aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Saturday Night "Club ONT" November 15, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Or maybe pretend you DON'T like pumpkin spice
Two masculine men from New York order two coffees, black, no sugar pic.twitter.com/wD03P9nNzk
— Financial Dystopia (@financedystop) November 10, 2025
Forgetting to turn off the microphone, he turned to his co-pilot, yawned, and said, "Why don't you take over for a while? I'm going to take me a big healthy shit, and then I'm gonna shag the brains outta that new blonde flight attendant." His announcement went over the whole plane. The pretty blonde flight attendant heard this and exclaimed, "Oh my God!" and started running towards the cockpit. An old lady sitting in an aisle seat stopped her and said, "Relax honey, he's gotta take a shit first."
Drink of the Night Keepin' it simple tonight - cold beer!
It really works! pic.twitter.com/nKL9OkzAXe
— Slampig Magoo (@SlampigMagoo) October 28, 2025
Great Job Officer 🫵 This is how it’s done, well played Officer 🙏 pic.twitter.com/zbpxasyqlA
— G-PA INDY (@GPAIndiana) November 12, 2025
Scoville first had to develop a calibrated scale for spiciness and an experimental method for gauging the spiciness of various peppers. In this method, known as the “Scoville organoleptic test,” chilis are dried, ground into a fine powder, and mixed into a solution of alcohol, water, and sugar. This mixture is then given to a panel of 5 tasters to consume. As the perceived spiciness of any given food varies widely from person to person, this panel allows an average value to be obtained. The pepper solution is then progressively diluted with water and given back to the panel until all members can no longer detect any spiciness. The number of dilutions needed to cross the sensory threshold, rounded to the nearest multiple of 100, thus becomes the heat rating of the pepper, expressed in Scoville Heat Units or SHU. For example, if a saturated pepper solution had to be diluted 50,000 times before the tasters can no longer detect it, that pepper is given a Scoville number of 50,000 SHU. To give an idea of just how this scale works, a Bell Pepper, which contains no capsaicin, has a rating of 0 SHU, while the average Jalapeño clocks in at 3,500-8,000 SHU. The Scotch Bonnet, Red Savina habanero, and Bhut Jolokia or “Ghost Pepper” – previously among the hottest in the world – top out at 580,000 SHU, while police-grade pepper spray and the Carolina Reaper reach 1.5-2 million SHU. Chemically pure capsaicin, meanwhile, sits at a whopping 16 million SHU.Looking for a party dip without the side effects of sweating, crying, and a gallon of milk? A nice, calm buffalo chicken dip is always welcome. Pro tip: go with bleu cheese instead of ranch. Ranch is for people that clap when the ice cream truck is down to low-sugar, fruit-based treats.
The Millenia was canceled after the 2002 model year, and the industry waited nearly a quarter century to revisit the Miller cycle, with the 2025 Volvo XC90 adopting the design. In the interim, dozens of hybrid vehicle powertrains have employed the Atkinson cycle, a less aggressive take on the Miller concept that swaps in electric motors for superchargers to paper over the reduced compression that comes with it.*** The HQ proudly counts our very own Mannix - he’s cooler than this car, but just by a hair. Below, the lost‑and‑found story of an awesome car from that TV show. Good reading. Take time to click through the picture gallery - not Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) style pics, but still great.
Although Barris was given a relatively free hand in creating the Dart’s special features, he knew it was not to be a gimmick-laden machine like the James Bond Aston Martin. After all, Joe Mannix was a regular guy working for 100 bucks a day, not a British secret agent. “They left it up to me as to what would be a trendsetter to follow the concept of the show,” George Barris told us. “The Toronado was a one-of-a-kind expensive-looking vehicle, like slipping a private eye into a Rolls-Royce. We wanted the Dart to have a performance look, but we played it down to make Mannix’s visibility as a private eye not so luxurious.”
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - in a century far, far ahead at November 15, 2025 10:00 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Super lurker at November 15, 2025 10:00 PM (ThKqK)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:01 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:02 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2025 10:02 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 15, 2025 10:02 PM (zZu0s)
Good evening, ladies, gentlemen and Hordians.
Another Best of Breed (but nothing in the Hound Group) for The Big Dummy at today's Town & Country KC show in Chickasha. It'll be a long day tomorrow for him and Her Majesty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:04 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:04 PM (cQHrm)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:01 PM
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Well played. Gold star.
Posted by: TRex - was waiting all day for a good excuse at November 15, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
Yesterday's FwF (4:1
https://youtu.be/hwidpGLYrjg
Posted by: mindful webworker - always with the seat belt on at November 15, 2025 10:07 PM (vBt7m)
youtu.be/L-NLbHcuNJg
Posted by: gKWVE gon' give it to ya at November 15, 2025 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Barkeep! 3 boxes of your best, cheapest wine. To WT#1 if you please.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 10:08 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (cIxJn)
Great photo up top - very inviting.
I am truly among my people when here on the blog!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Barkeep! 3 boxes of your best, cheapest wine. To WT#1 if you please.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 10:08 PM
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Welcome! Good to have you here. Since you've ordered from the top shelf, your drinks are on the house.
Posted by: TRex - wobby table = good vibes at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Euro-disco? Isn't that like saying gay homosexual?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:11 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2025 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: TRex - wobby table = good vibes
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Whoa, whoa... let's not get silly now.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:12 PM (LVaYG)
How about a conspiracy about a conspiracy?
Extraterrestrial aliens are fake and gay, a psy-op.
This is an excellent listen and breaks it down:
https://youtu.be/nG8nIbQS_mE?si=Rxz9rES5StMlmbxJ
Posted by: logprof at November 15, 2025 10:12 PM (jo6FO)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 15, 2025 10:02 PM (zZu0s)
They're probably murder on a woman's back though.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (uQesX)
I've had this naughty old song stuck in my head today:
https://youtu.be/hFWhTqLSVzE
Posted by: mindful webworker - hide what we're doing? Whoaaa at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: TRex - was waiting all day for a good excuse at November 15, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thank you.Well played. Gold star.
Posted by: TRex - was waiting all day for a good excuse at November 15, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (iNUL3)
Anyway though the prequel that notes that the villainous entity in the ship is specifically King Paimon. The same seemed familiar and then I remembered that's ALSO the villain from the movie Hereditary.
I guess in occult circles this guy is popular because I remember after watching the movie that there were videos all over the internet of idiots attempting to summon him (because if you believe demons exist the last thing you should want to do is summon one)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
My dear boy...
youtu.be/2v9Cug52Wus
Posted by: gKWVE at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (cQHrm)
iirc, Mannix took a beating every episode.
Posted by: davidt
"According to the Mannix IMDB page, it is estimated that Joe got shot 17 times and knocked unconscious 55 times over the years. Obviously, Mannix was hard-boiled in more ways than one."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (pkeXY)
Extraterrestrial aliens are fake and gay, a psy-op.
I've been arguing this for a while - that the government specifically went to this well repeatedly to explain away stealth tech back in the 70s and I believe they are doing the same thing now for drone tech
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://youtu.be/hFWhTqLSVzE
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Great song, mindful.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM (LVaYG)
The women's side has comfy chairs with arms, and blankets to keep them warm.
The guys side has hard wooden chairs with no arms, and their backs are to the forest so the wolves and bears get them first.
There's so much toxic masculinity I can't even.
Posted by: Karen K. Karennson at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM (nhCoE)
Good evening, everyone. Please refrain from saying anything witty or particularly informative for the next 40 minutes because I have to make Swedish meatballs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM (n7CIX)
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:11 PM (LVaYG)
* * * *
Howdy!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: TRex - a horse named Paul Revere at November 15, 2025 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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Totes, tinsel, and garland. Can be intimidating.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:16 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: TRex - a horse named Paul Revere
******
The Beast has been released....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
And Cochinita pibil
And Xtabentun
Doof will distribute the festive little sombreros.
Andale!
Posted by: Don Mikloso de Yucatan at November 15, 2025 10:18 PM (u+AWT)
Good evening, everyone. Please refrain from saying anything witty or particularly informative for the next 40 minutes because I have to make Swedish meatballs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM
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Is Ikea still open at this hour?
Posted by: TRex - do swedish fish eat swedish meatballs? at November 15, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
I've had this naughty old song stuck in my head today:
https://youtu.be/hFWhTqLSVzE
Posted by: mindful webworker - hide what we're doing? Whoaaa at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (vBt7m)
That's a good one.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:18 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 15, 2025 10:18 PM (/6GbT)
Posted by: Archer at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (YGRGv)
A quote of the week. I want to thank the Academy, my agent, the cast and crew. Nah, thx Horde for letting me vent
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (bfwj/)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Easy there! What happens at hunting camp, stays at hunting camp...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:20 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 10:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:20 PM (cQHrm)
Posted by: TRex
39 years ago?
You gotta fight! For your right! To paaaaar-taaaay!
And by "party," we mean "have a bit of bourbon on the front porch with the neighbors, and turn in by 10:30."
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2025 10:21 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:21 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Not if you make it on the Hobby Thread....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (bfwj/)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: scampydog
PTSD of Christmas's past.
Posted by: Some Rat
Plastic Tree Stress Disorder?
Posted by: mikeski quakes like an aspen at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (cQHrm)
youtu.be/2v9Cug52Wus
Posted by: gKWVE at November 15, 2025 10:13 PM (gKWVE)
Hmm. Clicked off after 45 seconds.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)
This is an excellent listen and breaks it down:
https://youtu.be/nG8nIbQS_mE
Posted by: logprof
But, but, that's over an hour. Ain' nobody got time fer dat.
'They're not human': Watch government officials BREAK silence on non-human life — only seven minutes.🛸
https://youtu.be/sdJLVRToeEU
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was flying and I couldn't identify it at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (vBt7m)
Comin' up!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM
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Careful. Those may be too heavy for delivery drone. The utility cart in the back is available (but it has a wobbly wheel, naturally).
Posted by: TRex - only the best for top shelf box wine at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (cQHrm)
Did you notice I said Violet Mindfield reminded me of Strawberry Alarm Clock on last night's ONT, and tonight's ONT features Strawberry Alarm Clock?
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:23 PM (zPjZn)
I'm finishing up in the computer room. I have a few more beers left and will see if I can find 'Das Boot' to stream.
My friends cat Snowflake was just outside the window meowing. I bring her in for hugs and kisses 3 or 4 times a day.
The Christmas tree looks beautiful all lit up. My friends children decorated it. Mom had the big ribbon, bows, and so many ornaments. When the lights are turned on, you can almost see the tree.
The outside looks beautiful too.
Not too many people had lights up tonight and it was a beautiful day to decorate and put them up. I'm wondering if tariffs, crazy electricity prices and uncertainty are stopping people from putting up stuff. I did see a few people decorating.
That or it's November 15th. But still. Canada. A beautiful day.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 10:23 PM (Sco7b)
Her name is Jen. The triple Ds. My neighbor is Rick.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2025 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Mediocre Import Motors, Inc. at November 15, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:24 PM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/hFWhTqLSVzE
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Great song, mindful.
Posted by: scampydog
My preferred version
https://tinyurl.com/mswhr22m
Posted by: Miklos likes Lene at November 15, 2025 10:24 PM (u+AWT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:24 PM (cQHrm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2025 10:25 PM (snZF9)
Good evening, everyone. Please refrain from saying anything witty or particularly informative for the next 40 minutes because I have to make Swedish meatballs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM (n7CIX)
Don't worry, there is never a threat of me writing anything witty orbinformative.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:25 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: scampydog
Heh, nope, between the cat and everybody in the fam loving popcorn, never happened in our clan.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 10:26 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 15, 2025 10:26 PM (iNUL3)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:27 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (sKqQm)
--Beyond that, it's to create among NPCs a gnostic cosmology that apes Christianity and other religions. Not to mention ALIENS! means mankind needs One World Government to combat these bogus threats.
Posted by: logprof at November 15, 2025 10:27 PM (jo6FO)
That it has to be said is sad and speaks to our civilizational decline.
Though points are awarded for 'bleu'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 10:28 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 15, 2025 10:28 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
************
Agree, except for Donna Summer (for reasons like Marital Harmony).......
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Easy there! What happens at hunting camp, stays at hunting campor informative.
Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)
https://youtu.be/TLnmA653f94
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:28 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:29 PM (4v7VO)
Having said that, ranch can be great if it's literally packed with garlic.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:29 PM (cQHrm)
Posted by: TRex - only the best for top shelf box wine
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No problemo! There was a tweeker hanging around out back, so I gave him $5 to install the new whee---
*cRaSh*
$#(*&)(_$##&*!!!
Ow.
Ok, I'll just carry them over there myself. LOL
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:30 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 15, 2025 10:30 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 15, 2025 10:26 PM
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Same with Intergalactic.
Posted by: TRex - rhymin and stealin Dino at November 15, 2025 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
Burn it down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M
Posted by: Miklos was at a diso because they sold nickel beer to underage kids on Wednedays at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (u+AWT)
See you later, agitators.
Posted by: mindful webworker - setting the wayback machine for Mr Peabody at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (vBt7m)
'They're not human': Watch government officials BREAK silence on non-human life — only seven minutes.🛸
https://youtu.be/sdJLVRToeEU
Posted by: mindful webworker - it was flying and I couldn't identify it at November 15, 2025 10:22 PM (vBt7m)
There are no aliens.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (uQesX)
Started speculating in my very own head: with today's demographics, what would happen if New York City were to suffer a major power outage of, say, a day or two? Relatively peaceful, like 1965, or mass looting, like in 1977 but worse?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 15, 2025 10:33 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM
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We learned in the Hobby Thread that Cybersmythe talked to aliens at SETI.
Posted by: TRex - Dino phone home at November 15, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: logprof at November 15, 2025 10:27 PM (jo6FO)
That is essentially it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:33 PM (uQesX)
Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)
https://youtu.be/TLnmA653f94
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:28 PM (zPjZn)
* * * *
*SNORT*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2025 10:34 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 15, 2025 10:34 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: tankdemon
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Love this place.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:27 PM (LVaYG)
My copy editor will suffer in ways even I have difficulty imagining.
Then I might fire him.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:34 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 15, 2025 10:25 PM (snZF9)
Some tunes/artists were alright. Most sucked mangoes.
At a point some rock was crossover disco, like Blondie or The Eurhythmics.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)
Gave Rosalind a finishing-her-season bath today. Logistics of handling the house dogs now becomes much easier.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:35 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:14 PM (sKqQm)
--Beyond that, it's to create among NPCs a gnostic cosmology that apes Christianity and other religions. Not to mention ALIENS! means mankind needs One World Government to combat these bogus threats.
Posted by: logprof at November 15, 2025 10:27 PM (jo6FO)
Heh.
Posted by: Werner von Braun at November 15, 2025 10:35 PM (ULPxl)
what would happen if New York City were to suffer a major power outage of, say, a day or two?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM
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Mass panic. Same for several days of interweb outage.
Same for most places outside NYC.
Posted by: TRex - prepper dino at November 15, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex - Dino phone home at November 15, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
I musta been gone by then. I did see you're thinking about getting that tank at some point....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at November 15, 2025 10:36 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 15, 2025 10:36 PM (DK5Sh)
Mass panic. Same for several days of interweb outage.
_________
We had no power for five days after Beryl and somehow survived.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:38 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 15, 2025 10:36 PM (DK5Sh)
Looked like an outline of a jet to me.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)
what would happen if New York City were to suffer a major power outage of, say, a day or two?
Posted by: Hadr
nothing, was there when that happened more than once, not any different than tx
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:38 PM (i2U3X)
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So, Henry Ford's X8 didn't make the list.
It didn't make the production lines either.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:40 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: A dude in MI at November 15, 2025 10:18 PM (/6GbT)
BUC-EE'S!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 15, 2025 10:40 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:41 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:43 PM (LVaYG)
Someone should just write the novel in the Lovecraft style....probably make a ton of money
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:44 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man. at November 15, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 15, 2025 10:45 PM (cQHrm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (tgvbd)
I walked home from 17th St/5th Ave over the 59th St Bridge to Queens in the 2002 Blackout; took me around 3 hours in casual business attire (those damn shoes). I was amazed at how calm things were. Next day, no gas because electric pumps. Nobody seemed to get upset. Any business with food sold it a day later for half price. People set up canopies over the sidewalks and grilled whatever was thawing in their freezer, having a picnic. No problems at all.
That would not happen today.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 10:45 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man. at November 15, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)
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Ons nederlands is goed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2025 10:47 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: tankdemon
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We could talk about crowdsourcing an animatronic, full-sized TRex for a certain friend that needs one for his yard.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:47 PM (LVaYG)
Oh well. Next sunny day will do the lights. Just one string along the deck railing won't take long and does *not* require a ladder. Yay!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
That would not happen today.
Posted by: R
same now, no electricity no trains, no trains, trash stays home
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:48 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2025 10:49 PM (AOsQT)
During the time I lived in Boston we had a few blackouts, one that lasted about 4 days. Things go downhill pretty rapidly in large urban areas when the power goes out, much faster than even suburbia let alone more remote areas.
I wouldn't want to be in NYC, LA, Dallas, Houston or any other major city when the power goes out. The demographics are favorable in any of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: the Weathergirls at November 15, 2025 10:49 PM (u+AWT)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:47 PM
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I don't see anything that could possibly get me into trouble. Nope. Not a thing.
Posted by: TRex - still optimistic dino at November 15, 2025 10:50 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2025 10:50 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 10:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: scampydog
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Better crowdsource some kind of payoff for his wife, too... there seems a bit of friction re: said yard ornament.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackS
I have been in nyc, houston for extended blackouts, nothing happens.
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:51 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 10:47 PM (LVaYG)
How does one set up a GoFundMe?
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:51 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Test Pattern at November 15, 2025 10:52 PM (u+AWT)
See you later, agitators.
Posted by: mindful webworker - setting the wayback machine for Mr Peabody at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (vBt7m)
I'm pretty sure made in Canada.
I enjoyed that show. Don't remember much about it. But I liked it.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 10:53 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Grammatically correct Redneck Miklos at November 15, 2025 10:53 PM (u+AWT)
GiveSendGo is better. Hasn't been caught setting up fundraising pages for thousands of charities and then neglecting to tell said charities about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2025 10:54 PM (lUFok)
Houston has one of the highest violent crime rates of any major US city. Maybe you just didn't notice the change because it's always violent.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 10:54 PM (viF8m)
That's what fall means to you? Fall is leaf raking season. And if you live in an area full of giant oak trees, it's a job. The neighbors across the street had six family members out there cleaning their yard today. The oak trees still haven't dropped most of their leaves so that's just the beginning for them. I wised up and pay a lawn service to do it. I still have some money left over to buy cider.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2025 10:54 PM (0Htd1)
Show someone a show from the era of 1950-1999 and they can most likely put it in the correct decade. Show them something made between 2000 and 2025 though and...it gets much harder.
The video didn't really give an answer as to why this is...your thoughts?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:54 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: scampydog
talk to AOP
He's probably got most of the parts, and could make it work
Posted by: Suggestions from Miklos at November 15, 2025 10:55 PM (u+AWT)
Of course, that would require TRex to provide a picture of his front yard, which he might, quite understandably, be reluctant to do.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 10:55 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: JQ
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Don't do ladders anymore unless there's someone around to catch me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:55 PM (4v7VO)
I enjoyed that show. Don't remember much about it. But I liked it.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 10:53 PM (Sco7b)
I just got done binge watching Corner Gas. Ranks right up there with Red Green. Great show. IMO.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 15, 2025 10:56 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: JackS
indeed Houston's crime rate has been horrendous, but was the question does Houston have crime or would crime or misbehavior be different without electricity? If it was the same with and without the then its a non issue. right?
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:56 PM (KdeSk)
Bonus conspiracy: Amazon of all places has an excellent documentary called A Race of Giants: Our Forbidden History about the many, many giant humanoid skeletons and tools found, focusing on America. It's not "conspiratainment" but actually full of legit evidence; although the Smithsonian Institute had gone all out to conceal or destroy a lot of the relics, plenty of contemporary news clippings remain, as well as the American Indians' collective memory.
Nephilim, baby!
❤️ 🕊️
Posted by: logprof at November 15, 2025 10:57 PM (jo6FO)
Would you like Wobbly Table #1, Wobbly Table #2, Wobbly Table #3, or take your chance on this Wobbly Barstool? If you're not sure, you can try for the gift in my pocket.
The pocket? Here's the envelope, and inside is ... ... a lint covered peppermint. (Wah, wah, wah.)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2025 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
BUT, an obvious first for me! Not a comment of the week, but a bold print, lead-the-fleet comment! Yowza!
Thanks, 3 Ds. You guys do a very good job with the ONT.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 15, 2025 10:58 PM (47diA)
Can the beer at least have a lime wedge? And be in a chilled glass mug?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2025 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
Men do not wear stretch clothes.
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:59 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 15, 2025 10:59 PM (hpnR6)
Houston has one of the highest violent crime rates of any major US city. Maybe you just didn't notice the change because it's always violent.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Houston, _looking at New Orleans👀 👀
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:59 PM (4v7VO)
Truck, best with mud on the tires
Red dirt
Very few stop lights
Muddy boots
Drinkin' Saturday
Church on Sunday
Hot chick
with whiskey flavored lips
Autotune
Drum machine
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 15, 2025 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Reinheitsgebot at November 15, 2025 11:03 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Yes. But no heated lap blankets if consuming outdoors in the fall.
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 11:03 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Braen
It is because atlanta, new orleans have been exoprting themselves to Houston its got so much violence.
It is mostly hood vs hood violence
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:03 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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As you wish! Club ONT has a reach-in freezer *just for beer mugs* and lime wedges are always available upon request.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog
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Better crowdsource some kind of payoff for his wife, too... there seems a bit of friction re: said yard ornament.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
A second one, with a ribbon and a large, basic uncut diamond, worth about $50. And about $5k of jewelry and/or shootin' iron.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2025 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 10:48 PM (KdeSk)
Disagree.
My walk home skirted close to bad areas in Queens, not to mention 42 blocks and some avenues in Manhattan. There was just a long line of people. But robbers would have had a field day. Instead, just off The Bridge, there were some enterprising black kids from the nearby projects selling cold bottles of water for a buck out of a shopping cart. No rip-off but more than the going rate. No one complained as the kids sold out. It was a hot walk over the upper deck of that Bridge. I was happy to pay those kids whatever they wanted. But they weren't out robbing people the old-fashoioned way which would happen today. Everyone had to walk home meaning a lot of vulnerable women. The demographics in 23 years has changed quite a bit, too, to wit Mandami.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:05 PM (KdeSk)
No, we don't have to wonder. During the 1977 blackout in NYC crime spiked. Not surprising. It's the reason security lights, cameras and alarms were invented. And neither Houston nor Dallas nor any big southern city is immune.
Same reason urban crime rates even in the best of times are worse than the sticks. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure it out.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 10:31 PM (tgvbd)
Speaking of which the most recent conspiracy theory is that rich Brits and Euros were buying "Safaris" to snipe at civilians during the fighting in Sarajevo during the break up of Yugoslavia
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2025 11:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2025 11:07 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: R
half of the robbing is the getting away
I was in nyc when the 3 major outages happened since 2000, nothing happend
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:07 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: JQ
********,
Curious how this always is raised, especially by someone who is supposed to be off the grid ...but I would advise listening to the wise words of JQ....just saying....
Posted by: The Grateful at November 15, 2025 11:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2025 10:57
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Well done.
Before tonight, I didn't realize that Club ONT had more than one wobbly table.
Posted by: TRex - floors with character at November 15, 2025 11:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
I lived in Houston from 1984-1997 and it was a pretty well-run city. I returned in 2008 and it was much worse. The city now elects idiots like Sylvester Turner and the Teen Commissar.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2025 11:08 PM (tgvbd)
Same reason urban crime rates even in the best of times are worse than the sticks. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure it out.
Posted by: JackS
I was in nyc when the most recent outages occurred, nothing happened
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:08 PM (KdeSk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:55 PM (4v7VO)
I'm leery of my two-step stepladder to change light bulbs.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 11:09 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 15, 2025 11:09 PM (hpnR6)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2025 11:11 PM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:11 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: Pete Bog
Yeah, probably shoulda ordered just one box of wine.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 11:12 PM (TfUTr)
THEY"RE EATING PEOPLE IN THE SUPERDOME!
Houston-
THEY"RE EATING PEOPLE IN THE ASTRODOME!
Posted by: Miklos survived Katrina without any cannibalism. Or not much at November 15, 2025 11:13 PM (u+AWT)
Posted by: Pete Bog
The mosh pit is just over there, Sir.
Posted by: barley minimum wage staff Miklos at November 15, 2025 11:15 PM (u+AWT)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2025 10:15 PM
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I'm about to explode here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2025 11:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I'm leery of my two-step stepladder to change light bulbs.
Posted by: RickZ
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Step-ladders are ok for me, so far. Necessary for changing lightbulbs, cleaning top of refrigerator, cleaning gutters, getting on the roof to sweep chimney... little stuff like that.
Extension ladders are *right out*!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:16 PM (fRQ2J)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIc89O3CxYI
Posted by: Braenyard
maybe
They Might be Giants
Also, why is it Istanbul, not Constantinople?
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (u+AWT)
Original incident:
https://youtube.com/shorts/okD2AwhIw0w
Parody:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cCk7cT-9_EM
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (zPjZn)
'sup?
Great ride today, out on the motorcycles with Smash. Fall colors have very definitely peaked by about a week here in North Alabama.
Stray CDS kitty has been taken inside by the neighbor two houses up. She (i was wrong, not a he) has a chip but the shit heads that chipped her didn't register the chip. No info.
Between the two households, she'll get a good home.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2025 10:57
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Well done.
Before tonight, I didn't realize that Club ONT had more than one wobbly table.
Posted by: TRex - floors with character at November 15, 2025 11:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
They're easy to make, if you want more.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Show someone a show from the era of 1950-1999 and they can most likely put it in the correct decade. Show them something made between 2000 and 2025 though and...it gets much harder.
The video didn't really give an answer as to why this is...your thoughts?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2025 10:54 PM (sKqQm)
Video games, particularly pokemon, changed neural pathways in kids brains in the 90's, and now in the 2000's, that's all they are really good for. RPG's and listing the thousands of pokemons and their evolutions. They lost their imaginations and can't think of anything that isn't derivative.
Posted by: moki at November 15, 2025 11:18 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 15, 2025 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Yep, Mannix proved this whole brain damage concussion thing was bunk. He got knocked out nearly every week for 8 years with nary the slightest ill effect.
Also, when he got shot, he basically just walked it off.
And second greatest hair of all time, just behind Jack Lord's McGarrett.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 15, 2025 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
but now that I am 29, ladders are right out.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 15, 2025 11:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Same reason urban crime rates even in the best of times are worse than the sticks. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure it out.
Posted by: JackStraw
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One major difference - Houston has gunz. If crime increases it will be confined to the hood. Shooting a robber or a burglar is not a crime. Crime will not increase in civil neighborhoods.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:20 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (u+AWT)
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 11:22 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos
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Moose limbs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:22 PM (4v7VO)
Original incident:
https://youtube.com/shorts/okD2AwhIw0w
Parody:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cCk7cT-9_EM
Posted by: tankdemon
Holy crap! Knew Texans love their football! But dude!!!
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 11:23 PM (TfUTr)
Heh. According to Grok, Jack Lord's hair was all real, baby. Mike Connors was all real in the first few seasons, but it got to thinning a bit in the later years, and he wore a bit of a "topper".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 15, 2025 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 15, 2025 11:23 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at November 15, 2025 11:17 PM (u+AWT)
Because Evil can only corrupt, not create.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 15, 2025 11:24 PM (bss/y)
No downside to being criminal, no reason to stop being a criminal.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 15, 2025 11:24 PM (TfUTr)
Little Rock has always been a little rough, but a lot of L.A. hoodrats got sent to relatives there (and Louisiana) in the 90s, by moms hoping to keep them out of gangs, and it didn't work. Little Rock got a lot of Katrina overflow, too.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 15, 2025 11:24 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Doof at November 15, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)
Gutters fell off the 2-story part of house, a few years ago. Drainage is good there, so not worried about replacing those.
Meh. This isn't the retirement that I'd imagined, it's simply the one I've gotten.
Just hoping things hold together for a few more years!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at November 15, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)
Now it's a party.
Hi, Doof.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 11:26 PM (zPjZn)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 15, 2025 11:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 15, 2025 11:27 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 15, 2025 11:22 PM (zPjZn)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: Zombie Bing Crosby at November 15, 2025 11:27 PM (0RiMX)
Step-ladders are ok for me, so far. Necessary for changing lightbulbs, cleaning top of refrigerator, cleaning gutters, getting on the roof to sweep chimney... little stuff like that.
Extension ladders are *right out*!
Posted by: JQ
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Be sure and wrap some yarn around a coat hanger to clean the coils under your fridge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:29 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 15, 2025 10:56 PM (89Sog)
I love having 'Corner Gas' on in the background. Plenty of shows have been made in Canada - 'X-Files', 'Supernatural'.
But for US tv. 'Corner Gas' is the only Canadian show for Canadians I ever watched.
My town has two intersections with stoplights, so you can understand the apppeal. I think it was so popular because so much of Canada is rural. After you get out of the top 10 cities, populations drop a lot.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 11:30 PM (Sco7b)
Think so? Anyone in Texas that doesn't have a gun even in the hood?
I think Willie Sutton was right. He robbed banks because that's where the money is. Robbing the poorest people is not a sound business strategy.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Trebek, Too at November 15, 2025 11:31 PM (oftw2)
Be sure to wear a raincoat and protective eye wear.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:32 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: TRex - wobby table = good vibes at November 15, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
I'm not falling for that again! You just want to watch drunks fall off the roof!
Posted by: JB1000 at November 15, 2025 11:32 PM (ttgbj)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:30 PM (viF8m)
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Hakeem Jeffries says very dollar stolen from a poor person puts $1.80 into the economy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2025 11:33 PM (0RiMX)
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I have a long-handled, 3in diameter nylon brush and canister vac to handle that job. Works great!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:33 PM (4v7VO)
The Peon Manor coffee maker is officially gerfooked. Heating element was clogged with lime. Managed to partially clear it with acid. Wanted to open it up more. Used a drill bit in the electric drill. All went swimmingly until the drill bit came out the side of the tube. Oopsie! Oh well. It was a nineteen dollar WalMart special. Time to get another one, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2025 11:33 PM (npFr7)
I think Willie Sutton was right. He robbed banks because that's where the money is. Robbing the poorest people is not a sound business strategy.
Posted by: JackS
it is not the robbing it is the murdering so thats why they stay in the hood, thats where everybody they want to murder is.
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:36 PM (zTIYX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:38 PM (4v7VO)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 11:38 PM (LVaYG)
4 level split. Computer room. Just below ground level.
Snowflake is out the window meowing. Winter is going to be hell. My friends have an electric blanket in her very nice cat house.
Damn, I have to give her some hugs and kisses...
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 11:39 PM (Sco7b)
Checks out.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yes! Definitely follow up with the clear water! And just when you think all the vinegar is rinsed out-- brew yet another pot of plain water.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I always have a dollar store one in reserve. Last time my maker died, though, my daughter sent me a nice Ninja before I could break out the crappy one.
Posted by: Heavenly Coffee at November 15, 2025 11:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JQ
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Mom used white vinegar to clean everything!
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 11:42 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2025 11:43 PM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2025 11:43 PM (0Htd1)
--
So, Henry Ford's X8 didn't make the list.
It didn't make the production lines either.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 10:40 PM (4v7VO)
That was a pretty lame article. The Mannix car one was much better. The "odd" engines were pretty much all '70 - '80's stuff. No mention at all of the Knight sleeve valve engine, which saw service in several makes of cars, and in some aero engines, too. Or the Franklin air-cooled engines, which were used in big luxury cars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2025 11:44 PM (npFr7)
So much purring.
I'm not a cat person. I don't think they're supposed to be this loving...
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 11:44 PM (Sco7b)
I already have a new unit, waiting for the day when it's needed. Suppose that's why the old one keeps chugging along, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:45 PM (v6vFo)
Posted by: scampydog at November 15, 2025 11:42 PM (LVaYG)
Mom always had two bottles of white vinegar in the house. One in the kitchen and one out in the garage next to the washer, with the Clorox and Tide and such. The ex laughed about me putting vinegar in with the wash. Brightens colors, whitens whites. What's not to love?
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2025 11:46 PM (gKDq2)
Andøya Space launch
Dual suborbital NASA missions in Norway
Launch window: 1:00 am - 6:00 am EST (06:00 - 11:00 UTC)
https://youtu.be/npEJ_gfT6p0
Posted by: Joyenz at November 15, 2025 11:47 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: n at November 15, 2025 11:48 PM (pMc5z)
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 15, 2025 11:44 PM
Cats purring is just their expressing hope that you will kneel over so they can feast on your corpse.
Posted by: The Dogs at November 15, 2025 11:49 PM (R5+Wg)
So much purring.
I'm not a cat person. I don't think they're supposed to be this loving...
Posted by: Stateless
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Awww...
Cats can be wonderful companions, and very affectionate. Not all, and not always, but-- obviously Snowflake *chooses* you.
I love reading your posts!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:50 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Born 1884 at November 15, 2025 11:51 PM (oftw2)
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Finished the first course in October. I'll have to wait for January for the 103 course due to scheduling snafus.
If I finish the 2-level courses they'll award me Letters of Marque, and that's when the fun really begins.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2025 11:54 PM (0RiMX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2025 11:33 PM (npFr7)
I tend to go between the Moka pot (cafetera) and a sauce pan, though I own a percolator too.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2025 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
I did not know that existed. Very high latitude, above the arctic circle. Perfect for polar and solar-synchronous orbits. Not so good for lower inclination orbits.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 15, 2025 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Friggin lawyers.
You are going to have so much fun in the BVI. Do at least 2 weeks.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:58 PM (viF8m)
"Man expected to survive after dog shoots him in back
Police say the 53-year-old man was cleaning his shotgun when his dog accidentally set it off, shooting him in the lower back."
Posted by: The Cats at November 15, 2025 11:59 PM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 16, 2025 12:00 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 16, 2025 12:01 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Vinegar Bend Mizell at November 16, 2025 12:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 15, 2025 11:58 PM (viF8m)
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My Caribbean bareboating plans are, shall we say, fluid. I need to spend some time in my home waters in something more than 5-knot winds before I undertake any island-hopping.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 12:03 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Same reason urban crime rates even in the best of times are worse than the sticks. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure it out.
Posted by: JackStraw
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One major difference - Houston has gunz. If crime increases it will be confined to the hood. Shooting a robber or a burglar is not a crime. Crime will not increase in civil neighborhoods.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 15, 2025 11:20 PM (4v7VO)
One side benefit of the 1977 NYC blackout - folks robbed electronics stores, taking turntables, speakers and mixers. A lot of those folks ended up inventing rap music. They could never afford the equipment before stealing it. Once they had it, they could experiment.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at November 16, 2025 12:03 AM (21WYU)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2025 11:43 PM (R5+Wg)
I survived that Blackout thanks to a gas stove, an old backup stove-top percolator and pre-ground coffee; I hadn't used in it years. I had milk the first morning, but not after that, too long without electricity so I didn't trust it.
Even with just a small freezer which I tried not to open, still had to throw away quite a bit. Sounds crazy, but there's only so much cooked meat you can eat without refrigeration. I could cook all my chicken breasts but having them sitting out, though cooked, in August with no cool place to store it? Risky business. I had some canned food so for that brief time I didn't go hungry thanks to a gas stove.
And now TPTB want to take the gas stove away.
Posted by: RickZ at November 16, 2025 12:04 AM (gKDq2)
Well, that launch stream came alive, but is was just showing a cat cam. Two cats, one on top of a cat tree, with the feed dubbed the "Bennu cam". Cat must be named Bennu.
Now, what is the significance of this cat and that launch complex?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 16, 2025 12:04 AM (w6EFb)
This engine was much used in mid-range trucks because of its stamina. One drawback was the valve attachment, I think the valves would also spin also a benefit, had a tendency to loosen and drop the valve.
Ruh Roh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:06 AM (4v7VO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:06 AM (npFr7)
Cats can be wonderful companions, and very affectionate. Not all, and not always, but-- obviously Snowflake *chooses* you.
I love reading your posts!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2025 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Thank you so much. I'm sending pictures to the Pet thread soon.
My dog Ralphy is literally 100 in dog years. We used to chase squirrels in the park. He made peace with squirrels. And now cats. Now he goes outside and Snowflake comes up to him, rubs against him and rolls over.
Snowflake comes in the house. Dude is good.
Friends. But it's weird.
It's like Palestinians are suddenly loving to the Jews.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 16, 2025 12:08 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: publius
You people just Raciss
Posted by: Miklos, for the Estate of James Brown, the Hardest working man hair in Show Bidnis at November 16, 2025 12:09 AM (u+AWT)
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
LOL I just noticed the cat on the side. Our entertainment until launch.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 16, 2025 12:10 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Vinegar Bend Mizell at November 16, 2025 12:02 AM (oftw2)
I did run some vinegar through the damned thing. Did not help. I need to buy a gallon of hydrochloric acid. It is cheap. Comes at 33%. Dilute with twice its volume of water, and you have 10% which is not too hard on skin, and cleans coffee pots like lightning. And HCl can be found in your own stomach acid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:10 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:06 AM (npFr7)
for what it is worth, I planned out a small distilling rig from a dead Mr Coffee, and then waited for my girlfriend's coffee maker to die.
I think the relationship died first, and I don't really drink, but I loved planning that out.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
You keep the Letters of Marque
I'm only interested in the Reprisal part
Deal?
Posted by: Edward "Miklos" Teach at November 16, 2025 12:12 AM (u+AWT)
That would necessitate leaving the dock. You should do that.
The reason the Virgin Islands has become such a popular bareboat sailing destination is because it's very easy sailing. Line of sight and gentle breezes if you go in peak season.
You can do it. If I can, you can. And you should because you will never forget it.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 12:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:15 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at November 16, 2025 12:16 AM (XbNmU)
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:09 AM (rdVOm)
There are a number of small cook stoves that run on those one pound propane bottles, they are good for coffee and minor cooking - better if you have a small pressure cooker.
I have an old SAW ammo can that holds two bottles of propane, the top and bottom of a Century tool single burner stove, and a small one-mantle propane lantern.
It is the tits for making coffee in the woods.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 12:16 AM (rbvCR)
It's not a matter of "if," but "when" a smaller truck will join Toyota’s U.S. lineup.
Alisa PriddleWriterMay 22, 2025
https://tinyurl.com/7d99t5mr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:17 AM (4v7VO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Awesome! What a thrilling sense of accomplishment you must have gotten from that!
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
This launch is for some student experiment -- sub-orbital. It's too investigate some "leak" close to the poles where air is leaking out into space or something like that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 16, 2025 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Vinegar Bend Mizell
Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) had remarkably good health through difficult and unhealthy circumstances.
It was noted at the time that he always drank a mix of vinegar and water.
Posted by: Carolina Miklos at November 16, 2025 12:19 AM (u+AWT)
It's not a matter of "if," but "when" a smaller truck will join Toyota’s U.S. lineup.
Alisa PriddleWriterMay 22, 2025
Shut up and take my money!
Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 12:19 AM (rbvCR)
First they said customers weren't allowed to print gun parts or other weapons with their printers, and if you did they'd "report you to the authorities".
Instant firestorm.
Then they tried to walk it back with some weasel words.
Didn't work.
https://tinyurl.com/hececmkc
These asswipe's company is melting down in realtime.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2025 12:20 AM (IG3/x)
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Had a bunch of camping equipment stored at Dad's (I sold my other house after he died & didn't have room for everything here at that time)
F-tard(s) that broke into Dad's place stole it.
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Wrap the beans up in a tea towel and bash them with a hammer for a while (a big mallet works best).
Brew in a saucepan and enjoy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2025 12:22 AM (IG3/x)
X users are unanimous that him doing that means we should just nuke him repeatedly until no more shitty commie anthems are heard.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 16, 2025 12:23 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 16, 2025 12:23 AM (QZThv)
James Taylor was booked up?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 12:24 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JQ
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Sporting goods store or maybe Ace. Purchase a one or two burner propane that accepts those little bottles. Buy it a Ace and the old feller there will walk you through everything you need to know.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:25 AM (4v7VO)
I had a small Toyota truck for decades. Bought it new in 86, gave it to a friend of Thor's when we left California in 2013, because it didn't have ac, and I didn't want to cross the desert in it, or drive in this Southern humidity.
Over 300,000 miles, and the only thing I ever had to replace was one clutch, the master/slave cylinders, a catalytic converter that was stolen, and I did have to buy a rebuilt carburetor after 250,000 miles. I don't think I even changed the sparkplugs more than a few times. I miss that truck, I love stick shifts.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 16, 2025 12:25 AM (Vvh2V)
If TSHTF, will likely give up the morning coffee.
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:30 AM (4v7VO)
Instant coffee is entirely acceptable in the making of Red Eye Gravy, if you forgot to leave some coffee from yesterday or don't use coffee grounds (the Traditional Methods).
Posted by: Old Man Miklos at November 16, 2025 12:30 AM (u+AWT)
This is driving me crazy. Who are the cats?! And why are they there on this launch feed?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 16, 2025 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 16, 2025 12:33 AM (n7CIX)
Don't worry, there is never a threat of me writing anything witty orbinformative.
Posted by: tankdemon
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There are those tardy excuses. Oh, wait -- you mean you really were waylaid by a pack of capybaras?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 16, 2025 12:34 AM (n7CIX)
It's not a matter of "if," but "when" a smaller truck will join Toyota’s U.S. lineup.
Alisa PriddleWriterMay 22, 2025
https://tinyurl.com/7d99t5mr
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:17 AM (4v7VO)
Unibody construction? Hybrid power train? That's a big "Nope" from this cowboy.
I saw an early '80's Toyota Diesel pickup at the post office in town last week. They were great little trucks. Biggest caveat is replacing the timing belt in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:35 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Those Swedish Meatballs ready to go? We have been waiting.
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 12:35 AM (LVaYG)
Posted by: JQ
If TSHTF, it will be evening coffee. And you will need it.
Like the Japs in WWII, the enemy tend to attack at night.
Posted by: Historically and Socially informed Miklos at November 16, 2025 12:35 AM (u+AWT)
Posted by: Methane is a Greenhouse GAS at November 16, 2025 12:37 AM (u+AWT)
Joyenz, are you here? I hope you're feeling better. I'm all over that bug I had.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 16, 2025 12:40 AM (n7CIX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 16, 2025 12:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:41 AM (4v7VO)
Those Swedish Meatballs ready to go? We have been waiting.
Posted by: scampydog
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Yeah! Well, except it turns out the breadcrumbs I have on hand were Italian, so there was a minor war in the saucepan.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 16, 2025 12:41 AM (n7CIX)
I do like having a carafe of warm coffee on the hot plate, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 12:43 AM (npFr7)
Unibody construction? Hybrid power train? That's a big "Nope" from this cowboy.
I saw an early '80's Toyota Diesel pickup at the post office in town last week. They were great little trucks. Biggest caveat is replacing the timing belt in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Looking forward to them having a 'come to reality' moment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 12:43 AM (4v7VO)
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
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