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De Children of De Night Cafe
and the taxi driver is actually fine with it. Not his first alpaca rodeo.
Michael Jackson as a playable character in Super Mario Bros. This is such a stupid but cash-grabby idea I'm kinda shocked that it isn't real.
This dog doesn't believe the accusations against MJ.
Surfing a big, big wave.
Cute puppers upstage each other. BTW, I only figured out recently that "upstage" has a very literal meaning -- when you step in front another performer to block them from the audience and appear bigger to the audience yourself, you're literally "up-staging" them, moving "up" on the stage to the front. Neat.
Baby goat is the last one out because he's got the littlest legs.
What these animal-serenaders don't want you to know is that just off-screen they have an entire bag overflowing with bananas.
A dog wishes his stuffed-puppy toy was a real puppy. (I can't stand behind that. I really don't know what this dog's mental state was.)
Gorilla wants to do gymnastics.
A story as old as time.
Rodeo girl goes HAM.
Finally there's a toy expensive enough that a cat will deign to play with it.
Cats want to "help" you sweep up their mess.
A kitten has found a way to play with your expensive furniture.
Cats will also play with your refrigerator. If it's expensive and it's Not a cat toy, they want to f*** with it.
Dog doesn't understand what a wedding is but she's very excited to be there.
Good boy is a big burden.
Happy dog.
Clapping for dogs as they arrive at doggy daycare.
What a glorious wolf howling ... pic.twitter.com/u3LqTRvJK8
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That costume..,🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/CVRYRPdhXx
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Today I learned that little tiny bat pacifiers exist. pic.twitter.com/Ma5l7PRBCq
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 07:50 PM (+qU29)
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Top ten
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at August 06, 2025 07:52 PM (lTTC7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 06, 2025 07:53 PM (i24o9)
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Catz
Posted by: Accomack at August 06, 2025 07:53 PM (JY+81)
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Big kitty cat!
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 07:54 PM (/sySz)
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That top pic is bearly believable.
Posted by: fd at August 06, 2025 07:54 PM (vFG9F)
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They are two cut puppies
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 07:55 PM (+qU29)
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Little girl can ride
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2025 07:56 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 07:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 07:57 PM (DgGvY)
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I'm surprised surfer dude can stay afloat with those moon size balls.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 07:57 PM (snZF9)
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What music they make!
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 06, 2025 07:58 PM (cduTK)
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WAY back, stages were slanted towards the back to help audiences see performances better. That's why the back of the stage is "upstage" and the front "downstage." Stepping in front of another actor puts that person "upstage." Bad form!
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 06, 2025 07:58 PM (f1o3Y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 07:58 PM (kkTda)
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That dog's name is Chuckie, I take it.
Posted by: Axeman at August 06, 2025 07:59 PM (Q4cxx)
Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 08:00 PM (DgGvY)
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Surfing is terrifying. Those people are crazy.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2025 08:00 PM (zYpTz)
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I think that dog in the slasher costume has been posted at least three or four times and it's still funny.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 06, 2025 08:00 PM (/y8xj)
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Berserker, after my throughly confusing the situation, where did we end up ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:01 PM (HFcKg)
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Guys, I don't think that top Pic is real.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 06, 2025 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
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There is a horse who knows his job very well, good boy!
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:01 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 08:02 PM (kkTda)
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Surfing is terrifying. Those people are crazy.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2025 08:00 PM
Then the Vietnamese must be the sanest people around, since Charlie don't surf!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2025 08:00 PM
Then the Vietnamese must be the sanest people around, since Charlie don't surf!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 08:02 PM (0sNs1)
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A barrel racer can really put the squeeze on you, or so I've heard.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 08:04 PM (0sNs1)
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Mexico Publicly Rejects Trade Talks with Canada.
Bad news when even Mexico thinks you're lame and your feet stink. DJT should raise Canada's tariff rate to 50%.
Bad news when even Mexico thinks you're lame and your feet stink. DJT should raise Canada's tariff rate to 50%.
Posted by: mrp at August 06, 2025 08:04 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 08:05 PM (kkTda)
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You know, when i saw that 'Gorilla wants to do gymnastics link' I thought it was another men in women's sports story.
Posted by: Nelly at August 06, 2025 08:06 PM (cHLus)
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As the poor unfortunate woman from Massachusetts found out, bats will fly into your mouth when you are on vacation abroad, costing you a five-figure bill. The woman will be lucky to survive in one piece. Who knows what kind of bacteria, virii, fungi flourish on bats in normal times-then throw in Chinese labs and the sky's the limit. Stay away!
Posted by: Penguin Pete at August 06, 2025 08:06 PM (G5+As)
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Not going g to comment on the barrel racing .
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:06 PM (HFcKg)
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We'll all be planning that route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxing down our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone for the summer
We're on surfari to stay
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A!
We'll all be planning that route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxing down our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone for the summer
We're on surfari to stay
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 08:07 PM (0sNs1)
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29 Not going g to comment on the barrel racing .
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025
Want me to? Beyond what I said? Lol.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025
Want me to? Beyond what I said? Lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:08 PM (p4NUW)
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Not going g to comment on the barrel racing .
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:06 PM (HFcKg)
________
Come on, we want to hear it.
Not going g to comment on the barrel racing .
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:06 PM (HFcKg)
________
Come on, we want to hear it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 08:08 PM (kkTda)
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No Dildo cafe ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 06, 2025 08:08 PM (WF/xn)
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One of the greatest instances of upstaging I ever heard of, featuring Tallulah Bankhead and a champagne glass.
https://tinyurl.com/yp5mb5mz
I also vaguely recall reading about another trick once carried off in a stage play - I regret that I do not recall the play or the players - involving some stage hands who had grown weary of the self-centered antics of the play's star. As I remember the story, the woman was supposed to throw herself off a building. The set toward the back of the stage was made to look like a balcony with a "wall", which rose eight or nine feet
from the stage floor. The stage hands secretly removed the stack of mattresses that was supposed to cushion the diva's fall, and replaced it with...a trampoline.
https://tinyurl.com/yp5mb5mz
I also vaguely recall reading about another trick once carried off in a stage play - I regret that I do not recall the play or the players - involving some stage hands who had grown weary of the self-centered antics of the play's star. As I remember the story, the woman was supposed to throw herself off a building. The set toward the back of the stage was made to look like a balcony with a "wall", which rose eight or nine feet
from the stage floor. The stage hands secretly removed the stack of mattresses that was supposed to cushion the diva's fall, and replaced it with...a trampoline.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (mADJX)
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wolf vid won't play
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (AOsQT)
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Piper, go ahead. You have piqued my interest.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (HFcKg)
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Belgian tranny gets the shit beat out of him by Muslim immigrants, gets a preview of where "Queers for Palestine" ends up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (qpyNK)
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Hadrian, you deal with dogs everyday. Look at that horses eye in the first frame and tell me what you see.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (HFcKg)
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TRUMP!
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at August 06, 2025 08:11 PM (LMx3t)
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The stage hands secretly removed the stack of mattresses that was supposed to cushion the diva's fall, and replaced it with...a trampoline.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (mADJX)
_________
Supposedly, it was Puccini's Tosca. A variation of the story is that the mattress was full of feathers, which exploded when the soprano fell on it. So she had to come out for her curtain call covered in feathers.
The stage hands secretly removed the stack of mattresses that was supposed to cushion the diva's fall, and replaced it with...a trampoline.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (mADJX)
_________
Supposedly, it was Puccini's Tosca. A variation of the story is that the mattress was full of feathers, which exploded when the soprano fell on it. So she had to come out for her curtain call covered in feathers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 08:12 PM (kkTda)
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Piper, go ahead. You have piqued my interest.
Posted by: Ben Had
Barrel racing is like cutting horses. Get on, hang on, & don't fall off. The horse will do the rest.
Posted by: Ben Had
Barrel racing is like cutting horses. Get on, hang on, & don't fall off. The horse will do the rest.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:12 PM (iU+/7)
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Belgian tranny gets the shit beat out of him by Muslim immigrants, gets a preview of where "Queers for Palestine" ends up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM
Was s/he Flemish or a Walloon?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM
Was s/he Flemish or a Walloon?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 08:12 PM (0sNs1)
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That surfer is a crazy bastard.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 06, 2025 08:14 PM (dR6yv)
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Look at that horses eye in the first frame and tell me what you see.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (HFcKg)
________
AI?
Look at that horses eye in the first frame and tell me what you see.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (HFcKg)
________
AI?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 06, 2025 08:14 PM (kkTda)
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40 Supposedly, it was Puccini's Tosca. A variation of the story is that the mattress was full of feathers, which exploded when the soprano fell on it. So she had to come out for her curtain call covered in feathers. - Hadrian the Seventh
Hilarious either way!
Hilarious either way!
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:15 PM (mADJX)
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rickb223, I've had people that think that's how it works! Short lived association.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:15 PM (HFcKg)
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Look at that horses eye in the first frame and tell me what you see.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (HFcKg)
________
AI?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I could be wrong and probably am, but it looked like race horses being loaded into the starting gate. They wanted to run.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:10 PM (HFcKg)
________
AI?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I could be wrong and probably am, but it looked like race horses being loaded into the starting gate. They wanted to run.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (iU+/7)
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I am reading the USCG report Anna Puma brought up in the last thread about the Titan implosion.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (KmQuH)
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Guys, I don't think that top Pic is real.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Based on the knowledge gained during a film project about ursine/human reactions, I would tend to agree. It is clear that the hoaxer was attempting to portray a Grizzly's tea party, and it is self-evident that it thus cannot be genuine. Grizzlies observe the ritual of High Tea with great devotion, and the absence of cucumber sandwiches and biscuits in the image, as well as minimal doily presence, are what condemns this as a failed effort. Although it may be a nouveau riche Kodiak Grizzly, I suppose. Werner is still not buying it.
Ach.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Based on the knowledge gained during a film project about ursine/human reactions, I would tend to agree. It is clear that the hoaxer was attempting to portray a Grizzly's tea party, and it is self-evident that it thus cannot be genuine. Grizzlies observe the ritual of High Tea with great devotion, and the absence of cucumber sandwiches and biscuits in the image, as well as minimal doily presence, are what condemns this as a failed effort. Although it may be a nouveau riche Kodiak Grizzly, I suppose. Werner is still not buying it.
Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at August 06, 2025 08:17 PM (UFs3G)
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I hope that top picture is AI or Photoshop.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:17 PM (xXxgc)
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For those of that need a daily dose of otters.
Check out the new Scottish paper money...
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Or you can duck duck go "new scottish paper notes"
Check out the new Scottish paper money...
https://is.gd/AqW0R2
Or you can duck duck go "new scottish paper notes"
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (QcUc+)
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Kitteh is having nothing to do with Doggie Chuckie.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (JvZF+)
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rickb223 a horse that enjoys it's job always has a very soft eye. Look again.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (HFcKg)
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How old is time?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: javems at August 06, 2025 08:20 PM (8I4hW)
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53 rickb223 a horse that enjoys it's job always has a very soft eye. Look again.
Posted by: Ben Had
I wasn't pleased that he had to two hand hold that horse's bit at the nouth to make it behave. Made me think that was a very aggressive bit. Cruel.
If the horse is happy and want to do the job, it'll do it with no bit, just reins on the neck. Hard eye for certain, Ben Had.
Makes me wanna introduce a riding crop to the Dad.
Posted by: Ben Had
I wasn't pleased that he had to two hand hold that horse's bit at the nouth to make it behave. Made me think that was a very aggressive bit. Cruel.
If the horse is happy and want to do the job, it'll do it with no bit, just reins on the neck. Hard eye for certain, Ben Had.
Makes me wanna introduce a riding crop to the Dad.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 06, 2025 08:21 PM (QcUc+)
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How old is time?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM
Does anyone really care?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM
Does anyone really care?
Posted by: Chicago at August 06, 2025 08:22 PM (0sNs1)
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Upstaging is not stepping in front. It is moving upstage (away from the audience) forcing the actor addressing you to face away from the audience.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 06, 2025 08:22 PM (WvZaB)
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Bif, A+ on your evaluation skills.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:23 PM (HFcKg)
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rickb223 a horse that enjoys it's job always has a very soft eye. Look again.
Posted by: Ben Had
It looked spooked.
Posted by: Ben Had
It looked spooked.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:24 PM (iU+/7)
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54 How old is time?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (63Dwl)
Oh, 'bout that old, I'd say.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (63Dwl)
Oh, 'bout that old, I'd say.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 06, 2025 08:24 PM (1Gsou)
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Berserker, after my throughly confusing the situation, where did we end up ?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:01 PM (HFcKg)
I need you to email me details about the alternative place you told me about. I mentioned it to Mrs B but she had...ideas.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:01 PM (HFcKg)
I need you to email me details about the alternative place you told me about. I mentioned it to Mrs B but she had...ideas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 08:24 PM (snZF9)
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A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:27 PM (mADJX)
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The dog with the stuffed animal friend reminded me of the only dog I ever had. Every time I see a samoyed it brings back memories. I actually found his brass license collar tag not that long ago while unpacking some things from the move, its actually sitting right on the base of my monitor. 37 years later I still miss him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 08:28 PM (snZF9)
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A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco
Yes.
Posted by: Paco
Yes.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:29 PM (iU+/7)
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A mule has a higher sense of self preservation. They won't put up with some of the things a horse will endure.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:29 PM (HFcKg)
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Heh. When I was a kid, we had a tomcat who'd get upside down underneath the couch like the cat in the expensive furniture vid.
"Rip rip rip rip rip" as he'd go scooting around using the under covering of the couch to pull himself around. Much hilarity ensued when he launched out from underneath and grabbed my aunt around her bare ankles. And by that, I mean screaming.
"Rip rip rip rip rip" as he'd go scooting around using the under covering of the couch to pull himself around. Much hilarity ensued when he launched out from underneath and grabbed my aunt around her bare ankles. And by that, I mean screaming.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:31 PM (/HDaX)
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65 Yes - rickb223
Thanks. That was succinct and to the point. I now consider the science settled.
Thanks. That was succinct and to the point. I now consider the science settled.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:32 PM (mADJX)
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I am reading the USCG report Anna Puma brought up in the last thread about the Titan implosion.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (KmQuH)
I stopped paying attention to safety when told they were using some gamer joystick to operate the vessel. It was evolution in action after that.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (KmQuH)
I stopped paying attention to safety when told they were using some gamer joystick to operate the vessel. It was evolution in action after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:33 PM (8avO+)
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A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Francis at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (4REz7)
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Heh. When I was a kid, we had a tomcat who'd get upside down underneath the couch like the cat in the expensive furniture vid.
"Rip rip rip rip rip" as he'd go scooting around using the under covering of the couch to pull himself around. Much hilarity ensued when he launched out from underneath and grabbed my aunt around her bare ankles. And by that, I mean screaming.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:31 PM (/HDaX)
I've had several cats do that, and with box springs on a bed too. I got rid of my recliner when cats started going under it while was reclined, trapping me on top.
"Rip rip rip rip rip" as he'd go scooting around using the under covering of the couch to pull himself around. Much hilarity ensued when he launched out from underneath and grabbed my aunt around her bare ankles. And by that, I mean screaming.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:31 PM (/HDaX)
I've had several cats do that, and with box springs on a bed too. I got rid of my recliner when cats started going under it while was reclined, trapping me on top.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (8avO+)
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The bear is either photoshopped or taxidermied!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 06, 2025 08:35 PM (pzV54)
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A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:27 PM
In my (limited) experience, yes. Beyond being more cautious, which I've experienced, I've heard that you can put three days of feed out for a mule, and it will take three days to eat it. Do the same for a horse, and it will eat more than it should, and bloat. Ben Had may be able to testify to the veracity or lack thereof of that.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:27 PM
In my (limited) experience, yes. Beyond being more cautious, which I've experienced, I've heard that you can put three days of feed out for a mule, and it will take three days to eat it. Do the same for a horse, and it will eat more than it should, and bloat. Ben Had may be able to testify to the veracity or lack thereof of that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 08:35 PM (0sNs1)
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66 A mule has a higher sense of self preservation. They won't put up with some of the things a horse will endure. - Ben Had
That makes sense.
That makes sense.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:36 PM (mADJX)
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A new AoS, quote is born. Francis, you ass!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:36 PM (HFcKg)
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Upstaging is not stepping in front. It is moving upstage (away from the audience) forcing the actor addressing you to face away from the audience.
Both are forms of upstaging.
Both are forms of upstaging.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at August 06, 2025 08:36 PM (f1o3Y)
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36 Piper, go ahead. You have piqued my interest.
Posted by: Ben Had
The horse is not being ridden. He is anticipating what is going to happen, someone else hyped him up before they plopped the little girl on top of him. He is older, he moves stiffly. He knows his job, probably has done it longer than the girl has been alive, he does it despite her, despite being too stiff to really be out there past trotting around the barrels, but he is not happy about it. The hat she drops is not because the horse is upset about it, it’s because she can’t see, she is too terrified to take her hands off the reins. He takes the 3rd barrel pretty wide, not sure if that is because he is listening to her cues right at that moment with her reins or it’s because she has no outside leg to put on him, I mean she is spurring the poor guy away but not really using a leg cue that I can see- inside or outside leg. In the end she whacks - 3 times, which is the max you can use a crop in eventing, but that is because she immediately says whoa right after the go go go. The horse is annoyed as hades. He is a good boy, because he put up with the nonsense, but he is going to need banamine and bute. More bute.
Posted by: Ben Had
The horse is not being ridden. He is anticipating what is going to happen, someone else hyped him up before they plopped the little girl on top of him. He is older, he moves stiffly. He knows his job, probably has done it longer than the girl has been alive, he does it despite her, despite being too stiff to really be out there past trotting around the barrels, but he is not happy about it. The hat she drops is not because the horse is upset about it, it’s because she can’t see, she is too terrified to take her hands off the reins. He takes the 3rd barrel pretty wide, not sure if that is because he is listening to her cues right at that moment with her reins or it’s because she has no outside leg to put on him, I mean she is spurring the poor guy away but not really using a leg cue that I can see- inside or outside leg. In the end she whacks - 3 times, which is the max you can use a crop in eventing, but that is because she immediately says whoa right after the go go go. The horse is annoyed as hades. He is a good boy, because he put up with the nonsense, but he is going to need banamine and bute. More bute.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:36 PM (pZEOD)
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I am reading the USCG report Anna Puma brought up in the last thread about the Titan implosion.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (KmQuH)
I stopped paying attention to safety when told they were using some gamer joystick to operate the vessel. It was evolution in action after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:33 PM (8avO+)
Darwin award at it's finest. I wouldn't have cruised the neighbors pool with that thing.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 08:16 PM (KmQuH)
I stopped paying attention to safety when told they were using some gamer joystick to operate the vessel. It was evolution in action after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:33 PM (8avO+)
Darwin award at it's finest. I wouldn't have cruised the neighbors pool with that thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 08:37 PM (snZF9)
79
A kitten has found a way to play with your expensive furniture.
That thing moves like a fuzzy little xenomorph.
That thing moves like a fuzzy little xenomorph.
Posted by: Yukon Cornelius at August 06, 2025 08:37 PM (Wnv9h)
80
A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Francis
Don't argue with a talking mule. You can't win.
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Francis
Don't argue with a talking mule. You can't win.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:37 PM (iU+/7)
81
Damn it! Off cartoon sock!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 06, 2025 08:37 PM (Wnv9h)
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A question for you horse fans. I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Francis at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (4REz7)
It certainly was commonly accepted when mules and horses were working animals rather than mostly pets.
I've read a lot of Civil War stuff and the sentiment about their horses is notably subdued and usually they credit them with a smooth gait so they could nap in the saddle more than the kind of swooning over the horse like medieval romances did.
Posted by: Paco
You betcher ass it's true.
Posted by: Francis at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (4REz7)
It certainly was commonly accepted when mules and horses were working animals rather than mostly pets.
I've read a lot of Civil War stuff and the sentiment about their horses is notably subdued and usually they credit them with a smooth gait so they could nap in the saddle more than the kind of swooning over the horse like medieval romances did.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:38 PM (8avO+)
83
Also, Ben Had, I do not know anything about barrel racing, so my cueing thoughts could be out in left field.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:38 PM (pZEOD)
84
Piper, go ahead. I am interested.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:38 PM (HFcKg)
85
I am reading the USCG report Anna Puma brought up in the last thread about the Titan implosion.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob
Titan: The Ocean Gate Disaster on NetFlix.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob
Titan: The Ocean Gate Disaster on NetFlix.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:39 PM (iU+/7)
86
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially begins process of removing Dem lawmakers from office who broke quorum, blocked a vote on redistricting and fled to Illinois. Let’s Go!!!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (iU+/7)
87
I don't think we want to do Barrel racing around these parts.
Posted by: RickZ at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (gKDq2)
88
84, look up. I used all my characters so had to stop talking. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (pZEOD)
89
I'll re-post from previous thread.
To save money, the Titan submersible was stored outside in 2022 during a Canadian winter.
To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
To save money, the Titan submersible was stored outside in 2022 during a Canadian winter.
To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (xXxgc)
90
I do not know why but Portugal gets some of the most incredible waves in the world, terrifyingly gigantic, world record sized ones.
When they were filming the Master & Commander movie, the director took a film crew around the cape to get footage of the actual seas and ended up not using it because "nobody would believe that the ocean can be like that"
When they were filming the Master & Commander movie, the director took a film crew around the cape to get footage of the actual seas and ended up not using it because "nobody would believe that the ocean can be like that"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (dfIr7)
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Piper, let me put it this way. You have ridden enough dressage to understand the mechanics of movement. Holds true for all diciplines.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (HFcKg)
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Four instead of 18?
Yeah, these people had only a hazy idea of how dangerous what they were doing was, didn't they?
Yeah, these people had only a hazy idea of how dangerous what they were doing was, didn't they?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 06, 2025 08:43 PM (v4ljX)
93
I've had several cats do that, and with box springs on a bed too. I got rid of my recliner when cats started going under it while was reclined, trapping me on top.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (8avO+)
Thankfully we managed to train the latest crop of cats not to get underneath the recliners lest they be crushed.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:34 PM (8avO+)
Thankfully we managed to train the latest crop of cats not to get underneath the recliners lest they be crushed.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:43 PM (/HDaX)
94
Gorilla wants to do gymnastics.
I saw Gorilla Gymnastics open for Elephant Gym at the Minnesota Zoo's Wild Nights 2024.
https://youtu.be/DEkTjAbeIDI
Today I learned that little tiny bat pacifiers exist.
I've never seen the Bat Pacifiers play live, but I assume they'd open for a jammie band.
I saw Gorilla Gymnastics open for Elephant Gym at the Minnesota Zoo's Wild Nights 2024.
https://youtu.be/DEkTjAbeIDI
Today I learned that little tiny bat pacifiers exist.
I've never seen the Bat Pacifiers play live, but I assume they'd open for a jammie band.
Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 08:43 PM (DgGvY)
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I am reading the USCG report Anna Puma brought up in the last thread about the Titan implosion.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob
-----
Titan: The Ocean Gate Disaster on NetFlix.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:39 PM (iU+/7)
I may be 29 now but even as a kid, some things sounded stupid.
Going down that deep in an unproven tube?
All I can say is they may have had a very brief moment of panic. Which is better than some endings.
Every freaking page makes me want to puke. These people (all of them) couldn't sharpen a pencil with a pen knife without needing stitches, but they can write a 335 page report telling you how to do it.
Posted by: bob
-----
Titan: The Ocean Gate Disaster on NetFlix.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 08:39 PM (iU+/7)
I may be 29 now but even as a kid, some things sounded stupid.
Going down that deep in an unproven tube?
All I can say is they may have had a very brief moment of panic. Which is better than some endings.
Posted by: RickZ at August 06, 2025 08:43 PM (gKDq2)
96
"Rip rip rip rip rip" as he'd go scooting around using the under covering of the couch to pull himself around. Much hilarity ensued when he launched out from underneath and grabbed my aunt around her bare ankles. And by that, I mean screaming.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:31 PM (/HDaX)
When I was a kid we had a cat Tigger who figured to use a new rocker chair (think a recliner but springs on the bottom instead of reclining) as a means to request going out. Since Mom responded instantly to scratching the chair, it worked well. But we found that he was clever enough to reach through the weave of the back and pluck the internal backing with the claws. Made lots of noise but no visible damage.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:31 PM (/HDaX)
When I was a kid we had a cat Tigger who figured to use a new rocker chair (think a recliner but springs on the bottom instead of reclining) as a means to request going out. Since Mom responded instantly to scratching the chair, it worked well. But we found that he was clever enough to reach through the weave of the back and pluck the internal backing with the claws. Made lots of noise but no visible damage.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:44 PM (8avO+)
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I have heard two people, both of whom have been around horses and ridden them all their lives, tell me that mules are smarter than horses. Is this true?
Horses are really stupid except at being horses. That is any task except running, jumping, chewing things, etc they are lousy at. But when it comes to figuring out ways to escape a pen and such they can be really clever.
Mules are just smarter overall. I like Donkeys better, though. They are sweet natured and gentle and kind but just as clever.
Horses are really stupid except at being horses. That is any task except running, jumping, chewing things, etc they are lousy at. But when it comes to figuring out ways to escape a pen and such they can be really clever.
Mules are just smarter overall. I like Donkeys better, though. They are sweet natured and gentle and kind but just as clever.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:44 PM (dfIr7)
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My 77 is the summary, not sure if you saw it, Ben Had.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:45 PM (pZEOD)
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Let me put it this way, these guys were not like the test pilots of the late 40s and early 50s, who knew how dangerous it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 06, 2025 08:45 PM (v4ljX)
100
Christopher Taylor. Wow. That is quite a summation on the nature of the horse.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:46 PM (HFcKg)
101
I do not know why but Portugal gets some of the most incredible waves in the world, terrifyingly gigantic, world record sized ones.
When they were filming the Master & Commander movie, the director took a film crew around the cape to get footage of the actual seas and ended up not using it because "nobody would believe that the ocean can be like that"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (dfIr7)
In the South Seas it could be a real danger that when running in heavy seas, the trough is deep enough to becalm the ship and have it crushed by the next wave. And square rigged ship masts were very tall.
When they were filming the Master & Commander movie, the director took a film crew around the cape to get footage of the actual seas and ended up not using it because "nobody would believe that the ocean can be like that"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (dfIr7)
In the South Seas it could be a real danger that when running in heavy seas, the trough is deep enough to becalm the ship and have it crushed by the next wave. And square rigged ship masts were very tall.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:46 PM (8avO+)
102
I mentioned it to Mrs B but she had...ideas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 08:24 PM (snZF9)
=====
You let your wife have ideas? You shouldn't do that. Mrs. F. knows that I'm the idea guy in this family.
/sneaks Oreo
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 08:24 PM (snZF9)
=====
You let your wife have ideas? You shouldn't do that. Mrs. F. knows that I'm the idea guy in this family.
/sneaks Oreo
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 06, 2025 08:48 PM (JvZF+)
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Piper, I just read it. A+ for you too.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:49 PM (HFcKg)
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I do not know why but Portugal gets some of the most incredible waves in the world, terrifyingly gigantic, world record sized ones.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (dfIr7)
The Bay of Biscay nearby (off of north coast of spain, lower half of the east coast of France) was notorious for choppy, nasty seas too
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:42 PM (dfIr7)
The Bay of Biscay nearby (off of north coast of spain, lower half of the east coast of France) was notorious for choppy, nasty seas too
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:49 PM (8avO+)
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When I was a kid we had a cat Tigger who figured to use a new rocker chair
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (/HDaX)
106
Ben Had - did you get my email?
You don't have to reply an email yet, I'm just checking to see if it went through.
You don't have to reply an email yet, I'm just checking to see if it went through.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (144I4)
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I am not if this one video clip had been released before about the implosion of Titan but geez.
Stckton-Rush's wife I think is identified on the mothership, sitting as Titan dives. As she is talking to someone else you audibly hear a low 'boom.'
That was Titan imploding. They literally heard it.
Stckton-Rush's wife I think is identified on the mothership, sitting as Titan dives. As she is talking to someone else you audibly hear a low 'boom.'
That was Titan imploding. They literally heard it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:52 PM (xXxgc)
108
103 yay!
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:52 PM (pZEOD)
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haffhowershower, I did and I will respond shortly. So glad that you are going to join in the fun.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:53 PM (HFcKg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 06, 2025 08:53 PM (JvZF+)
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"100 Christopher Taylor. Wow. That is quite a summation on the nature of the horse.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:46 PM (HFcKg)"
***backs away slowly***
See all y'all later.
***runs***
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:46 PM (HFcKg)"
***backs away slowly***
See all y'all later.
***runs***
Posted by: browndog wide eyed at August 06, 2025 08:53 PM (TTAGa)
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To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (xXxgc)
It's not like they had to bang out 20 of these things a day. They only built one, didn't they?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (xXxgc)
It's not like they had to bang out 20 of these things a day. They only built one, didn't they?
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 06, 2025 08:54 PM (144I4)
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Evening, Horde...How goes it?
I really appreciate all the thoughtful prayers and emails that have been sent my way.
I know I'm in God's hands right now.
You all are the best!
I really appreciate all the thoughtful prayers and emails that have been sent my way.
I know I'm in God's hands right now.
You all are the best!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 08:54 PM (IBQGV)
114
There is an undersea canyon that narrows as it approaches Navarre. That shape funnels the wave energy.
Posted by: Accomack at August 06, 2025 08:54 PM (4WaNv)
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When I was a kid we had a cat Tigger who figured to use a new rocker chair
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (/HDaX)
When one of our cats when I was small had kittens Mom decided to let us kids name them since there were 6 of us. There was a Tigger and Little Tigger. And a Horatio Orange Ear which probably was a Horatia now that I know cat color genetics better.
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (/HDaX)
When one of our cats when I was small had kittens Mom decided to let us kids name them since there were 6 of us. There was a Tigger and Little Tigger. And a Horatio Orange Ear which probably was a Horatia now that I know cat color genetics better.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:55 PM (8avO+)
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browndog, come back!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:56 PM (HFcKg)
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That is quite a summation on the nature of the horse.
Just my experiences with them.
In the South Seas it could be a real danger that when running in heavy seas, the trough is deep enough to becalm the ship and have it crushed by the next wave. And square rigged ship masts were very tall.
In Desolation Island, Patrick O'Brian tells the story of a running battle between two ships around Cape Horn of Africa where the waves are so huge that one ship was on the rising side of the trough and the other behind it on the descending side. Full size warships.
He based all of his stories on actual ship's logs and wrote that he had to not use some because there was just no way anyone would believe them.
Just my experiences with them.
In the South Seas it could be a real danger that when running in heavy seas, the trough is deep enough to becalm the ship and have it crushed by the next wave. And square rigged ship masts were very tall.
In Desolation Island, Patrick O'Brian tells the story of a running battle between two ships around Cape Horn of Africa where the waves are so huge that one ship was on the rising side of the trough and the other behind it on the descending side. Full size warships.
He based all of his stories on actual ship's logs and wrote that he had to not use some because there was just no way anyone would believe them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:57 PM (dfIr7)
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I've heard that you can put three days of feed out for a mule, and it will take three days to eat it. Do the same for a horse, and it will eat more than it should, and bloat. -
Never owned a mule. But I would doubt any equine would not be a glutton for grain.
I take that back! There is 1 horse. 1 little roany pony in Texas. The rest are eating until they colic.
Never owned a mule. But I would doubt any equine would not be a glutton for grain.
I take that back! There is 1 horse. 1 little roany pony in Texas. The rest are eating until they colic.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 08:58 PM (pZEOD)
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When I was a kid we had a cat Tigger who figured to use a new rocker chair
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (/HDaX)
One of Nelsons early exploits was to use a second French vessel as a bridge to get to the one he really wanted to take. Boarded one thru the gunports IIRC
Must be something about the name. This cat's mother was named Tigger.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 06, 2025 08:51 PM (/HDaX)
One of Nelsons early exploits was to use a second French vessel as a bridge to get to the one he really wanted to take. Boarded one thru the gunports IIRC
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 08:59 PM (8avO+)
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To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The bolts were just for alignment. Water pressure will hold it on. Duh.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The bolts were just for alignment. Water pressure will hold it on. Duh.
Posted by: Oceangate Engineering at August 06, 2025 09:00 PM (DgGvY)
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For those of that need a daily dose of otters.
Check out the new Scottish paper money...
https://is.gd/AqW0R2
Or you can duck duck go "new scottish paper notes"
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (QcUc+)
Ach! It's otterly crap!
Ah, it's Scottish then? Feen, it's alright then.
Check out the new Scottish paper money...
https://is.gd/AqW0R2
Or you can duck duck go "new scottish paper notes"
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 06, 2025 08:18 PM (QcUc+)
Ach! It's otterly crap!
Ah, it's Scottish then? Feen, it's alright then.
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 06, 2025 09:00 PM (144I4)
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116 browndog, come back!
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:56 PM (HFcKg)
... I don't see any blood ... yet ...
Howdy {{{Ben}}}
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 08:56 PM (HFcKg)
... I don't see any blood ... yet ...
Howdy {{{Ben}}}
Posted by: browndog wide eyed at August 06, 2025 09:00 PM (TTAGa)
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He based all of his stories on actual ship's logs and wrote that he had to not use some because there was just no way anyone would believe them.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:57 PM (dfIr7)
In "Glory" the producers had Colonel Shaw die outside the fort wall since it was too "Hollywood" to have him scale the berm and get inside .... as he actually did.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 08:57 PM (dfIr7)
In "Glory" the producers had Colonel Shaw die outside the fort wall since it was too "Hollywood" to have him scale the berm and get inside .... as he actually did.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:01 PM (8avO+)
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One of Nelsons early exploits was to use a second French vessel as a bridge to get to the one he really wanted to take. Boarded one thru the gunports IIRC
Nelson's Bridge or Nelsons Patented Bridge as the wags of the day put it. I don't know if he was just lucky or crazy or incredibly skilled or intuitive but he was all that is man when it came to fighting a ship. And he lived in the era of Cockram who had some even more incredible feats.
That scene in the book Master and Commander where Aubrey defeats the Cacafuego, a ship like 10 times the size of his little brig? Cockram really did it.
Nelson's Bridge or Nelsons Patented Bridge as the wags of the day put it. I don't know if he was just lucky or crazy or incredibly skilled or intuitive but he was all that is man when it came to fighting a ship. And he lived in the era of Cockram who had some even more incredible feats.
That scene in the book Master and Commander where Aubrey defeats the Cacafuego, a ship like 10 times the size of his little brig? Cockram really did it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:02 PM (dfIr7)
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browndog, individual experiences tend to taint opinion . Those dumb horses have kept a roof over my head for 50+ years so I see things a little differently.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:03 PM (HFcKg)
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To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The bolts were just for alignment. Water pressure will hold it on. Duh.
Posted by: Oceangate Engineering at August 06, 2025 09:00 PM (DgGvY)
They also keep the metal of the hatch cover from deforming enough to let the water in.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The bolts were just for alignment. Water pressure will hold it on. Duh.
Posted by: Oceangate Engineering at August 06, 2025 09:00 PM (DgGvY)
They also keep the metal of the hatch cover from deforming enough to let the water in.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:03 PM (8avO+)
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>>> Family attempts to load their alpaca into a taxi in Peruvia (a little known country first documented by race-hustler imbecile Touré and the taxi driver is actually fine with it. Not his first alpaca rodeo.
Looks like they are trying to load that child into a bear.
and the taxi driver is actually fine with it. Not his first alpaca rodeo.
Looks like they are trying to load that child into a bear.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 09:03 PM (/lPRQ)
128
Taking the doge for a final walk.
Posted by: Piper at August 06, 2025 09:05 PM (pZEOD)
129
Moonbears are a big problem.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2025 09:05 PM (LHPAg)
130
I'll re-post from previous thread.
To save money, the Titan submersible was stored outside in 2022 during a Canadian winter.
To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (xXxgc)
Good thing this imbecile didn't decide to do space travel. Although it might have been more entertaining, we could have watched a spectacular air burst.
To save money, the Titan submersible was stored outside in 2022 during a Canadian winter.
To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 06, 2025 08:41 PM (xXxgc)
Good thing this imbecile didn't decide to do space travel. Although it might have been more entertaining, we could have watched a spectacular air burst.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:07 PM (snZF9)
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Family attempts to load their alpaca into a taxi in Peruvia (a little known country first documented by race-hustler imbecile Touré and the taxi driver is actually fine with it. Not his first alpaca rodeo.
Al-paca light this time.
Al-paca light this time.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 09:07 PM (mlg/3)
132
I'm sorry, there's no such thing as a cute bat.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 06, 2025 09:08 PM (XV/Pl)
133
Brazil has bad ass cowboys and apparently little cow girls.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:08 PM (VofaG)
134
They also keep the metal of the hatch cover from deforming enough to let the water in.
Posted by: Oldcat
18 9/16" bolts? not a chance.
I won't defend not using all the bolts in such a system, but they were meaningless once under pressure and contributed nothing to the failure.
Still reading, but I see no mention of why it actually failed. Only dancing around safety and work culture.
Posted by: Oldcat
18 9/16" bolts? not a chance.
I won't defend not using all the bolts in such a system, but they were meaningless once under pressure and contributed nothing to the failure.
Still reading, but I see no mention of why it actually failed. Only dancing around safety and work culture.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:08 PM (KmQuH)
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The stage hands secretly removed the stack of mattresses that was supposed to cushion the diva's fall, and replaced it with...a trampoline.
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (mADJX)
H. Allen Smith story from, Low Man On The Totem Pole, which is a collection of modified articles that Mr Smith wrote about stage and entertainment life in NYC during the 20's
Posted by: Paco at August 06, 2025 08:09 PM (mADJX)
H. Allen Smith story from, Low Man On The Totem Pole, which is a collection of modified articles that Mr Smith wrote about stage and entertainment life in NYC during the 20's
Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 09:09 PM (rbvCR)
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Nelson's Bridge or Nelsons Patented Bridge as the wags of the day put it. I don't know if he was just lucky or crazy or incredibly skilled or intuitive but he was all that is man when it came to fighting a ship. And he lived in the era of Cockram who had some even more incredible feats.
That scene in the book Master and Commander where Aubrey defeats the Cacafuego, a ship like 10 times the size of his little brig? Cockram really did it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:02 PM (dfIr7)
It was a feedback in action. Brits started out about even with other navies, but just being out there gave them experience. Once they started to win and get prize money, they got more aggressive. The enemy fleet got more passive. This rewarded the aggressive, making them all bolder. French ships were better built, and usually new and fresh...so the Brits captured them to use. They system fed on itself. The pinpricks of the War of 1812 wins by the US heavy frigates were a huge blow to their pride until they won a 1 on 1 battle against a US ship with the Shannon.
That scene in the book Master and Commander where Aubrey defeats the Cacafuego, a ship like 10 times the size of his little brig? Cockram really did it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:02 PM (dfIr7)
It was a feedback in action. Brits started out about even with other navies, but just being out there gave them experience. Once they started to win and get prize money, they got more aggressive. The enemy fleet got more passive. This rewarded the aggressive, making them all bolder. French ships were better built, and usually new and fresh...so the Brits captured them to use. They system fed on itself. The pinpricks of the War of 1812 wins by the US heavy frigates were a huge blow to their pride until they won a 1 on 1 battle against a US ship with the Shannon.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:09 PM (8avO+)
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Brazil.and Argentina have gauchos. Mexico has Vaqureos The US has Cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (HFcKg)
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@112
>>It's not like they had to bang out 20 of these things a day. They only built one, didn't they?
The was clearly a lunatic and everyone in that community knew it.
It's a shame he was able to sucker some innocents into losing their lives to satisfy his hubris.
>>It's not like they had to bang out 20 of these things a day. They only built one, didn't they?
The was clearly a lunatic and everyone in that community knew it.
It's a shame he was able to sucker some innocents into losing their lives to satisfy his hubris.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (XV/Pl)
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Yeah the US navy patterned its self on the British, and built better ships, and had higher morale and better-treated sailors. Result: they beat the British over and over again at sea in the War of 1812.
It was kind of an accident, the way the ships were built. I mean the US was building better shaped ships that were bigger and heavier frigates, but they also had more oak trees and different kinds. US lined their ships with two kinds of oak, and the interior kind wouldn't break into shards like the stuff the outside kind did.
Most casualties in ship to ship battles were from "splinters" of wood, chunks of sharp jagged oak ripping through bodies when a cannonball blew them apart. The US design greatly reduced that, making them able to take more hits with fewer deaths.
It was kind of an accident, the way the ships were built. I mean the US was building better shaped ships that were bigger and heavier frigates, but they also had more oak trees and different kinds. US lined their ships with two kinds of oak, and the interior kind wouldn't break into shards like the stuff the outside kind did.
Most casualties in ship to ship battles were from "splinters" of wood, chunks of sharp jagged oak ripping through bodies when a cannonball blew them apart. The US design greatly reduced that, making them able to take more hits with fewer deaths.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:12 PM (dfIr7)
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Once they started to win and get prize money, ...
Posted by: Oldcat
Never understood this. Who'd they sell the ship to? The Crown, the Franch?
Posted by: Oldcat
Never understood this. Who'd they sell the ship to? The Crown, the Franch?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 09:12 PM (mlg/3)
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Good thing this imbecile didn't decide to do space travel. Although it might have been more entertaining, we could have watched a spectacular air burst.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:07 PM (snZF9)
1 atm inside is pretty easy to handle. We had a detector in one to fire iron nuclei into from an accelerator at Berkeley. One day when I was off duty at night they turned up the juice on the accelerator and accidentally made all the equipment slightly radioactive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:07 PM (snZF9)
1 atm inside is pretty easy to handle. We had a detector in one to fire iron nuclei into from an accelerator at Berkeley. One day when I was off duty at night they turned up the juice on the accelerator and accidentally made all the equipment slightly radioactive.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:12 PM (8avO+)
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Don't tell me it was the freaky-deaky Dutch.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 09:13 PM (mlg/3)
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@134
>>Still reading, but I see no mention of why it actually failed. Only dancing around safety and work culture.
It failed because its design was not sufficient for the intended environment.
A lot of the structural damage like accrued on test dives.
He essentially built a one shot vehicle that he intended to use as a multi mission vehicle.
>>Still reading, but I see no mention of why it actually failed. Only dancing around safety and work culture.
It failed because its design was not sufficient for the intended environment.
A lot of the structural damage like accrued on test dives.
He essentially built a one shot vehicle that he intended to use as a multi mission vehicle.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (XV/Pl)
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My kittehs have destroyed my brand new dining room chairs using them as scratching posts when I'm not looking.They're lucky I like them.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (VofaG)
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137 Brazil.and Argentina have gauchos. Mexico has Vaqureos The US has Cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (HFcKg)
We used to have vaqueros now we call them cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (HFcKg)
We used to have vaqueros now we call them cowboys.
Posted by: CaliGirl at August 06, 2025 09:16 PM (AZf41)
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Brazil.and Argentina have gauchos. Mexico has Vaqureos The US has Cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had
Hawaii - Paniolo
In 1832, King Kamehameha III sent for help to California to teach the Hawaiians how to handle the wild cattle and to learn horsemanship. The help came in the form of three Mexican-Spanish vaqueros...
Posted by: Ben Had
Hawaii - Paniolo
In 1832, King Kamehameha III sent for help to California to teach the Hawaiians how to handle the wild cattle and to learn horsemanship. The help came in the form of three Mexican-Spanish vaqueros...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 09:16 PM (/lPRQ)
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Once they started to win and get prize money, ...
Posted by: Oldcat
Never understood this. Who'd they sell the ship to? The Crown, the Franch?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 09:12 PM (mlg/3)
If the warship caught an enemy vessel it and its contents were "sold" to the government, and the proceeds split by rank. So for a captain or admiral you got real weath, and even the rank and file could have a lot of spending money. I forget the exact fraction of a ship's value they held out, something like a third?
The government then could resell the ship to anyone to make the money back, or get it as use. A French Frigate put into service is one the Crown didn't have to build itself. Merchant prizes could be sold to foreign powers too.
Posted by: Oldcat
Never understood this. Who'd they sell the ship to? The Crown, the Franch?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 06, 2025 09:12 PM (mlg/3)
If the warship caught an enemy vessel it and its contents were "sold" to the government, and the proceeds split by rank. So for a captain or admiral you got real weath, and even the rank and file could have a lot of spending money. I forget the exact fraction of a ship's value they held out, something like a third?
The government then could resell the ship to anyone to make the money back, or get it as use. A French Frigate put into service is one the Crown didn't have to build itself. Merchant prizes could be sold to foreign powers too.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:17 PM (8avO+)
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The failure was because of poor design.
They don't seem to say this, and I wonder if that is political. They seem to have relied on Boeing for initial design, and I have not seen the details but the actual errors may have started there and the people running the investigation are not going to point out that the initial design was doomed from the start. Or maybe they changed the design along the way? I don't know yet.
The thing failed for two main reasons. 1. CF. It is terribly unsuited for this application and no decent engineer or materials scientist would have sent a rat down in such a vessel. 2. the flange, or the cf/titanium dome interface. These are terribly hard to design due to having to control the forces of dissimilar materials on top of the forces inherent in any flange. (Look at how Challenger failed - the flange.) Their flange design is amateurishly bad. Laughably, insanely, stupidly bad.
They don't seem to say this, and I wonder if that is political. They seem to have relied on Boeing for initial design, and I have not seen the details but the actual errors may have started there and the people running the investigation are not going to point out that the initial design was doomed from the start. Or maybe they changed the design along the way? I don't know yet.
The thing failed for two main reasons. 1. CF. It is terribly unsuited for this application and no decent engineer or materials scientist would have sent a rat down in such a vessel. 2. the flange, or the cf/titanium dome interface. These are terribly hard to design due to having to control the forces of dissimilar materials on top of the forces inherent in any flange. (Look at how Challenger failed - the flange.) Their flange design is amateurishly bad. Laughably, insanely, stupidly bad.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:17 PM (KmQuH)
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where Aubrey defeats the Cacafuego
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:02 PM
You know when, as a kid, you put some fresh dog poop in a brown paper bag, put it on the neighborhood grouch's porch, set it alight, rang the doorbell, and ran?
Señor Grouch was also attempting to defeat the caca fuego!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:02 PM
You know when, as a kid, you put some fresh dog poop in a brown paper bag, put it on the neighborhood grouch's porch, set it alight, rang the doorbell, and ran?
Señor Grouch was also attempting to defeat the caca fuego!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 09:17 PM (0sNs1)
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Brazil.and Argentina have gauchos. Mexico has Vaqureos The US has Cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (HFcKg)
I'm a one language ugly American. They're all cowboys to me. 😀
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:10 PM (HFcKg)
I'm a one language ugly American. They're all cowboys to me. 😀
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:18 PM (VofaG)
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My kittehs have destroyed my brand new dining room chairs using them as scratching posts when I'm not looking.They're lucky I like them.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (VofaG)
None of my cats over many years has ever taken to scratching at varnished wood. My gimcrack shelves, sure.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (VofaG)
None of my cats over many years has ever taken to scratching at varnished wood. My gimcrack shelves, sure.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (8avO+)
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Vaqueros had a very solid form of horsemanship. Cowboys had a lot to learn.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (HFcKg)
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Brazil has some of the top guys on the PBR.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (VofaG)
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polynikes, you would enjoy looking at the work of a master rawhide braider by the name of Louis Ortega.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:21 PM (HFcKg)
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152 Vaqueros had a very solid form of horsemanship. Cowboys had a lot to learn.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (HFcKg)
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I like those Lippizaners. You have to have some load-bearing capacity to manage those Habsburg chins.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (HFcKg)
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I like those Lippizaners. You have to have some load-bearing capacity to manage those Habsburg chins.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (hY4dx)
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Still reading, but I see no mention of why it actually failed. Only dancing around safety and work culture.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:08 PM (KmQuH)
It might be hard to pinpoint with it being crushed flat and pulverized buy the implosion.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:08 PM (KmQuH)
It might be hard to pinpoint with it being crushed flat and pulverized buy the implosion.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (8avO+)
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None of my cats over many years has ever taken to scratching at varnished wood. My gimcrack shelves, sure.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (8avO+)
My dining chairs have a fabric covered cushion seat and Back:
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (8avO+)
My dining chairs have a fabric covered cushion seat and Back:
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (VofaG)
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he US has Cowboys.
Posted by: Ben Had
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.
You see by my outfit that I am one, too.
We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys.
If you get yourself an outfit, you can be a cowboy, too.
Posted by: Ben Had
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.
You see by my outfit that I am one, too.
We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys.
If you get yourself an outfit, you can be a cowboy, too.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 06, 2025 09:23 PM (0sNs1)
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Cicero, consistent with your love of sailing.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:24 PM (HFcKg)
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Is that a pacifier or a really small dildo?
Posted by: Ian S. at August 06, 2025 09:24 PM (P9pDS)
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The failure was because of poor design.
They don't seem to say this, and I wonder if that is political. They seem to have relied on Boeing for initial design, and I have not seen the details but the actual errors may have started there and the people running the investigation are not going to point out that the initial design was doomed from the start. Or maybe they changed the design along the way? I don't know yet.
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At a guess, I think whoever is in charge of overwatch is probably embarrassed that they let this farcical craft go and kill some rich people. They claim to be all about safety and protecting us and get paid a lot to do so.
They don't seem to say this, and I wonder if that is political. They seem to have relied on Boeing for initial design, and I have not seen the details but the actual errors may have started there and the people running the investigation are not going to point out that the initial design was doomed from the start. Or maybe they changed the design along the way? I don't know yet.
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At a guess, I think whoever is in charge of overwatch is probably embarrassed that they let this farcical craft go and kill some rich people. They claim to be all about safety and protecting us and get paid a lot to do so.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:25 PM (8avO+)
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Duncanthrax, thus is the all hat no cattle moniiker born.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:25 PM (HFcKg)
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157 None of my cats over many years has ever taken to scratching at varnished wood. My gimcrack shelves, sure.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (8avO+)
My dining chairs have a fabric covered cushion seat and Back:
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (VofaG)
When we bought our house Mrs.E re-upholstered 8 dining room chairs. She had delusions about cats staying out of that room. Heh.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:19 PM (8avO+)
My dining chairs have a fabric covered cushion seat and Back:
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (VofaG)
When we bought our house Mrs.E re-upholstered 8 dining room chairs. She had delusions about cats staying out of that room. Heh.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2025 09:27 PM (LHPAg)
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159 Cicero, consistent with your love of sailing.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:24 PM (HFcKg)
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Did you hear I have a new boat? Because I have a new boat.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:24 PM (HFcKg)
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Did you hear I have a new boat? Because I have a new boat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 09:27 PM (hY4dx)
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Cicero, I did and congratulate you. Fair seas, sailor.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (HFcKg)
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My dining chairs have a fabric covered cushion seat and Back:
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (VofaG)
I used to have a leather chair, and one of my cats was so excited when I got home he would run to a sofa to scratch it. I put a post near it and he would use that, then eventually he just didn't.
This went on for 10 years when finally I wore a hole in one of the arms myself. Within days all the cats were scratching at the chair. But not the matching Ottoman that I still have.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:22 PM (VofaG)
I used to have a leather chair, and one of my cats was so excited when I got home he would run to a sofa to scratch it. I put a post near it and he would use that, then eventually he just didn't.
This went on for 10 years when finally I wore a hole in one of the arms myself. Within days all the cats were scratching at the chair. But not the matching Ottoman that I still have.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (8avO+)
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These are terribly hard to design due to having to control the forces of dissimilar materials on top of the forces inherent in any flange.
For a while in the 50s they made picture tubes out of metal with a glass front screen. Saved a lot of weight, but the metal/glass interface *always* would let air in eventually.
For a while in the 50s they made picture tubes out of metal with a glass front screen. Saved a lot of weight, but the metal/glass interface *always* would let air in eventually.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (P9pDS)
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At a guess, I think whoever is in charge of overwatch is probably embarrassed that they let this farcical craft go and kill some rich people. They claim to be all about safety and protecting us and get paid a lot to do so.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I think this nails it.
The failures should be easy to understand with a decent FEA analysis of the design. That should have been done *before* it was built and certainly after it failed, but I don't see one.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I think this nails it.
The failures should be easy to understand with a decent FEA analysis of the design. That should have been done *before* it was built and certainly after it failed, but I don't see one.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:29 PM (KmQuH)
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polynikes, you would enjoy looking at the work of a master rawhide braider by the name of Louis Ortega.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:21 PM (HFcKg)
Yes you mentioned him before . His work is true art,
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:21 PM (HFcKg)
Yes you mentioned him before . His work is true art,
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:31 PM (VofaG)
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When we bought our house Mrs.E re-upholstered 8 dining room chairs. She had delusions about cats staying out of that room. Heh.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2025 09:27 PM (LHPAg)
A table with chairs pushed in and even a tablecloth on it is like a cat heaven! Fit for pouncing out of, watching, napping and small fights.
Never seen one of my cats damaging anything though.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2025 09:27 PM (LHPAg)
A table with chairs pushed in and even a tablecloth on it is like a cat heaven! Fit for pouncing out of, watching, napping and small fights.
Never seen one of my cats damaging anything though.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 06, 2025 09:31 PM (8avO+)
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Señor Grouch was also attempting to defeat the caca fuego!
Yes, it literally means "shit fire", O'Brian was having some fun. The ship in real life was El Gamo, a 32 gun frigate with over 300 men, taken by Cochrane in Speedy, a 16 gun Sloop with 54 men.
Yes, it literally means "shit fire", O'Brian was having some fun. The ship in real life was El Gamo, a 32 gun frigate with over 300 men, taken by Cochrane in Speedy, a 16 gun Sloop with 54 men.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:32 PM (dfIr7)
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If carbon fiber was safe for deep diving the US Navy would have had carbon fiber mini subs long ago.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:33 PM (VofaG)
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My kittehs have destroyed my brand new dining room chairs using them as scratching posts when I'm not looking.They're lucky I like them.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (VofaG)
Years ago when I did kitchens I went to a job where the woman had cats. The kitchen cabs were completely shredded. The doors had a veneer, typical of a builders cabinet, and every base cabinet had shredded pealing strips of veneer hanging off the doors. I never saw anything like it, they looked like palm trees. The woman says the cats did all this. I looked at her and said, and you're doing a new kitchen??? She said the minute the last one died I went kitchen shopping.
Posted by: polynikes at August 06, 2025 09:15 PM (VofaG)
Years ago when I did kitchens I went to a job where the woman had cats. The kitchen cabs were completely shredded. The doors had a veneer, typical of a builders cabinet, and every base cabinet had shredded pealing strips of veneer hanging off the doors. I never saw anything like it, they looked like palm trees. The woman says the cats did all this. I looked at her and said, and you're doing a new kitchen??? She said the minute the last one died I went kitchen shopping.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:34 PM (snZF9)
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To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
It's ok, we used Loc-Tite.
It's ok, we used Loc-Tite.
Posted by: Oceansgate Technology, a Pringles Corporation at August 06, 2025 09:34 PM (6GFFE)
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At a guess, I think whoever is in charge of overwatch is probably embarrassed that they let this farcical craft go and kill some rich people. They claim to be all about safety and protecting us and get paid a lot to do so.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I think this nails it.
The failures should be easy to understand with a decent FEA analysis of the design. That should have been done *before* it was built and certainly after it failed, but I don't see one.
Posted by: bob
Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: Oldcat
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I think this nails it.
The failures should be easy to understand with a decent FEA analysis of the design. That should have been done *before* it was built and certainly after it failed, but I don't see one.
Posted by: bob
Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:35 PM (iU+/7)
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165 Cicero, I did and congratulate you. Fair seas, sailor.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (HFcKg)
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Thank you ma'am. If I ever get to a Texas MoMe I will regale the attractive ladies with my sailor stories. They will feel the ocean fall and rise, and feel its raging glory.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (HFcKg)
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Thank you ma'am. If I ever get to a Texas MoMe I will regale the attractive ladies with my sailor stories. They will feel the ocean fall and rise, and feel its raging glory.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2025 09:37 PM (hY4dx)
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Cicero, I ain't getting any younger. Don't wait too long to join us !
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:38 PM (HFcKg)
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Cicero, I did and congratulate you. Fair seas, sailor.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (HFcKg)
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Thank you ma'am. If I ever get to a Texas MoMe I will regale the attractive ladies with my sailor stories. They will feel the ocean fall and rise, and feel its raging glory.
Posted by: Cicero
You'd have to bring Brandy. I hear she's a fine girl.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:28 PM (HFcKg)
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Thank you ma'am. If I ever get to a Texas MoMe I will regale the attractive ladies with my sailor stories. They will feel the ocean fall and rise, and feel its raging glory.
Posted by: Cicero
You'd have to bring Brandy. I hear she's a fine girl.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:38 PM (iU+/7)
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To save time, they used only four bolts to secure the front titanium hatch to the carbon-fiber body instead of the recommended 18.
Carbon-fiber?! In compression?
Carbon-fiber?! In compression?
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2025 09:38 PM (TKiRY)
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The dildo was angry that day my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza, Dildo Biologist at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (i0F8b)
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Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223
At the time, I recall he fired the guy who told him how badly his shit stunk.
He didn't want some 50-year-old white male engineer harshing his mellow.
Posted by: rickb223
At the time, I recall he fired the guy who told him how badly his shit stunk.
He didn't want some 50-year-old white male engineer harshing his mellow.
Posted by: mikeski at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (DgGvY)
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I looked at her and said, and you're doing a new kitchen??? She said the minute the last one died I went kitchen shopping.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:34 PM (snZF9)
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My cats aren't quite as hard on kitchens, but there's some definite wear and tear.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:34 PM (snZF9)
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My cats aren't quite as hard on kitchens, but there's some definite wear and tear.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (IBQGV)
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Yes, it literally means "shit fire", O'Brian was having some fun. The ship in real life was El Gamo, a 32 gun frigate with over 300 men, taken by Cochrane in Speedy, a 16 gun Sloop with 54 men.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:32 PM (dfIr7)
The Cacafuego duel was between Drake's Golden Hind and the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off the coast of Ecuador. Concepción was known as Cacafuego Which apparently got translated politely into English as "Spitfire" and the name got reused a lot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 06, 2025 09:32 PM (dfIr7)
The Cacafuego duel was between Drake's Golden Hind and the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off the coast of Ecuador. Concepción was known as Cacafuego Which apparently got translated politely into English as "Spitfire" and the name got reused a lot.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2025 09:40 PM (rbvCR)
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rickb223, the part of Brandy will be played by......
Posted by: Ben Had at August 06, 2025 09:40 PM (HFcKg)
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At the time, I recall he fired the guy who told him how badly his shit stunk.
He didn't want some 50-year-old white male engineer harshing his mellow.
Posted by: mikeski
Exactly. They interviewed him in the documentary.
He didn't want some 50-year-old white male engineer harshing his mellow.
Posted by: mikeski
Exactly. They interviewed him in the documentary.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:40 PM (iU+/7)
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My cats aren't quite as hard on kitchens, but there's some definite wear and tear.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (IBQGV)
My friend had a beautiful oriental rug in his dining room...and cats. After a year or so the dining room floor looked like the cutting floor of a fabric sweat shop.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (IBQGV)
My friend had a beautiful oriental rug in his dining room...and cats. After a year or so the dining room floor looked like the cutting floor of a fabric sweat shop.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:42 PM (snZF9)
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My cats aren't quite as hard on kitchens, but there's some definite wear and tear.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (IBQGV)
My friend had a beautiful oriental rug in his dining room...and cats. After a year or so the dining room floor looked like the cutting floor of a fabric sweat shop.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
After probably 20 years, I no longer have any indoor pets, either dog or cats. Have a bunch of outdoor semi-feral barn cats.
Certainly, as soon as the last kitty crosses the rainbow bridge, I'll be getting new carpets. There's no point to replacing them until then.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2025 09:39 PM (IBQGV)
My friend had a beautiful oriental rug in his dining room...and cats. After a year or so the dining room floor looked like the cutting floor of a fabric sweat shop.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
After probably 20 years, I no longer have any indoor pets, either dog or cats. Have a bunch of outdoor semi-feral barn cats.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:45 PM (iU+/7)
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I know less than squat about horses, but even I thought that barrel-racing horse was unhappy and treated poorly.
Posted by: 496 at August 06, 2025 09:46 PM (w7afp)
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That little girl is a helluva barrel racer
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 06, 2025 09:48 PM (kQKl6)
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Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:35 PM
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From what I saw, he was narcissistic to point of mental illness. He wouldn't listen to anyone. Multiple competent people told him that making a submersible out of carbon fiber was a bad idea. Every similar vessel uses a large continuous piece of metal for the pressure vessel.
The carbon fiber delaminated some more each time he took it down. It made loud bangs as it did so. He was nutty enough to use that design, but sane enough to talk rich people into buying tickets.
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Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:35 PM
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From what I saw, he was narcissistic to point of mental illness. He wouldn't listen to anyone. Multiple competent people told him that making a submersible out of carbon fiber was a bad idea. Every similar vessel uses a large continuous piece of metal for the pressure vessel.
The carbon fiber delaminated some more each time he took it down. It made loud bangs as it did so. He was nutty enough to use that design, but sane enough to talk rich people into buying tickets.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 06, 2025 09:49 PM (uz6ub)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 09:50 PM (zh/Tt)
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I am sick and tired of these mfing dildos on this mfing bball court!
Posted by: Sophie Cunningham Jackson at August 06, 2025 09:51 PM (i0F8b)
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Since O'Brian wasn't thought of as a fun-loving person I'm assuming there is another reason he named the Spanish frigate "Cacafuego". No idea what it could be but I'm betting there was seeious intent of some sort.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 06, 2025 09:52 PM (jWfD0)
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Looks like they are trying to load that child into a bear.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 09:03 PM (/lPRQ)
That's just how indigenous communities commune with nature
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 06, 2025 09:03 PM (/lPRQ)
That's just how indigenous communities commune with nature
Posted by: gKWVE at August 06, 2025 09:52 PM (sDWtc)
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For a while in the 50s they made picture tubes out of metal with a glass front screen. Saved a lot of weight, but the metal/glass interface *always* would let air in eventually.
Posted by: Ian S
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I thought I knew such things, but I did not know about that. Thanks.
Posted by: Ian S
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I thought I knew such things, but I did not know about that. Thanks.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:53 PM (KmQuH)
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Cap’n Crunch only used 4 out 18 bolts? wha?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 09:53 PM (vEz2K)
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Cap’n Crunch only used 4 out 18 bolts? wha?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 09:53 PM (vEz2K)
Right? There's more bolts holding the frigging door on my car.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 09:53 PM (vEz2K)
Right? There's more bolts holding the frigging door on my car.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2025 09:56 PM (snZF9)
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Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:35 PM
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From what I saw, he was narcissistic to point of mental illness. He wouldn't listen to anyone. Multiple competent people told him that making a submersible out of carbon fiber was a bad idea. Every similar vessel uses a large continuous piece of metal for the pressure vessel.
The carbon fiber delaminated some more each time he took it down. It made loud bangs as it did so. He was nutty enough to use that design, but sane enough to talk rich people into buying tickets.
Posted by: Semi-Literate
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This is typical though. Both the ignorance and the arrogance.
I need to see the documentary.
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Watch the documentary. It was the CEO's way or the highway.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 09:35 PM
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From what I saw, he was narcissistic to point of mental illness. He wouldn't listen to anyone. Multiple competent people told him that making a submersible out of carbon fiber was a bad idea. Every similar vessel uses a large continuous piece of metal for the pressure vessel.
The carbon fiber delaminated some more each time he took it down. It made loud bangs as it did so. He was nutty enough to use that design, but sane enough to talk rich people into buying tickets.
Posted by: Semi-Literate
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This is typical though. Both the ignorance and the arrogance.
I need to see the documentary.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at August 06, 2025 09:56 PM (KmQuH)
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Watching the surfer escape that massive wave is tense. Very tense. Hope he made it!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 06, 2025 09:59 PM (kQKl6)
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>>He based all of his stories on actual ship's logs and wrote that he had to not use some because there was just no way anyone would believe them.
I have friends who have sailed the southern ocean in the 40 and 50 latitude range. I believe them.
I have friends who have sailed the southern ocean in the 40 and 50 latitude range. I believe them.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (viF8m)
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They’re trying to claim that he was beaten up by 8 Romanian gangsters while saving a young woman from rape
Oh no! Anyway... It does explain why Trump is screaming about DC instead of releasing the Trump-Epstein files though
Getting the shit kicked out of him in the street is getting off easy compared to what this guy actually deserves, so he should consider himself lucky.
What was he doing wearing a punchable face? He wore that face out of the house to get attention, but now complains about the attention he got. Maybe he shouldn't dress like a punching bag.
tinyurl.com/593vk8kb
Oh no! Anyway... It does explain why Trump is screaming about DC instead of releasing the Trump-Epstein files though
Getting the shit kicked out of him in the street is getting off easy compared to what this guy actually deserves, so he should consider himself lucky.
What was he doing wearing a punchable face? He wore that face out of the house to get attention, but now complains about the attention he got. Maybe he shouldn't dress like a punching bag.
tinyurl.com/593vk8kb
Posted by: gKWVE goes to Reddit at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (sDWtc)
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I need to see the documentary.
Posted by: bob
I had a holy shit moment right after the opening credits throughout the whole show to the ending credits.
Posted by: bob
I had a holy shit moment right after the opening credits throughout the whole show to the ending credits.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 06, 2025 10:00 PM (iU+/7)
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I feel sorry for the kid, who didn’t want to dive in that thing. He probably tuned in to some premonition
Posted by: Common Tater at August 06, 2025 10:08 PM (ZafiO)
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Sarah Hoyt has a new book out
https://tinyurl.com/HoytNewBook
That's like 47 books written total. So go buy it, I'm sure it's good. While you're in the check out lane, if you could explain that if you were to run your mouth about someone's military service, accuse them of being a fraud, and you were wrong ... tinyurl.com/Fen-DD214... custom is you eat some crow, post a retraction and apologize, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Otherwise you get pistols and swords at dawn,
and we still remember Stephen the tragically near sighted
https://tinyurl.com/HoytNewBook
That's like 47 books written total. So go buy it, I'm sure it's good. While you're in the check out lane, if you could explain that if you were to run your mouth about someone's military service, accuse them of being a fraud, and you were wrong ... tinyurl.com/Fen-DD214... custom is you eat some crow, post a retraction and apologize, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Otherwise you get pistols and swords at dawn,
and we still remember Stephen the tragically near sighted
Posted by: Fen at August 06, 2025 10:15 PM (ciYHQ)
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While you're in the check out lane, if you could explain that if you were to run your mouth about someone's military service, accuse them of being a fraud, and you were wrong ... tinyurl.com/Fen-DD214... custom is you eat some crow, post a retraction and apologize, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Posted by: Fen at August 06, 2025 10:15 PM
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While you're in the check out lane, if you could explain that if you were to run your mouth about someone's military service, accuse them of being a fraud, and you were wrong ... tinyurl.com/Fen-DD214... custom is you eat some crow, post a retraction and apologize, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Posted by: Fen at August 06, 2025 10:15 PM
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Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 06, 2025 10:27 PM (uz6ub)
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My Painted Desert sheep are probably smarter than my half Norwegian Fjord Horse mule.
The sheep will shade up in the summer and get under shelter when it's raining.
Ruben, the mule, stands out in the sun and won't go into his shelter when it rains. Although, he sleeps in the common use shed at night with the sheep.
Ruben is my anti-coyote guard and protection from lions.
Lions took five of my six new lambs this year, so his job is in peril. But he has saved the flock from coyotes a few years ago, so there is that. He is death on canines of ant sort.
Rambo, the ram, has him buffaloed as to who eats first and best.
The sheep will shade up in the summer and get under shelter when it's raining.
Ruben, the mule, stands out in the sun and won't go into his shelter when it rains. Although, he sleeps in the common use shed at night with the sheep.
Ruben is my anti-coyote guard and protection from lions.
Lions took five of my six new lambs this year, so his job is in peril. But he has saved the flock from coyotes a few years ago, so there is that. He is death on canines of ant sort.
Rambo, the ram, has him buffaloed as to who eats first and best.
Posted by: waepnedmann at August 06, 2025 10:28 PM (5zfeR)
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To “upstage” someone is to metaphorically force them upstage, which is toward the back of the stage, a place of unimportance. Famous story: older actress is fed up with younger woman’s constant attempts to steal a scene. In response to the latest attempt, she responds during the next performance by simply standing on the very edge of the deep orchestra pit, with her toes hanging off, capturing and keeping the audience’s rapt attention.
Posted by: Jrgunn77 at August 06, 2025 11:23 PM (cS0Gh)
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Speaking of cats, I've got one sore left hand right now. It's a stray that's in the process of taking up with us. Been several weeks. Well, this afternoon I went to feed him some cat treats. The smell really excited him, and he bit the hand that fed him so eager to get his chompers on them.
Well, knowing that cat bites are little needles that inject some nasty bacteria deep under the skin, I figured I just go to urgent care -- it was too late to go to my regular doc.
Wrote me a script from Augmentin (AMox-clav). I'm glad I did. This sucker is swollen and sore like a mofo.
Speaking of cats, I've got one sore left hand right now. It's a stray that's in the process of taking up with us. Been several weeks. Well, this afternoon I went to feed him some cat treats. The smell really excited him, and he bit the hand that fed him so eager to get his chompers on them.
Well, knowing that cat bites are little needles that inject some nasty bacteria deep under the skin, I figured I just go to urgent care -- it was too late to go to my regular doc.
Wrote me a script from Augmentin (AMox-clav). I'm glad I did. This sucker is swollen and sore like a mofo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
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When I think of hand injuries and possible infections, I think of my father in the late '80s. He was replacing a bearing on a grain dryer, working in some nasty rotten grain shit (it had rained and we the little bit of whatever was still in the bottom). He punctured the heel of his hand -- didn't bleed and he didn't think anything of it.
That was a Friday afternoon. By Saturday afternoon, it was getting sore. By Sunday afternoon, it was really sore, and really red. My mother told him lets go to the ER. He said, naw, not for something dinky like this, I'll just to the doc in the morning.
Well, he got there at around 9AM. It was funny. As my father told it, the doc came in, looked at his hand, and just sort of mumbled to himself, "Mmmmm-hmmmm......yep." He picked up a wall phone to the desk and told whoever it was to meet him up front....
When I think of hand injuries and possible infections, I think of my father in the late '80s. He was replacing a bearing on a grain dryer, working in some nasty rotten grain shit (it had rained and we the little bit of whatever was still in the bottom). He punctured the heel of his hand -- didn't bleed and he didn't think anything of it.
That was a Friday afternoon. By Saturday afternoon, it was getting sore. By Sunday afternoon, it was really sore, and really red. My mother told him lets go to the ER. He said, naw, not for something dinky like this, I'll just to the doc in the morning.
Well, he got there at around 9AM. It was funny. As my father told it, the doc came in, looked at his hand, and just sort of mumbled to himself, "Mmmmm-hmmmm......yep." He picked up a wall phone to the desk and told whoever it was to meet him up front....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2025 12:12 AM (w6EFb)
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