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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 16, 2025 [Doof]

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Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday night, TxMoMeX-eve ONT! Content is lighter than usual tonight. I'll make it up to you at a later date. November 31st is the most likely choice.

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There's Still Time!

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(Photo composition assistance from Mrs. AZ Deplorable Moron)

If you're not already here or on your way, I implore you to stop what you're doing and start heading toward Corsicana! It's not too late to contact Ben Had (email in the sidebar of the main page) and get the details. You don't need to shoot, you don't need to drink - you just need to get here!

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(Photo courtesy of Weasel - of course!)

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Rest In Peace, Ace

No not our head Ewok - Ace Frehley of KISS (and Frehley's Comet) Fame


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Today In History

Baby Jessica rescued from a well as the world watches

On October 16, 1987, in an event that had viewers around the world glued to their televisions, 18-month-old Jessica McClure is rescued after being trapped for 58 hours in an abandoned water well in Midland, Texas.

The drama unfolded on the morning of October 14, 1987, when McClure fell through the 8-inch-wide opening of an abandoned well while playing with other children in the backyard of her aunt’s home day-care center. After dropping about 22 feet into the well, the little girl became stuck. Over the next two-and-a-half days, crews of rescue workers, mining experts and local volunteers labored around the clock to drill a shaft parallel to the one in which McClure was trapped. They then tunneled horizontally through dense rock to connect the two shafts. A microphone was lowered into the well to keep tabs on the toddler, who could be heard crying, humming and singing throughout the ordeal.

On the night of October 16, a bandaged and dirt-covered but alert Baby Jessica, as she became widely known, was safely pulled out of the well by paramedics. By that time, scores of journalists had descended on Midland, a West Texas oil city, and the rescue was carried out on live television before a massive audience.

The Allman Brothers song pre-dates Baby Jessica

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Chevrolet introduces the El Camino

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On October 16, 1958, Chevrolet begins to sell a car-truck hybrid that it calls the El Camino. Inspired by the Ford Ranchero, which had already been on the market for two years, the El Camino was a combination sedan-pickup truck built on the Impala body, with the same “cat’s eye” taillights and dramatic rear fins. It was, ads trilled, “the most beautiful thing that ever shouldered a load!” “It rides and handles like a convertible,” Chevy said, “yet hauls and hustles like the workingest thing on wheels.”

Ford’s Ranchero was the first “car-truck” sold in the United States, but it was not a new idea. Since the 1930s, Australian farmers had been driving what they called “utes”—short for “coupé utility”—all around the outback. Legend has it that a farmer’s wife from rural Victoria had written a letter to Ford Australia, asking the company to build a car that could carry her to church on Sundays and her husband’s pigs to market on Mondays. In response, Ford engineer Lewis Brandt designed a low-slung sedan-based vehicle that was a ritzy passenger car in the front, with wind-up windows and comfortable seats and a rough-and-tumble pickup in back. The ute was a huge hit; eventually, virtually every company that sold cars Down Under made its own version.

In the United States, however, ute-type vehicles were slower to catch on. Though the Ranchero was a steady seller, the first incarnation of the El Camino was not and Chevy discontinued it after just two years. In 1964, the company introduced a new version, this one built on the brawnier Chevelle platform. In 1968, the more powerful SS engine made the El Camino into one of the iconic muscle cars of the late 1960s and 1970s.

The Black Keys - From their album "El Camino"

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Marie Antoinette is beheaded

Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on October 16, 1793.

The daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, she married Louis in 1770 to strengthen the French-Austrian alliance. At a time of economic turmoil in France, she lived extravagantly and encouraged her husband to resist reform of the monarchy. The increasing revolutionary uproar convinced the king and queen to attempt an escape to Austria in 1791, but they were captured by revolutionary forces and carried back to Paris. In 1792, the French monarchy was abolished, and Louis and Marie-Antoinette were condemned for treason.

French Revolution according to Rush ("The guillotine will claim her bloody prize!")

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DJ Doof - Birthday Boys Edition
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

Born on this date in 1947: American musician and songwriter Bob Weir, best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead.



Born on this date inn 1959: British musician, songwriter and actor Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet.



Born on this date in 1962: Australian and American musician and actor Flea (Michael Balzary) a founding member and bassist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.



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Tonight's ONT brought to you by special moments captured in style

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1 first?

Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at October 16, 2025 09:51 PM (QDgI/)

2 Early ONT? I'll go tell the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 16, 2025 09:52 PM (O7YUW)

3 Well done dear, but you did not make the appropriate announcements, and instead left that painful duty to others.

Posted by: IS ROTH at October 16, 2025 09:53 PM (QDgI/)

4 Howdy from Corsicana! Hope to see you tomorrow and/or Saturday!

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 09:53 PM (OPUTs)

5 Drat! Insert a comma in the appropriate place, above.

Posted by: IS ROTH at October 16, 2025 09:54 PM (QDgI/)

6
Doof,

The ont looks great. Good job.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 09:54 PM (3ek7K)

7 Gorgeous horse...

Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . . at October 16, 2025 09:55 PM (3ZUWJ)

8 Willowed: I had manual windows in all my cars for years, until I bought the '89 Olds Cutlass coupe in late '91. Since then, all power windows (even the '84 and '86 Mercedes), and I wouldn't want to do without them. It's great on a hot day to run all the windows down, drive for a minute or two, blowing the hot air out. Then you start the A/C and run the windows up.

Hard to lean over and crank the passenger window up manually with a console in the way, and the back windows would be impossible.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 09:55 PM (omVj0)

9 I couldn't ever get into Spandau Ballet. Vocals too strident to be easy listening, music too soft and quiet to be EDM or industrial.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 09:56 PM (gKWVE)

10 The French Revolution killed a ton of people to replace an ineffectual king for a very competent war mongering emperor.

It did come with a free all expenses paid one way ticket to Moscow though

Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 09:56 PM (sKqQm)

11 7 Gorgeous horse...
Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . . at October 16, 2025 09:55 PM (3ZUWJ)

Has it gotz a name?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 16, 2025 09:56 PM (mP0Kj)

12 Wildfire.

Posted by: davidt at October 16, 2025 09:58 PM (i0F8b)

13 Gorgeous horse...
Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . .

Has it gotz a name?
Posted by: Romeo13

Run Free ... 'cause the desert has turned to sea ...

Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . . at October 16, 2025 09:58 PM (3ZUWJ)

14 Never got the whole Tom Cruise height thing.

He's never made any claim to being tall and he's cast films and appeared with dudes that are taller than him and dates tall women.

So he seems quite secure in his height, whatever it it is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 16, 2025 09:59 PM (Wg6v7)

16 10 The French Revolution killed a ton of people to replace an ineffectual king for a very competent war mongering emperor.

It did come with a free all expenses paid one way ticket to Moscow though
Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 09:56 PM (sKqQm)

Yeah.... alternate history... Napoleon does not invade Russia... wow, talk about a different history.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 16, 2025 09:59 PM (mP0Kj)

17 I often say, I was a KISS fan. then I turned 13.

But, in all honesty, they (especially Ace) introduced me to rock music. Despite the primitive recordings, their first to albums, KISS, and Hotter than Hell had a raw energy, and a darkness that captivated me and led to so much other music, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden.

Even at 29, I still love metal music. I am listening to Tryptykon right now.

the outro of Black Diamond on their first album is wonderfully creepy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 10:00 PM (0aYVJ)

18 Cruise would be great if he didn't promote an insane science fiction cult that ruins members' lives.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 10:00 PM (gKWVE)

19
Has it gotz a name?
Posted by: Romeo13
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My guess was 'Wildfire'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 16, 2025 10:00 PM (XeU6L)

20 Late

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 10:00 PM (XH6Dk)

21 I saw an actual Ford Ranchero parked on an uptown shopping avenue the other evening. It was not in perfect condition; in fact it looked as if it had been ridden hard and put up wet. But the very sight of one was startling -- the sheer length of it, especially the hood. It was like the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

The moment I saw it I thought, "El Camino!" Showing that the Chevy version is more ingrained in car culture, I guess. As I got closer I saw four letters on the hood instead of the Chevy bowtie emblem, and knew it was the Ranchero.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:00 PM (omVj0)

22 Yeah.... alternate history... Napoleon does not invade Russia... wow, talk about a different history.

The Russians kept breaking their agreements with Napoleon and building a navy to challenge Britain would take a long, long time.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 10:01 PM (sKqQm)

23 The outro to Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey where they cover "God Gave Rock And Roll To You" was brilliant.
I'm aware some say KISS are more on the GWAR side of hard rock entertainment, but they delivered the entertainment.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 10:01 PM (gKWVE)

24 Always hated El Caminos

Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at October 16, 2025 10:01 PM (H/u99)

25 The name "Marie-Antoinette" makes me think of my late smart black cat (1993-2006). She believed (even more than most cats) that she was cat royalty . . . but she loved sharing her kingdom with her human subjects.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:02 PM (omVj0)

26 Thanks for the Thursday ONT, Doof!

Fantastic photo of the white horse at the edge of the surf. Surreal lighting really makes the photo pop!

Enjoy the TxMoMe!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 16, 2025 10:03 PM (kB9dk)

27 Never got the whole Tom Cruise height thing.

He's never made any claim to being tall and he's cast films and appeared with dudes that are taller than him and dates tall women.

So he seems quite secure in his height, whatever it it is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025

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Helps when you have a good-looking face, too.

The guy was married to Nicole Kidman, who is close to 6'. I'll say he has mad skillz.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:04 PM (omVj0)

28 Rush tickets are going to be sold out within a week for all the MSG dates and the tickets are going for roughly 500 bucks each.

Looks like I'll have to catch the concert on YouTube.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)

29 The "Pale" Horse?

Surely not was intended Doof.

Posted by: Nightwatch at October 16, 2025 10:05 PM (25kuG)

30 22 Yeah.... alternate history... Napoleon does not invade Russia... wow, talk about a different history.

The Russians kept breaking their agreements with Napoleon and building a navy to challenge Britain would take a long, long time.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 10:01 PM (sKqQm)

but if Napoleon had sent even half of those troops into Spain and Portugal... war there would have been over except for partisans...

Yeah, Russia would eventually invade, but Russian armies in Austria during Summer, are way different than Russian Armies in Russia, in Winter.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 16, 2025 10:06 PM (mP0Kj)

31 I saw Ace at Foamhenge (Karbach brewery metal mini-fest) in 2019. He was good; didn't seem his age.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 16, 2025 10:07 PM (jwFh7)

32 Never got the whole Tom Cruise height thing.

He's never made any claim to being tall and he's cast films and appeared with dudes that are taller than him and dates tall women.

So he seems quite secure in his height, whatever it it is.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Being three inches taller when you sit on your wallet has that effect on a guy.

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:07 PM (nhCoE)

33 The guy was married to Nicole Kidman, who is close to 6'. I'll say he has mad skillz.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:04 PM (omVj0)

Ain't saying' much, in my opinion of his taste in women.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 16, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)

34 @17/Pug Mahon: "Even at 29, I still love metal music."

Me too. Here, have a small offering of a song I quite like. It's the guitar licks that do it for me:
https://youtu.be/-hAyZlRq8MU

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (O7YUW)

35 Ford’s Ranchero was the first “car-truck” sold in the United States if you decide to ignore the Studebaker Coupe Express.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (zdLoL)

36 One of my HS boyfriends drove an El Camino. Don't know what engine, but it had 'armstrong' steering and 3-on-the-tree manual transmission.

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (rdVOm)

37 Yeah.... alternate history... Napoleon does not invade Russia... wow, talk about a different history.

As long as I can still get Napoleons at the bakery, I'm good!

Actually I can't - diabetes. But I can dream of the old days ...

Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . . at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (3ZUWJ)

38 1958 . . . the second car my father had that I recall was a '58 Chevy Impala, the first year of that model. Earlier he'd had a '47 Cadillac fastback coupe, which I loved and wished I could drive. No A/C even in Caddies in those days. The Impala did not have it either. So Dad had an aftermarket unit put in under the dash, and I guess the compressor and other gear fitted under the hood. A handsome, soft-riding car -- though its red paint faded to a suede look in only a year or two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:09 PM (omVj0)

39 Who is the guy with the popsicle?

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:10 PM (VXJx/)

40 Crazy day here, but headed to the MoMe tomorrow AM. Yahoo!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 16, 2025 10:12 PM (ha1wR)

41 A Bastille Day! That was one of the first Rush songs I really fell in love with, even before 2112.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:12 PM (TBCjf)

42 I saw Kiss twice. Once was the Destroyer tour for sure. I don't think I remember what the 2nd one was.

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:13 PM (VXJx/)

43 Yeah.... alternate history... Napoleon does not invade Russia... wow, talk about a different history.

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Adolf at October 16, 2025 10:13 PM (4p0Xq)

44 I have never owned a Kiss album however.

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:13 PM (VXJx/)

45 https://youtu.be/-hAyZlRq8MU
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (O7YUW)

Noice. I love the song and the album. Megadeth IMO was head and shoulders above Metallica. Hell, half the riffs on 'tallica's first album were Mustaine.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

46 39 Who is the guy with the popsicle?
Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:10 PM (VXJx
He must be taken to the Dignity Canal this instant.

Posted by: Eromero at October 16, 2025 10:15 PM (1aFZz)

47
Popsicle guy reminds me of Andy Warhol, but it's not him.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:16 PM (3ek7K)

48 Missed all the fun earlier re: Bolton. LOLGF you fucking loser. Just like Tish James, the very thing he accused Trump of doing. I hope he is bankrupted and spends the rest of his life in prision. Asshole. The folks at the Bulwark all have the sadz today. Fuck them too.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:16 PM (4p0Xq)

49 I had a friend in college with a 1969 SS 396 El Camino. One of the saddest days in my car living life was when I found out he had wrapped it around a telephone pole.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:17 PM (TBCjf)

50 Back at my VRBO after my visit to the ranch. So good to see everyone! As always, there is food and then more food. Get here or you can!

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 10:17 PM (rBf5n)

51 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

It's been so much fun seeing Moron friends today - can't wait to see even more Morons tomorrow 😊😊😊

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 16, 2025 10:17 PM (CQ8KO)

52 I saw an actual Ford Ranchero parked on an uptown shopping avenue the other evening. It was not in perfect condition; in fact it looked as if it had been ridden hard and put up wet. But the very sight of one was startling -- the sheer length of it, especially the hood. It was like the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

The moment I saw it I thought, "El Camino!" Showing that the Chevy version is more ingrained in car culture, I guess. As I got closer I saw four letters on the hood instead of the Chevy bowtie emblem, and knew it was the Ranchero.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My folks had a Ranchero when I was a kid.

In one of those 1970s Ford rust-orange colors, so the actual rust blended in.

A quick search online says the color was "Chestnut."

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:17 PM (nhCoE)

53 I have never owned a Kiss album however.
Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:13 PM (VXJx/)

I found a nearly mint copy of Kiss Alive (1975), complete with the inner photo album, original blue Casablanca label, and it played wonderfully with only a few pops. No warpin of the records. I got it for 30 bucks at a place in Denver, and I think I made out like a bandit.

I had a copy of it when I was a kid (first LP I ever bought), but I wore that thing out.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

54 Re: Tonight's musical selections. Never understood the pull of The Dead. I've tried to listen/like. Meh.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:18 PM (4p0Xq)

55 Michael Bolton

https://tinyurl.com/4emh5een

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:18 PM (VXJx/)

56 Popsicle guy looks like someone's granny. Hard to tell these days.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:18 PM (6tEBv)

57 Doof, November 31st.

ISWYDT. Maybe February 30th if that date doesn’t work out?

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 16, 2025 10:19 PM (fveCG)

58 Who is the guy with the popsicle?
Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:10 PM (VXJx/).

Yeah. What's that all about?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 16, 2025 10:19 PM (eRbBj)

59 39 Who is the guy with the popsicle?
Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:10 PM (VXJx/)

That’s your grandmother, trying to look seductive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:19 PM (TBCjf)

60 That’s your grandmother, trying to look seductive.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:19 PM

She took her teeth out for that.

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:19 PM (VXJx/)

61 >>> In 1968, the more powerful SS engine made the El Camino into one of the iconic muscle cars of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Z Nation had an episode based on that... But they were walking before long.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 16, 2025 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

62 lol jinx scarymary!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:20 PM (TBCjf)

63 Bastille Day! That was one of the first Rush songs I really fell in love with, even before 2112.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:12 PM (TBCj

Great tune. Lifeson had that es335 screaming on that song.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2025 10:21 PM (VRFIB)

64 at one point the US decided to try to frack for natural gas using a smallish nuke. Being the US, they decided to leave a cow at ground zero. It didn't get fried or dead, but it sure got levitated for a second

youtu.be/QuWDDx2-CgA

Posted by: Kindltot at October 16, 2025 10:21 PM (rbvCR)

65 I'll finish this popsicle and kill all of you with the stick.

Posted by: gam gam, who is mad crazy at October 16, 2025 10:21 PM (jwFh7)

66 Horde mind, Tom Servo, lol

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:22 PM (6tEBv)

67 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 16, 2025 10:22 PM (cYBz/)

68 >> Re: Tonight's musical selections. Never understood the pull of The Dead. I've tried to listen/like. Meh.

It's ok. Not all are chosen. You can still lead a mostly ok life. Mostly.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 10:23 PM (viF8m)

69
Is that Doof??

Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:23 PM (3ek7K)

70 Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:16 PM (4p0Xq)

wew *fans self*

Posted by: rant appreciator at October 16, 2025 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

71 I had a friend in college with a 1969 SS 396 El Camino. One of the saddest days in my car living life was when I found out he had wrapped it around a telephone pole.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025

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I have no idea what engines my father had in his '58 Impala and '66 Super Sport Impala. He rarely drove over 45 mph, so lots of horsepower probably didn't matter much to him. Chevy offered multiple engine choices in those days. You didn't have to take a specific option package to get a particular engine and transmission. On the other hand, he usually bought an example of the outgoing model year, still new, as the new year's models were coming in -- a '58 as the '59s were showing up, e.g. -- so I doubt if he special-ordered his cars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:24 PM (omVj0)

72 I don't know a single Dead song other than Touch of Grey, which I like. But it's not really my niche.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 16, 2025 10:25 PM (jwFh7)

73 [the cow] didn't get fried or dead, but it sure got levitated for a second

That's like something out of a Gary Larson cartoon.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 10:25 PM (gKWVE)

74 Gorgeous horse...
Posted by: Adriane the Spaced Cadet Critic . . . at October 16, 2025 09:55 PM (3ZUWJ)

Has it gotz a name?
Posted by: Romeo13

Might be an Akhal-Teke. Their coats glow like that for real

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 16, 2025 10:26 PM (i00+Z)

75 I'm reposting this here because it was kind of funny. I never listened to Kiss and had no idea until today who that Ace guy was.

Ace here mentioned he was sick.

And I'm on the other thread and everyone is saying "RIP Ace!"

And I'm thinking "Man, the horde has turned really dark!"

Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at October 16, 2025 10:26 PM (Sco7b)

76 They don't show the atomic cow rampaging through Wichita with it's atomic breath.

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:27 PM (VXJx/)

77 Go Cowzilla!

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:27 PM (VXJx/)

78 Doooooof!

En route to Corsicana with Cow Demon, see y'all tomorrow!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 16, 2025 10:28 PM (0ImBz)

79 Doooooof!

En route to Corsicana with Cow Demon, see y'all tomorrow!
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 16, 2025 10:28 PM (0ImBz)

Awesome! Can't wait to see you!

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 10:30 PM (2MadX)

80 That’s your grandmother, trying to look seductive.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The popsicle is almost as much of an abomination as the picture.

Something red molded over vanilla ice cream? Creamsicles are supposed to be orange.

Only.

A cherry creamsicle? Bleah.

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:30 PM (nhCoE)

81

I bet Ben Had has the biggest grin going.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:32 PM (3ek7K)

82 Top photo reminds me of some older tavern-swag I ended up with...

Bud Light lamp, about 8" high x 10" wide, with silver horse encased in it. Running pose. Probably from the 70s, or maybe 80s?

I'll send a pic of it, some day when I take it out of storage.

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

83 Hey. Wait a minute. I saw a guy with a laptop sitting at a table in a breezeway making the horsee image above.
What gives?
And I did not see Piper in said breezeway.
What gives again?

Posted by: RI Red at October 16, 2025 10:32 PM (8w/UI)

84 80 That’s your grandmother, trying to look seductive.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The popsicle is almost as much of an abomination as the picture.

Something red molded over vanilla ice cream? Creamsicles are supposed to be orange.

Only.

A cherry creamsicle? Bleah.
Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:30 PM (nhCoE)

That's memaw's raspberry swirl. And the image is her profile pic on Farmers Only.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 16, 2025 10:33 PM (jwFh7)

85 Have we laughed enough yet about John Bolton and his mustache headed for the Big House?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:33 PM (TBCjf)

86 Looks like a bomb pop. I didn't linger too long on the pic as it's creep AF. As an aside. I always HATED the ice cream close to the stick as it gave off a wood flavor.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:33 PM (4p0Xq)

87 but if Napoleon had sent even half of those troops into Spain and Portugal... war there would have been over except for partisans...

He could have probably avoided war in Spain overall - Spain was friendly to him originally.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 10:33 PM (sKqQm)

88
Tomorrow, never enough concerning that traitor

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:34 PM (3ek7K)

89 En route to Corsicana with Cow Demon, see y'all tomorrow!
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 16, 2025 10:28 PM

Woo hoo!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 16, 2025 10:34 PM (hHt5v)

90 Hope all who make it to the MoMe have a wonderful time. Wish we could be there, too.
Prayers up for all the travel to and from for everyone.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 16, 2025 10:34 PM (+4S8X)

91 They don't show the atomic cow rampaging through Wichita with it's atomic breath.
Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:27 PM

Sounds like Ghostriders In the Sky type stuff.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:34 PM (4p0Xq)

92 https://x.com/instapundit/status/1979006910910116038

Posted by: SMOD at October 16, 2025 10:34 PM (GITLP)

93 83 Hey. Wait a minute. I saw a guy with a laptop sitting at a table in a breezeway making the horsee image above.
What gives?
And I did not see Piper in said breezeway.
What gives again?
Posted by: RI Red at October 16, 2025

I was definitely there! I have multiple witnesses. I will be back in the morning.

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 10:35 PM (7qfut)

94 That's memaw's raspberry swirl. And the image is her profile pic on Farmers Only.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/f0O2-xV5XEA

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:36 PM (nhCoE)

95 I'll send a pic of it, some day when I take it out of storage.
Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:32 PM (rdVOm)

I once helped a friend smuggle a coors neon sign out of a bar to put in his dorm room. It had some thing that made it look like it had running water in it.
Hey they told me it’s not stealing if you’re in college, and you’re drunk.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:37 PM (TBCjf)

96 Have we laughed enough yet about John Bolton and his mustache headed for the Big House?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 10:33 PM (TBCjf)

Not until we get extensive video of a SWAT team pulling him out of his house by his 'stache, at Oh-Dark-Thirty. Perhaps they had to use some flash-bangs and forcibly breach the front door.

It takes so little to make me happy!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 16, 2025 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

97 Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.

She tries to avoid publicity.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 16, 2025 10:39 PM (qpyNK)

98 The happiest person I ever saw was a modern Dead Head flower child on an L train coming back from a Dead Show at MSG.

The Dead are alright.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025 10:39 PM (XV/Pl)

99
That f'ing mustache. Do you think anyone has told him it looks good?

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:39 PM (3ek7K)

100 Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.

She tries to avoid publicity.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 16, 2025 10:39 PM


and wells.

Posted by: toby928 at October 16, 2025 10:40 PM (VXJx/)

101 @45/Pug Mahon: "Megadeth IMO was head and shoulders above Metallica."

Right there with you on this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 16, 2025 10:40 PM (O7YUW)

102 Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.

She tries to avoid publicity.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Tough to do when you are stuck in a pipe for over two days. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 16, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)

103 DOOF! When did you get here?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 16, 2025 10:41 PM (VmDLh)

104 Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.

She tries to avoid publicity.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Tough to do when you are stuck in a pipe for over two days. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at October 16, 2025 10:40 PM

I tried to help!

Posted by: Lassie at October 16, 2025 10:43 PM (4p0Xq)

105 If you shaved off Bolton's mustache, would he look like Sam Elliot in the last season of Justified?

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 16, 2025 10:43 PM (3/XaG)

106 I once helped a friend smuggle a coors neon sign out of a bar to put in his dorm room. It had some thing that made it look like it had running water in it.
Hey they told me it’s not stealing if you’re in college, and you’re drunk.
Posted by: Tom Servo
---------

LOL! That kind of stuff happened all the time! Last place (bar) I worked, had a neon sign (too close to!) by the back door. One night, we noticed that it was gone! Heh. Kids.

Wonder how long it was gone before we noticed?

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:43 PM (rdVOm)

107 Baby Jessica is 39. Almost makes me feel older than 29.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:43 PM (6tEBv)

108
Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.

She tries to avoid publicity.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

==================

The paramedic who rescued her committed suicide. Seems like it was related to the rescue and its aftermath.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 10:44 PM (ldc7S)

109 I was definitely there! I have multiple witnesses. I will be back in the morning.
Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 10:35 PM (7qfut)

I shan’t believe it until you team-lead an exercise group in the carport.

Posted by: RI Red at October 16, 2025 10:45 PM (rBf5n)

110 I guess free mustache rides will be coming soon at the federal prison. It's too bad they can't put him in Letitia James in the same cell.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:45 PM (4p0Xq)

111 Baby Jessica, now in her late 30s, is married with two children.
She tries to avoid publicity.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 16, 2025 10:39 PM

and wells.
Posted by: toby928

Right into the upper deck, it's a walk-off threadwinner!

Posted by: mikeski at October 16, 2025 10:45 PM (nhCoE)

112
Sam Elliot is a good looking man. Bolton would still look like an asshole.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:46 PM (3ek7K)

113 Michael Bolton>John Bolton

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 10:47 PM (4p0Xq)

114 Michael Bolton Office Space>Michael Bolton Musician > John Bolton

Posted by: 18-1 at October 16, 2025 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

115 I don't know about laughing about Bolton on account the judge who got selected is this bugeyed twerp
x.com/joma_gc/status/1978939957889638749#

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 10:48 PM (gKWVE)

116 My hero and father died on this day several years ago.
I try to live up to his high standards, fail every day.
They were very high standards.
I celebrate his life and remember his life.
No mourning, he had a great life and was in pain. Now, he is in Heaven. Best man I will ever know.

Posted by: PTSD giver at October 16, 2025 10:49 PM (32R9e)

117
I have wondered wth lives in that mustache. It is nasty looking.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:50 PM (3ek7K)

118 >>The happiest person I ever saw was a modern Dead Head flower child on an L train coming back from a Dead Show at MSG.

If someone doesn't like their music that's fine. De gustibus and all that. But most don't actually know their music because it rarely if ever got played on the radio.

The Dead was a live band and they didn't care at all about fitting into radio format. But if you liked their music their live shows were like a Meet Up every show. It was the music plus seeing like minded people who had their own place every show. So you got dancing Dead Head flower children, lawyers, truck drivers and everyone in-between having a party every show. And the tapes.

As Jerry said "Not everyone likes the Dead but those who do really like the Dead."

Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 10:50 PM (viF8m)

119 Posted by: PTSD giver at October 16, 2025 10:49 PM
------

*To your Dad!*

*clinks glass with you*

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

120 Sam Elliott looks best with his stache.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:50 PM (6tEBv)

121 I think it's worse. People that don't like the Dead, it's kinda like going through life with a withered hand or gimpy leg-by choice.

Posted by: Dire Wolf at October 16, 2025 10:51 PM (oftw2)

122 Good evening Horde! Thanks for the ONT Disco!

Even if you're not at the MoMe in person, you're there in spirit.

Posted by: TRex - dino wears hawaiian shirts sometimes at October 16, 2025 10:52 PM (lJmmt)

123
Posted by: PTSD giver at October 16, 2025 10:49 PM
------

*To your Dad!*

*clinks glass with you*
Posted by: JQ

==============

Here's to your dad's memory, PTSD giver!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 10:52 PM (ldc7S)

124 >>>Hard to lean over and crank the passenger window up manually with a console in the way, and the back windows would be impossible.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
---

Not to be picayune but how do you let the hot air out of your car in August?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 10:52 PM (XH6Dk)

125
Drink some spirits for us.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 10:52 PM (3ek7K)

126 The most laborious thing about creating applications is the user interface and getting it right.

The Roku app is pretty much done, but it's UI is uglier than than an Chelsea Clinton.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025 10:53 PM (XV/Pl)

127 115 I don't know about laughing about Bolton on account the judge who got selected is this bugeyed twerp
x.com/joma_gc/status/1978939957889638749#
Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 10:48 PM (gKWVE)

Wasn't that one of Lao Che's gangster kids in Temple of Doom?

Posted by: IS ROTH at October 16, 2025 10:53 PM (QDgI/)

128 Since Lassie passed on, people in wells are pretty much on their own.

Posted by: June Lockhart at October 16, 2025 10:54 PM (oftw2)

129 If for no other reason, we shouldn't hate on the Dead so that we can conserve our hate for the true enemy: Jimmy Buffet and his fans.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 16, 2025 10:55 PM (jwFh7)

130 >>Not to be picayune but how do you let the hot air out of your car in August?

Drive faster.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 10:55 PM (viF8m)

131 Posted by: PTSD giver at October 16, 2025 10:49 PM
------

*To your Dad!*

*clinks glass with you*
Posted by: JQ

==============

Here's to your dad's memory, PTSD giver!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

-----
Good Dads are a blessing. Cheers to his memory.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:55 PM (6tEBv)

132
'57 Ford Ranchero was tits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 10:56 PM (XH6Dk)

133 Evening ONT Horde! Spent the evening at the MoMeeHad a nice visit with Doof, and Weasel, and TRex, to name but a few.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 10:56 PM (vQ89V)

134 My Mom's parents had a "Lassie" dog-- standard Rough Collie-- when I was very little.

She was so gentle. I remember falling asleep while reclining against her. She was my buddy whenever we'd visit.

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

135 Not to be picayune but how do you let the hot air out of your car in August?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025

***
I try to keep the interior less hot by parking in shade, using tinted windows, and mounting a folding sunshade in front and rear. Then I do just what I described, roll down the power windows, drive for a bit, put on the A/C, and shut the windows. The shade and sunshade routine keeps the interior less hot to start with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 16, 2025 10:57 PM (omVj0)

136 Don't worry, I'll be in Corsicana tomorrow to ruin the day. Spawn has to work so won't be there until Saturday morning.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 2025 10:58 PM (VCgbV)

137
From what I gather on social media, the NYC mayoral debate was a debacle. Sliwa was the only one who made sense (when he was allowed to speak), and the moderators were shills for Mamdani. Cuomo was weak. The losers are the citizens of NYC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 10:58 PM (ldc7S)

138 Hey,
Can anyone tell me the location / address for the TXMoMe tomorrow and Saturday in Corsicana?

I’ve emailed ‘Ben Had’ 12 times and its total radio silence. Called Chamber of Commerce and local hotels, they know nothing of it. Scoured the web, nothing…

I’m in Dallas, fan of the site for years, finally can make it down, but can’t get the location, other than Corsicana, to save my life.

Ugh, please help.

Thank you,

JD

Posted by: Justin at October 16, 2025 10:58 PM (MlaFR)

139 The bigger the engine, the more gas and air you could feed it the faster it would go. Ford made a Police Interceptor engine with a Holley 4 bbl but you could order it too. Then put 3 deuces on it for more gas and air.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 10:59 PM (XH6Dk)

140 @137

>>From what I gather on social media, the NYC mayoral debate was a debacle. Sliwa was the only one who made sense (when he was allowed to speak), and the moderators were shills for Mamdani. Cuomo was weak. The losers are the citizens of NYC.

That's pretty much the way of it.

I think the best outcome will be Mandani winning and demonstrating the disaster of communism.

I don't want Cuomo near any lever of power ever.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 16, 2025 11:00 PM (XV/Pl)

141 Oh JD I’ve been there a few times let me see if I can remember off the top of my head.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:01 PM (TBCjf)

142 Posted by: Justin at October 16, 2025 10:58 PM (MlaFR)

Unfortunately, you wouldn't be able to get the location posted on the site, due to OpSec.

Ben Had will definitely get back to you on details.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 16, 2025 11:02 PM (eRbBj)

143 Crap, my dance card is already full on November 31. I'll have to catch up the next day, but it's never the same. Magic of the moment, the camaraderie, all vanished like the morning dew. I'm depressed already.

Posted by: I'll Add Austedo! at October 16, 2025 11:02 PM (oftw2)

144 The KISS-themed movie “Detroit Rock City” is a somewhat guilty pleasure of mine. I don’t really take to the concept of guilty pleasures: a movie is enjoyable or not. But this one is enjoyable in spite of itself.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 16, 2025 11:02 PM (JnFGW)

145 127 115 I don't know about laughing about Bolton on account the judge who got selected is this bugeyed twerp
x.com/joma_gc/status/1978939957889638749#
Posted by: gKWVE
---

How many relatives does Theodore have back in China?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 11:04 PM (XH6Dk)

146 Posted by: Justin at October 16, 2025 10:58 PM

Ben Had is very busy...

Since you're in Dallas, just wait until tomorrow -- I'm sure Ben Had will get back to you by then. You'll have time to make it.

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

147 Ford’s Ranchero was the first “car-truck” sold in the United States if you decide to ignore the Studebaker Coupe Express.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 16, 2025 10:08 PM (zdLoL)

Beautiful cars, but I cannot fit into one.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:04 PM (vQ89V)

148

If you are JD Vance I'll give you directions to my house, LOL.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

149 JD,
Email me, include your cell number. I'll make sure Ben Had Gets your info in the morning. I'm an OG TXMoMe member...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 2025 11:05 PM (VCgbV)

150 even Sliwa put his foot in it, not promising that the NYPD would help the National Guard if it came to that.
Staten Island (at least) needs to make plans now to incorporate itself as its own city.

Posted by: gKWVE at October 16, 2025 11:06 PM (gKWVE)

151 Nice of "JD" to come around this late...

Posted by: JQ at October 16, 2025 11:06 PM (rdVOm)

152 FOOD!

Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2025 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

153 My first car was a 68 Torino 500 Fastback. Loved that car and would like a Ranchero that same year. Those cars had a nice interior and dashboard gauge cluster. Not greedy a 302VD would be fine.

Posted by: I'll Add Austedo! at October 16, 2025 11:10 PM (oftw2)

154 Hey JD I remember you find the HEB on business 31 and head south on 15th then turn on Spikes road near the tank farm and go a few miles and there it is. But if you get to the little gas station that’s too far.

Hey it works for me!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:10 PM (TBCjf)

155 All,

Thanks, obviously was starting to freak out about missing the big event.

B/C of your reassurance, I have faith Ben will ping me back… yes he must be very busy with the big event manana.

Thanks again,

JD

Posted by: Justin at October 16, 2025 11:10 PM (MlaFR)

156 DOOF! When did you get here?
Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 16, 2025 10:41 PM (VmDLh)

Haha!! Was talking about you earlier. Will you be at the ranch tomorrow?

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 11:11 PM (2MadX)

157 This is the interior of the Studebaker Coupe Express. Cool.
But that bench seat area was common to all vehicles; think about it high school boys and girls.
Now do a fat console in the middle.

https://tinyurl.com/y7ynxnpy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 11:11 PM (XH6Dk)

158 > Drive faster.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 10:55 PM (viF8m)

Assuming the vehicle is running at all, this is pretty much the solution to any automotive quandry.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 16, 2025 11:12 PM (qpyNK)

159 138 Hey,
Can anyone tell me the location / address for the TXMoMe tomorrow and Saturday in Corsicana?

I’ve emailed ‘Ben Had’ 12 times and its total radio silence. Called Chamber of Commerce and local hotels, they know nothing of it. Scoured the web, nothing…

I’m in Dallas, fan of the site for years, finally can make it down, but can’t get the location, other than Corsicana, to save my life.

Ugh, please help.

Thank you,

JD
Posted by: Justin at October 16

JD- I will see Ben Had in the morning, I will ask her if she has seen your email so we can get you the address.

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 11:13 PM (ZiaCc)

160 FOOD!
Posted by: Bulg at October 16, 2025 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

Howdy Glub

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 11:13 PM (2MadX)

161 77rzZ)

153 My first car was a 68 Torino 500 Fastback!

Love it! My first was a 71 Torino 500.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:14 PM (TBCjf)

162 Seriously JD,
Get me your contact info. My email is in my nic

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 2025 11:14 PM (VCgbV)

163 136 Don't worry, I'll be in Corsicana tomorrow to ruin the day. Spawn has to work so won't be there until Saturday morning.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 202

Yay!

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 11:15 PM (ZiaCc)

164 The other feel good story of the day other that the "stache" was the Visa's of ungrateful foreigners getting yanked. GTFO.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 11:16 PM (4p0Xq)

165 Just between you and me and the gate post, I am surprised that some who has followed the site for years does not know that Ben Had is a lady.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:19 PM (vQ89V)

166 My first vehicle was a '68 El Camino. 327 cu. in. V-8, four-barrel Holley carb on an Edelbrock manifold, headers with glass-packs that would end up in the street whenever the car bottomed out.

For a high school junior, that was living.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:19 PM (dyewR)

167 116 My hero and father died on this day several years ago.
I try to live up to his high standards, fail every day.
They were very high standards.
I celebrate his life and remember his life.
No mourning, he had a great life and was in pain. Now, he is in Heaven. Best man I will ever know.
Posted by: PTSD giver at October 16, 2025 10:49 PM (32R9e)

Same here. Nine years ago today. My mom's 98th birthday was the day before. She went a few weeks later.

I miss them both. They were terrific parents and role models.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 16, 2025 11:20 PM (QGaXH)

168 Darn. Due to the passing on a very dear friend, I will be having to attend a Celebration of Life service this weekend. So, not making TxMoMe....
Probably not missed, but I will so miss you all❣❣!
Eat lots of bacon, and raise a cocktail
~~COMM

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 16, 2025 11:20 PM (mAdag)

169 My first car was a 1972 Chevelle Malibu

Posted by: Archer at October 16, 2025 11:21 PM (IDphi)

170 I'd love to go to a MoMe some day if it's in my AO. Well try to stay out of the news rons and ettes.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 16, 2025 11:22 PM (4p0Xq)

171 COMM, sorry for the loss of your friend. I'm sure you will be missed.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:22 PM (6tEBv)

172 I am bummed that me and the missus cannot be there in TX.

Next year, for sure.

God bless this weird, wonderful Horde.

Y'all have kept me in good spirits for two decades or so.

Have fun, and keep your booger hooks off the bang switch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 11:22 PM (0aYVJ)

173
Trump Revives $15 Billion Defamation lawsuit against

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:22 PM (3ek7K)

174 There's a dude around my hood who has a really, really nice El Camino. Has an under hood blower and a 9" with drag tires tucked up under so you can't tell they are there. A true sleeper. Looks stock.
One day I whipped out my wallet and offered him 600 cold hard cash for his pos Ranchero.
I thought it was funny. He didn't.

Posted by: Reforger at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (SG6eL)

175 168 Darn. Due to the passing on a very dear friend, I will be having to attend a Celebration of Life service this weekend. So, not making TxMoMe....
Probably not missed, but I will so miss you all❣❣!
Eat lots of bacon, and raise a cocktail
~~COMM
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October

Of course you will be missed! I was hoping t share a table!

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (ZiaCc)

176

New Yotk Times

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (3ek7K)

177
even Sliwa put his foot in it, not promising that the NYPD would help the National Guard if it came to that.
Staten Island (at least) needs to make plans now to incorporate itself as its own city.
Posted by: gKWVE

===============

Sliwa said on X that the NYPD is the finest etc and doesn't need help from the National Guard. He intends to let the NYPD do their job.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (ldc7S)

178 120 Sam Elliott looks best with his stache.
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 10:50 PM (6tEBv)

So does my husband.

Hello Corsicana! 20yr old Scotch, no ice. Thanks.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (6PCLE)

179
Hope everyone has fun and that bail isn't set too high.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (tgvbd)

180 Off to bed- Grateful and I will be live reporting a little bit tomorrow!

Posted by: Piper at October 16, 2025 11:24 PM (ZiaCc)

181 That blue '37 has Alberta plates, but it is not familiar to me. Appears to be from Lethbridge, which is not in my normal orbit. The white-haired guy directly in front of the car looks like someone I know.

As it happens, I do have an '83 El Camino project car. Plan is to make it roadworthy, and sell it as a revenue job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:25 PM (vQ89V)

182
JB Pritzker claims the $1.4 million in gambling income he reported on his partially released tax returns came from a single trip to Las Vegas, where he got “incredibly lucky.”

I'm pretty sure Vegas gives you receipts or forms of some kind when you walk away with that much money.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:25 PM (ldc7S)

183 Christy is married to Sam Elliott!?!?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 2025 11:25 PM (VCgbV)

184
She's a lucky woman!!

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:26 PM (3ek7K)

185 Just between you and me and the gate post, I am surprised that some who has followed the site for years does not know that Ben Had is a lady.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:19 PM (vQ89V)

I thought the same thing. Spidey sense is on alert...

Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (0aYVJ)

186 The El Camino in the pic looks like a '67.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (dyewR)

187
JB Pritzker claims the $1.4 million in gambling income he reported on his partially released tax returns came from a single trip to Las Vegas, where he got “incredibly lucky.”

__________

A thousand bucks is lucky. $1.4 mill is suspicious.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (tgvbd)

188 Someone dance with me in Corsicana

https://tinyurl.com/dmxw4jn6

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (6PCLE)

189 It’s the “Ben” of Ben Had. In Hebrew it means “son of”. But yeah, Ben Had is obviously a lady.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

190 Sliwa said on X that the NYPD is the finest etc and doesn't need help from the National Guard. He intends to let the NYPD do their job.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:23 PM (ldc7S)


Sliwa is right. If the NYPD were allowed to do their jobs, the National Guard would not be needed.

True of any blue city.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:28 PM (vQ89V)

191
I thought the same thing. Spidey sense is on alert...
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 16, 2025 11:27 PM (0aYVJ)

Yep. Mine, too. Be careful out there.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:28 PM (6PCLE)

192 Sam Elliott as Wade Garrett in Road House. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:28 PM (6tEBv)

193 COMountainMarie

You all be greatly missed, by me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (881BD)

194 I found out Ben Had was a lady when I met her in person at the first TXMoMe... she wasn't too open about it for a long time.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (VCgbV)

195 Sliwa won’t be the next mayor of NYC, barring a miracle.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

196
Scarymary,

I don't know what it is about Sam, but boy howdy, he is hot.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)

197
JB Pritzker claims the $1.4 million in gambling income he reported on his partially released tax returns came from a single trip to Las Vegas, where he got “incredibly lucky.”

I'm pretty sure Vegas gives you receipts or forms of some kind when you walk away with that much money.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

================

Holy spit, WHAT? He said he won it "playing cards" and then segued to something about founding a charity poker match in Chicago for the Holocaust museum.

If he means to say he won $1.4mil playing poker in Las Vegas, he's the worst liar in politics. You don't get THAT lucky in a city where the greatest poker players in the world play for the highest stakes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (ldc7S)

198 I'm pretty sure Vegas gives you receipts or forms of some kind when you walk away with that much money.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:25 PM (ldc7S)

Not to mention, they withhold a fuckton of tax dollars.

He should be subjected to an IRS audit for sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:31 PM (vQ89V)

199 Kinda sketch for last minute directions. Head west till you get to Gallup, NM then look for the signs to Monument Valley. Someone will be there to guide you in.

Posted by: DBCooper at October 16, 2025 11:31 PM (RcMVg)

200 I found out Ben Had was a lady when I met her in person at the first TXMoMe... she wasn't too open about it for a long time.

She treated it as a joke when I first met here; she was guiding cars in back when it was at her horse barn, and her greeting was “You’ve… Ben Had.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 16, 2025 11:31 PM (JnFGW)

201 Four Seasons, he's a fine lookin' man is Sam.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:32 PM (6tEBv)

202 >>JB Pritzker claims the $1.4 million in gambling income he reported on his partially released tax returns came from a single trip to Las Vegas, where he got “incredibly lucky.”

Nobody gets $1.4 million lucky at the high stakes tables in Vegas.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)

203 Nobody gets $1.4 million lucky at the high stakes tables in Vegas.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 16, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)

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They stop comping your drinks when you're up $10k.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:33 PM (dyewR)

204
Hubba Hubba

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:34 PM (3ek7K)

205 Kinda sketch for last minute directions. Head west till you get to Gallup, NM then look for the signs to Monument Valley. Someone will be there to guide you in.
Posted by: DBCooper at October 16, 2025 11:31 PM (RcMVg)

They ought to rename it "Multiment Valley", because there is a lot more than one of them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:34 PM (vQ89V)

206 OTOH, it's obvious that Pritzker has had a lot of comped buffets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:35 PM (dyewR)

207 184
She's a lucky woman!!

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:26 PM (3ek7K)

Ha! I am very lucky, but he looks more like Redford but taller and aging much, much better.

Jeremiah Johnson was his beard and looks in our prime.

I am sure my father was impressed to see his photo when we were engaged! However, there was mutual love within hours.

Daddy was so thrilled to have someone else responsible for me I am surprised he did not offer him a dowry.

I was his only girl. No doubt drove him nuts at times in college, but he loved me and I got away with anything.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:35 PM (6PCLE)

208 >>>If he means to say he won $1.4mil playing poker in Las Vegas, he's the worst liar in politics. You don't get THAT lucky in a city where the greatest poker players in the world play for the highest stakes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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And the other side of the coin, the IRS boss, the guy that used to own and operate one or more casinos, knows exactly how that stuff works.
(cue Dragnet theme)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 11:35 PM (XH6Dk)

209 Who on earth is that old lady with the popsicle? This is bugging me every time I refresh. GAK

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:36 PM (6PCLE)

210 AOP- That's why you need to park and wait for someone from the MoMe to guide you in. They all look alike.

Posted by: DBCooper at October 16, 2025 11:36 PM (RcMVg)

211 hello, fellow kids

Posted by: guy in a Rock/Band t-shirt with a skateboard who just needs directions at October 16, 2025 11:36 PM (jwFh7)

212 A lot of fun music tonight, Disco. Thanks for the ONT. MoMe - all the hype is justified. What a fun evening.

Posted by: scampydog at October 16, 2025 11:37 PM (8TZeg)

213
ChristyBlinky,

You have great stories! You make laugh so much. I'm glad you are commenting more.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)

214 192 scary Mary

Yeah baby! Oh yummy😜!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 16, 2025 11:37 PM (mAdag)

215 I never had a clue about Ben Had until I met her!

Btw, I figure she knows but always thought it was amusing that one of the bad-ass Kings of Syria in the O.T. was Ben Hadad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:37 PM (TBCjf)

216 MoMe after dark in Camper City is underway. Sponge and the First Lady, Sponge-bro, She Hobbit, Bruce Wayne, and yours truly. Wish you were here!

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 11:38 PM (2MadX)

217 196
Scarymary,

I don't know what it is about Sam, but boy howdy, he is hot.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)

His voice and swagger, I think. My late brother was almost identical to him. Funnies person I have ever known.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:38 PM (6PCLE)

218 Ben-Hadad was a pimp. He could never have outfought Ashurbanipal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:39 PM (dyewR)

219 COMM!! We will miss you here in Texas!

Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 11:39 PM (2MadX)

220 AOP- That's why you need to park and wait for someone from the MoMe to guide you in. They all look alike.
Posted by: DBCooper at October 16, 2025 11:36 PM (RcMVg)

So do the Morons. The ladies mistook all of us for Sam Elliot, and he wasn't even there. But we all got hugs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:39 PM (vQ89V)

221 216 MoMe after dark in Camper City is underway. Sponge and the First Lady, Sponge-bro, She Hobbit, Bruce Wayne, and yours truly. Wish you were here!
Posted by: Doof at October 16, 2025 11:38 PM (2MadX)

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I'm drooling with FOMO.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 16, 2025 11:40 PM (dyewR)

222
Is Doof still around?

Who is that popsicle guy??

I thought it was Doof because the guy is doofy looking, lol.



Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:40 PM (3ek7K)

223 216 MoMe after dark in Camper City is underway. Sponge and the First Lady, Sponge-bro, She Hobbit, Bruce Wayne, and yours truly. Wish you were here!
Posted by: Doof


youtu.be/4K6cvc27_CE

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 16, 2025 11:40 PM (pZ64F)

224 213
ChristyBlinky,

You have great stories! You make laugh so much. I'm glad you are commenting more.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)

Thanks! I was missing for years but lurking. I had some sort of fugue state with our first two grandkids. The Nana role blew my mind. I am more steady with our surprise girl of 2025 who is 7wks old and not going to put up with her siblings bossing her around. I can just tell. We see them about once a week and Nana/Poppy World Toys R Us is always open. Even if we are tired.

It is the best thing to ever happen to me, after many best things. Pure joy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:42 PM (6PCLE)

225 I thought "popsicle guy" was Fauxcahontas?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:42 PM (vQ89V)

226
A thousand bucks is lucky. $1.4 mill is suspicious.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

===============

I'm not clear whether it was blackjack or poker. If poker, it wouldn't even be suspicious -- it would be impossible. Blackjack? Find the dealer. No one would forget a winner that big. In fact, I'd like to know how long it took him to rack up $1.4mil. If it was more than a couple of hours, the house would have noticed and considered kicking him out.

And where's the 1099?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:43 PM (ldc7S)

227
MoMe after dark in Camper City is underway. Sponge and the First Lady, Sponge-bro, She Hobbit, Bruce Wayne, and yours truly. Wish you were here!
Posted by: Doof

==============

Hallooo, you morons!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:44 PM (ldc7S)

228
ChristyBlinky,

We have 4 grand babies, 3 yrs to 11 yrs.

There ain't nothing better in the world.

They are treasures.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:44 PM (3ek7K)

229 So do the Morons. The ladies mistook all of us for Sam Elliot, and he wasn't even there. But we all got hugs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----

Sam Elliott is hot, but I remember he is a lefty. Womp, womp sad tromone.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:46 PM (6tEBv)

230 Getting close to Fort Worth (where we have tickets to see Rush next June!!!)

Should hit Corsicana around midnight. I don't think we're gonna make the 8am class....

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 16, 2025 11:46 PM (0ImBz)

231


AOP,

He reminds me of Andy Warhol. Why, I don't know.

Man or woman?

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:46 PM (3ek7K)

232
And where's the 1099?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

=============

W-2G, not 1099, self.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:47 PM (ldc7S)

233 I'm not clear whether it was blackjack or poker. If poker, it wouldn't even be suspicious -- it would be impossible. Blackjack? Find the dealer. No one would forget a winner that big. In fact, I'd like to know how long it took him to rack up $1.4mil. If it was more than a couple of hours, the house would have noticed and considered kicking him out.

And where's the 1099?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 16, 2025 11:43 PM (ldc7S)

In the Bond story, "Diamonds are Forever" Bond is paid off by the Mob for smuggling diamonds by setting up a crooked game in the Mobster's casino, and letting him win bigly.

If this happened with JB, it's money laundering.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:48 PM (vQ89V)

234 I left my stomach in Corsicana.
The barbecue calls to me
To be where bacon-wrapped jalapeños roast among cigars…

Cigar smoke may fill the air, I don't care
My stomach waits there in Corsicana.
The bacon and the bourbon
When I stumble into Corsicana.
Where the bacon wench feeds every moron.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 16, 2025 11:48 PM (JnFGW)

235 Posted by: screaming in digital

Safe travels!

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:48 PM (6tEBv)

236 Someone earlier was saying Pritzkers “winnings” were easy to explain. Pritzker goes into a casino, some “associate” buys $100,000 in chips, hands them to Pritzker. Pritzker cashes them in, says they’re winnings, taxes are paid, everything looks nice and legal. Gives a nice tip to the house to keep quiet about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:50 PM (TBCjf)

237
Vegas is in a bad slump now. No way are they letting people win that much money.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:50 PM (3ek7K)

238 NY AG Letitia James’s family troubles keep growing, her 21-year-old grand-niece, an OnlyFans model, was arrested for lying about a felony record to buy a gun, and another niece is on the run

https://tinyurl.com/3z3vw9ht

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 11:50 PM (XH6Dk)

239 219 DOOF!
Oh honey! I will so miss you!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 16, 2025 11:51 PM (mAdag)

240 four seasons, popsicle pic is a woman. I look at her neck, there's age appropriate loose skin but no Adam's apple. The pic is a meme but I am not sure of origin story.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 16, 2025 11:52 PM (6tEBv)

241
So the whole family are thugs. Nice.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:52 PM (3ek7K)

242 They are treasures.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:44 PM (3ek7K)

Aye. One of my former classmates from nursing skool told me she should have been a grandmother first. True!

Being retired and more laid back we deal with anything. In fact, when they were 4 and 2yrs, what we refer to as the Chimp Years with our sons, we'd look at each other and laugh before we broke a brawl up.

Our first granddaughter was the first girl born in my family since I was. A carbon copy of me. The world should worry, we just laugh. She's the twin of our son, who looked more like me, and looks a lot like my father. His DNA is shining through with her.

She even laughs like me! However she's much smarter and is going to be gorgeous. I hope I am around in about 10yrs when our son is fighting off boys. I will leave a letter for her and her sister to wait for the right guy and not settle. I did not settle and waited. There parents were HS sweethearts vs meeting in college.

I'm already telling her she has to wait til after college. She's 4yrs old.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:52 PM (6PCLE)

243 Someone earlier was saying Pritzkers “winnings” were easy to explain. Pritzker goes into a casino, some “associate” buys $100,000 in chips, hands them to Pritzker. Pritzker cashes them in, says they’re winnings, taxes are paid, everything looks nice and legal. Gives a nice tip to the house to keep quiet about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 16, 2025 11:50 PM (TBCjf)

"And they did all this for you, Juan?"

"Not for me, but for my seester, si!"

Posted by: just the punchline at October 16, 2025 11:54 PM (vQ89V)

244

Scarymary, I see that now.

Doof should give an award to anyone who figures it out.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 16, 2025 11:55 PM (3ek7K)

245 183 NaCly
You were one of the best pals I met in CO. I will sorely miss you my friend. God willing I'll see you again💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 16, 2025 11:56 PM (mAdag)

246

Should hit Corsicana around midnight. I don't think we're gonna make the 8am class....
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 16, 2025


Class is 10am

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2025 11:56 PM (VRFIB)

247 NY AG Letitia James’s family troubles keep growing, her 21-year-old grand-niece, an OnlyFans model, was arrested for lying about a felony record to buy a gun, and another niece is on the run

https://tinyurl.com/3z3vw9ht
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 16, 2025 11:50 PM (XH6Dk)

The entire family are thugs. Maybe a little more polished than the typical hood rats, but every bit as dishonest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:57 PM (vQ89V)

248 Safety class is 10am

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2025 11:57 PM (VRFIB)

249 The woman with the popsicle is disturbing me a whole lot.

My dude is calling and I am going to bed. I have been tired all day and assume it is the change in the weather. Winter is coming at us fast, which is fine with me. I do hope we can rake up the leaves that have not fallen before the first snow...live a mile from the start of the mountains and there is snow.

I am not done yet! Bulbs to plant, etc. Ack.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 16, 2025 11:58 PM (6PCLE)

250 Class is 10am
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 16, 2025 11:56 PM (VRFIB)

Weasel told me 8:00 A.M. for the mandatory safety briefing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 16, 2025 11:59 PM (vQ89V)

251 Rifle class at 8 safety at 10 i believe

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 17, 2025 12:00 AM (0ImBz)

252 I'm sad that we will be too late for the shooting stuff. I hope someone at MoMe will talk to hubby about guns so he doesn't get bored.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:00 AM (6tEBv)

253 Gun Owners of America@GunOwners

During this so-called "emergency" situation, police stood around for 40 minutes, armed themselves with rifles and a ballistic shield, went into Trevor Case's home without a warrant, and shot him.

Gun Owners of America@GunOwners
FYI @TheJusticeDept supports the warrantless home invasion of gun owner Trevor Case.

DOJ says federal agents (like@ATFHQ) "make warrantless entries into residences" & need to "prosecute cases" where they "encounter evidence of a crime" without a warrant

https://tinyurl.com/nvu6wv5u

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 17, 2025 12:00 AM (XH6Dk)

254 MoMe after dark in Camper City is underway.
---------------

youtu.be/e-LeujZNV08

Posted by: JQ at October 17, 2025 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

255
ChristyBlinky,

We so enjoy watching the kids grow.

The 11 yr old is an amazing musician already, he is into track and field, reads anything he gets his hands on.

We don't know where the time went. Seems like just yesterday he was 1 yr old.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:01 AM (3ek7K)

256 I'm sad that we will be too late for the shooting stuff. I hope someone at MoMe will talk to hubby about guns so he doesn't get bored.
Posted by: ScaryMary
**********
When are you arriving SC?
Fri am - 8-10am is the rifle/pistol class
Fri am - 10am is the mandatory safety briefing

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 17, 2025 12:03 AM (lJmmt)

257
Goodnight ChristyBlinky

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:03 AM (3ek7K)

258 ScaryMary, I brought my Highway Patrolman revolver. I love to show it off and gab about revolvers!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 17, 2025 12:04 AM (0ImBz)

259 Since people are trying to figure out the popsicle queen picture, I’ll add my two cents. She’s wearing, loosely, a hospital gown. The looseness of the fit is more proof it’s a hospital gown. The popsicle is probably after the procedure, because they don’t want you eating before they put you under. Anybody else know anything?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 17, 2025 12:05 AM (ZVgZ4)

260
MoMe after dark in Camper City

Sounds like a movie title.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 17, 2025 12:05 AM (63Dwl)

261 Grateful, we won't be there til noon-ish on Saturday. I'm hoping Hubby will have a nice time anyway so we can do the Full Monty next year 😉

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:06 AM (6tEBv)

262
Nemo, but why?? It's an odd thing to post, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:06 AM (3ek7K)

263 The 11 yr old is an amazing musician already, he is into track and field, reads anything he gets his hands on.

We don't know where the time went. Seems like just yesterday he was 1 yr old.
Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:01 AM (3ek7K)

Our two sons are musicians. One a professional. But both now software gurus like their father, who they inherited this from. A saxophone and trumpet in junior high and HS was a noisy home.

My husband plays the guitar and piano and learned by ear. He can play anything. I took piano for 5yrs and am ok but not great to sit down and play chords.

I enjoy every minute with my grands. With the baby I can see changes in days. So blessed to be 10min away.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 17, 2025 12:08 AM (6PCLE)

264 Grateful, we won't be there til noon-ish on Saturday. I'm hoping Hubby will have a nice time anyway so we can do the Full Monty next year 😉
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:06 AM (6tEBv)

Weasel said they might fit in a safety thing for late comers. You might still be ok.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 17, 2025 12:08 AM (VRFIB)

265
Was it Oregon Muse who had the Who's That pictures?

That was fun.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:09 AM (3ek7K)

266 Well, just past 11:00 here/ Going to go to bed. I will try to be there at 0800 because good information will be shared.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 17, 2025 12:11 AM (vQ89V)

267 I own a 67 El Camino, and have driven it to the Woodward Ave Dream Cruise, a trip to Denver from Tidewater Virginia, and even one Moron Meetup in NoVa. Today's Kias and Subarus tower over it on the highway, and the steering wheel is as thin as vermicelli.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 17, 2025 12:11 AM (+3dAt)

268 Have a great time AOP

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:11 AM (3ek7K)

269 'Night, AOP!

Posted by: JQ at October 17, 2025 12:12 AM (rdVOm)

270 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That's good to know. He would enjoy that if it worked out.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:12 AM (6tEBv)

271 No frigging way I'm doing 8am. Lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 17, 2025 12:12 AM (VRFIB)

272 Tineye reverse image search on the popsicle queen gives a lot of links to obvious porn sites. Image seems to be at least 11 years old. Meme is something like Grandma STAHP! Like she is getting too into licking the popsicle. Who knows what the original story was?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 17, 2025 12:14 AM (ZVgZ4)

273 Who's this was fun. Chess and Dress posts were also fun., even though I don't play chess or have elegant fashion style.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:16 AM (6tEBv)

274 Grateful, we won't be there til noon-ish on Saturday. I'm hoping Hubby will have a nice time anyway so we can do the Full Monty next year 😉
Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:06 AM (6tEBv)

Weasel said they might fit in a safety thing for late comers. You might still be ok.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
*************
All shooting on Saturday ends at 1pm. But you and your hubby could still visit the two ranges and see how they operate. And there are many people who would love to talk gubs with him. Really looking forward to meeting both of you.
Night all, early morning tomorrow at the ranch!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 17, 2025 12:17 AM (lJmmt)

275
Nemo,

Thanks for researching that.

Anyway, it's kept us busy speculating, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:18 AM (3ek7K)

276 Thanks Grateful! See you Saturday!

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:18 AM (6tEBv)

277 fourseasons -

Don’t ask me! I didn’t post it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 17, 2025 12:19 AM (ZVgZ4)

278 263 The 11 yr old is an amazing musician already, he is into track and field, reads anything he gets his hands on.

Meant to add that he sounds like a great kid. Music helps the brain with math somehow.

I hope ours will be great readers, as I am and one son was. But the parents of these kids are not great readers. I am trying to encourage it and think our first girlie will be fine. We still have a ton of our sons books, so it is a priority.

Track is also a great thing. My husband and his brother were long distance champs in NY. He ran a 4min mile. I ran a 12min mile because I hated it. I'm a swimmer and tennis person. I am thankful I can still swim when I get motivated to find a pool outside. Inside pools creep me out somehow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 17, 2025 12:20 AM (6PCLE)

279

Scarymary, I loved those too.

I hope you and hubby have a great time.

Time to watch old Sherlock Holmes episodes.

Posted by: fourseasons at October 17, 2025 12:22 AM (3ek7K)

280 Hey everybody! Hey ONT! Hey Doof!

Texas only requires TWO guns to enter?! I thought their minimum was *much* higher!

Also everyone, have a (admittedly slight) story to tell you all. I helped deport a Mexican at the border tonight.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 12:28 AM (/p+XQ)

281 Gun range safety briefing is 10am local time on Friday. NOT 8am!!!

Posted by: Doof at October 17, 2025 12:28 AM (ym7CX)

282 Doof, is there an official list of attendees of the MoMee right now? Or would sharing that violate OPSEC?*

*Want to make clear, I understand 100% if the official attendee list is confidential.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 12:29 AM (/p+XQ)

283 MoMe after dark in Camper City

Sounds like a movie title.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 17, 2025 12:05 AM (63Dwl)

Takin’ the Doof boat to Camper Town?

Posted by: haffhowershower at October 17, 2025 12:30 AM (PjY10)

284 A slow dance for MoMe after dark in Camper City:

youtu.be/5vIIZydXDqg

Posted by: JQ at October 17, 2025 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

285 Remember when, during the Barcelona Olympics, NBC kept calling the festivities "Club Barcelona"?

Also they pronounced club "cloob." Letterman was having some fun with that.

Anyway, sounds like Cloob MoMee is going well.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 12:34 AM (/p+XQ)

286 Doof, is there an official list of attendees of the MoMee right now? Or would sharing that violate OPSEC?*

*Want to make clear, I understand 100% if the official attendee list is confidential.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 12:29 AM (/p+XQ)

That will not be made public

Posted by: Doof at October 17, 2025 12:38 AM (2MadX)

287 Doof, got it, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 12:39 AM (/p+XQ)

288 Gun range safety briefing is 10am local time on Friday. NOT 8am!!!
Posted by: Doof at October 17, 2025 12:28 AM (ym7CX)

Correct, but the rifle clinic is at 8am tomorrow. That’s not mandatory but the 10am safety briefing is if you are going to shoot.

I got that from the schedule in the last Gun thread.

Posted by: haffhowershower at October 17, 2025 12:44 AM (PjY10)

289 Hubby will not get to shoot. He will have to be happy that I will be tickled to meet y'all.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 12:50 AM (6tEBv)

290 My take on the popsicle woman. I think that's some photographer's idea of a "remembrance" photo. I look at it this way.

Faded image up to the left is the dearly departed husband of this woman. The photo chosen from the past shows him eating a popsicle. And, she decided (or the photographer did) that she should mimic him to ...oh, I don't know...show some sort of connection. Just be grateful that dearly departed hubby wasn't doing something even more suggestive or obscene even.

I just read what I wrote, and it's kind of depressing. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Orson at October 17, 2025 01:02 AM (dIske)

291 Orson, as I recall it, photo studios were desperate during the 1970s and relied on all sorts of gimmicks to get people to come in.

Posted by: qdpsteve at October 17, 2025 01:06 AM (/p+XQ)

292 Orson, the mirror portrait was a thing in the 80s. Somewhere in the world is a photo of me as a 7th grade girl with a mullet. Mirrored. It was an abomination.i hope it never becomes a meme.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 01:11 AM (6tEBv)

293 That Les Paul of Ace's looks sweet!

Posted by: Jerry Saves at October 17, 2025 01:13 AM (zxrfm)

294 Verizon outage in this sector...sappers in the wire!

Posted by: a dude in MI at October 17, 2025 01:19 AM (+I6Y/)

295 We made it to Corsicana!!!!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 17, 2025 01:28 AM (0ImBz)

296 295
Well done!

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 01:36 AM (6tEBv)

297 We made it to Corsicana!!!!
Posted by: screaming in digital
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[fires virtual confetti cannon]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 17, 2025 01:42 AM (XeU6L)

298
I swear -- We're having to take shifts keeping an eye on my dear 95 year old mother and her O2. She has to go the bathroom a lot at night. And I take the overnight shift.

And now, while dozing, she will sometimes reach up and pull the canula out of her nose. Her O2 saturation dropped to 77%, and nearly gave me a heart attack.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 17, 2025 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

299 Humphrey Bogart had an easier time navigating the African Queen down the Nile than I'm having with my 4 x4, but I'm at the hotel!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 17, 2025 01:56 AM (JnFGW)

300 Just peeking in

Posted by: Skip at October 17, 2025 01:59 AM (+qU29)

301 https://tinyurl.com/2kr32zcw
20 Posts from Doug Ross Substack

Posted by: Skip at October 17, 2025 02:01 AM (+qU29)

302
And the O2 supply outfit pissed me off this afternoon. I called to order some more portable tanks, and asked could they send one of the little humidifier bottles for the concentrator.

The woman on the phone sounded like some Katie Porter type and snottily informed me we needed a "doctor's order" for that.

After he stroke, they had her on O2 for a while, which she didn't really need. It was different supplier, and the delivery guy gave me two of those bottles right out of the truck. Only problem is, this machine is different and those old ones won't work, without some fitting adapters.

That really pissed me off. I see I can order something from Amazon that will work with the fittings on this machine. Complete bullshit about doctor's orders and I don't know why she was pissy about it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 17, 2025 02:03 AM (w6EFb)

303 Some medical/insurance people are jerks because they can be. Caretaking and advocating for a loved one is hard. There is a blessing in there but it is hard.

Posted by: ScaryMary at October 17, 2025 02:11 AM (6tEBv)

304
Ace Frehley question for anyone still up. Did he pronounce it "fray-ly" or "freely"? I've heard both from people on the TV.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 17, 2025 02:19 AM (w6EFb)

305 I hope all of you have a great time in Texas. Be careful, and stay out of trouble. It's a long drive from here, and I only have so much bail money.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:22 AM (vd6bO)

306 304 Wikipedia asserts the former pronunciation.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:24 AM (vd6bO)

307 I think I hear hoofprints on my roof, and it isn't Christmas Eve yet.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:26 AM (vd6bO)

308 RIP Ace Frehley. I love the old Kiss albums, and enjoyed Ace's playing. He was no virtuoso, but he sure inspired a whole lot of them.

Posted by: Modern Journalists at October 17, 2025 02:28 AM (8hxDK)

309 Bueller....Bueller...Bueller...Bueller

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:28 AM (vd6bO)

310
Heh, I just found a video of Ace being interviewed and asked the question. He said there are actually 3 different pronunciations people used. "Freely" wrong.

He went on a bit about the distinction between "fray-ly" and more "freh-ly". He pronounces it close to the latter. The 'a' is not quite so hard. The way he pronounced it was sort of in between. Let's see I forgot the proper symbols for the different 'a' sounds. You got 'a' as in father, vs 'a' is in "bat". And then maybe subtle variations around those.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 17, 2025 02:29 AM (w6EFb)

311 Frehltey - Some people's professions are a little crazier than others...playing for such big crowds was probably a lot of fun...clean off the makeup and be a regular guy out working on the wife's car or whatever you want.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:32 AM (vd6bO)

312 Oof. Please forgive my typing. I transmogrified it into something closer to realty in my last comment. I think I need a new phone. All of the screen cracks are starting to affect my typing (and it wasn't that great to begin with).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 17, 2025 02:35 AM (vd6bO)

313 308 RIP Ace Frehley. I love the old Kiss albums, and enjoyed Ace's playing. He was no virtuoso, but he sure inspired a whole lot of them.
Posted by: Modern Journalists at October 17, 2025 02:28 AM (8hxDK)

Genius is not if the 'supposed experts' like you....

If it is you are both successful, and if normal folks like you.

He meets both criteria.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 17, 2025 02:41 AM (mP0Kj)

314 Oh, so someone from that satanic group Kiss died? OK, I won’t celebrate a death, but he’s got what’s coming to him.

Posted by: Bulg at October 17, 2025 02:47 AM (77rzZ)

315 "It's all in the wrist", I told him, regarding his vibrato. I t was just like when I taught Elvis to do that thing with the hips. Neither one of them listened. Headstrong, those two.

Posted by: Hap Shaughnessy at October 17, 2025 02:48 AM (vd6bO)

316 I have too much to do at work today, but it's a hour away and can't start any sooner than much before 6am. Yet here I am thinking about it

Posted by: Skip at October 17, 2025 02:49 AM (+qU29)

317 Skip, when can you start drinking?

Posted by: Bulg at October 17, 2025 02:51 AM (77rzZ)

318 316 My wife tells me she visualizes all of her concerns as stuff on the floor, sweeps it out the door, and goes right to sleep. I tell her that only works for her because she is not properly OCD like me.

Posted by: Hap Shaughnessy at October 17, 2025 02:52 AM (vd6bO)

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