The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T to a Moron]

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Mishicot)

1. This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2. Be Kind, Be Nice. Trolls need admonition.
3. No. You may not run with sharp objects here. Go to Slate or something like tha.
4. Have a great weekend!

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When Weasel isn't thinking about, tinkering or shooting guns he thinks about you Saturday morning Morons. Thanks Weasel for the following educational film.

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
5/29 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update and her thanks for all the prayers and words of encouragement. They have sustained her and her family as she continues to battle cancer. She continues to receive good news: her oncologist is quite pleased with her response to the current medication protocol; they are decreasing the lab work frequency to every other week instead of weekly; the side effects from chemo have been barely noticeable; she can just take 4 tiny pills for chemo instead of spending one day a week at the cancer center. It’s been 7 months so far, and she expects that at some point the tumors will start growing again, but for now, they are encouraged.
6/6 Update – Teresa has a side effect from the chemo – her fingernails and toenails are starting to loosen and “lift” off their nail beds. It is painful, and also carries a risk of infection.
7/9 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update – all is well for her for now. She will have more lab work done on 7/15, and then a CT scan on 7/28 to see if the tumors have shrunk any more. She is still losing hair, and her fingernails and toenails are still being “wonky”. She is not nauseous, so she is happy with her current situation.
6/11 – Legally Sufficient asks the Horde’s prayers for her friend, Bubba, who was in a bad auto wreck on 6/8. Prayers for comfort, healing, and strength are needed for Bubba and his family. He is in ICU and will be there for a couple more weeks. Thank you!
7/15 Update - Legally Sufficient asks for continued prayers for healing, strength and comfort for her friend Bubba. God is great! Bubba continues slow and steady improvement following his horrific vehicle accident. She received a photo of him visiting a job site this week and she said she doesn’t mind telling you that it suddenly got dusty here. Bubba was not able to stay very long before the heat and humidity took a toll and he was forced to retreat to air conditioning. Bubba is still under doctor’s orders to not drive, but has an able and willing chauffeur (his wife) who takes him where he wants to go. The prayers are working, please keep them coming for a little while longer!
6/28 – Dave R requested prayers for healing, strength, recovery, and curing, as he was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He is 62 and a long-time AoSHQ reader.
7/5 Update – Chemo starts on 7/7.
6/28 – H asked for prayers for a mom of two elementary aged boys who lost her mother 3 weeks ago, and her husband on 6/28, both to cancer.
7/19 Update – The visitation was good, but prayers are still appreciated, especially for the boys, as they go through a hard stage of life without their dad.
7/3 – Ciampino’s daughter posted to let us know that Ciampino is back in the hospital. He is dehydrated again. His kidney cyst is back and bigger, so he will need to have another surgery, but they don’t know when.
7/7 Update – Ciampino passed away. His daughter posted how much he loved everyone’s witty humor on the site, and sent her thanks for giving him years of enjoyment and community.
7/19 Update – Please contact Annie’s Stew for more information if you would like to contribute to Ciampino’s cremation fund raiser.
7/5 – Boswell asks for prayers for his best friend Mark’s mother. She is 90 years old and was diagnosed with sepsis after her colon burst. She had surgery on 7/3, but her recovery is not going well. She is too weak for the tests she needs to find out what is wrong. Please pray that she recovers fully, as she and Mark are very close. He is devastated.
7/16 Update – Mark’s mother passed away peacefully in her sleep. Mark is, of course, quite saddened by this, but at least she did not suffer at the end, and her family was by her side when she went. Boswell hopes that his friend finds solace that she lived a long, happy life and she raised such a wonderful son.
7/9 - Teresa in Fort Worth asks for prayers for her niece Amanda, and her husband Barkley. They are at Vanderbilt Hospital, where Amanda seems to be rejecting her second heart transplant. She is only 40 years old, and has been having heart issues for 20 years. She had her first heart transplant 4 years ago, and things are not looking good.
7/11 – Racially Ambiguous Honky, the brother of G’rump/toby928, sent his thanks for the prayers on his behalf, after his appendix burst and he had sepsis. He says he is recovering well.
7/11 – JR requested prayers for the families of those killed in Gaza.
7/11 – Stateless sent his thanks to all for their thoughts and prayers for him. His house officially became his on 6/30, ending 6 months of uncertainty since his Mom passed. He is getting stronger and is learning about and working to process emotions differently, after losing so much.
7/11 – Screaming in digital asked for prayers for her mother. Mom is still recovering from a UTI plus 3 falls within the last couple of days. During the day, there is some improvement. But once she starts sundowning, she is terrified and clings to whatever she can hold onto. She only weighs about 105-110, and isn’t eating much, but it is hard to move her when she is like that. If she doesn’t improve her mobility and cooperate/help with transfers to and from the wheelchair, etc., and consistently feed herself, she won’t be able to stay at the assisted living facility.
7/19 Update – Screaming in digital’s mother passed away.
7/11 – Frankie asked for prayers for her friend “R”, who is back on hospice for Huntington’s disease. He was on hospice before, but went off for an experimental medication, but unfortunately it wasn’t helpful.
7/11 – Igotnothing sent a prayer of praise. A grand-nephew, quadriplegic since birth due to deformities, and now age 10, after many surgeries and care and prayers, is able to walk. The boy and his family (mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-aunt and great-uncle) went on his first ever walk in the woods. What joy!
7/11 – Matthew Kant Cipher requested prayers for Layne, a family friend who is also his son’s FIL. He was diagnosed with bladder cancer and is awaiting further test results to determine whether they treat with chemo or remove his bladder. As of now, it appears to be contained. Please pray that he and his family are blessed with God’s love and grace through this time of trial.
7/18 – Tecumseh Tea had a heart attack and needs prayers.
7/23 Update – Tecumseh Tea had a Type 2 heart attack, which is considered mild. She sends prayers of thanks for that! The angiogram showed a healthy heart, with little plaque and clean arteries, so no stent was needed. They did find a myocardial bridge, which is a congenital defect. The goal is to keep BP 140/70 with a pulse of less than 60, but so far they have not been able to meet that goal. She can’t get a cardiologist appointment until 8/22, so the GP is helping, but so far they have not been able to get the right BP meds. Please pray for a sooner visit, and the right meds that work for her, and answers.
7/19 – Huerfano asked for prayers for a rapid and full recovery for brother R, who had hernia surgery. He cannot see his grandsons until he has recovered. He misses them , and they miss him.
7/19 – Farmer Bob posted an update. He is doing well. He is competing in 5Ks and triathalons, and sends his thanks for the prayers. His ex-wife has “gone off the deep end” (or just remains so), with weird lies and accusations. She could use a prayer or two.
7/19 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Cheri and Gretchen, church ladies of his acquaintance. Cheri had a medical incident while driving and veered off the road and struck a number of pedestrians, sending 3 or 4 to the hospital. Gretchen and her husband were passengers in the car and her husband had a heart attack after the accident and died. Cheri is just sick about it and has kind of snapped. Gretchen has lost her best friend of 65 years.
7/19 – H asked for prayers for Brandon, a homeless man in San Marcos, TX, who has a broken ankle and has to seek care for that injury, specifically prayers that he would see God providing for him. He is asking for God to help him advocate for his care.
7/23 – D sent an update on his wife Susan, as they deal with cancer. The last few weeks have been a roller coaster. They cannot operate on the cancer, because it has spread too much. They have started chemo and hope to get it to shrink. Susan’s gallbladder is inflamed, but they cannot remove it, due to the chemo, and her blood sugar is having issues. Thanks to everyone for their prayers; Susan has pulled through all of this and is looking great as they keep praying to the Lord.
7/26 – Stateless asked for prayers for his neighbors. The nice lady across the street lost her husband of 30 years about 3 months ago. And a different neighbor lost his beloved wife of 34 years in July.
7/26 – Fenelon Spoke requested prayers for J, a dear lady who attends her church. J has been going downhill since she had a heart procedure several months ago and now cannot speak. She may have dementia and is living in an assisted living facility.
7/26 – Coelacanth sent his thanks for prayers for his son. He has come a _very_ long way but could still use more prayers as he deals with vax and black mold injuries. Also, Coelacanth cut his left hand pretty badly and severed two tendons. He will be on light duty at work for 6+ weeks. Prayers are appreciated.
7/26 - Brother Tim was discharged from the cancer rehab facility and has returned to his routine of living out of hotel rooms, while working on better housing prospects. He is praising God for all the blessings and mercies!
7/30 Update – Brother Tim found out that the cancerous mass impinged on a blood vessel. He needs a full body scan to make sure it has not spread. He is relieved that he only needs radiation and not chemo to make sure the original cancer stays gone. He’s also out of PTO. He said that sometimes it feels like 2025 will be the death of him – possibly literally.

For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 07:47 AM

Comments

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1 I'll let the others know this one's live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 07:47 AM (O7YUW)

2 brcc ak

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

3 wait wut happened

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

4 Ezekiel 34:16
“I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

5 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend at August 02, 2025 07:51 AM (G5+As)

6 Thank you Mis Hum and Annie's Stew!

I'm having some hot cacao now.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 07:53 AM (jvJvP)

7 Good morning, all! Thanks to MisHum and Annie for your selfless efforts - may God bless you both.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 02, 2025 07:53 AM (kOluj)

8 Prayer request for P. She was to have an experimental but successful heart procedure which the surgeon thinks will help her arrythmia ( sp) and pain and fatigue, but insurance won't pay for it . Prayer that rough places are made smooth for her to have this procedure. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 07:54 AM (2GCMq)

9
Already feeling worn out. Woke up at 3:00, couldn't get back to sleep, got up at 4:00. Too much to do this morning and it's going to get worse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 07:54 AM (HZi96)

10 Don't stop me now! I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball

Posted by: mea culpa at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (pBUo2)

11 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

Prayers for everyone in the list above and all the other Morons and Moron-adjacent folks who need God's love, strength, courage, healing, and protection.

As for me, I could use a few prayers. It seems my job is in dire jeopardy right now and I am pretty sure my boss wants to fire me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

12 Good morning Horde, thx MisHum. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
In the low 50s this at five o'clock when I woke up. Early fall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (k1ANh)

13 Slow down Hadrian
We don't need anything bad to happen to you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian i at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (VMV6O)

14 "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed."

Psalm 34:18b

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (SfhV1)

15 As for me, I could use a few prayers. It seems my job is in dire jeopardy right now and I am pretty sure my boss wants to fire me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

Yikes. I can only imagine the stress you feel.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 02, 2025 07:58 AM (SfhV1)

16 - RickZ

I saw it. I always refresh the comments 2 or 3 times before heading for a new thread. Just in case.
What's the rush?

Posted by: TeeJ at August 02, 2025 07:58 AM (jocM1)

17 Morning peeps.

Our heatwave finally broke. We never got above 80F yesterday. This morning was just barely 60F.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2025 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Ezekiel 34:16
“I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak.”

That is a very elegant way to say that you are going downstairs and announce "NOOD".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 02, 2025 08:01 AM (a4flb)

19 As for me, I could use a few prayers. It seems my job is in dire jeopardy right now and I am pretty sure my boss wants to fire me.

What makes you think that?

I had been having the feeling I need to look for new job, then the other day I found out we will be under new management in a few months so we don’t know if our jobs are secure

Posted by: kallisto at August 02, 2025 08:01 AM (mYpWd)

20 @18/Unknown Drip Under Pressure:

I might steal that...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 08:02 AM (O7YUW)

21 Prayers for all of the Horde & Horde adjacent in need.

Thanks, Annie & MisHum.

Posted by: L - Ni nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 08:02 AM (NFX2v)

22 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

Sounds very stressful. Will keep you in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 08:02 AM (2GCMq)

23 Morning again, caffeinators,

I'm clean and dressed, ready to make a quick visit to Walmart and gas up the car before my haircut. Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" on my '80s oldies station is playing a show from July 1982, when my home life was happy and my job was not *too* onerous. All is good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 08:05 AM (omVj0)

24 Morning peeps.

Our heatwave finally broke. We never got above 80F yesterday. This morning was just barely 60F.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2025

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I dream of an August like that

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 08:05 AM (omVj0)

25 Going on a pilgrimage at St Andrews Basilica in Roanoke VA today.

Posted by: sTevo at August 02, 2025 08:06 AM (nslIN)

26 July 1982, when my home life was happy and my job was not *too* onerous. All is good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 08:05 AM (omVj0)

U2 Sting MJ got to be in that mix.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 08:07 AM (gbOdA)

27 TeeJ,

That's why I'm not much of a day walker. For me, the threads seem to come too fast and furious to have conversations. By the time I catch up, there's a new thread. And I used to think I was a fast reader.

Posted by: RickZ at August 02, 2025 08:07 AM (gKDq2)

28 Sounds very stressful. Will keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 08:02 AM (2GCMq)
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Thank you.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 08:08 AM (IBQGV)

29 15 As for me, I could use a few prayers. It seems my job is in dire jeopardy right now and I am pretty sure my boss wants to fire me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)

These situations can turn around but they aren't fun to go through. My friend went through something similar 1.5 years ago and everything is going in his favor now at the same job with the same boss.

FenelonSpoke.... I've already thanked God for helping your friend and Perfessor.

Hadrian...take it easy.

I'm easing into my day and clearing out a lot of stuff from the house today.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 08:09 AM (jvJvP)

30
Sealed inside due to the Canadian smoke; unfortunate since it's in the low 50's and there's lots of work to be done in the forest.

Posted by: Auspex at August 02, 2025 08:09 AM (Y8DZL)

31 What makes you think that?

Posted by: kallisto at August 02, 2025 08:01 AM (mYpWd)
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Long story I won't get into here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 08:09 AM (IBQGV)

32 Will bring the list and ask for healing for those listed and for the hoard.

Posted by: sTevo at August 02, 2025 08:09 AM (nslIN)

33 Whenever I think of complaining, I read the prayer thread list and realize that there are so many people that need our collective prayers, it is quite humbling.

Posted by: Hrothgar, THE Hrothgar! at August 02, 2025 08:11 AM (hOUT3)

34 32 Will bring the list and ask for healing for those listed and for the hoard.
Posted by: sTevo at August 02, 2025 08:09 AM (nslIN)

Thank you, much appreciated!

Posted by: kallisto at August 02, 2025 08:13 AM (NYPII)

35 Prayers up for those who have asked us for them;
Prayers up for those who need them but haven't asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don't know it yet;
Prayers up for those that pray alone in silence whose petitions are known only to God;
And bless all those that have sought Your wisdom, heard Your answers, and are trying to do Your will on this Earth!

Posted by: Hrothgar, THE Hrothgar! at August 02, 2025 08:13 AM (hOUT3)

36 I won't be around for the next week or so. Taking a couple of day trips and working our way Up Nort' for Little Winger's wedding. This is an unimaginable miracle in so many ways. Thanks be to God.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 02, 2025 08:16 AM (SfhV1)

37 - RickZ

Pretty much the same here. After JJ I just stop in here and there for the most part. Never bother with art. Will read rant if it's Buck.
Besides, I've got my place and the widow's to get further behind on each day.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 02, 2025 08:18 AM (jocM1)

38 Sinatra sang about it.

https://youtu.be/zTbJBnkRkFo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 08:19 AM (XQo4F)

39 Had to go back and forth to DFW yesterday evening. Just outside of Terrell (about 20 miles out) drove through one of the hardest rains I’ve been in for a while. One of those where you’ve got slow down to 30 mph on the interstate, just to stay in control of the vehicle. Quite intense.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 08:20 AM (t+64Y)

40 Hadrian, you are upset when you sleep until 6:30 and upset when you wake at 3. Just what is your "Happy Time"?

Posted by: Time Is Tight at August 02, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)

41 Mornin' Horde. Chilling out on a Saturday morning and sending up prayers for who needs 'em.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 02, 2025 08:28 AM (qXGj5)

42 Prayers up for you Perfesser ( and everyone else). I know how you feel- I got DOGED one month into my new job as an ALI. Been diligently searching since, first few months, nothing, but I’ve had several nibbles/interviews in the last few weeks, seemed to go well. Only advice, stay positive and keep moving forward, don’t waste any time on worry, it doesn’t help. For me, I’ve done my best to maintain self-discipline, keep learning/growing. Maintain daily schedule, grow daily mind, body, soul.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 02, 2025 08:28 AM (hlNLQ)

43 Good morning y'all!

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 08:30 AM (poXs5)

44 - grammie, travel 🙏

Need to finish coffee, get a bite to eat, etc.
Get over to widow's place. Chop some big, exposed roots out of her front yard left from tree that was taken down.
I'm not too old for this stuff.
I'm not too old for this stuff.
Sheyeah, right.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 02, 2025 08:32 AM (jocM1)

45 Thanks TeeJ

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 02, 2025 08:33 AM (SfhV1)

46 Prayers up for you Perfesser ( and everyone else). I know how you feel- I got DOGED one month into my new job as an ALI. Been diligently searching since, first few months, nothing, but I’ve had several nibbles/interviews in the last few weeks, seemed to go well. Only advice, stay positive and keep moving forward, don’t waste any time on worry, it doesn’t help. For me, I’ve done my best to maintain self-discipline, keep learning/growing. Maintain daily schedule, grow daily mind, body, soul.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at August 02, 2025 08:28 AM (hlNLQ)
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Thanks for the advice. That helps. I do have at least one promising lead that may help me get out of my current situation. I'm pursuing that first. Fortunately, my industry is in fairly high demand and remote work is plentiful. I can also fall back on technical writing contracts, though I've never done one of those.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 08:34 AM (IBQGV)

47 Good morning all, cool and sunny in the great northeast. May everyone have a fun and joyful weekend.
Back yard party with old college friends, fifty years and more, this afternoon. Probably twenty or thirty of us. Blessed to have remained so close.
Also, second grandchild due in next week or so, prayers for a fine delivery would be appreciated. I throw them up regularly.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 08:34 AM (n4GiU)

48 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
Made first small pot of coffee in days, see if I drink it all

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 08:35 AM (cC5Hl)

49 Also, second grandchild due in next week or so, prayers for a fine delivery would be appreciated.

How fun. May the labor and delivery go smoothly.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 02, 2025 08:36 AM (SfhV1)

50 48 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
Made first small pot of coffee in days, see if I drink it all
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 08:35 AM (cC5Hl)

I generally make a fresh pot every week or so.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 08:36 AM (gbOdA)

51 Prayers up for the Horde assembled. It works.

A good friend diagnosed with glioblastoma last fall was expected to live until March. Survivability of this type of cancer is virtually nil.

Yesterday we learned that after choosing not to go to advanced experimental therapies and using minimal meds for the past couple of months his tumor has stopped growing and he will begin therapy for recovery of lost abilities.

God is good.

Posted by: blaster at August 02, 2025 08:38 AM (RoO7G)

52 Good morning!

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at August 02, 2025 08:40 AM (klf3J)

53 blaster at August 02, 2025 08:38 AM (RoO7G)

Wow, that is amazing!

Posted by: dantesed at August 02, 2025 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

54 50
I only make a fresh pot when all the old coffee has been consumed, or if I have to skim mold off the top!

Posted by: Hrothgar, THE Hrothgar! at August 02, 2025 08:41 AM (hOUT3)

55 Safe travels grammie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 02, 2025 08:41 AM (k1ANh)

56 My brother is doing well after his hernia surgery. He can't lift anything, but he's walking a mile or more every day. His doctor told him it looks good and he should be back to pretty normal in a month or so. My nephew had back surgery to mitigate sciatic pain from a car accident last summer. He's doing well, also. I pray that it works, he's only 36 years old and has a lot of life and work ahead.

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2025 08:42 AM (n2swS)

57
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

-- Psalm 119:93 (ESV)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2025 08:46 AM (0sNs1)

58 Mornin' Horde and prayers for all y'all and your loved ones.

Perfessor, prayers up. We're seeing more instability in higher ed in my state - a couple of surprise firings?/layoffs? of library administrators and of course the closing of a small private Christian college.

Congrats to Little Winger & the whole family!

blaster, that's amazing, thanks be to God.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2025 08:48 AM (7HoOO)

59 Mrs. E made it through surgery successfully. Not much pain and eating well enough. Thank y’all for prayers, and Thank GOD for healing.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2025 08:48 AM (jgmnb)

60 Colorado Gray Wolf Update

Colorado Parks & wildlife seeks to euthanize, nay, summarily execute one specific member of the now notorious Copper Creek Wolf ~~pack~~ gang. Following an investigation into the mauling of a calf 10 days ago and a kangaroo court trial of the wolf in absentia death squads of CPW assassins are "out in the field" seeking the miscreant wolf.

https://is.gd/hMiEk1

The stated reason for the execution is to be an object lesson for the other members of the ~~pack~~ gang

CPW official said this action "..."is intended to change pack behavior by discouraging continued targeting of livestock as a prey base..."

pour discourage l'outres

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 08:50 AM (poXs5)

61 Eromero, great news. Please give Mrs E gentle hugs from the Horde.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2025 08:50 AM (7HoOO)

62 @46/"Perfessor" Squirrel: "... I do have at least one promising lead that may help me get out of my current situation. I'm pursuing that first. Fortunately, my industry is in fairly high demand and remote work is plentiful. I can also fall back on technical writing contracts, though I've never done one of those."

Sounds like you're actually in pretty good shape. Start pursuing that lead (and others) like you've already lost your job because these things take way more time now to percolate than they should.

Even if things work out, you might get a better offer and be able to tell your boss who seems to want you gone, "I'm giving my two weeks notice."

When your boss asks why, just say you found an exciting opportunity that you think will further your career and build you up as a person. Yes, it's carefully constructed Corpo-speak, but think about how they word layoff notices and the reasons they give you if you demand, "Why?" Corpo-speak is exactly what they deserve, so give it to them.

Take the high road if doing an exit interview. Don't let them fill your file with "He was really negative about us on the way out." Don't hand them any ammunition to shoot you with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 08:51 AM (O7YUW)

63 O Lord, have mercy on us, your servants,

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2025 08:51 AM (DoBxX)

64 (Continued from 62) And "Perfessor"? You're a smart man, you'll be fine. You've got this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 08:52 AM (O7YUW)

65 "Corpo-speak is exactly what they deserve"

Coprospeak.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at August 02, 2025 08:53 AM (klf3J)

66 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all on the list, and the rest of you as well.

Special prayers this morning for all who are seeking new employment, or trying to hold on to current jobs. May the Lord guide you to better opportunities.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2025 08:53 AM (h7ZuX)

67 Eromero, so good the hear Mrs E is doing well, soon she will be able to once again keep you in line, right?

Posted by: Hrothgar, THE Hrothgar! at August 02, 2025 08:53 AM (hOUT3)

68 good morning MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 02, 2025 08:54 AM (6ZQz9)

69 62
"Don't hand them any ammunition to shoot you with."

Because you never know how or where those records might be circulated...

Posted by: Hrothgar, THE Hrothgar! at August 02, 2025 08:55 AM (hOUT3)

70 Thanks for the much-awaited Wolf update, muldoon. Changing wolf gang behaviour seems problematic to me. Like a leopard changing its spots, or an urban yoot turning his life around and going to community college next fall.

Posted by: Fell In With Wrong Crowd at August 02, 2025 08:56 AM (G5+As)

71 CPW official said this action "..."is intended to change pack behavior by discouraging continued targeting of livestock as a prey base..."

pour discourage l'outres
Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 08:50 AM (poXs5)

Do they really think the other wolves won't act like wolves?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2025 08:56 AM (h7ZuX)

72 CPW official said this action "..."is intended to change pack behavior by discouraging continued targeting of livestock as a prey base..."

This is a joke, right?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 02, 2025 08:57 AM (dR6yv)

73 Mrs. E sent my ass back to work this morning, Hrothgar!

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2025 08:57 AM (jgmnb)

74 "It's not business. It's personal."

I always relish the times I can utter that line.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 08:57 AM (XQo4F)

75 Morning everyone.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 02, 2025 08:57 AM (QcUc+)

76 Coprospeak.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Healthful Glow at August 02, 2025 08:53 AM (klf3J)

ISWYDT

This is so accurate.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2025 08:58 AM (h7ZuX)

77 Good, we've had some happy updates too now.

My late Mother had a ton of large plastic plants in the house. Very nice, but I dusted them 14 years, the house is finally mine - Thank You God! - and I am putting them outside.

There's a nice chest of drawers I simply don't have room for and don't want in the basement, even though there's plenty of room. There's some older chairs, recycling boxes nice unopened scented candles and a few other knick knacks.

I'm just giving things away. I just want all this out of the house and it's nice stuff someone will probably want.

I paid my friends' kids to make me signs "Free! Please Take It All! Free!" And they are going to set up a little stand and sell Freezies and water. The driveway will look like a small forest. They usually do well selling stuff.

It should be a nice day. I'm very blessed.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 08:59 AM (jvJvP)

78 Wolves play Midnight Basketball?? Who knew?

'Morning, you fine people.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 02, 2025 08:59 AM (wVcYX)

79 Old time Colorado game wardens turnnin max in the grave.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2025 09:04 AM (jgmnb)

80 CPW official said this action "..."is intended to change pack behavior by discouraging continued targeting of livestock as a prey base..."

pour discourage l'outres
Posted by: muldoon at Augu

Leave it to some Teachers Lounge wildlife official to think animals can reason

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian i at August 02, 2025 09:04 AM (VMV6O)

81 Turnin my life around over here, boss!

Posted by: The Wolf at August 02, 2025 09:05 AM (u73oe)

82 Ezekiel 34:16
“I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak.”

That is a very elegant way to say that you are going downstairs and announce "NOOD".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 02, 2025 08:01 AM

Truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost commenters.

Posted by: toby928 at August 02, 2025 09:05 AM (jc0TO)

83 Good morning all.
Second day I can actually open the door and let in so,e outside air.
I'm now in the countdown to hip surgery on 8/20.Being proactive trying to order stuff to be able to be independent with limited mobility. I bought a grabber and it actually works. But I am still anxious. I know it's routine and everyone keeps telling me I'll be fine but..
Eromero, glad everything went smoothly for your wife.❤️
Perfesser, I know how nerve wracking it is when your fate is in the hands of someone who doesn't appreciate you. I hope it works out the way you want. Sometimes life surprises us. 🤞

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 09:06 AM (t/2Uw)

84 Sharon, glad you are going to get your surgery. New eyes, new hip, you're going to be unstoppable!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 02, 2025 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)

85 This is a joke, right?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

**********

Direct quote.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:11 AM (poXs5)

86 {{{Sharon}}} It's "routine" until it's happening to you, or someone you love. We're all rooting for you and looking forward to seeing you in TX.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 02, 2025 09:13 AM (7HoOO)

87 Perfessor,

Ouch! Hope all goes well re job issues.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 02, 2025 09:13 AM (q3u5l)

88 Sharon, I've come home crippled a couple of times, it can be fun trying so hard to do simple things. Be amused at yourself while you can. You healing, it's getting better, the can of peas that just bounced off your head are at least down from the friggin' shelf.
I recommend a twistedly positive attitude.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 09:13 AM (n4GiU)

89 Democracy is a pack of wolves, a calf, and a CPW official discussing what's for lunch.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:14 AM (poXs5)

90 Leave it to some Teachers Lounge wildlife official to think animals can reason
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian i at August 02, 2025 09:04 AM (VMV6O)

If this doesn’t work he’s going to hit them hard with a leaflet campaign.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 09:15 AM (t+64Y)

91 Morning peeps.

Our heatwave finally broke. We never got above 80F yesterday. This morning was just barely 60F.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2025 08:00 AM (Q4IgG)

Same here in southern Indiana. Last week was 80 degrees and 80% humidity at 6 am. Today and yesterday, 60 degrees and much lower humidity. Should make mowing the lawn easier.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 02, 2025 09:16 AM (2J/Lj)

92 If this doesn’t work he’s going to hit them hard with a leaflet campaign.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 09:15 AM (t+64Y)

Stern letter of warning.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

93 Good morning dear morons and thanks annie, mh, and YOU horde for your prayers

Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 09:17 AM (JvZF+)

94 The hopeful bit of news is that there will probably be a ballot initiative in 2026 to cancel the wolf project in CO.

The original proposition in 2020, which had the force of a law (yet without any prior feasibility study) passed by the slimmest of margins at 50.9% to 49.1%.

Continued stories like this may swing the balance.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:19 AM (poXs5)

95
Hadrian, you are upset when you sleep until 6:30 and upset when you wake at 3. Just what is your "Happy Time"?
Posted by: Time Is Tight at August 02, 2025 08:23 AM (G5+As)

_________

To bed at 10:00, up at 5:00. Between 5:00 and 7:00 is Me Time. After that, I make HM's coffee, exercise Rosalind on the treadmill, give Diana her various medicines, feed the house dogs, feed and water the kennel dogs, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 09:20 AM (c1H7o)

96 I do think animals are more intelligent than we think

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 09:21 AM (cC5Hl)

97 Good morning Horde, prayers for all who need them. I am grateful for the cooler, less humid weather here in New England.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 02, 2025 09:22 AM (0nHVk)

98 Muldoon, I thought you said last week that there weren't many wolves in Colorado.

Posted by: dantesed at August 02, 2025 09:22 AM (Oy/m2)

99 to do simple things. Be amused at yourself while you can. You healing, it's getting better, the can of peas that just bounced off your head are at least down from the friggin' shelf.
I recommend a twistedly positive attitude.
Posted by: From about That Time at

I like this approach. I realized this morning that I will not be able to use my oven because it is so low to the ground and I won't be able to bend. Stir frys and microwave for the win.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)

100 You’ll never take me alive, coppers!

Posted by: The Wolf at August 02, 2025 09:28 AM (u73oe)

101 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

Prayers up for all of God's children, because we need them.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 02, 2025 09:29 AM (kB9dk)

102 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 02, 2025 09:31 AM (jVYPw)

103 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgives us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)

104
There wolf... there castle.

https://youtu.be/gQQtgx4iG8E

Posted by: Igor at August 02, 2025 09:31 AM (XQo4F)

105 Leave it to some Teachers Lounge wildlife official to think animals can reason
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian i at August 02, 2025 09:04 AM (VMV6O)

If this doesn’t work he’s going to hit them hard with a leaflet campaign.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 09:15 AM

If that doesn't work, #hashtags?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2025 09:31 AM (0sNs1)

106 Just got to the lake. August 2nd and it's currently 67. Unbelievable.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 02, 2025 09:33 AM (jVYPw)

107
The thing we really need to fear: cats acquiring opposable thumbs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 09:33 AM (HZi96)

108 Looks like another d'do was gifted at a wnba game
Green again. It is not easy being green

Posted by: gKWVE at August 02, 2025 09:34 AM (HAQYC)

109 It should be a nice day. I'm very blessed.
Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 08:59 AM (jvJvP)
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God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

110 Reminds me of the musical, Oklahoma!

♫ ♫ ♪ ♫
Oh the wolf pack and the cow herd should be friends!
Oh the wolf pack and the cow herd should be friends!
The cow herd gives us butter and cheese
The wolf pack shreds the calf with ease
But that's nooo reason why they can't b friends!

https://is.gd/jtuCCR

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:35 AM (poXs5)

111 > Looks like another d'do was gifted at a wnba game
Green again
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somebody bought in bulk

Posted by: Don Black at August 02, 2025 09:36 AM (AOsQT)

112 I like this approach. I realized this morning that I will not be able to use my oven because it is so low to the ground and I won't be able to bend. Stir frys and microwave for the win.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 09:24 AM (t/2Uw)
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It is useful to pause from time to time and simply appreciate the simplest of things, like being able to open a jar, or bend down painlessly, chew easily.

Because you rarely think about these things except when they are taken from you.

Today is the coolest day in a month. At least. Last night I opened the windows and it is now cool enough to sit with a blanket and a kitty on my lap. Simple pleasures.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:39 AM (ZOv7s)

113 Heh. The Green Dildos would be a great name for a WNBA team.

https://x.com/i/status/1951444897094828525

I love how after the ref kicks it aside, the trainer picks it up with a towel.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 09:40 AM (XQo4F)

114 Ok, sports has hit rock bottom
ESPN showing table hockey with the cardboard cut ot players you move with levers

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 09:41 AM (cC5Hl)

115 August 2 - my dad's birthday. Also my son's birthday.

August 3 - the anniversary of my dad's death at age 84 in 2003

A special association. I shall raise a glass and pour one out this evening.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:41 AM (poXs5)

116 Perfessor, prayers for your employment situation, and prayers for all the horde seeking employment.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 02, 2025 09:42 AM (DoBxX)

117 83. I'm now in the countdown to hip surgery on 8/20.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

I found a huge help was to flip an inexpensive metal cane upside down & use the hook part beneath the arch of foot of the operated hip to move the entire leg on and off a bed, ottoman, etc.

Most helpful post surgery: raised toilet seats if those available you aren't ADA compliant; handheld shower nozzle on an existing shower head; portable shower chairs.
Long-handled shoe horns if not wearing slip-ons, refreezable ice packs, dry shampoo.

Arrangements with your pharmacy to deliver prescriptions for a few weeks after your surgery. A quick grocery delivery source for some weeks. (A lot of hip replacements don't drive for about 6 weeks.)

My PT began at home & after a month, it went over to outside PT at a convenient location. Immediately after surgery, OT taught me how to get up and down stairways & anticipate other mobility issues.

Pre-surgery: Make sure you provide your correct height - stand straight on each leg & then both for measurement accuracy - if getting a full hip replacement!

You'll be OK. 🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 09:44 AM (NFX2v)

118 114 Ok, sports has hit rock bottom
ESPN showing table hockey with the cardboard cut ot players you move with levers
Posted by: Skip

It's only shown so that people can bet on it. That's why Las Vegas is dying.

Posted by: Harry The Horse at August 02, 2025 09:44 AM (G5+As)

119 If you find yourself being the person who has to retrieve the sex toy from the court of a WNBA game perhaps it's time to question the life choices that have brought you to this point.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 09:45 AM (XQo4F)

120 As for me, I could use a few prayers. It seems my job is in dire jeopardy right now and I am pretty sure my boss wants to fire me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 07:56 AM (IBQGV)
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Prayers and a good employment law attorney.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

121 If someone says "dildo" my mind doesn't picture it green. Are we being groomed?

Posted by: Green Nude Eel at August 02, 2025 09:47 AM (G5+As)

122 121 If someone says "dildo" my mind doesn't picture it green. Are we being groomed?
Posted by: Green Nude

How about DEI sensitivity?

Flesh colored as a descriptor could be a problem.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 09:49 AM (NFX2v)

123 Pray for the people of Austin, that they don't fall for the twisted "facts" about the city budget and vote for ANOTHER huge(9%) tax hike on property to pay for unnecessary pet projects. We don't need to spend $100 million on "homelessness" and other unnecessary things like more bike lanes/green spaces. I feel like it's a lost cause because half the city rents and don't think the increase will affect them.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 09:50 AM (VCgbV)

124 I've already shared my big news on the weekday threads but bears repeating here: after 2 1/2 years, I finally got my proof of service from Uncle Sam. I'd let it go for a while, figuring the bureaucracy would handle it, but in January I resolved to sort it out. Multiple letters, applications and a few hours on the phone later, it arrived at long last.

I was so happy I danced around the house. My wife thought I was going crazy, but this opens up a lot of doors that have been stubbornly shut, and I was also worried that some vindictively lowlife might have tampered with it. After all, my retirement application was rejected twice for no reason other than I was a Covid resister.

I take nothing for granted these days.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

125 ESPN showing table hockey with the cardboard cut ot players you move with levers
TBF, it's more exciting and better competition than WNBA games.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 02, 2025 09:51 AM (XMwZJ)

126 It's only shown so that people can bet on it. That's why Las Vegas is dying.
Posted by: Harry The Horse at August 02, 2025 09:44 AM (G5+As)
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I think about how many casinos are within a short drive and wonder how much that cuts into Vegas' business.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)

127 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

*********

Good for you! This is what happens when you endeavor to persevere!
😀

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:52 AM (poXs5)

128 "2. Be Kind, Be Nice. Trolls need admonition."

Oh, at first I thought that read "abolition." Never mind.

G'morn, y'all.

The Docs now have me on a third 'scrip. Also, despite my bulging belly hernia, still-severed bowels, cataracts, arthritis, and blood clots, now they want to stick things in my heart. I don't care about rolling back to when I was 29. Can I just roll back two years before all this started? Yeesh!

Before I pour myself a 2nd cup, and plunge into the prayer list and comments, can I ask for strong prayers for our wayward son and family? Not only is he gender-confused, trump-deranged, and years estranged depriving us of our two grandchildren, but now we find out he's moving his family from the liberal but still red state bastion of Oklahoma City to the communist, Islamist wilds of Minnesotastan. Jesus power up that Spirit of Truth, please?

Meanwhile, it's sunny and mild, the dog and I had a nice walk, we have two great kids and a fine son-in-law here in town, there's coffee and music and goodness to be found. Thanks be to the Almighty.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Jesus guide our ways today at August 02, 2025 09:53 AM (+fWH5)

129 TBF, it's more exciting and better competition than WNBA games.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 02, 2025 09:51 AM (XMwZJ)
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It is funny how much effort is being expended to make the WNBA become a thing, when it is one of the worst female sports out there.

Tennis, golf, and of course figure skating and gymnastics are areas where women can compete and watching it is compelling, but on the hardwood all one can do is think about how lame it looks.

Women's tennis is cool because without the power of men (especially with metal rackets), you get more volleys.

And hot chicks in skirts grunting.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)

130 @ 124. after 2 1/2 years, I finally got my proof of service from Uncle Sam.

Both civilian and military time count towards your social security earnings.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 09:55 AM (NFX2v)

131 You'll be OK. 🙏
Posted by: L - No nic, another

Hmmm, practical and good advice vs wiseassery.
I guess both can be useful.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 09:55 AM (n4GiU)

132 We're sitting right here.

Posted by: Beach volleyball women in bikinis at August 02, 2025 09:56 AM (XQo4F)

133 Both civilian and military time count towards your social security earnings.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 09:55 AM (NFX2v)
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When I put in my paper, I sat down with my Knights of Columbus financial advisor and over the space of a couple of weeks pulled all the papers and records from various places together. I'd never thought about retirement, too busy.

But it turns out that working two jobs for 21 years actually does have some downstream benefits. Who knew?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

134 Hadca nice walk on roof with leaf blower

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 09:58 AM (cC5Hl)

135 Pray for the people of Austin,
Posted by: lin-duh

*********

If the people of Austin don't hearken unto the word of the LORD may King Nebuchadnezzar take them into captivity in Babylon.

Oh, wait.. Austin has already been dubbed Babylon on the Colorado.

Never mind.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 09:58 AM (poXs5)

136 We're sitting right here.
Posted by: Beach volleyball women in bikinis at August 02, 2025 09:56 AM (XQo4F)
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I didn't want to bring up the obvious.

It would be funny to counterprogram beach volleyball against the WNBA and see just how badly the the latter fares in the ratings.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

137 There's room enough for two.

Posted by: The Drifters at August 02, 2025 10:00 AM (XQo4F)

138
I hate to ask, but spare a thought for my stepdaughter M. She has cut us out of her life completely. We haven't heard from her in ages. We have two grandsons we've seen once in their lives (they're 22 and 16).

She is 44 and has spent her life making terrible decisions. I gather her circumstances are not good and we got a call from some agency suggesting an unspecified legal action is about to take place.

She's a complete stranger to me and hates my guts, but I don't bear her any malice and hope things are not as bad as we fear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (HZi96)

139 Posted by: mindful webworker

*********

Hey mww. I gave your state a little nod upthread.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (poXs5)

140 >How about DEI sensitivity?

Flesh colored as a descriptor could be a problem.
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That's right
Crayola used to have a color called 'flesh'
guess which flesh

Posted by: Don Black at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)

141 It's a good feeling to get things that were dragging, and dragging, resolved.

Posted by: runner at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (g47mK)

142 Hmmm, practical and good advice vs wiseassery.
I guess both can be useful.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 09:55 AM (n4GiU)
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Kind of this place's trademark. Come for the snark, stick around for the Hail Marys.

My parish is holding its annual picnic in two weeks, and there will be a Biergarten. Because of course.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

143 Hadrian no answers but how you feel is important, like war, it only takes one side to break off relationship.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:03 AM (cC5Hl)

144 My brother moved to Hays County 20+ years ago because it was turning into what it is. Their property tax is outrageous, but not like in Austin, which is now Crazytown.

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2025 10:04 AM (n2swS)

145 Pray for the people of Austin, that they don't fall for the twisted "facts" about the city budget and vote for ANOTHER huge(9%) tax hike on property to pay for unnecessary pet projects. We don't need to spend $100 million on "homelessness"
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 09:50 AM

Why, yes, yes we do. It's for the children!

Posted by: Austin Homeless Industrial Complex at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM (0sNs1)

146 Another Sydney Sweeney meme.

https://is.gd/dQWJXi

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM (L/fGl)

147 She's a complete stranger to me and hates my guts, but I don't bear her any malice and hope things are not as bad as we fear.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (HZi96)
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That sucks. My eldest was like that a year ago, but has slowly been healing and returning to her old self. Last night we were organizing school uniforms together, and while things are far from ideal, they are improving. I'm going to the range today and she's asked to come along, so that will be nice.

It's hard to know what to do other than be patient and trust in God. After a while, I just stopped trying to make things happen and it seems to be working. Maybe the legal action will open an unforeseen door.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

148 Are the green dildoes chromakey green? Because that would have great potential for mischief...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 02, 2025 10:07 AM (RM9Qk)

149 My brother moved to Hays County 20+ years ago because it was turning into what it is. Their property tax is outrageous, but not like in Austin, which is now Crazytown.
Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2025 10:04 AM (n2swS)
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What is the millage rate?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:07 AM (ZOv7s)

150 Some may call it wiseassery, but, may we remind you, our advice saved a life! And then, the countless relationships that we've helped start or save.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at August 02, 2025 10:08 AM (0sNs1)

151 Praying for you Hadrian and the rest of the needs. God bless and keep you and restore relationships, health and may He provide for your needs. The Ezekiel verse up thread was on point for today!

Posted by: Moki at August 02, 2025 10:10 AM (wLjpr)

152 She is 44 and has spent her life making terrible decisions. I gather her circumstances are not good and we got a call from some agency suggesting an unspecified legal action is about to take place.

She's a complete stranger to me and hates my guts, but I don't bear her any malice and hope things are not as bad as we fear.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:01 AM (HZi96)

I am so sorry, I have a daughter, 37, who has had a similar history BUT we never broke contact, and thanks to God and some miraculous works, she’s beginning a psychological turnaround. (Yes she’s had Agency troubles as well). The issues have always been psychological.
Perhaps you have already done this - but try working to talk to the 16 and 22 year olds, maybe there can be some bond there. Through all our troubles, my 13 year old grandson has become my best friend in the world. (Ok maybe because we have a common enemy, but it works for us!)

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:10 AM (t+64Y)

153 Prayers for all in need....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 02, 2025 10:11 AM (VE6XX)

154 Currently camping with my youngest at a state park. I think listening to all of those Me. Ballen videos hasn’t been the best idea.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 02, 2025 10:11 AM (O2qiY)

155 Things seem to be changing pretty dramatically. I think Covid had significant societal changes that are just starting to be felt. It has a lot to do with how we shop. Empty downtown stores and restaurants. Unsafe Malls. News of Las Vegas lack of tourism. A lot of places that rely on tourism complaining. Blue cities failing bigly.
Tipping point?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 10:11 AM (t/2Uw)

156 Mornin’, All! It’s Saturday! Woo hoo!

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

157
Some may call it wiseassery, but, may we remind you, our advice saved a life!

Was that the hot iron incident?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:12 AM (HZi96)

158 Another Sydney Sweeney meme.
https://is.gd/dQWJXi
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM

LOL!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2025 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

159 Sharon,
One of the best pieces of advice I got: keep a list of the things you can't do. When someone stops by and says What can I do to help? Consult your list! And let them help!

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2025 10:13 AM (4rENN)

160 Some may call it wiseassery, but, may we remind you, our advice saved a life!

Was that the hot iron incident?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:12 AM

Yes, with Cannibal Bob.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2025 10:13 AM (0sNs1)

161 134 Hadca nice walk on roof with leaf blower
Posted by: Skip

Yup. The OSHA 10 and 30 hour courses are always forgotten for home jobs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

162 Perusing through the comments, may the Son of the Most High God keep everyone in His arms. God bless you all.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 02, 2025 10:14 AM (O2qiY)

163 Good morning my pretty Hordelings. Protein pancakes and protein coffee plus classical music here. Just basking in the cool morning air after weeks of high heat.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 02, 2025 10:14 AM (kpS4V)

164 Hadrian, prayer up. Family estrangements are horrible things.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

165 >>What is the millage rate?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:07 AM

No clue. Pretty high, I think, but he built a big house on several acres. Seems outrageous to me in my small hometown.

Posted by: huerfano at August 02, 2025 10:15 AM (n2swS)

166 Muldoon, may your dad's memory be a blessing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:15 AM (JvZF+)

167 Wenda, what a great idea!
Thanks!

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 10:16 AM (t/2Uw)

168 Hi, Sharon! Hi, Wenda!

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

169 While our esteemed Perfesser is here and before I forget:

John Kass had a back-to-school book column earlier this week and I thought it should be added to our various resources.

https://johnkassnews.com/there-was-a-book/

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 02, 2025 10:17 AM (WvpwN)

170 Now I need to look up the history of the Pan American Union because I've never heard of it before.

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 02, 2025 10:18 AM (FMtrg)

171 what is protein coffee

Posted by: Don Black at August 02, 2025 10:18 AM (AOsQT)

172 , may your dad's memory be a blessing
Posted by: San Franpsycho

************

Thanks. I hold him in high esteem. An honorable man to the end.

Posted by: muldoon at August 02, 2025 10:22 AM (poXs5)

173 I take nothing for granted these days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 09:50 AM (ZOv7s

Great News.

And my prayers fir sharon and Hadrian and his family.

Everything is outside. The cat, Snowflake, actually snuck out twice but let me bring her back in almost immediately. She meowing now and I just gave her a little extra food to remind her of the joys of inside.

My friend posted something on Facebook so hopefully most stuff will be taken.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 10:22 AM (jvJvP)

174 159 Sharon,
One of the best pieces of advice I got: keep a list of the things you can't do. When someone stops by and says What can I do to help? Consult your list! And let them help!

--------

Sounds like a trap.

Posted by: Adm. Akhbar at August 02, 2025 10:22 AM (hY4dx)

175
Family estrangements are horrible things.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

I don't have a lot at stake personally. But I feel badly for Her Majesty, who tried to bring her up as a disciplined person and who now has to suffer the consequences. It's sad because I could have seen them going to dog shows together and M learning something useful under her tutelage.

It's not the sort of thing I think about often, but I do when it's brought to my attention.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 02, 2025 10:23 AM (HZi96)

176 Flintstones controversy.

https://is.gd/i1JCrl

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:23 AM (L/fGl)

177 149 My brother moved to Hays County 20+ years ago because it was turning into what it is. Their property tax is outrageous, but not like in Austin, which is now Crazytown.
Posted by: huerfano
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Hard to predict which neighborhood is going to gentryfy or when.
Lived (rental) in a neighborhood of Korea Vet G.I. homes the corner lady offered to finance her house for $5k down. It was reasonable.
I passed. Today all of the old homes are torn down and million dollar minimum homes have taken their place.

Some folks who were living average lives, in Austin, became millionaires in less than two years by selling their homes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:25 AM (yEg6H)

178 >Family estrangements are horrible things.
Posted by: Bulg
---

some bring clarity to a situation
masks fall

Posted by: Don Black at August 02, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)

179 Hadrian a prayer for peace in your house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:27 AM (JvZF+)

180 “I don't have a lot at stake personally. But I feel badly for Her Majesty, who tried to bring her up as a disciplined person and who now has to suffer the consequences…”

How sharper than a serpents tooth…”

And I’ve seen time and again that in those situations, a daughter will vent most of her hatred on the mother, even when it is wholly undeserved.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:28 AM (t+64Y)

181 146 Another Sydney Sweeney meme.

https://is.gd/dQWJXi
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM (L/fGl)

That’s a good one.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 10:30 AM (Vvm2m)

182 178 >Family estrangements are horrible things.
Posted by: Bulg
---

some bring clarity to a situation
masks fall

Posted by: Don Black at August 02, 2025 10:26 AM (AOsQT)

I'm still early in mine, and I've forgiven my brother, but Don is right about masks falling.

On the plus side, owning a house IN CANADA, and having NO FAMILY should make me more attractive to young women. I never saw it but there was a South Korean comedy about an older guy who wanted a wife who was an orphan so he wouldn't have in-laws.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 10:30 AM (jvJvP)

183 Hi back, Bulg!

I've been sorry to read about your tummy problems. Do you think it's at all related to hemochromatosis? Because I find that my tummy does not like to be empty. Period. I keep a carton of potato salad in the fridge at all times and have a few spoonfuls whenever I'm uncomfortable.

Posted by: Wenda at August 02, 2025 10:30 AM (4rENN)

184 123 Pray for the people of Austin, that they don't fall for the twisted "facts" about the city budget and vote for ANOTHER huge(9%) tax hike on property to pay for unnecessary pet projects.
Posted by: lin-duh

🙏 but urban taxes are becoming untenable.

Our (PA) county's budget went up 23% this year & its budgeting document went from 30 plus pages to more than 300.

Our Township's school taxes went up substantially in the past year. A huge population of kids are in special ed, ESL; the others read poorly and can't do math - all for more than $20,000 a kid per year.

The Township's annual taxes remained the same but sewer and trash costs rose again.

No one wants to explain what happened to C19 and opioid settlement funding but non-profits are flourishing.

In the meantime in the county (less affluent side), stories like this: UPPER DARBY, Pa. (WPVI) -- Gloria Gaynor, 91, has spent her life building the American Dream. Now, because of just $3,500 in overdue taxes, she is losing it all. Gaynor, who has dementia, is confined to a hospital bed in the living room of the Upper Darby home she owned for nearly 25 years. Jul 17, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

185 What the hell is a protein pancake?
Made of ground sausage perhaps? I'd give that a try.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 10:31 AM (n4GiU)

186 I've been living with my daughter, my wife, my sister in law, and my mother in law the past week.

I'm the only one keeping us all alive. My son and son in law just cower.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:31 AM (JvZF+)

187 ...we got a call from some agency suggesting an unspecified legal action is about to take place.

Can that be verified independently? Because just offhand, it sounds like the lead-in to a scam.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2025 10:33 AM (/y8xj)

188 Prayers for all above. About 20 hours ago Little and I became ex-Californians. The moving process was every bit the ordeal I expected it to be, but we closed the final chapter of our lives. Little is sentimental about leaving the home he grew up in, and I take that as an indication of the good memories we made there..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 02, 2025 10:33 AM (QD6Wn)

189 "What the hell is a protein pancake?"

I'm here to help.

Posted by: The Internet at August 02, 2025 10:33 AM (NySAn)

190 >>>News of Las Vegas lack of tourism...
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There problem is more MBA mentality than blue city. The Mob gave people what they wanted. Good entertainment for two drinks. Good cheap food and free drinks while gaming. None of that exists today.
They say it's all for family's now. And it's all very expensive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:34 AM (yEg6H)

191 Pray for the people of Austin, that they don't fall for the twisted "facts" about the city budget and vote for ANOTHER huge(9%) tax hike on property to pay for unnecessary pet projects.

I am so glad that I fled that toilet when real estate peaked.

I still remember that "artist" who appeared before the city council and was whining: "I supported every single project that Austin wanted to do, but now I can't afford to live here."

Repeal the 19th Amendment.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 02, 2025 10:35 AM (a4flb)

192 Thanks for the advice. That helps. I do have at least one promising lead that may help me get out of my current situation. I'm pursuing that first. Fortunately, my industry is in fairly high demand and remote work is plentiful. I can also fall back on technical writing contracts, though I've never done one of those.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 02, 2025 08:34 AM (IBQGV)

Best of luck. Hoping for good things in your future.

Posted by: javems at August 02, 2025 10:35 AM (8I4hW)

193
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 02, 2025 10:35 AM (tljrc)

194 Las Vegas deserves to be empty. They purposely went all high end everything. Luxury rooms, $100 table minimums, 5 star restaurants, etc. They even started charging for parking!! Fucking $25 to park at a casino. They’ve priced themselves out for middle class tourists.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 10:35 AM (Vvm2m)

195 I get messages all the time that I have an Income Tax Penalty that they want to help me with. Also unpaid toll road fees and they are going to bust down my door. Bogus. Lot of scammers out there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:37 AM (yEg6H)

196 Another Sydney Sweeney meme.

https://is.gd/dQWJXi
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:06 AM (L/fGl)

perfect

Posted by: runner at August 02, 2025 10:38 AM (g47mK)

197 Townhall.com@townhallcom
HOO BOY: CNN is now reporting that new polls reveal that the Democrat party is a "complete and unnter mess!"

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Unnter what? Lower than a snake's belly? In Davy Jones' locker?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:39 AM (L/fGl)

198 I get all kinds of emails and texts about I owe this or that, delete asap.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:40 AM (cC5Hl)

199 How did those wolves get targeted to get deported to Colorado and why aren't any psycho politicians going to Colorado to visit them and try to bring them back to the home they've known all their lives?

Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at August 02, 2025 10:41 AM (FMtrg)

200 Well, she's not wrong.

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Amy Klobuchar is asked why Democrat polling numbers are so low.
Her answer?
It’s Trump’s fault.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:42 AM (L/fGl)

201 Can that be verified independently? Because just offhand, it sounds like the lead-in to a scam.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2025 10:33 AM (/y8xj)

Having been involved in some of those situations tangentially, I’ve learned by experience that whenever any Agency gets a chance to sink their hooks into anything, even for a silly reason, they go All In. It’s what they do.

I’ve seen a wellness check, called in by a concerned but friendly neighbor, turned into 6 months of intense supervision along with weekly mandatory in person progress reports. With no appeal allowed. Once they get ahold of someone, they take control of their lives.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:43 AM (t+64Y)

202 I might be odd to think Sydney is very nice looking but not quite top tier

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:44 AM (cC5Hl)

203 Colorado voters approved Proposition 114 in 2020, mandating the reintroduction and management of gray wolves in Colorado's Western Slope.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 10:45 AM (NFX2v)

204 UAP James@UAPJames
NEW: JD Vance says he’s focused on UFOs and will use the August recess to dig into “the UFO thing from last year”
“What were those videos all about? What’s actually happening? I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet. But we’re only 6 months in and we’ve been very busy.”

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We're going to find them and we're going to tariff them!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

205 Was watching F-1 qualifying but lots of yard stuff to do.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:46 AM (cC5Hl)

206 Skip,

I agree about Sweeney. She is overall a nice looking girl but not the most beautiful of them all.

Of course, I'm a gal myself. So take with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 02, 2025 10:47 AM (3AwA+)

207 I'm wearing pink to raise awareness for...

people like me who forget to separate red laundry from white laundry.

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2025 10:47 AM (bDxU9)

208 186 I've been living with my daughter, my wife, my sister in law, and my mother in law the past week.

I'm the only one keeping us all alive. My son and son in law just cower.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:31 AM (JvZF+)

I had a friend in a situation like that. He said at the beginning of every day he would lay low while the others came downstairs and battled over who was going to be Alpha Female for the day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:47 AM (t+64Y)

209 Costco has 12' Halloween skeletons on display.
Because of course they do.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 10:48 AM (fVbb0)

210 183 Wenda, I don’t think it’s caused by the hemochromatosis. I think the stress of being unemployed is the underlying cause of my stomach issues. I think it has given me an ulcer. We’ll see when I have my upper GI scan later this month.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

211 Of course, today could be the day I change my mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:48 AM (JvZF+)

212 190. I also think people are concerned about safety. Watching across the news channels, the number of deranged lunatics roaming about can be startling, along with the realization that the country is flooded with illegals who are not always the moms here to make life better for their kids.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 02, 2025 10:48 AM (ENz1H)

213 "Watching across the news channels..."

I think I've found your problem.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 02, 2025 10:50 AM (fVbb0)

214 Good news, everyone!

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Dem Strategist Adrienne Elrod: Democrat candidates will use Kamala as a key surrogate for the '26 midterms.
Brilliant idea. Love it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

215 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Dem Strategist Adrienne Elrod: Democrat candidates will use Kamala as a key surrogate for the '26 midterms.
Brilliant idea. Love it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)

I’ve heard that Liz Cheney is available as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:52 AM (t+64Y)

216 I'm wearing pink to raise awareness for...

people like me who forget to separate red laundry from white laundry.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2025 10:47 AM

It does help separate the men from the boys.

Posted by: Pink Jockey briefs in the locker room at August 02, 2025 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

217 Living in a men's world is not easy either.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 10:53 AM (NFX2v)

218 I just saw an ad for the weirdest thing ever. An Auckland, NZ assisted living facility called The Bruce McLaren Retirement Village.

It's so deeply ironic I just can't even. Naming an old folks' home after a guy who died in his 30s after flatly stating that if you die at an old age because you didn't live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse, then you're a pussy whose life was wasted.

Wow. LOL.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

219 Sydney Sweeney has an odd face.

There have been plenty of starlets (e.g., young Jennifer Connelly) who had just as nice a pair as Sweeney, but had much prettier faces.

I don’t get the Sweeney hype in general, but I love that it’s driving the lefties batshit.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

220 What could possibly go wrong?

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Neera Tanden: The border under Biden was a crisis, but Americans should now trust Democrats on immigration because they have a new plan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 10:54 AM (L/fGl)

221 207 I'm wearing pink to raise awareness for...

people like me who forget to separate red laundry from white laundry.

Morning all.
Posted by: rickb223
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Pour a pot of coffee in with those clothes next wash.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:54 AM (yEg6H)

222 186 I've been living with my daughter, my wife, my sister in law, and my mother in law the past week.

I'm the only one keeping us all alive. My son and son in law just cower.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 02, 2025 10:31 AM (JvZF+)

I think I saw that episode of "Married With Children."

All of you hang in there San Franpsycho.

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 15.8 % at August 02, 2025 10:55 AM (jvJvP)

223 I’d take all those “democrats are dead” polls with a grain of salt.

A lot of that hate is leftists who are mad Dems aren’t left enough. But they will still vote for them.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 10:55 AM (Vvm2m)

224 I had a friend in a situation like that. He said at the beginning of every day he would lay low while the others came downstairs and battled over who was going to be Alpha Female for the day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 02, 2025 10:47 AM

Men work out the hierarchy, and it holds, generally for a while. Women are constantly 'working' it out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 02, 2025 10:56 AM (0sNs1)

225 210 183 Wenda, I don’t think it’s caused by the hemochromatosis. I think the stress of being unemployed is the underlying cause of my stomach issues. I think it has given me an ulcer. We’ll see when I have my upper GI scan later this month.
Posted by: Bulg

Careful with that Bulg! Had a friend who got the one scope down the throat-one scope up the poopchute thing. Doc on the bottom end was eating a ham sandwich and was distracted. Cameras crashed in tummy. Shrapnel took 2 weeks to pass!

Hope your digestive problems are resolved quickly!

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at August 02, 2025 10:57 AM (G5+As)

226 Sydney Sweeny has the “thing”. She’s not the most beautiful woman ever but all the pieces fit in very nicely.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 10:57 AM (Vvm2m)

227 WPVI) -- Gloria Gaynor, 91, has spent her life building the American Dream. Now, because of just $3,500 in overdue taxes, she is losing it all. Gaynor, who has dementia, is confined to a hospital bed in the living room of the Upper Darby home she owned for nearly 25 years. Jul 17, 2025

How tf did I miss that Gloria was One of Us??

You notice that when Delco was in GOO control, there were never budget shortfalls? With lower taxes

Posted by: kallisto at August 02, 2025 10:57 AM (NYPII)

228 Costco has 12' Halloween skeletons on display.
Because of course they do.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I needed a couple of insulated cold bags for bringing groceries home. Back in March when it was 42 degrees Wal Mart had aisles full of them. Now, during the middle of picinic season, they've been replaced by back to school stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2025 10:57 AM (bDxU9)

229 I might be odd to think Sydney is very nice looking but not quite top tier
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:44 AM (cC5Hl)
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People of a certain age are spoiled in that regard. If you grew up watching Charlie's Angels, Sweeney looks like she could qualify for a guest-star spot as a waitress, but hardly a leading role.

But for years, even theoretically attractive actresses like Brie Larson have been frowny girlbosses so the fact that Sweeney actually smiles with some warmth makes here stand out like Erin Gray in a bikini circa 1982.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:57 AM (ZOv7s)

230 We’ll see when I have my upper GI scan later this month.
Posted by: Bulg
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In the meantime don't put off the baking soda rinses.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:58 AM (yEg6H)

231 Sydney Sweeney has an odd face.

There have been plenty of starlets (e.g., young Jennifer Connelly) who had just as nice a pair as Sweeney, but had much prettier faces.

I don’t get the Sweeney hype in general, but I love that it’s driving the lefties batshit.
Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

I've seen pictures of her with her mother. Her mother has a much nicer, and more attractive, face, just not the curves her daughter has.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2025 10:58 AM (S/Y4j)

232 Not GOO, GOP

Posted by: kallisto at August 02, 2025 10:59 AM (NYPII)

233 If we created a standard Minimum Acceptable Hotness, Sweeney would pass it, but not by much.

I don't think I've ever heard her described as a "smokeshow" which is the recognized standard of excellence.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 10:59 AM (ZOv7s)

234 62-year-old Cathy Ireland is still better looking than Sydney Sweeney.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

235 Oh, please. That's a hot chick. I swear, some dudes just can't be pleased, lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:00 AM (BI5O2)

236 Some folks who were living average lives, in Austin, became millionaires in less than two years by selling their homes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 10:25 AM (yEg6H)

I haven't been to that Loony Bin in 20+ years. I can't imagine it now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 02, 2025 11:01 AM (0t/Xa)

237 232 Not GOO, GOP
Posted by: kallisto

Not Craw! Craw!

Posted by: The Craw at August 02, 2025 11:02 AM (G5+As)

238 Hey everybody
Sydney Sweeney is an 'Ette or should be.

https://tinyurl.com/4zb7udcu

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:02 AM (t/2Uw)

239 Oh, please. That's a hot chick. I swear, some dudes just can't be pleased, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:00 AM (BI5O2)

Exactly. A solid 1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at August 02, 2025 11:03 AM (0t/Xa)

240 I've seen pictures of her with her mother. Her mother has a much nicer, and more attractive, face, just not the curves her daughter has.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 02, 2025 10:58 AM (S/Y4j)

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I know it might be wrong, but
I'm in love with Sydney's mom

Posted by: Fountains of Wayne at August 02, 2025 11:03 AM (hY4dx)

241 235 Oh, please. That's a hot chick. I swear, some dudes just can't be pleased, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:00 AM (BI5O2)

Concur.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:03 AM (Vvm2m)

242 Oh, please. That's a hot chick. I swear, some dudes just can't be pleased, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:00 AM (BI5O2)
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Jennifer Connelly in her prime was much better looking.

In fact, she looked pretty damn good in the Top Gun sequel, aging very well and retaining her allure.

But Sweeney does project a kindness and sense of fun and that counts for a lot. That is what men in particular are responding to. She's approachable and seems fun.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)

243 I might be odd to think Sydney is very nice looking but not quite top tier

A smile and a good attitude count for a lot.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2025 11:04 AM (/y8xj)

244 I’d love to see some you in real life. Sydney Sweeny comes up to you and says hi. You go what, sorry honey you face is OK but I’ve seen better, please go away. 😂

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:05 AM (Vvm2m)

245 Like ice cream for breakfast.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2025 11:05 AM (jgmnb)

246 Sydney is a hot chick, but my wife, both of her sisters, and several of their female offspring have prettier faces.

Posted by: Can Pick'em at August 02, 2025 11:05 AM (G5+As)

247 Not only is Kathy Ireland still lovely, she has been married to the same person since 1988, is a very charitable person and is also a person of religious faith.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 11:06 AM (2GCMq)

248 But Sweeney does project a kindness and sense of fun and that counts for a lot. That is what men in particular are responding to. She's approachable and seems fun.

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This is exactly it.

Add boobs and you've got dynamite.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:06 AM (hY4dx)

249 Hey everybody
Sydney Sweeney is an 'Ette or should be.

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WTF?!

A cool, fun person in Hollywood!

This is totally un-American. I love it. You're supposed to be a dishwater dull, dour idiot who wouldn't stand out at a one car funeral to be a celebrity here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:07 AM (BI5O2)

250 Could those that critique pretty girls be whifting?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 11:07 AM (yEg6H)

251 I have a happier family story. Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd reminded of David Horowitz's autobiography Radical Son in which he writes of having been comforted as a small child by being asked by his parents to list everyone who loved him. I had used that with great success on one of my daughters 25 years ago. I texted her about that memory and she texted back saying she remembered that and it made her feel warm and happy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 11:08 AM (L/fGl)

252 186 I've been living with my daughter, my wife, my sister in law, and my mother in law the past week.

I'm the only one keeping us all alive. My son and son in law just cower.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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LOL. Special prayers for your continued fortitude in battle, SF!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 02, 2025 11:09 AM (kOluj)

253 During peak Kate Upton days I remember people who thought she was just ok because her torso is a weird shape or something like that.

Some people can’t ever be pleased I guess.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:09 AM (Vvm2m)

254 I’d love to see some you in real life. Sydney Sweeny comes up to you and says hi. You go what, sorry honey you face is OK but I’ve seen better, please go away.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:05 AM (Vvm2m)
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No one's going to kick her out for eating crackers in bed.

What we are saying is that there used to be dozens of hot actresses in the public eye to the point where it was accepted and expected.

How many actresses got their start pitching shampoo or soap? It was a running joke in the industry for decades.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new trend to Make America Hawt Again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 11:10 AM (ZOv7s)

255 247 Fen, yes, Kathy Ireland was one of the ones leading the fight against that horrible abortion-up-to -birth law in California.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

256 I’m old enough to be her grand daddy.

Posted by: Eromero at August 02, 2025 11:10 AM (jgmnb)

257 Not GOO, GOP
Posted by: kallisto

Unfortunately, I think the GOP is often that -gooey as in not standing up for things .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 11:10 AM (2GCMq)

258 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Big boobs at August 02, 2025 11:11 AM (NySAn)

259 In Austin property values have actually dropped that why they "need" a big tax increase. Normally they can only increase taxes by 3.5% but we are under emergency conditions because of the floods so they are taking advantage of that fact to increase it by more than double the normal max rate.
BTW they still haven't officially moved us out of severe drought conditions even though we are no longer in a drought in our area. So, we are still under severe drought restrictions....

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:11 AM (VCgbV)

260 253 During peak Kate Upton days I remember people who thought she was just ok because her torso is a weird shape or something like that.

Some people can’t ever be pleased I guess.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:09 AM (Vvm2m)

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If your standards are Platonic forms, everyone falls short.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:11 AM (hY4dx)

261 202 I might be odd to think Sydney is very nice looking but not quite top tier
Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 10:44 AM (cC5Hl)

I'll be your wingman anytime.

Praying for everyone. Lord, your will be done.

Posted by: Johnny Hildo at August 02, 2025 11:11 AM (zhAIW)

262 227. You notice that when Delco was in GOO control, there were never budget shortfalls? With lower taxes
Posted by: kallisto

Yes, the Republican "War Board" wasn't perfect but they had a reasonable, long term plan to provide medicare/medicaid services in conjunction with Johns Hopkins, and without the adoption of the current, "policy setting," 85 person County Board of Health.

All of the public school districts were decent overall, meeting goals, getting kids into AP courses and/or higher education, job training regardless.

Now half the county doesn't care as it can ride it out through wealth &/or property investments and buffer strips of lovely parks. Another quarter doesn't care - never did - but are still on the receiving side at this time.

Unfortunately, another quarter are or will be under gentrification. They're boxed in with few options and no one is coming to 'help' the majority, other than possible receivership of their care and property.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 02, 2025 11:12 AM (NFX2v)

263 246 Sydney is a hot chick, but my wife, both of her sisters, and several of their female offspring have prettier faces.
Posted by: Can Pick'em
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All of my wive's, all of my lovers, all the girls and women I've ever had are prettier than any of these so called beauties. These promoted pinups pale in comparison and are not worth mentioning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 02, 2025 11:12 AM (yEg6H)

264 Not GOO, GOP
Posted by: kallisto

Six of one . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 11:12 AM (L/fGl)

265 It is pretty typical that what finally got the Morons posting this morning was ...wait for it....boobs.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM (t/2Uw)

266 From my upcoming column:
"It says something about just how retarded this timeline has become that having a hot chick sell clothing has become a revolutionary act, but here we are. At least we can comfort ourselves that we're not the ones getting the vapors and needing counseling simply because a babe looks good in denim.

Make no mistake about it: this is not a sign of strength on the part of the wokes. If anything, it's highly encouraging, because just a year ago they seemed on the brink of final victory, a victory so complete that a dark age of frump and cringe seemed to open up before us.

But now it's the wokes who are hiding in their Bluesky Fuhrerbunker, preparing their black pills and loading their Walthers. No, you purple-haired freaks, Steiner is not coming. Your nanosecond of defining culture is over, and it's time to get used to being shoved in lockers and given swirlies as it was of old."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM (ZOv7s)

267 So turns out that a NYT story about “starving” children in Gaza was made up. The picture of a “starving” child turns out to be a picture of a child that’s been sick his whole life and has always looked like skin and bones.

Unexpectedly.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM (Vvm2m)

268 And if Sydney Sweeney was not a conservative- or at least a not totally crazy Democrat before - all the ludicrous " You're a Nazi!!" Stuff has probably pushed her some to the right politically .

Democrats often don't think through their actions very much

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM (2GCMq)

269 A smile and a good attitude count for a lot.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 02, 2025 11:04 AM

Can attest.

Posted by: Kamala! 2028! 2032! at August 02, 2025 11:14 AM (0sNs1)

270 I'm sure it's not the first time, but it's a very special trait of the Horde to be able to turn a prayer thread into a bewb thread....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 02, 2025 11:15 AM (kOluj)

271 253 During peak Kate Upton days I remember people who thought she was just ok because her torso is a weird shape or something like that.

Some people can’t ever be pleased I guess.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:09 AM (Vvm2m)

Attitude makes a huge difference. Same with Sweeney, I think. Gals look at them and go: 'You just like the huge rack.' Me: Well yes, I do love the huge rack, but they also seem like they could be tolerable to talk to/hang out with in between door banging sessions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 02, 2025 11:15 AM (bss/y)

272 Muldoon, if you're still here. Yes, I saw the Oklahoma lyrics. I have the linked vid pulled up in a tab, to listen to later. After MisHum's four-hour relaxation music. Heh.

Seems t'me that a few weeks back you mentioned some possible development in the missing FiL search. Was there an update?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Enquirer minds want to know at August 02, 2025 11:15 AM (+fWH5)

273 It is pretty typical that what finally got the Morons posting this morning was ...wait for it....boobs.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM

Sigh. Not everyone's sole is in the right place.

Posted by: Quentin T. and Rex R. at August 02, 2025 11:15 AM (0sNs1)

274 268 And if Sydney Sweeney was not a conservative- or at least a not totally crazy Democrat before - all the ludicrous " You're a Nazi!!" Stuff has probably pushed her some to the right politically .

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She's got a good thing going. She should smile engagingly and never utter a political word.

No point in Zeglaring yourself into oblivion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:16 AM (hY4dx)

275 Fen, I saw a post on X this morning that showed she was registered as a Republican in Florida and an active voter.
Also, the video I posted

https://tinyurl.com/4zb7udcu
I think she could qualify as an 'Ette.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:16 AM (t/2Uw)

276 270 Boobs are among God’s greatest creations. We are very thankful to Him for them.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 11:17 AM (77rzZ)

277 Sweeney probably has the "golden ratio" that makes her so attractive even though she may not be the most "beautiful" woman around. The "golden ratio" is a proven thing. Sometimes you just can't put your finger on why someone is so attractive and it goes back to being very symmetrical.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:17 AM (VCgbV)

278 The Grand Old Obloquy

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:17 AM (BI5O2)

279 why they "need" a big tax increase."

Well of course Austin's "leaders" need more taxes...on my weekly visits, I notice ever more unused bike lanes, empty transit, and a lovely volume of unfilled potholes...

(And yes, it's funny to see the river at full, yet everyone under restrictions)

Posted by: man at August 02, 2025 11:18 AM (tubbA)

280 270 I'm sure it's not the first time, but it's a very special trait of the Horde to be able to turn a prayer thread into a bewb thread....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 02, 2025 11:15 AM (kOluj)

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We pray to thee, St. Bunny of Perpetual Rackage, to intercede for us.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:18 AM (hY4dx)

281 >>it's a very special trait of the Horde to be able to turn a prayer thread into a bewb thread....

1. This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2025 11:18 AM (Y1sOo)

282 Blue on blue.

Protesters Arrested at Offices for Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand

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They were anti-Israel protesters. It's your party and you can cry if you want to, Chuckie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 11:19 AM (L/fGl)

283 Man, what part of Austin do you visit weekly?

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:19 AM (VCgbV)

284 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 11:08 AM (L/fGl

Very nice. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 11:19 AM (2GCMq)

285 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:16 AM (t/2Uw)

That's good to know.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 11:21 AM (2GCMq)

286 The timing was right for a Sydney Sweeney, and to her credit she caught the wave and is giving it a good ride.
Pretty, not sensational.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 02, 2025 11:21 AM (n4GiU)

287 It is pretty typical that what finally got the Morons posting this morning was ...wait for it....boobs.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:13 AM (t/2Uw)
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Posting always picks up as the morning wears away. The last hour of the Book Thread is typically much busier than the first.

But this is a Prayer Thread, and it is right and proper that we praise God for the gift of feminine beauty. This was being wantonly destroyed by godless people who wanted to defile it. Look at what they did to Ellen Page!

You laugh at the Moron veneration of bewbs, but what are we to make the woke obsession with cutting them off?!

It would perhaps be well to pray for Sydney, because it is clear that there are people who detest not just her, but her representation of female beauty.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 11:21 AM (ZOv7s)

288 I think the attitude that “I don’t see what the hype is about I’ve seen hotter” is weird. It’s like saying this guy runs the 100m in 9.8 seconds but Usain Bolt would have crushed him 10 years ago. Therefore he’s not all that fast.

Nah bruh dude is fucking wicked fast, just not the fastEST.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:22 AM (Vvm2m)

289 Allandale and surrounding parts...

Posted by: man at August 02, 2025 11:23 AM (tubbA)

290 Bewbs in Proverbs 5:

Rejoice in the wife of your youth....let her breasts satisfy you at all times ...

Posted by: Emmie at August 02, 2025 11:23 AM (FMtrg)

291 Don't even get me started on the Song of Soloman...

Posted by: Johnny Hildo at August 02, 2025 11:25 AM (zhAIW)

292 Has anyone noticed or critiqued Sydney's feet? Dolly Parton, for example, has tiny feet because nothing grows well in the shade.

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at August 02, 2025 11:25 AM (G5+As)

293 >>>But this is a Prayer Thread

1. This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 02, 2025 11:25 AM (Y1sOo)

294 I remember when Tim Tebow got married, some 'ron saying "wth is Tebow thinking? He could do way better than that ol' Plain Jane!"

She was Miss Universe a couple years prior to their marriage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:25 AM (BI5O2)

295 The Texas legislature passed a no cell phone/personal devices during school law that goes into effect August 18th. The kids are freaking out. Austin ISD still has no policy in place... school starts on the 19th. I still have kids in school. Don't get me started on the school district or school taxes, I might stroke out!

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:26 AM (VCgbV)

296 I think the attitude that “I don’t see what the hype is about I’ve seen hotter” is weird. It’s like saying this guy runs the 100m in 9.8 seconds but Usain Bolt would have crushed him 10 years ago. Therefore he’s not all that fast.

Nah bruh dude is fucking wicked fast, just not the fastEST.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:22 AM (Vvm2m)
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Men like to debate things. Best Superbowl, best quarterback, best sub-sub-sub compact handgun.

In most cases all the entrants are respected, but we like to sort things into heirarchies. Same with women.

Back in the day, "Which Charlie's Angel is hottest?" was an evergreen topic, even though it was obvious that all of them were acceptable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 02, 2025 11:26 AM (ZOv7s)

297 She did it again!

https://is.gd/DrlSYM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 02, 2025 11:26 AM (L/fGl)

298 2 brcc ak
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 02, 2025 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

brcc Fit Fuel

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2025 11:26 AM (W/lyH)

299 I'm thankful for boobs because it helps our husbands put up with our, uh, eccentricities.

Posted by: Emmie at August 02, 2025 11:27 AM (FMtrg)

300 .
NOOD

K.T. has a new thread up: "Blue Genes (sigh)"

NOOD!/

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 11:28 AM (O7YUW)

301 Allandale and surrounding parts...
Posted by: man at August 02, 2025 11:23 AM (tubbA)
---X
I work in the Capital Complex and I actually go into the office daily.
My oldest son played and marched with a tuba for 4 years.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:28 AM (VCgbV)

302 Thank goodness I put those auto-formatting closure tags in my signature.

Blasted headache...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 11:29 AM (O7YUW)

303 She was Miss Universe a couple years prior to their marriage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 02, 2025 11:25 AM (BI5O2)

Yeah but was she the best looking miss universe ever? No. So a total dog.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:30 AM (Vvm2m)

304 290 Bewbs in Proverbs 5:

Rejoice in the wife of your youth....let her breasts satisfy you at all times ...
Posted by: Emmie

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https://tinyurl.com/2fu5pyhm

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 02, 2025 11:30 AM (kOluj)

305 work in the Capital Complex"

Drove around there last week, then back up Guadalupe...

Posted by: man at August 02, 2025 11:30 AM (tubbA)

306 I never mind the boobs talk because I appreciate that you all appreciate women. As a woman, that is my goal. Because as a woman, I appreciate men. I have never been shy about that fact.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 02, 2025 11:31 AM (t/2Uw)

307 290 Bewbs in Proverbs 5:

Rejoice in the wife of your youth....let her breasts satisfy you at all times ...
Posted by: Emmie at August 02, 2025 11:23 AM (FMtrg)

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Blessed are the motorboaters
For they shall find bliss in the cleavage of others

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:31 AM (hY4dx)

308 Sidney Sweeny...from Spokane WA.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 02, 2025 11:32 AM (W/lyH)

309 NBC “News” Trump Tariff is the reason college graduates can’t find jobs.

And here I was thinking it’s because nobody has any need for graduates of “14 Century Trans Studies” degrees.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:36 AM (Vvm2m)

310 I’m old enough to be her grand daddy.
Posted by: Eromero

Yeah. I don't know when I got so damned old.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2025 11:36 AM (bDxU9)

311 I've never done this before but if the folks here are possibly inclined, please pray for my son, Leo, to gain some humanity and grant him power over the evil that manifests itself in him.

Mon son has done terrible things to people.

He was diagnosed as a sociopath by his couseler that he saw for about a year before everything blew up.

The saddest thing is that it seems to be his fate as his mother is far worse and it runs in her family.

He was such a smart and good kid until the change.

I suffer from a number of chronic conditions and as I contemplate the time I have left here, I have to wrestle with the fact that I may never see him again. And the sad truth that it may be a good thing in certain ways.

There is nothing I can do but pray for him.

This isn't like someone's dying (other than me) but for those inclinsded and may have some sympathy or personal experience with my situation, I would appericiate a prayer from my friends here.

Posted by: pawn at August 02, 2025 11:36 AM (QB+5g)

312 Our dishwasher died. I'm washing by hand, which doesn't bother me in the least, but we are shopping to replace it. We've settled on Miele. Pricey, but everything we read says it's worth it. Now to figure out which model. We live in a remote area, so it's a couple of hours' drive to civilization that would have floor models to examine.

Posted by: windbag at August 02, 2025 11:38 AM (fsShY)

313 Bewbs in Proverbs 5:

Rejoice in the wife of your youth....let her breasts satisfy you at all times ...
Posted by: Emmie

Try as I might, I can't seem to get smarter than them old guys were.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 02, 2025 11:39 AM (bDxU9)

314 The piece on Jaguar makes a worthwhile point. That ridiculous joke of an ad didn't happen in a vacuum. Jaguar's sales had been cratering for years. The company's house was on fire and it's c-suite was under huge pressure to do something drastic to turn things around.

Their error was in deciding that the best way to deal with a burning house was to pour gasoline on it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 02, 2025 11:39 AM (hY4dx)

315 It's been 12 years since he told me to eat a bag of dicks and walked away. I haven't heard a thing from him since then.

Posted by: pawn at August 02, 2025 11:40 AM (QB+5g)

316 Prayers up for you, pawn.

Posted by: toby928 at August 02, 2025 11:41 AM (jc0TO)

317 There is a greater than zero probability the ad was done on purpose to kill off the brand.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 02, 2025 11:41 AM (Vvm2m)

318 Sweeney probably has the "golden ratio" that makes her so attractive...
Posted by: lin-duh at August 02, 2025 11:17 AM (VCgbV)

Probably. Almost all Hollywood stars are pretty symmetrical.

But, she also has a memorable face. Most big stars don't have a "perfect face". Most "perfect face" actors/actresses rarely go anywhere becuz, they're a dime a dozen. But, with Sydney Sweeney, you know her when you see her.

Same with old Hollywood stars, look at Moron Fave, Myrna Loy, frumpy body, girl next door face, but she had "it", you always knew who she was.
SS also presents herself well and that goes a long way to being attractive.

I think it's pretty funny that some guys upstairs are talking about how they girlfriends, wives or exes were much more attractive than Sydney Sweeney...well, sure, I hope so. Becuz if she's your wife, hopefully you find her very attractive, perhaps the most beautiful woman in the world.

Buuuuut, if she were to present herself here and be subjected to the Sydney Sweeney Picayune Microscope, how many here are going to see the beauty that you do?

I suspect you wouldn't care cuz fuck you if you can't see her beauty.

SS probably feels the same way

Posted by: naturalfake at August 02, 2025 11:43 AM (iJfKG)

319 We've been keeping newborns alive since Cain and Abel.

Posted by: Bodacious hooters at August 02, 2025 11:44 AM (Y1DEj)

320 pawn,

Peace be with you and your family. May God’s Grace rain upon you and comfort you and bring you solace.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 11:56 AM (mT+6a)

321 Will pray for you and your son, Pawn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 12:27 PM (uDTGS)

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