Daily Pixy News 27 August 2025

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Ow my feets.
Have a plumber here today because things don't happen when it's convenient for you.
Already done a battery of tests for Mystery Medical Condition because see above.
If you have kids or niblings, the trades are where it's at.
Medtech might be a more reliable job than doctor, too.
I have two plumbers here now. That's either good news or someone's kids are getting braces.
That sounded interesting. Interesting to be inside the house above when it cut loose anyway.
Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus.

Musical Interlude

The ending credits to the incomparable Buckaroo Banzai, of course. The entire gang shows up, even the one who died during the movie, because otherwise it wouldn't be awesome.

Disclaimer: Less worse, shall we say.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

2 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 27, 2025 04:31 AM (zdKZs)

3 your feet? My eyes.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at August 27, 2025 04:32 AM (gHSfI)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 04:37 AM (+qU29)

5 Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus

Venimus, vidimus, respiratory syncytial virus habemus?

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:38 AM (aURVT)

6 We have a new "Darmok" reference:

"Pixy, when the pipes WHOOSHed"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:41 AM (O7YUW)

7 @Pixy: "Already done a battery of tests for Mystery Medical Condition because see above."

Have they tested your blood for high uric acid levels that could be causing gout?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

8 Sorry for the stressful situations, Pixy. Your feet hurt because of "mystery medical condition" or because you've had to go here the there to have all kinds of tests for MMC? May rough places be made smooth.

I have never seen Buckaroo Banzai. I'll have to look for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 04:42 AM (2GCMq)

9
Ooh. I hope your next post has better news.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 27, 2025 04:44 AM (n7rxJ)

10 I thought this was a nice story about an act of kindness and a surprise:

https://tinyurl.com/5b4nvx5v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 04:44 AM (2GCMq)

11 And finally, the musical interlude: One of my absolute favourite movies of all time. Wonderful pick.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

12 7 @Pixy: "Already done a battery of tests for Mystery Medical Condition because see above."

Have they tested your blood for high uric acid levels that could be causing gout?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:42 AM (O7YUW)

ouch

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:45 AM (aURVT)

13 Dane@UltraDane

22-year-old Indian YouTuber, Sagar Tudu, will never be seen on Youtube again, he was swept away by raging currents at the Duduma Waterfall in Odisha, while attempting to impress his fans for likes.

Hugh Jastle@HughJastle69

That’s the cleanest he’s ever been.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 27, 2025 04:48 AM (TGPs7)

14 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 27, 2025 04:50 AM (XQo4F)

15 >>>The ending credits to the incomparable Buckaroo Banzai

LOL the second half of the clip I just sat there watching.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:51 AM (aURVT)

16 The tiny little New Testament with the Psalms which I got from the nice guy at the Gideons Booth at the fair says this from Psalm 31. Vs 24:

"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 04:53 AM (2GCMq)

17 Belated BOING!

Pixy, tell us more about what's bothering your feet. Horde crowdFAQ.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2025 04:53 AM (3447G)

18 oof. i had gout many times during the first decade-and-a-half of the century. then it cleared up for several years. then in June i got a new bout with symptoms that were just different enough to make me think it was something else. it's really farking nasty. i wouldn't wish it on any heterosexual.

at some point today the a/c repairman is finally arriving.

Posted by: DenverGregg at August 27, 2025 04:53 AM (/l6IL)

19 I have been assigned online learning at work. Twelve minutes. Okay, let's knock that out.

Go to the course page. Syllabus is presented. Okay. Hmmm, no start button. Ah, there's a link to the enrollment details. Click that.

Enrollment details. My name, sure. The arbitrary date by which the company expects the training to be complete, sure. The unique ID of the training, why not. No start button. Where can I go from here? Ah, course details...

Syllabus is presented....

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 04:55 AM (ExV1e)

20 Dane@UltraDane

22-year-old Indian YouTuber, Sagar Tudu, will never be seen on Youtube again, he was swept away by raging currents at the Duduma Waterfall in Odisha, while attempting to impress his fans for likes.

Hugh Jastle@HughJastle69

That’s the cleanest he’s ever been.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 27, 2025 04:48 AM (TGPs7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 04:57 AM (ExV1e)

21 19 I have been assigned online learning at work. Twelve minutes. Okay, let's knock that out.

Go to the course page. Syllabus is presented. Okay. Hmmm, no start button. Ah, there's a link to the enrollment details. Click that.

Enrollment details. My name, sure. The arbitrary date by which the company expects the training to be complete, sure. The unique ID of the training, why not. No start button. Where can I go from here? Ah, course details...

Syllabus is presented....
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 04:55 AM (ExV1e)

Ya learnin' anything?

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)

22 @10/FenelonSpoke: Wonderful story, thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:58 AM (O7YUW)

23 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 04:58 AM (O7YUW

You are most welcome, brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 04:59 AM (2GCMq)

24 Ya learnin' anything?
Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)

Well... I confessed my ignorance on my group's Teams page and one of the people in Europe tried to do the training. They gave up faster than I did so I learned that, of the two of us, I was the more stubborn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 05:01 AM (ExV1e)

25 Foot pain seems to be due to the edema, which is directly due to the BP. Lots of blood tests today so if something like gout is involved it will show up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 05:02 AM (BLOW1)

26 4 National Guards from AL save life of man while they are visiting in Poland:

https://tinyurl.com/3m34pjxb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 05:04 AM (2GCMq)

27 Morning all.

Prayers Pixy! Praying everything works out!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 05:04 AM (UZOIv)

28 At least today the shortest commute in last 4 months

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 05:04 AM (+qU29)

29 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 27, 2025 05:06 AM (hoCmQ)

30 Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus.

Venimus, vidimus, cloacas purgavimus?

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:08 AM (aURVT)

31 Had to look up "niblings."

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 27, 2025 05:09 AM (hoCmQ)

32 We doing Latin today?

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)

33 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 27, 2025 05:12 AM (sAmhv)

34 We came. We saw. We opened the sewers?

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 27, 2025 05:14 AM (hoCmQ)

35 Had to look up "edema."

Not to be confused with "enema."

Though I wish both upon my enemies.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2025 05:15 AM (3447G)

36 I am hoping today to go to a park with beautiful wildflowers and goldfinches and not be tempted at all to look at political news:

Numbers 6:24-26 NKJV

"The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 05:15 AM (2GCMq)

37 We doing Latin today?
Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)

https://youtu.be/VL-NFtX6Wkc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 05:16 AM (ExV1e)

38 I am hoping today to go to a park with beautiful wildflowers and goldfinches and not be tempted at all to look at political news:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2025 05:15 AM (2GCMq)
-

Hopefully the park has no bull in it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 27, 2025 05:17 AM (3447G)

39 Evening and morning to all on this Woden's Day! Pixy, I'm sorry that all these calamities are happening to you at once. You're strong, though; you'll get through it.

We doing Latin today?
Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025

Why, yes:

Hogamus, higamus,
Man is polygamous.
Higamus, hogamus,
Woman's monogamous.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:17 AM (omVj0)

40 I'm on the getting better stage of gout. My uric acid levels were high. I've had it before. It sucks. Like someone bashing my toe with a ball peen hammer sucks.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 27, 2025 05:17 AM (sAmhv)

41
nibling
noun
A nephew or niece, especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term.
###

"I did not know that."

Posted by: In my best Johnny Carson voice at August 27, 2025 05:17 AM (XQo4F)

42 Medtech might be a more reliable job than doctor, too.

A friend's niece went to college and within less than a year, she realized that she really didn't want to be there for four. She applied for a Surgical Technician class.

Last I heard, she and her husband bought a house in Texas after escaping California.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 05:18 AM (+4yJ5)

43 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2025 05:19 AM (a1415)

44 Very cool again this morning , not very August like at all.
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 05:21 AM (+qU29)

45 A frigid 63.5 degrees out, with only 97%RH.

Soon the snows will sweep in from the plains.

And the buffalo will begin to migrate.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

46 Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus.

We came. We saw. We opened the drains.

haha

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:24 AM (aURVT)

47 "You have 20+ assignments waiting for you to complete in {systemname} assigned by your employer."

Oh joy, it's time for the annual reminders and being slapped in the face by company policies written by people who seem to be convinced that nobody ever makes honest mistakes, ever...

*deep sigh*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

48 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

Where is my comprehensive NAS plan...complete with programming instructions?

You consultants always over-promise and under-deliver!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 27, 2025 05:24 AM (L5An7)

49 One of my offspring just began the last semester of nursing school. He decided to become a nurse because of his special needs child. Advocating for his own son in the hospital environment he became utterly fascinated with it all and reoriented his entire life toward nursing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2025 05:25 AM (XQo4F)

50 By the way, the UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus is on sale.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 27, 2025 05:26 AM (L5An7)

51 @40/Puddleglum: "I'm on the getting better stage of gout. My uric acid levels were high. I've had it before. It sucks. Like someone bashing my toe with a ball peen hammer sucks."

This man knows. (I'm so sorry you suffer it too, Puddleglum.)

Have you figured out what some of your trigger-foods/drinks are that can bring on an attack?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 05:26 AM (O7YUW)

52 "Laugha whilea you canna monkey boy"

Posted by: John Bigbooty at August 27, 2025 05:27 AM (ZmEVT)

53 Last evening I heard by phone from my oldest friend, who lives in FL and has undergone yet another surgery. This one is for a shoulder after a neck surgery earlier this year. He's doing well, very positive about things. We talked about movies and even Trump and DeSantis (he's big on both!) for an hour.

He mentioned that he finds it tiring and painful to be on the computer for very long, sitting at a table, that is. He said he could bring the computer into the living room with a long extension cord. It occurred to me that a tablet might be a good compromise for him. Amazon has a Samsung Galaxy one with an 11" screen with multiple displays, 64 GB of storage and 8 of RAM, for about $150. I could buy one and send it to him as an "early Xmas gift." Whaddaya think?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:28 AM (omVj0)

54 49 One of my offspring just began the last semester of nursing school. He decided to become a nurse because of his special needs child. Advocating for his own son in the hospital environment he became utterly fascinated with it all and reoriented his entire life toward nursing.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 27, 2025 05:25 AM (XQo4F)

Blessings on him!

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:28 AM (aURVT)

55 I could buy one and send it to him as an "early Xmas gift." Whaddaya think?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:28 AM (omVj0)

Load it up with all of your speeches, and you got a winner.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 27, 2025 05:29 AM (06Hmj)

56 24 Ya learnin' anything?
Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)

Well... I confessed my ignorance on my group's Teams page and one of the people in Europe tried to do the training. They gave up faster than I did so I learned that, of the two of us, I was the more stubborn.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 05:01 AM (ExV1e)

Ha! Now what?

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:29 AM (aURVT)

57 "Where is my comprehensive NAS plan...complete with programming instructions?"

" By the way, the UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus is on sale."

Saw that, and eyeing it with interest.

But I have had to shift priorities a bit, and the project is a little bit lower on the 'To Do' list for right now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2025 05:29 AM (a1415)

58 The local news and weather mavens keep yapping about the humidity being down. I stuck my head outside, and yes, it is down -- fractionally -- if you strain to imagine it. Temp is 80 F., but heat index is 85, down from the usual 90 or more; so maybe today will be more tolerable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:31 AM (omVj0)

59 @50/CBD: "By the way, the UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus is on sale."

*reads through the material on the uGreen site towards the end*

Power Consumption 12V/6A
Power supply they give you: DC 12V/5A.

https://youtu.be/_asNhzXq72w

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

60 Grumpy and Recalcitrant,

No, not sure what triggered it. I've been reducing but not stopping, stuff that may cause it. This is my second go around with gout this year. Had it in January. I've had it a few times over the last 10 years (2-3, maybe). So, not chronic, yet. I've added tart cherry juice to my daily routine (sugarless). It popped up as useful when I was looking at treatment options.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 27, 2025 05:34 AM (sAmhv)

61 @60/Puddleglum: I keep a couple of 1kg bags of frozen cherries in the freezer for those "uhoh" moments. It's amazing how well that can stop an attack in its tracks in the "early on" phase.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

62 37 We doing Latin today?
Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)

https://youtu.be/VL-NFtX6Wkc
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 05:16 AM (ExV1e)

"Latin"

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:36 AM (aURVT)

63 And I begin the daily hunt for my motivation to go exercise. Hide-and-seek, hide-and-seek, where can you be . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:39 AM (omVj0)

64 And now....time for the walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 27, 2025 05:39 AM (a1415)

65 Venimus, vidimus, cloacas reseravimus.

In 'stralia, maybe that's painted on the side of the plumbers' van.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 05:40 AM (aURVT)

66 Aside from working out, today I need to check the bank for my SS payment, get out some cash, then visit Walmart and Aldi. There are some things each one has that the other doesn't. Fortunately they are close to each other, and to where I live. A visit to a post office, to buy stamps and weigh some things I plan to sell on eBay, is also on the schedule for this week.

Friday, maybe, I'll visit the local Boot Barn and shop for a second pair of cowboy boots. The Dan Posts I have are great; perhaps a second pair in a lighter brown color? Though, if I send that tablet to my old friend, I'd be well advised to hold off on that, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 05:46 AM (omVj0)

67 Good morning! Got the youngest granddaughter a bag cart so she can walk the local par 3 course a little more comfortably. She's been carrying her bag and although it has only 5 clubs in it, it's apparently similar to the weight carried by Atlas.

She's driving the green on a few of the holes but I suspect it's primarily about the snacks.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 27, 2025 05:55 AM (3Ope8)

68 G'mornin all y'all
God is good.

Posted by: OkJohn at August 27, 2025 05:56 AM (NC/it)

69 I loved that movieh

Posted by: Whiskey Mike at August 27, 2025 05:57 AM (l5vxg)

70 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: More betterer.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2025 06:05 AM (WvZaB)

71 End credits: They're marching around Sepulveda Dam and flood control basin in Van Nuys.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2025 06:06 AM (WvZaB)

72 um, wording?

Posthumous memoir by sexual abuse advocate Virginia Giuffre

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 06:18 AM (aURVT)

73
Good morning, good people, from the suddenly fall temperature Adirondacks. Noseying around in the Jet Stream data indicates we've a cold snowy winter ahead if conditions remain.

Regardless, may all effort on your part result in maximum benefit to you at all times, with extreme heartburn for the leftwit fungi who plague us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 27, 2025 06:21 AM (hKoQL)

74 Hahahahahaha. Looks like Macron is standing around with his dick in his hand as Germany says they will not recognize a "palestinian " state.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:22 AM (dxWFK)

75 @TheBabylonBee
·
13h
Trump Unveils Giant Cannon For Faster, More Entertaining Deportations https://buff.ly/yEOnrFW

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Cannot predict now at August 27, 2025 06:24 AM (AOsQT)

76 Plans for the weekend: Head to the National Air and Space Museum to get a picture of my dad's name on the wall of honor for his birthday.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 06:26 AM (+4yJ5)

77 Wolfie, you can have my Samsung tablet when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. I never go near the computer any more.

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2025 06:28 AM (zFwIe)

78 creeper. Good morning, darlin. Hope you are well .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:29 AM (dxWFK)

79 Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 06:26 AM (+4yJ5)

That's great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a Gauloises and a beret) at August 27, 2025 06:29 AM (xwp8Y)

80
Good morning, Hordians. Running through the morning routine before I can have my coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (kkTda)

81 'Mornin', Ben Had. Did it ever stop raining down there?

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (zFwIe)

82 I STILL want to know why there's a watermelon there!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (PiwSw)

83 Hey you have plumbing issues? I too have plumbing issues, though fairly minor. Kitchen sink drain has started leaking. Not an emergency but I guess I'll call the plumber today. Couldn't do it yesterday, too busy with work, and like I said, not an emergency. The box of garbage bags directly below the drain was completely soaked. Also someone put paper towels on the bottom of the cabinet, which soaked up the water enough that it never leaked out of the cabinet. Probably my mom the last time she visited me.

Posted by: Farquad at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (NtFTC)

84 mornin yall. It seems Abrego Garcia has learned some English. They have him on video saying “it’s a corrupt government” as an ICE agent led him away after he was detained in Baltimore.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

85 creeper, it has . The timing has been very good for the hay crop though.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:34 AM (dxWFK)

86 Wolfus, a tablet might be just the thing for your friend. I use mine all the time for browsing the internet from my easy chair.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

87 I STILL want to know why there's a watermelon there!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:33 AM (PiwSw)
------------
It was part of an experiment to provide air-droppable fruit to starving third world communities. They succeeded with watermelons; unfortunately, you needed power tools to get through the rind.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2025 06:37 AM (WvZaB)

88 Hi Ben Had! What's the count now, 50 days?

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

89 fd, I'd bet a million quatloos that Garcia speaks English just fine.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:38 AM (dxWFK)

90 fd, yes Sir

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:39 AM (dxWFK)

91 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 27, 2025 06:40 AM (WvZaB)

92 Buckaroo Banzai would be a pretty a pretty good movie to die in.

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2025 06:40 AM (jgmnb)

93 CBD: The whole thing was my brother's doing. He just recently asked me to get pictures of the panel. Dad is stuck in CA and can't travel much any more.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 06:41 AM (+4yJ5)

94 "fd, yes Sir
Posted by: Ben Had"

Save me a spot at the campground!

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

95 NR Pax,what an amazing birthday present

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:43 AM (dxWFK)

96 fd, you got it !

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:44 AM (dxWFK)

97 I saw Buckaroo Banzai at B-Fest once. They got the reels mixed up and no one noticed.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 27, 2025 06:46 AM (WPL6O)

98 Unless you are a red electroid.

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2025 06:47 AM (jgmnb)

99 This morning it's 51 degrees here in North Alabama, high today 77. Yes! I would take this all year long.

Posted by: Case at August 27, 2025 06:47 AM (BXeMA)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 06:47 AM (aURVT)

101 "Ex-Oceangate mission specialist defends controversial late CEO after damning Coast Guard report: ‘The design worked. They reached the Titanic’"

Bravo. I suppose it wasn't designed to come back.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

102 m, once again keeps order among the chaos by hitting the 100 mark.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:50 AM (dxWFK)

103 @82/Shadout Mapes: "I STILL want to know why there's a watermelon there!"

The director of "Buckaroo Banzai", W.D. Richter, has your answer:
https://tinyurl.com/53p2j2mx

Search page for: "One crucial question… what is that watermelon doing there?" and then read on.

Posted by: Blue Blaze Irregular Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 06:51 AM (O7YUW)

104 Laugh-a while you can, Monkey Boy!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:52 AM (PiwSw)

105 Posted by: Blue Blaze Irregular Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 06:51 AM (O7YUW)

Awesome! Thanks!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:53 AM (PiwSw)

106 @100/m: "100"

https://youtu.be/-Dc6Pre77AY

Posted by: Blue Blaze Irregular Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 06:53 AM (O7YUW)

107 Lithgow was perfect for his parts.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:55 AM (PiwSw)

108 102 m, once again keeps order among the chaos by hitting the 100 mark.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:50 AM (dxWFK)

; )

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)

109 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

110 106 @100/m: "100"

https://youtu.be/-Dc6Pre77AY
Posted by: Blue Blaze Irregular Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 06:53 AM (O7YUW)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)

111 ‘The design worked. They reached the Titanic’"

Sinking to the floor counts I guess.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 06:57 AM (+4yJ5)

112 52 "Laugha whilea you canna monkey boy"
Posted by: John Bigbooty at August 27, 2025 05:27 AM (ZmEVT)

104 Laugh-a while you can, Monkey Boy!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:52 AM (PiwSw)

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 06:57 AM (aURVT)

113 NaCly. Good morning. I have the smile and be happy part down.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 06:57 AM (dxWFK)

114 @109/NaCly Dog:

You wanted to keep up with my adventures, see #47.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 06:57 AM (O7YUW)

115 In a move mirroring Cracker Barrel's recent reversal, Bud Lite is having Dylan Mulvany's testicles reattached.

Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at August 27, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

116 If Hollywood is looking for sequels to make, "Buckaroo Banzai" and "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" are two movies that set up sequels. They would have to do do reboots or something.

On the other hand, Hollywood. Never mind, then.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 27, 2025 07:01 AM (//GoU)

117
Hog paneling set to be delivered this afternoon. I can start work on constructing a new pen off the back porch this afternoon for the house hogs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:03 AM (kkTda)

118 >‘The design worked. They reached the Titanic’"
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https://youtu.be/9hNIX7V21pU

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Cannot predict now at August 27, 2025 07:03 AM (AOsQT)

119 107 Lithgow was perfect for his parts.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 27, 2025 06:55 AM (PiwSw)

There's a 90s B grade action flick called Hollow Point. The two villains are Lithgow and Donald Sutherland and both are amazingly, diabolically crazy. It's a fun watch just for them.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 27, 2025 07:03 AM (pIfcn)

120 If Hollywood is looking for sequels to make, "Buckaroo Banzai" and "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" are two movies that set up sequels. They would have to do do reboots or something.

On the other hand, Hollywood. Never mind, then.
Posted by: Cybersmythe

Animal House: The Grandkids Go to Faber

Posted by: rickb223 at August 27, 2025 07:04 AM (oE4iy)

121 Wolfus, a tablet might be just the thing for your friend. I use mine all the time for browsing the internet from my easy chair.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025

***
I ask because Miss Linda has a tablet, and I find it hard and non-intuitive to work with. But then I'm used to desktops and laptops with actual, yanno, keyboards rather than one that has to come up on screen to be typed on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 27, 2025 07:06 AM (omVj0)

122 Ben Had, I've been avoiding this for weeks but you need to know...I will miss this year's MOME. I'm really disappointed but it can't be helped.

Posted by: creeper at August 27, 2025 07:07 AM (zFwIe)

123

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 27, 2025 07:08 AM (EFZgU)

124 At the ending, it sure seems that they were planning to make a sequel.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:08 AM (ZmEVT)

125 creeper, you will be sorely missed but we will raise a glass to you, OK?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 07:09 AM (dxWFK)

126 Pixy, you have told the doc about the edema, ya?

And what kind of meds are you on? It could be causing the edema.
Calcium channel blockers, for example, are known for this.

Sometimes doctors will also rx an ACE or ARB type BP med which may counteract the edema.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 27, 2025 07:09 AM (IsuMW)

127 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Signing my retirement papers today. On to the next obsession. And no, that is not a nickname for a gold-digger.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

128 "On the other hand, Hollywood. Never mind, then."

Points to the dumpster fire labeled History of the World, Part 2.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 07:10 AM (+4yJ5)

129 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

May your horses be happy and winners.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

130 @124/no one of any consequence: "At the ending, it sure seems that they were planning to make a sequel."

Earl Mac Rauch always wanted to make the sequel "Buckaroo Banzai: Against the World Crime League". Eventually he realized he wasn't going to be able to get Hollywood to give the green light, so he wrote his sequel as a book:

Title: "Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, Et Al: A Compendium of Evils"
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 150672213X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506722139

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 07:11 AM (O7YUW)

131 101 "Ex-Oceangate mission specialist defends controversial late CEO after damning Coast Guard report: ‘The design worked. They reached the Titanic’"

Bravo. I suppose it wasn't designed to come back.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

Well he is right. It went down to the Titatnic several times. The problem is that they should have retired it several dives before the accident, but especially after the previous dive when they heard the cracking sounds. But no, that would have cost the company money so they continued on with it. They were all about cutting costs (corners).

Posted by: Farquad at August 27, 2025 07:11 AM (NtFTC)

132 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

It is not true I took a trip to the ER to get out of one more time of watching Blood Borne Pathogens. But it is a good tory and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

133
But no, that would have cost the company money so they continued on with it. They were all about cutting costs (corners).
Posted by: Farquad at August 27, 2025 07:11 AM (NtFTC)

"One more dive and we can reach or KPIs for 2Q." - The MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:13 AM (kkTda)

134 It is always amazing that the NYTimes writes all off their stuff like an intelligence community asset

Posted by: SMOD at August 27, 2025 07:14 AM (Cnlyb)

135 74
‘ Germany says they will not recognize a "palestinian " state.’

That’s surprising coming from Germany.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at August 27, 2025 07:14 AM (s4Bpa)

136 Internet Archives has the entire movie online.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

137 126 Pixy, you have told the doc about the edema, ya?

And what kind of meds are you on? It could be causing the edema.
Calcium channel blockers, for example, are known for this.

Yeah, my doc poked at my feets to see - it was the one easily visible symptom - but her first priority that day was to get my BP down before I exploded. As of the initial prescriptions this week I'm now on a diuretic and a calcium channel blocker.

But the edema already existed - it was the reason I checked my BP in the first place.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 07:15 AM (BLOW1)

138 SMOD

It is a tell that our intel community has been transmogrified into a wasteland of incompetence.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

139 A JT update. He is doing well and sends a HI Ya to the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 07:17 AM (dxWFK)

140 The mystery here is not that my BP is high - which we know - but why.

Doc gave me a list of things to stop doing, none of which I do in the first place...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 07:18 AM (BLOW1)

141 G'mornin' everyone!

44 degrees, clear, 2 (planets?) in eastern sky

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 27, 2025 07:18 AM (ppG5b)

142 Thanks for the update, Ben Had, and Hi Ya back to JT!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 07:18 AM (BLOW1)

143 Hiya JT!

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2025 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

144 140 The mystery here is not that my BP is high - which we know - but why.

Doc gave me a list of things to stop doing, none of which I do in the first place...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 07:18 AM (BLOW1)

Ugh, hate that. It's like talking to customer support, and they have to follow a script, but you've already done all the steps because you've been through this before.

Posted by: Farquad at August 27, 2025 07:20 AM (NtFTC)

145 That is awesome!

Thanks, Pixy!

I need to see that movie again, soon

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 27, 2025 07:23 AM (ppG5b)

146 Good morning Horde
Remember, wherever you go, there you are

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 07:24 AM (rRoxM)

147 @139/Ben Had: Please convey a hearty "Hello, we miss you!" back to JT?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 07:24 AM (O7YUW)

148 Signing my retirement papers today. On to the next obsession. And no, that is not a nickname for a gold-digger.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

Obviously not. Obsession is her perfume.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

149 Loved the lunacy of Buckaroo Bonzai. Thought the same for Repo Man

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 07:25 AM (rRoxM)

150 I used to have a different nic

You are wise in the ways of women.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

151 Doc gave me a list of things to stop doing, none of which I do in the first place...
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Family history of high BP?

Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2025 07:26 AM (lJ0H4)

152 Pixy Misa

Prayers ascending for a good outcome.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

153 @124/no one of any consequence: "At the ending, it sure seems that they were planning to make a sequel."

Earl Mac Rauch always wanted to make the sequel "Buckaroo Banzai: Against the World Crime League". Eventually he realized he wasn't going to be able to get Hollywood to give the green light, so he wrote his sequel as a book:

Title: "Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, Et Al: A Compendium of Evils"
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 150672213X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506722139
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 07:11 AM (O7YUW)
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A Buckaroo Banzai Cinematic Universe would be *weird.* But probably in a good way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2025 07:28 AM (7fElN)

154 Grumpy and Recalcitrant, gave him that message just this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 27, 2025 07:28 AM (dxWFK)

155 You are wise in the ways of women.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 27, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

Not really. I've been married to one for 29 years and I haven't figured her out yet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

156 No doubt if Hollywood rebooted Buckaroo Banzai right now they’d cast Pedro Pacal as the lead.

I can’t even think of a good actor to play Buckaroo at the moment.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 27, 2025 07:31 AM (6ydKt)

157 I hope you're feeling better soon, Pixy.

Posted by: GWB at August 27, 2025 07:32 AM (RTQn+)

158 Pixy , good luck and feel better. I developed gout after I had my heart issues. I've avoided drinking sugary drinks and eating candy. No outbreaks in over a year .

NaCly Dog , good luck in your retirement

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2025 07:36 AM (rRoxM)

159 I can’t even think of a good actor to play Buckaroo at the moment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Ryan Gosling or Cillian Murphy.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 27, 2025 07:36 AM (+4yJ5)

160 You are wise enough to keep a good woman that long.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:36 AM (ZmEVT)

161 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

162 Nood JJ

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 27, 2025 07:37 AM (ZmEVT)

163
Her Majesty, Rosalind and The Big Dummy are chilling (literally) in Amana, Iowa waiting for shows to start on Friday. They're at a camp site with lots of other dog people - national specialties for Beagles and Harriers are taking place - so I expect there's a lot of drinking and socializing taking place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 27, 2025 07:38 AM (kkTda)

164 Family history of high BP?

My older brother has moderate BP issues. Not aware of anything in the previous generations of the family, which include living members over 100.

It may be purely stress related, since that brother is in almost exactly the same line of work as me, and doesn't do anything on that AVOID list either.

He charted his BP over time and it was consistently lower on weekends.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 27, 2025 07:40 AM (BLOW1)

165 Argh…just one of those days, Pixy. Hang in there.

Posted by: FINGERS at August 27, 2025 08:49 AM (C8ve7)

166 I can’t even think of a good actor to play Buckaroo at the moment.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Duh Nicolas Cage

Posted by: wolfie at August 27, 2025 08:57 AM (2URYd)

167 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Only Sydney Sweeney Can Save Cracker Barrel Now! at August 27, 2025 09:15 AM (xvXg6)

168 60 Grumpy and Recalcitrant,

No, not sure what triggered it. I've been reducing but not stopping, stuff that may cause it. This is my second go around with gout this year. Had it in January. I've had it a few times over the last 10 years (2-3, maybe). So, not chronic, yet. I've added tart cherry juice to my daily routine (sugarless). It popped up as useful when I was looking at treatment options.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 27, 2025 05:34 AM (sAmhv)

61 @60/Puddleglum: I keep a couple of 1kg bags of frozen cherries in the freezer for those "uhoh" moments. It's amazing how well that can stop an attack in its tracks in the "early on" phase.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 27, 2025 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

I just ran out and picked up a can of sour cherries! See if that'll fix stuff.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2025 09:23 AM (aURVT)

169 Wished there had been a sequel to BB.

Posted by: KungPow at August 27, 2025 10:28 AM (sD5C/)

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