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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - October 29, 2025 [Spooky Rex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another random assortment of interweb tricks and treats (some of the mystery variety). Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. [Top photo: Does a giant inflatable peg-leg pirate TRex dressed up for Halloween really need a caption?]
At $50,080, that's the highest industry average ever, reflecting the price hikes faced by new car buyers in recent years amid pandemic supply shortages, tariff-induced increases, and the high cost of EV production. The figure marks a 3.6% jump from the same month last year. "Tariffs have introduced new cost pressure to the business, but the pricing story in September was mostly driven by the healthy mix of EVs and higher-end vehicles pushing the new-vehicle ATP into uncharted territory," Cox executive analyst Erin Keating said. Passing the $50,000 mark was inevitable, Keating said, especially considering that the country's bestseller is a Ford truck that "routinely costs north of $65,000."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mot at October 29, 2025 10:00 PM (fIPNY)
Good Evening
Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2025 10:00 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2025 10:01 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Top 5? at October 29, 2025 10:01 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 29, 2025 10:01 PM (Wg6v7)
Posted by: 496 at October 29, 2025 10:02 PM (4MR3n)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 29, 2025 10:02 PM (W3AhE)
Miscellaneous topics encompass lighter, eclectic threads on hobbies, oddities, and everyday curiosities, fostering community engagement beyond politics. The Hobby Thread, for example, solicits reader inputs on pursuits like travel-themed activities or niche interests, with a July 26, 2025, edition encouraging shares on personal avocations. Overnight open threads cover whimsical subjects, such as barbecue experiences in adverse weather or poultry-related anecdotes, serving as informal outlets for humor and anecdote-sharing.
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Poultry-related anecdotes? Keep fucking that chicken, Elon.
The glaring absence of any reference to boobs leaves me shaking my head, but we still have a lot to live up to.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:03 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2025 10:04 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 29, 2025 10:04 PM (uQesX)
Tomorrow, remember to pause for a moment to remember Peanut the Squirrel who was murdered on October 30, 2024.
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"Some time, Don, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Peanut. I don't know where I'll be then, Don. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:05 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 29, 2025 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2025 10:05 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
I won't pay a dime more than $20k.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Many thanks for the ONT Mr Rex!
Posted by: 496 at October 29, 2025 10:02 PM (4MR3n)
It is from an OB/GYN clinic. The nurses can be . . . Direct.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 10:08 PM (rbvCR)
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Wise TRex, very wise.
Question: why are all the used collections in New Jersey?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 29, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)
I won't pay a dime more than $20k.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)
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You can scarcely get an ATV for $20k.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:08 PM (tgvbd)
No prank calls with heavy breathing of THAT sort!!
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2025 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:09 PM (dyewR)
The Hobby Thread, for example, solicits reader inputs on pursuits like travel-themed activities or niche interests, with a July 26, 2025, edition encouraging shares on personal avocations.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:03 PM
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Wow. The mighty, mighty Hobby Thread hits the big time.
Posted by: TRex - amateur hobbyist at October 29, 2025 10:09 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: banana Dream at October 29, 2025 10:09 PM (3uBP9)
I won't pay a dime more than $20k.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)
Same as in town-k?
Posted by: Doof at October 29, 2025 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
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Short of a lottery win, there will never be a new car in the driveway, ever.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't pay that even *with* a lottery win.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: boo-bell 👻; at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (P/Jb0)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (mAdag)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)
That right there is a good option!
Nice ONT, TRex!
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 29, 2025 10:12 PM (47diA)
Posted by: banana Dream
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The current phrase is 'stupid money', I think.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:12 PM (XeU6L)
Poultry-related anecdotes? Keep fucking that chicken, Elon.
The glaring absence of any reference to boobs leaves me shaking my head, but we still have a lot to live up to.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:03 PM (dyewR)
Funny stuff!
Posted by: Joemarine at October 29, 2025 10:12 PM (y171U)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:13 PM (mAdag)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:05 PM (tgvbd)
*wipes tear*
Beautiful man!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 10:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at October 29, 2025 10:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 29, 2025 10:14 PM (47diA)
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Short of a lottery win, there will never be a new car in the driveway, ever.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't pay that even *with* a lottery win.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Less popular classic cars are getting cheaper, relative to new ones.
How much for a clean 2000 Monte Carlo plus a set of wagon wheel rims.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:14 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 29, 2025 10:14 PM (y171U)
*shivers in fright*
Love the inflatable pirate T-Rex! Can also be used for the entire holiday season!
Pittsburgh scanner: Beechview. OMG
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 29, 2025 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Somebody left the freezer door open all night, and it was COLD here today - guess I will have to bundle up on Halloween night to hand out candy to all of the trick-or-treaters 🎃🎃🎃
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2025 10:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 29, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: boo-bell
I've been present for roughly 9 births. I know how it works and generally understand the physiology of childbirth.
It should kill the mother and the child every. single. time. and yet, it doesn't.
It's a true miracle I tell you.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:16 PM (mAdag)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2025 10:17 PM (g47mK)
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One of the Three Wise Men was a T Rex, if I'm remembering my New Testament correctly.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:17 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:18 PM (TfUTr)
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Wise TRex, very wise.
Question: why are all the used collections in New Jersey?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 29, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)
You might just have to settle for this, Spo-ooky Rex:
https://youtube.com/shorts/zItDMeQX9Oc
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2025 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Homely Hank at October 29, 2025 10:19 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 29, 2025 10:19 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:03 PM (dyewR)
And meanwhile we struggle to keep this a Prometheus-free thread.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 10:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:17 PM
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Correct. Gold, Frankincense and Club ONT restroom tokens.
Some bible translations read a little different.
Posted by: TRex - wise dino at October 29, 2025 10:20 PM (cCn4/)
Looked around for compatible good replacement truck.
Fixed mine.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:21 PM (TfUTr)
His name was Peanut, his name was Peanut, his name was peanut...
Posted by: Project Mayhem at October 29, 2025 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
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Inernational relations take a backseat to the almighty comment section.
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2025 10:21 PM (41CYW)
https://youtu.be/E6hcnB2fRz8
Besides, it was mot's turn at firts.
Mot? Who dot?
My hashtag does not comport with my mood tonight.
Posted by: mindful webworker - zippy dee doodah at October 29, 2025 10:21 PM (UUhkk)
Posted by: Some Rat
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Well done, Sir.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 29, 2025 10:21 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
* * * *
With the able assistance of a busty pirate chick, natch!
Duh.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 29, 2025 10:22 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: runner at October 29, 2025 10:17 PM
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Jurassic Mart or Dino Depot. Bronto-bargains might have some on clearance.
Posted by: TRex - QVC dino at October 29, 2025 10:23 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: tankdemon
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I have 3. Two sugar cane length (probably 2 1/2' long), one 'regular' length stamped 'USMC 1945'.
The sugar cane length both have hand-tooled leather sheaths.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:18 PM (TfUTr)
Ahh! The dread pirate Rex.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 10:25 PM (2WIwB)
Grok-generated Greta dressed in a sexy pirate costume on the deck of a pirate ship wants to date him.
MP4 at mindfulwebworks.com
https://bit.ly/pirate-greta-vid-grok
Posted by: mindful webworker - arrhr, maties, trrick or trrreat, uuhkk at October 29, 2025 10:25 PM (UUhkk)
Posted by: Project Mayhem
Peanut sleeps with the fishes. Take note you bird feeder looters.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:25 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2025 10:26 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 29, 2025 10:26 PM (WQDw6)
Jeez Mr. T.....get with it dude...yeah... just being an assnole,,,
See ya in days to come😉....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:26 PM (mAdag)
I honestly think that was a pivotal moment in the last election. I know some of you hate squirrels but I love the little rascals and even if you don't that was such a crazy overreach of government power I think some people were appalled by what the NY government did.
It made some people rethink about what they want government to do. Maybe not that many but elections are won on the margins. You harm let alone kill one of my animals and you've made an enemy for life.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 10:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:27 PM (JkO4W)
https://youtube.com/shorts/zItDMeQX9Oc
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 29, 2025 10:18 PM
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Embrace the healing power of "and."
Posted by: TRex - dino maximus at October 29, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Some Rat
Vinnie, what happened?
Ah, we had a problem. We tried to do everything we could.
Whadda mean?
You know what I mean - he's gone. And we couldn't do nothing about it.
Wadda mean?
He's gone.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 10:28 PM (cYBz/)
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Which is why we have used vehicles that are paid for and will be driven until the wheels just go flying off.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 10:28 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:29 PM (TfUTr)
It made some people rethink about what they want government to do. Maybe not that many but elections are won on the margins. You harm let alone kill one of my animals and you've made an enemy for life.
Posted by: JackStraw
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That was nothing compared to what may come with the next mayoral election.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 29, 2025 10:29 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 29, 2025 10:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:11 PM (XeU6L)
New cars all have those eeee-vil touch screens. No way, Jose!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 10:30 PM (npFr7)
I honestly think that was a pivotal moment in the last election. I know some of you hate squirrels but I love the little rascals and even if you don't that was such a crazy overreach of government power I think some people were appalled by what the NY government did.
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I think it was the combination of overreach over something petty and negligence over something important, like crime. Wasn't there some subway murder contemporaneous with the Death of Peanut?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:30 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: TRex - MC dino at October 29, 2025 10:30 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at October 29, 2025 10:13 PM (oftw2)
They were already dead.
Toppled over skeletons reminds me of the mortician who liked to tie his clients' shoelaces together just to slow them down in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 29, 2025 10:31 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:31 PM (mAdag)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 29, 2025 10:32 PM (G5HPk)
Well, that's what the realtor wants you to think, but why would they have to say that unless it was haunted‽
Posted by: mindful webworker - don't go down in the basement at October 29, 2025 10:32 PM (UUhkk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 29, 2025 10:33 PM (FVLcK)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
{{{}}} Since it's not Club ONT night, all I can offer is space at the stump out back.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:33 PM (TfUTr)
Ah, well - maybe next year.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 29, 2025 10:34 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 29, 2025 10:31 PM
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Absolutely and exactly.
Posted by: TRex - dino greetings at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (lUFok)
Remember NYS has enough money to have an assault squad on hand to deal with illegally owned squirrels.
But...it needs money from Fedgov to pay for EBT.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Can't change lanes the way you want to.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 29, 2025 10:35 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2025 10:36 PM (yZqjq)
New cars all have those eeee-vil touch screens. No way, Jose!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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*shudder*
And no cassette player!
I'm rather proud of the present, but unused cigarette lighter in the Buick...ashtray holds coins, as is traditional.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:36 PM (XeU6L)
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Television's first Pity Party,
I liked Bowling for Dollars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:36 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Mohammed bin Dirka Dirka Jihad at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: No Bones About It at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (oftw2)
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Well, I was quite the thing at one time.
Posted by: The Chicken at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (+RGVg)
Inspector Clouseau still working the Louvre case:
Paris prosecutor 'deeply regrets' disclosure of Louvre suspect arrests
"I deeply regret the hasty disclosure of this information by informed individuals, without consideration of the investigation," Beccuau said in a statement her office released Sunday night.
Beccuau added, "This revelation can only harm the investigative efforts of a hundred or so investigators" searching for the stolen jewelry and the perpetrators still at large.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (5e+/e)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Oh my goodness! If that wasn't the most horrible "game" show in history....
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (TfUTr)
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Geniuses.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:38 PM (JkO4W)
The sugar cane length both have hand-tooled leather sheaths.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2025 10:23 PM (XeU6L)
I hope you wear the proper protective gear when using them. (A hockey mask is the proper protective gear, correct? Or have the documentaries I've watched been misleading?)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 29, 2025 10:39 PM (FVLcK)
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The Horde is here to keep the dream alive while negotiations continue behind the scenes.
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2025 10:39 PM (41CYW)
Hope ya got glasses already, they wouldn't fit and besides, the drone was barely lifting off with the weight of pitcher!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mindful webworker - jack oph lanterns? at October 29, 2025 10:40 PM (UUhkk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 10:40 PM (9ipOP)
Every song on the album was awesome. My gym team memorized the choreography and used it in our warm ups.
Brings back the BEST memories.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (mT+6a)
Miscellaneous topics encompass lighter, eclectic threads on hobbies, oddities, and everyday curiosities, fostering community engagement beyond politics. The Hobby Thread, for example, solicits reader inputs on pursuits like travel-themed activities or niche interests, with a July 26, 2025, edition encouraging shares on personal avocations. Overnight open threads cover whimsical subjects, such as barbecue experiences in adverse weather or poultry-related anecdotes, serving as informal outlets for humor and anecdote-sharing.
that has to be the saddest thing said about the hq ever
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (MND/K)
I have 3. Two sugar cane length (probably 2 1/2' long), one 'regular' length stamped 'USMC 1945'.
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Great for your European vacation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (tgvbd)
I liked Bowling for Dollars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Actor Jed Allan had a steady gig all through the seventies hosting Celebrity Bowling. It started in L.A., but was syndicated nationally. The Brady kids took a turn, but they were all horrible bowlers.
Posted by: Gutter Bawl at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (oftw2)
"I deeply regret the hasty disclosure of this information by informed individuals, without consideration of the investigation," Beccuau said in a statement her office released Sunday night.
Beccuau added, "This revelation can only harm the investigative efforts of a hundred or so investigators" searching for the stolen jewelry and the perpetrators still at large.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (5e+/e)
Yep. The thieves and the jewels are totally still in France, and the Tooth Fairy will find them any day now...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: S
is this some sort of quasi orgy or something
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:42 PM (MND/K)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Oh my goodness! If that wasn't the most horrible "game" show in history....
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:37 PM (TfUTr)
Ha!
The Applause-O-Meter!
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere at October 29, 2025 10:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
HQ just gave us a new company car, loaded to impress visitors.
Boss was showing it off.
Look at all this cool shit!
But if this big ass touch screen dies the car is worthless...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)
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My six year-old g-baby girl loves watching the Thriller video on YouTube. She does the zombie dance, claw hands and everything.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:43 PM (JkO4W)
Oh, and I'd been thinking it was measuring something else. Paolo complaining not quite big enough…
Posted by: mindful webworker - jack oph lanterns? at October 29, 2025 10:43 PM (UUhkk)
It was even beyond petty. The couple had adopted and domesticated a squirrel and raccoon and because some Karen objected the state took them and killed them.
It was just cruel. That might not be my thing but nobody was being hurt and as you said there is so much real crime going on in NY it was just vindictive.
I judge people on how they hurt those who can't defend themselves and particularly animals and even more rescues. I'm weird that way. But I'm not alone.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 10:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 29, 2025 10:44 PM (sXuPD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 10:44 PM (9ipOP)
lol!
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at October 29, 2025 10:44 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 10:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 10:46 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2025 10:36 PM (yZqjq)
It's 57 in New Orleans. That's like 20 below down here.
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025 10:47 PM (8I4hW)
AOP, with his dog, would obviously be within the group I am fond of.
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:47 PM (kKaT5)
Time flies.
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I can't believe it either. I'm still 29.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:47 PM (JkO4W)
Good to see the micromanaging activist, Canadian-born Judge Sarah Ellis got hit with a writ of mandamus. That frees CBP officer Bovino from reporting to her court daily.
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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Picture of Judge Ellis preparing for her daily 6:00 pm meeting with Officer Bovino in my nic.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2025 10:48 PM (5e+/e)
Posted by: Gold Fever at October 29, 2025 10:48 PM (oftw2)
lol!
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at
And the Japanese PM had plenty of intentional moments to troll the Western presstitutes as well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:49 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: JackStraw
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You are definitely not alone!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
All the loser lefty Euro countries have Crown Jewels. Why shouldn't we have some?
Posted by: Gold Fever at October 29, 2025 10:48 PM (oftw2)
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*Jersey accent*
I got your Crown Jewels right here!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:49 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:47 PM (kKaT5)
Thank you, Y5. Old Pogo has crossed the rainbow bridge, sad to say.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: PabloD at October 29, 2025 10:50 PM (j5I5n)
Posted by: Gold Fever
Now we have some!
Posted by: Some muzzie shithole at October 29, 2025 10:50 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Braenyard
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It's currently 49 here, dropping to 40.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 10:50 PM (22p5n)
Halloween parties . . .? I remember one my best friend gave at his house in 1966. I dressed as the cat burglar lead character from the then-new TV series T.H.E. Cat: black turtleneck, slacks, gloves, and a rope coiled over one shoulder. Everybody knew who I was at least.
The other Halloweens that stick in my memory were from the '80s, when Bennigans and other restaurants would have a costume night the Saturday before H'ween itself. You could come and eat in costume, presuming, I guess, that the costume didn't prevent it (e.g., a T-Rex outfit). Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 wore her doeskin-looking "barbarianette" outfit a la Raquel Welch's in One Million B.C. And believe me, she wore the hell out of it. Somehow every male server in the place made it a point to stop by our table to see if we needed anything. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 10:51 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 10:51 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 10:52 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:49 PM (mT+6a)
Oooh, I missed that, Nurse! I've been at work all day. I'll have to look that up.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at October 29, 2025 10:52 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 10:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: King of the Dung Heap at October 29, 2025 10:52 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alb
You have my deepest and most sincere sympathy and best wishes for you and for him. He was a great dog. That has to be tied for hardest things ever.
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:54 PM (kKaT5)
SMH!
Rat! You bastard!
But not as much of a bastard as n.
wtf happened to the dodgers? Somebody need to please the mafia?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:54 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: King of the Dung Heap
Sigh
Posted by: Burger King at October 29, 2025 10:54 PM (TfUTr)
I'm surprised they didn't bring that one back with trannies trying be more oppressed than each other.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 29, 2025 10:55 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 10:55 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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Grandma and I.
The Price is Right always dropped clues. Outguessed the contestants easy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2025 10:55 PM (yZqjq)
But if this big ass touch screen dies the car is worthless...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)
There was a discussion on an earlier thread about appliances with just knobs and buttons to start and stop them. A smart, independent appliance manufacturer could make a fortune putting those out, and then just doing repairs for the rest of their long lives. Same with cars. husband's sister left him her Versa that has a key, hand cranked windows, and locks that use said key to open. It's quaint, but dang if it isn't a relief from the nonsense in new cars today.
Posted by: moki at October 29, 2025 10:56 PM (wLjpr)
But not as much of a bastard as n.
wtf happened to the dodgers? Somebody need to please the mafia?
Posted by: nur
brb, have to find my American Pie tape
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:56 PM (kKaT5)
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The Horde is here to keep the dream alive while negotiations continue behind the scenes.
Posted by: scampydog
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Calling Mr Doggo....Mr Doggo, please pick up the white courtesy phone.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 29, 2025 10:56 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2025 10:56 PM (pkeXY)
I lost power for a few hours. Not a big deal at all. I was asleep for most of it.
Trouble is, trees still have most of their leaves. Big wind pulls branches on power lines.
To be expected.
I guess baseball would be a little chilly right now.
Rats.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:57 PM (mT+6a)
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That was back when a woman wasn't insulted to be given a brand new washing machine. Boy have times changed.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
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We didn’t know he was a kiddie fucker then, right? But, you do now
Posted by: Yabut at October 29, 2025 10:57 PM (M1o7r)
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025
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The natives here think so for sure. They want to dress like Bart Simpson all year around and resent having to put on a second T-shirt.
(Yes, I have lived here most of my life . . . but I am not *of* this place and spend my days examining the weird customs of the locals like Margaret Mead in Samoa.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (omVj0)
"I will extend a gift of 250 cherry trees to Washington DC...I also understand Japanese fireworks will be shown in DC on July 4th next year!"
This friendship will go down in history. Trump has a great bond with Japan.
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She'd do a drum roll but she left her sticks at home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (oftw2)
There was a discussion on an earlier thread about appliances with just knobs and buttons to start and stop them.
___________
When we needed a washer and dryer for doing dog bedding and show towels, etc., we looked for the biggest, dumbest ones with as few features as possible. Now getting on to 20 years of hard use.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM (0nHVk)
That was back when a woman wasn't insulted to be given a brand new washing machine. Boy have times changed.
Posted by: Cicer
now what would be the point, they would not know how to use the thing anyway.
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM (kKaT5)
The Price is Right always dropped clues. Outguessed the contestants easy.
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Hah! I appeared on The Price Is Right in the mid-80s. My career in showbiz ended after two episodes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Yabut
I don’t believe he was.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
I see you're familiar with our legal department.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (22p5n)
Odd, just by looking at him you'd never think that Jack Smith wanted his very own Stasi.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025
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The heater's on, blue jean jacket, scarf around neck.
brrrr.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
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Mad respect.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (JkO4W)
That was back when a woman wasn't insulted to be given a brand new washing machine.
_________
Her Majesty would be thrilled if we had a whole-home vacuum cleaner. Or a gate opener.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 11:00 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM
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Nope. Just handing out mystery clicks to the Horde this year...
Posted by: TRex - jack o' dino at October 29, 2025 11:01 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 11:01 PM (22p5n)
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that has to be the saddest thing said about the hq ever
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025
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Sounds like Grokipedia's entry is fair enough. Cruel, but fair, like the HQ itself.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:01 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: W
wikipedia entry is superior
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM (kKaT5)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM (W3AhE)
JQ ordered in a Margareta air strike. Join us!
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025
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The heater's on, blue jean jacket, scarf around neck.
brrrr.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025
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I'm wearing a corduroy shirt and khakis, no socks, leather slippers. Seems fine to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 10:58 PM (omVj0)
I'm a transplant as well. Lived here half of my life now but have always thought of myself as being from somewhere else.
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025 11:03 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: RIP Peanut! at October 29, 2025 11:03 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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He had some very deep pockets. So tempting to the liability-lottery crowd.
We'll never know The Truth.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
(Yes, I have lived here most of my life . . . but I am not *of* this place and spend my days examining the weird customs of the locals like Margaret Mead in Samoa.)
________
You talking about NOLA or the ONT?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 11:04 PM (tgvbd)
The last time I was in the French Quarter I stopped at Beckham’s Books (as I always do) and they had a copy of The Deplorable Gourmet in their cookbook section.
I picked up a copy of The Gates of November by Chaim Potok, and a Mack Reynolds novel.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:04 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: javems
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Evening, javems. Leaf raking season here (blower won't start).
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2025 11:04 PM (41CYW)
AoSHQ, like many political blogs, links to and comments on the day's news. Unlike some other online commentary sites, however, it often features humorous content in its videos, cartoons, and pictures. The site frequently employs obscenity and vulgar language, setting it apart from most conservative media outlets. One center-right devout Catholic blogger has described the blog and its commenters as "smart but very very vulgar."[9]
"Ace of Spades HQ was mentioned by Roy Edroso of the left-wing Village Voice in the autumn of 2008, in his Guide to the Rightosphere as a "Fratboytarian" new-media outlet.[10] Edroso described the Ace of Spades evolution:
"New blog quickly mutated into rowdy multi-author scrum specializing in schoolyard taunts . . . . Site contributors and readers became "morons," but affectionately, e.g.: "There's Hope For You Morons Yet: Woman Takes Out Ad To Lose Virginity Before 30th Birthday." Throughout good times (2004: "I don't plan on doing anything except gloat unti
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 11:05 PM (kKaT5)
I'm wearing a corduroy shirt and khakis, no socks, leather slippers. Seems fine to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Well, you're used to the cold.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025 11:05 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025
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Was it that he was movin' kinda slow at The Junction?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:05 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:59 PM
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Wow. In the Bob Barker era too! Did you win anything?
A friend that was on and won some stuff (can't remember - maybe a refrigerator?). Anyway, he said the tax man is waiting just off stage to ensure the IRS gets their cut of any winnings.
Posted by: TRex - no whammy dino at October 29, 2025 11:05 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Did he fall under the Big Wheel in the Showcase Showdown?
Posted by: Rod Roddy's Tailor at October 29, 2025 11:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 29, 2025 11:06 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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*
Well, you're used to the cold.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025
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I have only a dim memory of cool temps. The last time was seven months ago.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:06 PM (omVj0)
Still looks like a place worth sailing to for a night or two.
https://tinyurl.com/yyrrfrac
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
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You talking about NOLA or the ONT?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025
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Yes
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:07 PM (omVj0)
He's done MOAR Presidentin' and accomplished MOAR Prosperity, Rationality, & Righteousness in the past eight months than the entirety of DogEater's #Fake Eight Years and four MOAR #Fake Years of the F. Joe Mugabe AutoPen Empire.
I saw Prosperity, Rationality, & Righteousness open for Blood, Sweat & Tears AND Earth, Wind, & Fire at Ampersand in New Orleans around '81.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 29, 2025 11:07 PM (/hdlF)
When the grandkids were little they thought the climbing jasmine bush next to the gazebo was the beanstalk from Jack and the beanstalk and I had cut down the beanstalk and buried the giant.
So I wanted to find one of the giant skeletons and bury it because as the kids got a little older they weren't so sure there was a buried giant in the backyard.
After discovering the skeletons cost $1,200 or more I dropped the scheme. Fortunately, the kids have forgotten about it. Now, when I replace the deck, I am going bury a skeleton and put a wooden stake through its heart.
Posted by: Beartooth at October 29, 2025 11:08 PM (kanec)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 11:02 PM
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Hah! Filing that one for later use.
Posted by: TRex - silver bullets around here somewhere at October 29, 2025 11:08 PM (cCn4/)
Every song on the album was awesome. My gym team memorized the choreography and used it in our warm ups.
Brings back the BEST memories.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 29, 2025 10:41 PM (mT+6a)
I just showed my 16-year-old son the Thriller video. He was fascinated. I told him the story of how, in the middle of rush hour at Grand Central Station in NYC, whenever the wall of TV screens at The Wiz on that block (it's now a Banana Republic, I think) would show the 15m video, the crowds would stop whatever they were about to do or go to at that time to watch. The only other time I ever saw anything like that was during the Challenger disaster.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 29, 2025 11:08 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (Qa1H2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
$1200 for a new one is what I am looking at.
I used to buy used Toyotas for that price
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (rbvCR)
I'm not really all that smart.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
very, very vulgar at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (44PAK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:10 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:11 PM (omVj0)
One center-right devout Catholic blogger has described the blog and its commenters as "smart but very very vulgar."
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I don't remember saying anything like that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 11:12 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: scampydog at October 29, 2025 11:04 PM (41CYW)
Howdy Mr scampydog. Not much around here that drops leaves, thankfully.
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025 11:12 PM (8I4hW)
That's a load of bullshit!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 11:12 PM (cYBz/)
I'm not really all that smart.
Posted by: bear w
it is a ratio, so it is not smart and vulgar it is smart and very, very, vulgar,
it is something around one part smart and three parts vulgar.
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 11:12 PM (nJCIr)
That's a load of bullshit!
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To be fair, he was half right.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:13 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:13 PM (9ipOP)
Sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind. Even with marginally more intelligent beings like lawyers.
I'm going to haunt Cicero until he gets his qualification to get his bareboat license to charter a sailboat in the BVI.
He'll hate me until he thanks me.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:14 PM (viF8m)
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That's a load of bullshit!
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To be fair, he was half right.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025
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We should leave the determination as to which half is right as an exercise for the student.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:14 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2025 11:14 PM (tgvbd)
He'll hate me until he thanks me.
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*eyes narrow*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
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I think this really happened (would be fun to find out if video exists on the webz).
One of my high school buddies, an hilarious class clown, couldn't wait to tell me this one day in high school:
He was watching Family Feud and the category was "Famous Rudolphs." So the controlling family guesses the obvious ones ("The Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Valentino," and "Nureyev." There was a fourth answer, but they didn't guess it.
So, Richard Dawson goes to the other family for their chance to name the 4th famous Rudolph -- and after huddling together -- they proudly proclaim "Rudolph Hitler!"
Richard Dawson gets that astonished look on his face ... and without missing a beat yells while gesturing to the board: "SHOW ME THE INFAMOUS RUDOLPH HITLER!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 29, 2025 11:15 PM (/hdlF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Would that be in the store or back of pickup?
Posted by: inner city yout at October 29, 2025 11:15 PM (TfUTr)
He'll hate me until he thanks me.
Posted by: JackStraw
Bareboat?
Is that like bareback?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)
So I'm gonna quit trying and go fluff up my pillow. So to speak.
https://youtu.be/MT1acrlb_RE
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - how shady is my grove at October 29, 2025 11:16 PM (UUhkk)
I just got asked what it means when pizza is made round, comes in a square box, and is eaten in a triangle?
WTF??!!
Now I'm not going to sleep tonight.
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere at October 29, 2025 11:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:16 PM (JkO4W)
To be honest, you'll probably hate me afterward, but you will have the trip of your life.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:17 PM (viF8m)
WTF??!!
Now I'm not going to sleep tonight.
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere at October 29, 2025
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It means you failed geometry and have to take it in summer school?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (EXyHK)
Bareback or broke back the boys will have a great time sailing together.
They should take garret with them.
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (3ek7K)
Is that like bareback?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:15 PM (/lPRQ)
What happens on the boat stays on the boat.
Ahoy!
Posted by: RickZ at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (gKDq2)
Hey javems, I missed seeing you in Texas, I hope that all is well and that the Mrs. is feeling better.
SMH, it was so good to see you in Texas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (nJCIr)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere at October 29, 2025 11:16 PM (2WIwB)
You almost have the starter set for Platonic shapes.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (rbvCR)
That's a load of bullshit!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 11:12 PM (cYBz/)
Confusing us for some other fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: JackStraw
Please avoid uncharted desert isles.
Posted by: And The Rest at October 29, 2025 11:20 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (snZF9)
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Popish asshole
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:20 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: And The Rest at October 29, 2025 11:20 PM (oftw2)
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Get Mary Ann signed up and I'll confirm a date.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:21 PM (JkO4W)
Unless you’ve got Marianne and Ginger on board. Then make sure you also have Gilligan to ensure you never leave.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:21 PM (omVj0)
JackStraw, go away, I have to ask a question.
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Okay, remaining morons: please explain me this joke about garrett being gay.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2025 11:22 PM (5e+/e)
Off fuzzy sockl
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 11:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: And The Rest at October 29, 2025
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Get Mary Ann signed up and I'll confirm a date.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025
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Or those two good-looking ladies (the Korean and the other brunette) from Lost.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:23 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 11:23 PM (3ek7K)
https://tinyurl.com/3fmaye99
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2025 11:23 PM (vSvIl)
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This is why I love this place.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:24 PM (JkO4W)
Give the furry thugs a rubby for me!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025
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I just picked up a new 10" non-stick pan. Good for cat beating when they misbehave.
(Kidding, of course)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:24 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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He wears Crocs for heaven's sake! Isn't it obvious?!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025 11:25 PM (yZqjq)
(Kidding, of course)
Posted by: W
you beat them whether they behave or misbehave?
Posted by: n at October 29, 2025 11:25 PM (sXzlS)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
(Kidding, of course)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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LOL! Don't get 'em started..they might like it.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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He wears Crocs for heaven's sake! Isn't it obvious?!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
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Never seen anyone else flounce in crocs.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (9ipOP)
It’s been a running joke for so long I can no longer remember when it started. At some point “running joke” becomes the punchline of the bear hunter.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:27 PM (EXyHK)
(Kidding, of course)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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LOL! Don't get 'em started..they might like it.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025
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I never heard of cats being masochists. Sadists, of course, it's in the job description, but not masochists.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:27 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: PabloD at October 29, 2025 11:27 PM (j5I5n)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 11:28 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: PabloD at October 29, 2025
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Yeah, but the modern one is lighter and easier on the wrist when you swing!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:28 PM (omVj0)
SMH, it was so good to see you in Texas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (0nHVk)
Hiya Debby. Thanks, she is feeling much better since she had a stent implanted. I'm vertical mostly. Can't complain.
Hope you are doing well.
Posted by: javems at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (8I4hW)
A car is still a car, jewelry is still jewelry, trip to Paris is still a trip to Paris. Almost no one wants a fur these days, though.
Posted by: Sands of Time at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (oftw2)
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Much like the poultry-related anecdotes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (JkO4W)
Totally agree. They were pets. Well documented, too. It still upsets me.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:21 PM (omVj0)
The kitten, Sejong will wind up in the bed. Sometimes my wife will put him in the bedroom when he is harassing the older lady-cats.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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There was (years ago) a popular clip of some cat, being whopped with a foam paddle and loving it.. I don't have it bookmarked, or would post a link. It was funny.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
WTF??!!
Now I'm not going to sleep tonight.
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere at October 29, 2025
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It means you failed geometry and have to take it in summer school?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 11:18 PM (omVj0)
And ya never heard of Square Pan Pizza?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
Yeah, usually they mince off, the Tampon Timmy look.
Throw out your hands
Stick out your tush
Hands on your hips
Give 'em a push
You'll be surprised
You're doing the French Mistake
Voila!
Posted by: RickZ at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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He wears Crocs for heaven's sake! Isn't it obvious?!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
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I tried to do Garrett a solid by asking AI if Chuck Norris wears Crocs. The answer was,
"No, but once he winched up two crocodiles to his feet and water skied down the Amazon while smoking a Cuban cigar."
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 29, 2025 11:30 PM (dIske)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (9ipOP)
And crocks...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2025 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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When ace and garrett go at it, it's a thing to observe, not participate.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025 11:31 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Sands of Time
Russian and Ukes love fur coats.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Lets say the Macho Grande Car Company has four models. They cost, respectively, $28K, $30K, $32K, and $150K. The last, the Puta Grande, is their flagship V-12 muscle car, which has very few sales.
($28K + $30K + $32K + $150K) / 4 = $60K
OMG! The average price of a new MGCC model is $60,000!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 29, 2025 11:33 PM (mP847)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (9ipOP)
And crocks...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2025 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)
And the trade Boy George CDs.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 11:34 PM (2WIwB)
Infuriates me whenever I think about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:34 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Sands of Time at October 29, 2025 11:29 PM (oftw2)
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Cuz that would be cruel.
Posted by: Barenaked Ladies at October 29, 2025 11:34 PM (JkO4W)
WTF??!!
Now I'm not going to sleep tonight.
Posted by: Fuzzy Furries Everywhere
There's a pizza joint in my home town that only makes rectangular pizzas. Absolutely fantastic. They'll half bake them and ship them to you during the winter months. Not quite the same as when fresh but still damn good. Everyone fights over the corner pieces.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2025 11:35 PM (cYBz/)
Never heard of this lady a couple weeks ago, now she's all over my feed. Her only qualifications seem to be a bad dye job and a wine-stained punchcard from Tijuana Joe's Plastic Surgery Emporium.
Pure poetry.
Posted by: RickZ at October 29, 2025 11:35 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 29, 2025 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
No, I don't live *there* but if I did, would INSIST on having a full-length fur coat.
Brrrr!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
The beginning of the poultriphilia meme is unforgettable.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 29, 2025 11:37 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Sands of Time
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Global Warming, it's too hot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 29, 2025 11:37 PM (yZqjq)
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:37 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Diogenes
Don't even get them started on the Lady Gaga concert bootlegs.
Sheez, if you though the deadheads were bad...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 11:39 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at October 29, 2025 11:40 PM (FFn+L)
I think those sugar candy rings with the giant rock candy are more useful. And cheaper. It's not just a status symbol. It's also a snack.
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 29, 2025 11:40 PM (dIske)
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Harrumph!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:42 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 29, 2025 11:44 PM (W3AhE)
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 29, 2025 11:40 PM (dIske)
https://youtu.be/bxGfOZLv9Iw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 11:45 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 29, 2025 11:40 PM (dIske)
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Don't get me started on edible panties.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 29, 2025 11:46 PM (JkO4W)
https://tinyurl.com/3fmaye99
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2025 11:23 PM (vSvIl)
And this is a good thing. There is a suspicion that US nukes have deteriorated over the years, and won't actually detonate on arrival. It would be a shame if some other nuclear-armed state decided to gamble on that being true, and launched a first strike attack.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 29, 2025 11:47 PM (mP847)
Posted by: Cicero
*types*
*deletes with extreme prejudice*
Posted by: Some Rat at October 29, 2025 11:49 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 29, 2025 11:47 PM (mP847)
In which case, the obvious move would be to test some of the oldest and most decrepit ones, and if they go Kaboom! in a satisfactory manner, then likely the fresher ones will, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 11:49 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 11:51 PM (rbvCR)
Previous car was also bought new, by me, but a bare-bones model. I wanted reliability, not someone else's former problems!
Why? Because the used-car market here is crap: they've had the absolute sh1t run out of them, unreliably maintained, and/or have more due on the note than they're worth.
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 11:49 PM (npFr7)
Like over Dearborn
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2025 11:53 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 11:53 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Nope.
Now they suggest THREE months' worth. Ugh!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2025 11:49 PM (npFr7)
Like over Dearborn
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
And if it fizzles the fallout will go over Windsor.
Win win.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 29, 2025 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Paterson? at October 29, 2025 11:58 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 29, 2025 11:59 PM (uv8gn)
OMG! The average price of a new MGCC model is $60,000!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Which is why we -- trigger warning, more math -- include the standard deviation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:01 AM (5e+/e)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Nope.
Now they suggest THREE months' worth. Ugh!
Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
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Interesting question. Do you trust the diamond companies to be honest? DeBeers? Alrosa? Rio Tinto? Because it's gotten to the point where the only way to tell the difference between a natural diamond and a lab grown diamond is via certification from a specialized lab using unique microscopes to look at growing patterns. This is not something can be done with a magnifying glass or a jeweler's optic.
The whole deal is basically on the honor system. And, there seems to be an ever growing shortage of that commodity.
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 30, 2025 12:05 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Or Trenton.
Posted by: Paterson? at October 29, 2025 11:58 PM (oftw2)
Trenton, Jersey city, Paterson, Newark..definitely Newark, camden....maybe camden twice, and from orbit to make sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:05 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 30, 2025 12:06 AM (uv8gn)
Will keep current rig until it drops. I have a back-up now, too...
It's nice when people can afford to drive what they want, and buy new if they want.
I do not begrudge anyone their financial success!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
The whole deal is basically on the honor system. And, there seems to be an ever growing shortage of that commodity.
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey on the Lamb (with the sniffles) at October 30, 2025 12:05 AM (dIske)
Lab-grown diamonds are probably more perfect. Diamonds are really not all that scarce; leastwise the scarcity is largely artificial. I wonder if one day we will have 3D-printed diamonds created by some sort of vapor-deposition process?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 12:10 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
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Bernie Sanders frowns upon you from Dacha #4.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2025 12:11 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:01 AM (5e+/e)
I strongly suspect that the people who wrote the car cost article think that "standard deviation" is just the explanation of why everybody they know is gay.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 30, 2025 12:13 AM (mP847)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 30, 2025 12:06 AM (uv8gn)
The King must have torn both of Xi's eyes out with a pair of ice cream scoops. Only explanation that makes any sense.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2025 12:13 AM (BI5O2)
OMG! The average price of a new MGCC model is $60,000!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 12:14 AM (yZqjq)
Money is the least important metric of success.
Being happy is what it's all about.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 12:15 AM (viF8m)
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Hell no. Especially not since lab-created stones are now commonplace.
I do have a few diamonds. Nothing fabulous or breathtaking, but nice for dress-up occasions. All were gifts.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
The whole deal is basically on the honor system. And, there seems to be an ever growing shortage of that commodity.
Posted by: Disgruntled Monkey
I've been watching Kerri Lavine on YooToob or Instagram. She's a GIA Graduate Gemologist with her own shop in the Diamond District of NYC. She has regular Joes walk in with diamonds and evaluates them.
Watch a couple of her vids and you'll hate diamond sellers even more than you do now.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 30, 2025 12:16 AM (cYBz/)
Had my former "brand new" car for 23 years. Worked on it myself after warranty was out. Great little car, but started nickel-and-diming me to death with the kind of problems that couldn't be ignored until my next day off...
Posted by: JQ
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That's the sort of thing that I get sucked into. Okay, after this brake job it can go another 50k miles! Oops, tranny's out. Okay, fix that and we'll get another 100k off it! What, the radiator? Okay, that should be my last major repair for a whi-- what even IS the "serpentine belt" and why does it cost so much to fix? Surely this is the end!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:17 AM (5e+/e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2025 12:17 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: JQ
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Me either. People should enjoy what they've worked hard to earn.
Hubby and I keep our cars til the wheels come off. He's good at repairs. We are just thrifty.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at October 30, 2025 12:17 AM (W3AhE)
There is no day on which you can shred guitar too hard. It is simply impossible.
Posted by: \m/ \m/ at October 30, 2025 12:18 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Lil' Hunty at October 30, 2025 12:19 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 29, 2025 11:59 PM (uv8gn)
I have the tools. My frigging tools have tools. I have the knowledge, but fuck that. I hate working on cars. Muscle cars are one thing, but these new ones are crazy. I go new, get years of peace, drive it until it becomes a ghost. I get an extended warranty and let the dealer deal with it if anything happens.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:19 AM (snZF9)
the scarcity is largely artificial.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I saw a documentary about 20 years ago that said the scarcity is entirely artificial. Forget the idea of mines; there are effing FIELDS of diamonds in South Africa owned by DeBeers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:20 AM (5e+/e)
Being happy is what it's all about.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 12:15 AM (viF8m)
By both measures I am an abject failure, which I am slowly but steadily adjusting to. In my defense I had some material success but it's been taken away. Life has winners and losers and without losers there are no winners. So at least I serve some small purpose.
Posted by: a very very small almost invisible one at October 30, 2025 12:21 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2025 12:22 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
I used to work on my cars. Then they went all electronic. I have no idea what's going on under that hood nor do I have any interest in finding out. Now if I could have my 71 scout back...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 30, 2025 12:23 AM (uv8gn)
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Well... serpentine belt was a cake-walk on my car. Brakes, radiator & alternator were pretty straightforward too. Fuel injectors & pressure regulator took a while but not bad.
Didn't fry the trans, lucky me! It was a 5 speed manual, front-wheel drive-- that would've stopped my shade-tree dealio, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: But otherwise very virtuous at October 30, 2025 12:24 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 30, 2025 12:25 AM (BI5O2)
I'm not even talking about the industrial diamonds, those have been cheap for decades. Jeweler-standard diamonds are being made now.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 30, 2025 12:25 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hooray beer! at October 30, 2025 12:27 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: JQ
Yeah thats when mine go out to pasture. The cycle used to be that Mrs B got the new car, because she drove a lot for work, and even more when she was going to school, and ballet, and shopping, and other shit. 30K miles a year on a car was nothing for her . It was a ghost in 4-5 years. I would get it since I don't drive far, it still looked new, and I would get 4-5 years with no problems. Usually Acura, and they just don't break. These last bunch of years she's down to maybe 12-15K miles a year, so no hand me downs for berserker, so I got the new one last time. Its 11 years old now with only 56K on the odometer. I'll probably have it another 11 years at that rate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:27 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Floor Trader No. 2 at October 30, 2025 12:27 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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All of are doable with a good shade tree in the yard for your garage.
Most don't suddenly fail. Tranny maybe $2k. The test chump change.
Problem is most people cannot do it themselves (for various reasons, most sound). I have done them all.... on the same car.
Most people would say "Ef this shit".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:28 AM (/lPRQ)
Happiest time of my life was when I was living in the islands and living paycheck to paycheck. The ocean is free.
Chasing the rabbit is a bad way to look at happiness. Material shit will never satisfy because there is always something more you can buy.
Happiness is something you can't buy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2025 12:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archer at October 30, 2025 12:29 AM (YGRGv)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 30, 2025 12:23 AM (uv8gn)
The damn power steering pump is now an electric thing. Everything is electric. I wouldn't know where to start with these things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:29 AM (snZF9)
You might think great, so in that case we wouldn't have such a fraudulent lawless Tyranny Of The Crooked as we do, that doesn't sound so scary. But if you look at how many more votes Biden supposedly got than Obama before him (kicked that Kenyan deadweight to the curb!) and Kamala after (what a coconut), it would mean that there are millions of Americans who are specifically suckers for his particular brand of tedious, dull-witted blarney, and they're walking around out there right now.
They're on the road with you. They're at the store with you. They might even be at work or Thanksgiving dinner with you. And they watch things on TV, with their eyeballs translating into ad buys that get more things like that made... affecting the culture... which affects you, in your home and in your head.
Are you not afraid?!
Posted by: SciVo at October 30, 2025 12:30 AM (VB5xp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2025 12:22 AM (0RiMX)
Not all kimberlite pipes contain diamonds, and even in "diamond-rich" kimberlites, the diamonds are a minute fraction of the total rock volume.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 12:30 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
2000 - 2008 may be the sweet spot. No points, minimal emissions and vacuum tubes. The ECM controls most everything on the engine and little else computerized.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:29 AM (snZF9)
Many car models have gone to electric power assisted steering now. Mediated by the ECM, of course. No belts, no fluid, no leaks. And better road feel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 12:35 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:34 AM (/lPRQ)
A vacuum tube ECM would be kind of cool. Point at the EMP weapon, and laugh!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 12:36 AM (npFr7)
Frigging sensors are $$$, but sometimes can be cleaned. Can usually test them somehow, too, if there's a question of whether it's "this sensor or something else" situation.
I'm not particularly fond of working on cars, but it has been a necessary part of my low-income life.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
Sorry to interrupt this odd non-grey box ONT. As a former RN any trip to the ED makes me think too hard, and she's very little but very healthy normally. She started daycare half days this week and I, of course, blame this (not her siblings who are currently not vomiting). Thanks.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 12:41 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
LOL
Vacuum tubes like 70-90 models. Hoses. Lots of hoses.
Any one with a leak and stall at idle.
Pneumatic Controls in geek speak.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:42 AM (/lPRQ)
Well... serpentine belt was a cake-walk on my car. Brakes, radiator & alternator were pretty straightforward too. Fuel injectors & pressure regulator took a while but not bad.
Didn't fry the trans, lucky me! It was a 5 speed manual, front-wheel drive-- that would've stopped my shade-tree dealio, LOL!
Posted by: JQ
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I envy you. I might still be able to learn that sort of thing... I'm still learning things at 29, so why not?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:43 AM (5e+/e)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2025 11:17 PM (viF8m)
You almost have the starter set for Platonic shapes.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2025 11:19 PM (rbvCR)
Never seen anyone else flounce in crocs.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 29, 2025 11:26 PM (2WIwB)
Awkward pickup lines, vol. LVX
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 12:44 AM (NZPfR)
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Of course! Prayers up for your granddaughter (and all of you)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Dave in Fla looked at that, and there’s just a huge vote anomaly in 2020 that is not present in 2012, 2016, or 2024. About 15 million surplus votes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 30, 2025 12:45 AM (bI6eY)
I keep thinking, it's just a virus, etc. But she's so young it breaks my heart. They are starting an IV and doing bloodwork now, as she can't keep fluids down. Her siblings are healthy and she did not get whatever this is from them, which would be normal. I blame the daycare but have no proof...that someone did not wash their hands.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 12:49 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: Tom Servo
No way dude
15 million just loved Biden with a white hot passion and went out and voted for him then melted away... never voted before, never after. In fact, never registered.
Occam's razor.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:51 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 29, 2025 11:09 PM (Qa1H2)
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{{{{Hugs to you, Sweetie!}}}}
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (LWhzp)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
I work on whatever I can because the dealers are thieves. $300+ per wheel for a brake job ain't happening. I can do front rotors and pads in 30 minutes for under $200. The dealer wanted $600-700. Kiss my ass with that shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: banana Dream
To me you aren't really buying the car, you are buying the warranty and the non car savvy wife's peace of mind. Reasonably modern cars are unfixable without an expensive pro level scanner, and my personal fixable 25 year old cars I can handle but I can't let my wife do that in good faith
Posted by: Azjaeger at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (3/XaG)
Dave in Fla looked at that, and there’s just a huge vote anomaly in 2020 that is not present in 2012, 2016, or 2024. About 15 million surplus votes.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I wonder why it didn't happen in 2024.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (5e+/e)
Posted by: Tom Servo
No way dude
15 million just loved Biden with a white hot passion and went out and voted for him then melted away... never voted before, never after. In fact, never registered.
Occam's razor.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 12:51 AM (/lPRQ)
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Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
1. It's time to explain exactly what happened on Election Day 2024 to stop the steal.
This will be a very long thread.
It involves quite a few people over 4 years.
A dozen sources.
We must begin just after the rigged 2020 election.
https://is.gd/duvYSk
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 30, 2025 12:55 AM (LWhzp)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 12:55 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (snZF9)
+1. One of the best skills my dad ever taught me.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 12:55 AM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Testify!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 30, 2025 12:53 AM (5e+/e)
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Asked and answered in my comment at # 335.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 30, 2025 12:56 AM (LWhzp)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 12:55 AM (+qU29)
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You just automatically consented to your first 10 born being Neuralink-Chipped Cyborg ChiComm AI Killers From Hell With Chips of Resentful Rubik Cubes on their Shoulders.
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 30, 2025 01:01 AM (LWhzp)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 12:55 AM (NZPfR)
Yeah the wear items are something dudes should know how to fix. There is very little I can't fix. I can rebuild engines, transmissions, rears, etc. Its a question of how much do I want to beat myself up. Once I get the pole barn with a lift I won't be that concerned. I refuse to get under them on the ground. Hell no, not anymore. Years of working on harleys on lift tables spoiled the shit out of me. Sometimes I lower the lift enough to sit on a stool and work like a gentleman of leisure. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:01 AM (snZF9)
Turned out to be the serpentine belt tensioner. $50, a little struggling under the hood, and all the problems went away. (already had put on a new belt recently enough)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
Odd that I think of this when my baby granddaughter is in the ED and I am freaking out, but maybe there is something odd with my laptop?
I keep telling myself she's healthy and going to be ok. We were lucky with our sons as they never had ED visits as infants.
I know too much as a nurse. Wish there was a pill for this to erase it all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 01:04 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at October 30, 2025 01:05 AM (XoIf3)
But I can 'step n fetch it' like nobody's business, for someone who IS that skilled.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip
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Phone updated overnight here. New image along top when email comes in. Others say it's an envelope. I see it and it looks like the socialist fist to me. Pattern perception/confirmation bias or something I suppose.
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:09 AM (41CYW)
I keep telling myself she's healthy and going to be ok. We were lucky with our sons as they never had ED visits as infants.
I know too much as a nurse. Wish there was a pill for this to erase it all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Might be faint grey.
But check your BP.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 30, 2025 01:12 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 01:12 AM (NZPfR)
Off to dreamland, Horde, it has been a busy but productive day. Seeya tomorrow.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 30, 2025 01:13 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:13 AM (41CYW)
But I can 'step n fetch it' like nobody's business, for someone who IS that skilled.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
All the shit you do on cars as a women is pretty awesome to start with in my book. I have friends that can't close a frigging umbrella. Seriously, they can't change a frigging headlight bulb.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Of course you're worried. Deep breaths.... Juliana is getting good care & God is in control.
May I offer you a wee dram?
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:09 AM (41CYW)
You see, that, right there, is wrong. Your phone, and its operating system, is your personal property. No entity, other than yourself, should install an "update" on it. Same for computers, cars, and appliances with "smart" features. Sure, tell me an update is available, and explain to me why it is desirable for me to install that update, and guarantee to me that I will lose no functionality by allowing the install, and install it, I will. Eventually. Once I have heard from other users that there are in fact no bugs in the update.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 01:15 AM (npFr7)
*blushes on the outside, but secretly swells with pride to read those words from you*
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 01:12 AM (NZPfR)
Harley lift tables I have. 2 in my home garage, and a few at the shops I work out of. Car lifts..no, but hopefully soon.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Agree. Completely. Opt in is the way.
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:17 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 30, 2025 01:12 AM (NZPfR)
The 4-post lift in my shop is one of the best investments I have ever made. Makes working on cars so much easier. Just drive (or push, LOL) it one, and hoist away. No hands-and-knees bullshit to position lift arms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 01:18 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Shit, I was thrilled when mrs B came in one day and said the car sounds like its running on 5 cylinders. I was shocked she knew it should have 6 to start with, but to know only 5 were firing was biblical, lol. I went out and started unplugging coil packs and sure as shit, one cylinder was dead, the coil pack was bad. She was right. I was shocked.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:23 AM (snZF9)
Good-- you can *stand* under it, while reaching up to wrench bolts or swing a hammer to knock loose the damned exhaust components. No creeper or limited reach, like working on the ground.
Bad-- (and not the lift's fault anyway) you still get a bunch of crap falling on your head/in your face while working under the vehicle.
LOL. It is one of the ways of life.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nope, nu-uh, nur-ur at October 30, 2025 01:28 AM (kpNy5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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That's freaking *awesome*!!! See, we learn from you guys.
I do hope you treated her to something special, in recognition of her accomplishment!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
I do hope you treated her to something special, in recognition of her accomplishment!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
yeah, a fixed car. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:31 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Uh? I had hoped you at least gave her a verbal acknowledgement... and maybe an extra smooch. Gosh!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ
You two
*offers soon-to-expire Best Western Gift card with Jacuzzi Suite Upgrade*
Posted by: Miklos supports these Crazy Kids at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:35 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
I told her it was a good call. When I started the car you could hear it. I knew what the sound was, but I was shocked she did. Normal I would get "the car is weird". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:35 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:35 AM (snZF9)
We aren't all complete idiots, lol.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:36 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:34 AM (41CYW)
Saw a nice whitetail buck this afternoon. Looked like 4 points on each antler.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 01:36 AM (npFr7)
*offers soon-to-expire Best Western Gift card with Jacuzzi Suite Upgrade*
Posted by: Miklos
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Dang it. I done tole you, and Bers done tole you:
We don't wanna face the wrath of Mrs. B!!!!!
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Howdy, Miklos! How you doing tonight?
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 01:36 AM (npFr7)
The dogs just ran outside and barked at a lady moose making her way far away from her suitors. Moose don't normally move at night except during the rut. That particular mature lady doesn't usually entertain the young dudes. She is mighty particular, which is exactly how I would feel, I believe.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:38 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I finally fixed the plumbing under the kitchen sink.
No leaks so far.
Only took 7 youtubes and Five (5) trips to Home Depot.
Plumber's putty is not like Play-Doh, which is water soluble
Posted by: Miklos never learned about 5/8 v 7/8 in Kollidge at October 30, 2025 01:41 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
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That shop manual is worth its weight in gold.
I'm very happy for you!
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
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Years ago we had a mature doe that we called Ol Grey. We saw her every year for 3 yrs or so. She was no longer entertaining male companionship. She was hyper alert and had a mean streak. Was fascinating to watch her behavior.
Posted by: scampydog at October 30, 2025 01:41 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ
Looking forward.
Been two weeks of cold and just wet for two weeks.
Dog don't like the wet and neither do I (Hot and wet-OK, cold and wet-stay inside under the covers)
They say Sunny and 70...well, later today
Posted by: Miklos rarely complains, because who like whiners and complainers? at October 30, 2025 01:45 AM (JtuiB)
I finally fixed the plumbing under the kitchen sink.
No leaks so far.
Only took 7 youtubes and Five (5) trips to Home Depot.
Plumber's putty is not like Play-Doh, which is water soluble
Posted by: Miklos never learned about 5/8 v 7/8 in Kollidge at October 30, 2025 01:41 AM (JtuiB)
A first timer, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:47 AM (snZF9)
That should be a Law
I am still trying to figure Darleen out
Posted by: Miklos rarely complains, but maybe once at October 30, 2025 01:47 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Miklos rarely complains, because who like whiners and complainers? at October 30, 2025 01:45 AM (JtuiB)
Take a tip from the weather: no matter how miserable it may be, it never deviates according to people's complaints. It does exactly what it intends to do.
And so do we, if we have backbone and desire to do so.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:48 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Miklos rarely complains, but maybe once at October 30, 2025 01:47 AM (JtuiB)
No shop manual? Try ebay.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:48 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Miklos spent his inheritance on hookers and blow, and wasted the rest at October 30, 2025 01:50 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Miklos rarely complains, but maybe once at October 30, 2025 01:47 AM (JtuiB)
No shop manual? Try ebay.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 01:48 AM (urtE/)
Chilton manual- Men are from mars, women are from Venus.
Might still be in print. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 01:51 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
I tell all the girls that
But with time, with decreasing credibility.
Like when they tell the same
Posted by: Miklosius Virginicus at October 30, 2025 01:53 AM (JtuiB)
and if you'll pardon, praying they decide to pull her out of daycare
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 01:54 AM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 30, 2025 01:57 AM (bM6e/)
Old faucet is *shot* plus want to switch from double-bowl to single- sink.
Yes on dishwasher and no on disposer. Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Heh. I hate plumbing, but this *needs* to be done.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
Well
I have been called stubborn in at least five (5) languages.
My favorite (and most common) is ostoba
Posted by: Miklos is a Man of Fixed Opinions at October 30, 2025 02:01 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
and if you'll pardon, praying they decide to pull her out of daycare
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 01:54 AM (yZqjq)
I was blessed to have the best of both worlds. I stayed home with boy for six weeks, then went back to work part time. Boy went to Grandma's. They remain best of buddies, which is really how it should be. She volunteered, I didn't ask. and for that I am eternally grateful.
Boy had the best start in life he could ask for. No idea why he pissed it all away.
Now it looks like I will be raising grand-boy. Wish me luck.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:02 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
It's the real deal. I ordered another one, for me. Once they get her road-worthy, there are still plenty of things I need to do. She is really a beauty, worthy of a bit of elbow grease, certainly.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:04 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:04 AM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I used to have People for that
Posted by: Miklos spent his inheritance on hookers and blow, and wasted the rest at October 30, 2025 01:50 AM (JtuiB)
Plumbing isn't so bad once you do it a few times. I learned some of it when I was kid watching my father fix shit around the house, but once I started working with him doing kitchens and baths, and then eventually full blown renovations I was working with some really skilled plumbers and electricians almost every day, and it was like a master class. Thank god, those frigging turd chasers charge like brain surgeons these days. The only thing I ever paid for as a home owner was roof and siding, and those were my brother's crew. Not that I don't know how, I'm just not into heights anymore, and with roofs you need a serious crew to blow it out in 1-2 days.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:05 AM (snZF9)
But I may need access to some junk yards in the Lower 48.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:06 AM (urtE/)
It really is a shame, that some people don't control their urges long enough to at least learn how to support themselves, before procreating.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was...
Good luck, tcn! I think you'll be a wonderful grandma.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
I found Darleen for sale on Ebay once.
Used item, true.
So I ordered, and got pretty it pretty quick (soon as she got off shift)
Asked eBay for my money back
"Item not as described"
Posted by: Miklos is an Honest man who gets what he pays for at October 30, 2025 02:08 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:05 AM (snZF9)
Once you are 29 years old, it really is smart to pay the youngsters to do that grunt work. No point getting broken to install a roof, for heaven's sake.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:08 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 30, 2025 01:57 AM (bM6e/)
No, plumbers putty is literally a putty. Its used on the underside of a sink or bathtub strainer, and under the older faucets from years back. Pipe dope is a thread sealer for things like gas pipe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:08 AM (snZF9)
"Item not as described"
Posted by: Miklos is an Honest man who gets what he pays for at October 30, 2025 02:08 AM (JtuiB)
You did not read the fine print.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:10 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
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Father's buddy had son's about my age. The youngest's marriage went afoul - divorce, both husband and wife agreed that they were too immature to raise baby girl. His parents adopted and raised her. She was the joy of their life. Dad said they looked younger every time he saw them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:10 AM (yZqjq)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Every generation thinks they invented sex. Not one of them thinks, Oh, My, maybe I shouldn't procreate, just yet.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:11 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 30, 2025 02:12 AM (bM6e/)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
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Don't mind getting down there but I need somebody to hand me the tool I forgot and to help me get up off the floor when I've finished.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:12 AM (yZqjq)
After work beer cracked and caught up on comments.
I've been given the glorious task of upgrading doorknobs at work to touchpad security doorknobs. What a pain in the ass. Nothing in the original cuts fits these new things. Holes just slightly off by maybe 3/16". I'm using my 3/8 bit as more of a mill than a drill bit. 3/4 done with doors and then on to programming. Which looks fun too. Everybody gets an individual number and I have to get the whole thing to work.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:13 AM (9dRxv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:10 AM (yZqjq)
My grandma raised four of my cousins, mostly. Uncle married a woman who already had two sons. She wanted to send them off to military school. Grandma said "hell no" and had her send them to her instead. Best thing that ever happened to them, and she was right. The other two were children of alcoholics, and she said, "bring 'em here."
Looks like it runs in the family.
We are buying a condo for boy and "wife" to live in, since they are currently couch-surfing. I won't let that happen to my grandbaby. I know we are throwing good money after bad. I don't care. As soon as they start destroying said condo, I will file for custody and turn them out.
I will give them that chance. I don't hold out much hope. But that grandbaby is going to be just fine.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:15 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:08 AM (urtE/)
I had to go on the roof of the house in AJ last week. Put a ladder up, and I just did not feel right about it. Had a brainstorm: put a part-sheet of 3/4" plywood on the roof rack of the Suburban, and clamped it down well. Parked the Suburban under the eave of the house. Put a sturdy stepladder up on the other side of the Suburban. I could scurry up the ladder, put a knee on the plywood, crawl across the top of the suburban, and make a short hop up to the roof. Easy-peasy. Any easier, it would be like going up a staircase.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:16 AM (npFr7)
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This is why I've been procrastinating. No help available! I think I'll bring *all of the plumbing tools and supplies* into the kitchen before beginning. Pray that I don't trip over them, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:13 AM (9dRxv)
Good heavens. That's worse than a key cabinet, by far. Bring your chisels. Sometimes that's the only way.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:16 AM (urtE/)
The contractor (hired by Elderly Old Mama, I was not there that day).
I could talk to the crew, because I can speekee si se necesito. The Sketchy Contractor did not speekee.
I think they did a decent job only because I was there while they were working, with friendly conversations about El Salvadoran policing and Guatemalan Mayan linguistics and La Immigra
Posted by: El Mikloso de Yucatan at October 30, 2025 02:17 AM (JtuiB)
Old faucet is *shot* plus want to switch from double-bowl to single- sink.
Yes on dishwasher and no on disposer. Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Heh. I hate plumbing, but this *needs* to be done.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
If you have a dishwasher be careful on the depth of the new sink. Don't go too deep or you might not have the room for the dishwasher tailpiece. Mrs b pulled that stunt when I did this kitchen here. She ordered a deeper sink which was pushing it, but it had this special drain where the basket sits lower/recessed. I forgot what they call it."perfect drain" I think. I didn't know that option existed since it's been years since I did a kitchen and I'm behind on my frigging bling knowledge. By the time I measured it all I had to lower the drain hub in the frigging wall.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:17 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:16 AM (npFr7)
Old age and wiliness will outstrip youth and aggression every time.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 30, 2025 02:18 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Loose square knocked a friend off the roof, broke his neck. The inevitable took about three days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:18 AM (yZqjq)
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Thanks for that tidbit! Yes, the new sink is a about an inch deeper but shouldn't be a problem. Old sink was fairly deep, and wall-drain is low.
I'm hoping the dishwasher connection doesn't pose a problem... going to a single drain, moves *away* from its current connection.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:18 AM (yZqjq)
I have to go back up on that roof when I am back down over Winter. There is about 3 sheets' worth of rotten plywood decking that will have to be changed. Maybe from the gable end in about 4 to 6 feet, and 6 to 8 feet down from the ridge. Plan is to rip up all the shingles from the affected area, until I reach sound decking. Cut rotten decking out with portable saw, flush with rafter. Sister that rafter with 2X4, cut and screw down new deck plywood, new tar paper, which I have a roll of, and new or salvage shingles, which I have a bunch of. Then coat entire roof with that white polymer sealant, which is popular down there. Should last as long as I do.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:29 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:30 AM (9dRxv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:16 AM (npFr7)
Old age and wiliness will outstrip youth and aggression every time.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
I have already budgeted to lose my first three rounds of Poker, checkers, and pinochle with AOP
Posted by: Miklos, whist-fully at October 30, 2025 02:30 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:32 AM (yZqjq)
I'm hoping the dishwasher connection doesn't pose a problem... going to a single drain, moves *away* from its current connection.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
If anything you might just need a longer drain hose, which you can just add a piece with a connector, or run a whole new hose. Dishwasher drains should have a loop in it, they have to come out of the tailpiece and then get pulled high, like along the under side of the counter, and then drop down to the dishwasher. Its to keep water from the drain from running into the dishwasher. If you're lucky there is enough slack on the loop to make your connection and still have the loop.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:32 AM (snZF9)
*shudders*
I couldn't do that again. $$$$$ to hire it done.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:33 AM (rdVOm)
I'm hoping the dishwasher connection doesn't pose a problem... going to a single drain, moves *away* from its current connection.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
When I built the kitchen counter for my AZ place, I roughed in the plumbing for a dishwasher, and provided a dedicated outlet. Did not install a dishwasher, because I hand-wash my few dishes anyway. I did not install a garbage disposal, because I don't like them at all. Puts too much load on the sewage treatment facilities. Bad juju.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:33 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:29 AM (npFr7)
I do that about every 4 years. Started out of desperation and has become the defense against having to drop $15,000 on a new roof.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:34 AM (9dRxv)
Posted by: Berserker
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Thanks again! Yeah, looks like I'll need to add a piece. Don't want to pull out the dishwasher, might cause more trouble than it's worth. At least can spot a connection leak more easily if it's under the sink.
I can do this. I can do this. I can do this... telling myself, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:33 AM (npFr7)
Yeah, fuck garbage disposals. When I was doing kitchens you used to direct wire the dishwashers because they didn't want an outlet. Now they want a frigging outlet. Bastards need to make up their mind.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:38 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You love Little Miss Compost
But me?
*sheds rusty tear*
Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at October 30, 2025 02:38 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:34 AM (9dRxv)
You get snow in your part of the country, don't you? Snowfall of any significance is practically unheard of in the Valley of the Sunstroke. I can often see snow on Four Peaks or Superstition Mountain, but it never makes it down to the valley floor. Even on the mountains, it's transient.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:38 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Miklos assess this in terms of Murican society, economics, and politics at October 30, 2025 02:40 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Septic tank here. So disposal is definitely a no-go.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 30, 2025 02:41 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
I can do this. I can do this. I can do this... telling myself, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:37 AM (rdVOm)
New dishwashers are brutal to hook up. They used to have probably 6 inches of clearance under them to work while hooking them up. Shit, not anymore. The one I installed here had 3 inches if I was lucky. What a nightmare. Go a decade or 2 since your last kitchen and the whole damn world is upside down. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 30, 2025 02:42 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 02:42 AM (yZqjq)
Posted by: Miklos is very polite around AOP (Future PM of the Republic of Alberta) at October 30, 2025 02:48 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: Braenyard
gumbo container?
The only gumbo container I know of is ME
Posted by: Le Mikleuse notes that "gumbo" is to be comsumed, not "contained" at October 30, 2025 02:51 AM (JtuiB)
2011? Maybe? Pretty sure the d/w has a plug instead of hardwire. And a fairly long factory drain hose... didn't need to add-on to reach the under-sink area.
Will reach out here, if I encounter any problems!
This job won't get underway for a couple of weeks-- too busy now to start on it.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 30, 2025 02:52 AM (89Sog)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhard_178
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80
AOP traded that one for a newer model
Posted by: Le Mikleuse notes provenance at October 30, 2025 02:54 AM (JtuiB)
I can't wait to drag this dump to the dump. Not sure what I'm putting in it's place yet but soon...
You have inspired me to somehow work a lift for my shop into the loan for all this.
Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2025 02:55 AM (9dRxv)
and if you'll pardon, praying they decide to pull her out of daycare
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ looking for Mickey Mouse ear muffs at October 30, 2025 01:54 AM (yZqjq)
Thank you. I agree 1000%. Spoke about it. I am a former newborn nurse, among other things. Watched their eldest for 8mo (they work from home). They had sitters for the other two but decided this as their kids go to this private school.
They know I am 10min away and have a proven track record as a babysitter. That I will take her anytime. But I don't make war even though I disagree.
I pray daily for all of them, especially her. She may or may not be admitted but her bloodwork is good (so far).
My phone got "blocked" by my husband and I almost had the police visit an hour ago, to top off the evening. I noted texts I did not hear and called him. My husband had my phone blocked this late & I didn't know. That would have been exciting as I would not have answered and they would have broken the door down. Husband is with the other kids and got worried and call/texted for a half hour. It's always something!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:02 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: Auf Wiedersehening Miklos at October 30, 2025 03:05 AM (JtuiB)
One of my former neighbors worked in a daycare and had a toddler of her own.. her lil guy was sick *all of the time* while she had that job!
So, she finally quit to stay home with him. Wonder of wonders, he wasn't sick all the time anymore.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Divorce Research Fundees at October 30, 2025 03:08 AM (JtuiB)
So, she finally quit to stay home with him. Wonder of wonders, he wasn't sick all the time anymore.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025
Believe me, I know. I stayed home with our boys til the youngest was 1 1/2yrs old, then went back to work 3-11 all over the med center on Saturday evenings. Their father had them then and it was good for all of them. We had no family in FL.
I hate the thought of daycare, our son and DIL know this. But for some reason they are doing it. Whether it continues time will tell. I mean, 3 days and she's in the ED!!! Her siblings are not harfing, so it is not normal as these things go.
I want her and they know it. She's in daycare 4hrs/day.We'll see. I just want her to be ok right now. Apparently she was not dehydrated, so that's good. My husband and I are in limbo with what is going on. He's at their house and the other kids are asleep. We should be asleep but I won't until I know what's going on. She is a sweetie and just smiled and "talked" to me on Sunday. It breaks my heart.
Thank you for your prayers. It's late and I am the only person in the universe awake right now. I'm doing ok.At least the police did not break down the door!!!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:14 AM (j5WMt)
There's a sign up on the entry, indicating there's *1* case of covid among their residents now. Great.
Pneumonia is going around too, according to the gossip.
I hate this timeline.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Divorce Research Fundees at October 30, 2025 03:08 AM (JtuiB)
Nah. He's a sweetie. He blocked it and it somehow did not include contacts or something. Pretty weird but I am usually asleep this time of night and not texting or having people call me. Surprise!
We have cameras on the porch to my phone, but I probably still would not have answered the door with Halloween and all. Would have added to the stress, for sure. I was 10min away from a "welfare visit" for not answering texts or calls.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:17 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:20 AM (rdVOm)
I am sorry. The father of this baby girl got covid from Canada (business trip). Had a bad cold and fever a month ago. His wife barely had a stuffy nose, so I hope all miss your husband. We were exposed in a car with him for an hour but did not get it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:22 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: Skip at October 30, 2025 03:23 AM (+qU29)
What will be, will be. It's out of my hands.
I will not place blame on anyone (except those involved with the Wuhan Lab!) if hubby succumbs to Coof.
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Agree. I've had it 2 or 3 times. The one I never tested positive for was the worst and longest in 2023. Now it's mostly a cold. I think it is here to stay and at least no one tells us anymore to get the vax, so that's good.
I think my son is fixin' to raise some caine at the ED for a decision soon. It is a satellite children's hospital and one of her labs is not in yet. Which is bs, as I worked for seven years in an ED. We are all getting testy, ha! But she's apparently doing ok and is her feisty little self. She's lovely. Nana wants her and those daycare people need to learn to wash their damn hands.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:32 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: Mrs. Skip at October 30, 2025 03:35 AM (JtuiB)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
Allergies? Oh, yeah. But once the pollen subsides, no more trouble.
:shrugs:
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:43 AM (rdVOm)
She's being discharged, all 10lbs of her.No doubt wanting her bottle but only getting Pedialyte probably.
All will be well is my prayer and she must be doing ok.
I hope her parents will think about the cause, but I can't force them to change. They know I am here.
I'm just along for the ride, and having grandkids has been a joy. They share part of my heart.
We are never up this late out of choice! Her grandfather will return here soon.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 30, 2025 03:51 AM (j5WMt)
Posted by: JQ at October 30, 2025 03:54 AM (rdVOm)
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