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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - July 30, 2025 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.
If you’ve never experienced a Goldie 🤣 you’ve missed out 😆 pic.twitter.com/RqvLhyiZWQ
— G-PA (@IndianaGPA) July 27, 2025
Seems a little drastic, but I will admit to a few mornings in my younger years where my interest in morning movement was modest...
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are being sued for violating constitutional free speech rights after their performances allegedly terrorized a woman's pet to death.
The lawsuit begins with Lombardi, the plaintiff, describing how the U.S. Navy terrorized her "daughter," "silenced a citizen's free speech" and "brought disgrace upon the uniform." The "daughter" in question is her pet cat named Layla, who was suffering from a heart condition. Lombardi described the training exercises as "auditory carpet bombing" and "state-sanctioned acoustic torture.""Auditory carpet bombing." We call that the sound of freedom.
A golfer who dreamed of breaking a world record knew exactly what to do after seeing Joel Strasser shove record numbers of things into his beard. Anya Bannasch (USA) was inspired by her fellow American to break the record for most golf tees in the hair - managing an incredible 711 of them when she took the challenge on in Carlsbad, California, on 9 November 2024. It was Joel's many records, including most candy canes in a beard (187) and most beard baubles in a beard (710) that spurred her on to finally fulfill her childhood dream. The 45-year-old was aiming to get at least 400 tees in her hair and almost doubled it.
There is no truth to the rumor that TRex has signed a modeling contract with American Eagle. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - precariously at July 30, 2025 10:00 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 30, 2025 10:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mindful webworker - sure, Jan, sure at July 30, 2025 10:02 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:02 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 10:03 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: St. Patrick's Cathedral at July 30, 2025 10:04 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:04 PM (6WCwE)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 10:04 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Tropic Thunder.
Posted by: davidt at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (yLlTi)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (HFcKg)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or was it intentional? Hmmmm at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: St. Patrick's Cathedral at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 30, 2025 10:07 PM (dR6yv)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (NufQ3)
Posted by: mindful webworker - real query formulations at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (snZF9)
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How do you even sue the Blue Angels? They're not a separate legal entity.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (JkO4W)
The Ford government's plan to remove three major bike lanes in Toronto violates the Charter, Ontario's Superior Court rules.
Who knew that there was a constitutional right to bike lanes?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (xTIDn)
Chris Van Hollen already seems to have cast himself as Colonel Klink, and there are a lot running for Sgt. Schultz. I'm not sure who I see in the roles of General Burkhalter and Major Hochstetter yet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (yUznR)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (mP0Kj)
>>Tropic Thunder
That was young Cruise, he was also good in Magnolia as TJ Mackey the motivational speaker, in an ensemble.
I just can't see old Cruise doing character roles.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 30, 2025 10:09 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 10:04 PM (sPQoU)
Just blame your copy editor, and assure everyone that he will be punished in a manner unpleasant enough that it should forestall continued incompetence. Think Torquemada, if he had a cruel streak.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:09 PM (yLlTi)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)
/tries to look innocent...
Uh... no one... realllllly...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
She can just take it out of the freezer.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (dR6yv)
Alta Vista
Much missed.
Posted by: mindful webworker - real query formulations at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (2MFUK)
Yahoo!
For the older people, internet yellow pages bought from a bookstore.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (yUznR)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (47/pr)
https://tinyurl.com/4rtz6zz6
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
Alta Vista
Much missed.
Posted by: mindful webworker - real query formulations at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (2MFUK)
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Mosaic was two years older than Alta Vista.
Marc Andreessen hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)
I've got to find out about this bloomin Onion. Also the Awesome Blossom, if it exists.
And good evening!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (jEpJm)
Love Calvin and Hobbes. Still miss the comic in the daily paper.
What's with all the ammo and weapons being left out in Pittsburgh? Surely those folks know what to do with ammo and pew pews.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Yer bringin me dowwwwnnnn...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:12 PM (47/pr)
Trying to pet the Robert Monster and he slashes at me. This just after I gave him treats. You can see the blood on my hand! Well, you can't personally see it, but take my word! Blood!
I'm not a cat fan any more. Speaking of which, who wants to adopt a black cat? Uses the litter box and, um, uh, has a personality.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 30, 2025 10:12 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)
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What's with all the ammo and weapons being left out in Pittsburgh? Surely those folks know what to do with ammo and pew pews.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (kB9dk)
"It followed me home. Can I keep it?"
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (ULPxl)
Thank you TRex for excellent content as always.
I saw Miklos reapparated last night.
Check back in late tonight.
Be good.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (EgDfn)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM
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You're welcome!
Posted by: TRex - serving premium shenanigans at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (8FUKC)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (uqNg8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Old Actor's Home at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (47/pr)
https://tinyurl.com/4rtz6zz6
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
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Damn, the stuff I learn here! Not to be confused with The Agonizer from Star Trek: TOS.
/"Thag Simmons was a fag! Just like his descendant, Richard ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (NufQ3)
215 I saw a twitter questionaire the other day.
You got 10 points for each incident (each counts once, not each time)
Stitches
Covid
Tattoo
Fired a gun
Broken a bone
Slept in a tent
Been snow skiing
Been stung by a bee
Travelled to another country
Failed a class
I got 90, and I was surprised that people admitted to getting 40
Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2025 10:11 PM (D7oie)
Got an 80 ... no, 90 ... I got a radiation tattoo for my cancer treatment. I'm not gonna say the thing that's missing, so as not to jinx my "29" y/o body.
Posted by: browndog taking stock of his life at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Not sure how to parse that sentence.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Not many people know that.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (47/pr
Why were the pages yellow? Did a horse pee on the first book?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (mzM2O)
Not many people know that.
Posted by: Minuteman
Yellow Page
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (dR6yv)
Hahaha.
A couple of lifetimes ago, I had just moved to Little Rock and was living in a tiny hovel, working a mediocre job. I was writing a friend a depressed letter, stopped, and went out to score some weed, blind in an unfamiliar city.
Found a couple of young guys, and one said, yeah, I can sell you some weed. Went behind his house, came back with a baggie of lawn clippings. Not an auspicious start to the hunt.
My friend to whom I was writing noted that the latter portion of my letter was much more positive and upbeat. My search by some strange miracle had paid off.
The early 1970s were a different country.
Posted by: mindful webworker - some strange trips that year at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (L/fGl)
Si, that's what I've read...
So having cavemen fight a T-Rex is as believable as having a T-Rex attack a stegosaurus.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 10:15 PM (HFcKg)
I'm not a cat fan any more. Speaking of which, who wants to adopt a black cat? Uses the litter box and, um, uh, has a personality.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 30, 2025 10:12 PM (CHHv1)
Try playing with your cat from a distance. Use a string toy with feathers or somesuch. Gets the aggression out on something you want and not you.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (gKDq2)
Me...I'm never on time. Oh well😜
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (L9kkv)
That's a shame. Punctuality is a sign of respect and good upbringing. 😉
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (yLlTi)
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Wait. I thought Scientologists didn't age.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (JkO4W)
Who should come running to the sound of water but our Golden Retriever, JT The Wonder Dog. He's so well trained, but water is a huge temptation for him.
Posted by: pookysgirl loves Goldies at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (yUznR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Unfortunately the local network news is giving this story more attention than it deserves. Everything about SeaFair has been castrated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (mT+6a)
Every frat house now: "Plebe, you can do better."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (mlg/3)
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2h
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his country will recognize a Palestinian state at September’s United Nations General Assembly.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:17 PM (L9kkv)
I agree. The blooming onion is a breaded greasy mess that would leave the car requiring detailing to remove the evidence.
How does one drive and dip the onion fragments in the sauce and not have to change clothes?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 30, 2025 10:17 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:17 PM (yLlTi)
Posted by: Berserker
That's the most metal comment of the night. \m/
Don't care if it's #15. It won't be beat.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (gKDq2)
Laser pointer on something want destroyed?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Weakly Reader. at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (G5+As)
I did almost have a finger severed by a wood-chipper though.
So there's that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 30, 2025 10:13 PM (mzM2O)
Library card catalogues For The Win!
I remember the days when you actually had to physically go to a library to look up information. Kids today have it so easy.
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And another 'Aw, shit!'
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you're not 15 minutes early, you're late.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:19 PM (6WCwE)
Not many people know that.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (47/pr)
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Where were the White Pages invented (and were the Yellow Pages a ChiComm PsyOp)? Because they got a couple of innocent women named Sarah Connors assassinated ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:19 PM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:20 PM (uqNg8)
Never play handball for money against that guy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:20 PM (qpyNK)
I could not care less about who has the biggest pickle jar full of toenail clippings.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:21 PM (47/pr)
Maybe Pangean Pterodactyl still needs somebody.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:22 PM (yLlTi)
Never play handball for money against that guy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:20 PM (qpyNK)
Kumala Whorris has plenty of experience with games involving hands and balls...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tankdemon
If you're not 15 minutes early, you're late.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:19 PM (6WCwE)
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"Punctuality is a social construct tool of the white supremacist cisheteropatriarchal oppressor, h8r!"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:22 PM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:16 PM (AOsQT)
The world seems ready to force Israel's hand by having them live next to a 'recognized' terror country. The Israelis left Gaza in 2005 and this war and the subseguent condemnations of Israel is all they get for leaving?
As I said a little while ago, the Paleos are winning the propaganda war. Let's face it, who starts a war then gets recognition for being a country? Pallywood has been functioning quite well during this 'genocide'.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (gKDq2)
I could not care less about who has the biggest pickle jar full of toenail clippings.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:21 PM (47/pr)
How about this, then?
https://tinyurl.com/5n7vz3h5
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss
I know, I was exaggerating. Didn't read my first copy until 1960 at PS 105 in Brooklyn.
Posted by: Weakly Reader at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (G5+As)
I dunno, many Cluster B people have cats.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 10:05 PM (HFcKg)
I was laughing at that one. At my old house if I was in the garage it was rough to just run outside and pee, because there was nowhere to really hide unless it was really late at night when there were very few cars, and where you had to go to hide from cars or neighbors it was faster to just go inside. During the day forget it. The new house don't have that problem, woods on each side, can't see the neighbors, and very few cars throughout the day. You could basically pee anywhere. After the move from hell I was in the garage and said oh this is easy. I walked in side kinda chuckling, and Mrs B asks what was so funny. I turned it into an American express commercial and blurted out-
Renovations to the old house to put it on the market-35K
used pickup to run back and forth between houses-$1400
Moving company for the big shit-$1800
Price of new house-400K
Being able to piss outside in a moments notice- PRICELESS!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:24 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:21 PM (47/pr)
Yeah, it started out with stuff like speed records, weather records, and other reasonable things, but got sillier and sillier as the years went on.
I think it jumped the shark with the TV show, myself.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:24 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:23 PM (qpyNK)
After the Chilean quake of 1960 (9.5 magnitude), a tsunami was not only generated, but a volcano erupted, drowning a town in a hot mudflow.
So not unheard of.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Freedom Rock at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Son Of The Bishop at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (mzM2O)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Well, she did say that he was fat...
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (0CU3H)
Covid - yes (but no vaxx)
Tattoo - no
Fired a gun - plenty
Broken a bone - yes
Slept in a tent - yes
Been snow skiing - no
Been stung by a bee - yes
Travelled to another country - yes
Failed a class - many
Posted by: Mike the Narf, Possibly White at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
It's not like people think of CVS when they need pickles.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (NufQ3)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (L9kkv)
Dunkin Dognuts is undergoing yet another name change?
They shortened it to Dunkins, then Dunks, now I'm seeing signs like this:
DN
KN
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (ptpoT)
I got stung by lots of wasps though, because they're assholes.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 30, 2025 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Do you remember Wolley Segap?
https://youtu.be/EjxuwbD_G7g
Posted by: Freedom Rock at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (63Dwl)
Yellow Pages backwards...
Here, try some prescription-strength Obecalp.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:27 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:27 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Laser pointers are the worst cat toy. The cat cannot capture the dot and that can lead to frustration for the cat with you again as the target.
A cat is a lethal hunter. You want to capitalize on that with play.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:28 PM (gKDq2)
I got stung by lots of wasps though, because they're assholes.
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You need the services of a qualified etymologist.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
Covid = Y
Tattoo = N
Fired a gun = YYY
Broken a bone = Maybe crooked finger
Slept in a tent = N
Been snow skiing =N
Been stung by a bee =Y
Travelled to another country =Y
Failed a class = N
Wadda I win?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (uqNg8)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l5N4cWQKS_A
They'll get it eventually.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (NufQ3)
Looks like it still exists, albeit as an online database.
https://tinyurl.com/2uhaewb9
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Wow. You had it bad.
Posted by: Jubilant Delinquent at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (G5+As)
I got stung by lots of wasps though, because they're assholes.
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You need the services of a qualified etymologist.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:28 PM (JkO4W)
Yeah, well, they're assault bees; they can keep stinging you over and over.
Been stung by velvet ants, yellow jackets, mud daubers, cutter bees, regular bees...not by a scorpion (yet)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Berserker
That's the most metal comment of the night. \m/
Don't care if it's #15. It won't be beat.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
Yeah I kinda learned a long time ago I couldn't run from my background, so I just frigging go with it, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (ynpvh)
A free course in winter survival. Don't fail this one either.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (uqNg
Yeah, it was free to the readers at the schools.
You had to pay for the summer sub, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Ben Had
Bible: 382 AD, Council of Rome
Internet: December 1974 AD, RFC 675
That's quite the range, though I'm in it with you.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Laser pointers are the worst cat toy. The cat cannot capture the dot and that can lead to frustration for the cat with you again as the target.
A cat is a lethal hunter. You want to capitalize on that with play.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:28 PM (gKDq2)
Agreed; they have to win some of the time.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
I suspect the
DN
KN
store signs mayhaps have something to do with town ordinances limiting the size of store signs.
btw, how asshoe-ish is that? These shitty cities & towns with idiotic sign ordinance. In some cases they don't even allow, say, their McDonalds to have any sign. No golden arches.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (ptpoT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Don't Give Edam at July 30, 2025 10:32 PM (G5+As)
Just move the launch site north of the equator. Coriolis Effect something.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 30, 2025 10:32 PM (a4flb)
Not many people know that.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 30, 2025 10:14 PM (47/pr)
I don't know why, but that reminded me of the most ridiculous location for an invention I have ever heard. Did you know that the ski lift was invented in Nebraska? A state where the difference in elevation between its highest and lowest points are about eight feet two and a quarter inches is not exactly the type of place with an overwhelming need to efficiently move people from up hills.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:33 PM (yLlTi)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l5N4cWQKS_A
They'll get it eventually.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
Rockets made from old Fosters cans probably isn't a good idea.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (63Dwl)
That dear boy, was it ...
Had the same experience, brutal 48 hours ... and then right as rain
Posted by: browndog taking stock of his life at July 30, 2025 10:33 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (63Dwl)
I have a transplant, so am immunocompromised. When I got it, I took the test and the stripe indicating infection turned pink almost immediately...
Well, was pretty sure I had it; BIL gave it to his brother who gave it to my wife who gave it to me and youngest (oldest already had it months earlier).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:33 PM (ynpvh)
Like maybe FEDEX will reduce it down to just FX.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (ptpoT)
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:28 PM (gKDq2)
Agreed; they have to win some of the time.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
Not a cat person, so I through out an idea, like spaghetti at the wall to see what happens.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Don't Give Edam at July 30, 2025 10:32 PM (G5+As)
Velveeta just leaves a runny, sticky mess...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Son Of The Bishop at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (G5+As)
I think every group uses that excuse. When I lived in FL, it was 'Cuban time' or 'Puerto Rican time' or 'Black time.' When I moved it was 'Michigan time.'
I think the English and the Germans are the only ones I haven't heard use that excuse. Though 'French time' sounds like someone bragging that they have a girlfriend/boyfriend. "I'm getting some French time, unlike you losers."
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (6nQni)
Like maybe FEDEX will reduce it down to just FX.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (ptpoT)
I keep waiting for the merger with UPS so they can call the new company FED-UPS...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (ynpvh)
Federal Express slogan used to be "The World On Time." Probably still is.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (ptpoT)
Posted by: Joyenz
I don't understand this. Isn't Australia upside-down (relative to us) and any rocket should leave earth naturally without propulsion since it is falling down?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (6WCwE)
Federal Express slogan used to be "The World On Time." Probably still is.
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (ptpoT)
When shipping spices they have on-thyme delivery...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2025 10:36 PM (LHPAg)
It's not like people think of CVS when they need pickles.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (W/lyH)
* * * *
Somehow, I don't think it's pickles for sale that is causing the bathroom problems... But I admit that I have no idea what the real problem is. WTF indeed.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Joyenz
I don't understand this. Isn't Australia upside-down (relative to us) and any rocket should leave earth naturally without propulsion since it is falling down?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (6WCwE)
I'm sure the flat-earthers have your answer.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Pfft. I was there when the Bosporus Plug let go.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (JkO4W)
snorkeled in the Med- yes
skied in the Alps- yes
kissed a Norwegian nurse- yes
had a near death experience- yes
lost my virtue to a girl I met at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich- yes
Now you know
...the rest of the story.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
It's not like people think of CVS when they need pickles.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 30, 2025 10:26 PM (W/lyH)
* * * *
Somehow, I don't think it's pickles for sale that is causing the bathroom problems... But I admit that I have no idea what the real problem is. WTF indeed.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (kB9dk)
eggplants.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Joyenz
I don't understand this. Isn't Australia upside-down (relative to us) and any rocket should leave earth naturally without propulsion since it is falling down?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (6WCwE)
Thats the problem, they pointed it towards the Northern Hemisphere up.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ski Omaha! at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)
--------
I thought the pointy end goes up.
Posted by: W. VonBraun at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Soothsayerwing Plover at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (ptpoT)
Thanx for Thunderbirds. Nicely done.
That being said, thank you sir, and good night all fine Morons!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
Yeah, low melting point and warm buns.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (gKDq2)
Well and good but it doesn't say how to get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (85azL)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Foster's...Australian for bang.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (6nQni)
snorkeled in the Med- yes
skied in the Alps- yes
kissed a Norwegian nurse- yes
had a near death experience- yes
lost my virtue to a girl I met at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich- yes
Now you know
...the rest of the story.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
Damn, was with yah until number 5... never been to Munich.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)
And learning the Dewey Decimal System in grade and high school. If it was up to me, kids would have to memorize the basic 100 divisions of that thing before escaping grade school -- they'd be able to browse the library fairly effectively even if the catalog machines were down. Dewey is our friend.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (LHPAg)
Price of new house-400K
Being able to piss outside in a moments notice- PRICELESS!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
When I moved to current location a guy from the moving company asked, "Hey, I gotta go, what you do out here, just whip it out..?"
"Yup"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 30, 2025 10:40 PM (l4APo)
https://tinyurl.com/4rtz6zz6
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:10 PM (ynpvh)
I named my first SUV Thag in honor of Thag Simons. Another SUV was named Beaker after the Muppet a few years later.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 30, 2025 10:40 PM (pvAU4)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 30, 2025 10:35 PM (6nQni)
'French time' is legal in Nevada outside of Las Vegas.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:40 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: E
I would have thought you would have had yours sanded and varnished
Posted by: n at July 30, 2025 10:40 PM (jBW4w)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)
At least you aren't mixing your homophones...you'd end up with Grindr...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 30, 2025 10:41 PM (uqNg8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
Yeah, low melting point and warm buns.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:38 PM (gKDq2)
Especially in the summertime.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Yes to almost all
Stitches - many
Covid - not sure, didn't test
Tattoo - do scars count?
Broken a bone - little toes count? cracked ribs
Been stung by a bee - therein lies a funny story
Travelled to another country - does flying over Canada on my way to Alaska count?
Failed a class - retiring professor flunked most of the class; got it reversed on appeal
Posted by: mindful webworker - but, who's counting? at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: n at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (42Imm)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (6WCwE)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 30, 2025 10:40 PM (pvAU4)
Me me me ME me me!
Posted by: pookysgirl, reporting from Muppet Labs at July 30, 2025 10:43 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 30, 2025 10:43 PM (gKWVE)
215 I saw a twitter questionaire the other day.
You got 10 points for each incident (each counts once, not each time)
Stitches + (internal and external)
Covid + (once)
Tattoo - ( https://youtu.be/qcuYw7ghpLU )
Fired a gun + (and have hit what I was firing at)
Broken a bone - (knock on wood)
Slept in a tent + (civilian, not military)
Been snow skiing + (it's my nickname)
Been stung by a bee + (only once, so I might be allergic now)
Travelled to another country +
Failed a class - (4.0 in HS and 3.5 in collij. NERD!)
I got 90, and I was surprised that people admitted to getting 40
Posted by: Kindltot
Only 70 for me.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 10:44 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Eromero at July 30, 2025 10:36 PM (LHPAg)
Was it safe?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 30, 2025 10:44 PM (yLlTi)
Covid - Y
Tattoo
Fired a gun - Y
Broken a bone - Y
Slept in a tent - Y
Been snow skiing
Been stung by a bee - Y
Travelled to another country - Y
Failed a class (does getting a D count?)
70 points
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 30, 2025 10:45 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Had some weird middle ear infection in Fall 2019 that eventially went away after to antibiotics and antivirals. Still have vertigo...
One beer. Stand up.
Whoa! Hammered.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2025 10:45 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/2uhaewb9
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 30, 2025 10:30 PM (qpyNK)
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Unexpectedly!
Thanks for the link, Rodrigo ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Marshall Plan is MORTE! at July 30, 2025 10:46 PM (NufQ3)
Price of new house-400K
Being able to piss outside in a moments notice- PRICELESS!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
When I moved to current location a guy from the moving company asked, "Hey, I gotta go, what you do out here, just whip it out..?"
"Yup"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (/lPRQ)
The funniest thing was the night some friends stopped by to see the house and we were out in the garage. I had the door open and one of my friends says he has to pee and follows it up with, "I could just go out there". About 30 seconds later we hear him say pretty loud "hey this is great". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:46 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tonypete
"Hitchin' A Ride" by Vanity Fare was a #5 song in 1969.
Posted by: A Thumb Goes Up... at July 30, 2025 10:47 PM (G5+As)
That cat didn't die from a heart condition brought on by the Blue Angels. She died of embarrassment. And, when I say the cat is now in a better place, I'm referring to someplace where a crazy woman doesn't anthropomorphize its existence and play dress up with a carnivorous feline.
I think if we asked out resident fashion expert, Piper, to comment, she reinforce that two piece pink mesh tutus for cats is a tad over the line.
Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2025 10:48 PM (dIske)
Oh, it's about the dog. Thought it was going to be about the Hawn.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 30, 2025 10:48 PM (p4nXC)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2025 10:45 PM (viF8m)
Yeah.... you would find my real name all over certain RFCs in the IEEE threads back in the day...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (6WCwE)
I've hitchhiked (in December, NY-CT state line to Boston and, a week later, back to Jersey) and picked up hitchhikers in the past. It was always somewhat dangerous. But today you'd have to be insane to hitchhike or pick one up.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:49 PM (gKDq2)
Covid - Y
Tattoo
Fired a gun - Y
Broken a bone - Y
Slept in a tent - Y
Been snow skiing
Been stung by a bee - Y
Travelled to another country - Y
Failed a class (does getting a D count?)
70 points
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 30, 2025 10:45 PM (DoBxX)
Everything but a Tatoo...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 30, 2025 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ski Omaha!
Omaha's under 1000, so you mean Ski to Omaha, right?
The Great Plains aren't level, they're just flat. A slow rise up to I-25, then WHAM!, Rocky Mountains.
Posted by: they come out of the sky and they stand there at July 30, 2025 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JackStraw
Heh. I was at Bell Labs in the late 70's. We had some version of UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) which appeared to be magic to me to transmit rudimentary emails.
I had the privilege of being present during informal talks given by some of the uber nerds there speaking of passing files over various media - but it was way, way, WAY, beyond my understanding.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:51 PM (6WCwE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2025 10:51 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 30, 2025 10:52 PM (cduTK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 10:53 PM (85azL)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:51 PM
***
Wow.
Posted by: TRex - The Idea Factory at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (8FUKC)
Posted by: Ski Omaha!
________________
Just got back from visiting my brother in Texas. The only elevation I saw was where they excavated the exit lane on the highway.
Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (dIske)
Covid-nope, no flu either
Tattoo-nope
Fired a gun-yup, enthusiastically
Broken a bone-yup, few times
Slept in a tent-yup, more than I care to remember
Been snow skiing-yup
Been stung by a bee-nope
Travelled to another country-yup
Failed a class-yup, spanish
Hmm 70, kinda dismal
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (snZF9)
I scored 90% on the test (no tattoo)
Have never hitchhiked...family was NYPD, and my father taught 10 year old me precisely what could, and did, happen to young women who did. Probably the only rule of his I completely honored....
Posted by: The Grateful at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (GhEl3)
Covid - Probably?
Tattoo - Left shoulder, blue phoenix
Fired a gun - Grandpa showed me how
Slept in a tent - On a mountain!
Been snow skiing - Was bruised from head to toe
Broken a bone - Shattered, actually
Been stung by a bee - The wasp sting hurt more
Travelled to another country - Hai!
Failed a class - Almost got an "Incomplete" in high school right before graduation
90 points!
Posted by: pookysgirl thought she lived a normal life at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 10:54 PM (dMvru)
...the rest of the story.
Posted by: Don Black
Hey if we can add stuff ...
I claim 10 more points for
- getting hit by a car
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 30, 2025 10:55 PM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at July 30, 2025 10:56 PM (cduTK)
Now you know
...the rest of the story.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
You know who else lost it at the Hofbrauhaus...
Posted by: Diogenes at July 30, 2025 10:57 PM (W/lyH)
Covid-- Nope
Tattoo--Nope
Fired a gun--yes sir
Broken a bone--nope
Slept in a tent--Yep
Been snow skiing--nope
Been stung by a bee--worked a summer in a orchard (stung every damn day for 3 months)
Travelled to another country--yup
Failed a class--nope
50? What's the goal?
Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2025 10:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 10:39 PM (85azL)
You can order it online, BioCrick sells it at $105 for 5 mgs
It's SDS is a hoot. As far as anyone can tell, it is less toxic than table salt.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2025 10:58 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 10:58 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Germany Calling at July 30, 2025 10:59 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 30, 2025 10:59 PM (QdGJh)
How about slept in the wide open for days in a shit-hole third world country... and maybe a hole for a night or two
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
I did a bunch of work with BBN back in the 80s. Got to meet Ray Tomlinson, the guy who basically invented the modern email naming convention after his work with ARPANET.
I remember people telling how stupid the idea of things like email was and that serious business would never been done on the internet. That was a bit off.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (viF8m)
Now you know
...the rest of the story.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at July 30, 2025 10:37 PM (AOsQT)
_________________________________
Been there...and I'm not surprised. Any basement beer hall with a puke basin in the bathroom is just asking for trouble.
Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (dIske)
Paul Tibbets, pilot of the “silverplate” specially modified B-29 Enola Gay that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan ending the war, in later years drove a Toyota. He felt American carmakers only offered what they thought you should have, and after looking around decided the Japanese car was better suited for his needs.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (dMvru)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (HFcKg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (85azL)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:02 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:02 PM
***
You're welcome!
Posted by: TRex - AmericanDino at July 30, 2025 11:03 PM (8FUKC)
How about slept in the wide open for days in a shit-hole third world country... and maybe a hole for a night or two
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
-----------------
A friend said he vacationed one winter in Korea sleeping on the ground in a bag. He never wanted to be in the cold again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 11:03 PM (85azL)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 11:04 PM (HFcKg)
Do temporary tattoos from Cracker Jack box prizes count? Cuz I rocked a lot of those.
In fact I always thought temporary tattoos make more sense anyhow. Imagine if you were stuck with certain fashion choices the rest of your life - say, bell bottoms and a Sandy Duncan haircut.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:06 PM (dMvru)
...........................
Panaroma Point. I've seen pictures of it. It's on some guys ranch. For a few bucks, you can scale the mighty peaks of Nebraska's highest point. Or, just drive the dirt road to it. It's rolling grassland in all directions. I'm guessing you can see the Rockies on a clear day.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 30, 2025 11:06 PM (sAmhv)
Jumped out of a perfectly good plane. Not because Uncle Sam told you to, but because you helped an A&P mechanic / jump master fix a jump plane until 0'dark thirty and the next thing you know you are 200 miles away at a drop zome and they are strapping you in.... Out you go!
That should be good for 30 points.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard
Yeah, that was my Dad also. Along with the cold, he said the worst part of that winter was trying to get 3 inches of pene out of 6 inches of foul weather gear.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 11:08 PM (6WCwE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2025 11:09 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: PabloD at July 30, 2025 11:10 PM (LZLEA)
Posted by: Tonypete
Life in a northern town.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 30, 2025 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Can't Win 'Em All at July 30, 2025 11:11 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Javems at July 30, 2025 11:12 PM (8I4hW)
But nobody (most) ever really knew who he was, he kept a low profile. He’s a really interesting guy, I didn’t realize until a little research what an exceptional individual he really was. They didn’t choose him at random to run that operation.
I’m almost certain I once saw Frank Borman driving alone on the highway, in Montana, a long time ago.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:12 PM (dMvru)
I claim 10 more points for
- getting hit by a car
Posted by: vmom
I can claim those 10, too.
What else is in the spirit of the list?
Here's one I could claim:
- surgical removal of a bodily organ
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 11:13 PM (DgGvY)
I Pray the Lord my soul to keep
You Morons can fight over the AR with the thermal night scope.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 11:14 PM (HFcKg)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 30, 2025 11:00 PM (HFcKg)
yeah, if you saw her face when I showed her the tattoo I wanted that angel had a demon streak. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 30, 2025 11:14 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Common Tater
I saw Martin Bormann driving across the Pulaski Skyway in 1968.
Posted by: Pretty Sure It Was Him at July 30, 2025 11:15 PM (G5+As)
I claim 10 more points for
- getting hit by a car
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 30, 2025 10:55 PM (eZ5tL)
Honestly though, the list is pretty tame.
Like, "removing my own stitches when my wife refused" tame
Posted by: Kindltot at July 30, 2025 11:16 PM (D7oie)
You can order it online, BioCrick sells it at $105 for 5 mgs
It's SDS is a hoot. As far as anyone can tell, it is less toxic than table salt.
Posted by: Kindltot
---------------
Received "search for _ _ generated no results" for any input.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 11:16 PM (85azL)
(Delurked special for that one! After all, there was a special lurker link!)
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at July 30, 2025 11:17 PM (G77LY)
The repair guy warned me that I'm going to have to replace the whole system soon, so now it's time to do research on Lennox and Ruud systems.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes she didn't have to do the finances at July 30, 2025 11:17 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Common Tater
That's my thought on them. I've never seen a baseball cap or t-shirt that was so cool I'd wanna wear it every day.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 11:17 PM (DgGvY)
But it wasn’t universal with the veterans. My uncle served in the ETO and had a pretty rough time of it. He dragged his family all over the USA on camping trips for vacation. Mostly I’m told, to save money, he was a real …. Thrifty .. person.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:18 PM (dMvru)
Never skied, and I have no tats.
Posted by: sal at July 30, 2025 11:19 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at July 30, 2025 11:17 PM
***
Hooray! Gold star!
Posted by: TRex - Who can it be now?! at July 30, 2025 11:19 PM (8FUKC)
Covid-- Nope
Tattoo--Nope
Fired a gun--yes sir
Broken a bone--nope
Slept in a tent--Yep
Been snow skiing--nope
Been stung by a bee--worked a summer in a orchard (stung every damn day for 3 months)
Travelled to another country--yup
Failed a class--nope
50? What's the goal?
Posted by: Orson at July 30, 2025 10:58 PM (dIske)
90 is my score
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025 11:21 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 11:21 PM (4tvN6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 11:22 PM (HZi96)
My son and I had just picked her up from the airport where she flew in from her enclave in Baja to be with my dying Mother during her last days who was suffering from advanced cancer and was in Hospice.
She was in the back seat giggling and proud of herself because she had smuggled a bunch of "stem cells" to "save Mom" in from where she bought them from some Mexican dude.
They were in a plastic sandwich bad and she passed them up to my son to look at. My son looks at it and says, "This is a bag of dirt!".
She says no way, they cost her a lot of money. Some says, "There's even rocks in it".
Needless to say we struggled not to laugh and never mentioned it to my Mother.
Posted by: pawn at July 30, 2025 11:22 PM (QB+5g)
Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 10:08 PM (JkO4W)
If I were the judge I'd need video proof. I want to see it anyway.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025 11:23 PM (6PCLE)
Stitches - yep
Covid - probably not? Refused to test regardless tho.
Tattoo - No
Fired a gun - Yes, with joy
Broken a bone - Double-header, both arms at once
Slept in a tent - yep
Been snow skiing - nope
Been stung by a bee - no
Travelled to another country - yes
Failed a class - probably, I didn't handle college well that first year...
Posted by: RandomDave at July 30, 2025 11:23 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 30, 2025 11:23 PM (JvZF+)
Tell me what I've won, Johnny!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
A baker's rack and a VCR!!
Posted by: Johnny Olson at July 30, 2025 11:23 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at July 30, 2025 11:23 PM (G77LY)
Michael Moschen is awesome.
He gave David Bowie a reacharound.
.....
Bowie doing the contact-juggling with crystal balls in the movie Labyrinth? That was actually Michael's hand. He was standing behind David, juggling blind.
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 11:24 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 30, 2025 11:24 PM (v23vE)
Gary Larson is back, baybee. I have two large volumes of cartoons, which are the only reason I remained sane (sort of) for the 2016 election.
https://tinyurl.com/bdhefkbb
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025 11:26 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:26 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 10:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Meh. (shrugs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2025 11:27 PM (cVDqY)
Tibbetts could have made bank advertising for Toyota!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:27 PM (dMvru)
Stitches - Yes
Covid - No
Tattoo - No. Are you nuts?
Fired a gun - No. Never even touched one
Broken a bone - No
Slept in a tent - Yes
Been snow skiing - Yes
Been stung by a bee - Yes
Travelled to another country - Yes
Failed a class - No
Clearly my life has been unfulfilled.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 11:27 PM (HZi96)
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:28 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:28 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: polynikes
They're kinda all together at the Natural History Museum. Who am I to argue with a huge diorama?
Posted by: Blissfully Unaware at July 30, 2025 11:29 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: TRex - howdy ho! at July 30, 2025 11:29 PM (8FUKC)
Trying to find out for a relative.
Posted by: sal at July 30, 2025 11:29 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Willie Brown at July 30, 2025 11:30 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:31 PM (JkO4W)
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Um, Hitler?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:31 PM (JkO4W)
-
WRONGO!
He dropped one.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 11:32 PM (4tvN6)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 30, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)
Video is backwards, so did not click.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2025 11:32 PM (cVDqY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 11:32 PM (HZi96)
Seaman 1st class
Posted by: The Grateful at July 30, 2025 11:33 PM (GhEl3)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2025 11:33 PM (U/Byj)
Trying to find out for a relative.
Posted by: sal at July 30, 2025 11:29 PM (f+FmA)
I'm guessing Seaman First Class.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 11:33 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 30, 2025 11:34 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:35 PM (Rk726)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2025 11:36 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:37 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 30, 2025 11:36 PM (U/Byj)
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I always get stuck at Feldwebel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:37 PM (JkO4W)
Want to bet? There is the Fur Reich to contend with.
Oh, for a functional flammenwerfer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:38 PM (Rk726)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 30, 2025 11:24 PM (v23vE)
Did I hear mention of gravy? *elbows way to the front holding an empty tureen*
Posted by: Olivia Julianna at July 30, 2025 11:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:39 PM (Rk726)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:39 PM (PcTds)
Let me guess, she watches The Spew.
Posted by: Anna Puma
I saw Auditory Carpet Bombing open for Boris at Toyosu PIT in '22.
https://youtu.be/SGiWrGtaZ3o
Posted by: mikeski at July 30, 2025 11:40 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 30, 2025 11:41 PM (SRRAx)
So not unheard of.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 10:25 PM (ynpvh)
Well the volcanos are a result of subducted plates getting melted in the mantle, so an earthquake, which represents a hunk of plate getting shoved into the melting pot, should be expected to trigger eruptions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 30, 2025 11:41 PM (cVDqY)
Shocking!! 😳 And here you are to tell the tale 🙂
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:39 PM (PcTds)
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Pfft. It was solar-powered.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:41 PM (JkO4W)
One time, a reporter mispronounced Wally Schirra’s name as “Sky Ray” and that kind of stuck, if you wanted to piss Wally off, that was one way to do it. He also wielded a lot of power. At one point the NASA dieticians decreed that, there being no nutritional value to Coffee, it would not be included in space. Wally disagreed strenuously, and saw to it that if Coffee was not necessary in space, then by golly nobody needed it at the NASA dieticians office either. They lasted about three days, and relented.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:41 PM (2Fnww)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 30, 2025 11:42 PM (V9pbl)
Posted by: Frankie at July 30, 2025 11:42 PM (nVUa4)
Weatherfolks say slightly cooler days ahead. Yeah, sure, it's August in Oklahoma.
https://youtu.be/5k0GDQrK2jo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - tidal heat waves ahead at July 30, 2025 11:43 PM (2MFUK)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 30, 2025 10:42 PM (6WCwE)
I've hitchhiked (in December, NY-CT state line to Boston and, a week later, back to Jersey) and picked up hitchhikers in the past. It was always somewhat dangerous. But today you'd have to be insane to hitchhike or pick one up.
Posted by: RickZ at July 30, 2025 10:49 PM (gKDq2)
I hitchhiked twice in college. First time, in a major snowstorm on Thanksgiving, the busses were not running that morning and I had job @ 0700 at the hospital. Undercover cop picked me up, asked for my ID (I guess he was an undercover cop??). Which was my home state ID, so no address if he was a pervert. He lectured me the entire 9 blocks. I asked to be let out and he took me to the door of the hospital. I thought,"Oh, hell, he's going to tell the house supervisor!" This was after freaking out he'd call my parents.
Another time, in spite of this, I did it again as the bus was late and it was getting dark. Instead of going straight he turned right. I said stop and got out. Golly.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 30, 2025 11:43 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Frankie at July 30, 2025 11:42 PM (nVUa4)
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The Almighty didn't create the Holy Taser of Antioch so it could sit in a museum.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:43 PM (JkO4W)
Shocking!! 😳 And here you are to tell the tale 🙂
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:39 PM (PcTds)
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Pfft. It was solar-powered.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:41 PM (JkO4W)
More reliable than wind-powered...
https://tinyurl.com/yt3bd6rc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 30, 2025 11:44 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at July 30, 2025 11:44 PM (FFn+L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 30, 2025 11:45 PM (85azL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:47 PM (Rk726)
OK. It was a pet snake and its teeth were as small as staple ends.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 11:48 PM (4tvN6)
You reminded me of this tangent.
I may be crazy but I thought Space Cowboys was one of Eastwood’s best movies.
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:48 PM (VofaG)
At first I laughed but after thinking about it, that makes it worse! Do we have enough power? Yes, no wait, not now. How about now?
If it was me I'd ask for a firing squad.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:49 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 30, 2025 11:50 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: polynikes at July 30, 2025 11:52 PM (VofaG)
The mom would get a pass from me. The child needs to be told to listen to his mom.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 30, 2025 11:52 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 11:53 PM (4tvN6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:54 PM (Rk726)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 30, 2025 11:43 PM
***
Ha!
Posted by: TRex - taser versus bunny rabbit at July 30, 2025 11:55 PM (8FUKC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:58 PM (Rk726)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 30, 2025 11:59 PM (2Fnww)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (bss/y)
https://youtu.be/5k0GDQrK2jo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - tidal heat waves ahead at July 30, 2025 11:43 PM (2MFUK)
Central Valley Calif... lived here on and off for 66 years... and this is the COOLEST summer I can remember. We have NOT hit 100 all summer... and certainly not the 110+ I've seen many years.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (mP0Kj)
I mean, in addition to cutting the original ad, why not pay somebody - or more than one somebody - to post something saying, " How dare they?", then push that out into the ether on purpose? Instant "free" publicity, and you get eyes on your product to boot.
It worked to get The Steele Dossier out there....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (SRRAx)
@zerohedge
58m
Ring Of Fire Awakens: Pacific Megaquake First Sparked Tsunami, Now Eurasia's Tallest Volcano Erupts
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:58 PM (Rk726)
No, it is the Holy Tyre Iron... of course...
For blessed is he who must break the Lug of the Nut...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)
A giant magnifying glass would seem easier in comparison.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:54 PM (Rk726)
That would be a good use for that shuttered Ivanpah solar-thermal generating plant in easternmost California. Take out the boiler, and replace it with a chair made from metal and asbestos. Strap the condemned criminal into the chair just before sunrise.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:02 AM (0sq2f)
@zerohedge
58m
Ring Of Fire Awakens: Pacific Megaquake First Sparked Tsunami, Now Eurasia's Tallest Volcano Erupts
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (85azL)
Yeah, this has been going on for over a Decade... the Ring has been getting more and more active.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 11:58 PM (Rk726)
No, it is the Holy Tyre Iron... of course...
For blessed is he who must break the Lug of the Nut...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (bss/y)
"Right now, Klyuchevskaya Sopka is erupting," the Russian federal agency wrote in the post with an accompanying photograph of the volcano's eruption.
https://tinyurl.com/28pmz7d9
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (Rk726)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)
Or the nut of a lug.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (gKDq2)
What goes around, comes around.
https://tinyurl.com/bt73jvjh
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2025 12:04 AM (viF8m)
It worked to get The Steele Dossier out there....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 31, 2025 12:00 AM (SRRAx)
Yeah, and the one where she shows her Ass-ets while climbing into a Classic Shelby Mustang?
Clearly trying to get the Globull Warmerists to have a... melt down...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:04 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:04 AM (Rk726)
GO! - NASA/SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SpaceX Crew-11 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center
Launch Date: July 31, 2025
Launch Time: 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 UTC, 18:09 CEST)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX4lkjfMVCs
Posted by: Joyenz at July 31, 2025 12:05 AM (sPQoU)
Electro-cuted is a neologism specifically coined from “Electricity” and “Executed” meaning “killed (dead) by electricity”. The electric chair was kind of a wicked idea, really. Not sure why it was thought preferable to hanging.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 31, 2025 12:05 AM (2Fnww)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)
Or the nut of a lug.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (gKDq2)
Yeah, pretty sure that is what my Ex girlfriend said...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:05 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:05 AM (Rk726)
The retiring Baby Boom generation has a record $82.4 trillion in net worth
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:06 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 31, 2025 12:06 AM (t+64Y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:07 AM (Rk726)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:06 AM (85azL)
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*snort*
Not anymore.
Posted by: Nigerian Romance Scammers at July 31, 2025 12:08 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:10 AM (Rk726)
Posted by: sal at July 31, 2025 12:10 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Correct on the electrocution.
Edison went around the country illustrating how dangerous DC was, actually selling A/C. He electrocuted elephants to make his point. Which resolved in him selling the electric chair to the govt.
Govt purchasing has always been a boon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:10 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:04 AM (Rk726)
Tensor does not do well with hands, eh? (re: the recent green fox eared gal)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 31, 2025 12:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:12 AM (Rk726)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:12 AM (Rk726)
Well, in the one she has an extra ghostly finger and in the other she is missing one or two.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 31, 2025 12:13 AM (bss/y)
Edison went around the country illustrating how dangerous DC was, actually selling A/C. He electrocuted elephants to make his point.
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The elephant euthanasia business was never the same after that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 31, 2025 12:13 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:14 AM (Rk726)
They had an interview with Mrs. Bill Clinton, and that was all she could talk about. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, the Democrats had been in bed with Soviets or at least fellow travelers since the 1920s, all of a sudden, they are like the worst thing, ever. “Are they really serious!?” Yes. Yes they were. It matters not that everyone knows it’s complete bullshit, so long as they have a narrative to spew their talking points, and indict, it’s all fair in love and war. Shameless doesn’t really cover it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 31, 2025 12:14 AM (S0rY1)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 31, 2025 12:05 AM (2Fnww)
Sometimes more than necks are broken by a hanging, the head gets taken off, too.
Some people were strangled by hanging and took minutes to die; it was thought a quick jolt of deadly electricity was more humane.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's one place where AI really is a lot like us.
Posted by: mikeski at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:03 AM (mP0Kj)
Waiting for a couple of them here to blow. Mt Spurr keeps trying to but not quite making it.
So, party on, on this ring of fire.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Common Tater
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What about *cattle prods* hmm?
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Edison went around the country illustrating how dangerous DC was, actually selling A/C. He electrocuted elephants to make his point.
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The elephant euthanasia business was never the same after that.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 31, 2025 12:13 AM (JkO4W)
When 60 cycle AC is about as dangerous to human life as you can get... because it is close to the electrical cycle that you Heart functions at.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:16 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (1Gsou)
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It burns burns burns
Posted by: Johnny Cash at July 31, 2025 12:16 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:14 AM
***
Thank you! Help yourself to the bar. Leaving the keys and going to bed.
Posted by: TRex - free refills at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (8FUKC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (Rk726)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Correct on the electrocution.
Edison went around the country illustrating how dangerous DC was, actually selling A/C. He electrocuted elephants to make his point. Which resolved in him selling the electric chair to the govt.
Govt purchasing has always been a boon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:10 AM (85azL)
I think he went around the country illustration how dangerous AC was...
DC was Edison's investment; AC was Tesla's baby purchased and funded by Westinghouse. DC's downside was the size of the cables needed and the huge line losses.
https://tinyurl.com/3hf727vf
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (ynpvh)
So, party on, on this ring of fire.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 12:15 AM (1Gsou)
Whut? A Burnin Ring of Fire????
Posted by: Johny Cash at July 31, 2025 12:17 AM (mP0Kj)
Govt purchasing has always been a boon.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:10 AM (85azL)
Edison promoted DC current. He was slagging AC as dangerous, and his botched electrocution of Topsy the elephant was done with AC, provided by a Westinghouse generator that he did not know how to run.
And the truth is, DC can kill you worse. A DC shock can freeze your muscles, and you cannot let go. Because AC reverses 60 times per second, you can sometimes twitch free of the hot wire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:18 AM (0sq2f)
Posted by: Romeo13
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Isn't 3mA the 'magic number'?
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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She was 14, it was scandalous.
https://tinyurl.com/yv5f657e
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:19 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It's more likely the added pressure, not that additional plate material. It takes years to melt that shit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 31, 2025 12:19 AM (mlg/3)
Edison went around the country illustrating how dangerous DC was, actually selling A/C. He electrocuted elephants to make his point.
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Other way around. Edison was demonstrating how dangerous AC was. To make the point, he suggested that death by electricity be referred to as being 'Westinghoused'.
Posted by: Anatolian Shepherd Dog at July 31, 2025 12:19 AM (XeU6L)
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This is what Obama was looking at...
All those typical WHITE people with their life's accumulated wealth !!!
[Jerks off while thinking of genocide]
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 31, 2025 12:20 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 31, 2025 12:19 AM (mlg/3)
It's like stepping on the back end of a toothpaste tube. Something's got to give.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:21 AM (0sq2f)
It isn't. It's a Shelby GT 350.
Want.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2025 12:21 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Romeo13
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Isn't 3mA the 'magic number'?
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Here's a chart...
https://tinyurl.com/p9swn8ft
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:23 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
I think that's called 'Cut her off.'
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Nice enough guy, but... *DUMB ASS* for working it 'hot'
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:25 AM (85azL)
It isn't. It's a Shelby GT 350.
Want.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Not the one that I saw...
igit.me/RQvag
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 31, 2025 12:25 AM (XeU6L)
Want.
Posted by: JackStraw
==
Bunk
BRB...
...
...
Not a car guy... Shelby and Cobra one of the few I thinked I would like...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 31, 2025 12:25 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: RickZ
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Aww. Killjoy. I haven't even *started* yet.
Oh, well. It's only mid-week anyhow. Save it for the weekend, right?
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
The How and Why Wonderbook
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 31, 2025 12:27 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
I think that's called 'Cut her off.'
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Maybe she's in Auzzieland...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:27 AM (ynpvh)
igit.me/RQvag
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 31, 2025 12:25 AM (XeU6L)
One in the ad is White with Blue stripes... different car.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 31, 2025 12:27 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2025 12:27 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: mikeski at July 31, 2025 12:29 AM (DgGvY)
https://tinyurl.com/p9swn8ft
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Isn't the amount of volts part of the equations? Lower voltage needs higher amps, higher voltage needs lower amps?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Braenyard -
This one guy is why DARPA should have done the off shore "Dead Pool" I proposed in 2002 -
Bet on when the 'bad guy' dies, win a million$, 10M$, 100M$, whatever... The only rule is the date and the pot. You think you can rig it? OK.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:25 AM (85azL)
Pretty wimpy "sanctions".
Posted by: zombie Ramon Mercader at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0sq2f)
I seem to recall an instructor saying that 3mA was *just right* to cause fibrillation, if one was unlucky.
*shrugs*
It was a long time ago & I didn't pursue a career in that field.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
The Clinton camp has been fairly quiet, I think Hillary might be in a bit of trouble here.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2025 12:32 AM (viF8m)
Nice enough guy, but... *DUMB ASS* for working it 'hot'
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
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As a teenager, I tried to do some A/C Compressor maintenance before flipping the breaker off.
The screwdriver exploded in my hand and I was lucky to survive -- and never made that mistake again.
Posted by: ShainS -- Everybody Lies, Including Sleeping Dogs at July 31, 2025 12:32 AM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (85azL)
E=IR, it's the law.
Posted by: Georg Ohm at July 31, 2025 12:33 AM (0sq2f)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
Obama's were in it it, too, right up to Mooch's nutsack.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:34 AM (0sq2f)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
I don't hear either Billy Jeff or Hillarity calling for the Epstein Files to be released.
I think both Obama and the Clintons are soon to find out about 'pucker factor'.
I can only hope Hillary's prediction comes true, albeit late: 'If Trump wins, we all hang from nooses.'
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 12:36 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
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Before leaving the White House that they had darkened for eight years in 2001 -- as well as stealing all the "W"s from the keyboards -- Bubba issued secret pardons for the entire Clinton Crime Syndicate Family for all past, present, and future crimes (which covered most of Arkansas and all Arkancides at that time -- and surprisingly, included Hunter Biden).
/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS -- Everybody Lies, Including Sleeping Dogs at July 31, 2025 12:36 AM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (85azL)
E=IR, it's the law.
Posted by: Georg Ohm at July 31, 2025 12:33 AM (0sq2f)
It is a function of the skin resistance and the voltage. Inside, the resistance is fairly low (like 300 ohms), but the outside skin can be a few thousand ohms or more. Break down the outer skin, have a low path from the AC source through you back to the AC source (e.g. earth ground, assuming source is earthed), and the fun begins...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:37 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2025 12:39 AM (VofaG)
Covid - nope
Tattoo - not that I remember
Fired a gun - probably a couple of thousand rounds
Broken a bone - (3)... if you count cracked ribs (4)
Slept in a tent - Boy Scouts, Army, Backpacker for 20+ years
Been snow skiing - downhill and cross-country aaandd slept on snow without a tent
Been stung by a bee - couple of times when I stepped on one, multiple time by yellow jackets and wasps just for the hell of it
Travelled to another country - Canada, Mexico and Army don't count but I have 7 entry stamps in my passports
Failed a class - Engineering Drawing 2, nib pen ink on vellum was my nemesis, got a D second time, said "good enough"
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 12:39 AM (zR6mt)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:35 AM (77rzZ)
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So she's concluded that Jews were the first dinosaurs?
Posted by: ShainS -- Everybody Lies, Including Sleeping Dogs at July 31, 2025 12:39 AM (NufQ3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 31, 2025 12:41 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 31, 2025 12:39 AM (VofaG)
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* The film "The Blue Lagoon" has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS -- Everybody Lies, Including Sleeping Dogs at July 31, 2025 12:41 AM (NufQ3)
...
According to Council Member Victoria Parks, Holly and the other individual attacked (White male) "begged for that beat down."
https://tinyurl.com/y3akr9hk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:42 AM (85azL)
Yes, it can.
So far.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 31, 2025 12:45 AM (OyqoP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:47 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 12:49 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:49 AM (77rzZ)
https://tinyurl.com/y3akr9hk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 12:42 AM (85azL)
If Victoria Parks had all the shit beaten out of her, what was left could be rolled up and mailed to Zimbabwe for two bucks in postage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:50 AM (0sq2f)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:47 AM (0nHVk)
::: Killer Bees and Murder Wasps have entered the chat :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:50 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:49 AM (77rzZ)
Bees used to go after the oleander flowers at my parents place...ever seen a bee walk around like it's drunk? And yes, honey can be poisonous...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:51 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: ShainS
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You're luckier than my former neighbor. He, also, will never make that mistake again.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:53 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: a dude in MI at July 31, 2025 12:55 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:49 AM (77rzZ)
Bees used to go after the oleander flowers at my parents place...ever seen a bee walk around like it's drunk? And yes, honey can be poisonous...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:51 AM (ynpvh)
Oh, note on oleaders:
"The oleander plant is one of the most toxic you can have in your garden. A person can die from just chewing part of a leaf or using the stems to skewer food. All parts of the oleander plant are toxic, including the leaves, stems, seeds, flowers, and nectar inside the flowers. Honey made from oleander flowers is also poisonous. Children have died from just sucking the nectar from the flowers...Two cardiac glycosides called oleandroside and nerioside, along with digitoxigenin, neriin, and oleandrin, are what makes oleander poisonous."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:55 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:55 AM (77rzZ)
Here ya go...
https://tinyurl.com/mr38t2j8
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:56 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim
::: a tarantula hawk as big as your hand looms over them :::
https://is.gd/I88YsN
Posted by: mikeski at July 31, 2025 12:58 AM (DgGvY)
Bummer.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 12:57 AM (rdVOm)
It was a hot one here...actually popped up to 80°F for a bit...
Low tonight around 60°F.
The weather here is so terrible. /sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 12:59 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 12:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: a dude in MI at July 31, 2025 01:00 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Yeah, but the heat here will subside in a few weeks. You, on the other hand, will still be stuck in Kali.
*condolences*
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2025 01:01 AM (viF8m)
Have not most been stung dozens of times?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Only once by stomping on it with my heel. Then again I got whipped by a jellyfish. ( no, don't say it. FU. )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 31, 2025 01:02 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: jim
::: a tarantula hawk as big as your hand looms over them :::
https://is.gd/I88YsN
Posted by: mikeski at July 31, 2025 12:58 AM (DgGvY)
And their stings be painful, too.
https://youtu.be/PUe80HnKE3E
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 01:02 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:03 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 31, 2025 01:06 AM (OyqoP)
Bummer.
Posted by: JQ
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It's moisture in the atmosphere caused by the volcanic action in the Pacific. Moisture in the atmosphere is keeping the night time lows higher than normal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 01:08 AM (85azL)
Of course, you wouldn't want to just eat a handful of those things-- blechh! Bitter! (yeah, but I just Had To Know!)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
But 60 year old guys don't fly modern fighter jets nor drive modern F-1 cars.
I wish they did, might keep a dream alive
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:09 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 01:09 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 31, 2025 01:10 AM (OyqoP)
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 01:13 AM (zR6mt)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 01:17 AM (77rzZ)
This is how the heat usually breaks every summer.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)
Thunderstorms/light rain forecast for the rest of the week. Hope it's not just 'dry lightning' and fire starters!
This is how the heat usually breaks every summer.
Posted by: JQ
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Hiya JQ. Do you get fires in your part of the world?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 01:20 AM (jEpJm)
7/28/25 _Frank Bergman
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 31, 2025 01:20 AM (85azL)
Posted by: Bulg at July 31, 2025 01:23 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Oh, yeah!
I'm in the middle of Idaho. We got forests, cropland, grazing land, and it's a freaking tinderbox right now.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 01:25 AM (PcTds)
Just posted that Canada's announcement about recognizing a "Palestinian state" will make it "very hard" for the US to do a trade deal.
Also said he doesn't care what India (no trade deal yet) does with Russia, and they can "take their dead economies down together, for all I care." Youwzah.
And of course US and Pakistan concluded trade deal yesterday.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 31, 2025 01:26 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:27 AM (+qU29)
I don't remember fires in the summers when I was a kid but then the gvt got into the firefighting business and now we have fires almost every summer. Strange that.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 01:30 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:32 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:32 AM (+qU29)
As I said, the Paleos are winning the propaganda war.
Hooray For Pallywood! And CNN and its 'competition'.
If the Nazis had had access to anti-social media, we would have lost WWII.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 01:37 AM (gKDq2)
I grew up in this region. Don't remember choking on smoke every summer, as a kid!
We haven't had major smoke yet this summer-- but the last 20 years or so, it's been a feature *every* year.
IMO, not so much due to guv "firefighting" but rather, due to piss-poor forest management due to environmental regs that reduced clear-cutting, brush removal and even plain old logging in some areas.
A lack of prevention, is how I see it.
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:41 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
Obama's were in it it, too, right up to Mooch's nutsack.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 12:34 AM (0sq2f)
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Arrests. Trials. Sentencings.
Waiting.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 31, 2025 01:42 AM (4tvN6)
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:32 AM (+qU29)
As I said, the Paleos are winning the propaganda war.
Hooray For Pallywood! And CNN and its 'competition'.
If the Nazis had had access to anti-social media, we would have lost WWII.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 01:37 AM (gKDq2)
The only Authentic Hamas is the murderous one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 01:45 AM (ynpvh)
I'm in the middle of Idaho. We got forests, cropland, grazing land, and it's a freaking tinderbox right now.
Posted by: JQ
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Ohhhh my God, I don't know why I thought you were in Tennessee or someplace like that. Ugh, wildfires. DAMN near burned down my parents' cabin-in-the-mountains once but burned every tree around them and their Hansel-and-Gretel hut in the Enchanted Woods turned into a little house on the prairie. Another fire burned m SIL's home.
I was working in a newsroom once during fire season. Hated that, too. We didn't know anything but we put it on the air anyway. People calling us all day telling us the Forest Service was useless, which it might have been, no idea.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 01:45 AM (jEpJm)
Soon enough to be 78yo
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:46 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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One of my ancients was arrested and sentanced to a week at hard labor for stealing a pint of gooseberries.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 31, 2025 01:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 31, 2025 01:47 AM (XeU6L)
Have a great rest of the night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 31, 2025 01:48 AM (+qU29)
I don't hear either Billy Jeff or Hillarity calling for the Epstein Files to be released.
Posted by: RickZ
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Funny, isn't that? New documents are out today. Patel found a burn bag.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 01:50 AM (jEpJm)
Philadelphia Fed Q2 analysis says 63.6% of GDP growth due to productivity in the key Skip sector
Posted by: Mikklosian informations at July 31, 2025 01:53 AM (lenBr)
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 31, 2025 01:53 AM (vJMpJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 31, 2025 01:54 AM (WRCWw)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 31, 2025 01:55 AM (0nHVk)
Had a great-uncle who spent a summer in the mountains killing gooseberry bushes for USFS, because they harbored some insect that spread Blister Rust (or something like that)
Would've been in the 1930s? Maybe? Can't ask, he's dead now...
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
A number of folks were shot (in the leg, it the arm, in the thigh...one guy got shot in the head, but the bullet wrapped around his skull and came out behind the ear). Amazingly, nobody seemed to have died...
Then a grand-aunt (married to my grandfather's brother) had a brother and brother-in-law shoot each other to death along Main street in a Texas town almost 110 years ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 01:58 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 01:50 AM (jEpJm)
Yep. But to me, what's even funnier is leftists thinking Trump is in those files. If Trump was in the Epstein Files, it would have been leaked during Obama's term to help Hillary or it would have been leaked in 2020 to help Biden. Neither happened. But leftists cannot seem to grasp this concept. TDS is a powerful drug.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 01:59 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 01:50 AM (jEpJm)
Yep. But to me, what's even funnier is leftists thinking Trump is in those files. If Trump was in the Epstein Files, it would have been leaked during Obama's term to help Hillary or it would have been leaked in 2020 to help Biden. Neither happened. But leftists cannot seem to grasp this concept. TDS is a powerful drug.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 01:59 AM (gKDq2)
The closest they got was Trump using Epstein's plane for a trip to Jersey? Wherever it was, it wasn't to Paedo Island. Yeah, if they had dirt on Trump, they would've dumped it out before 2016.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 02:01 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: TJM's phone
Next-
European airtags are so much better than American
Posted by: SnobAlert at July 31, 2025 02:01 AM (lenBr)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 31, 2025 02:03 AM (yKtRT)
A number of folks were shot (in the leg, it the arm, in the thigh...one guy got shot in the head, but the bullet wrapped around his skull and came out behind the ear). Amazingly, nobody seemed to have died...
Then a grand-aunt (married to my grandfather's brother) had a brother and brother-in-law shoot each other to death along Main street in a Texas town almost 110 years ago...
Posted by: jim
SLAVONAUT Had ancestors that on the first emergence of physical violence beat each other with hoop sticks, and when visiting a lawyers office, broke out in to beating and shooting.
A number of folks were shot (in the leg, it the arm, in the thigh...one guy got shot in the head, but the bullet wrapped around his skull and came out behind the ear). Amazingly, nobody seemed to have died...
Then a grand-aunt (married to my grandfather's brother) had a brother and brother-in-law shoot each other to death along Main street in a Texas town almost 110 years ago...
Posted by: jim SAY YES
Slavonaut Theorists say YES
Posted by: The Estate of Uncle Palp at July 31, 2025 02:04 AM (lenBr)
Posted by: SnobAlert at July 31, 2025 02:01 AM (lenBr)
But American air guitar players beat European air guitar players hands down. Well, maybe not 'hands down'. Hard to play air guitar with your hands down.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 02:04 AM (gKDq2)
Management is part of it too. I come from a family of loggers. In the old days the loggers would see a fire start and put it out. The the gvt came in and said you can't do that but if you take these tests and sign these papers you can be part of the team. And the team made *good* money, food and Gatorade provided, don't go to work until three pm when we see what way the wind is blowing. Then the loggers didn't log in the summer, they "fought" fires. My dad did that for a few years until he was so sickened by the dishonesty he quit.
Obviously a hot topic with me 🙂
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:05 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: TJM's phone
Next-
European airtags are so much better than American
Posted by: SnobAlert at July 31, 2025 02:01 AM (lenBr)
There were a group of researchers from a local Uni here that needed to get to Mali in the Maldives, so tickets were purchased, and equipment was packed up to fly over. When the researches exited the plane, they found themselves in the country of Mali, Africa instead...with a bunch of ocean monitoring equipment...
BTW, Mali is a desert country...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 02:05 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 31, 2025 02:03 AM (yKtRT)
Damn, an orange man did it; it was TRUMP!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 02:06 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: RickZ
Venn diagram of guitar rockers and up/down twinklers
sorry
Posted by: Miklos, for The Estate of Uncle Palp at July 31, 2025 02:07 AM (lenBr)
Interesting. I wonder if any are still around. I might drive by my grandparents' old house to see if it is still there.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:08 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 31, 2025 02:03 AM (yKtRT)
So it was Trump in the MCC with a noose who killed Epstein.
Posted by: RickZ at July 31, 2025 02:08 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 01:13 AM (zR6mt)
The Dewey system is excellent for small-to-medium libraries, but becomes clumsy for very large collections (such as...the Library of Congress).
Most large academic libraries use LoC. City libraries are more likely to use Dewey.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2025 02:08 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Lesson?
DO NOT FUCK WITH UNCLE PALP'S GOOSEBRRIES
Posted by: Miklos, for The Estate of Uncle Palpatine at July 31, 2025 02:11 AM (lenBr)
Posted by: JQ at July 31, 2025 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:13 AM (PcTds)
I can't make sense of this CBS video story. Supposedly it makes Bongino and Patel look like idiots for saying there's no way anyone else could have gotten to Epstein's cell. Did I get that right?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 02:14 AM (jEpJm)
Well, I got the alternator replaced on the '08 Crown Vic. Reman alternator was $250 for the stupid thing. It's been a while since I had to buy one. Bidenflation.
Tonight, coming back from the hospital in the thing, I noticed the lights looked a bit brighter. A/C felt a little cooler too. Apparently, the thing had been slowly crapping out over the last couple of weeks, and last night the voltage got low enough to trip the warning light.
The battery took a pretty good charge too. The old one was putting out some, but not enough to keep the battery at fully charged level. Battery is 4 years, I noticed, date 3/21. It will probably crap out this winter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 31, 2025 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
"I wasn't going to eat them, I was only going to taste them."
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:15 AM (PcTds)
He needed to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas for a week of orientation to the United States.
Neither he nor his travel agent (this tells you how long ago this was... travel agents were still a thing) realized there was more than one Fayetteville in the United States, and he wound up in North Carolina.
I guess someone in the Fulbright program pulled some strings and the airline agreed to rebook him to the correct Fayetteville, but he had some unpleasant hours before it got worked out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2025 02:15 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 31, 2025 02:17 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Acceptable
*lawsuit withdrawn*
Posted by: Miklos Esq, for The Estate of Uncle Palpatine at July 31, 2025 02:17 AM (lenBr)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:18 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:19 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:21 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at July 31, 2025 02:22 AM (PcTds)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
So
You know Story of Miklos
Fayetteville very nice
Was actually to Lafayette
Posted by: Mikleuse , Friend of All Noble Fayetteville Peoples at July 31, 2025 02:24 AM (lenBr)
Today is a Great Day in American History.
Kammie has declared that she WILL NOT run for Governor of California ... the one office that the CA State Democrat Machine could likely get her elected to.
Implicitly, Kammie wants a third run at POTUS. But being unemployed for the entire Trump Presidency ...
... At least, when she's asked in 2028 what she has accomplished, Kammie won't have to say " well, I was Governor of CA for a year or two".
Posted by: Arbalest at July 31, 2025 02:26 AM (FlRtG)
Today is a Great Day in American History.
Kammie has declared that she WILL NOT run for Governor of California ... the one office that the CA State Democrat Machine could likely get her elected to.
Implicitly, Kammie wants a third run at POTUS. But being unemployed for the entire Trump Presidency ...
... At least, when she's asked in 2028 what she has accomplished, Kammie won't have to say " well, I was Governor of CA for a year or two".
Posted by: Arbalest at July 31, 2025 02:26 AM (FlRtG)
Monica Lewinsky has more experience; she coordinated presidential balls.
Kumala only handled the mayoral staff...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 02:28 AM (ynpvh)
Most large academic libraries use LoC. City libraries are more likely to use Dewey.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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The Carnegie Main, just down the street, used Dewey. It was a pretty goid size. In building volume, they were about the same size.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 02:28 AM (zR6mt)
Posted by: Arbalest
I was Senator for a year or two
Could hap'n
Posted by: Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama Jr at July 31, 2025 02:28 AM (lenBr)
Kumala only handled the mayoral staff...
Posted by: jim
She got paid
Posted by: Willie from SanFran at July 31, 2025 02:29 AM (lenBr)
Implicitly, Kammie wants a third run at POTUS. But being unemployed for the entire Trump Presidency ...
... At least, when she's asked in 2028 what she has accomplished, Kammie won't have to say " well, I was Governor of CA for a year or two".
Posted by: Arbalest
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This is book-writing and appearance-doing time, as any student of Hillary Clinton would know. You write something utterly unreadable, do a bunch of appearances that real people could never afford to attend and bemoan real-people problems that none of them have, and announce in 2027 that with the encouragement of your friends, family, and supporters, and looking over the desperate state of our democraceh...
Meanwhile, as a Californian, I'm almost bummed. She was the devil I knew. Now I have to find out about a couple of new devils.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 02:35 AM (jEpJm)
"This is book-writing and appearance-doing time"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Given Kammie's penchant for avoiding interviews and questions, marginally literate speechifying, and general word-salad-fu, I think that 2 or 3 years of even book-writing will be a disaster of epic proportions.
Even a battalion of ghost writers ... people will ask questions of the written works, and Kammie will melt.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 31, 2025 02:49 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 12:39 AM (zR6mt)
That right there is tricky stuff. But, artistry if you get it right. I miss hand drafting. Spinning the pencil to keep the tip sharp, using different leads for different line weights, actually thinking about layout before putting lines on paper, or mylar, or vellum.
It was artwork. Now it's just a bunch of pixels. And nobody puts out a nice, complete set of drawings. Most of the actual art is long gone.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 02:50 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 02:50 AM (1Gsou)
Even a battalion of ghost writers ... people will ask questions of the written works, and Kammie will melt.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 31, 2025 02:49 AM (FlRtG)
Considering she lies like a rug, and she's stupid, it will be so obvious in the first interview that she's full of shit. Must be difficult, being a liar. Having to keep track of everything, which of course she doesn't. Seems like an awful lot of work to look like someone she isn't.
She should have married young and pooped out 12 kids, and learned how to live life the hard way.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 31, 2025 02:52 AM (1Gsou)
Given Kammie's penchant for avoiding interviews and questions, marginally literate speechifying, and general word-salad-fu, I think that 2 or 3 years of even book-writing will be a disaster of epic proportions.
Even a battalion of ghost writers ... people will ask questions of the written works, and Kammie will melt.
Posted by: Arbalest
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I was thinking as I wrote that, gotta give Hillary credit -- the bitch did the work. lol, she knows perfectly well that Kamala isn't up to it. Not only is Kamala as empty as a gourd, I don't think she could put in a day's work any more than Joe Biden. Did she ever bother to think through ANYthing?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 31, 2025 02:59 AM (jEpJm)
That right there is tricky stuff. But, artistry if you get it right. I miss hand drafting. Spinning the pencil to keep the tip sharp, using different leads for different line weights, actually thinking about layout before putting lines on paper, or mylar, or vellum.
It was artwork. Now it's just a bunch of pixels. And nobody puts out a nice, complete set of drawings. Most of the actual art is long gone.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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I was to much of an uncoordinated spazz. Kept blotting. Vellum was expensive, I was poor, so I turned in the best I could do - couldn't afford 6 or 7 tries.
I have no problem with CAD, but I mostly produced schematics, so the only artistry was getting the flow right so that it was easily understandable. I had a co-worker whose drawings had parts randomly placed and connections all over the place. It worked - when the pc board was produced the electrons did their thing, but trying see which was doing what to who required a lot of work.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 31, 2025 03:36 AM (zR6mt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 31, 2025 03:56 AM (ynpvh)
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