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Dirty Dogs Cafe

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His owner is a big fan of The Three Stooges, I presume

German shepherd is so happy to be adopted from the shelter.

Instant dog track. (I've posted this before.)

Helping eight ducklings get over a curb.

Goose seems to be "attacking" people but she's really just trying to get a person to help her rescue her gosling.

Baby elephant knows his name.


Cat is a big fan of The Fall Guy.

Elephants rob a broken-down truck carrying oranges. (The video I've posted before is of elephants robbing a broken-down truck carrying bananas.)

Cat finds a nice woolen blanket to cling to.

Friend, foe, or footwear?

A goofy basset hound tries to smile. Another cute smile.

This duck wants to win the race enough to resort to cheating.

Puppy vs. Roomba.

Advanced dog-cuddling techniques. Not for beginners.

Dogs are so excited to be reunited with people they haven't seen for just a week or two.

A magpie plays with her two dog brothers.

On the other hand: Many dogs are not fond of your pet bird at all.


Posted by: Ace at 07:40 PM




Comments

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1 Ace, that top pic is the shiznitz. I larfed out loud. Thank you for that!

Posted by: haffhowershower at September 24, 2025 07:40 PM (144I4)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2025 07:41 PM (+qU29)

3 So the Whitehouse has a Presidential Walk of Fame:

x.com/FoxNews/status/
1970990897874837686

Portraits, photos of all the presidents. Biden is just an image of the autopen machine.

Posted by: banana Dream at September 24, 2025 07:42 PM (3uBP9)

4 Willowed:

Lindsay did write and perform Holiday Road:

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

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 24, 2025 07:43 PM (0sNs1)

5 That top dog looks like Moe from the Three Stooges. Now all we need are the Larry and Curly dogs.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:43 PM (/p+XQ)

6 That pup in the top picture is so self confident. Laugh at your own risk.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 24, 2025 07:43 PM (kurEY)

7 That's what the Ainu used to do. Raise bear cubs to be a year old.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 24, 2025 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 24, 2025 07:44 PM (Zz0t1)

9 Duncan, great song. :-)

IMHO, Lindsey did the all-time best solo music of anyone from Fleetwood Mac. *Not* Stevie, who was always doing this strange PowerGirl bit in singles like "Stand Back." Had the impression she wanted to be a superhero, not a singer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM (/p+XQ)

10 Sponge, first in my heart as always

Posted by: Ben Had at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM (kurEY)

11 Makes on think the elephants are sabotaging the trucks before they take off.

Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM (+qU29)

12 Lindsey and Stevie wrote something for Twister.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM (kUxzU)

13 Some pets aren't for the faint of heart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 24, 2025 07:47 PM (Zz0t1)

14 Sponge, first in my heart as always
Posted by: Ben Had at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM (kurEY)



*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 24, 2025 07:49 PM (Zz0t1)

15 well if any couple know anything about blow, it's Stevie and Lindsey

Posted by: gKWVE at September 24, 2025 07:49 PM (gKWVE)

16 Dog with bad haircut looks like 90% of us on school picture day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!, Female Gentleman at September 24, 2025 07:50 PM (zYpTz)

17
QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at September 24, 2025 07:50 PM (v0R5T)

18 I did not pay attention to FM at the time, although we had a cooy of Kiln House and the first album with BN. I had shingles this summer and listened to an audio book by Carol Harris, Lindsey's squeeze after Stevie. At this point, I've read way too much and bought too many CDs. But it's a pleasant topic to argue on the internet and the Stevie vs Lindsey fans aren't shooting at each other

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:51 PM (kUxzU)

19 gKWVE, oh man. There's a reason that the studios where they were recording Rumours and Tusk, were called a "cocaine blizzard."

Stevie, at one point then, was also dating the very troubled brother of Brian Wilson, Dennis. A lot of people blame her, and the Mac, for Dennis Wilson eventually succumbing to drugs in about 1983.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:51 PM (/p+XQ)

20 Changed a rear wheel hub/bearing in the wife's Expedition.

I'm a bit wore out now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 24, 2025 07:52 PM (Zz0t1)

21 Now that's a doggo with personality.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 24, 2025 07:52 PM (XV/Pl)

22 Notsothoreau, it's being reported that Stevie and Lindsey had to somehow put their current differences aside and work together a bit, for Buckingham Nicks to *finally* get its recent reissue.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:52 PM (/p+XQ)

23 Qdpsteve,

Get Christine McVie's solo album that she did in England. It has Eric Clapton, Steve Windwood, plus some of the FM game. It is really good.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:52 PM (kUxzU)

24 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 24, 2025 07:53 PM (Wnv9h)

25 @20

>>I'm a bit wore out now.

That's the great thing about Wranglers, especially older ones, they are meant to be repaired and maintained by their owners.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 24, 2025 07:54 PM (XV/Pl)

26 Notsothoreau, thanks for the tip. I'll look for it.

I've read that Christine McVie was always by far the most moral, grounded, and approachable member of the Mac.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:54 PM (/p+XQ)

27 No, Christine was dating Dennis Wilson. Really loved him, but he was using her credit cards to buy stuff for his underage girlfriends and she called it quits.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:54 PM (kUxzU)

28 Really loved him, but he was using her credit cards to buy stuff for his underage girlfriends and she called it quits.

The more I learn about the Mac drama the less I want to know

Posted by: gKWVE at September 24, 2025 07:56 PM (gKWVE)

29 I think Rhino Records got rights to it and I'm sure they had to come to an agreement about releasing it. I have read so many comments by people that really loved the album and wanted a copy.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:56 PM (kUxzU)

30
Listened on a drive today to Rachmaninoff's The Bells, a choral symphony setting of Poe's poem. The performance was Ormandy's, sung in English.

The poem was translated into Russian and set to music. To perform it in English required translating the Russian version back to English. To use Poe's original is impossible; the words don't fit the musical structure.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 24, 2025 07:58 PM (tgvbd)

31 24 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 24, 2025 07:53 PM (Wnv9h)

First in War
First in Peace
First in the hearts of our 'Rons and 'Ettes

Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at September 24, 2025 07:58 PM (0CU3H)

32 Honestly, I was only trying to help that sheep over the fence.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 24, 2025 07:59 PM (BLepj)

33 It's really nuts. Mick Fleetwood was married to Jenny Boyd (sister ti Patty Layla Boyd). She cheated on him with his friend in the earlier version of FM. They patched it up, then broke up again during Rumours. Mick then had an affair with Stevie and cheated on her with her friend Sara Recor, who he later married.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 07:59 PM (kUxzU)

34 Hadrian, it was nice of Rachmaninoff to provide all those great melodies for Eric Carmen's songs. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 07:59 PM (/p+XQ)

35 Dog-heavy content, but the rhino serenade was cool.
News from DC today says that the long-time stray dog problem in our nation's capitol has been solved since Kristi Noem took over.

Posted by: Not Tired Of Winning at September 24, 2025 07:59 PM (oftw2)

36 How has Scherzer lasted this long?

Posted by: Accomack at September 24, 2025 07:59 PM (4qMiv)

37
They "found" a bear cub.
Sure, Jan.

More like they put their bear cub in the middle of the road and then pretended they "found" it.

Posted by: Soothsayer introduces boobs to this post at September 24, 2025 08:01 PM (bJEkt)

38 Her nibs Kathy Hochul receiving all due respect from her loving subjects
x.com/Breaking911/status/1970961678591476192#

Posted by: gKWVE at September 24, 2025 08:01 PM (gKWVE)

39 And, FYI, Dennis Wilson drowned. He was drinking with a bunch of friends at his boat, and realized the there were some of his things underwater, tossed off the boat at a previous party. He started diving to retrieve them and passed out. None of the "friends" noticed he was missing until it was too late.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:02 PM (kUxzU)

40 After someone mentioned it last thread, I read the wiki synopsis for World according to Garp. Never saw the movie or read the book. I remember being 8 or 9 and mom and dad not letting me see the movie. I see why. That is a pile of miserable shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:02 PM (P90bt)

41 I got down on the floor with my dog once. He immediately started humping my leg.

Posted by: Easy The Elder at September 24, 2025 08:02 PM (jX4nm)

42 That dog is the fifth Beatle, Fido.
He plays the triangle.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 24, 2025 08:04 PM (6ydKt)

43 Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" album was originally called "Penguin" because the entire band had been so high for so long they believed hostile penguins were massing outside their recording studio. When this turned out to be true, Warner Brothers, bowing to the demands of Big Penguin, changed the title and insisted the title track be re-recorded. When the band members refused, studio penguins were brought in to immortalize the lyrics in the version we know today.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at September 24, 2025 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

44 Sponge, first in my heart as always
Posted by: Ben Had at September 24, 2025 07:45 PM

* kicks dirt *

Posted by: John Cornyn at September 24, 2025 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

45 Tucker really has gone a bit wacky, huh?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:05 PM (P90bt)

46 Wasn't Hunter Thompson, by the end of his life, permanently drunk on something?

I think John Irving was permanently high on cocaine...

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:07 PM (/p+XQ)

47 They forced John McVie to get a penguin tattoo!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:10 PM (kUxzU)

48 Anyone else ever hear the saying ' so open minded, his brain fell out.'?

That's Tucker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:10 PM (P90bt)

49 Tucker really has gone a bit wacky, huh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I know, right??

Posted by: Ryan Routh at September 24, 2025 08:10 PM (gKWVE)

50
Premature book thread comment. I'm reading The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepiece Thackeray, a picaresque novel that is the basis of the Kubrick movie.

A really great book. The movie follows it closely enough, except for the ending. The book goes into more detail about the horrors of army life and Lady Lyndon is presented far less sympathetically. A fascinating read.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 24, 2025 08:10 PM (tgvbd)

51 Finally made it home.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:12 PM (VGk2P)

52
Wasn't Hunter Thompson, by the end of his life, permanently drunk on something?

___________

I understand he was so addled on drugs and/or alcohol that he was no longer able to complete anything. Definitely not a fan of his.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 24, 2025 08:12 PM (tgvbd)

53 Hadrian, I'm not a fan of Thompson's either.

He seems to have always been throwing a tantrum about somebody (usually a conservative), or something.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:13 PM (/p+XQ)

54 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 24, 2025 08:13 PM (+qU29)

55 Excitement across the street.
Coppers brought everyone out of the house, now four fire trucks outside.

Time to gawk....

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 24, 2025 08:14 PM (ufFY8)

56 52
Wasn't Hunter Thompson, by the end of his life, permanently drunk on something?

___________

I understand he was so addled on drugs and/or alcohol that he was no longer able to complete anything. Definitely not a fan of his.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 24, 2025 08:12 PM (tgvbd)
Enough to blow his own brains out.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 08:14 PM (LHPAg)

57 Coppers brought everyone out of the house, now four fire trucks outside.

Someone posted an unlicenced meme??

Posted by: England at September 24, 2025 08:15 PM (gKWVE)

58 Greetings from Charleston. Waiting for Alison Krauss & Union Station to take the stage

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 24, 2025 08:15 PM (YJ4M4)

59 Excitement across the street.
Coppers brought everyone out of the house, now four fire trucks outside.

Time to gawk....
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt


Meth cookery.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:16 PM (VGk2P)

60 Nice Substack on the problems with late night tv

https://tinyurl.com/dbuve8jz

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:16 PM (kUxzU)

61 Greetings from Charleston. Waiting for Alison Krauss & Union Station to take the stage
Posted by: screaming in digital



Now that you've made some of us jealous...

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:17 PM (VGk2P)

62 Alison Krauss?
Wonder if Robert Plant is in the wings, for a surprise special appearance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:17 PM (/p+XQ)

63 At X, Michael Knowles is reporting that Jimmy Kimmel has now said:

"Erica Kirk forgave the assassin, whose motives I covered up, so give me my show back, or you're not a real Christian."

WTF?????

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:21 PM (/p+XQ)

64 Did everyone else get raptured or something??

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:24 PM (/p+XQ)

65 X, Michael Knowles is reporting that Jimmy Kimmel has now said:

"Erica Kirk forgave the assassin, whose motives I covered up, so give me my show back, or you're not a real Christian."

WTF?????
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:21 PM


----------------

That's the gist of Kimmel's attitude and comments, not a direct quote.

Posted by: Bigsmith at September 24, 2025 08:24 PM (1Au9i)

66 >>>
Lindsay did write and perform Holiday Road:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYqIJqlPNc
Posted by: Duncanthrax
---------

Good walking bass line.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 08:25 PM (2szCg)

67 Bigsmith, ah. Still proves how crazy egotistical JK is.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:25 PM (/p+XQ)

68 Did everyone else get raptured or something??
Posted by: qdpsteve



I didn't.
*kicks rocks

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:26 PM (VGk2P)

69 Doesn't that family that found the lost bear cub know that bears are out of control?

Posted by: tankdemon at September 24, 2025 08:26 PM (8X72a)

70 16 Dog with bad haircut looks like 90% of us on school picture day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!, Female Gentleman at September 24, 2025 07:50 PM (zYpTz)

That is Dean Koontz' current haircut.

Posted by: moki at September 24, 2025 08:26 PM (wLjpr)

71 moki, Koontz musta lost a bet to Stephen King

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:27 PM (/p+XQ)

72 No problems with late night TV here, not with any of the three.
My TV's been in the closet since football took a knee.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 08:28 PM (2szCg)

73 No, just giving the thread a chance to change topics.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:28 PM (kUxzU)

74 58 Greetings from Charleston. Waiting for Alison Krauss & Union Station to take the stage
Posted by: screaming in digital


FREE BIRD!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 24, 2025 08:28 PM (sAmhv)

75 Meth cookery.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:16 PM (VGk2P)

Do you do that in the good crockery?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

76 Braenyard: hey it rhymes!

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:30 PM (/p+XQ)

77 At X, Michael Knowles is reporting that Jimmy Kimmel has now said:

"Erica Kirk forgave the assassin, whose motives I covered up, so give me my show back, or you're not a real Christian."

WTF?????
Posted by: qdpsteve
+++++

Damn, he is right.
Maybe if he has some thugs break both knees and elbows, then toss him into a dumpster behind 7-11, that will be penance enough?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 24, 2025 08:30 PM (/lPRQ)

78 3 stooges dog looks like the president of china.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 08:32 PM (snZF9)

79 55 Excitement across the street.
Coppers brought everyone out of the house, now four fire trucks outside.

Time to gawk....
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 24, 2025 08:14 PM (ufFY

Don't just gawk, livestream. We want tonsee it too.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 24, 2025 08:32 PM (8X72a)

80 Star Trek is on. It's the one with Shakespeare. Why would the Enterprise have ordinary glass drinking glasses on board when they can break, and what is the penalty for spilling chocolate milk on a control panel?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at September 24, 2025 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

81 I predict that tonight, Kimmel will compare himself to Jesus.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:33 PM (/p+XQ)

82 Did everyone else get raptured or something??
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:24 PM (/p+XQ)

Steeeeevvvvveee!

More like ruptured. Caught my thumb in a portable shirt rack reassembling it. What I thought was a big grease spot was, in fact, a blood blister.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 24, 2025 08:34 PM (/HDaX)

83 Dog with bad haircut looks like 90% of us on school picture day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!, Female Gentleman at September 24, 2025 07:50 PM (zYpTz)


Hair is overrated.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:34 PM (fRaHh)

84 Hey Additional Blond Agent!! :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:35 PM (/p+XQ)

85 Star Trek is on. It's the one with Shakespeare. Why would the Enterprise have ordinary glass drinking glasses on board when they can break, and what is the penalty for spilling chocolate milk on a control panel?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at September 24, 2025 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

Sounds like episode Conscience of the king.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 08:35 PM (snZF9)

86 There's a book called "Everything You Want Is In the Limo". Covers Led Zepplin, Alice Cooper and the Who in the era of big concerts. Interesting look at the managers and the bands.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:35 PM (kUxzU)

87 Greetings from Seaside OR. A quick golf trip on the Oregon coast. Good beer. Shitty scotch.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:36 PM (fRaHh)

88 Do you do that in the good crockery?
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Yes. Metal can make sparks. Sparks make boom.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 08:36 PM (VGk2P)

89 64 Did everyone else get raptured or something??
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:24 PM (/p+XQ)

Not me...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!, Female Gentleman at September 24, 2025 08:36 PM (zYpTz)

90 I want a limo in me limo.

Posted by: A bloody big rock star at September 24, 2025 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

91 Sounds like episode Conscience of the king.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 08:35 PM (snZF9)

I was about to say: I do nkt remember Shakespeare coming back in an epjsode...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:38 PM (P90bt)

92 83 Hair is overrated.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:34 PM (fRaHh)

Never saw it. I don't get out to Broadway very often.

Posted by: tankdemon at September 24, 2025 08:38 PM (8X72a)

93 Hair is overrated.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:34 PM (fRaHh)

Never saw it. I don't get out to Broadway very often.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 24, 2025 08:38 PM (8X72a)

Heh.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:39 PM (P90bt)

94 That is Dean Koontz' current haircut.
Posted by: moki at September 24, 2025 08:26 PM (wLjpr)

Oh, my. That's unfortunate. I had to google and verify.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 24, 2025 08:39 PM (zYpTz)

95 We once had the SWAT team in our front yard. Neighbor called the cops, said he had a gun and was going to kill himself. They were being cautious, but he was already gone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:40 PM (kUxzU)

96 We once had the SWAT team in our front yard. Neighbor called the cops, said he had a gun and was going to kill himself. They were being cautious, but he was already gone.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:40 PM (kUxzU)

97 Sorry for the double post

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:41 PM (kUxzU)

98 I don't see Wolfus checking in. Wondering how his visit in Evansville is going.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 24, 2025 08:41 PM (OAsOu)

99 He was going to check out Evansville today

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:42 PM (kUxzU)

100 Evenin’ again, All.

Posted by: Bulg at September 24, 2025 08:42 PM (77rzZ)

101 I'm really curious how Minx will double and even triple post a duplicate comment but you could not even if you wanted to.

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

102 I'm gonna ask Pixy in the morning.

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

103 98 I don't see Wolfus checking in. Wondering how his visit in Evansville is going.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 24, 2025 08:41 PM (OAsOu)

If had to drive between Louisville and Evansville, he may still be shell shocked.

I have driven a lot of places in a lot of states in my life. The stretch between Jeffersonville and Evansville is one of the worst.

Hell, I fucking love Dallas to El paso by comparison.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:43 PM (P90bt)

104 Greetings, all, from lovely if rainy Evansville, IN. Well, there are parts that are not so lovely, NE of the downtown historic district. They look like rundown parts of New Orleans, and not in a good way. I've learned that electricity prices here are insane -- one businessman told me he has a three-bedroom house and his power bills average $400/month. Uh, time for a re-think on the relocation?

Tomorrow I'll gas up -- I have a Shell card, but there is but one Shell station in all of Evansville -- then drive down along the river and over to the Kentucky side of the river, Owensboro. The Street View seems to indicate that it's nice. We'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:44 PM (cCu74)

105 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at September 24, 2025 08:45 PM (77rzZ)

106 I had clicked on post and it didn't seem to do anything. Clicked again and noticed that the page didn't completely refresh. It happens when there's a lag in the first post going through.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:45 PM (kUxzU)

107 I don't see Wolfus checking in. Wondering how his visit in Evansville is going.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 24, 2025
*
If had to drive between Louisville and Evansville, he may still be shell shocked.

I have driven a lot of places in a lot of states in my life. The stretch between Jeffersonville and Evansville is one of the worst.

Hell, I fucking love Dallas to El paso by comparison.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025

***
Oh, I'se here, bawss! No, I didn't go anywhere near Louisville. I came up through and around Nashville, then bent northwest for Clarksville, Hopkinsville (so many "-villes"), and then up through Henderson, KY. Nashville was enough of a shock.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:46 PM (cCu74)

108 Fox News is reporting that the DoD is seeking to give Nidal Hassan the death penalty he so richly deserves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:46 PM (0di77)

109 Wolfus you will need to check the KW hour electric rate to compare. You are also going to spend a lot more on heating up there, which may be gas.

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:47 PM (vFG9F)

110 Star Trek is on. It's the one with Shakespeare. Why would the Enterprise have ordinary glass drinking glasses on board when they can break, and what is the penalty for spilling chocolate milk on a control panel?
Posted by: Penguin Facts at September 24, 2025 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

McCoy has liquor in his medical office. I think Kirk has some bottles in his stateroom too.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 24, 2025 08:47 PM (8avO+)

111 This thing, don't know what part is the culprit but sometimes hitting Enter causes it to Post.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 08:47 PM (2szCg)

112 80085

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2025 08:48 PM (/p+XQ)

113 Wolfus,

It's a scouting trip. Don't forget to check You Tube for videos on the towns you are interested in.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 08:48 PM (kUxzU)

114 "It happens when there's a lag in the first post going through.
Posted by: Notsothorea"

Yes but you can't post duplicate comments.

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:48 PM (vFG9F)

115 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:46 PM (cCu74)

What size town are you looking for. Smaller towns in the area in Indiana: Bedford and Seymour. Brownstown.

Muncie up north of Indy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:48 PM (P90bt)

116 Lt. Kevin Riley got an overdose of Tylenol in his milk.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:49 PM (0di77)

117 In the 25th century they don't have unbreakable glass?

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:49 PM (vFG9F)

118 Listened on a drive today to Rachmaninoff's The Bells, a choral symphony setting of Poe's poem. The performance was Ormandy's, sung in English.

The poem was translated into Russian and set to music. To perform it in English required translating the Russian version back to English. To use Poe's original is impossible; the words don't fit the musical structure.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Good thing someone knew a good re-Poe man.

Posted by: mikeski at September 24, 2025 08:49 PM (nhCoE)

119 If you want a bear the size of a teddy bear, just get a koala.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 08:50 PM (LHPAg)

120 Fox News is reporting that the DoD is seeking to give Nidal Hassan the death penalty he so richly deserves.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:46 PM (0di77)

Wait, has it been 15 years and he hasn't even been fucking sentenced?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:50 PM (P90bt)

121 118 Good thing someone knew a good re-Poe man.
Posted by: mikeski at September 24, 2025 08:49 PM (nhCoE)

You take that back!

Posted by: tankdemon at September 24, 2025 08:51 PM (8X72a)

122 I would think they use transparent aluminum.

Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

123 Aetius

The DoD finally wants to stop the oxygen thief from stealing oxygen. So asking Trump, can we do it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:51 PM (0di77)

124 Yes, I circled through the downtown area of Evansville -- there is actually parking available for free, something the "leaders" of Da Swamp do not understand -- and talked to some shop owners. Bought a collection of three Chekhov short stories in a slim volume for $5.

Then I drove back through some areas I would not want to break down in and got to an east-west boulevard. That brought me to a diner on the east side called G.D. Ritzy's. A hamburger and a "junior scoop" of ice cream cost me all of $7.50. I made sure to tell the manager when I left, "Good food, and reasonably priced." His face lit up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:51 PM (cCu74)

125 I smelled something burning from outside during Jeopardy!
When Jeopardy!was done, wife noticed a cop car with lights flashing across the street. Subject house had a lot of people outside, driveway full, people leaving. Heard the cop ask if everyone was all right. A little kid was heading back in the house and the cop said, "stay outside, there might be smoke".

Then four fire trucks rolled up, one rescue truck, the supervisor's pickup, and a handful of other cars.

A couple guys went in, mask and tank equipped, and everyone else stood around.

Nothing dramatic, probably a kitchen fire, or a dumbass doing something.

_STEREOTYPE_ON
The house was bought by a couple Hispanic guys a few years ago. There is at least one Mom there with a couple kids. They are quiet, don't bother anyone, and just sunk some money into replacing flooring.

Today, when gathered outside, there were at least ten people there, about half kids. This was after the extra cars left the driveway.

So, maybe a party going on, who the hell knows.
At least the place didn't burn to the ground.

_STEREOTYPE_OFF

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 24, 2025 08:52 PM (ufFY8)

126 when I was in college in St Louis I learned when ride sharing that the route St Louis - Indy - Cincy almost always had different weather than St Louis - Evansville - Louisville - Cincy. One year the entire route was solid fog before I learned that.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 24, 2025 08:52 PM (8avO+)

127 Wolfus you will need to check the KW hour electric rate to compare. You are also going to spend a lot more on heating up there, which may be gas.
Posted by: fd at September 24, 2025

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I looked it up when I got back to my hotel. Indiana has something like .16/kwh, whereas Lousy-ana has about .12. The clerk at the hotel said her bill in August, which would be electric, for a 1200 sq. ft. townhome was $188 -- up from $90 last August.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:54 PM (cCu74)

128 The puppy on the Rumba! I need both right now!

And the doggy cuddles. So cute.

Posted by: Iris at September 24, 2025 08:54 PM (bOJ2I)

129 "Good thing someone knew a good re-Poe man.
Posted by: mikeski"

Nevermore!

Posted by: No Poe Puns at September 24, 2025 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

130 If the Rapture has already happened my church is in trouble, nothing unexpected happened at the church supper nor in choir practice. My men’s prayer group didn’t happen (only I showed up). 😰 Uh oh! Kidding, that’s happened before on a busy night!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 24, 2025 08:55 PM (ZVgZ4)

131
What size town are you looking for. Smaller towns in the area in Indiana: Bedford and Seymour. Brownstown.

Muncie up north of Indy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025

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Definitely smaller, but big enough to have someplace to work on my car, a Walmart within a reasonable drive, and some shopping outlets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:56 PM (cCu74)

132 Interesting bit at the top story in insty:
This incident was weird, but not for the surface reason. The weird thing wasn’t this retiree I had met ten minutes earlier casually wishing death on a political figure supported by roughly half the country. No, the truly bizarre thing was how pedestrian this kind of occurrence had become in my own life, how inured to it I had become. It should be unusual for someone to make inflammatory political remarks to a fellow countryman after having known him only ten minutes. But it’s not. It happens thousands of times every day in professional middle-class circles like the ones I travel in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:56 PM (P90bt)

133 Or one could just listen to the Alan Parsons Project album Tales of Mystery and Imagination to get Poe-ified.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:57 PM (0di77)

134 115
'Muncie up north of Indy.'

More like east of Indy.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 24, 2025 08:57 PM (3wi/L)

135 Criminy!!! - INTC is 31.96

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 08:58 PM (2szCg)

136 Definitely smaller, but big enough to have someplace to work on my car, a Walmart within a reasonable drive, and some shopping outlets.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 08:56 PM (cCu74)

Muncie or Seymour. Kind of boring most likely. As long as you are in the general area, look up the Auburn, Cord and Deusenburg Museum in Auburn, IN. You ate a car guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:58 PM (P90bt)

137 More like east of Indy.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 24, 2025 08:57 PM (3wi/L)

Well, both.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (P90bt)

138 108 Fox News is reporting that the DoD is seeking to give Nidal Hassan the death penalty he so richly deserves.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:46 PM (0di77)
Roll out the Rosenberg template.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (LHPAg)

139 I don't like ice cream on my hamburger.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (9ipOP)

140 Are. Lol. Not ate. Hah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (P90bt)

141 Wolfus,
I think you would love northern New Mexico. I know Colorado has a horrible rep, but parts are amazing. I know better than to mention my area. But. I love it here, despite the leftists. Utah and Nevada and Idaho and Wyoming all have four seasons and spectacular scenery. Hell, eastern Oregon has amazing towns.

Why not plan a road trip through the west for next spring? Rent an RV and take the kitties. Go on an epic adventure. I certainly would. Life is short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (mT+6a)

142 "You ate a car guy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone"

Yum.

Posted by: The man from Mars in Rapture at September 24, 2025 09:00 PM (vFG9F)

143 138
'Roll out the Rosenberg template.'

A dry cleaner bag would probably do the trick.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at September 24, 2025 09:01 PM (3wi/L)

144 131
What size town are you looking for.
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Around 5'6, brunette, a little chunky is OK,... Oh, you said town.
Never mind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:01 PM (2szCg)

145 I could have driven someplace tonight. But my hotel puts on good breakfast and dinner feeds, so I don't need to go out to eat. And it's misty/raining. You're asking for trouble to drive around a strange city in the dark *and* the rain. (Besides, Natalie Wood is on TCM.)

There's a little town SE of Evansville proper called Newburgh. Gorgle Street View shows it looking attractive, something like the late Waveland, MS, since it's right there on the Ohio River. I'll pass through there tomorrow on the way to Owensboro.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 09:01 PM (cCu74)

146
I hope he didn't eat AOP. I would miss his comments.

Posted by: fourseasons at September 24, 2025 09:01 PM (3ek7K)

147 133 Or one could just listen to the Alan Parsons Project album Tales of Mystery and Imagination to get Poe-ified.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 08:57 PM (0di77)

Oh! I haven't listened to Alan Parsons Project in decades. Think I'll queue that up to listen to at work tomorrow.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 24, 2025 09:02 PM (zYpTz)

148 Muncie or Seymour. Kind of boring most likely. As long as you are in the general area, look up the Auburn, Cord and Deusenburg Museum in Auburn, IN. You ate a car guy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 08:58 PM (P90bt)

And head to the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners in MI if you have the time.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 24, 2025 09:02 PM (ufFY8)

149 Roll out the Rosenberg template.
Posted by: Eromero
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And play a nice polka for him as he goes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:02 PM (2szCg)

150 Unfounded love of bats and hatred of penguins delayed the scheduled rapture. Be better.

Posted by: Bat Facts at September 24, 2025 09:03 PM (g47mK)

151 In other news, the 104th FS, MD ANG is no longer a flying unit, its last two A10C Thunderbolt IIs have departed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:03 PM (0di77)

152 I think you would love northern New Mexico. I know Colorado has a horrible rep, but parts are amazing. I know better than to mention my area. But. I love it here, despite the leftists. Utah and Nevada and Idaho and Wyoming all have four seasons and spectacular scenery. Hell, eastern Oregon has amazing towns.

Why not plan a road trip through the west for next spring? Rent an RV and take the kitties. Go on an epic adventure. I certainly would. Life is short.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025

***
Nurse, I *do* love northern NM! I fell in love with the West in '92, on my first trip to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Actually I was ready to love the West since I grew up on TV and movie Westerns, and that just cemented it. I just hadn't thought this time about looking them over, since so many Calipornians [sic] have infested those states and I probably couldn't afford a house there now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 09:04 PM (cCu74)

153 More like ruptured. Caught my thumb in a portable shirt rack reassembling it. What I thought was a big grease spot was, in fact, a blood blister.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent,

I'd be happy to help!

Posted by: Lance McBoyle at September 24, 2025 09:05 PM (oftw2)

154 Oh! I haven't listened to Alan Parsons Project in decades. Think I'll queue that up to listen to at work tomorrow.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Ah, you are Old and Wise, clearly.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 24, 2025 09:06 PM (cYBz/)

155 Roll out the Rosenberg template.
Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 08:59 PM (LHPAg)

Nope, no electrocution with the Federal death penalty. He'll get hoisted onto a gurney to have his last cocktail.

Posted by: RickZ at September 24, 2025 09:06 PM (gKDq2)

156 Nurse,

We can't even talk him into checking out KS.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 09:06 PM (kUxzU)

157 As much as I love Arkansas for being a Free State I can't handle the humidity in the mornings in my area. Getting old but over 90% every morning is dragging me down. Looks like a last ditch trip to the SW. Things were looking good out there about five years ago, had some ernest money on a little park model trailer in a geezer park, and Biden happened.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 24, 2025 09:06 PM (gm9Sb)

158 149 Roll out the Rosenberg template.
Posted by: Eromero
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And play a nice polka for him as he goes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24
A little Klezmer entertainment as they firing squad limbers up.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 09:07 PM (LHPAg)

159 122 I would think they use transparent aluminum.

Transparent metals: a staple of early sci fi. Unfortunately it can’t be a conductor (typical of metals) and also be transparent. What lovely conceits ruined by physics (solid state, in this case)!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 24, 2025 09:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

160 There are only 136 A-10C Thunderbolt IIs in inventory and if the Air Force has its way, all them will go to Davis-Monthan in 2026.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:08 PM (0di77)

161 Getting rid of the A-10s is criminal.
Read a too long X the other day but I accept the premise - the USAF is risk averse. They should give them to the Army and Marines but they are chickenshit don't want anyone else with fixed wing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2szCg)

162 Trump is settling all the family business.

I will need more popcorn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:09 PM (JkO4W)

163 What lovely conceits ruined by physics (solid state, in this case)!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 24, 2025 09:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

I saw something in a more recent sci-fi book where they said transparent, artifical sapphire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

164 161 Getting rid of the A-10s is criminal.
Read a too long X the other day but I accept the premise - the USAF is risk averse. They should give them to the Army and Marines but they are chickenshit don't want anyone else with fixed wing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 2
I like this idea.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (LHPAg)

165 It should be unusual for someone to make inflammatory political remarks to a fellow countryman after having known him only ten minutes. But it’s not. It happens thousands of times every day in professional middle-class circles like the ones I travel in.

Leftists have never felt the need to be circumspect.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (ExV1e)

166 Ah, you are Old and Wise, clearly.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 24, 2025 09:06 PM (cYBz/)

Old, anyway...you gonna make it to the TxMoMe this year, Tonypete?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (zYpTz)

167 Greetings from Seaside OR. A quick golf trip on the Oregon coast. Good beer. Shitty scotch.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:36 PM (fRaHh)

Take a run to Cannon Beach. It is a nice drive and it is where classy people used to go

Posted by: Kindltot at September 24, 2025 09:12 PM (rbvCR)

168 They should give them to the Army and Marines but they are chickenshit don't want anyone else with fixed wing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2szCg)

Wasn't there a supposedly smaller airplanes that could do the same job, yadda yadda.

They never should have gotten rid of the army air corps.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:12 PM (zZu0s)

169 108 Fox News is reporting that the DoD is seeking to give Nidal Hassan the death penalty he so richly deserves.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009.

Gee, only took 16 years. Oh, wait, probably held up by the renaming of Ft. Hood. Priorities.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 24, 2025 09:13 PM (XeU6L)

170 Leftists have never felt the need to be circumspect.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (ExV1e)

What's the big deal? Everyone they know thinks like them anyway. Bubbles belong in champagne not political thought.

Posted by: RickZ at September 24, 2025 09:13 PM (gKDq2)

171
We can't even talk him into checking out KS.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025

***
Oh, believe me, NST, I still want to look! I love dry conditions. My years in CO were four of the best years of my life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 09:13 PM (cCu74)

172 I do not understand this term, "junior scoop".

Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (oftw2)

173 I saw something in a more recent sci-fi book where they said transparent, artifical sapphire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

Isn't most sapphire transparent?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (ExV1e)

174 wolfus, that museum Aetius mentioned is way up here by us. Not near you at all. You would love it, though.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (OAsOu)

175 168 They should give them to the Army and Marines but they are chickenshit don't want anyone else with fixed wing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2szCg)

Wasn't there a supposedly smaller airplanes that could do the same job, yadda yadda.

They never should have gotten rid of the army air corps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:12 PM (zZu0s
Another good idea.

Posted by: Eromero at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (LHPAg)

176 Air Force Times.

USAF wants to retire 320 aircraft next year. All the A-10s, 36 F-16s, 21 F-15Es, and even one B-1B. But their F-35 buy will only be 24 with 21 F-15EXs.

What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (0di77)

177 Anyone following the ostrich farm thing in Canada? I'm not sure what triggered it but the government was going to kill their 400 ostriches. Rumor had it that the government wants to bankrupt them and get the land.

The ostriches are now in the custody of a feather not dot Indian tribe and they have to deal with them over the birds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (kUxzU)

178 I do not understand this term, "junior scoop".
Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (oftw2)

Sounds like a commie weasel word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

179 Isn't most sapphire transparent?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025 09:14 PM (ExV1e)

You know what I mean. Not colored.

I'm saying it's racist sapphire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

180 I do not understand this term, "junior scoop".
Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at September 24, 2025

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Pretty much one scoop of ice cream, not two. A reasonable size for a treat. And at $2.50, a bargain. I stopped at a cafe/ice cream shop in the Birmingham suburbs on Monday evening and was horrified at their $8.00 price for two scoops. And the ice cream was probably only Baskin-Robbins, not Tillamook. Jeez.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 09:17 PM (cCu74)

181 USAF wants to retire 320 aircraft next year. All the A-10s, 36 F-16s, 21 F-15Es, and even one B-1B. But their F-35 buy will only be 24 with 21 F-15EXs.

What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (0di77)

Someone needs to tell the AF that they have two choices.

- Quit being whiney bitches, fly A-10s and support the ground troops.
- Don't object to the Army having their own fixed wing pilots.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025 09:17 PM (ExV1e)

182 What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (0di77)

Saw a few B-1 videos on ewetub about how awesome they are.

I always thought they looked cool, but then, I loved the look of the XB-70.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

183 Isn't most sapphire transparent?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 24, 2025

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Sapphire has been used for watch crystals for a long time, mainly on mid- to upper-level watches.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 24, 2025 09:18 PM (cCu74)

184 Anyone following the ostrich farm thing in Canada? I'm not sure what triggered it but the government was going to kill their 400 ostriches. Rumor had it that the government wants to bankrupt them and get the land.

The ostriches are now in the custody of a feather not dot Indian tribe and they have to deal with them over the birds.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (kUxzU)

Last year 36 of the 200 birds died and it was suspected they died of Avian flu. No tests were done. Canuckistan ag rules demand that the whole flock be destroyed, even though the remaining birds are healthy and have no signs of avian flu, after more than 200 days.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

185 Getting rid of the A-10s is criminal.
Read a too long X the other day but I accept the premise - the USAF is risk averse. They should give them to the Army and Marines but they are chickenshit don't want anyone else with fixed wing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:08 PM (2szCg)
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This isn't the 1980s, and in a peer-on-peer fight, the A-10 is a sitting duck.

And yes, my wing flew them, but their day is done. No one loiters over the battlefield anymore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

186 USAF wants to retire 320 aircraft next year. All the A-10s, 36 F-16s, 21 F-15Es, and even one B-1B. But their F-35 buy will only be 24 with 21 F-15EXs.

What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (0di77)


They better have frigging starwars X-wing fighters to replace all that, and a deathstar to replace the B-1B.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (snZF9)

187 'Roll out the Rosenberg template.'

A dry cleaner bag would probably do the trick.
Posted by: Dr. Claw


Five minutes in the yard

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (/lPRQ)

188 FML. Just bought four tires for the F-150.

$304 per tire. Goodyear Wrangler AT.

When did they get so damn expensive?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (VGk2P)

189 Old, anyway...you gonna make it to the TxMoMe this year, Tonypete?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

It is with great sadness that we will not be able to make it this year. I have a family conflict.

If you guys are driving and using I40 in TN, let me know and maybe we can work out lunch or dinner somewhere convenient! You'll go right past a Buc-ee's. I'll send you my address.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 24, 2025 09:20 PM (cYBz/)

190 What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:15 PM (0di77)

Drones?

Posted by: Easy The Elder at September 24, 2025 09:20 PM (3B7Qi)

191 How many peers do we have these days?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

192 I figured it was supposed bird flu. They may back off in dealing with the "First Nations"

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 24, 2025 09:21 PM (kUxzU)

193 This isn't the 1980s, and in a peer-on-peer fight, the A-10 is a sitting duck.

And yes, my wing flew them, but their day is done. No one loiters over the battlefield anymore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

This isn't the 1980s and the peer-on-peer fight, while theoretically still possible, would preclude their use. In the meantime, there are a lot of non-peer-on-peer fight possibilities for which the A10 remains a viable platform.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 24, 2025 09:21 PM (i24o9)

194 "USAF wants to retire 320 aircraft next year."

Sounds like they just want a bunch of new stuff.

Posted by: davidt at September 24, 2025 09:21 PM (i0F8b)

195 The A10 is perfect for the Marine Corps. Usable on rough fields, carrier adaptable (has a tail hook) and survivable for low and dirty close air support.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 24, 2025 09:22 PM (gm9Sb)

196 And yes, my wing flew them, but their day is done. No one loiters over the battlefield anymore.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (ZOv7s)

Have we reached the age of air-to-air and Man-PADs making airplanes obsolescent again?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 24, 2025 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

197 They lay hurt on retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

198 USAF wants to retire 320 aircraft next year. All the A-10s, 36 F-16s, 21 F-15Es, and even one B-1B. But their F-35 buy will only be 24 with 21 F-15EXs.

What are you thinking Air Force? This is a massive contraction.
Posted by: Anna Puma


They better have frigging starwars X-wing fighters to replace all that, and a deathstar to replace the B-1B.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


I can't believe anyone wants to get rid of the A-10.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 09:22 PM (VGk2P)

199 How many peers do we have these days?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:20 PM (zZu0s)
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Russia and China.

The A-10 is useless in the INDOPAC theater because of its short legs. Against the Russians, well, it isn't 1985. Yes, it was great against camel jockeys and Afghan butt-pirates, but that's a really big fleet of aircraft to maintain for such a low-grade adversary.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

200 188
'$304 per tire. Goodyear Wrangler AT.

When did they get so damn expensive?

Someone forgot to keep their tires inflated!

Posted by: Barky Obama at September 24, 2025 09:24 PM (3wi/L)

201 A Jugendblasorchester Schüpfheim for Nidal Hasan.

youtube.com/watch?v=Hnog4xyZLxk


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:24 PM (2szCg)

202 167 Greetings from Seaside OR. A quick golf trip on the Oregon coast. Good beer. Shitty scotch.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 08:36 PM (fRaHh)

Take a run to Cannon Beach. It is a nice drive and it is where classy people used to go
Posted by: Kindltot


Newport has a lovely little aquarium. You could go and say hello to the sea otters for me. It is Sea Otter Awareness Week, after all.

Smooches.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025 09:24 PM (mT+6a)

203 Give the A-10s to the border patrol.

Posted by: davidt at September 24, 2025 09:24 PM (i0F8b)

204 This isn't the 1980s and the peer-on-peer fight, while theoretically still possible, would preclude their use. In the meantime, there are a lot of non-peer-on-peer fight possibilities for which the A10 remains a viable platform.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 24, 2025 09:21 PM (i24o9)
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So we're going to keep bombing sandboxes again? How has that worked out for us?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:25 PM (ZOv7s)

205 FML. Just bought four tires for the F-150.

$304 per tire. Goodyear Wrangler AT.

When did they get so damn expensive?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 09:19 PM (VGk2P)

Yeah no shit. They got stooopid expensive. We're talking almost $200 each for a good tire for harleys. I did a back tire on some crazy ass custom we built that had one of those silly wide ass tires. It was $475 just for the tire. I think the wife's RDX is around $1400 for 4 tires.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:25 PM (snZF9)

206 The A-10 is useless in the INDOPAC theater because of its short legs. Against the Russians, well, it isn't 1985. Yes, it was great against camel jockeys and Afghan butt-pirates, but that's a really big fleet of aircraft to maintain for such a low-grade adversary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

ICE could make great use of them!

Posted by: Tonypete at September 24, 2025 09:25 PM (cYBz/)

207 We could always bring back the A4Es and A4Ms. Drop some snake and nape on them, take care of the survivors with the internals, and if that doesn't work, nuke 'em.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 24, 2025 09:26 PM (gm9Sb)

208 >>> but that's a really big fleet of aircraft to maintain for such a low-grade adversary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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There's no better air support for guys on the ground.
If there are guys on the ground, (don't speculate), they need support.
As long as we have an Army there will be guys on the ground.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:28 PM (2szCg)

209 Yeah no shit. They got stooopid expensive. We're talking almost $200 each for a good tire for harleys. I did a back tire on some crazy ass custom we built that had one of those silly wide ass tires. It was $475 just for the tire. I think the wife's RDX is around $1400 for 4 tires.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


I remember when I was selling them part time back in '93 and we couldn't believe $400 a tire for a corvette. But at least those were speed rated.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 24, 2025 09:28 PM (VGk2P)

210 Yes, it was great against camel jockeys and Afghan butt-pirates, but that's a really big fleet of aircraft to maintain for such a low-grade adversary.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:23 PM (ZOv7s)

Oh, wait. The F35 is cheaper and does one thing really well?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

211 There is a super a10 and a radio controlled one in the works iirc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:30 PM (Jg8yx)

212 There's no better air support for guys on the ground.
If there are guys on the ground, (don't speculate), they need support.
As long as we have an Army there will be guys on the ground.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:28 PM (2szCg)
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Technology has moved forward by a lot. Do not confuse insurgents in Iraq with an integrated air defense system run by the likes of Russia or China.

They are too expensive to use in COIN and too vulnerable for front-line service.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:30 PM (ZOv7s)

213 ICE could make great use of them!
Posted by: Tonypete
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Aye yo, Venezuela !!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:31 PM (2szCg)

214 ICE could make great use of them!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 24, 2025 09:25 PM (cYBz/)

I just loled at the thought of the envirolawsuit brought if the depleted uranium was used against illegals.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:31 PM (zZu0s)

215 Right now the F-35 is having issues with their electronics upgrade. It is so bad, they are retrenching to a lesser benchmark to get it to work and lessen the strain on the engine.

CBO is saying to keep the F-35 around for 77 years will cost $2 trillion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:33 PM (0di77)

216 There is a super a10 and a radio controlled one in the works iirc.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:30 PM (Jg8yx)
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The F-15EX is what you should be looking at. Product-improved strike aircraft, lower radar signature, built on a time-tested platform.

We cannot assume an environment that will be permissive enough for the A-10 to do its job.

The Army is going to have to look to its artillery fires in a big way, because attrition-style combat is back on the menu.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)

217 ICE could make great use of them!
Posted by: Tonypete
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Aye yo, Venezuela !!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:31 PM (2szCg)

Taking out Maduro with something that sounds like the wet fart of doom is worth the price of admission.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:34 PM (snZF9)

218 A-10s, the Army asked for them. I think the Marines also.
Chickenshit USAF wants fixed wing for itself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:34 PM (2szCg)

219 USAF wanted to stop production of the F-15EX this year, but it is looking like they will buy 21 for 2026.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:34 PM (0di77)

220 I just loled at the thought of the envirolawsuit brought if the depleted uranium was used against illegals.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:31 PM (zZu0s)
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Against soft targets you use high explosive.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

221 215 Right now the F-35 is having issues with their electronics upgrade.

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I would check the iPhone connectors first. Those FireWire cables absolutely suck.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (JkO4W)

222 CBO is saying to keep the F-35 around for 77 years will cost $2 trillion.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:33 PM (0di77)

We saved so much money by canning the F22.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (zZu0s)

223 That cheating duck is the reincarnation of Rosie Ruiz.

Posted by: Orson at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (dIske)

224 A-10s, the Army asked for them. I think the Marines also.
Chickenshit USAF wants fixed wing for itself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 09:34 PM (2szCg)
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Chickenshit Army generals like Milley keep losing wars, so...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

225 Against soft targets you use high explosive.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

Allow me my daydreams.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

226 We saved so much money by canning the F22.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (zZu0s)

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I want to bring back the F15.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (JkO4W)

227 Aetius

Just remember the genesis of the F-35 started out in 1986 as just a replacement for the AV-8B Harrier.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (0di77)

228 CBO is saying to keep the F-35 around for 77 years will cost $2 trillion.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:33 PM (0di77)

We saved so much money by canning the F22.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:35 PM (zZu0s)
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How many wars has the CBO won?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)

229 Right now the F-35 is having issues with their electronics upgrade. It is so bad, they are retrenching to a lesser benchmark to get it to work and lessen the strain on the engine.

CBO is saying to keep the F-35 around for 77 years will cost $2 trillion.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

Posted by: Josephistan at September 24, 2025 09:37 PM (FLx59)

230 Army? No that won't work. They have all that money they need to spend, else some DOGE kid will get it in his head that Army can get by with less and c-word their allowance. And you know how Army rolls - has to be brand new, has to be state of the art. Not a good fit.

What was the fallback, I forget. Marine Corps? Well I guess somebody should get some use out of them.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at September 24, 2025 09:37 PM (ciYHQ)

231 I want to bring back the F15.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (JkO4W)
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The have. the F-15EX. It's a great aircraft, and we should lean into them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:38 PM (ZOv7s)

232 Just remember the genesis of the F-35 started out in 1986 as just a replacement for the AV-8B Harrier.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (0di77)

Remember the Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes movie... the Pentagon Wars? About the Abrams. Good times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

233 While we are dealing in fantasies...

The USAF is wanting to mothball over 200 fighter and attack aircraft and only get 45 new ones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:39 PM (0di77)

234

I want to bring back the F15.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:36 PM (JkO4W)

I want to bring back the F-14!

Posted by: Josephistan at September 24, 2025 09:39 PM (FLx59)

235 Remember the Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes movie... the Pentagon Wars? About the Abrams. Good times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)
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The M2 Bradley. Haven't seen it, but need to.

CBO is not the final arbiter of combat effectiveness.

As much as the Air Force blows through cash the Army has a rifle that makes the M14 look good, and how's that SIG P320 contract doing?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:40 PM (ZOv7s)

236 Those F15 EXs are loaded down with many air to air missiles.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:40 PM (Jg8yx)

237 Oh yeah, instead of costing $4.5 billion for 44 F-35s for the USAF in 2026, 24 F-35s will cost a mere $3.6 billion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:40 PM (0di77)

238 I want to bring back the F-14!
Posted by: Josephistan at September 24, 2025 09:39 PM (FLx59)

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The F-14 did Oscar-worthy work in The Final Countdown.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:41 PM (JkO4W)

239 There are 70+ F-14s of various models preserved in the United States.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:42 PM (0di77)

240 Insanity is not just organic. It's communicable. Has to be. It can't be mere coincidence that mental illness has taken off like a rocket concurrently with the spread of social media addiction.
——-

One of the big players on the US side of the MkUltra project during the 1950s and beyond, can’t recall exactly who off the top of my head (but a genuine POS nonetheless), stated flatly that mental illness is “contagious”, just as you surmise.

Their ideological heirs have been driving the populace crazy or into self-destructive behavior ever since. Once you know what you’re looking at, and why, it starts to click.

What was even more sobering, is he claimed that while mental illness is “contagious” in the social sense, he did believe it was actually inheritable from a genetic standpoint once “caught”.

Stay away, keep your kids away from Crazy

Posted by: Common Tater at September 24, 2025 09:42 PM (qrdmk)

241 The USAF is wanting to mothball over 200 fighter and attack aircraft and only get 45 new ones.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:39 PM (0di77)
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The A-10s are a money pit. Should we keep paying for them just to make the number of aircraft in service look good?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

242 Flying an A-10 against Russian integrated air defenses would be a suicide mission. Current practice in Ukraine for both sides is to hang ten miles in back of the front line and chuck a guided glide bomb at the other guys.

Use of them against wogs, frogs, rustlers, hustlers and Methodists could be up for discussion.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 24, 2025 09:43 PM (3gH97)

243 F15 EX maxes out at 22 air to air missiles.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:43 PM (Jg8yx)

244 The F-14 did Oscar-worthy work in The Final Countdown.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:41 PM (JkO4W)
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Brian Dennehy was brilliant as the aircraft carrier.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

245 While we are dealing in fantasies...

The USAF is wanting to mothball over 200 fighter and attack aircraft and only get 45 new ones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:39 PM (0di77)

We got retards running things. I think we have a failure to think or dream big. They need to go Ferengi Rules of Acquisition#242- more is good, all is better.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:43 PM (snZF9)

246 Loved the baby deer and Mama.

We have a herd we normally see in the winter's snow. One night we were helping put the grand kids in carseats and a herd of 11 or so came running up the hill. They live in the gully below us, I guess. We are about a mile from the start of the mountains in the foothills, with green areas around us.

This summer my husband came home and saw a wee spotted baby dear peeking out by the garbage cans. It was eating plums off the tree and ground with Mama. My guy was thrilled as he gets irritated when the high purple plums splat on the concrete near the garage. The deer leave the pits.

This was not a good year for plums as there was wind and a freeze when they bloomed. I wanted to freeze some for tarts and make jam. So he rejoices in a bad year and I am a bit bummed, but glad the deer liked them.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 24, 2025 09:44 PM (6PCLE)

247 The A-10 the USAF is wanting to mothball is the A-10C which is fully integrated with all current smart munitions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:45 PM (0di77)

248 There are 70+ F-14s of various models preserved in the United States.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:42 PM (0di77)
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Even though I'm a Zoomie, watching the original Top Gun with those Tomcats causes a lot of dust to move around the room.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:45 PM (ZOv7s)

249 The A-10 the USAF is wanting to mothball is the A-10C which is fully integrated with all current smart munitions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:45 PM (0di77)
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I wrote stories on the conversion, which my wing pioneered.

But they are still sitting ducks. Huge radar signature. They would not even get into engagement range before being shot down.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Don't get Anna started on the F-14.

Or go ahead, it's a slow night.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

251 Bombcats?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:48 PM (Jg8yx)

252 "Idaho and Wyoming all have four seasons "

The good news is, Idaho has all four seasons. The bad news is Spring is two weeks long, and Fall is three.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 24, 2025 09:48 PM (3gH97)

253 Remember the Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes movie... the Pentagon Wars? About the Abrams. Good times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:38 PM (zZu0s)

"It needs a turret."
Bradleys were garbage from go. Make a fucking Tank or Make an APC. I personally am a big fan of the 113 based vehicles. If you know what you are doing those things will do 60+ miles per hour.

Posted by: Reforger at September 24, 2025 09:49 PM (eYFWA)

254 But they are still sitting ducks. Huge radar signature. They would not even get into engagement range before being shot down.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 24, 2025 09:46 PM (ZOv7s)

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So modern-day counterparts to the TBD Devastator.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:49 PM (Q1uY4)

255 We need Vorlon ships. 10 will do.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:49 PM (snZF9)

256 Opps, 62 F-16C/Ds, that is an entire wing plus. 21 F-15Es, well there goes another squadron. And that is 83 fighters.

And all they are getting in 2026 is 45 - 24 F-35s and 21 F-15EXs. Only the Mud Hens with the EX will come out even.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:50 PM (0di77)

257 So modern-day counterparts to the TBD Devastator.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 24, 2025 09:49 PM (Q1uY4)

'They die like Samurai, these Americans.
-line from a movie

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:51 PM (zZu0s)

258 'They die like Samurai, these Americans.
-line from a movie

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:51 PM (zZu0s)

Wasn't it "they fight like samurai"?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:52 PM (snZF9)

259 Aetius, still got an F-14 on the workbench to finish. I got decals from Fightertown of the original Super Tomcat and prototype Bombcat, Tomcat #7.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:52 PM (0di77)

260 Fox News is reporting that the DoD is seeking to give Nidal Hassan the death penalty he so richly deserves.
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Ft. Hood could have handled that, in about two weeks.

Court Martial. Hang him on a Friday morning, on the parade ground, right after a 4th ID 5k run, and cut everybody loose for a 3 day weekend. Quit fucking around. You’re the Army. Start acting like it.

To wit: When an “active shooter” is announced, they tell everybody on an Army base to “shelter in place” and they call the cops. Even Liberace thinks that’s Pretty Gay

Posted by: Common Tater at September 24, 2025 09:53 PM (mCOJo)

261 Give the Ukes a squadron of A-10's and see if AceEndorsed Author is correct .

Posted by: the way I see it at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (EYmYM)

262 Wasn't it "they fight like samurai"?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:52 PM (snZF9)

No, it was the Japanese Admiral after they shot down another wing of unsupported torpedo bombers, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (zZu0s)

263 Cal
Raleigh

#59

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (mT+6a)

264
Hanger queens with a hundred hours of maintenance for five in the air make no sense.

Posted by: Auspex at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)

265 Aetius, still got an F-14 on the workbench to finish. I got decals from Fightertown of the original Super Tomcat and prototype Bombcat, Tomcat #7.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:52 PM (0di77)

My brother is back to building model airplanes again. He did a few F-14's recently. He got that weathered look down. Crazy bastard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:55 PM (snZF9)

266 the Rockies are losing.

Posted by: gKWVE at September 24, 2025 09:55 PM (gKWVE)

267 Give the Ukes a squadron of A-10's and see if AceEndorsed Author is correct .
Posted by: the way I see it at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (EYmYM)

More fun than drones.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

268 They should have built a lot more F-22’s

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (6hrvY)


Hell yeah. I love that plane.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:56 PM (snZF9)

269 "The A10 is perfect for the Marine Corps. Usable on rough fields, carrier adaptable (has a tail hook) and survivable for low and dirty close air support."

That's purely a coincidence. What is this Dirty CAS you speak of? New drink? Hey bartenders, one dirty CAS for each of Bill's friends here. Thank you that was very generous of you.

Where were we? Oh the Marines, they may grumble but in the end they'll take the hit for the greater good. Maintenance and storage will be tight though, maybe we could throw in a small and insignificant counter-drone cough-AI-cough refit to ease the transition.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at September 24, 2025 09:57 PM (ciYHQ)

270 The Rockies are 45 games out of first.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 24, 2025 09:57 PM (Jg8yx)

271 I always liked the look of the competitor to the Raptor back during the trials. Looked like a flying polygon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:57 PM (zZu0s)

272 266 the Rockies are losing.
Posted by: gKWVE at


Yes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025 09:57 PM (mT+6a)

273 Wasn't it "they fight like samurai"?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:52 PM (snZF9)

No, it was the Japanese Admiral after they shot down another wing of unsupported torpedo bombers, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (zZu0s)

Sounds like the movie Midway. I haven't seen it in sooo long I barley remember any dialog.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:58 PM (snZF9)

274 263 Cal
Raleigh

#59
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (mT+6a)


Woohoo!!!
A pity this shitty Oregon hotel room won't show the game.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 24, 2025 09:58 PM (fRaHh)

275 They should have built a lot more F-22’s

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 24, 2025 09:54 PM (6hrvY)

If Britain would have had an F-80 shooting star in 1940 there wouldn't have been a WW2.

Posted by: the way I see it at September 24, 2025 09:59 PM (EYmYM)

276 The F-23 Black Widow

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 09:59 PM (0di77)

277 Sounds like the movie Midway. I haven't seen it in sooo long I barley remember any dialog.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 24, 2025 09:58 PM (snZF9)

I think so. Had Takagi from Die Hard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 09:59 PM (zZu0s)

278 BD

Any F-14 coming off a long cruise will look like it has caught a case of mange from all the touch up corrosion painting.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 10:00 PM (0di77)

279 (USAAF) during World War II.[1] Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 24, 2025 10:02 PM (2szCg)

280 Tomcat #7 is on display in NYC aboard USS Intrepid but cannot use the displayed aircraft to model the plane in service.

The instrumentation boom has been removed from the nose, the F-110 engine nozzles have been swapped out for TF-30 nozzles, and the boattail has had the ECM fairing removed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 10:03 PM (0di77)

281 Hangar is used for aircraft

Hanger is used for clothes

Posted by: Common Tater at September 24, 2025 10:04 PM (GC8wC)

282 Back to the F-14, have to raid one of the unopened F-14s for its P sprue to build Tomcat #7.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 24, 2025 10:05 PM (0di77)

283 "When an “active shooter” is announced, they tell everybody on an Army base to “shelter in place” and they call the cops. Even Liberace thinks that’s Pretty Gay"

Yeah it's ironic that military bases are basically gun free zones. I remember we had a surprise barracks inspection, I'm standing out in the parking lot in formation with a 9mm tucked behind my back in my PT shorts. Sweating bullets.

Posted by: Fenrisulven at September 24, 2025 10:06 PM (ciYHQ)

284 @270

>> The Rockies are 45 games out of first.

That's bad, but it's not 62 Mets bad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 24, 2025 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)

285 Nood - Overnight Open Thread

Posted by: Joemarine at September 24, 2025 10:07 PM (y171U)

286 ONt is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 24, 2025 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

287
Damn. "The Professionals" is on Cinivault tonight.

Gotta stay up and watch it.

For Claudia.

Posted by: Auspex at September 24, 2025 10:12 PM (Y8DZL)

288 I think the reasons for the safety paranoia are made evident once you've been a Platoon SGT.

I remember one day outside the armory we were cleaning weapons. SGT Bivens thought it would be a great idea to draw bayonets out for familiarization.
So I've my razor sharp bayonet attached to my M-16A2 but the damn release latch to get into the butt stock (where the PMCS tools are stored) I'm applying more pressure, leaning into ...and my hand slips and all that torque drives my shoulder down, along with my head right past the bayonet about an inch from my eye.

I look around (because I know I just fcked up) and
SGT Bivens is just sitting there staring at me with a "Father why have you forsaken me" look of incredulous shock. Sometimes the circuses and monkeys belong to you and your future is entirely in the hands of a senior Corporal who almost fell face first on his own bayonet.

Oh keep this between us. With this story, not one but two roasted LAV-25 engines (at $750k a pop), to say nothing about shutting down a CAX and forcing the entire air wing to u-turn back to base... the fuel costs alone ouch, people might get the wrong idea

Posted by: Fenrisulven at September 24, 2025 10:34 PM (ciYHQ)

289 But if you are ever running an op with Marines and they go fanatical over marking diesel and 30 weight cans so they can be differentiated by touch when refueling the generator in pitch black conditions, that was me

Posted by: Fenrisulven at September 24, 2025 10:41 PM (ciYHQ)

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