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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - September 21, 2025 [Doof]

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Timely Mystery Click

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Today is the last full day of summer. Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that? What else is on your mind? As always, there is no off-topic on the ONT. Step on in and get to commenting!

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Charlie Kirk's Memorial in Arizona Today

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"To all of the men watching around the world, accept Charlie's challenge, and embrace true manhood."

"Be strong and courageous for your families. Love your wives and lead them. Love your children and protect them. Be the spiritual head of your home. But please be a leader worth following."

"Your wife is not your servant. Your wife is not your employee. Your wife is not your slave. She is your helper. You are not rivals. You are one flesh working together for the glory of god."

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Erika's full eulogy (30 minute video)

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Trump: Charlie Kirk Lives Forever in Pantheon of ‘America’s Greatest Patriots’

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Wholesome Stuff





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There's a Competition for This?

We need our resident Hungarian Hordeling Miklos to help us understand this!

Grave Diggers Compete in the 8th International Grave Digging Championship

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Every year, grave diggers from around the world gather in Hungary to compete in the International Grave Digging Championship.

Every year since 2016, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, Hungary’s Association of Cemetery Operators and Maintainers (MTFE) has been inviting grave diggers from all over the world to the European country to compete for the title of World Grave Digging Champions. Working in teams of two, grave diggers must put their abilities to the test by digging graves that are 2 meters long, 80 centimeters wide, and 1.6 meters deep within two hours, and then shoveling the approximately 2.5 tons of dirt back into the holes to create a neat burial mound. It sounds easy enough, but speed, accuracy, and attention to detail are the main criteria by which contestants are judged.

Check out the whole thing. Fascinating stuff.

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Dear readers, prepare to swoon! The Trump state visit to Britain was a world wind fashion extravaganza. It was castles, carriages, hats, and tiaras. On to the fabulousness!

Melania strutted off Air Force One serving equestrian chic with a wink to the Brits in a floor-length Burberry Kensington Heritage trench coat, belted to perfection and Christian Dior Empreinte riding boots. She topped it all with Saint Laurent sunglasses.

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The Windsor Castle welcome was a straight-up fever dream. Melania sashayed in wearing a structured dark grey Dior Haute Couture skirt suit, topped with a purple wide-brimmed Dior hat so fierce it deserves its own fan club. The President matched her vibe with a navy suit and a purple tie, a rare non-red moment we’re loving. We almost want to say “yesss, King!”

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For the Royal Library and Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House tour, Melania turned it out in a bespoke caramel leather skirt suit by Louis Vuitton, paired with snakeskin Manolo Blahnik pumps. It was giving earthy elegance.

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Melania showed her soft side (and serious style) by joining Princess Kate for a Squirrel Scout event at Frogmore Cottage. (Squirrel Scouts? Sounds like a cute cartoon plot, right?) She wore a Ralph Lauren Collection Bryan Belted Lamb-suede jacket and Roger Vivier u-cut, buckle-embellished flats in brown. In a subtle shade of I can’t be bothered, Melania simply changed her shoes and added sunglasses to meet with Kier Starmer and his wife, choosing Manolo Blahnik BB 105 pumps in brown snakeskin and Elizabeth and James Adler Square monochromatic sunglasses in black.

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Many of us are still shook by the state banquet. Melania wore an off the shoulder yellow column gown by Carolina Herrera, lilac belt, and paired with Manolo Blahnik nude heels. The dress didn’t photograph well, sometimes looking bright yellow (it was more butter) and the belt sometimes looked pink (it was lilac). This look was either a total yes or a hard pass, not much in-between. It nodded to the Queen’s favorite colors, but that off-the-shoulder moment had etiquette police clutching their teacups. But Princess Kate? She shut it down in a Phillipa Lepley Darling Coat gown in bespoke gold, paired with Aquazzura Felix 105 pumps in gold and an Anya Hindmarch Maud Pearls clutch in champagne (bespoke, obviously). Add Queen Elizabeth’s diamond orbital pendant earrings and Queen Mary’s Lovers Knot Tiara, and I am still out here trying to catch my breath.

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Special Football Season Bonus Segment!

Spirit fingers, pom poms and loud stadiums all around! The cheerleaders are high kicking and sashaying to the beat. Among them is Betty Lou, the queen of the squad. Her high kicks are legendary, but her elbows? Oh, honey. We’re not saying she’s attractive (because we’re classy like that), but those elbows could star in a geometry textbook. Pointy score: 9/10.

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On the flip side, there’s poor Mildred last on the right. Her elbows? Tragically unpointy. They’re like marshmallows squished into her sweater, soft and undefined. Mildred’s heart is in the right place. Pointy score: 3/10.

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Thanks, Piper - nice job bringing back the pointy elbows!

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Retro Corner

Here's a little trip down memory lane. A lot of simplicity with a bit of creativity thrown in.

20 License Plate Photos from Cars in the 1970s-1980s

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DJ Doof - This Date in History Edition
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

On this date in 1987: American jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius died from injuries sustained in a fight. In 2006, Pastorius was voted "The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived" by readers in Bass Guitar magazine.



On this date in 1977: Meat Loaf released his debut studio album Bat Out Of Hell. His first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren, it is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide



Born on this date in 1968: Jon Brooks, drummer with English indie rock band The Charlatans



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Weekly commenter stats for week of 9-21-2025

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 105
Number of comments: 30173
Number of unique hashes: 2346

Top 10 commenters:
1 [812 comments] 'whig' [115.32 posts/day]
2 [770 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, in a world of gods and monsters with James Whale'
3 [539 comments] 'BurtTC'
4 [402 comments] 'Axeman'
5 [378 comments] 'Skip'
6 [359 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
7 [357 comments] 'runner'
8 [350 comments] 'Bulg'
9 [330 comments] 'gKWVE'
10 [319 comments] 'Warai-otoko'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [267 names] 'Whats this?' [37.92 unique names/day]
2 [125 names] 'Reptile Dysfunction'
3 [103 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [60 names] 'President Miklos J. Trump'
5 [44 names] 'Duncanthrax'
6 [38 names] 'Count de Monet'
7 [35 names] 'gKWVE'
8 [32 names] 'Moron Analyst'
9 [32 names] 'I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper'
10 [28 names] 'The Grateful - Acta Non Verba'

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by flat Earthers

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Mystery click?

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1 FIRST

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2025 10:00 PM (sKqQm)

2 What a day!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:01 PM (p4NUW)

3 God Speed Charlie!!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

4 Watching the Charlie Kirk memorial now. Wow

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:01 PM (fveCG)

5 Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that?

Looks at next weeks forecast. Sees multiple 100 degree days.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 10:02 PM (uQesX)

6 Cheerleaders then: Attractive young wimmins in short skirts with nice...elbows

Cheerleader now: Maybe girl, maybe guy. Are you feeling lucky punk?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2025 10:02 PM (sKqQm)

7 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 21, 2025 10:02 PM (jddXn)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at September 21, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)

9 Not first, but, still....

Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:03 PM (QNMzx)

10 ""Today is the last full day of summer. Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that?""


Well I really wasn't thinking about it until now. Dick...

lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 10:04 PM (snZF9)

11 For Charlie (from memory)
I come to the Garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I here
falling on my ear
the Son of Man discloses

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:04 PM (gbOdA)

12 I'm very pro-autumn. I dig the chill witchy vibes of corn fields crackling in the wind on a full moon night.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 10:04 PM (kpS4V)

13
Autumn and Spring are my favorite seasons.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:05 PM (3ek7K)

14 I don't forgive him.

Posted by: steevy at September 21, 2025 10:06 PM (YwEeS)

15 I only caught a bit of the memorial, but Tucker got it right when he compared it to an incident 2000 years ago. Hey, this guy is saying things we don't like. Let's kill him! That'll make the problem go away!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 10:06 PM (kpS4V)

16 Alright - for the blog whose members have been everywhere:

Which route is preferable when traveling from Spearfish, SD to Devil's Tower?

The northern route taking 85, 34, and then 24 OR
the southern route - I90 to 14?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)

17 Every year, grave diggers from around the world gather in Hungary to compete in the International Grave Digging Championship.

Are they preparing for something, maybe?

Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (QNMzx)

18 8 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at September 21, 2025 10:03 PM (SRRAx)

Hi Friend! I have a VRBO for the MoMe so I can lend refrigerator space!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (p4NUW)

19 I'm guessing voice typing is responsible for "world wind" instead of "whirlwind"

Posted by: KCSteve at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (bxAlI)

20 For Charlies Friends
Then sings my soul My Savior God to Thee
How great Thou Art

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (gbOdA)

21 ""Today is the last full day of summer. Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that?""


Well I really wasn't thinking about it until now. Dick...

lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 10:04 PM (snZF9)


I help where I can!

Posted by: Doof at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

22 Among them is Betty Lou, the queen of the squad.
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That feels like it might be AI.

Posted by: Methos at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (vSvIl)

23 Canada today recognizes something called 'the palestinian state'

https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/
1969746295901258091

Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)

24 Piper, Melania seems to like wearing hats that cover up her eyes. Why might that be?

Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QNMzx)

25 Melania showed her soft side (and serious style) by joining Princess Kate for a Squirrel Scout event at Frogmore Cottage. (Squirrel Scouts? Sounds like a cute cartoon plot, right?) She wore a Ralph Lauren Collection Bryan Belted Lamb-suede jacket and Roger Vivier u-cut, buckle-embellished flats in brown. In a subtle shade of I can’t be bothered, Melania simply changed her shoes and added sunglasses to meet with Kier Starmer and his wife, choosing Manolo Blahnik BB 105 pumps in brown snakeskin and Elizabeth and James Adler Square monochromatic sunglasses in black.

This is truly astonishing. Keir Starmer has a wife? I half expected your description to be of what he wore.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

26 Actually, we’re watching the worship singing before the memorial. Spot on in bringing people into the presence of Jesus our Savior. Charlie would want that for each of us.

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (fveCG)

27 Great pic of Charlie and the flag. Good mystery click behind it too. Thanks Doof for the ONT. Piper, thanks for the couture - Melania makes everything look so lovely.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (41CYW)

28 Piper - Thanks for the fashion commentary. I am generally a big fan of Melania's style choices, but that yellow off-the-shoulder dress was a big "needle-scratch" for me. Fall at Windsor Castle called for a different choice. Catherine, however, was perfection. Of course it's hard to miss when you get to wear the Queen Mary tiara.

Posted by: Pilot at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (M+4Y9)

29 Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that?

Looks at next weeks forecast. Sees multiple 100 degree days.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 10:02 PM (uQesX)

Looks like a storm is brewing here. It has been fine for weeks, but now we have a strong, gusty NW wind, and it is clouded over. Still mild, but around here, when a norther blows in, it pushes warm air ahead of it, and it gets somewhat warmer until the warm air has moved on, and then the temp drops precipitously.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (hA1Nw)

30 Kate is the belle of the ball, even with Melania there.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

31
*saloon doors swing open*

*piano stops playing*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (tgvbd)

32 Hi Friend! I have a VRBO for the MoMe so I can lend refrigerator space!
Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (p4NUW)


Hooray! I really want to introduce the Horde to this delectable confection! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (SRRAx)

33 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Charlie Kirk z"l

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 10:11 PM (tyC0D)

34 24 Piper, Melania seems to like wearing hats that cover up her eyes. Why might that be?
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QNMzx)
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She shoots lasers outta her eyeballs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 10:11 PM (kpS4V)

35

Hubby and I being in our 70's didn't know much about Charlie Kirk. We knew of him, but not much else.

Hubby is so sick today, but he sat in his recliner all day watching the Charlie Kirk memorial service. We are amazed at the impact Charlie had on the world.

We wish the best for the Kirk family and pray their influence on the world continues to spread.

We need more people like the Kirks.

RIP Charlie Kirk.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:12 PM (3ek7K)

36
Canada today recognizes something called 'the palestinian state'

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The United States today recognizes something called "The Republic of Alberta".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 21, 2025 10:12 PM (tgvbd)

37 *saloon doors swing open*

*piano stops playing*

Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Damnit H7, the piano player charges extra everytime he has to start over.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:12 PM (41CYW)

38 Piper, Melania seems to like wearing hats that cover up her eyes. Why might that be?
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QNMzx)
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She shoots lasers outta her eyeballs.


Lasers, x-rays, gamma rays, whatever works.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (Riz8t)

39 24 Piper, Melania seems to like wearing hats that cover up her eyes. Why might that be?
Posted by: GWB at September

Well they look amazing, they shield her eyes from the non stop flashing of cameras, and in this case, would hide any signs of lingering jet lag. You know the press would go on and on about her looking sick if her eyes were the slightest bit puffy. Complete speculation on my part for all of it.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (p4NUW)

40 25 Melania showed her soft side (and serious style) by joining Princess Kate for a Squirrel Scout event at Frogmore Cottage. (Squirrel Scouts? Sounds like a cute cartoon plot, right?) She wore a Ralph Lauren Collection Bryan Belted Lamb-suede jacket and Roger Vivier u-cut, buckle-embellished flats in brown. In a subtle shade of I can’t be bothered, Melania simply changed her shoes and added sunglasses to meet with Kier Starmer and his wife, choosing Manolo Blahnik BB 105 pumps in brown snakeskin and Elizabeth and James Adler Square monochromatic sunglasses in black.

This is truly astonishing. Keir Starmer has a wife? I half expected your description to be of what he wore.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

My wife was a brownie, girl scout leader and very strong for that. And sorry to deviate but every woman that coaches a team and lets boys/men on the team will be like the camel trying to enter the eye of the needle.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (gbOdA)

41 Canada today recognizes something called 'the palestinian state'

https://x.com/MarkJCarney/status/
1969746295901258091
Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)

The state of palestinians is perpetual wretchedness.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (hA1Nw)

42 The end of summer? Don Henley summed it up.

https://youtu.be/6RUIeX6UCT8

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (YfDv3)

43 Great pic of Charlie and the flag. Good mystery click behind it too. Thanks Doof for the ONT. Piper, thanks for the couture - Melania makes everything look so lovely.
Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (41CYW)


Thanks, Doggo! That song is a favorite of mine. The lyrics hit me powerfully every time I hear it. I feel like Charlie probably would have liked it too.

Posted by: Doof at September 21, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

44 also, the KC Chiefs just played the shittiest 1st half of football I have seen in a long time

Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:14 PM (AOsQT)

45 The northern route taking 85, 34, and then 24 OR
the southern route - I90 to 14?

Posted by: Tonypete

I’ve done the southern route twice. Once as a 9 year old (my dad was driving) and again taking my wife and kids there. Didn’t know about the northern route.

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:14 PM (fveCG)

46 Myself, and my fashion maven friends, have been waiting with bated breath for two weeks. We live for the Ms. Pipette Fashion Segment. She has a wonderful eye for sartorial excellence and we enjoy the hoi polloi reaction to her efforts. Great work again!
The other extraneous portions of the post are necessary, I suppose, as the carriers of the main event. Like the beans and carrots that make a successful chili.

Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills at September 21, 2025 10:14 PM (oftw2)

47 I... I... I can't believe it!

Pointy elbows!! On a family blog!!

And that's my grandmother, Mildred, you're mocking. Oh the shame. I hope she never sees this!

The next thing you'll do is show a bunch of attractive Korean models for the guys to hoot at.

My children will be warned about this site!

Posted by: Western Northwesterner at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)

48 Houston had a bad day.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

49 Piper excellent fashion reporting.

I wish you were around to analyze the dress of the Soviet leadership lined up atop Lenin's tomb on May Day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (tyC0D)

50
*banal jingle*

This ONT is brought to you by Doof.
Doof, for the finest in Overnight Threads.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (tgvbd)

51 22 Among them is Betty Lou, the queen of the squad.
==
That feels like it might be AI.
Posted by: Methos at September 21,

The picture? Or the writing? Neither are AI, but just wondering.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (p4NUW)

52 Mr Doof, the wind spoke of an rv trip to a favorite brewery. Parking can be difficult in an oversized vehicle around the building since it is in a hilly mining town. Enjoy, it is a great tour. The yeungling premium is the old tavern beer and usually not available outside of NE Penna. It is my favorite.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 21, 2025 10:16 PM (f8cty)

53 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:16 PM (sAmhv)

54 Thanks for the Sunday Night ONT, Doof!

Great fall photo up top. Saw something similar today on a drive through the high country.

Thanks to Piper for the 'Ette Couture! Always a treat!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 21, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)

55 42 The end of summer? Don Henley summed it up.

https://youtu.be/6RUIeX6UCT8
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:13 PM (YfDv3)

I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
You can never look back you can never look back

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:17 PM (gbOdA)

56 "Grave Diggers Compete in the 8th International Grave Digging Championship"

Speed is wonderful, but like all real estate transactions it's really about location. For example, is it on a tranquil hill overlooking a valley or will anyone find it?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at September 21, 2025 10:17 PM (pIfcn)

57 Let's see what Jizz Me Cratchett has to say to Erica tomorrow.

Imagine Erica sitting at a table under a tent like Charlie did so many times, allowing pissed off leftist haters to approach and fling gotchas they read off their filthy little screens. Cratchett comes up.

What does she say? How does Erica respond?

Posted by: M. Gaga at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (OGVMi)

58 Thanks, Doof and Piper, for the ONT. I am purposefully deferring watching the CK memorial, because I know it'll wreck me when I do.

Genesis 50:20 - "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive."

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (v23vE)

59
Thanks to Piper for the 'Ette Couture! Always a treat!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September

You are welcome!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (p4NUW)

60 Autumn and Spring are my favorite seasons.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:05 PM (3ek7K)

Absolutely. Not sweating, not freezing, nice temperature, bugs are dead, etc

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (snZF9)

61 ISIS was celebrating with the UK, Canada, Portugal (they still around ??) and others who recognized a mythical entity by commanding their believers to kill Christians and Jews. So the recognition had its desired effect , we cans say. "O monotheistic Muslims… Hit Jews and Christians, their crowds and convoys, in the streets and on the roads of America and Europe, and especially in France. Do not spare them, attack them, kill them by all means: by car, with a knife, a gun or by causing a fire.”

“Know that every disbeliever you kill makes them suffer more than our strikes can do here… Hit them in solitary attacks like those we have seen before in Paris, Brussels and other places in the countries of the Crusader.”"

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (g47mK)

62 AI slop comes for Destiny
youtu.be/wX5YHQb94IY
unlike Destiny's wife

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 10:18 PM (gKWVE)

63 ""Today is the last full day of summer. Autumn arrives tomorrow afternoon. How do you feel about that?""
.................................
I didn't get enough golf in this summer. I blame the flu, gout, and kWIMate cHaNge.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:19 PM (sAmhv)

64
Berserker,

Amen brother!

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:19 PM (3ek7K)

65 Most disgusting item for today (for now): Two channels, News Nation and Newsmax showed the proceedings with no/little commentary. I decided to skim around and see what the others were doing. Fox had blabberers on, but stopped when somebody spoke on stage. CNN and MSLSD kept a live shot in the corner while the talking heads bloviated. The worst, though, MSLSD's chosen commentator was Al Sharpton. Tell me about Christianity, Rev.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2025 10:19 PM (gKDq2)

66 19 I'm guessing voice typing is responsible for "world wind" instead of "whirlwind"
Posted by: KCSteve at September 21, 2025 10:08 PM (bxAlI)

Nope. But this is how you know it’s not AI, for the one questioning. It’s me and ALLLLL my typos! 😂

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:19 PM (p4NUW)

67 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Eat shit @IlhanMN

Charlie’s legacy is only gonna get stronger and more powerful

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk and his memory should be "in the dust bin of history"

I have no words.

X video: https://bit.ly/4nfNWJy

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (P5BPp)

68 Erika Kirk's speech was very good.

But I'm more interested in Trump's. During his rambling diatribe, he said he's going after the Left, and wants to redefine it as the "Radical Left."

I hope this is an indicator of future policy, and not just chum for an angry crowd. I want the enemy to pay dearly for their scalp.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (BI5O2)

69 Crokett is going away in 2026, she can talk....

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (g47mK)

70 In 2006, Pastorius was voted "The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived" by readers in Bass Guitar magazine.

Can anyone here recommend something Pasorius-ish? I've listened to this and that and nothing so far has impressed me to the point of agreeing with said readers.

Posted by: Adriane the Weird Accordion Solo Critic . . . at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (3ZUWJ)

71
Like shit, typos happen.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

72 17 Every year, grave diggers from around the world gather in Hungary to compete in the International Grave Digging Championship.

A long-time psychiatric patient at Delaware State Hospital took great pride in digging the graves of patients who passed on. It is said he dug 3,000 graves in his more than 30 year career.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)

73 Mr Doof, the wind spoke of an rv trip to a favorite brewery. Parking can be difficult in an oversized vehicle around the building since it is in a hilly mining town. Enjoy, it is a great tour. The yeungling premium is the old tavern beer and usually not available outside of NE Penna. It is my favorite.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at September 21, 2025 10:16 PM (f8cty)


You are a helpful Hordeling! Appreciate you offering advice!
We are dropping the camper at a distillery across the river first. It is part of a network of places that allows RV parking overnight. Then we'll drive to Yuengling without the camper, do the tour and enjoy beverages, then return to the distillery for the 2nd night before returning home. I do appreciate you looking out for us!

Posted by: Doof at September 21, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

74 Some people are calling Melania's purple chapeau the "Darkwing Duck" hat.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 21, 2025 10:22 PM (YppsG)

75 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:17 PM (gbOdA)

And as my long-departed buddy, who was a part time hay farmer said, "A Mexican field hand will never look behind himself. If he did, he might see a problem he caused, and have to go fix it."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:22 PM (YfDv3)

76 49 Piper excellent fashion reporting.

I wish you were around to analyze the dress of the Soviet leadership lined up atop Lenin's tomb on May Day.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September

I wonder if it would sound. Like my description of Soviet architecture. Ha! Thank you. Maybe I will seek out a picture.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:22 PM (p4NUW)

77 Piper, thanks for the fashion pron. All the ladies looked lovely. I never realized Princess Kate was that tall.

Posted by: joemarine at September 21, 2025 10:22 PM (y171U)

78 Looks like a storm is brewing here. It has been fine for weeks, but now we have a strong, gusty NW wind, and it is clouded over. Still mild, but around here, when a norther blows in, it pushes warm air ahead of it, and it gets somewhat warmer until the warm air has moved on, and then the temp drops precipitously.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:10 PM (hA1Nw)

There's cloudiness from the west, but no rain for us. It won't get long sleeve weather until just before Halloween.

Posted by: Western Northwesterner at September 21, 2025 10:23 PM (uQesX)

79 A friend shared this with me today in relation to Charlie. He’s in his 70s.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”‭‭ John‬ ‭12‬:‭24‬

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:23 PM (fveCG)

80 And that's my grandmother, Mildred, you're mocking. Oh the shame. I hope she never sees this!

The next thing you'll do is show a bunch of attractive Korean models for the guys to hoot at.

My children will be warned about this site!
Posted by: Western Northwesterner

Sorry, Grandma Mildred. Maybe a better support system for your elbows?

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:24 PM (p4NUW)

81 Melania turned it out in a bespoke caramel leather skirt...


I thought it said 'camel' leather skirt. Why not?

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:24 PM (144I4)

82 77 Piper, thanks for the fashion pron. All the ladies looked lovely. I never realized Princess Kate was that tall.
Posted by: joemarine at September 21, 2025 10:22 PM (y171U)

You are welcome!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:25 PM (p4NUW)

83 Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk and his memory should be "in the dust bin of history"

I have no words.

X video: https://bit.ly/4nfNWJy
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (P5BPp)

Trump needs to deport that whore for immigration fraud. And her whole damned tribe, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (hA1Nw)

84 I still haven't seen Melania on a mag cover at check out in the store.

Posted by: davidt at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (i0F8b)

85 46
Posted by: Mr. Guy Of Beverly Hills at September 21, 2025 10:14 PM (oftw2)

I sense a potential name change for my section….

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (p4NUW)

86 Life comes at you fast.

Was over to Bend OR this weekend. It has a rather robust population of hobos. North of town is a really big shanty town. Adjacent to the hotel we stayed in was a nice open field of cedars and scrub brush. And a shit ton of garbage.

All I wanted to do was get a few good shots of the Three Sisters mountains at sunset. Instead, after seeing the detritus, I pondered what I might step on: human shit, possibly a bum.

Beautiful part of America. But, well...

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

87 Nope. But this is how you know it’s not AI, for the one questioning. It’s me and ALLLLL my typos! 😂
Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:19 PM (p4NUW)


If only there was someone to proofread your work before it gets posted.

Posted by: Doof at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

88 I thought it said 'camel' leather skirt. Why not?
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:24 PM (144I4)

Have to use the hide of a Bactrian camel for the blouse part...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:27 PM (hA1Nw)

89
The Equinox will be at 2:19PM EDT (18:19Z). While the term "equinox" means "equal night", the daylength will not be exactly 12 hours. The Sun is not a point, and sunrise and sunset are when the limb of the sun touches the horizon.

They've taken to calling the day when night and day are a close to 12 hours each as the "equilux". It's never exactly 12 hours, and the duration and date vary a bit with latitude. For me here, the equilux will be the 26th, with a daylength of 11:59:21, which is the closest to 12 hours.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

90 84 I still haven't seen Melania on a mag cover at check out in the store.
Posted by: davidt at September

She has turned a few down, stating she is busy.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:27 PM (p4NUW)

91 Evening Horde, thx Doof.
The gravediggers should have invited members of the New Orleans Grave Dancers Union to the contest. Would have "livened up" the event

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (lmTGO)

92 Omar is kinda un-American isn't she.

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (g47mK)

93 thought it said 'camel' leather skirt. Why not?
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:24 PM (144I4)

Tanned with the hair still on it. To go along with the chainmail bikini top and the broadsword.

Melania of Hyboria, Mistress of the Savage Plains!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (YfDv3)

94 Regarding the Hungarian Grave Digging contest - sounds like a creative way to get a years worth of graves dug for free...sounds like somebody read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as an instruction manual....LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (QGaXH)

95 83 Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk and his memory should be "in the dust bin of history"

I have no words.

X video: https://bit.ly/4nfNWJy
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (P5BPp)

Trump needs to deport that whore for immigration fraud. And her whole damned tribe, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (hA1Nw)

Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (gbOdA)

96 everything she does and says is against everything this country stands for

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (g47mK)

97
All those "fashion mags" wouldn't have any thing to do with Melania during Trump's first term.

Fuck 'em all. They wouldn't recognize class if it bit them in the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

98
Which route is preferable when traveling from Spearfish, SD to Devil's Tower?

The northern route taking 85, 34, and then 24 OR
the southern route - I90 to 14?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)

Hmm, when we were at the sturgis rally we always took a route that was very close to spearfish. It ran right along the edge of belle fourche, and went through Aladdin and Hulett wyoming. 85 coming out of spearfish and heading towards bell fourche will take you right to it. I can't seem to get a name for the road. Its very scenic. You go through Aladdin, population 15. Make sure you stop at the little general store there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (snZF9)

99
Piper, I told them to ask you if you dragged the skeletons out of the attic, yet.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (7MEXJ)

100 That said, there are huge parts of Oregon that want to secede and become part of Greater Idaho (even including Northern California). Saw banners to that effect along US 26. Basically their dream map keeps much of the state, excising the counties with Portland, Eugene, and Astoria. Pretty much the upper left corner of the state.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

101 Beautiful part of America. But, well...
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

So... don't bend over in Bend Or?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 10:30 PM (uQesX)

102 Regarding the Hungarian Grave Digging contest - sounds like a creative way to get a years worth of graves dug for free...sounds like somebody read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as an instruction manual....LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (QGaXH)

Except they fill them back in again. More like Government work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:30 PM (hA1Nw)

103 Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (gbOdA)


It's all we are...

Posted by: Dustin DeWynde at September 21, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)

104 Fuck 'em all. They wouldn't recognize class if it bit them in the ass.
Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (3ek7K)

And they probably all know about biting asses.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (uQesX)

105 One thing I learned, being a Wyoming/ Montana/Colorado man:

STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE BLACK HILLS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST!!! NOT KIDDING. SIMPLY STAY THE FUCK AWAY!!!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

106 License plates - I remember helping my dad put those gold and green AZ plates on our station wagon.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (5Gg6R)

107 Melania turned it out in a bespoke caramel leather skirt...

I thought it said 'camel' leather skirt. Why not?
Posted by: haffhowershower


Camel skin to cover your humps? A bit too on-the-nose.

Posted by: which is under your tent at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (nhCoE)

108 86... posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+
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That's a bummer to hear. Spent a lot of time in my teen years in/around Bend.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)

109 The gravediggers should have invited members of the New Orleans Grave Dancers Union to the contest. Would have "livened up" the event
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (lmTGO)

Maybe a performance by the Ghanaian pallbearers too.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (YfDv3)

110 The picture? Or the writing? Neither are AI, but just wondering.
Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:15 PM (p4NUW)

The picture.

The shadows don't seem right.
Maybe it's the way the shadows are falling, but the woman in the foreground seems twisted about 160 degrees at the waist-I think I'm looking at the backs of her knees.
Woman on the right looks to be walking forward, but her skirt is flipped up like she's landing from a jump, but if that's the case she's not getting that foot back under her.
And there's a leg just to the left of the woman in the foreground that looks like it's trying to connect to the gal in the air to the left.

Posted by: Methos at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (vSvIl)

111
If only there was someone to proofread your work before it gets posted.
Posted by: Doof at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

It’s how I know you don’t read it in advance, or at all, and just plop it in. l am going to go with this being an endearing quality of mine - wrong words, creative spelling, etc etc.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (p4NUW)

112 67: Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk and his memory should be "in the dust bin of history"

I have no words.
...............................
You know, it's easy to get outraged at this. It's why she said it, scoring outrage points. Instead, the 'dust bin of history ' may just come knockin' at her door real soon.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

113 It's high damned time the government steps up, does their fucking job, and puts down the Left with extreme prejudice. We shouldn't have to put up with this shit. What are they paid for, anyway?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (BI5O2)

114
Mikey,

We live in SW Wyoming and don't go to any tourist places during summer. We go in Spring or Autumn after most of the tourists leave. Of course we have to watch the weather because it can snow any time here, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (3ek7K)

115 Boud-Erika's comments hit hard for me.

In totally selfish news, today marks fifteen years since a close friend of mine was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Hearing her words on his day really landed with me.

I need to do better. To be better.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at September 21, 2025 10:34 PM (oSeBJ)

116 Grave diggers - there's a guy around these parts that sells small loads of black dirt. Any guesses where he works?

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:35 PM (41CYW)

117 16- Tonypete....

We have done both routes. It sort of depends on what you are after.
If you are a fan of Close Encounters and want that approach come from the south off the interstate. You will recognize it.

The northern route is a bit more scenic, winding through some of the hills and valleys around the Tower, and a couple little towns.

Both get you there.

Posted by: Chappyman66 at September 21, 2025 10:35 PM (RLe3n)

118 He loves his sister very much... and it will be that way for the rest of his life... where he gives up his stuff... shows affection...

Then she just eats the cookie...

Welcome to Manhood my boy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:35 PM (mP0Kj)

119 Planet School Lunch Tray

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2025 10:36 PM (63Dwl)

120 I hate the left, I have always hated the left, I will continue hating the left, and my hate has only grown stronger.

They are lunatics and savages and they cannot be compromised with and they can longer be laughed off or ignored, they must be dealt with and defeated.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 21, 2025 10:36 PM (XV/Pl)

121 Berserker-Dragonheads - that's the northern route along 24.

Thanks!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

122 Melania of Hyboria, Mistress of the Savage Plains!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:28 PM (YfDv3)


oooh, say it again!
*shivers*
Mistress Melania will educate you with the crack of leather and the caress of steel.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:36 PM (144I4)

123 Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx


To cross the streams a bit, Charlie is currently "smiling back at all who wait to cross."

https://youtu.be/wKY_Bh53YDE

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 10:37 PM (nhCoE)

124 Can't wait to see what happens when all the newly credentialed ambassadors to a palestinan "state" land at Ben Gurion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 10:37 PM (A2ajU)

125 That's a bummer to hear. Spent a lot of time in my teen years in/around Bend.
Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (41CYW)

It really was disappointing. We were there years ago on a road trip vacation with our kids. I really liked it.

Fortunately, Sisters and Redmond were far more pleasant.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)

126 Omar is kinda un-American isn't she.
Posted by: runner

And Whoopi is kinda ugly and stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (L/fGl)

127 95 83 Ilhan Omar says Charlie Kirk and his memory should be "in the dust bin of history"

I have no words.

X video: https://bit.ly/4nfNWJy
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at September 21, 2025 10:20 PM (P5BPp)

Trump needs to deport that whore for immigration fraud. And her whole damned tribe, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:26 PM (hA1Nw)

Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (gbOdA)

or at least... 'like sands through the Hourglass.. thus go.. the days of our lives'

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

128 99
Piper, I told them to ask you if you dragged the skeletons out of the attic, yet.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (7MEXJ)

I am scared about who them might be….It’s about time for all my skeletons to creep out of the attic. But I used my spooky fence material to make a run for Saijo, so the grave yard is going to be open air.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (p4NUW)

129 Southern route to Devil's Tower, although this time of year the traffic on the northern route should be ok. Both are beautiful. Golf at Devil's Tower?

Posted by: free tibet at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (1wtUm)

130 I thought it said 'camel' leather skirt. Why not?
Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:24 PM (144I4)

Have to use the hide of a Bactrian camel for the blouse part...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:27 PM (hA1Nw)


Lol, how do you think I learned that Bactrian camels have TWO humps!

You say pneumonic, I say pneumatic.

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (144I4)

131 This mom gives broccoli to one child and cookies to the other to see if they'll share.

More accurate: Terrible mom tempts children to be awful to each other in attention-seeking video that never needed to be made.

Posted by: mom of the year material, right there at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (Fv8rf)

132 95: Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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LoL 😂

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

133 And in lighter news, I spent all day today mowing and doing landscaping, sore and tired as all getout but it's a good kind of tired, it's an earned tired.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 21, 2025 10:39 PM (XV/Pl)

134 It's high damned time the government steps up, does their fucking job, and puts down the Left with extreme prejudice. We shouldn't have to put up with this shit. What are they paid for, anyway?

The problem is they've spent a generation taking over the government from inside.

Trump and co have their work cut out for them...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2025 10:40 PM (sKqQm)

135 I could believe that Omar is actually trying to get the Trump administration to strip her citizenship for lying about who she was a her marriage status in order to start a fight. I don't think she's intelligent enough to play that kind of three dimensional chess however. Maybe someone is urging her to do it.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:40 PM (lmTGO)

136 We live in SW Wyoming and don't go to any tourist places during summer. We go in Spring or Autumn after most of the tourists leave. Of course we have to watch the weather because it can snow any time here, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (3ek7K)
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We got to a point where we would not visit Yellowstone before Labor Day. After Labor Day is awesome. Even better, the last two weeks in September. And we do not fear snow. Snow is our friend. Keeps the Chy Knees at bay.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

137 I have to say I'm impressed by the work ICE is doing.

Lefties keep saying that ICE is deporting citizens and yet...they can't name one.

Which means they've been correct a few million times in a row already?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2025 10:41 PM (sKqQm)

138 132 95: Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx
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LoL 😂
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'll admit to watching some 'reaction' videos on Ewe Tube... where someone who supposedly had never heard the song reacts for the first time...

How the hell did you grow up in America, and NOT HEAR FREEBIRD?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:41 PM (mP0Kj)

139 Thank you Piper for the picture of Melania's dress with the clearly lavender tinted belt.So much better than pink.

Princess Kate is the most elegant woman alive.

I'm a long time lurker and I must say the most frustrating thing about this blog is- No like button! Laugh emojis would be nice too.

Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 10:42 PM (BV6iw)

140 I'm a long time lurker and I must say the most frustrating thing about this blog is- No like button! Laugh emojis would be nice too.

==

👍🤣😂

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (g47mK)

141 Evening all,

The grave digging competition is a little creepy and morbid. Yuck. To each their own.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

142 136 We live in SW Wyoming and don't go to any tourist places during summer. We go in Spring or Autumn after most of the tourists leave. Of course we have to watch the weather because it can snow any time here, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:33 PM (3ek7K)
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We got to a point where we would not visit Yellowstone before Labor Day. After Labor Day is awesome. Even better, the last two weeks in September. And we do not fear snow. Snow is our friend. Keeps the Chy Knees at bay.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

I'm two hours from Yosemite.... used to go up multiple times a year just to ride my bike around... even up until about 8 years ago.

Now? I need a reservation to get in the Park? WTF? It's so over run with Foreigners, that us Americans can no longer get in.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (mP0Kj)

143 I could believe that Omar is actually trying to get the Trump administration to strip her citizenship for lying about who she was a her marriage status in order to start a fight. I don't think she's intelligent enough to play that kind of three dimensional chess however. Maybe someone is urging her to do it.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:40 PM (lmTGO)

Thing is, her denaturalization would be a slam dunk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (hA1Nw)

144 Chappyman66 -

*Adopts Mike Myers voice*

Excellent!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (cYBz/)

145
I'm a long time lurker and I must say the most frustrating thing about this blog is- No like button! Laugh emojis would be nice too.
Posted by: NancyB at September

Some of us cannot be trusted with like buttons. *glances over to the group in the left corner*. Emojis show up though!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (p4NUW)

146 I didn't look at all the license plates but a bit of trivia from my youth in Florida. Prior to going to the format with the map of the state in the late 70's, Florida's plate was red letters on a white background with a number format of XX-XXXXX. The first one or two digits before the dash was the county code based on some early census. So
1- XXXX WAS DADE county (Miami) I think 2- was Duval (Jacksonville), my home county of Palm Beach was 6-XXXXX. I still have one in the garage.

Since there was no front plate people would put personalized plates. Around the same time the Highway Patrol started a safety campaign with the motto 'Arrive Alive' depicted as a license plate in red letters on a white background.

It took about 5 minutes for front plates with 'Arrive Stoned' to appear!

I still have one of those, too.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (QGaXH)

147 “That man… that young man… I forgive him.”

-
I'm more a burn the bastard kind of guy. That's probably why they made Mother Theresa a saint and not me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (L/fGl)

148 Wow. The Mariners just swept the Astros.

Shall I get my hopes up?

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (mT+6a)

149 And in lighter news, I spent all day today mowing and doing landscaping, sore and tired as all getout but it's a good kind of tired, it's an earned tired.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 21, 2025 10:39 PM (XV/Pl)
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I assembled my new luxury push mower. The old one should have been junked years ago. And we planted a new calandrinia and cyclamen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (A2ajU)

150 I'm a long time lurker and I must say the most frustrating thing about this blog is- No like button! Laugh emojis would be nice too.
Posted by: NancyB
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One missed closing tag and it's back to dial up dark ages.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (41CYW)

151 Runner- but I'm lazy I just want tto push a button.

Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (BV6iw)

152 How the hell did you grow up in America, and NOT HEAR FREEBIRD?
Posted by: Romeo13
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And if she can't remember exactly when to yell 'FREEBIRD', she gets deported.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

153 This blog is the tech equivalent of the fax machine, and it must not ever change.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (XV/Pl)

154 Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Carry on my wayward son. . . .

swidt?

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (cYBz/)

155 I'm a long time lurker and I must say the most frustrating thing about this blog is- No like button! Laugh emojis would be nice too.
Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 10:42 PM (BV6iw)

Just say No!!!! to "like" buttons. Spelled the downfall of Jarles Chonson's blog.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (hA1Nw)

156 I spent 10 years in the Ft. Lauderdale area, lived 15 miles from the beach. Mrs. QED and I would have full moon date nights with a picnic on the beach. Didn’t go near there much otherwise—especially around Spring Break.

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (fveCG)

157 Bat Out of Hell was recorded about 15 miles from me at Bearsville Studio. Rundgren and Steinman could not find a distributor for the album. The legendary Clive Davis thought the album was ridiculous and had no chance. They finally found a company in Cleveland.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:46 PM (lmTGO)

158 147 “That man… that young man… I forgive him.”

-
I'm more a burn the bastard kind of guy. That's probably why they made Mother Theresa a saint and not me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (L/fGl)

Major reason I don't say I'm a Christian... I'm more old Testament in my beliefs. There are some things that should not be forgiven.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:46 PM (mP0Kj)

159
Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

160 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius

"How you do'in?"

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:47 PM (cYBz/)

161 156 I spent 10 years in the Ft. Lauderdale area, lived 15 miles from the beach. Mrs. QED and I would have full moon date nights with a picnic on the beach. Didn’t go near there much otherwise—especially around Spring Break.
Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:45 PM (fveCG)

Ah yes... 1980... Fort Liquordale... how the hell I managed to drive home a lot of those nights??? damn...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:47 PM (mP0Kj)

162 Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (gbOdA)

or at least... 'like sands through the Hourglass.. thus go.. the days of our lives'
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

On the other hand, give them extra credit if they quote Journey from Mariabronn.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2025 10:47 PM (5Gg6R)

163 Home again. Foster kid's ashes are done except the portion to be returned to her tribe. Hope to get that done early November. Then my duty will be complete.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at September 21, 2025 10:48 PM (lUFok)

164 148: Shall I get my hopes up?
..........................

Depends how you handle crushing disappointment.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:48 PM (sAmhv)

165 147 “That man… that young man… I forgive him.”

-
I'm more a burn the bastard kind of guy. That's probably why they made Mother Theresa a saint and not me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (L/fGl)

I don't see any reason why you can't forgive him right before hanging him.

Posted by: forgiveness ain't forgetfulness at September 21, 2025 10:49 PM (uv6ss)

166 the thing about emojis on this blog is, they look about the size of a pin head

I can't tell what most of them are

Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:49 PM (AOsQT)

167 164 148: Shall I get my hopes up?
..........................

Depends how you handle crushing disappointment.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:48 PM (sAmhv)

LOL... I consider meself a Pessimistic Optimist...

I KNOW shit is going to go wrong, and plan accordingly, so I can be PLEASANTLY surprised if things go right.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

168 Another part of Life Comes At You Fast: My Mom is in the hospital, still, two weeks later, and is now fighting pneumonia. She is in Georgia. Brother and his wife are with her, but he asked that if we can do so, come visit her ASAP. Our plan is to drive to SLC and fly out with our son, who lives there. Boise does not have direct flights to ATL, but SLC does.

I am still fairly new at my job, so do not have a lot of PTO built up. But I do know that the folks running this company are good people. I do not fear that they won't grant me time off, but I will kind of be in indentured servitude for some time after that.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

169 The cheerleader in the blue and gold with the great elbows is probably at least 80 by now. Sigh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (lmTGO)

170 Let me add my Thanxs as well Pipes. Good to see the fashions again.
Oh. And you too Doof. Well done.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

171 What we need is the ability to post pictures. My dog is sleeping upside down in his crate, all 4 feet in the air, looking ridiculous. The door is open, but he likes to sleep in there.

On that note, I am off to bed. Nightsie noodles!

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

172 @168 Mikey, prayers for your mom.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:51 PM (lmTGO)

173 170 Let me add my Thanxs as well Pipes. Good to see the fashions again.
Oh. And you too Doof. Well done.
Posted by: Diogenes

Awww, you are also so welcome.

Posted by: Piper at September 21, 2025 10:51 PM (p4NUW)

174
I don't see any reason why you can't forgive him right before hanging him.
Posted by: forgiveness ain't forgetfulness at September 21, 2025 10:49 PM (uv6ss)

--------

I forgive

*kerthunk*

you

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 10:52 PM (Q1uY4)

175 On the other hand, give them extra credit if they quote Journey from Mariabronn.

It puzzles me how we can be so close and yet worlds apart.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at September 21, 2025 10:52 PM (lUFok)

176 Boise does not have direct flights to ATL, but SLC does.

I am still fairly new at my job, so do not have a lot of PTO built up. But I do know that the folks running this company are good people. I do not fear that they won't grant me time off, but I will kind of be in indentured servitude for some time after that.
Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

Boise to SLC is what, a 4 hour road trip?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:53 PM (hA1Nw)

177 I do appreciate the opportunity this place provides for endless scrolling.

It's just that when I really love a comment, it takes way too long acknowledge it and by then the topic of conversation has usually moved far beyond.

Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 10:53 PM (BV6iw)

178 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius

Charmed and Charming.

Posted by: LASue at September 21, 2025 10:53 PM (lCppi)

179 I had a pastor one time tell me he could forgive, but he'd never forget.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 21, 2025 10:53 PM (2WIwB)

180 That man… that young man… I forgive him.”

-
I'm more a burn the bastard kind of guy. That's probably why they made Mother Theresa a saint and not me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 21, 2025 10:44 PM (L/fGl)

You know a lot of people feels this way, but I think Charlie's pastor said it best, that forgiveness, does not mean forgetting, it is putting the consequence of what the person did in the hands of God, and moving on...not laying awake at night thinking of revenge; that he (the murderer) is now facing the judicial system, and we have laws in this nation. Something like that. He framed it very well.

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 10:54 PM (g47mK)

181 We do have a launch tomorrow afternoon/morning depending where you live. If I am awake, I will post a reminder.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: September 22, 2025
Launch Time: 10:23 a.m. PDT (1723 UTC, 19:23 CEST)

https://youtu.be/RTeRi7EZsu0

Posted by: Joyenz at September 21, 2025 10:54 PM (2F0/Y)

182 I don't see any reason why you can't forgive him right before hanging him.
Posted by: forgiveness ain't forgetfulness


You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/lyl4EinZsMY

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 10:54 PM (nhCoE)

183 Yea, I have no idea about playoff baseball. I'm a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Those brief three years where they were flirting with competivness, don't count. The owner has no plans at building a winning baseball team. The Pirates are effectively a AAA team in a major league ballpark.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 10:54 PM (sAmhv)

184 I can solve a Rubik's Cube and also the 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 variants....but nothing like that kid. Sheesh.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at September 21, 2025 10:55 PM (SZLGr)

185 Epic ONT, Doof!

Posted by: Oedipus at September 21, 2025 10:55 PM (Z6vKV)

186 All those "fashion mags" wouldn't have any thing to do with Melania during Trump's first term.

Fuck 'em all. They wouldn't recognize class if it bit them in the ass.
Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 10:29 PM (3ek7K)
---/

I got the September issues of American and British Vogue. Utter trash! This used to be the biggest, most important issue of the year. But with the politicization and pajamafication of modern culture, fashion mags have really gone down the tubes. FLOTUS is too good for Vogue.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 10:55 PM (kpS4V)

187 Ah yes... 1980... Fort Liquordale... how the hell I managed to drive home a lot of those nights??? damn...
Posted by: Romeo13

Yep. 1988-1998 it still has that nickname.

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (fveCG)

188 178 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

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The Princess and the Fry Cook

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Q1uY4)

189 The Rubic's cube stumps me. Grandson of Diogenes can do one in less than a minute.
I don't understand.
*sigh*

Posted by: Diogenes at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

190 JFK said forgive your enemies, but remember their names

Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (AOsQT)

191 Prayers up for your mom, Mikey Alpha Kilo.

Posted by: QED Texan at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (fveCG)

192 Forgiveness is beautiful. Unfortunately doing that for leftists and jihadis just encourages them . Forgive , then carpet bomb

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (lmTGO)

193 @168 Mikey, prayers for your mom.
Posted by: Smell the Glove


+1

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (nhCoE)

194 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius

"So, it's twenty dollars, same as downtown?"

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (YfDv3)

195 If you like antique guns you'll be hugely entertained by this young man's short vids: @JaredAF Find his one about how to unload a stuck M1 Garand. It's deadpan comedy gold.

Posted by: M. Gaga at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (OGVMi)

196 >> The Princess and the Fry Cook

And garbage man.

Or the Princess and the Bad Orange Man.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

197 Boise to SLC is what, a 4 hour road trip?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:53 PM (hA1Nw)

Yup, thereabouts. The airport is north of town. It's closer to 5 hours to son's house (down in Sandy). Still, the thought of a connecting flight in DEN makes the drive very worth it.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)

198
Runner- but I'm lazy I just want tto push a button.
Posted by: NancyB


You probably want colored, flashing, scrolling text, too!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 21, 2025 10:58 PM (63Dwl)

199 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius


Wanna see why they call me "The King?"

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 10:58 PM (nhCoE)

200 I got the September issues of American and British Vogue. Utter trash! This used to be the biggest, most important issue of the year. But with the politicization and pajamafication of modern culture, fashion mags have really gone down the tubes. FLOTUS is too good for Vogue.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 10:55 PM (kpS4V)

The only Vogue you need:


https://tinyurl.com/c9wnm6ra

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 10:59 PM (hA1Nw)

201 I've missed the fashion thread! This is a great way to restart it. Melania looked amazing in all the outfits, and seemed to be truly enjoying herself with Princess Catherine. The mere swap-out of her shoes for the Starmer meeting was an impressive move.

Posted by: LASue at September 21, 2025 10:59 PM (lCppi)

202 Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

Sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she can fight the pneumonia. Prayers for you all and safe travels.

Posted by: Joyenz at September 21, 2025 11:00 PM (2F0/Y)

203 Regarding Erica Kirk forgiving the killer- I've been far more angry at the evil people lurking in places like Discord eager to sink their talons into innocent troubled children which is what the killer most likely was not too many years ago.

I want to see the people who radicalized that kid to face justice also.

Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 11:01 PM (BV6iw)

204 The Rubic's cube stumps me. Grandson of Diogenes can do one in less than a minute.
I don't understand.
*sigh*
Posted by: Diogenes at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

I can peel the stickers off, and shuffle them around with the best of them!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:01 PM (hA1Nw)

205 Was talking to a nurse and she mentioned that pneumonia is not a bad way to go...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (VCgbV)

206 Thanks, all, for the prayers. Got an early morning, so I am heading in.

But the Horde is a wonderous place. Not an accident that I've been hanging out here for a couple of decades.

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

207 "All those "fashion mags" wouldn't have any thing to do with Melania during Trump's first term."

I noticed that too. But during O'Barry's Reign of Error, Mooch snarled from every magazine rack.

Posted by: ju at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (vgX6l)

208 was reading through, and moved to share this--an a capella men's group called Home Free.
I grew up in my mom's choir loft, and I am sure these guys spent time in church growing up.
They do all kinds of things, and I am a sucker for men who can't just sing, but aren't afraid to.

How Great Thou Art:
https://tinyurl.com/5cwdsrwj

And for fun, with the Oak Ridge Boys, Elvira (go men! Keep handing it down, and knocking it out of the park) :
https://tinyurl.com/4w96txy2

Posted by: barbarausa at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (enw9G)

209 The loss suffered by Erika Kirk and her children is unfathomable. She and Charlie really seemed made for each other, and now he's gone and she has to be not only as strong as anyone, but also step into the role of leader, when I'm sure she just wants to just curl up with her babies and cry.

Posted by: LASue at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (lCppi)

210 Forgiveness is beautiful. Unfortunately doing that for leftists and jihadis just encourages them . Forgive , then carpet bomb
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 10:57 PM (lmTGO)


Nah, forgive after you carpet bomb. That way, in the future, when a country asks for forgiveness, well. . . .

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)

211 190 JFK said forgive your enemies, but remember their names
Posted by: Don Black at September 21, 2025 10:56 PM (AOsQT)

----------

Michael Corleone:

"I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 11:06 PM (Q1uY4)

212 was reading through, and moved to share this--an a capella men's group called Home Free.
Posted by: barbarausa


Proof that, despite Ilhan Omar, not everything from Minnesota sucks.

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 11:06 PM (nhCoE)

213 159
Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
_______________________________

That's right. I brought my own salad dressing. AND, I'm getting two scoops of that ice cream over there. Just watch.

Posted by: Cossss-Stanza at September 21, 2025 11:06 PM (dIske)

214 I want to see the people who radicalized that kid to face justice also.
Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 11:01 PM (BV6iw)

They probably won't. Not here, anyway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 11:07 PM (uQesX)

215 If someone uses that Leviticus verse about loving the foreigner among you as a club against PDT's immigration enforcement policies again I may have to be physically restrained. No, it was nobody here. Stupid self-righteous cherry-picking bullshit.

Posted by: Just stop it. Get some help. at September 21, 2025 11:07 PM (TbWk/)

216 >>>The grave digging competition is a little creepy and morbid. Yuck. To each their own.
Posted by: Joyenz at September 21, 2025 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

You would prefer 'mortar pits'?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:09 PM (rbvCR)

217 “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is hashem in his holy dwelling.” – Psalms 68:5

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 11:09 PM (A2ajU)

218 One thing I learned, being a Wyoming/ Montana/Colorado man:

STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE BLACK HILLS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST!!! NOT KIDDING. SIMPLY STAY THE FUCK AWAY!!!

Posted by: Mikey Alpha Kilo, +CK+ at September 21, 2025 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

Its the only time I ever went. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:09 PM (snZF9)

219 205 Was talking to a nurse and she mentioned that pneumonia is not a bad way to go...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (VCgbV)

There a saying going a long ways back that pneumonia is the old man's friend.

Posted by: Don't have an attribution at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (TbWk/)

220
Anyone remember McDonald's Hashem Browns?

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (7MEXJ)

221 I want to see the people who radicalized that kid to face justice also.
Posted by: NancyB at September 21, 2025 11:01 PM (BV6iw)

They probably won't. Not here, anyway.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Really hoping God is on the same page as me. Blasphemous? You bet. I want 'em burning in hell forever.

Posted by: Some Rat at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (TfUTr)

222 The problem is they've spent a generation taking over the government from inside.
-----

Well then it's high damned time Trump gutted the government. I'm through with talk. Troikas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 11:11 PM (BI5O2)

223 They do all kinds of things, and I am a sucker for men who can't just sing, but aren't afraid to.

Posted by: barbarausa at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (enw9G)

Like this guy:
https://tinyurl.com/2vt57u7b

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 11:11 PM (uQesX)

224 205 Was talking to a nurse and she mentioned that pneumonia is not a bad way to go...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (VCgbV)

---------

Wanna see the Titanic?

Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at September 21, 2025 11:11 PM (Q1uY4)

225 Was talking to a nurse and she mentioned that pneumonia is not a bad way to go...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM (VCgbV)
-

I have heard it being called "The Elderly's Friend."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 11:11 PM (uHi2H)

226

The Grave Digging competition doesn't bother me.

Actually, there is a lot of skill involved in digging graves. It sounds crazy I know.

Of course today most of the graves are dug by machinery.

Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 11:12 PM (3ek7K)

227 220
Anyone remember McDonald's Hashem Browns?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (7MEXJ)

Yeah but at BK you can have it Yahweh.

Posted by: Burger King of Kings at September 21, 2025 11:12 PM (TbWk/)

228 Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (7MEXJ)
====

If they weren't so crispy and delicious I would denounce this heresy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2025 11:12 PM (A2ajU)

229 Ilham Nur like many vile mean-spirited people, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.

Pray for Charlie's family. Pray for America.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:13 PM (ttkd4)

230 Of course today most of the graves are dug by machinery.
Posted by: four seasons at September 21, 2025 11:12 PM (3ek7K)

---------

Then you have the one-off amateurs who always go shallow and skimp on the quicklime.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 11:13 PM (Q1uY4)

231 I have heard it being called "The Elderly's Friend."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 11:11 PM (uHi2H)

How? It seems not being able to breath isn't very pleasant.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 11:14 PM (uQesX)

232 @177 NancyB, just type like you're a monkey on speed. It works

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 11:15 PM (lmTGO)

233 Berserker-Dragonheads - that's the northern route along 24.

Thanks!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2025 10:36 PM (cYBz/)

Very scenic that route. We used to stay in Bell Fourche, so right at the cross roads of 85 and I guess 24 there was a diner called the belle diner. Pancakes the size of which I never saw. We would get breakfast and then hit 24 right there at the cross road and then it was right to devils tower. It was a beautiful ride.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (snZF9)

234 Was talking to a nurse and she mentioned that pneumonia is not a bad way to go...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

A parachute not opening… that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!

Posted by: Some Rat at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)

235
>>>“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is hashem in his holy dwelling.” – Psalms 68:5
Posted by: San Franpsycho

>>Anyone remember McDonald's Hashem Browns?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 11:10 PM (7MEXJ)

>>Yeah but at BK you can have it Yahweh.
Posted by: Burger King of Kings at September 21, 2025 11:12 PM (TbWk/)

>>If they weren't so crispy and delicious I would denounce this heresy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho


Well, Gents, I think we just made next Saturday night's Comment O' the Week.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (7MEXJ)

236 A parachute not opening… that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!
Posted by: Some Rat at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)

What about being 90 and shot by a jealous husband?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 21, 2025 11:17 PM (uQesX)

237 Anyone remember McDonald's Hashem Browns?
Posted by: Soothsayer

Yeah but at BK you can have it Yahweh.
Posted by: Burger King of Kings


BRB, gotta go to confession after laughing at that.

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 11:17 PM (nhCoE)

238 i'm hungry

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:18 PM (gKWVE)

239 But during O'Barry's Reign of Error, Mooch snarled from every magazine rack.
Posted by: ju
------------
Mooch = Kickstand Monthly magazine.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 11:18 PM (41CYW)

240 If someone uses that Leviticus verse about loving the foreigner among you as a club against PDT's immigration enforcement policies again I may have to be physically restrained. No, it was nobody here. Stupid self-righteous cherry-picking bullshit.
Posted by: Just stop it. Get some help.


Considering what their side thinks about the rest of Leviticus, that's not just cherry-picking, that's finding the one cherry in a bushel basket of crabapples.

Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 11:20 PM (nhCoE)

241 why does 4chan think the Rapture is happening on Wednesday

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

242 Considering what their side thinks about the rest of Leviticus, that's not just cherry-picking, that's finding the one cherry in a bushel basket of crabapples.
Posted by: mikeski at September 21, 2025 11:20 PM (nhCoE)

Unfortunately this was a churchy type person. Deep-rooted TDS though. Oh it drives me nuts.

Posted by: It's not a basis for sound policy at September 21, 2025 11:22 PM (TbWk/)

243 Michelle, centerfold for Shower Curtains & Bomb Belts Monthly.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:23 PM (ttkd4)

244 >> during O'Barry's Reign of Error, Mooch snarled from every magazine rack.
----------

I had fun, flipping those magazines backward. Until I flipped one damned magazine had that scowling linebacker *on the back cover also!*

After that, I'd just put some other magazine in front of "it"

Posted by: JQ at September 21, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

245 After that, I'd just put some other magazine in front of "it"

Did the other magazine combust as a result?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:25 PM (ttkd4)

246 why does 4chan think the Rapture is happening on Wednesday
Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

Why are you thinking about 4chan thinking the Rapture is happening on Wednesday?

Posted by: It was supposed to happen in '88 anyway at September 21, 2025 11:25 PM (TbWk/)

247 243 Michelle, centerfold for Shower Curtains & Bomb Belts Monthly.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:23 PM (ttkd4)

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Modern Transwoman Quarterly

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 11:25 PM (Q1uY4)

248 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Caption that.
Posted by: publius

"Wow, you're beautiful"

"bring your wife"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)

249 When you thought you could not despise the media anymore:
Charlie Kirk was a bully in school.

Your point being? In school most kids are monsters. And Saul was a bully against followers of Christ until he got knocked off his a$$.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:27 PM (ttkd4)

250 Wednesday is no good for me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 21, 2025 11:28 PM (k7op9)

251 Help! My wife just used the word mansplaining incorrectly and I don't know what to do next.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at September 21, 2025 11:28 PM (gnE/6)

252 I had fun, flipping those magazines backward. Until I flipped one damned magazine had that scowling linebacker *on the back cover also!*

After that, I'd just put some other magazine in front of "it"
Posted by: JQ at September 21, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

Would have been fun, sticking some other magazine's title over the Mooch cover shot: "Field and Stream" "stalking the wily Sasquatch".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:29 PM (hA1Nw)

253 Charlie Kirk raped me in the women's dressing room at Bergdorf Goodmans.

Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at September 21, 2025 11:29 PM (Q1uY4)

254 Charlie Kirk is dead.

If you want to see a real bully, try facing a drumhead tribunal headed by yours truly. I won't even bother asking a single question. Furries get the full measure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 11:30 PM (BI5O2)

255 Well, Gents, I think we just made next Saturday night's Comment O' the Week.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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*dramatically raises one eyebrow* We can neither confirm nor deny that.

Posted by: The Club at September 21, 2025 11:30 PM (lJ99d)

256 *giggles imagining Cryptids Monthly with a picture of Michelle on the cover*

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 11:30 PM (ttkd4)

257
I finally figured out the reason for the seating order at that State Dinner. The Brits are big on precedence and protocol. Trump is the Big Kahuna, so he sat at the right hand of the King. The King sits at the center of the table. His wife, the Queen sits directly opposite him. So Melania, wife of the Big Kahuna, sits at the right hand of the Queen.

Since JD Vance wasn't there, Marco Rubio, as Secretary of State, the highest ranking cabinet position, sat at the left hand of the King. Sec. Treasury is the 2nd highest ranking cabinet post, so he sat at the left hand of the Queen.

Kate, Princes of Wales, wife of the heir, sat at Trump's right. William, Prince of Wales, 1st in line, sat at Melania's right. So there's precedence order, with boy-girl alternating thrown in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

258 Saw a short video about that picture of Trump and Katherine. Seems Charles had just made a joke in his speech, about if the media pressure had been any stronger in the 70's he might have ended up marrying into the Nixon family.

Posted by: Lirio100 at September 21, 2025 11:31 PM (ky7/T)

259 Michelle is a dude.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 21, 2025 11:31 PM (k7op9)

260 Charlie Kirk raped me in the women's dressing room at Bergdorf Goodmans.
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at September 21, 2025 11:29 PM (Q1uY4)

Must be a pretty tony salad bar, if it has a dressing room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:31 PM (hA1Nw)

261 "Do not oppress a stranger; you yourselves know how it feels to be a stranger, because you were strangers in Egypt." Leviticus does not say foreigners, it says strangers. Strangers can be legally in the country , but have different clothing, or customs and you are not to abuse them. A poor translation corrupts the meaning and intent.

Posted by: runner, austere religious scholar at September 21, 2025 11:32 PM (g47mK)

262 Would have been fun, sticking some other magazine's title over the Mooch cover shot: "Field and Stream" "stalking the wily Sasquatch".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Thanks for the laugh!

Posted by: JQ at September 21, 2025 11:32 PM (rdVOm)

263 246 why does 4chan think the Rapture is happening on Wednesday
Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:22 PM (gKWVE)

Why are you thinking about 4chan thinking the Rapture is happening on Wednesday?
Posted by: It was supposed to happen in '88 anyway at September 21, 2025 11:25 PM (TbWk/

Why are you thinking about him thinking about 4chan thinking about the rapture?

Posted by: turtles all the way down at September 21, 2025 11:32 PM (VZAJd)

264 Furries get the full measure.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


OwO

Posted by: tyler robinson at September 21, 2025 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

265 I was in yesterday's comments of the week and missed it! Btw, surgery went well and I can still walk. Too early to say whether it helped my issues.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 11:33 PM (VCgbV)

266 Would have been fun, sticking some other magazine's title over the Mooch cover shot: "Field and Stream" "stalking the wily Sasquatch".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:29 PM (hA1Nw)

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A six-page gallery of blurry fashion shots all posed along a distant treeline?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2025 11:33 PM (Q1uY4)

267 Perhaps the best photo of Trump at the State Dinner:
https://is.gd/C7V5nZ

Posted by: publius

That really is a great picture.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)

268 It takes an amazing woman to truly forgive the murderer of her husband....... She didn't say anything about the fat left socialist groups who trained and indoctrinated him into killing Charlie, so let's fire up that woodchipper and start making commie salsa.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 21, 2025 11:34 PM (kjWDa)

269 OwO
Posted by: tyler robinson at September 21, 2025 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

*notices noose*

What's this?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 11:35 PM (BI5O2)

270 I have heard it being called "The Elderly's Friend."

I have heard it called the old man's friend (same thing). The idea is that it spares an old person a more painful death. My maternal grandfather was dying from terminal colon cancer and came down with pneumonia, which whisked him off in a week.

Posted by: Paco at September 21, 2025 11:35 PM (mADJX)

271 241 why does 4chan think the Rapture is happening on Wednesday
Posted by: gKWVE
....................................
The Blondie song is getting re-released?

youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 11:35 PM (sAmhv)

272
Good evening.

In all seriousness, I think this Deport Ilhan thing might go somewhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 21, 2025 11:36 PM (XJ22o)

273 A parachute not opening… that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!
Posted by: Some Rat at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)


Being run down by a cart horse
Gathering seabird eggs on the cliffs of Cornwall
Drunkenly falling in to the pit during a spirited bear-baiting
A freak avalanche in the coal storage at the local malting plant
Traversing the fens without a guide
Being presumptuous to a charcoal burner in the greenwood
Traversing the deer park of your suspicious and hermit-like neighbor at three in the morning
Falling into the mill flume
Unfortunate sausages
Ill-advised japery at the canal locks
Amateur investigations into Galvanism
Geese
Dragging a bag of red herring across a fresh trail during a fox hunt on a lark
Mistaking those four smugglers for the drunken Navvies you were sent to bring back to their cots at dusk
Taking the ladder at too great a speed down from your paramour's window when her father is storming up the stairs
Arsenical green wallpaper


Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)

274 When you thought you could not despise the media anymore:
Charlie Kirk was a bully in school.


==

ok , so they are going with obama campaign 2008 tools, good on them, there is a whole generation of voting age hates their guts already and mocks them mercilessly. welcome to irrelevance.

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 11:37 PM (g47mK)

275 In all seriousness, I think this Deport Ilhan thing might go somewhere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 21, 2025 11:36 PM (XJ22o)


Far better to call her in monthly to discuss things with ICE and then monthly do raids in her district

Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:38 PM (rbvCR)

276 Help! My wife just used the word mansplaining incorrectly and I don't know what to do next.

Well, if she used it incorrectly, she probably won't be upset when you explain to her the correct usage...

Posted by: Average Guy at September 21, 2025 11:38 PM (lPHZZ)

277 I think it was Romney who got accused of being a meany meany bully head in 2012.
McCain just got ignored while Obama and the media made the election about Palin and anybody who asked Obama a difficult question.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:39 PM (gKWVE)

278 A parachute not opening… that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine… having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!
Posted by: Some Rat at September 21, 2025 11:16 PM (TfUTr)


I figure when the doc ultimately shakes his head and gives me the "six months to a year" routine, I'll head down to Ciudad Juarez, find a bar where the cartel guys hang out, and throw down on some likely looking bad men with my Walther P99 (actually, two Walther 99s). Go out with a bang, so to speak.

Posted by: Paco at September 21, 2025 11:40 PM (mADJX)

279 The Blondie song is getting re-released?

youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 11:35 PM (sAmhv)

I don't know, but Betty Lou's getting out tonight:

https://youtu.be/jIDfsxwmFiI

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:40 PM (hA1Nw)

280 was it confirmed that Charlie Kirk was wearing a bulletproof vest or not? did not sound like it from Erika's interview to the demon paper NYT.

Posted by: runner at September 21, 2025 11:41 PM (g47mK)

281 >> why does 4chan think the Rapture is happening on Wednesday

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish Civil New Year) runs this time from sunset 22nd to sunset 24.

All these Revelation Prophecy diviner types are big on the Rosh Hashanah. Traditionally, that is held to be the anniversary of day Adam and Eve were created (I think -- the Jewish soli-lunar calendar gets a wee bit complex, makes my eyes glaze over).

So, every so often one of these types, who don't understand "Of that day and that hour no man knoweth" does some calculation based on all sorts of numerology and Jewish calendar stuff and comes up with the Rapture date. Rosh Hashanah is almost always the big date.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

282 It takes an amazing woman to truly forgive the murderer of her husband....... She didn't say anything about the fat left socialist groups who trained and indoctrinated him into killing Charlie, so let's fire up that woodchipper and start making commie salsa.

Posted by: Rbastid at September 21, 2025 11:34 PM (kjWDa)

The bastard should be drawn and quartered with harleys, and she should be riding one of them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)

283 273 - Kindltot

Wow! That list could be used in a script for a "safety first" public service commercial.

Posted by: Paco at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (mADJX)

284 How many times have they predicted that accurately so far?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (k7op9)

285 World wind?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (XMwZJ)

286 My wife just used the word mansplaining incorrectly and I don't know what to do next.
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"So and so mansplained something, and it turned out to be incorrect."

"That's called womansplaining, sugar tits. Sandwich fixins are in the fridge. Chop chop. Look alive, I ain't payin' to be a sundial."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (BI5O2)

287 Good evening.

In all seriousness, I think this Deport Ilhan thing might go somewhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 21, 2025 11:36 PM (XJ22o)

Strip her wealth and volcano her silly ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (snZF9)

288 When you thought you could not despise the media anymore:
Charlie Kirk was a bully in school.
.....................................
Everybody was, but if the new rules are that it's ok to shoot those who 'bully' us, then fine. Your rules. We'll be using the same very WIDE definition of 'bully' you fine progressives use too. Keep daring us to flip that switch assholes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 21, 2025 11:44 PM (sAmhv)

289 I call her blister. She shows up after the work is done.

Posted by: Muchas buchas at September 21, 2025 11:45 PM (gnE/6)

290 Deport Omar to a drumhead tribunal and then Hell. I'm through with all these words.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 21, 2025 11:46 PM (BI5O2)

291 Wow! That list could be used in a script for a "safety first" public service commercial.
Posted by: Paco at September 21, 2025 11:43 PM (mADJX)


It is based on Sarah Hoyt's complaint that all the unwanted characters in Regency era novels appear to only die of consumption or carriage accidents.

Instead of something interesting

Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:49 PM (rbvCR)

292 >> How many times have they predicted that accurately so far?

It's always "this time is different, I've got it figured it out right this time!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 21, 2025 11:49 PM (w6EFb)

293 It is based on Sarah Hoyt's complaint that all the unwanted characters in Regency era novels appear to only die of consumption or carriage accidents.

I suppose the 1980s literary equivalent would have been to have some annoying homo get HIV.
Tuberculosis really did randomly pick off a lot of people in the 1800s.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:51 PM (gKWVE)

294 Oh, I forgot, attempting to escape by crossing the ancient thatch roof of the neglected parsonage.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:52 PM (rbvCR)

295 The bastard should be drawn and quartered with harleys, and she should be riding one of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)
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So many comments by Bers would make epic album covers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 11:54 PM (kpS4V)

296 Oh, I forgot, attempting to escape by crossing the ancient thatch roof of the neglected parsonage.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:52 PM (rbvCR)

Doing the apple stunt with William Tell after he got old and developed cataracts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2025 11:55 PM (hA1Nw)

297 I'd pay good money to here Michelle O say "goonie goo goo"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2025 11:55 PM (lmTGO)

298 The bastard should be drawn and quartered with harleys, and she should be riding one of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 21, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)
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So many comments by Bers would make epic album covers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord
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Eddie and Iron Maiden album cover ideas come to mind.

Posted by: scampydog at September 21, 2025 11:56 PM (41CYW)

299 Tuberculosis really did randomly pick off a lot of people in the 1800s.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 21, 2025 11:51 PM (gKWVE)


as did cholera, fevers and blood poisoning, but going blind from brucellosis or millenary fever is hardly regency-enough.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

300 I'd pay good money to here Michelle O say "goonie goo goo"

Use this and she'll say anything you want for free.

https://anyvoicelab.com/voices/michelle-obama/

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2025 11:59 PM (lUFok)

301 drat.

I meant Miliary fever


Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)

302 >>I'd pay good money to here Michelle O say "goonie goo goo"
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Here ya go:

youtube.com/watch?v=gYaigcWRQcY

Posted by: JQ at September 21, 2025 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

303 I think modern writers may not have a good feeling of what it is possible to die of in Georgian England

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:00 AM (rbvCR)

304 Antibiotic resistant TB is spreading in a lot of the world. Russia has had a nasty outbreak in prisoners over the last twenty years. TB bacillus mutates pretty quickly

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2025 12:01 AM (lmTGO)

305 Watching "Maverick" again. I'm struck again at what's great movie it is visually.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 22, 2025 12:01 AM (kpS4V)

306 @300 , 302 thanky

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2025 12:01 AM (lmTGO)

307 Happy Mondays, Skype Clones...

Navratri is about pure devotion. So many people have encapsulated this devotion through music. Sharing one such soulful rendition by Pandit Jasraj ji.

If you have sung a Bhajan or have a favourite one, please share it with me. I will be posting some of them in the coming days!

Narendra Modi

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 12:02 AM (TGPs7)

308 Good night all. Golf in the AM

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2025 12:03 AM (lmTGO)

309 If someone uses that Leviticus verse about loving the foreigner among you as a club against PDT's immigration enforcement policies again I may have to be physically restrained.
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Even the devil can quote scripture to his advantage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

310 Is the Left willing to abide by Leviticus now?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 22, 2025 12:05 AM (6U1c2)

311 Now I am getting into the wonderful world of "how do I control torque converter lockup in the 700R4 transmission"? Seems easy enough; the transmission shop that did the rebuild wired it for "one wire" operation. Feed 12 volts to pin A on the bulkhead connector, and once the transmission shifts into fourth gear, the converter clutch solenoid is energized, and it locks up. But what if I want to accelerate in fourth gear, or encounter a hill? I'd like it to remain in fourth, but unlock the converter, so the engine can pick up revs, and develop a little more power on demand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:06 AM (hA1Nw)

312 Is the Left willing to abide by Leviticus now?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
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LOL! Wouldn't that be... something?

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

313 215 If someone uses that Leviticus verse about loving the foreigner among you as a club against PDT's immigration enforcement policies again I may have to be physically restrained. No, it was nobody here. Stupid self-righteous cherry-picking bullshit.
Posted by: Just stop it. Get some help. at September 21, 2025 11:07 PM (TbWk/)


Two things:

It would be verrry interesting to know the Leviticus quoter's views about providing asylum to South African Boers who are escaping state-sanctioned murder. I would not be surprised if that person disapproves.

Where in Leviticus does it say these "sojourners among you" snuck in and don't have to operate under the same basic laws as everyone else? Can they let their oxen go around goring their neighbor's oxen without making restitution, for instance?

Posted by: Emmie at September 22, 2025 12:07 AM (FMtrg)

314 Gonna have to check all my shirts for unmatched threads.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 22, 2025 12:07 AM (gKWVE)

315
He was bucked off and dragged by that poorly trained colt, but he managed to kick his stirrup free, and was sitting up and laughing by the time we got to him. Except for the scrapes he seemed whole, and we brought him back to the stables, while they boy went to catch the horse, and gave him some brandy and we put cobwebs one of the grooms found in the corner of a stall on his hurts to stop the bleeding. Poor young man developed lock-jaw from his injuries, and there was little we could do for him. His last days he was bowed up from his ankles to his head like a pole-lathe, and bedclothes draped down like an awning.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

316 Remind me, what does Leviticus have to say about homosexuality?

Posted by: taste o' semen at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (UE+UD)

317 I meant Miliary fever


Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2025 11:59 PM (rbvCR)

And I thought you meant "millinery fever" as in the case of the Mad Hatter. Mercury poisoning.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (hA1Nw)

318 Great ONT. Thank you.

Mrs. Erika Kirk's message was strong enough to rock the liberal world. She forgives. She goes on to tell men rise up to what they can be for families. Powerful.

We call on God when the liberals seem to call for riots and violence. Who's watching?

Piper---loved your fashion comments. I LOVED Melania's hat on arrival, being a hat person myself. I have a lot of hats and know how to wear them. It's not hard, wear them so people notice your eyes.

A straw hat I bought in NOLA I could wear to the Derby, but more tasteful. People stopped me on the street to compliment the hat and me. I had to carry it back to FL on my lap on the plane, and wore it in the Hotlanta airport. A waitress carded me simply to see my name for my gin and tonic (like I was famous and she might not know, otherwise I had not been carded in 20yrs). It is a huge hat, kept the sun off me, and makes a statement that I will rock a hat with abandon wherever and whenever I want to. Buy hats, ladies!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (6PCLE)

319
Big announcement on autism, tomorrow? President hinted they identified the cause of the massive increase.

That means, by tomorrow evening, everyone on Twitter will be a fake "expert" on autism and tell us the Trump Admin is wrong about the cause and only a "fascist" hates things that cause autism.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (7MEXJ)

320 Now I am getting into the wonderful world of "how do I control torque converter lockup in the 700R4 transmission"? Seems easy enough; the transmission shop that did the rebuild wired it for "one wire" operation. Feed 12 volts to pin A on the bulkhead connector, and once the transmission shifts into fourth gear, the converter clutch solenoid is energized, and it locks up. But what if I want to accelerate in fourth gear, or encounter a hill? I'd like it to remain in fourth, but unlock the converter, so the engine can pick up revs, and develop a little more power on demand.



WTF? I just hope the car starts.

Posted by: free tibet at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (1wtUm)

321 My favorite Bhajan is 99 Sacred Cows On The Wall

99 Sacred Cows on the wall, 99 Sacred Cows on the wall,

Take one down and barbecue it around, 98 Sacred Cows on the wall...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (TGPs7)

322 Watching "Maverick" again. I'm struck again at what's great movie it is visually.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 22, 2025 12:01 AM (kpS4V)

I just couldn't see Mel Gibson in James Garner's role. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (uQesX)

323 24 Piper, Melania seems to like wearing hats that cover up her eyes. Why might that be?
Posted by: GWB at September 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QNMzx)

To irritate photographers and cranky people who mock her at times.

She rocks those hats.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:10 AM (6PCLE)

324 307 Happy Mondays, Skype Clones...

Navratri is about pure devotion. So many people have encapsulated this devotion through music. Sharing one such soulful rendition by Pandit Jasraj ji.

If you have sung a Bhajan or have a favourite one, please share it with me. I will be posting some of them in the coming days!

Narendra Modi
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 12:02 AM (TGPs7)

What the fuck are you on about, weirdo?

Posted by: speak english or die at September 22, 2025 12:10 AM (v/Jtj)

325
For the AoS record, I believe autism is way over-diagnosed, and that accounts for most of the increase in cases. I think doctors are lazy idiots who are too eager to slap an autism diagnosis on children who, probably just have shitty parents who let them act out.

Posted by: Soothsayer at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (7MEXJ)

326 AOP--
Don't know if this helps, but goes to a techie convo:

tinyurl.com/bddna6yk

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

327 But what if I want to accelerate in fourth gear, or encounter a hill? I'd like it to remain in fourth, but unlock the converter, so the engine can pick up revs, and develop a little more power on demand.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:06 AM (hA1Nw)

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*puffs pipe thoughtfully*

*fidgets with necktie knot*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (Q1uY4)

328
I saw something the other day that gestational diabetes correlates with autism -- mother with high blood sugar during pregnancy. And that has been increasing over the past few decades as we get fatter.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

329
When you thought you could not despise the media anymore:
Charlie Kirk was a bully in school.

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

Debunked by a classmate -- with receipts -- and deleted in shame. Don't tell me someone sniffed it out and ran with it anyway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 22, 2025 12:14 AM (XJ22o)

330 Mrs D found a PBS channel featuring a collection of CDs of music from the 60's, all for some $$$ of course. The music is awesome...no idea when this was filmed. But there is nothing attractive at all about a hippie rock band in their 70's.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 22, 2025 12:15 AM (2WIwB)

331 GlennBeck@GlennBeck

I sat just in front of @elonmusk today at the memorial. To me, it was humbling to see such a great man, come in so quietly with his children, pay his respects and hold Charlie’s memory up. He was poorly treated by so many in the last few years and deserves our deep thanks IMHO. THANK YOU ELON.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 12:15 AM (TGPs7)

332 123 Anyone that cannot quote a Kansas song should be dported.
Posted by: r hennigantx

INDEED!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:15 AM (6PCLE)

333 And I thought you meant "millinery fever" as in the case of the Mad Hatter. Mercury poisoning.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (hA1Nw)


Thank you, I forgot, "Mercury poisoning by a quacksalver who was chosen more from furtive embarrassment than from concerns for his competence in compounding cures"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:15 AM (rbvCR)

334
I just couldn't see Mel Gibson in James Garner's role. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.
Posted by: OrangeEnt


That's why I never bothered to watch The Wild Wild West movie.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2025 12:16 AM (63Dwl)

335
Diabeetus, eh?

btw, did you know I was only 48 in Coccoon?

Or, The Thing. I forget which.

Posted by: Wilford Brimley at September 22, 2025 12:16 AM (7MEXJ)

336 I saw something the other day that gestational diabetes correlates with autism -- mother with high blood sugar during pregnancy. And that has been increasing over the past few decades as we get fatter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (w6EFb)


There are a number of correlations, including infant febrile seizures combined with diarrhea, Mother's use of tylenol, and leaky gut issues.
It should come out tomorrow, per POTUS. At least a partial analysis

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:18 AM (rbvCR)

337 WTF? I just hope the car starts.
Posted by: free tibet at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (1wtUm)

Modern cars have the lockup torque converter mediated by the engine management computer. 700R4 was used when engine computers were just beginning to be used, and indeed the computer did run that function on some models. Otherwise, they used a vacuum switch to permit lockup to happen only for part-throttle cruise. Also a brake switch to disengage lockup when braking. That's probably what I will have to do; vacuum switch plus brake light switch, and a relay or two.

The tough nut to crack is getting this to also work when in third gear. Apparently there is no readily-accessible hydraulic pressure signal in that transmission to say "hey, I'm in third gear now."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:19 AM (hA1Nw)

338 But what if I want to accelerate in fourth gear, or encounter a hill? I'd like it to remain in fourth, but unlock the converter, so the engine can pick up revs, and develop a little more power on demand.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:06 AM (hA1Nw)

Some Ford auto transmissions have a manual "overdrive off" button on the gear selector lever. Maybe a simple rocker switch to shut off the 12 volt signal as needed?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 22, 2025 12:19 AM (YfDv3)

339 Aop - Not sure how the lock/unlock mechanism normally works, but I'm inclined to think that manifold vaccuum plays a part

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 12:19 AM (XeU6L)

340 For the AoS record, I believe autism is way over-diagnosed, and that accounts for most of the increase in cases. I think doctors are lazy idiots who are too eager to slap an autism diagnosis on children who, probably just have shitty parents who let them act out.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (7MEXJ)


statistics indicates this is not correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:20 AM (rbvCR)

341 LOL, I meant of course "Top Gun: Maverick "..

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 22, 2025 12:20 AM (kpS4V)

342
I remember the Tylenol thing -- use of Tylenol during a specific range of fetal development.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

343 For the record: I was elected a cheerleader in 10th grade by a mistake I made. I might have been elected anyway, but this was not normal.

I merged two cheers into one, realized this, stopped cold...in front of the entire student body and football guys on the front rows...waved and said, "Never mind" like Gilda Radner''s Emily Litella, and walked off the stage. There was a lot of laughing. I was brave laughing. I did not get to do my jump at the end, which was awesome. I wrote in my diary of woe that I still have but did not cry. It was horrific!!!

The home ec teacher in charge of the cheerleader squad thought I did this on purpose and was mad at me. I did not, as I was not yet 16yrs old and did care.

Every boy in the school, some I did not know (not a huge school at all, 200 in HS) said they voted for me. Years later in college some of the jocks told me they did not remember anyone else's tryout but mine.

If you must mess up, do it on stage in front of the entire high school and wave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:22 AM (6PCLE)

344 Glenn Beck is a twisted old fruit.

If I were in charge he would *not* face a drumhead tribunal as long as he agreed to permanently STFU and go back to whatever he does in his mansion forever, never to emerge again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 12:26 AM (BI5O2)

345 If you must mess up, do it on stage in front of the entire high school and wave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:22 AM (6PCLE)

And smile!

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:30 AM (urtE/)

346
Another thing that fascinates me about the seasons is they are not of equal length, due to the Erf's orbital eccentricity (ie ellipse, not a perfect circle with constant speed). Which is longer than which depends on the position of perihelion relative to the seasons. Right now, perihelion occurs in early Jan, in winter. Winter is thus the shortest season. Due to complex higher order effects, the length of each season varies a bit from year to year, but on average at current epoch it's this:

Summer: 93.65 days, Spring: 92.76 days, Fall: 89.84 days, Winter: 88.99 days.

This time around, astronomical summer 2025 was 93.651 days, or 93 days, 15 hours, and 37 minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 12:31 AM (w6EFb)

347 AOP--
Don't know if this helps, but goes to a techie convo:

tinyurl.com/bddna6yk
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks. I had seen other threads there on that subject but not that one. Sounds like my plan to use a vacuum switch, and a brake switch to control the lockup is the way to go. Lockup is the normal condition in part-throttle cruise. It goes away with either brisk acceleration, or with braking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:32 AM (hA1Nw)

348 Does anybody know where Jasmine Crock of Shit came up with calling Charlie a racist? I have never heard him even mention race, have you? I know, they all lie, but that one seems particularly egregious.

I guess all demons hate love.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:33 AM (urtE/)

349 ISTR being told by the docs that tylenol was ok during pregnancy.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 22, 2025 12:34 AM (dE3DB)

350 Summer: 93.65 days, Spring: 92.76 days, Fall: 89.84 days, Winter: 88.99 days.

This time around, astronomical summer 2025 was 93.651 days, or 93 days, 15 hours, and 37 minutes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 12:31 AM (w6EFb)

Up here, winter goes from October to May, Spring is not really Spring, just "breakup" for a couple of sloppy weeks, and then we have Summer, from end of May until end of August, then "Fall," which is mostly rain and slop until it snows.

Don't really care about the celestial stuff concerning our weather. We deal with what comes.

And we NEVER leave Alaska in the summer. Otherwise, why would we be here?

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:35 AM (urtE/)

351 waved and said, "Never mind" like Gilda Radner's Emily Litella, and walked off the stage

I admit, this was a kickass move.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 22, 2025 12:35 AM (gKWVE)

352 What the fuck are you on about, weirdo?
Posted by: speak english or die at September 22, 2025 12:10 AM (v/Jtj)


We must all learn from the wisdom that is Modi...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 12:35 AM (TGPs7)

353 Jasmine Crockett, Ilhan Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, are all absolute gifts for the GOP to exploit. The fact they don't is revealing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 12:36 AM (sAmhv)

354 340 For the AoS record, I believe autism is way over-diagnosed, and that accounts for most of the increase in cases. I think doctors are lazy idiots who are too eager to slap an autism diagnosis on children who, probably just have shitty parents who let them act out.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 22, 2025 12:11 AM (7MEXJ)

statistics indicates this is not correct.

Overdiagnosis is a huge problem. I have a grandson his school wants to say is ADHD when I know him better than they did, and he’s just a boy who wants to be outside and hates having to sit in a classroom all day. And Autism is a trendy diagnosis for any boy who doesn’t care about social interactions.
As far as most women are concerned, every man is on the “spectrum” to some extent - unless they’re gay.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:20 AM (rbvCR)

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 12:37 AM (5Gg6R)

355 Lockup is the normal condition in part-throttle cruise. It goes away with either brisk acceleration, or with braking.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I don't know much about slushboxes, LOL.

But now I know why the ol' truck died on me that one time, going uphill, while I was *too gentle* on the accelerator pedal: not enough vacuum! Shoulda punched it, haha.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

356 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:22 AM

Woman, you are a superstar!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

357 That's why I never bothered to watch The Wild Wild West movie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 22, 2025 12:16 AM (63Dwl)

Ross Martin was dead. How did they make a movie when he was dead?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 12:40 AM (uQesX)

358 Overdiagnosis is a huge problem. I have a grandson his school wants to say is ADHD when I know him better than they did, and he’s just a boy who wants to be outside and hates having to sit in a classroom all day. And Autism is a trendy diagnosis for any boy who doesn’t care about social interactions.
As far as most women are concerned, every man is on the “spectrum” to some extent - unless they’re gay.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 22, 2025 12:20 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 12:37 AM (5Gg6R)

The boy was diagnosed ADHD. He was just a boy. But they wouldn't let him in the classroom without meds. Made me angry, but what to do? I couldn't homeschool him just then.

He has been without the meds for a couple of years. He is just him now, and that's fine.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:41 AM (urtE/)

359 Some Ford auto transmissions have a manual "overdrive off" button on the gear selector lever. Maybe a simple rocker switch to shut off the 12 volt signal as needed?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 22, 2025 12:19 AM (YfDv3)

Well, ideally, you want torque converter lockup at part-throttle cruise in any gear other than first. You lose about 200 engine rpm, and that is mostly wasted energy just churning the oil to make heat. Lockup in second is hardly worth the effort, but lockup in third would be nice for city driving.

I rewired the transmission today to bring out two wires through the bulkhead connector. One powers the solenoid by way of the internal 4th gear pressure switch; the other goes direct to the solenoid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:42 AM (hA1Nw)

360 351 waved and said, "Never mind" like Gilda Radner's Emily Litella, and walked off the stage

I admit, this was a kickass move.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 22, 2025 12:35 AM (gKWVE)

Ha. Weeks before turning 16 I did this dorky move!

I am not one to weep often and did not melt into a puddle where they had to pull the curtains. I paused, realized things went bad, and walked off. My husband laughs that I really did say, "Never mind."

Like, "forget I was here!"

I was watching a cheerleader friend off stage (for some reason) who was doing the cheer with me. Then I got all discombobulated and went into another.

I should have acted like this was totally normal and done my jump. But, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:42 AM (6PCLE)

361 LOL, I meant of course "Top Gun: Maverick "..
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 22, 2025 12:20 AM (kpS4V)

WTF?!? Next thing you'll tell me is The Avengers wasn't about John Steed and Emma Peel!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 12:43 AM (uQesX)

362 Seasons only make sense as a measurement of solar exposure. I never understood why they bothered to pin down some arbitrary "time" when a "season" "begins" or "ends."

It's spring when it gets green, it's summer when it gets hot, it's fall when it's orange, and it's winter when it's cold(er).

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 12:46 AM (BI5O2)

363 Woman, you are a superstar!
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

Super dork was more like it. I mean, chagrined does not describe it initially off stage, with friends surrounding me in sort of pity, and the home ec teacher yelling at me.

Then I was whatever and laughed about it, went home and wailed to my diary, and was over it.

I had to change schools the next year due to stupid federal law bussing (we had black kids in our school already). So it was a wasted performance that lives on.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 22, 2025 12:46 AM (6PCLE)

364 I don't know much about slushboxes, LOL.

But now I know why the ol' truck died on me that one time, going uphill, while I was *too gentle* on the accelerator pedal: not enough vacuum! Shoulda punched it, haha.
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

Aha! It's the other way around with a gasoline engine (Diesels are different!). Idle, and part-throttle cruise are moderately high-vacuum modes. Closed-throttle deceleration is as high as vacuum can get (circa 20" Hg), and wide-open throttle is very low vacuum. Normal cruise maybe 10 to 16" vacuum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:47 AM (hA1Nw)

365 pooky didn't make the wall. She's been spending too much time with the family.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 12:47 AM (Zx8G2)

366 Hey everybody.

Gonna try not to talk too much tonight. Just wanna say, I am very relieved and thankful that there appears to have been a lack of leftist violence at the Kirk memorial.

I was worried it would go two ways: (a) like it did, or (b) like "antifa's last stand," and turned into a bloodbath. God knows that way too many people, including a ton of DC and other Dem leaders, would have loved to see it go that way.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 12:48 AM (/p+XQ)

367 Not to be critical but the pic of president and wife, on exit, walking up the steps of AF-1 was extraordinary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 12:50 AM (Zx8G2)

368
Jasmine Crockett, Ilhan Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, are all absolute gifts for the GOP to exploit. The fact they don't is revealing.
Posted by: Puddleglum

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

The fact that our DHS, DOJ, and DOS haven't gotten her the hell out of this country reveals... the usual.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at September 22, 2025 12:50 AM (XJ22o)

369 I was worried it would go two ways: (a) like it did, or (b) like "antifa's last stand," and turned into a bloodbath. God knows that way too many people, including a ton of DC and other Dem leaders, would have loved to see it go that way.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 12:48 AM (/p+XQ)

Remember that, at heart, pantifa is a bunch of cowards, afraid to face their "enemies" head on, sneaking around wearing black bloc and acting like a bunch of pussies holding umbrellas. The only way they can attack is like the asshat that shot Charlie--from a distance and in secret.

That shit doesn't happen up here. Too many people carry, and too many people are good shots.

But in the long run, pantifa will end itself. One good smack on the snoot with a rolled up newspaper should take care of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (urtE/)

370 My 6.2 had a vacuum generator.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (Zx8G2)

371 AOP, I know *nothing* about diesel engines and their, um, periphery. Not a single damned thing!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

372 But in the long run, pantifa will end itself. One good smack on the snoot with a rolled up newspaper should take care of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (urtE/)

A long burst from a .50 BMG would speed things along.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 12:53 AM (snZF9)

373 One good smack on the snoot with a rolled up newspaper should take care of it.
Posted by: tcn


I mean, they ARE furries . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at September 22, 2025 12:55 AM (gKWVE)

374 Working in teams of two, grave diggers must put their abilities to the test by digging graves that are 2 meters long, 80 centimeters wide, and 1.6 meters deep within two hours, and then shoveling the approximately 2.5 tons of dirt back into the holes
- - - - - -

pffft, only takes 5 minutes with a backhoe...

Posted by: Labor Saving Union Local 353 at September 22, 2025 12:56 AM (8br8M)

375 AOP, I know *nothing* about diesel engines and their, um, periphery. Not a single damned thing!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

I used to say that too, and diesel dudes kept telling me they're not much different. Mechanically they aren't, but that periphery shit is where the fun begins.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 12:56 AM (snZF9)

376 A long burst from a .50 BMG would speed things along.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 12:53 AM (snZF9)

Well, yeah, but that works for EVERYTHING.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 12:56 AM (urtE/)

377 AOP, I know *nothing* about diesel engines and their, um, periphery. Not a single damned thing!
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

They don't have intake manifold vacuum. There is no throttle valve. Each cylinder takes in as much air as it can possibly use on every intake stroke. Engine power and RPM are determined by the duration of the fuel shot from the injector.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 12:58 AM (hA1Nw)

378 but that periphery shit is where the fun begins.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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So I gather.

Imma stick to what I know, which is barely just enough to keep things ticking around here, LOL.

But it's always fun to read the adventures of others!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

379 ============

The fact that our DHS, DOJ, and DOS haven't gotten her the hell out of this country reveals... the usual.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Someone of great influence has been promoting her. Trump's last statement, "President Trump:
... I just want people to act. They have to act, and we want to act fast. You know, they were worthless and vicious—I was impeached twice, I was indicted five times, it turned out to be a fake deal, and we have to act fast—one way or the other...They're guilty, they're not guilty. We have to act fast.", wasn't to Bondi it was to the person that's been bolstering her. He can talk to her privately. This is notice to her supporter and us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 12:59 AM (Zx8G2)

380 Watching "Maverick" again. I'm struck again at what's great movie it is visually.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 22, 2025 12:01 AM (kpS4V)

I just couldn't see Mel Gibson in James Garner's role. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 12:08 AM (uQesX)

Maverick swapped between protagonists frequently anyway. Out of any adaptation, I feel like Maverick probably has the most leeway for the protagonist's portrayal to diverge. And the movie even got a few jokes out of it by mixing up Bret and Bart in dialogue.

Posted by: Sjg at September 22, 2025 12:59 AM (aqZN1)

381
And then turbochargers change the whole "vacuum" meaning anyway.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:00 AM (w6EFb)

382 They don't have intake manifold vacuum. There is no throttle valve. Each cylinder takes in as much air as it can possibly use on every intake stroke. Engine power and RPM are determined by the duration of the fuel shot from the injector.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Whoa. Interesting!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

383 pffft, only takes 5 minutes with a backhoe...
Posted by: Labor Saving Union Local 353 at September 22, 2025 12:56 AM (8br8M)

Meh. Use a utility pole augur, and plant the stiffs head-first in the ground. Saves on real estate, too. Three graves in the space of one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:01 AM (hA1Nw)

384 FYI if I am murdered, no one is allowed to forgive him for at least three years.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2025 01:01 AM (lhenN)

385 It's spring when it gets green, it's summer when it gets hot, it's fall when it's orange, and it's winter when it's cold(er).
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 12:46 AM (BI5O2)

And noon is when the sun is at its highest point, I don't care what the railroad says!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 22, 2025 01:03 AM (YfDv3)

386 PS. Did Trump *really* say at the funeral, "I hate my opponents and I don't wish the best for them"???

Sounds like a straight-up lie from the hounds of hell to me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:03 AM (/p+XQ)

387 yeah steve, Trump did say that, but he couched it as a jocular admission that Kirk was a better Christian than he.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 22, 2025 01:04 AM (gKWVE)

388 >>>Meh. Use a utility pole augur, and plant the stiffs head-first in the ground. Saves on real estate, too. Three graves in the space of one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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On the back of a tractor. Rented a hand held with a motor on the top. Auger would sit on top of the earth and spin. Headache and no banana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 01:05 AM (Zx8G2)

389 They don't have intake manifold vacuum. There is no throttle valve. Each cylinder takes in as much air as it can possibly use on every intake stroke. Engine power and RPM are determined by the duration of the fuel shot from the injector.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

yeah, big ass injectors too. My brother was pricing new ones for his dodge ram. Holy shit, like $2400 for all 6. I thought harleys were stooopid.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:06 AM (snZF9)

390 gKWVE, thanks for clarifying.

IMHO it's just another example of how Trump shoots himself in the foot much too often. He KNOWS media and leftists are going to take him out of context, every single time. Guess he just doesn't GAF anymore.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:06 AM (/p+XQ)

391 On the back of a tractor. Rented a hand held with a motor on the top. Auger would sit on top of the earth and spin. Headache and no banana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 01:05 AM (Zx8G2)

I fixed one of those little hand-held jobs for a friend of mine back in May or June. Two-stroke Tecumseh engine on it. Got it running real well, too. But it sure didn't dig fast in the dirt here. Had to really lean on it. 4" holes for fence posts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:09 AM (hA1Nw)

392 Holy shit, like $2400 for all 6.
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Yow!

I paid $75 each (for my previous car) and was grateful there were only 4 of them!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

393 I also shared at Reddit (!) earlier, in a conservative subreddit, my thoughts about Milo picking up Kirk's mantel.

Sorry but I'm not optimistic. IMHO Kirk was like solid oak/rock. Whereas I think of Milo as a "burnt marshmallow," i.e. he may look and feel rough on the most superficial outside, but inside is nothing but gooey icky sweetness. We need a warrior.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:09 AM (/p+XQ)

394 He KNOWS media and leftists are going to take him out of context, every single time. Guess he just doesn't GAF anymore.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:06 AM (/p+XQ)

I think he's at the " I altered the deal, pray I don't alter it further" point in his presidency.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:10 AM (snZF9)

395 Berserker, hmmm.

All I know is, in the second half of his term, I *really* want him to send the IRS and DOJ Antitrust people full-bore after Hollywood and the entire college propaganda/brainwashing complex.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:11 AM (/p+XQ)

396 They don't have intake manifold vacuum. There is no throttle valve. Each cylinder takes in as much air as it can possibly use on every intake stroke. Engine power and RPM are determined by the duration of the fuel shot from the injector.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Next you'll tell us that they don't use spark plugs.

Posted by: Mallory at September 22, 2025 01:12 AM (XeU6L)

397 yeah, big ass injectors too. My brother was pricing new ones for his dodge ram. Holy shit, like $2400 for all 6. I thought harleys were stooopid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:06 AM (snZF9)

I guess some of the new ones are electronically controlled . "Common-rail diesel" is the mantra, now. The old-time ones were just nozzles with a pintle valve that would open once line pressure reached the right level. Still very precision hardware, though; we are talking several thousand psi line pressure, IIRC. Remember, that injector has to spray into a cylinder that is under very high compression pressure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:14 AM (hA1Nw)

398 Holy shit, like $2400 for all 6.
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Yow!

I paid $75 each (for my previous car) and was grateful there were only 4 of them!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, it's insane. You have to pull the valve cover to access them, and the electrical connections for them are actually part of the valve cover gasket. There are little plugs that come off the gasket, so of course it's a $200 gasket. Who the hell thinks of that shit?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:14 AM (snZF9)

399
If you can believe some of the possible leaks about the autism announcement tomorrow, acetaminophen is going to be a big part of it. Also, leucovorin as a potential treatment.

"Big Tylenol" is apparently gearing up for a fight over this. They're going to claim that acetaminophen is "safe and effective" in pregnancy, there is no evidence, and denying it to pregnant mothers will lead to untreated fever, which is bad for the fetus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

400
I paid $75 each (for my previous car) and was grateful there were only 4 of them!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah thats the price of harley injectors. Give or take depending if you "upgrade" them. I still like carbs on harleys. Not a fan of injection on the bikes. Too much shit to deal with.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:19 AM (snZF9)

401 "Big Tylenol" is apparently gearing up for a fight over this. They're going to claim that acetaminophen is "safe and effective" in pregnancy, there is no evidence, and denying it to pregnant mothers will lead to untreated fever, which is bad for the fetus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

Plain old Aspirin is a pretty good fever reducer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:19 AM (hA1Nw)

402 >>There are little plugs that come off the gasket, so of course it's a $200 gasket. Who the hell thinks of that shit?
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wth? Ugh. I thought it was a PITA to pull the throttle body and 'upper' intake (chebby 2.2L), to get to the fuel rail and injectors... and of course the pressure regulator got tweaked and then needed replacing too...

You know what? I wish I was rich enough to just take everything to a shop. Bwahahaha!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

403 I want the lying to stop. Trump can arrest more reporters than Lincoln, and I wish he would, because the left has tirelessly doggedly Striesanded their way into it.

They don't want good civics, they don't know what it is, and they don't deserve it. When we tell them that they are up to banana republic bullshit they think it's just a creative insult.

Free speech? The thing you destroyed for years? You want Orange-Man-Bad to give it to you? No. Free speech is what we give to our fellow countrymen. Citizens of the World (tm) can fuck right off.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 22, 2025 01:20 AM (lhenN)

404 I avoid Tylenol because it does absolutely nothing for me in its basic job of pain relief. Good old fashion aspirin and ibuprofen works for me.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 01:21 AM (sAmhv)

405 Yeah thats the price of harley injectors. Give or take depending if you "upgrade" them. I still like carbs on harleys. Not a fan of injection on the bikes. Too much shit to deal with.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:19 AM (snZF9)

Gasoline engine fuel injectors are pretty much a commodity these days. Nearly all of them are based upon the Bosch designs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:22 AM (hA1Nw)

406 Next you'll tell us that they don't use spark plugs.
Posted by: Mallory

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No spark.
They just kind of glow.

Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at September 22, 2025 01:22 AM (/lPRQ)

407
Aspirin itself, in "high dose" (the doses you take for fever and pain relief) is not recommended at all during pregnancy. It's been associated with various birth defects or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:22 AM (w6EFb)

408 I avoid Tylenol because it does absolutely nothing for me in its basic job of pain relief. Good old fashion aspirin and ibuprofen works for me.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Same. Acetaminophen is worthless, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

409 >> Same. Acetaminophen is worthless, IMO.

There's some studies that show just that, that it is ineffective.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:27 AM (w6EFb)

410 Good old fashion aspirin and ibuprofen works for me.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Aspirin for the headache ibuprofen for the body aches.

Posted by: scampydog at September 22, 2025 01:29 AM (41CYW)

411 Same. Acetaminophen is worthless, IMO.
Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

Somebody here at the HQ was fond of pointing out that the margin between a safe therapeutic dose of Tylenol and a dose causing liver toxicity is very, very small, and that if Tylenol were a new drug being introduced today, it would never get regulatory approval; leastwise not for an OTC product.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:30 AM (hA1Nw)

412 When I had gout in August, I took Advil (ibuprofen). It helped.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 01:31 AM (sAmhv)

413 There's some studies that show just that, that it is ineffective.
Posted by: publius
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It's in just about everything you can buy for "cough and cold" relief. Need to read labels carefully, to avoid getting too much.

It's supposed to "not interfere" with other meds, so I guess that's why it is prescribed so often for older people. (Yeah, because it doesn't f'ing work!)

Placebo effect? Meh.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

414 The Canadian peso can't challenge many currencies these days. We recommend you invest in geese...

Posted by: Day-Break Financial News at September 22, 2025 01:32 AM (8br8M)

415 Puddleglum, I have a HUGE bottle of ibuprofen gel caplets. Only thing that works for back and gout pains for me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:32 AM (/p+XQ)

416 Aspirin -> gastrointestinal bleeding ->ruptured gastric artery ->vomited blood ->unconsciousness on the kitchen floor.

Indeterminate time later -> Some guy in scrubs explaining that you are in the ICU.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)

417 The Canadian peso can't challenge many currencies these days. We recommend you invest in geese...
Posted by: Day-Break Financial News at September 22, 2025 01:32 AM (8br8M)


Current quote on the Loonie is .7251 USD.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:36 AM (hA1Nw)

418 I keep bottles of Bayer and Advil around. Is Anacin still available? I don't see it in stores anymore. It's just aspirin but personal preference.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 01:36 AM (sAmhv)

419 All I know about killing pain is getting rid of democrats.

Viola - - as they say, and the pain's gone.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 01:37 AM (uQesX)

420 When I had gout in August, I took Advil (ibuprofen). It helped.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

Ibuprofen, aka Ranger Candy, works very well in cases. Reduces the swelling that causes the pain.

For gout Prednisone works miracles. Purinol is the script drug that keeps from flaring up in the first place.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2025 01:37 AM (/lPRQ)

421 Indeterminate time later -> Some guy in scrubs explaining that you are in the ICU.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)

Beats the alternative destination, though...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:38 AM (hA1Nw)

422 416: you probably should stay away from aspirin. 😉

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 01:39 AM (sAmhv)

423
If interested, look up the studies on Tylenol's effectiveness. No better than placebo for arthritis pain, for instance. And not effective in reducing fever in critically ill patients, etc, etc.

And, even for children, there may be a risk of neurodevelopmental problems. So maybe bad after birth, not just before.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

424 I think hubby's liver issue is due to Tylenol toxicity, and possibly the HFCS in all the Mountain Dew that he drank, but the medico's painted the scarlet A (alcoholism) on him. He'd down a liter or more of Mtn. Dew daily! But maybe a few beers, a 6 pack on the weekend. Couple shots of whiskey at friends' parties, maybe every other month..


He had a very physical job, would get aches, and took Tylenol frequently. Almost daily.

Booze? Not so much, but the questions they ask... I think he admitted to having more than 2 drinks in a single day or something? I dunno, but 95% of the people we worked with drink more than hubby ever did. Hell, *I* drink more than he ever did.

*shrug*

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

425 Beats the alternative destination, though...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:38 AM (hA1Nw)

But, you could be test subjects for some crazy Hungarians.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 22, 2025 01:40 AM (uQesX)

426 Gasoline engine fuel injectors are pretty much a commodity these days. Nearly all of them are based upon the Bosch designs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:22 AM (hA1Nw)

Yup, pretty much what we use in harleys.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:41 AM (snZF9)

427 you probably should stay away from aspirin. 😉

Posted by: Puddleglum
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Any and all NSAIDs. Problem though, like others here, Acetaminophen seems worthless.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

428 Aspirin -> gastrointestinal bleeding ->ruptured gastric artery ->vomited blood ->unconsciousness on the kitchen floor.

Indeterminate time later -> Some guy in scrubs explaining that you are in the ICU.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.


Do NOT take on an empty stomach.
It will stick to the side of your stomach and burn a hole in it.
If even more unlucky, it will go through a blood vessel and the proceeding will occur.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2025 01:42 AM (/lPRQ)

429
Yes, acetaminophen in all these OTC products was a big factor in lot of liver damage due to overdose. They also lowered the max daily dose from 4000 mg to 3000 mg a few years ago.

You'll note that everything that has acetaminophen in it now has to have the amount in each dose highlighted in yellow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:42 AM (w6EFb)

430 You know what? I wish I was rich enough to just take everything to a shop. Bwahahaha!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, and then you pay out the ass to have some flunky on his 3rd blunt of the day " hopefully" fixing your shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:44 AM (snZF9)

431
Beats the alternative destination, though...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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By a fairly narrow margin, perhaps, they were very close to putting me on a ventilator, I was told. BP dropped to squat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:44 AM (XeU6L)

432 Puddleglum, my mom always loved Anacin. Would send me and my sisters, as kids, to get it for her at the liquor store sometimes, in those little tins.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:47 AM (/p+XQ)

433 Any and all NSAIDs. Problem though, like others here, Acetaminophen seems worthless.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)



When I had dental work done in Mexico years ago, they gave me Ketorolac for pain. It was amazing. Killed the pain within minutes of taking the pill. I think I only ever took 2 or 3 of them. Thought it might have been a narcotic, but no, it is an NSAID. Thing is, it is so effective, you don't have to take a lot of it to get relief. So maybe safer?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:47 AM (hA1Nw)

434 yeah, and then you pay out the ass to have some flunky on his 3rd blunt of the day " hopefully" fixing your shit.
Posted by: Berserker
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Well, I can't afford a nice, sober mechanic at.. what is it now.. $150? $200 per hour?

Sure as hell don't want to PAY for a flunky touching it! That's what I'm here for!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

435
388
Rented a hand held with a motor on the top. Auger would sit on top of the earth and spin. Headache and no banana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 22, 2025 01:05 AM (Zx8G2)
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I bought a 6" auger bit and made a handle for it. Can dig a 3ft+ deep hole in about 5 mins just hand turning it. Wasn't going to rent the $60/hour gas powered one. Must have dug a hundred holes for my Christmas displays over the years, so, worth it...

Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 22, 2025 01:48 AM (8br8M)

436 Hello Horde, I have been lurking around here, just got on the computer at midnight and I have been catching up on the events of the day. I don't think that I have taken any kind of pain killer since my hernia surgery three years ago.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 22, 2025 01:49 AM (0nHVk)

437 Berserker, try getting 40-year-old reel-to-reel tape machines fixed these days. Geezalooey.

No one knows anything about them anymore, unless you're willing to go to a pricey specialty vintage electronics shop. Even then, who knows if they have the parts required.

Would like to learn how to replace capacitors in those machines, but from everything I can tell, even if you get the whole process down, it's cumbersome and repetitive.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:49 AM (/p+XQ)

438
Yep, the WaPo has now reported that "Trump" will link autism to Tylenol, so that's more confirmation.

I expect the left to react by taking a shit-ton of Tylenol, and ramming it down "pregnant persons" throats or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:50 AM (w6EFb)

439 Gasoline engine fuel injectors are pretty much a commodity these days. Nearly all of them are based upon the Bosch designs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:22 AM (hA1Nw)

Yup, pretty much what we use in harleys.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

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A few decades ago I had a headhunter cold call me for an industrial engineer job at a factory that made fuel injectors for... everybody.
Factory was all CNC, floor was immaculate, looked like a clean room.
Passed on the job though.

The tooling was probably shiped off to Chyna 20 years ago.
And now trying to bring it back.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 22, 2025 01:51 AM (/lPRQ)

440 Hey publius!
Please say hello to Miley for me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:51 AM (/p+XQ)

441 Lonely Tylenol...

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:53 AM (/p+XQ)

442 Exasperation. An example:

I was up to my elbows, replacing those injectors on my car. It was my daily driver, but out of warranty, so I decided to fix it while on a week's vacation. (Figured if I fk'd it up, hubby & I could make do with just his car, until we could afford another one.)

Well, who rolls up but one of my relatives in his *brand new* rig, while I'm sweating under the hood! He was inebriated to boot...

"Check out my new wheels! Hey, what are you doing? When are YOU gonna buy a new car?"

Hmph, I think to myself. "When I can no longer FIX THIS ONE MYSELF!"

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

443 Hello Horde, I have been lurking around here, just got on the computer at midnight and I have been catching up on the events of the day. I don't think that I have taken any kind of pain killer since my hernia surgery three years ago.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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I have not had *any* sort of headache since the subdural hematoma, none, not a twinge.

Can't recommend it as a method though.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:55 AM (XeU6L)

444 Well, I can't afford a nice, sober mechanic at.. what is it now.. $150? $200 per hour?

Sure as hell don't want to PAY for a flunky touching it! That's what I'm here for!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

Even at those prices it don't mean anything. One of the shops I do engines for called me yesterday. Texted me a bunch of pic of a motor they were taking apart. The motor was originally built as a stroker motor, and somebody rebuilt it back to original, but used the same pistons from the stroker. Motor probably had 6:1 compression if they were lucky. The piston was probably 1/2" down in the hole. I wonder what the dude paid for that silliness.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 22, 2025 01:55 AM (snZF9)

445 >> Please say hello to Miley for me.

Will do!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:57 AM (w6EFb)

446 Would like to learn how to replace capacitors in those machines, but from everything I can tell, even if you get the whole process down, it's cumbersome and repetitive.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 01:49 AM (/p+XQ)


All service work is repetitive. Having done recaps on radios, I can say, "It's not that hard." Assuming you are talking about the old paper caps under the chassis; they are quite bulky. The little yellow Mylar caps used to replace them are about a quarter of the bulk, so you have room to work. What I do is clip off the leads of the old cap about 1/4" proud of the solder lug or tube socket pin to which they are soldered, and take them out of the chassis. Take the new yellow cap, and wind a few turns of its leads (which are normally thinner wire) around the lead of the discard cap, making a tight coil, and clip off the excess. You have now made a small sleeve on each lead of the new cap. Slip those sleeves over the stubs of the old cap leads on the chassis, and solder. Done! Rinse and repeat until all are done, one at a time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 01:58 AM (hA1Nw)

447
Kenvue's (J&J spinoff that makes Tylenol) stock is crashing based on this, apparently.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

448 AOP, thanks!

I want to try doing it at least once. Have read that when it comes to old dead tape machines, the caps are quite often the culprit, and if they can be rejuvenated/replaced, miracles can happen. I learned from a self-taught course a few years ago, caps are kind of long-term batteries built into these old things, to micro-power various components.

Weird thing to have on my bucket list I know, but oh well. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:01 AM (/p+XQ)

449 Hi, Debby!

Yep! A bottle, even a small one, of ibuprofen will go 'out of date' before I finish it. But it's nice to have around, just in case.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

450 I try to be careful with ibuprofen, and only take it when I feel like I'm at the end of my rope.

I think it was AOP who taught me, that stuff will burn a hole in your something-or-other. Liver? Kidney? Pancreas?

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:05 AM (/p+XQ)

451
An earlier report on Sept 5 caused Kenvue's stock to drop by about 10%. There hasn't been much movement today, so that "crashing" was relative to Sept 5.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:06 AM (w6EFb)

452
With this damned RA, I've learned all about NSAIDs. They can all be bad, and long term use of all them is not good. Me, I take as little now as possible.

I broke down and tool some Naproxen, which used to be pretty good for me. My stomach 12 hours later didn't think so at all.

Ibuprofen used to be pretty good, but if I take it for a few days, my blood pressure will start creeping up. Aspirin seems to be the least problematic, now.

I took Meloxicam for a long time years ago, until it started tearing my stomach up. That's what long term use can do. I think once you get sensitized to it, that's all she wrote.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:09 AM (w6EFb)

453 Hi JQ, my kids told me that all of the pain remedies in the medicine cabinet are expired. I need to buy more but I just don't think of it that often.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 22, 2025 02:11 AM (0nHVk)

454 I know that back in the 1980s, there was a lot of talk about Reye's Syndrome. Taught me that you should NEVER take aspirin on an empty stomach.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:11 AM (/p+XQ)

455 Counting them all up, I'd guess that I take *maybe* a dozen 200mg ibuprofen tabs per year.

Depends on how many boo-boos I get, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

456 I want to try doing it at least once. Have read that when it comes to old dead tape machines, the caps are quite often the culprit, and if they can be rejuvenated/replaced, miracles can happen. I learned from a self-taught course a few years ago, caps are kind of long-term batteries built into these old things, to micro-power various components.

Weird thing to have on my bucket list I know, but oh well. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:01 AM (/p+XQ)

No, caps are not "long-term" batteries; quite the opposite. They hold a charge for a fraction of a second. They will allow an alternating current to pass, but block DC. In an audio amp, like a tape recorder, they are used to couple audio from one stage to another, or to bypass unwanted signal to ground, or as part of a filter to block or enhance certain frequencies. There were "bias cells" in some old radio receivers built in the 1930's. They looked like tiny coolie hats made of dull metal. Provided about 1 volt DC at nearly zero current capacity. They went out of fashion about 1940, so you would likely never find one in a tape recorder.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 02:12 AM (hA1Nw)

457 Never understood why people are so quick to try to refuce fever. It serves a purpose. My grandmother kept an eye on our fevers, and didn't let them get super high, and never gave us anything unless it did, and even then, I seem to recall she'd let it go for awhile. We were seldom sick, but we recuperated quickly when we did come down with anything. She was very strict about us resting after we'd been sick, and very specific about what she fed us as we were recuperating.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 22, 2025 02:13 AM (Vvh2V)

458 AOP, hmmm. Also thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:13 AM (/p+XQ)

459 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 22, 2025 02:13 AM
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That is quite sensible! Yes, fever has a purpose and rest & good nutrition are important.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

460 Seems like when it comes to electronics AC is generally "the good guy" and DC is generally "the bad guy."

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:16 AM (/p+XQ)

461 Past midnight here. Got to get some sack time. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2025 02:16 AM (hA1Nw)

462 Hey Tammy! Long time no see.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:16 AM (/p+XQ)

463 'Night, AOP. Thanks for the micro-lesson on diesel engines!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

464 >>> The loss suffered by Erika Kirk and her children is unfathomable. She and Charlie really seemed made for each other, and now he's gone and she has to be not only as strong as anyone, but also step into the role of leader, when I'm sure she just wants to just curl up with her babies and cry. Posted by: LASue at September 21, 2025 11:03 PM

One of the simplest yet most touching speeches for me was the lady that lost her husband to cancer, and then her home burned in the Palisades fire. The Kirks told her, see, it's a sign you and your daughter need to move to AZ! They did and the Kirks enfolded them into their arms and their home.

The lady said now she and her daughter will be the ones enfolding Erika and her babies into their arms and taking care of THEM.

Grateful the Kirks built a lifetime of friends who will do everything humanely possible to get them through this. I'm sure Erika will have moments of curling up in a ball, and just needing to hug her babies. And people around her will protect her so she can grieve as she needs to, while taking up the torch of her husband's mission and legacy.

I loved hearing the TPUSA events are not going away. Need them more than ever.

Posted by: LizLem at September 22, 2025 02:23 AM (gWBY1)

465
Also interesting. The autism report may also link folic acid deficiency during pregnancy. Folate (vitamin B9) is very important during pregnancy, and I think folate supplementation is regularly advised during pregnancy for that reason.

They are also going to recommend leucovorin as a possible treatment. Leucovorin, folinic acid, is the "activated" form of folate. Regular folate needs to be metabolized before it can be used. Folinic acid can act directly. This was used as a "rescue" for methotrexate, which is anti-folate chemotherapy agent. I know about that, as low dose methotrexate is a standard treatment for RA -- I don't take that anymore either. Folate supplementation was standard with methotrexate treatment for RA.

So that's all interesting. We'll just have to wait and see what the report actually says.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:23 AM (w6EFb)

466 Loved the fashion thread! I liked the Melania yellow dress; with her coloring any color is good. It was bold but it did what she wanted it to do.
Kate's gold gown was jaw dropping. That's how you make a post cancer comeback statement!

There was a white lace dress worn by I think the wife of the Turning Point Chief of Staff that I loved. Almost too showy, but gorgeous. And I loved Erika's simple white pantsuit.

Posted by: LizLem at September 22, 2025 02:26 AM (gWBY1)

467 Good night AOP, I am headed to bed too, the temp is dropping outside and I need to snuggle up and get warm.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 22, 2025 02:28 AM (0nHVk)

468 Whenever I hear "activated," I think of charcoal. :-)

"It's ready for action!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2025 02:29 AM (/p+XQ)

469
This folic acid thing is going to be very complicated. Supplements, called folic acid, is not the natural form of folate. Guess what, there is some evidence that high levels of unmetabolized folic acid may correlate with autism.

That is, a pregnant mothers taking too much folic acid supplements might be a bad thing.

So, very complex....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:29 AM (w6EFb)

470 We need our resident Hungarian Hordeling Miklos to help us understand this!

Grave Diggers Compete in the 8th International Grave Digging Championship


I think I can explain.

An old friend and superb musician from Hungary named Tamas Szabo (master harmonica player and bluesman) has played with a guy originally from North Carolina called Big Daddy Wilson. Their blues band is named the Mississippi Grave Diggers. Some actual grave diggers were at one of their shows and decided to start something to add some fun to a not very fun job once per year.

https://tinyurl.com/53j4b9tw

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at September 22, 2025 02:31 AM (EPmva)

471
And B12 forms play a role as well. Apparently high unmetabolized folic acid and high B12 levels during pregnancy correlates with autism.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:31 AM (w6EFb)

472
There's apparently a genetic factor. Converting folic acid to folate requires some enzymes, and some people don't do this a well as others.

You know what the best sources of folate are? Leafy greens. Spinach, turnip greens, etc. So maybe, recommend pregnant women eat a shit ton of that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:42 AM (w6EFb)

473 You know what the best sources of folate are? Leafy greens. Spinach, turnip greens, etc. So maybe, recommend pregnant women eat a shit ton of that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

AND A DILL PICKLE WITH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

Posted by: pregnant women at September 22, 2025 02:45 AM (EPmva)

474 Any and all NSAIDs. Problem though, like others here, Acetaminophen seems worthless.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 22, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

Tylenol never did a damned thing for me. Aspirin works for muscle pain. Ibuprofen eased, but did not remove, the pain from menstrual cramps. The only thing that touches my headaches is tramadol. At some point, you are just gonna be in pain. Suck it up, offer it to Jesus, and move on.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 02:46 AM (urtE/)

475 You know what the best sources of folate are? Leafy greens. Spinach, turnip greens, etc. So maybe, recommend pregnant women eat a shit ton of that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 22, 2025 02:42 AM (w6EFb)

But not if you are prone to kidney stones. You won't like it. No, you will not.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 02:47 AM (urtE/)

476 I complained about menstrual cramps to my Dr, back in the 1970s. He prescribed something with codeine in it-- BARF city! I was puking up stuff I hadn't even eaten yet..
But Motrin... got 800mg tabs after wisdom teeth extraction.. THAT worked on the cramps!

I love leafy greens, especially fresh. Except swiss chard-- Mom grew that all the time & we ate it almost every dinner when I was little. Bleh...

And I've had kidney stones, but current Dr. swears it's due to too much salt (after analyzing one of my stones)

I love salt. Have cut waaayyyy back.
Greens are a "once in a while" thing, maybe once a week now.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

477 I did finally find a complete cure for menstrual cramps:

Hysterectomy. Accept no substitutes!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

478 I can't take aspirin because of my esophagus.
And Tylenol leaves me hung over the next day, very loggy.
Now, I just use a turmeric - ginger - zinc - D3 supplement, which I got off of Amazon.

And it comes with its own little plastic cocaine spoon, which leaves me quite mirth full for some reason....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 22, 2025 03:04 AM (TGPs7)

479 You want turmeric? Do it the tasty way: put some good ol' fashioned Chow-chow on your next bowl of beans!

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 03:06 AM (rdVOm)

480 A bit early to get up

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 03:06 AM (+qU29)

481

Charlie Kirk's wife is perfectly welcome to forgive the scum who assassinated her husband. I hold her in total reverence for being who she is.

At the same time, there is no personal forgiveness in me for what he did. Just as there is none for 9-11.

I must obey the law in both cases, extraordinarily difficult as they are not to act as I see fit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 22, 2025 03:08 AM (vFbHf)

482 Does that work for headaches?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 03:08 AM (k7op9)

483 On other hand often feel I should get paid for working all night in my dreams

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 03:10 AM (+qU29)

484 I've been trying to use up some spice rack tumeric for years. I don't like the taste.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 03:12 AM (k7op9)

485 At the same time, there is no personal forgiveness in me for what he did. Just as there is none for 9-11.

I must obey the law in both cases, extraordinarily difficult as they are not to act as I see fit.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 22, 2025 03:08 AM (vFbHf)

The problem with not forgiving these asshats is that they end up owning a piece of you, and that will be your peace. You don't have to think what they did was okay--it wasn't. You don't even have to like them, not even a little. But if you don't forgive them, they will stick in your craw forever, so they have won.

I wouldn't give them that satisfaction.

Pity is a good substitute, until you can forgive. They are really beneath contempt, but the problem is that God made them just like he made me. What if nobody ever forgave my bonehead choices? That would suck.

Jesus loves assholes, too. Darned if I can figure out why.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 03:12 AM (urtE/)

486 484 I've been trying to use up some spice rack tumeric for years. I don't like the taste.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 03:12 AM (k7op9)

Banana and milk smoothie, with some other fruit, maybe berries or peaches, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a bit of turmeric. You'd never know it was there.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 03:13 AM (urtE/)

487 The best I can say about Melania is that she is beautiful and always looks good, despite her best efforts. 😉 Also, bare shoulders at such occasions generally call for long gloves, not long sleeves. She and Tiffany were both dressed more for a Hollywood gala than a State event at Buck.
The Princess of Wales was almost perfect; her hair looked a bit sloppy the front. She needs to wear it up and back around her face when she wears a tiara. She can get away with it loose down her back for now, though one could quibble about it being too much against all the lacy texture. The gown was gorgeous. She is far too thin and I worry that we aren't being told the entire truth about her health, but she was very thin before her diagnosis, so she didn't have any stores to draw from, and hopefully that's it. Something looks different about the area around her mouth, can't put my finger on it.
The Queen Consort did not come to play! I can't tell if we were treated to the full 5 strands or the usual 3, but talk about the armor of God! 😂 Not shaming, if I had that necklace, I'd never take it off, but she's usually not that gaudy! 🤣

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 22, 2025 03:13 AM (Vvh2V)

488 483 On other hand often feel I should get paid for working all night in my dreams
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 03:10 AM (+qU29)

I had to take a test in one last night. I don't think I did very well. No idea what it was about. Just knew I didn't know shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Pickle Queen of AK at September 22, 2025 03:14 AM (urtE/)

489 I've been trying to use up some spice rack tumeric for years. I don't like the taste.
Posted by: Boss Moss
---------

It has a very strong flavor-- little dab'll do ya. Works best in spicy foods, where it can enhance other strong flavors.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 03:17 AM (rdVOm)

490 Anyone else ever catch a buzz from over nutmegging an egg nog?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 03:17 AM (k7op9)

491 Turmeric is not effective without black pepper.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 22, 2025 03:19 AM (Vvh2V)

492 Hey Steve, hey JQ!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at September 22, 2025 03:20 AM (Vvh2V)

493 Black Pepper seems denatured these days. Maybe I should try white pepper.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 03:22 AM (k7op9)

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