Overnight Open Thread (11/17/2025)

Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina...the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River. To give you some sense of scale, Mount Mitchell is about 6,800 feet high, and Donner Pass through the Northern Sierra is about 7,000 feet high...one of the lowest passes through the range!

Average annual snowfall on Mount Mitchell (from 1980-2024) is about 85 inches. Average annual snowfall at Donner Pass is about 450 inches.

This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

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One such problem is violence in Chicago's downtown neighborhoods and public rail system. In June of this year, U.S. Attorney Boutros announced an expansion of PSN to include the economic centers in downtown Chicago and the entire rail system operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, including all train lines.

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I know...I know...it's a crazy idea, but it just might work!

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Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study suggests
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1 “A Monday well spent brings a week of content.” – Proverb

Is that con-tent' or con'-tent?

And is "Proverb" a pseudonym for "Anonymous"

Posted by: mindful webworker - You just can't escape escarpments. at November 17, 2025 10:22 PM (vBt7m)

2 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:22 PM (U+AKE)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 17, 2025 10:22 PM (lUFok)

4 First!!!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 17, 2025 10:23 PM (OrfXB)

5 Erste?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:23 PM (47diA)

6 *checks clock*

*taps wristwatch*

*heads for HR*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 10:23 PM (0RiMX)

7 Posted by: CBD at 10:22 PM CBDtime

The servers at the Cafe were getting anxious to close up.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's all on time, relatively, at November 17, 2025 10:23 PM (vBt7m)

8 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 17, 2025 10:24 PM (cYBz/)

9 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 17, 2025 10:25 PM (Wnv9h)

10 Yay, CBD ONT!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 17, 2025 10:25 PM (e3cpZ)

11 Checks authentication code to determine if this is the real ONT.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:25 PM (TfUTr)

12 Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study suggests

Worked for me . . . . . for quite a while.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:26 PM (47diA)

13 FYC Mystery Click - that's a good one. Thanks fort the ONT, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at November 17, 2025 10:26 PM (4WpO4)

14 All the countries are red.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:26 PM (U+AKE)

15 Thanks for the ONT, CBD! It was getting tense there.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:27 PM (47diA)

16 All the countries are red.
Posted by: Boss Moss

RED!?....uh oh.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (TfUTr)

17 Red wine is my muse.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (25kuG)

18 Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study suggests

Yup. This is the real ONT.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

19 14 All the countries are red.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:26 PM (U+AKE)

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No. Look closer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (0RiMX)

20 All the countries are red.
Posted by: Boss Moss

I often wondered if we all see red the same color as everyone else. How the hell would we know?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (cYBz/)

21 I flew about 5 M in late 80s and 90s.
It was great.
Then 911 and shoe bomber and panty bomber.
If you have 2 or 3 people and need to move 500 miles a great truck is the only way to go.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (gbOdA)

22 Rat!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (mT+6a)

23 For those of you who have thought of buying a French MAS Model 1918 Semi-Automatic Carbine, there is one on Proxibid. Only $7.500 at the moment, and it is pretty.

https://tinyurl.com/tezxmu65

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (rbvCR)

24 This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

But... but... but, our mountains are older!

Posted by: Easterners at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (uQesX)

25 The Chicago Executive flights: The free massage service was a big draw.

Oh. Message. Never miiiind.

Posted by: mindful webworker - trans men only allowed until just after take-off at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (vBt7m)

26 Evening.

*Looks at the Tinkerbell ornaments*

That's hot.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (DlZHA)

27 La Vie En Rose
Edith Piaf

Is that the one from Saving Private Ryan?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (syz1S)

28 Good evening morons en bedankt CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (A6iMD)

29 LOL at the color-blindness map.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (npFr7)

30 ha
blind people joke funny as I have about 2 trucks invested in my eyes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (gbOdA)

31
All the countries are red.
Posted by: Boss Moss

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Did you read the content or is this a general observation?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (n7CIX)

32 Willowed.
Larry, Moe, and Curly could coach the team better !!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson

Unfortunately, they're playing.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (TfUTr)

33 I see our time is up - weren’t we all expecting that pre-1989?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 17, 2025 10:30 PM (a07r0)

34 You could get about 15 ARs for that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:31 PM (U+AKE)

35 Nurse!! Buddy!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:31 PM (TfUTr)

36 Thanks CBD. I like the United Airlines ad, "The Chicago Executive - For Men Only"

Posted by: Joemarine at November 17, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)

37 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:32 PM (sAmhv)

38 Sorry I'm late, I was looking at the color blind guy's map.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 17, 2025 10:32 PM (BcT3p)

39 It is possible that I may have already shared the tinkerbell pic with friends on three different continents.
Purely to demonstrate the power of the Disney brand.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

40 All the countries are red.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:26 PM (U+AKE)

All the leaves are brown . . . and the sky is grey.

Posted by: RickZ at November 17, 2025 10:32 PM (gKDq2)

41 Thanks CBD. I like the United Airlines ad, "The Chicago Executive - For Men Only"
Posted by: Joemarine at November 17, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)

Didn't Hooters have an airline for brief time?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (npFr7)

42 Now, who would tell a sweetheart like Tinkerbell to go f**k herself?

Posted by: mikeski at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (nhCoE)

43 Red wine is my muse.
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM

Ja, mon.

Posted by: UB-40 at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (Wnv9h)

44 I went for a walk

On a winters day

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

45 30 ha
blind people joke funny as I have about 2 trucks invested in my eyes.

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It was nails for me.

Posted by: Constantine VI at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (0RiMX)

46 Yup, that drink did it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (2DV5Q)

47 Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study suggests
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This explains a lot. A lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (A6iMD)

48 I like the United Airlines ad

Posted by: Joemarine at November 17, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)

yeah...it gave me a chuckle. Sadly, a Moron sent it to me and I don't remember who it was, so no credit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (n9ltV)

49 17 Red wine is my muse.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (25kuG)

*Clumsy fistbump.*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (ys6FW)

50 *Looks at the Tinkerbell ornaments*

That's hot.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus

For all of CBDs debonair man about town persona...man has a rowchy

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:34 PM (TfUTr)

51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcwsmS_lSbg

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:35 PM (gbOdA)

52 Thanks for the Monday Night ONT, CBD!

That mountain in North Carolina looks almost volcanic... I had no idea they had such tall mountains in that region.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 17, 2025 10:35 PM (kB9dk)

53 La Vie En Rose
Edith Piaf
Is that the one from Saving Private Ryan?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 17, 2025 10:29 PM (syz1S)

It is the bar order where we give white Zinfandel instead, because anyone who orders Rosé is used to drinking Gallo, anyways

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 10:35 PM (rbvCR)

54 Thunder, lightning. Looks like the sky is winding up for a big, noisy storm. This is good. We need a good, soaking rain.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM (DK5Sh)

55 Yup. This is the real ONT.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

Exactly!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)

56 crap! don't hit post while trying to spell ronchy streak...
how does one spell rawnchy?

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

57 China accuses US of stealing 127,000 Bitcoin.

https://is.gd/92zhqy

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:37 PM (U+AKE)

58 Again sacrificing my time, I watched the second episode of American Revolution tonight. There was a significant time spent on the plight of free and enslaved people and those on the English side who lured them to fight for the King. Didn't turn out too well. Other than that, a good rundown on the fighting and non-fighting up to 1776. A good rundown of TJ and others penning the Declaration of Independence and the outcome of that in America and England. So far, Burns isn't getting TOO deeply involved in the black/indian situation. It is significant to history that Virginia was the most powerful of the colonies and about 40% slaves.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:37 PM (47diA)

59 This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

They are mountains. The NE corner of NJ has a bit of the Appalachian Mountains going through it. Yea, they're small in comparison to the Rockies, Cascades, Sierras, out west, but still mountains. Be nice.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

60 crap! don't hit post while trying to spell ronchy streak...
how does one spell rawnchy?
Posted by: Some Rat

Raunchy.

Unless furry, then ranchy.

Posted by: mikeski at November 17, 2025 10:38 PM (nhCoE)

61 I have vision issues. Seriously. Is the color blind map a joke? Feeling like Helen F-ing Keller here.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:38 PM (ys6FW)

62 Thunder, lightning. Looks like the sky is winding up for a big, noisy storm. This is good. We need a good, soaking rain.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM

Thunder and lightning?

Very, very frightening.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 17, 2025 10:38 PM (Wnv9h)

63 56 crap! don't hit post while trying to spell ronchy streak...
how does one spell rawnchy?
Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)
Raunchy R-A-U-N-C-H-Y Raunchy.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (BcT3p)

64 Does not Washington have the highest winds?

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (gbOdA)

65 I have vision issues. Seriously. Is the color blind map a joke? Feeling like Helen F-ing Keller here.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:38 PM (ys6FW)

Yes, a joke. It's all a single shade of red.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (npFr7)

66 Galileo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (mT+6a)

67 Yes, a joke. It's all a single shade of red.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (npFr7)

Lol. Thank you. 😊

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)

68 Thunder and lightning?

Very, very frightening.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Galileo?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)

69 I have vision issues. Seriously. Is the color blind map a joke? Feeling like Helen F-ing Keller here.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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You have to cover one eye, then blink rapidly withe the other eye to see it.

Posted by: scampydog - don't take me seriously at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (4WpO4)

70 Does not Washington have the highest winds?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM

Mt? Yes.

Gaseous political emissions? Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (Wnv9h)

71 They are mountains. The NE corner of NJ has a bit of the Appalachian Mountains going through it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

I live here. I am entitled to mock the pretense!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (n9ltV)

72 Vigaro?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (U+AKE)

73 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Surgery is scheduled for December 11th at 2:30 pm.

And Bucket List Year #2 Boogaloo now includes GEORGE STRAIT TICKETS!!!! April 25th in Lubbock, Section #6 (near the handicapped seats, since I will be using my scooter to get around).

The TiFWs are takin' a road trip 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (SRRAx)

74 Yes, a joke. It's all a single shade of red.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That's not red.

Somebody needs to get their eyes checked.

Posted by: Miklos, adjusting monocles at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (u+AWT)

75 Thank you mikeski, tankdemon.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (TfUTr)

76 70 Does not Washington have the highest winds?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM

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That was Ben Franklin.

Posted by: Constantine VI at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (0RiMX)

77 My wife asked me this evening if I dropped cheese on the floor, because the new kitten was eating something white.

On closer inspection it was a fish-cake noodle (Odeng) that the kitten had stolen out of my wife's soup when she had her back turned.
I suspect we are going to have to keep a close eye on this calico cat.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

78 Raunchy R-A-U-N-C-H-Y Raunchy.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 17, 2025 10:39 PM (BcT3p)

Of course there is music:

https://youtu.be/5RCUPcsOgbo

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 10:42 PM (npFr7)

79 That's not red.

Somebody needs to get their eyes checked.

Posted by: Miklos, adjusting monocles at November 17, 2025 10:41 PM (u+AWT)

Finally, somebody gets the joke!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:42 PM (n9ltV)

80 I remember my bf (soon to be husband) took me skiing at Loon Mt.

Ummm. When does it get steep?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:42 PM (g8IDW)

81 Average annual snowfall at Donner Pass is about 450 inches.

Got to be high in cholesterol too.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 17, 2025 10:43 PM (gKWVE)

82 That's not red.

Scarlet? Crimson?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:43 PM (47diA)

83 Donner Party of 4 3 2.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:43 PM (U+AKE)

84 The TiFWs are takin' a road trip 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

Wait. Isn't inviting me to all these doing part of the bucket list?
(Some Rat, always ready for a hand out, never a hand up)

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (TfUTr)

85 When does it get steep?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:42 PM (g8IDW)

Try Tuckerman's Ravine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (n9ltV)

86 Singing through nose ❌
Pustule affectation from ear lobe ❌

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (2DV5Q)

87 Donner Party of 4 3 2.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:43 PM (U+AKE)

ISWYDT

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 17, 2025 10:46 PM (nZmM7)

88 Try Tuckerman's Ravine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (n9ltV)

If he's tucking, it ain't no ravine.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 17, 2025 10:47 PM (uQesX)

89 And Bucket List Year #2 Boogaloo now includes GEORGE STRAIT TICKETS!!!! April 25th in Lubbock, Section #6 (near the handicapped seats, since I will be using my scooter to get around).

The TiFWs are takin' a road trip 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas,
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That is awesome. George Strait is one of the real country artists left. He can sing and as cute as a bug in a rug. Hope you have fun!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:47 PM (ys6FW)

90 Howdy CBD - thanks for the Steve Earle, one of my all time favorites.

*fist bump*

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 17, 2025 10:48 PM (OQpsB)

91 Now, who would tell a sweetheart like Tinkerbell to go f**k herself?
Posted by: mikeski

Peter Pan, who lost 50% of everything he owned in divorce court.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 17, 2025 10:48 PM (cIxJn)

92 Donner Party of 4 3 2.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:43 PM (U+AKE)

ISWYDT
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

We would book reservations under Donner.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:48 PM (TfUTr)

93 We would book reservations under Donner.

Did you get interesting menus?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:49 PM (47diA)

94 I bet, somewhere out there in the deep dark corners of the interwebs, there is a site that specializes in pics like that Disney one above. I will not look. Others more brave than I can search.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (sAmhv)

95 Try Tuckerman's Ravine

Um. Steep for 20 feet? Really?

I’ll take Mt Baker any day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (9hNi7)

96 TiFW, if you are in Lubbock seeing George Strait, do see the Bufdy Hooly museum if you haven't. It is fun and worth a visit.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (ys6FW)

97 >>>It is significant to history that Virginia was the most powerful of the colonies and about 40% slaves.
Posted by: LRob in OK,
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Blacks have always been good fighters.
_General John J. Pershing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (2DV5Q)

98 We would book reservations under Donner.

Did you get interesting menus?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic

It varied from person to person.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (TfUTr)

99 CBD, did the Donner Party sous vide that "meat"?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (47diA)

100 Buddy Holly not Bufdy Hooly lol

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:51 PM (ys6FW)

101 Peter Pan, who lost 50% of everything he owned in divorce court.
Posted by: rickb223

Favorite memory of the show Peter Pan: When the Indians dance and sing:

Ugh!
Wug!
Ugha Wuga Wigwam!!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 17, 2025 10:51 PM (cYBz/)

102 I bet, somewhere out there in the deep dark corners of the interwebs, there is a site that specializes in pics like that Disney one above. I will not look. Others more brave than I can search.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (sAmhv)

Disney will take that sort of thing down with a cease and desist as fast as they find it. That corporation is very jealous of their IP

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 10:52 PM (rbvCR)

103 Regarding the United Men Only ad:

When I see the status men had, particularly men of pallor, in the years after WWII, I can only shake my head, raise a fist and say 'G****** you stupid early baby-boomers and your parents. You had it all. And you squandered it!

I feel like Charleton Heston at the end of the first Monkey Movie looking at the ruins of the Statue of Liberty.....

Other than that Happy Monday to the working folk!

Wish everyone a great week !

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

104 Rain thundered down upon my home earlier while I was under the orange tree, and there were drops that infused into my glass of ...red wine.
I will still drink the glass as it remains red.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 17, 2025 10:52 PM (25kuG)

105 100 Buddy Holly not Bufdy Hooly lol

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Buddy Holly wasn't Welsh?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 10:52 PM (0RiMX)

106 I saw Bufdy Hooly open for Dread Zepplin in '94.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:53 PM (sAmhv)

107 Buffy Holly, Vampire Singer

Posted by: mindful webworker - with her sidekick Peggy Sue at November 17, 2025 10:53 PM (vBt7m)

108 Buddy Holly not Bufdy Hooly lol
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

THAT'S why the album I got sounded off!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:53 PM (TfUTr)

109 Been to the summit of Mt Mitchell. The last 600 feet is fairly steep

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 17, 2025 10:53 PM (w3u3d)

110 93 We would book reservations under Donner.

Did you get interesting menus?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:49 PM (47diA)
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1 star menu review.

Posted by: scampydog at November 17, 2025 10:53 PM (4WpO4)

111 This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

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That’s me when I hear people talk about skiing in the mid Atlantic. Vermont, eh. It’s kinda mountains. But mid Atlantic? Dude!!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 17, 2025 10:54 PM (u9SGQ)

112 George Strait's true story.

youtube.com/watch?v=haNLpJuW0YQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 10:54 PM (2DV5Q)

113 Lol. You guys kill me. I almost love making typos❤️

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:56 PM (ys6FW)

114 Quick drive by to say hello!

Posted by: Piper at November 17, 2025 10:56 PM (OoFl2)

115 44 I went for a walk

On a winters day
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

You'd be safe and warm,

If you was in L. A......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:56 PM (QGaXH)

116 Walked into a church I passed along the way . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 17, 2025 10:57 PM (47diA)

117 MTG went on CNN to grovel to Dana Bash
How long before she endorses Newsom in ‘28?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 17, 2025 10:57 PM (u9SGQ)

118 What the heck?

Bartholomew?

Is that you?

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 17, 2025 10:57 PM (25kuG)

119 Try Tuckerman's Ravine

Um. Steep for 20 feet? Really?

I’ll take Mt Baker any day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (9hNi7)

This.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

120 Forgot to say Thank Yoy for ONT CBD

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:58 PM (QGaXH)

121 117 MTG went on CNN to grovel to Dana Bash
How long before she endorses Newsom in ‘28?

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She's always been a drama queen, but WTAF?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 10:58 PM (0RiMX)

122 Happy-ish Monday, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ghost in the Machine Critic . . . at November 17, 2025 10:58 PM (3ZUWJ)

123 84 The TiFWs are takin' a road trip 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

Wait. Isn't inviting me to all these doing part of the bucket list?
(Some Rat, always ready for a hand out, never a hand up)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (TfUTr)

🎶🎶🎶If you've got the money, honey....🎶🎶🎶

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (SRRAx)

124 Enough is not enough, but gonna check out early anywho.

https://youtu.be/0IUV-QxwlRM

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - raven? at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (vBt7m)

125 120 Forgot to say Thank Yoy for ONT CBD
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:58 PM (QGaXH)

Begins writing 100X:

Must remember to proof before hitting post.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (QGaXH)

126 I bet, somewhere out there in the deep dark corners of the interwebs, there is a site that specializes in pics like that Disney one above. I will not look. Others more brave than I can search.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (sAmhv)

Disney will take that sort of thing down with a cease and desist as fast as they find it. That corporation is very jealous of their IP
Posted by: Kindltot

ai is going to make that a thing of the past

Posted by: n at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (+HZqw)

127 The only thing impressive about the mountains in jersey is that they are there to begin with in a state thats a sliver wide along the atlantic coast. In reality though, we kinda borrowed the throw aways from PA and upstate NY. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 11:00 PM (snZF9)

128 I said a while back that MTG was a crazy drama queen. The guys that are attracted to crazy drama queens said I was a h8ter.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:00 PM (ys6FW)

129 73/ that is wonderful news Teresa...I have it marked on the calendar....prayers will ensue...

Posted by: The Grateful at November 17, 2025 11:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

130 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.

You have a great time kiddo! You and your hubs are great folks.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 11:01 PM (TfUTr)

131 56 crap! don't hit post while trying to spell ronchy streak...
how does one spell rawnchy?
Posted by: Some Rat at November 17, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

K A M A L......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 11:01 PM (QGaXH)

132 I got down on my knees
I began to pray

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 17, 2025 11:02 PM (w3u3d)

133 68 Thunder and lightning?

Very, very frightening.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Galileo?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)

72 Vigaro?
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 10:40 PM (U+AKE)

Magnifico-oh-oh-oh....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 11:02 PM (SRRAx)

134 TiFW, if you are in Lubbock seeing George Strait, do see the Bufdy Hooly museum if you haven't. It is fun and worth a visit.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (ys6FW)

I can recommend the Cast Iron Grill in Lubbock for great breakfast.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 11:03 PM (npFr7)

135 Begins writing 100X:

Must remember to proof before hitting post.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (QGaXH)

Eh, cut and paste:

Most remeber to prof befoor hiting poat
Most remeber to prof befoor hiting poat
Most remeber to prof befoor hiting poat
Most remeber to prof befoor hiting poat
Most remeber to prof befoor hiting poat . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 11:03 PM (rbvCR)

136 132 I got down on my knees
I began to pray
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 17, 2025 11:02 PM (w3u3d)

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BRRAAAAAAAP!!!

The correct lyric is,

"And I PRETEND to pray."

Loss of five points.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 11:04 PM (0RiMX)

137 Thank you for saving Monday Night, CBD!

Nice ONT!

Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

138 I said a while back that MTG was a crazy drama queen. The guys that are attracted to crazy drama queens said I was a h8ter.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:00 PM (ys6FW)

Never trusted her or Boebert. And they're not good-looking, either.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 17, 2025 11:04 PM (uQesX)

139 ---------

She's always been a drama queen, but WTAF?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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She's gone round the bend and Trump's cut her loose.
No telling where she'll wind up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:04 PM (2DV5Q)

140 Bers, I didn't know Jersey had mountains. I learn things at the HQ!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:05 PM (ys6FW)

141 The preacher likes it cold
Knows I’m gonna stay

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 17, 2025 11:05 PM (w3u3d)

142 She's gone round the bend and Trump's cut her loose.
No telling where she'll wind up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:04 PM (2DV5Q)

I am not a witch.

Posted by: MTG at November 17, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)

143 There are some wack job women Republicans in congress. MTG, Mace, Boebert. I think I’m forgetting one.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 17, 2025 11:06 PM (u9SGQ)

144 127 The only thing impressive about the mountains in jersey is that they are there to begin with in a state thats a sliver wide along the atlantic coast. In reality though, we kinda borrowed the throw aways from PA and upstate NY. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
.................................................
It's called High Point, NJ. That's not even trying!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 11:07 PM (sAmhv)

145 I just got home from visiting several national parks in Utah. The hiking trails at the back of Bryce Canyon are at 9,000 feet.

Posted by: Advo at November 17, 2025 11:07 PM (jO4mz)

146 Advice from your workout coach on physical prep - good.
Advice from your workout coach on political ideas - bad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:09 PM (2DV5Q)

147 Laura Loomer is really good at flushing out hoes who ain't loyal. As Chris Brown put it

Posted by: gKWVE at November 17, 2025 11:09 PM (gKWVE)

148 I just got home from visiting several national parks in Utah. The hiking trails at the back of Bryce Canyon are at 9,000 feet.

Posted by: Advo
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Beautiful place. Hope you had some great hikes!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:09 PM (ys6FW)

149 Have to wait and see if there is a primary against her. Could get interesting.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 17, 2025 11:09 PM (u9SGQ)

150 132 I got down on my knees
I began to pray
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 17, 2025 11:02 PM (w3u3d)

The line is I pretend to pray.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 17, 2025 11:10 PM (BcT3p)

151 Mount Mitchell and Mount Washington in New Hampshire have higher prominence - height from foot to summit - than anything in the Sierras around Donner Pass

Posted by: Tink at November 17, 2025 11:10 PM (7MTL+)

152 I matched 2 Powerball numbers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 11:11 PM (U+AKE)

153 She's gone round the bend and Trump's cut her loose. No telling where she'll wind up. Posted by: Braen

now do mark levin

Posted by: n at November 17, 2025 11:12 PM (bI5YE)

154 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:58 PM (QGaXH)

Yoy are very welcome!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 11:12 PM (n9ltV)

155 Go Boss Moss.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:12 PM (ys6FW)

156 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 17, 2025 11:12 PM (bss/y)

157 It's mighty crazy, to keep on rubbin' at the same old thing.

Posted by: The Cramps Fanboy at November 17, 2025 11:13 PM (oftw2)

158 152 I matched 2 Powerball numbers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 11:11 PM (U+AKE)

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Nice but you have to get six, and all on the same card.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 11:13 PM (0RiMX)

159 Advice from your workout coach on physical prep - good.
Advice from your workout coach on political ideas - bad.
Posted by: Braenyard

What if your workout coach is Piper?

Posted by: mikeski at November 17, 2025 11:14 PM (nhCoE)

160 Missed it by that mich.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 17, 2025 11:14 PM (U+AKE)

161 thanks for the Steve Earle, one of my all time favorites.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 17, 2025 10:48 PM (OQpsB)

That is a great song.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 11:14 PM (n9ltV)

162 152 I matched 2 Powerball numbers.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Friend told me how well he and a group were doing, encouraged I bought $100 of one liners. Not. One. Line. _ Not. One. Thin. Dime.
No mas. No me chingas. No No te preocupes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:16 PM (2DV5Q)

163 Another potential stop on TiFW's BLY#2B is to see Jeff Dunham in Reno in March. We can combine that with a trip to visit DD#1 and her family, since they have a house 30 miles away in Truckee.

But they are buying a bigger house in Orinda, so we may just "squat" at the Truckee house for a night or two. I also want to see the big trees 😊

Poor Paul - he asked if we had to do something EVERY month.

I told him that we don't know how much time I have left (the cancer has started to figure out how to beat the chemo), so yes, for as long as I am feeling good, we will be seeing/doing all of the things that I have always wanted to see/do!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 11:17 PM (SRRAx)

164 >>>What if your workout coach is Piper?
Posted by: mikeski
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Know the story of the yellow brick road?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:18 PM (2DV5Q)

165 May I talk about the highest peak in TX? Guadalupe Peak? In Gudalipe Mountains National Park. It's not majestic compared to the 14-ers in Colorado. But a cool summit at 8751 ft. It's a fun hike 3 miles to the backpack campground. Then a mile to the summit. There is an odd pyramid from American Airlines at the top.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

166 how is it the ont was blessed with a cbd thread?

you should be rerunning your alcohol history threads

should have those publishd within a book or something

Posted by: n at November 17, 2025 11:21 PM (+lALu)

167 164 >>>What if your workout coach is Piper?
Posted by: mikeski
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Know the story of the yellow brick road?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 11:18 PM (2DV5Q)

Is this a euphemism?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 17, 2025 11:22 PM (bss/y)

168
One day I visited Mt. Mitchell and went up the tower at the top. I was by myself and, for that moment, I was higher up than anyone east of the Mississippi.

There was a dense fog. Then the wind blew, the fog dispersed and I could see for an enormous distance. Quite a sight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 17, 2025 11:22 PM (tgvbd)

169 Mount Mitchell is about 6,800 feet high, and Donner Pass through the Northern Sierra is about 7,000 feet high...one of the lowest passes through the range!
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Yeah. Ha, ha.
But, there was a time when appalachians were higher than the Rockies have ever/i] been. Higher than the Himalayas.

It's like a pygmy making fun of an aged Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 17, 2025 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

170

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 17, 2025 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

171 Saved?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 17, 2025 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

172 I like that United ad too! Bet they got a gift to along with that excellent "executive" service.

Posted by: runner at November 17, 2025 11:25 PM (g47mK)

173 The highest point in Nebraska is Panorama Point! It's 5429 ft. You can scale it's mighty peaks (drive up to it) and gaze upon the majestic scenery (it's a cattle ranch but for a few bucks, you can drive to PP). It's nothing but rolling grasslands as far as the eye can see. On a clear day, you can probably see the Rockies. I've never been to Panorama Point but I want to see it. I don't know why.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 11:26 PM (sAmhv)

174 Britton Hill in Florida is the highest point in the state. Got a nosebleed up there.

Posted by: 345 Feet Up at November 17, 2025 11:27 PM (oftw2)

175 18 Heavy drinking in youth may aid career success, study suggests

Yup. This is the real ONT.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:28 PM (2WIwB)
_________________________________

I could see two paths where this might be true.

1. When you drink at a young age your confidence increases setting a tone for risk taking. Additionally, you are more social and likely to increase your social circle thus increasing your worldliness.

2. There is, also, the possibility of waking up in all kinds of compromising situations and perhaps even that ONE single Epiphone where if forces you to take a seat, and tell yourself. "Wow, I was lucky this time. But, I can't keep doing this, or I'm looking at big problems." And, then proceeding forward with a new vibrant, productive, and achievement based attitude.

Posted by: Orson at November 17, 2025 11:27 PM (dIske)

176 Per reporting in the PanAm Post, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, after only one week in office, revealed that during the 20 years of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) governments [including the Evo Morales administration], more than $15 billion (USD) were stolen from state coffers, according to initial estimates by Paz' administration. In his most recent statements, he asserted that although “it must be certified,” the situation is no longer “a political issue,” but rather a matter of what the country will suffer as a result of socialist corruption. “A few thieves have stolen part of our country's future,” said the president.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 11:28 PM (rbvCR)

177 *snickers*

Wait till tcn the Pickle Queen gets here.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 11:28 PM (OHB4a)

178 44 I went for a walk

On a winters day
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

You'd be safe and warm,

If you was in L. A......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 17, 2025 10:56 PM (QGaXH)

Nobody walks in LA.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at November 17, 2025 11:28 PM (NZPfR)

179 Britton Hill in Florida is the highest point in the state. Got a nosebleed up there.
Posted by: 345 Feet
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Richmond Hill, GA.
Elev. - 19.69 ft.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 17, 2025 11:29 PM (XeU6L)

180 Mt. Rogers is the highest point in VA. It's located in the SW corner of the state. It's apparently not an easy stroll to the summit. A pretty good hike but from what I've read, worth it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 11:29 PM (sAmhv)

181 Wait till tcn the Pickle Queen gets here.

Posted by: nurse ratched

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We are all a bunch of pussies and pikers compared , I suppose.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:30 PM (ys6FW)

182 I think socialists have a problem with theft.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

183 Mt. Rogers is the highest point in VA. It's located in the SW corner of the state. It's apparently not an easy stroll to the summit. A pretty good hike but from what I've read, worth it.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Have camped there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 17, 2025 11:31 PM (XeU6L)

184 Maybe it’s one of those bathroom on the right deals, but I always heard “the preacher liked to croak, he knows I’m gonna stay…” as in the preacher didn’t want him hanging around…why would the preacher like the cold?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 17, 2025 11:31 PM (a07r0)

185 Mount Tamminy is awesome, when I was preparing for my Spartan race in 2015, I spent every moment I could spare on that mountain.

I mean, it's no Mount Mitchell but it does the job.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 17, 2025 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

186 174 Britton Hill in Florida is the highest point in the state. Got a nosebleed up there.
Posted by: 345 Feet Up

I'm bigger.

Posted by: Sunshine Skyway Bridge at November 17, 2025 11:32 PM (sAmhv)

187 Having lived in CO and AK, I chuckle whenever mountains are mentioned east of the Mississippi.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:33 PM (vwL3N)

188 why would the preacher like the cold?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 17, 2025 11:31 PM (a07r0)

It makes the masses bigger.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 11:34 PM (rbvCR)

189 Have camped there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

I'd like to spend some time in that part of the state. I'm a bit out of shape for a hike but maybe that will motivate me to get in shape. Would really like to just drive around down there, visit Bristol, maybe some camping, etc.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 11:35 PM (sAmhv)

190 Try Tuckerman's Ravine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 10:45 PM (n9ltV)
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I have. It is fun, but darn steep. I found it very in Erving climbing up in ski boots. I only felt ok once I had put my skis on.

Posted by: 496 at November 17, 2025 11:35 PM (JQ6N+)

191 I told him that we don't know how much time I have left (the cancer has started to figure out how to beat the chemo), so yes, for as long as I am feeling good, we will be seeing/doing all of the things that I have always wanted to see/do!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 11:17 PM (SRRAx)

^^ So sorry to hear. Prayers continue! And your plans are inspiring!

Posted by: Iris at November 17, 2025 11:35 PM (bOJ2I)

192 Bers, I didn't know Jersey had mountains. I learn things at the HQ!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:05 PM (ys6FW)

Well more like bumps in the grand scheme. There are the watchung mountains, but i think the highest peak is only around 900ft max. Washington used one of them to scout British positions, because he could see 20 miles away. there is a monument there. It's called Washington rock. I went there a few times just for the historical thing. Then you got more mountains in the north west. High point is around 1800 ft. Again, not real big in the grand scheme, but its better than florida. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 11:37 PM (snZF9)

193 Who is the bubba that epstein's brother says in e-mail putin has a picture trump is giving a blowj*b too. Clinton?

Posted by: raimondo at November 17, 2025 11:37 PM (kF5de)

194 96 TiFW, if you are in Lubbock seeing George Strait, do see the Bufdy Hooly museum if you haven't. It is fun and worth a visit.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (ys6FW)

I have never been and make frequent appearances in Lubbock.

(It’s getting a second H-E-B so I am geeked about that.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:38 PM (vwL3N)

195 Having lived in CO and AK, I chuckle whenever mountains are mentioned east of the Mississippi.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:33 PM (vwL3N)

I grew up east of the Mississippi in an area so flat the highest points were overpasses/bridges.

Posted by: RickZ at November 17, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

196 Having lived in CO and AK, I chuckle whenever mountains are mentioned east of the Mississippi.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:33 PM (vwL3N)
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I've lived in the Carolinas and TX. I know how very puny the TX mountains are in the scheme of things.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:39 PM (ys6FW)

197 raimondo is such a sweet prude, the way he uses asterisks to spell blowjob. I wonder if his mom's menu spells it the same way.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 17, 2025 11:41 PM (0RiMX)

198 I’ll take Mt Baker any day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 17, 2025 10:50 PM (9hNi7)

This.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 17, 2025 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I skied crystal quite a few times as well as Steven's pass.a few times. Alpental's upper lift was a blast when it wasn't socked in by clouds. I never made it to Baker though...

Posted by: 496 at November 17, 2025 11:41 PM (JQ6N+)

199 165 May I talk about the highest peak in TX? Guadalupe Peak? In Gudalipe Mountains National Park. It's not majestic compared to the 14-ers in Colorado. But a cool summit at 8751 ft. It's a fun hike 3 miles to the backpack campground. Then a mile to the summit. There is an odd pyramid from American Airlines at the top.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

I need to go there.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:41 PM (vwL3N)

200 Hey everybody. Hey ONT.

Cicero: raimondo is the exact same troll who frequents Patterico's site. There, he goes by the handle of 'asset.'

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 17, 2025 11:43 PM (cQHrm)

201
ai is going to make that a thing of the past
Posted by: n at November 17, 2025 10:59 PM (+HZqw)

AI isn’t.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:45 PM (vwL3N)

202 Cow Demon, Guadalupe Peak is an awesome overnight backpack. And yes, you need to go there. There are madrone trees. And maples in the fall.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:45 PM (ys6FW)

203 Teresa, I follow some Oncology news because of a couple of friends who have cancers, one of them is being treated with immune therapy.

This is one of the more recent studies on the immune system and cancer. There are a number of very experimental treatments that are on this concept of tumor suppression

https://tinyurl.com/3unzhbeh

Posted by: Kindltot at November 17, 2025 11:45 PM (rbvCR)

204 Im happy in the Texas hill country, but my fav will always be the majestic and lovely Mt Rainier. A modest 14,000 feet

Posted by: LASue at November 17, 2025 11:47 PM (lCppi)

205 One of the many things I find interesting about Texas are those huge counties in the western part of the state that have miniscule populations. How did that come about?

Posted by: Paco at November 17, 2025 11:54 PM (mADJX)

206 I would live in Brewster County, TX right now if It were practical. It is far away from every fking thing. I love the climate and the people. That is my retirement dream. I love the desert.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:54 PM (ys6FW)

207
Geodesy is a complicated, many splendored thing. When we speak of elevation, what do mean? Height about mean sea level. And what the hell is mean sea level? That's were it gets complex. Mean sea level is the "0" equipotential surface of the earth's gravitational field, with centrifugal terms due to rotation. That is, equipotentials in a rotating reference frame. That has now been measured to high precision with satellite gravimetry.

Here's that geoid (height differences exaggerated):
https://is.gd/maNzyp

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 17, 2025 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

208 One of the many things I find interesting about Texas are those huge counties in the western part of the state that have miniscule populations. How did that come about?

Posted by: Paco

See my wish at 206. Those huge counties have small populations for a reason--lack of water. I love the Big Bend area so much.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:59 PM (ys6FW)

209 Cow Demon:
Or put another way,
"AI... AIn't"

Posted by: RandomDave at November 17, 2025 11:59 PM (aJQbY)

210 Thanks, Kindltot!

The hope is that the surgery will remove most of the cancer cells. So far it doesn't look like the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, but we will know more once they get in there.

Realistically, we know this will come back; we are just buying some extra time. Hopefully I have a few more years to go!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 17, 2025 11:59 PM (SRRAx)

211 206 I love the desert. - BarelyScaryMary

So do I. I lived in Arizona for a year and a half and spent as much time as I could in the desert, mainly the White Tank Mountains. I remember times, taking a rest after a hike, when I would just sit and listen, and the silence was almost palpable; it was quieter than sitting in a room in your own house. And the smell of sun-blasted rock and the feel of clean sand, and the sight of those tall saguaros. It's the only place that I think I ever actually yearned for.

Posted by: Paco at November 18, 2025 12:00 AM (mADJX)

212 205 One of the many things I find interesting about Texas are those huge counties in the western part of the state that have miniscule populations. How did that come about?
Posted by: Paco

I think you kind of answered your own question. I'm just guessing here but it's because its sparsely populated that you have huge counties out there. Otherwise, you'd have counties with the population in the 10's and no county seat because no town. A guess of course. I expect Texans to jump on this if wrong.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 18, 2025 12:02 AM (sAmhv)

213 God Bless you. Teresa. May you enjoy all of your bucket list wishes.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:02 AM (ys6FW)

214 Paco, I would live around Alpine or Ft Davis, TX easy. The climate is nice and I don't care that it is hours from anything . You can't put a price on your peace.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:07 AM (ys6FW)

215 59 This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

They are mountains. The NE corner of NJ has a bit of the Appalachian Mountains going through it. Yea, they're small in comparison to the Rockies, Cascades, Sierras, out west, but still mountains. Be nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 10:37 PM (sAmhv)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:09 AM (QGaXH)

216 I... think my parent's house is at a higher elevation than that NJ highest point.

Of course, they live in a canyon in Wyoming, so yeah.

Posted by: SimoHayek at November 18, 2025 12:09 AM (0Aoc4)

217 215 - OOPS!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:10 AM (QGaXH)

218 217: didn't quite finish before posting?

:-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 18, 2025 12:11 AM (sAmhv)

219 La vie en Rose?

Ah yes Gundam 0083

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 18, 2025 12:13 AM (6uJqi)

220 She came to me, said she knew me
Said she'd known me a long time
She spoke of bein' in love
With every mountain she had climbed

And she talked of trails she'd walked up
Far above the timberline
From that night on, I knew I'd write songs
With Carolina in the pines

--------

Seems germane to this evenings discussion......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:15 AM (QGaXH)

221 At BBC: “Lost Bach pieces performed for first time in 320 years.”

Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, discovered in 1992, but then subject to 3 decades of authentication research. Stupid article has no links, of course, so I dug these up, posted just earlier today:

youtube.com/watch?v=0X1xnYrP3Eo
youtube.com/watch?v=8gVG-wMwdsY

Posted by: gp at November 18, 2025 12:19 AM (4kcNT)

222 214 Paco, I would live around Alpine or Ft Davis, TX easy. The climate is nice and I don't care that it is hours from anything . You can't put a price on your peace. - BarelyScaryMary

Looks like my kind of country. I'm going to have to visit out there some day.

Posted by: Paco at November 18, 2025 12:21 AM (mADJX)

223 212 I think you kind of answered your own question. I'm just guessing here but it's because its sparsely populated that you have huge counties out there. Otherwise, you'd have counties with the population in the 10's and no county seat because no town. - Puddlegum

Makes sense.

Posted by: Paco at November 18, 2025 12:22 AM (mADJX)

224 Hey Horde, kind of stumbling in here, I've been whining at my neighbor's house.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 18, 2025 12:23 AM (0nHVk)

225 208 See my wish at 206. Those huge counties have small populations for a reason--lack of water. I love the Big Bend area so much.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:59 PM (ys6FW)

Funny you should mention that - Big Bend is a possible destination for our winter RV adventure if we can manage to achieve escape velocity and overcome California's gravitational pull.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:23 AM (QGaXH)

226 What's wrong, Debby?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:24 AM (ys6FW)

227 Dew you peeple remember when we be has a Loving Blank Presdent ???

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at November 18, 2025 12:25 AM (357Ky)

228 199 165 May I talk about the highest peak in TX? Guadalupe Peak? In Gudalipe Mountains National Park.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 17, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

I need to go there.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 17, 2025 11:41 PM (vwL3N)
_______________________

Every time I go visit my brother down near Dallas I usually say something like, "I thought for a second I saw some elevation over there. But, it's just an excavated off ramp."

Posted by: Orson at November 18, 2025 12:26 AM (dIske)

229 back to the future ?

"Disney ditches 'diversity' and 'DEI' in business report for the first time since 2019"

Posted by: runner at November 18, 2025 12:27 AM (g47mK)

230 When DIS goes , they all go !

Posted by: runner at November 18, 2025 12:28 AM (g47mK)

231 The quietest place I think I've ever been is hunting in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. So quiet and beautiful.

Posted by: Archer at November 18, 2025 12:28 AM (YGRGv)

232 Some good news, it seems there is one IP that has escaped Disney's bloody clutches.

The rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit have reverted to their original owners.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 18, 2025 12:29 AM (6uJqi)

233 Funny you should mention that - Big Bend is a possible destination for our winter RV adventure if we can manage to achieve escape velocity and overcome California's gravitational pull.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

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I'm a tent camper=backpacker but will totally recommend Big Bend NP In an RV you would need to go to Rio Grande Village campground. It is a nice place. You can cross over to Boquillas, MX if you wish from there. I can tell you lots of info about the area but it would be a lot and OT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:31 AM (ys6FW)

234 Now I live in a state that has more cattle than people, so I have that going for me.

Posted by: Archer at November 18, 2025 12:31 AM (YGRGv)

235
Note that geoid surface is not the actual topographical surface of the earth, sometimes dubbed the "topoid", that's the shape of mean sea level. Note there is a deep hole in the Indian Ocean. And it's matched by a pooched up place over in the South Pacific. And note Europe is sort of pooched up as well.

You can see defining latitude and longitude on that lumpy asymmetric surface would be a mess. Thus an ellipsoid is defined. We take an oblate spheroid (circle at the equator, but with polar radius less than equatorial), and find the best fit such surface to the geoid. That's the reference ellipsoid, WGS84 being the main one used.

Longitude on that ellipsoid is the same as spherical, but latitude is a bit different. It's not the angle of the radius to the surface point above the equator, but the angle of the surface normal at the point to the equator. Thus geodetic latitude is not exactly the same as spherical. The differences are small for the earth, but for high precision work, they are significant.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 18, 2025 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

236 234 Now I live in a state that has more cattle than people, so I have that going for me.
Posted by: Archer at November 18, 2025 12:31 AM (YGRGv)

So if you get raped now, statistically it's most
likely to be at the hooves of cattle.

Posted by: Law & Order: Veterinarian SVU at November 18, 2025 12:38 AM (4e9Cb)

237 When GSP measures your position, it's giving those ellipsoidal coordinates relative to WGS84. The elevation given is the height about or below the ellipsoid, along the normal to the surface.

That is not the same as the height above the geoid, or your elevation relative to mean sea level. That difference is called the geodetic undulation. Right here at my location, it's about -80'. The geoid is 80 feet below the ellipsoid. And that's the proper elevation to use for barometer settings. The GPS elevation can thus trip you up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 18, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

238 Nothing wrong at all BarelyScaryMary, just a few glasses of wine and a whining session about our state government. We want to move, but that is not likely to happen soon.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 18, 2025 12:42 AM (0nHVk)

239 233 I'm a tent camper=backpacker but will totally recommend Big Bend NP In an RV you would need to go to Rio Grande Village campground. It is a nice place. You can cross over to Boquillas, MX if you wish from there. I can tell you lots of info about the area but it would be a lot and OT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:31 AM (ys6FW)

I was a tent camper but married to a 5-Star Hoteler.

I'm lucky she agreed to the camper but only because I was willing to buy a ridiculous 30 foot behemoth which required an equally ridiculous truck to tow it with.....

I'll reach out as our plans firm up. Unfortunately Rio Grande village is already booked for the season.

Right now the proposed itinerary is Yuma, Az, Silver City, NM, maybe try to see the Marfa Lights then Big Bend. Haven't fleshed out the journey home yet.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:43 AM (QGaXH)

240 Anonymous Rogue, I also recommend Guadalupe Mountains NP. In TX/NM. It is a hikers park. Very rustic. Carlsbad Caverns NP is not far north and with seeing

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:43 AM (ys6FW)

241 @FBIDirectorKash . 5h

Here’s some of what your FBI did as an excepted agency during the record long government shutdown:

-3419 arrests
-279 children identified and/or located
-170 kilograms of fentanyl seized
-2,100 kilograms of meth seized
-2,200 kilograms of cocaine seized
-908 illegal weapons recovered

This was all while the vast majority weren’t getting paid. But these men and women kept showing up and delivering for the country. I’m proud of their service to America and the best is yet to come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 18, 2025 12:43 AM (2DV5Q)

242 233 You can cross over to Boquillas, MX if you wish from there.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:31 AM (ys6FW)

I'm not quite ready to 'cross over' just yet.....LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:46 AM (QGaXH)

243 242 Depends on if you can cross back, at least in part.

Posted by: gp at November 18, 2025 12:47 AM (4kcNT)

244 I didn't finish.
They don't understand why they aren't getting the love for all those things that they are doing. It's because those are the expected things. If you FBI guys weren't doing that what would you be doing? Eating icecream with Biden?

No Kash, what we expected is the unusual. We expected retribution for all the ostentatiously illegal humiliations heaped upon upright men and women of the right,

What we have witnessed is diligent pedestrian work.
Let's step into the superlative. OK?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 18, 2025 12:49 AM (2DV5Q)

245 235 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 18, 2025 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

Publius you remind me of my former co-workers. I felt like my IQ went up a few points just by being in the same room with one of them....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:49 AM (QGaXH)

246 "No Kash, what we expected is the unusual."

We expected prosecutions and convictions of all the "Government Gangsters" Kash wrote about.

Posted by: gp at November 18, 2025 12:51 AM (4kcNT)

247 Debby, you can move to my imaginary desert commune in west Texas. There isn't much humidity. People are nice. There aren't many other rules.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:51 AM (ys6FW)

248 Well good night all!

Off to bed to dream of trails I'll walk up high above the timber line....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 18, 2025 12:51 AM (QGaXH)

249 I've been to Boquillas, it's one of the most depressing places I've ever been. They're so fucking poor the kids were selling rocks.
The ex and I rode burros into town (if you can call it that) we turned around and walked back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 18, 2025 12:52 AM (2DV5Q)

250 "I've been to Boquillas, it's one of the most depressing places I've ever been."

Google Street View shows only the main drag, not the village itself.

Posted by: gp at November 18, 2025 12:56 AM (4kcNT)

251 Braeynard, we didn't go to Boquillas. The Mexicans were selling their wares illegally all over Big Bend of course. There are illegal Mexican horses all over Big Bend now.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 18, 2025 12:59 AM (ys6FW)

252 You couldn't pay me enough to set one foot in Mexico today.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:02 AM (cQHrm)

253 Senior, senior! You need weight for your papers? Stop for your door? Missile to drive off banditos? May I interest you in multi-use tool, rock? Only $1. Payment plan is available. 40 cents down plus the three installment payments of 40 cents over year!

Posted by: Child Entrepreneur of Boquillas at November 18, 2025 01:02 AM (kLC6F)

254 Sometime around the turn of the 20th century big creosote smuggling route coming across between Talley and Santa Elana.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 18, 2025 01:03 AM (2DV5Q)

255 Posted by: Child Entrepreneur of Boquillas at November 18, 2025 01:02 AM (kLC6F)

Sign me up for a sales position. DoorDash ain't cuttin' it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:08 AM (cQHrm)

256 We want to move, but that is not likely to happen soon.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 18, 2025 12:42 AM (0nHVk)

I have to wait for all the parents to go carbon neutral before I can do anything. I do want to get out. Other than a frigging invasion I can't see jersey ever getting better.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 18, 2025 01:10 AM (snZF9)

257 You couldn't pay me enough to set one foot in Mexico today.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:02 AM (cQHrm)

Only in my personal Death Star. Yes, I really do want one. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 18, 2025 01:11 AM (snZF9)

258 255 Posted by: Child Entrepreneur of Boquillas at November 18, 2025 01:02 AM (kLC6F)

Sign me up for a sales position. DoorDash ain't cuttin' it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:08 AM (cQHrm)

Senior, senior! Your modalities are most unwelcome here. This is my village. Mi abuela is bruja. I get her to put the egg on you in the very bad way. In the worst way. The chicken feet too.

Posted by: Child Entrepreneur of Boquillas at November 18, 2025 01:13 AM (kLC6F)

259 244 I didn't finish.
They don't understand why they aren't getting the love ...
What we have witnessed is diligent pedestrian work.
Let's step into the superlative. OK?

Failure Before Imagination is their Trademark.

StrawHat JollyRodger (flag of the GenZ uprising) is as good a recent example as the "Bert is Evil" cameo inserted into the OBL propaganda material. true-fools/TrueLies/TrueMASTERY.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-theOnePiece (of resistance)

Gov't Influence comes in only one Flavor -- Coercive Force. Does that look like a four-letter word to him? perhaps he should dispense some.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WotHapToAmericanDream
It Came TRUE -- your'e lookin' at it.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 18, 2025 01:17 AM (ZexGE)

260 Berserker, start saving your $$$. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:19 AM (cQHrm)

261 Berserker, start saving your $$$. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 18, 2025 01:19 AM (cQHrm)

I'll build the damn thing myself. I can do shit like that you know. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 18, 2025 01:19 AM (snZF9)

262 A couple of videos and I am out:

Nena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvUafrp4wk0

Surprise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZYP5jn5w4

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 18, 2025 01:25 AM (6uJqi)

263 Sweet dreams, Horde, the wine has made me sleepy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 18, 2025 01:39 AM (0nHVk)

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