinions matter.

We get bombarded here daily by opinions from "influencers" that turn out to be wrong.

And almost none of the people who post them ever stop for one second to look around at how incredibly different the country looks today from what it did 6 months ago or from what they predicted it would look like today after Harris won.

She got crushed. The country and for that matter the world looks complety different and it's far past time to stop whining about what hasn't happened yet and start appreciating how far we've come in 6 months.

We are curb stomping leftists every single day. If you can't see it that's not on me and I won't be sucked into the missery choir.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 01:41 AM (viF8m)

286 Warning: Don't look if you're sensitive to blood, injuries or hurt animals.

I will say this dog is a very good boy and better get steak for the rest of his life!

https://mol.im/a/14904191

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 01:41 AM (sPQoU)

287 The Underutilized Word list has "widdershins," but not its antonym, "deisal." Word nerd fail!
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2025 01:34 AM (DgGvY)

New words, no clue. Looked them up. Interesting definitions; had no idea but I guess it reflects a human fascination with our solar system and the stars beyond. But I think I've already forgotten the words themselves because I'll probably never use them. How many people can use 'tittup' in daily usage? I know that word because it's funny-sounding but I know I'll have a hard time uisng it anywhere. I'm not much into the Lipizzaners myself.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 01:43 AM (gKDq2)

288 280 “Steatopygic” and “zaftig” are not semantically akin in any way. The latter refers to Olga from Byelorussia in her dirndl. The former refers to…well, yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:44 AM (77rzZ)

289 G'night, Horde. DDS, you've got the bar - line 'em up. See you all tomorrow night.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 15, 2025 01:44 AM (41CYW)

290 End of night sock fail...again... damnit.

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 01:45 AM (41CYW)

291 Heh, Scampy. Good night. Sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:47 AM (77rzZ)

292 “Steatopygic” and “zaftig” are not semantically akin in any way. The latter refers to Olga from Byelorussia in her dirndl. The former refers to…well, yuck.
Posted by: Bulg

More for me, then. Aw, yeah.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at July 15, 2025 01:47 AM (DgGvY)

293 >>>The active confrontation began in Trump’s first term. He arrived in Washington, D.C., expecting to be the boss of the executive branch, probably because that’s what the Constitution says in Article 2, Section 1. He quickly found out otherwise. Everything he wanted to change was declared to be off-limits. So far as he could tell, the whole of the city agreed that the job was entirely ceremonial.

That did not sit well with him. The tradition in the deep state of ignoring the president unless he annoyed them rubbed him wrong. He finally got fed up with the plots, schemes, and attempts to undermine presidential authority – which he saw as like unto a CEO, but no one else agreed – that he decided to run a test. He fired James Comey as head of the FBI.
Washington freaked out.

https://tinyurl.com/5ttzvpsm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 01:48 AM (Kq8pV)

294 Word list misspelled "syzygy," twice, too. Forgot the first "y" both times. Scrabble nerd fail!

Posted by: mikeski must be bored at July 15, 2025 01:50 AM (DgGvY)

295 OK, G’night, All. Y’all sleep well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 01:51 AM (77rzZ)

296 Night Bulg, sleep well. You as well Scampy.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 01:53 AM (sPQoU)

297 Where there's bats, there's guano. Sorry to see the little bug-eaters lose their home.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 15, 2025 01:58 AM (mNhIh)

298 Night all. I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.

Don't forget the Axiom Splashdown

Approximately 2:31 a.m. PDT (5:31 a.m. EDT, 0931 UTC, 10:31 CEST) on Tuesday, July 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaK-tV3LbTc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 02:02 AM (sPQoU)

299 I used to know about yclept, but I'd forgotten it. One of my favorite moments reading Greek was coming across λεγόμενος and realizing that it meant "so-called".

Posted by: pjungwir at July 15, 2025 02:06 AM (q4wrI)

300 The lady of the house took an interest in the old Singers. She has three in her sewing room. One with only a top used as a table, one non working treadle and one working treadle. She seemed genuinely interested so I got her a Bernini, a very nice machine.

Posted by: Miflin at July 15, 2025 02:10 AM (aA6YN)

301 Where were you guys 15 years ago with the Epstein outrage and demands for a list and accountability?

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 02:12 AM (VofaG)

302 301 Where were you guys 15 years ago with the Epstein outrage and demands for a list and accountability?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 02:12 AM (VofaG)

Almost homeless due to Obunghole's roaring economy.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2025 02:27 AM (lPvx2)

303 Good night, scampy, I'll probably just close up early if my only customer is Mayor Pete.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 02:28 AM (0nHVk)

304
At any rate, the comment pertained to a section of the code and read 'This is just too complicated to explain.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)

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That IS a memorable comment. I don't want to be the guy who has to make a correction or change to that section of code.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 15, 2025 02:29 AM (wGK1C)

305 That IS a memorable comment. I don't want to be the guy who has to make a correction or change to that section of code.
Posted by: JM
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He was no longer with the company when that occured. I didn't know him really, but I was introduced to him at a cocktail party a few years later. I mentioned to him that I had found a bug in an 8080->6502 cross assembler that he had written. He never spoke to me again

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 02:35 AM (XeU6L)

306 At any rate, the comment pertained to a section of the code and read 'This is just too complicated to explain.'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 12:36 AM (XeU6L)
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An IBM'er told me years ago that when MVS first came out, at some point thereafter the system would fail under certain circumstances. When they found the pertinent code, the comments there said that the programmer had just been fired and he told his boss that he thinks that the code is insufficiently tested.

This is why I never jump to have the latest version of any OS, especially true for Windows.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 02:42 AM (3447G)

307 Last call, last call for alcohol!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 02:43 AM (0nHVk)

308
This is why I never jump to have the latest version of any OS, especially true for Windows.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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Prudent

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 02:44 AM (XeU6L)

309 Last call, last call for alcohol!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 02:43 AM (0nHVk)
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Mrs. BD and I went out last night for a good steak and wine dinner with very Russian friends of ours. Both steak and wine were excellent.

We drove them back to their vacation house up here in north Israel and they invited us in. The husband right away took out some salami and bourbon from him and me to enjoy for dessert.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 02:47 AM (3447G)

310 307 Last call, last call for alcohol

Make mine a double. And of course I'll pay cash for a Traveller as well.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 15, 2025 02:49 AM (eXRYf)

311 This is why I never jump to have the latest version of any OS, especially true for Windows.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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In devloping a product using a TI-7000 series uP, and their assembler, I found a bug in the assembler. I called TI, and eventually one of their software honcos called me back. When I eplained the problem, he replied, 'Impossible, that assembler has been out there for 4 years!'

The next day he called back, chagrined, 'Uh...you're right. It's a bug'. I pointed out to him that it was too bad that TI had turned down my job application. Best served cold...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 02:51 AM (XeU6L)

312 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 02:51 AM (XeU6L)
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honcos > honchos > nachos

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 02:53 AM (3447G)

313 honcos > honchos > nachos
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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It's 3:00 a.m. here, Mr. Dog. My brain and fingers is weary.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 02:55 AM (XeU6L)

314 Almost 10AM on a glorious Tuesday morning here. You have to get shuteye. I have to get some (more) work done.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 02:56 AM (3447G)

315 I bid you all good morning.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2025 03:01 AM (XeU6L)

316
You hear about the new fake "Superman" movie? People are saying it's meh, at best. Paid shills are all using the same phrasing in their fake praise: "a triumph, " and "it elicited tears from me."

But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

Totally Superman, right?

Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 15, 2025 03:01 AM (LKha0)

317 Almost 10AM on a glorious Tuesday morning here. You have to get shuteye. I have to get some (more) work done.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

What are you, in fucking Tonga?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 03:02 AM (mlg/3)

318 302 301 Where were you guys 15 years ago with the Epstein outrage and demands for a list and accountability?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 02:12 AM (VofaG)

Almost homeless due to Obunghole's roaring economy.
Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2025 02:27 AM (lPvx2)

This, absolutely. That asshole meant we had our forever house foreclosed. He will answer for that, someday. My fabulous garden all gone to shit. Never did get the kitchen done properly.

We overcame. But it wasn't much fun, and that asshole should suffer accordingly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 03:03 AM (1Gsou)

319 Meanwhile, at Casa tcn, we are smoking salmon and getting it ready for canning. Of course, we keep sampling the wares. Damn, that stuff is good. You gotta love a lifestyle that lets you harvest your own protein, clean and natural.

We will bring it to TxMoMe. Be there, or, you know, don't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 03:05 AM (1Gsou)

320 Good night, Horde, sweet dreams to you all, and Biden's Dog, you have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 03:10 AM (0nHVk)

321 What are you, in fucking Tonga?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 03:02 AM (mlg/3)
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No but I love their durable toys.

Oh.

Tonga.

Not... Tonka.
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NEVERMIND!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 03:13 AM (3447G)

322 'Nite, DDS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 03:13 AM (3447G)

323 Interesting. What took Blondi so long?!

unusual_whales
@unusual_whales
10h

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the DOJ's personal ethics adviser, Joseph Tirrell, after the Epstein files debacle, per POLITICO

The same day, Bondi fired 20 DOJ employees who were involved in prosecuting Trump.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 03:20 AM (3447G)

324 Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 15, 2025 03:01 AM (LKha0)

Sounds like a weird porno version.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2025 03:22 AM (lPvx2)

325 Finally home and I am beat. Left home yesterday at 1320 H rs

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2025 03:44 AM (+qU29)

326 Hey Skip, glad you're safe.

per zerohedge, the Ethics advisor and the twenty had been under investigation since February. I think he and the twenty were part of the Jack Smith coterie.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 04:06 AM (Kq8pV)

327 Hope everyone has a good morning..

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2025 04:12 AM (+qU29)

328 This is my question. If a poster on here was constantly being banned for bad behavior and so had to change their handle all the time, wouldn't you think they might consider going to another site to vent their spleen-umm -discuss their views- as the non splenetic ( Is that a word?) Whig suggested- on other sites you have to register or there are other safeguards against trolls?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2025 04:31 AM (2GCMq)

329 299 One of my favorite moments reading Greek was coming across λεγόμενος and realizing that it meant "so-called".
Posted by: pjungwir at July 15, 2025 02:06 AM (q4wrI)

Nice!

Posted by: m at July 15, 2025 04:43 AM (aURVT)

330 Pixy's up!

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