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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 13, 2025 [Doof]
Church building in the MD town of North East - constructed in 1742
Cool Trump Vids POTUS has an outstanding social media team
RIP DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 13, 2025
Oct 1, 2025 – Nov 12, 2025 pic.twitter.com/rTb6PiYmqI
Kai Trump hits a massive birdie on a Par 3 in her LPGA Debut 🔥👇🏼
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) November 13, 2025
This is for all the people that said she only got in because of her last name
She can play! pic.twitter.com/pPDprCCHN5
LMAO! This wins the internet today!! 😂 pic.twitter.com/vtvA229hLZ
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 10, 2025
A campaign to make late Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley an honorary astronaut has been launched, and fans can sign a petition to show their support for the cause. "On October 16, 2025, the world lost not just a legend, not just a rock icon, but also a good man," says organiser Katherine Sugg. "Paul Daniel 'Ace' Frehley, at the tender age of 21, was brave enough to take one small orange step and one small red step, and make the giant leap into the global phenomenon that we all now know as Kiss. And while most of his dreams ended up coming true, at least one did not. "When he suddenly passed away from a brain bleed following a head injury at 74, he was still only merely playing the character of a Space Cadet. He never got to be one for real. In honour of his memory, all the lives directly and indirectly impacted by him, and his one last remaining unfulfilled wish, NASA should posthumously make Ace Frehley an honorary astronaut with the rank of “Captain”, because a celestial being of his calibre doesn’t deserve anything less of a send-off than this. His last countdown should be his absolute best!"Hit the link for more detail and the link to the online petition
Australian soldiers slipped the letters into a bottle, closed the cap, and pitched it overboard from a ship in the Pacific Ocean as World War I battlefields beckoned them both. The bottle was a time capsule that would be delivered by fate—and it arrived for overjoyed ancestors last month—more than 100 years after the bottle first hit the water. On October 9, Peter Brown and his daughter Felicity found the Schweppes-brand bottle resting just above the waterline at Wharton Beach on the south coast of Western Australia. The Brown family frequently walks the beach and helps to clear garbage, but this piece was much more treasure than trash. Nestled inside the bottle were letters written by two Army privates, Malcolm Neville and William Harley, originally dated August 15,1916. *** Neville’s letter from “somewhere at sea” requested that the finder send its contents to his mother in South Australia. “We’re having a real good time, food is real good so far, with the exception of one meal which we buried at sea…The ship is heaving and rolling, but we are as happy as Larry”—which is a well-known Australian expression of contentment.Check out the whole thing. Kinda cool! Not related but somehow related (obligatory)
Three works from Bob Ross’ classic public television show The Joy of Painting raised over half a million dollars for public television. Having relied for decades on endowment contributions and pledge drives of every tact and description, it was brilliant idea that puts a brilliant man and his brilliant perspective on the arts back into the spotlight 30 years after his death. “I think this actually would have been Bob’s idea,” said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc., the firm that manages his likeness, content, and collection of thousands of works that he painted on television, in advance of the auction. “And when I think about that, it makes me very proud.” The auction came months after cuts to PBS and other stations were passed in the most recent budget, but also as a pair of Bob Ross paintings touched, and then surmounted, 6-figure valuations—something very rarely seen before.Let the market decide!
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Posted by: mindful webworker - is not here at November 13, 2025 10:01 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 13, 2025 10:01 PM (zUe/H)
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Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:02 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 13, 2025 10:03 PM (DnruZ)
World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later
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DONTFORGETTODRINKYOUROVALTINE
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:03 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 13, 2025 10:04 PM (zUe/H)
Posted by: Little Susie at November 13, 2025 10:04 PM (oftw2)
youtu.be/sLm3Khusq_8
Posted by: gKWVE, marg bar mullahs at November 13, 2025 10:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 10:04 PM (GxM4+)
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Katy Perry hardest hit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:05 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater - Backstroking. Barely. at November 13, 2025 10:05 PM (H/u99)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2025 10:06 PM (uWSFJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:06 PM (47diA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:06 PM (A0sqA)
Posted by: TRex - any cake left? at November 13, 2025 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
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If it arrived for ancestors, it really was a time-traveler capsule.
Posted by: mindful webworker - via Ace's time machine that he does not have at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (oftw2)
Great photo up top. What a lovely church!
Isn't today an anniversary for you? If so, congratulations!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (kB9dk)
Not throwing shade at her, just pointing out that she's not tour ready by any stretch of the imagination.
She was a sponsor invite, and has a fairly large social media following, so maybe she brings eyeballs to this event.
Though I think Caitlin Clark brought in more during the Pro-Am
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:10 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at November 13, 2025 10:10 PM (oftw2)
Tonight I watched the 2025 "Fantastic Four" movie and it...was pretty good, I thought.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 13, 2025 10:10 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:10 PM (9Q3Ac)
https://youtu.be/MbXWrmQW-OE
Posted by: mindful webworker - needs better speakers, too at November 13, 2025 10:11 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (G1ktt)
Posted by: gKWVE at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Another Thursday and I remembered to take the garbage out!
And in time for the truck too!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
HYukon Cornelius Christmas ornament in the scampyhome. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 13, 2025 10:13 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)
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Katy Perry hardest hit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:05 PM (dyewR)
__________________________
Any time I see and internet campaign I am reminded that the mentality of the participants of such campaigns are not indicative of proper decorum.
In other words.... Boaty McBoatface
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 10:15 PM (dIske)
Why?
He was a kid being stupid.
We have criminals with 100 arrest.
This is not Justice.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Not unless you outbid my
Posted by: mindful webworker - first and foremost at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Sell stuff to pay for PBS? Sure.
Three Bob Ross Paintings Sold for $600,000 at Auction in Fundraiser for Public Television
Much better than sitting around in a broom closet.
From a 4-year-old article "Why it's nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting:"
When Ross died in 1995, Bob Ross, Inc. (and thus, the paintings) became the sole property of Annette Kowalski and her husband, Walt.
Today, 1,165 Bob Ross originals - a trove worth millions of dollars - sit in cardboard boxes inside the company’s nondescript office building in Herndon, Virginia.
The "Joan Kowalski" in the article in the Content is Annette's daughter. Hoarding Bob Ross's stuff is the family business, I guess.
Posted by: mikeski paints a happy little tree at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Little Susie at November 13, 2025 10:04 PM (oftw2)
That last part was supposed to be our little secret.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (9Q3Ac)
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She gets big points for even playing. Tough to do, when you know half the country wants nothing more than to make fun of you.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (+UMhJ)
"Here’s the man … and here’s the beast!”
Primo cartoonage from the 60's. We've lived through the best times.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2025 10:18 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 13, 2025 10:13 PM (SRRAx)
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Makes my day to see this post
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:18 PM (+UMhJ)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2025 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gKWVE at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
But they're all super stars.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (9Q3Ac)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: tankdemon
Does it work like the Internet?
Beam out "The speed of light is....." and be off by about 0.0003%
The aliens will correct us as quickly as physics allows.
Posted by: mikeski hears an echo at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (nhCoE)
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Katy Perry hardest hit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Should not be hard to launch his ashes into space.
If Katy wants they can haul her ashes out too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (92ekx)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Another Thursday and I remembered to take the garbage out!
And in time for the truck too!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
So you're the guy who's dating my sister-in-law.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (9Q3Ac)
Great photo up top. What a lovely church!
Isn't today an anniversary for you? If so, congratulations!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (kB9dk)
Photo is from this past weekend. Got some other nice ones near the water - Turkey Point on the Elk River near the upper part of the Chesapeake.
No anniversary tonight. It's Sunday.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (+UMhJ)
I get that, and you're spot on regarding the hate she's getting.
My point is (was) that she's ranked somewhere in the mid 400s in the amateur rankings.
This is not the same as Annika getting an invite to play at Colonial back in the day, as some pundits have portrayed it.
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (LzbT+)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (cCn4/)
I have tix for Philly in August and DC in October. Wouldn't mind seeing them in Toronto too.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
The first two albums are better. I don't get bored of Reggatta de Blanc.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NCKate at November 13, 2025 10:23 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: The Magic Of Painting at November 13, 2025 10:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:22 PM (LzbT+)
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Is it a mosque yet?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:23 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Doof
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Good grief...enjoy!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:24 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:24 PM (LzbT+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Couldn't disagree with you more. They are outstanding. Three very talented musicians. Great songwriting.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: NCKate at November 13, 2025 10:23 PM
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Stop! Collaborate and listen.
Posted by: TRex - DJ Dino at November 13, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
1989172682748006435
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:25 PM (gbOdA)
What I wanna know is: now that shutdown is over, what will happen to all of Chuck and Hakeem's sombreros?! I heard they would all be recycled into hemp, but who knowz.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:25 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:26 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:26 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: tankdemon
Does it work like the Internet?
Beam out "The speed of light is....." and be off by about 0.0003%
The aliens will correct us as quickly as physics allows.
Posted by: mikeski hears an echo at November 13, 2025 10:19 PM (nhCoE)
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We should be sending out a collection of those videos on YouTube of people doing remarkable things.
Like this:
https://tinyurl.com/32cuzmnn
But, finish off the video with that fat kid swinging a light saber.
This dude:
https://tinyurl.com/398tytjz
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 10:26 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:24 PM (LzbT+)
God bless Terry ...
Who'da thought he become such an institution?
Reminds me to order up some Maple Syrup. Maybe I'll send a batch to CBD for shit's and giggles.
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)
Well damn it! Hold it down will ya! I'm trying to read the ONT.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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And for that they get our eternal thanks.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
San Jose, 1528.
But... PR.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (92ekx)
Posted by: davidt at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM
INXS has a few hidden gems. Listen Like Thieves is a good one.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (GXAZS)
100% agreement. Solo Sting is asshoe, but the Police records were incredible.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2025 10:28 PM (3ha+O)
No doubt I have driven by that church in North East, MD, on my way to Rodney Scout Reservation, but I do not recognize it.
Anyway, hola!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 13, 2025 10:28 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Police took disco out behind the 7-Eleven and beat the everloving snot out of it. It was Police brutality!
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:28 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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And for that they get our eternal thanks.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)
You both get demerits for disparaging disco
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: scampydog
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Just remember, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (cCn4/)
We saw nothing. As usual with celestial phenomena.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I did glimpse comet Kohoutek, though at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (vBt7m)
Case in point: Bette Davis Eyes, by Kim Carnes.
Also, nobody ever told Donna Summer disco died. She was still releasing songs in that genre in 1984. "She Works Hard For The Money," anyone? :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:26 PM
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Shouldn't take long to re-inflate the Santa Rex lawn decorations. Remove from box. Connect plug. Sit back and enjoy a beverage for a job well done.
Posted by: TRex - winning! at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:25 PM (gbOdA)
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They will build zero. And private owners, who want to build 10,000 or more, will be lucky to start building 100
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (RT5m4)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (47diA)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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39 foot tall item on that list - last I heard.
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2025 10:31 PM (wWuuh)
They also once acknowledged that one of their all-time fave albums was "ABC," by the Jackson 5.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:31 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:31 PM (RT5m4)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (QMAsf)
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Much like the decade that spawned it, disco had a very few bright lights and then was mercifully flushed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:31 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (GXAZS)
A few? They are one of my all time favorite bands. They had a 4 album stretch that was outstanding -- The Swing, Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X. Michael Hutchence had one of the best voices ever. And they were an excellent live act.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
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Very good. The wishes will be placed on hold for now.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 13, 2025 10:32 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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And for that they get our eternal thanks.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)
You both get demerits for disparaging disco
Posted by: Doof
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Absolutely not! Someone had to do it, and we respect and salute their effort. Vanish the demerits!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:32 PM (cCn4/)
Yukon Cornelius is Da Man!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM
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That wouldn't do at all. Double Ds? Just has a different ring to it.
Posted by: TRex - 3Ds is the rule at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (wWuuh)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (47diA)
Appreciate the support!
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Chuck Schumer is in a real life "Sixth Sense": he's dead politically, but he doesn't know it yet.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM (dyewR)
He was posting today quite a bit...
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (3sXRv)
Another Thursday and I remembered to take the garbage out!
And in time for the truck too!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
So you're the guy who's dating my sister-in-law.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (9Q3Ac)
One cannot refuse love!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (2WIwB)
At the same time, so could the era's "alternative" music, because it tried so hard to NOT be disco. Examples:
- Undertones, "Teenage Kicks"
- Tom Robinson Band, "2-4-6-8 Motorway"
- Television, "Venus"
- anything by the Ramones
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (Cl3L+)
We should be sending out a collection of those videos on YouTube of people doing remarkable things.
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2025 10:26 PM (dIske)
Great video, bur let's not give the aliens any undue expectations.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (9Q3Ac)
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (3sXRv)
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The maple syrup house is pretty fancy these days, compared to our days
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (RT5m4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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39 foot tall item on that list - last I heard.
Posted by: scampydog
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Hesitate to inform you, but your list reflects your posts...so post wisely! Just saying....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (cCn4/)
I'm confident that after a lawful recount, mindful webworker will be deemed 2nd.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
Oh, you innocent child!
-- Dominion Voting's AoSHQ Commenting Interface
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (snZF9)
Lmao
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:36 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: TRex - disco definitions at November 13, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:36 PM (gbOdA)
Oh sure. You upper crust types got the "Maple Syrup" and all we got was store brand corn syrup with one small cap of maple flavoring. You probably got waffles, too.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (47diA)
When Ross died in 1995, Bob Ross, Inc. (and thus, the paintings) became the sole property of Annette Kowalski and her husband, Walt.
Today, 1,165 Bob Ross originals - a trove worth millions of dollars - sit in cardboard boxes inside the company’s nondescript office building in Herndon, Virginia.
The "Joan Kowalski" in the article in the Content is Annette's daughter. Hoarding Bob Ross's stuff is the family business, I guess.
Posted by: mikeski paints a happy little tree at November 13, 2025 10:16 PM (nhCoE)
There's a little more to the story than that. Bob Ross owned 1/3 of the company when he died, and he wanted that share to transfer to his son. The Kowalskis owned the other 2/3, and blocked that from happening. They were - and are - in no position to know what Bob would have wanted.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (GXAZS)
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If it arrived for ancestors, it really was a time-traveler capsule.
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Ancestors.... Descendants...
Same thing.
Right??
Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:29 PM (QMAsf)
I know you're feigning anger, but underneath...
https://youtu.be/gHF-w8yGrHI
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (9Q3Ac)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:36 PM (gbOdA)
Wow - that's cold
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (snZF9)
And rap rose from its ashes, and then grew to take over the music world.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: TRex - 3Ds is the rule at November 13, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
You wouldn't want Double Ds around your house? If only the wife....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM
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Maybe two? I've been extra good this year.
Posted by: TRex - north pole dino at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (IQ6Gq)
He recorded this in 1970, for the All Things Must Pass album. It actually sounds at least five years ahead of its time. "The Art Of Dying." Phil Collins was in the studio on this song, playing congos (but you can't hear him).
https://youtu.be/EqLf2vgrymU?si=ZK6wuQUrsKOciiuv
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (RT5m4)
Not surprising though...
I mean, look at the Shaker campus and the transformation there.
I used to stay in the dorms, when my parents went out of town. Now the dorms are gone, and the place is a 5 star build out.
They raise crazy money ...
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:39 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:39 PM (Cl3L+)
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Probably out of despair after Clapton stole his wife.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:39 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (wWuuh)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (EYmYM)
What I wanna know is: now that shutdown is over, what will happen to all of Chuck and Hakeem's sombreros?! I heard they would all be recycled into hemp, but who knowz.
Posted by: qdpsteve
They'll turn up in clothing giveaways in Africa.
Just like all the Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl Champions and Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Champions tee shirts.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (9Q3Ac)
One cannot refuse love!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:34 PM (2WIwB
Get jt?
Refuse?
Garbage truck?
Bwahahaha! I crack myself up!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:30 PM
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Maybe two? I've been extra good this year.
Posted by: TRex - north pole dino
*************
Unfortunately, your list is in my hands...enough said?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (0CU3H)
Straight out stole the company from him. He could have planned better though to pass his share onto Steve. He had plenty of time to do it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM
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Well, you do have to fight for your right to party.
Posted by: TRex - jam master dino at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (gbOdA)
This dude:
https://tinyurl.com/398tytjz
Posted by: Orson
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Jimi Love. Nineteen years ago. 38.6 million views. A YouTube classic. Wonder whatever became of him.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a great YT artiste at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: TRex - disco definitions at November 13, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
I've got a Spotify playlist with copious amounts of disco songs. Made it for a disco party a few years ago. That party sorta kinda spawned my Disco Doof alter ego. I can send you a link if you're a Spotify user!
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 13, 2025 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Couldn't disagree with you more. They are outstanding. Three very talented musicians. Great songwriting.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
For me, Synch was their worst album (and Miss Gradenko probably their worst song), although their tour was fantastic. I'm with Doof - The Police were one of the best bands ever. Top 4 drummer, Top 4 songwriter, and a very, very good guitarist to round it out.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM (0CU3H)
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We'll know when they start selling desks and chairs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 13, 2025 10:43 PM (gfXWV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM
***
We'll know when we see Super Grover asking "Do you want fries with that?"
Posted by: TRex - Big Bird now works at KFC at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
See, that's proof. It's all planned.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (VX4XC)
THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RICH INDIVIDUALS HAVE SPRAYED BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND ELEMENTS LIKE BORON AND ALUMINUM POWDER FROM PLANES DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS ANY CHEMTRAILS AND YOU SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION IF YOU BELIEVE THIS
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (rbvCR)
Mediate, alleviate
Try not to hate, love your mate
Don't suffocate on your own hate
Designate your love as fate
A one-world state as human freight
The number eight, a white-black state
A gentle trait, the broken crate
A heavy weight or just too late
Like pretty Kate has sex ornate
Now devastate, appreciate
Depreciate, fabricate
Emulate, the truth dilate
Special date, the animals we ate
Guilt debate, the edge serrate
A better rate, the youth irate
Deliberate, fascinate
Deviate, reinstate
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM (VX4XC)
And end up like a public access station.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (uQesX)
Gaynor was very disco, but I think her career pre-dated the genre by quite a few years.
And, Earth Wind & Fire were disco, but smart enough to stay focused on classic R&B, so they wouldn't end up pigeonholed.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (Cl3L+)
Seriously, listen to the song. It's pretty good.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (Cl3L+)
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While My Guitar Slowly Booogie Oogie Oogies Til It Just Can't Boogie No More?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (dyewR)
Oh sure. You upper crust types got the "Maple Syrup" and all we got was store brand corn syrup with one small cap of maple flavoring. You probably got waffles, too.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 13, 2025 10:37 PM (47diA)
Fuq Waffles ...
Pancakes ... accept no substitute. (and they'd better have blueberries in them)
Posted by: browndog hits a draw at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:27 PM (GXAZS)
A few? They are one of my all time favorite bands. They had a 4 album stretch that was outstanding -- The Swing, Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X. Michael Hutchence had one of the best voices ever. And they were an excellent live act.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Preach it, Doof. Totally agree.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:45 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:45 PM (cCn4/)
If you would have only done that as BEN
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:45 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM (0CU3H)
Copeland is highly underrated as a drummer. I recently listened to the Zeyatta and Ghost albums on a road trip. I was too young to really appreciate them when they came out. As an older and more seasoned music fan (and now able to listen to songs in Rick Beato style), those albums really landed strongly on me.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:41 PM (gbOdA)
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*immediately begins daydreaming*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (9ipOP)
The Athletic, owned by the New York Times, had a lead article on how inviting Kai Trump to the LPGA event where she came in last was inappropriate, gross, an insult to the game, yadda yadda yadda. Never mind that Annika Sorenstam, for whom the freakin' tournament is named, specifically invited Kai to play.
I still love the insanity that Donald Trump elicits from his haters!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 13, 2025 10:47 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 13, 2025 10:47 PM (v9vY1)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (0CU3H)
There was some recent argument that Rap was created by the CIA.
BUT THIS IS HATE SPEECH AND MUST NOT BE TALKED ABOUT. Hate speech & misinformation shared on social media must be considered a crime that goes beyond the limits of freedom of expression
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2025 10:47 PM (rbvCR)
DJ's spinning I said my, my
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:47 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 13, 2025 10:35 PM (snZF9)
And rap rose from its ashes, and then grew to take over the music world.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:38 PM (0CU3H)
Rap is a revolution from Disco.
Disco had rhythm and harmony rap just brutality.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:48 PM (GXAZS)
Posted by: r hennigantx
The "talking blues" style predates Blondie by a good 50 years.
Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2025 10:48 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:48 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:48 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (hkZDC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (Cl3L+)
Good tune for sure.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (QMAsf)
For me, Synch was their worst album (and Miss Gradenko probably their worst song), although their tour was fantastic. I'm with Doof - The Police were one of the best bands ever. Top 4 drummer, Top 4 songwriter, and a very, very good guitarist to round it out.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:42 PM (0CU3H)
Miss Gradenko worse than Mother?
I don't see, er, hear it.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (9Q3Ac)
It's a rare example of an album where the hits were the brightest spots on the album. I enjoy Every Breath You Take, Synchronicity I (*not* II) and Wrapped Around Your Finger. I also don't even mind Mother; it's Kubrick-level camp IMHO.
Everything else is a cutesy, pretentious mess unfortunately.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man
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But is she really a Trump?
She talks so soft.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (0CU3H)
BUT THIS IS HATE SPEECH AND MUST NOT BE TALKED ABOUT. Hate speech & misinformation shared on social media must be considered a crime that goes beyond the limits of freedom of expression
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2025 10:47 PM (rbvCR)
now do AID
and crack
and glock switch
and hackable cars
and ...
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (mT+6a)
THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND RICH INDIVIDUALS HAVE SPRAYED BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND ELEMENTS LIKE BORON AND ALUMINUM POWDER FROM PLANES DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS ANY CHEMTRAILS AND YOU SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION IF YOU BELIEVE THIS
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2025 10:44 PM (rbvCR)
I rode my bike in DDT clouds every week for at least 3 summers when we lived in the city. It was great fun and may explain a lot. Our mother just told us not to get in the street.
Chem trails are for sissies.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (MAl//)
Interestingly, Copeland has talked about how it was originally impossible for him to figure out how to drum it. Says there's 'no downbeat,' which I'm not 100% sure what he's talking about.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (EYmYM)
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KILL THE WITCH
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 10:48 PM
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Dunno. But it won't be the last.
Posted by: TRex - elmo who? at November 13, 2025 10:52 PM (IQ6Gq)
That's underselling how good Andy Summers was on those records. He wasn't super flashy but his "lead rhythm" style was a big influence on Alex Lifeson, among others.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2025 10:52 PM (UmGiD)
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man
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One of the greatest golfers in history is banging her mom so she’s got that going for her.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:52 PM (EYmYM)
*immediately begins daydreaming*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (9ipOP)
We're going to have to charge you a fee for that.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:52 PM (9Q3Ac)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 10:46 PM (QMAsf)
I'm not sure how underrated Copeland is. In the conversation of best drummers in rock history, he's usually in the same grouping as Bonham and Peart. At least, he is to my thinking.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:53 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Patches at November 13, 2025 10:53 PM (WbprS)
They didn't create rap, but Mike Benz has the receipts on how they chose who would be stars in the mid-to-late 90s, including Diddy.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2025 10:54 PM (UmGiD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (9ipOP)
Fields of Gold.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:54 PM (GXAZS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (mT+6a)
I have the stuff that would make me 'cool' in the eyes of other Hordies here. I also have Debby Boone, Carpenters, Jim Nabors, and Ray Conniff.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (Cl3L+)
Asked if they had a Cert of Authenticity. They said no but the artist was at SDCC 2025.
So I replied, well that one you are selling does not look like the autograph I got from the artist personally back in 1999 at a con.
Now I am wondering if he will blow up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (yKAnq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:52 PM (9Q3Ac)
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Two strips of gold-pressed latinum
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (9ipOP)
Now I'm okay with at least two disco songs.
Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Yukon Cornelius at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (M0566)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 10:56 PM (yKAnq)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at November 13, 2025 10:56 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (hkZDC)
Steve Dahl. He did parody songs on his show, like Weird Al. The one he had out at the time was "Do You Think I'm Disco" putting his own lyrics to the Rod Stewart song "Do You Think I'm Sexy?"
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:56 PM (9Q3Ac)
*checks wristwatch*
You're late.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I need to quote my 7th grade math teacher from Walnut Hill Middle School, Mrs. Ford.
"Petoneya (pet-tone-ya), quit dinglin' in yo ass and get up here to the board and show me how stooopid you is".
Brought to you from Greenwood, Louisiana. Yeah, baby. I kin spel red-nek.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 13, 2025 10:56 PM (TGKsk)
Thriller has a lot of disco on it. But MJ was great at finding fantastic-sounding non-disco arrangements and instruments to mask that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:57 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:49 PM (EYmYM)
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KILL THE WITCH
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (dyewR)
The official video for Rockstar is pretty good.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 10:57 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 10:51 PM (9ipOP)
Fields of Gold.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 10:54 PM (GXAZS)
Of all the great Police songs out there, for me 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' is perfection. I can just think about that song, and it makes me think about my wife with great fondness - even when she annoys me (which is not very often).
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:57 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Common Tater at November 13, 2025 10:57 PM (m+uh6)
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at November 13, 2025 10:58 PM (M0566)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 10:58 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 10:58 PM (yKAnq)
Great album
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 10:55 PM (mT+6a)
that one was proof that Sting was a singular musical talent. His integration of jazz musicians in that album was genius.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Gulf Streaming at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 13, 2025 10:50 PM (gbOdA)
I get the feeling that DNI Gabbard has quite a number of back office people going through old records to see just what exactly the CIA has been up to in the last 50 years
Posted by: Kindltot - Hate speech & misinformation shared on social media must be considered a crime that goes at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (MAl//)
The scarecrow... had a revolver in the forest...
And the Munchkins had Muskets, not sure why they were scared of the witch.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (n9ltV)
- Ayn Rand
- Nancy Pelosi
- Sidney Sweeney
Who will win the crown??
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Common Tater at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (m+uh6)
Posted by: Gulf Streaming at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (oftw2)
Pffft ... It's no Paddle to the Sea
Posted by: zombie Holling Clancy Holling at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 11:01 PM (yKAnq)
So I thought about it and came to the conclusion that I just didn't want to go home because there's a massive pile of dishes waiting for me.
Wouldn't you know, the desire for a cigar just kind of evaporated after that.
Funny how an unpleasant home environment - even when it's self-inflicted - makes one want to do anything to avoid being there.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 13, 2025 11:01 PM (i00+Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 11:01 PM (yKAnq)
Good evening, good people, from the now seasonal Adirondacks. I'll take the prior weather, thank you.
And as per usual, may all effort from you result in luxurious munificence and grievous heartburn for the leftwit fungi.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 13, 2025 11:02 PM (vFbHf)
Posted by: Patches at November 13, 2025 10:53 PM
***
Definitive proof. Case closed.
Posted by: TRex - hot stuff dino at November 13, 2025 11:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at November 13, 2025 10:58 PM (M0566)
First time I heard Invisible Sun, I couldn't tell it was a Police song. It does *not* sound like a lot of their other music.
I imagine it's the same here for a lot of people who can't believe Eagles recorded such a great instrumental song as "Journey Of The Sorcerer."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Cl3L+)
Ghost in the Machine by The Police is my favorite. I like them. Solid band.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Kidney Thieves cover of Patsy Cline's "Crazy".
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (TGKsk)
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Maybe the Dish Fairy will wash them? Could happen
Posted by: Common Tater at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (m+uh6)
Not "Rush" awful, but close!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (n9ltV)
You should stick to food and first world problems - leave music to those of us who understand it!
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (QMAsf)
Gotta go now. Before I get all nostalgic and start sneezing.
https://youtu.be/cl3B_FTDKD0
G'nite, y'all. 💤
.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and I turned 29 at November 13, 2025 11:04 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2025 11:05 PM (n9ltV)
Anyone here familiar with Robbie Williams? From what I understand he's a rock singer that's much more popular in the UK than in the US.
Anyway, he was a big fan of Video Killed The Radio Star and all of Trevor Horn's producing work. In 2009, when Robbie finally got Trevor to produce an album for him, he named it:
Reality Killed The Video Star.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:05 PM (Cl3L+)
The beginning of Trevor Horn defining what the 80s sound like, peaking with Grace Jones' underrated "Slave to the Rhythm".
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2025 11:05 PM (UmGiD)
Posted by: Patches at November 13, 2025 10:53 PM
***
Definitive proof. Case closed.
Posted by: TRex - hot stuff dino at November 13, 2025 11:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
Was that even a valid question? or a BAD thing?
As a Young nerd, when I learned to dance? It was an eye opening experience...
And it's really fun now when I have a new Lady friend... to take her dancing... Disco, Country swing, Swing, some salsa... it all works.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2025 11:05 PM (mP0Kj)
- Ayn Rand
- Nancy Pelosi
- Sidney Sweeney
Who will win the crown??
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:00 PM (Cl3L+)
I'm writing in Rosa DeLauro.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 13, 2025 11:06 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Patches at November 13, 2025 10:53 PM
***
Definitive proof. Case closed.
Posted by: TRex - hot stuff dino at November 13, 2025 11:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
I Feel Love is a great, great song - disco or not. To my ears (and memory) Dim All The Lights is one of the most erotic pop songs I've ever heard. Donna Summer was an amazing talent.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 11:06 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (QMAsf)
Screeching guitars and crap writing?
Yeah...Led Zeppelin they ain't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2025 11:07 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Gulf Streaming at November 13, 2025 10:59 PM (oftw2)
In a memoire about a guy growing up in Alaska in the late 40's he talked about the Norwegian guy who lived on a claim up the river from them and would get drunk and throw the bottle with a post card in it into the river where it generally would wash up on the sand bar by the mouth of the river. They decided to mail one of the post cards to a friend in California to mail back.
The old guy was so excited, they decided to keep mailing them to various people his Dad knew all over, including in Africa and Asia.
Eventually he was so invested in this sort of thing that they never had the heart to tell him the truth.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2025 11:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 13, 2025 11:08 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 11:08 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 11:06 PM
***
Agree. I like the Blue Man cover too.
Posted by: TRex - last dance dino at November 13, 2025 11:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 13, 2025 11:01 PM (i00+Z)
Cool name for a cigar though!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2025 11:09 PM (n9ltV)
One of my favorites is “Seasons”, some tunes are just fun to play, physically, as much as sonically. Hard to explain. This is one them. It’s in some weird tuning so I don’t mess with it too often, but it’s got some great riffs and killer crunch.
Ba dow dow, ba dow dow da dow dow!!
Posted by: Common Tater at November 13, 2025 11:11 PM (m+uh6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:11 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 11:06 PM
***
Agree. I like the Blue Man cover too.
Posted by: TRex - last dance dino at November 13, 2025 11:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
I actually like Sam Smith's cover as well.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2025 11:11 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 10:56 PM (9Q3Ac)
Steve Dahl was a eighties radio personality in the Chicago radio market. He was juxtaposed against Howard Stern.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 11:12 PM (GXAZS)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 11:12 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: Killmenow at November 13, 2025 11:13 PM (LScCZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:13 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:13 PM (3ek7K)
Japan says 'hold my sake' and turns anime into reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUuExL8Cac
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 13, 2025 11:13 PM (yKAnq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh C'mon!! Where else could you get beer dumped on you, have someone burn your forearm and melt your rayon dance shirt onto you with an errant cigarette, and kiss a girl that smelled like sweat, Aqua net, cheap Charlie perfume and possibilities?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2025 11:14 PM (cYBz/)
Great album
Posted by: nur
yeah , however you watch buffy and xfiles reruns, without having the cia restrain you in a chair.
Posted by: n at November 13, 2025 11:14 PM (0yZnG)
https://youtu.be/0iFBXjRbVl0
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 11:15 PM (9Q3Ac)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2025 11:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 11:16 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2025 11:14 PM (cYBz/)
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Marlboro lights
Coors lights
Disco lights
White Castle parking lot lights
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2025 11:16 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Arts and Farces at November 13, 2025 11:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2025 11:14 PM (cYBz/)
Mickey Spillane couldn’t have put it any better.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 11:17 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 13, 2025 11:17 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Tonype
any mome?
Posted by: n at November 13, 2025 11:18 PM (0yZnG)
Awesome song. My teammates and I knew it was written about our coach.
He actually followed us on our commute home. And we got in trouble for stopping to get sodas and ice cream.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 11:18 PM (mT+6a)
Stern didn't have a serial killer to feed off.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 11:19 PM (GXAZS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:19 PM (Cl3L+)
He actually followed us on our commute home. And we got in trouble for stopping to get sodas and ice cream.
Posted by: nur
gymnasts
Posted by: n at November 13, 2025 11:19 PM (0yZnG)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2025 11:20 PM (wWuuh)
Posted by: n at
Hi sweetheart!
My new show is Grimm. It’s really good!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 11:20 PM (mT+6a)
My new show is Grimm. It’s really good!
Posted by: nur
If I were not poking you in the eye, you would think I do not care anymore.
Posted by: n at November 13, 2025 11:22 PM (0yZnG)
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at November 13, 2025 10:58 PM (M0566)
First time I heard Invisible Sun, I couldn't tell it was a Police song. It does *not* sound like a lot of their other music.
I imagine it's the same here for a lot of people who can't believe Eagles recorded such a great instrumental song as "Journey Of The Sorcerer."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:03 PM (Cl3L+)
“Invisible Sun” was the song that got me to like The Police. “Roxanne” didn’t reach me on its release, and it was so overplayed that I never gave The Police any thought…until “Invisible Sun” made its debut on WMMR. It didn’t sound anything like “Roxanne”, and it immediately grabbed me. I became a fan, and eventually was able to sing along with the dreaded “Roxanne”.
I’ve loved “Journey Of The Sorcerer” since I first heard it as the theme song for Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy”.
Posted by: goozer at November 13, 2025 11:23 PM (BAs8w)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2025 11:23 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Me Too at November 13, 2025 11:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verb
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I am aiming for the Extra Festive List. They deliver those with a TRex, and the TRex stays in some lucky persons yard.
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 11:24 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:24 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:25 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2025 11:15 PM (pkeXY)
Pop music is all about pretty little girls. Let's just be honest about it.
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 11:25 PM (GXAZS)
Great show. You couldn't film like that in Portland now.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 13, 2025 11:26 PM (UmGiD)
Posted by: Arts and Farces at November 13, 2025 11:16 PM (oftw2)
They want control of his name and brand. Bob Ross is still on TV in various places and they still sell his art supplies. I don't think his stuff will ever disappear. Bill Alexander's supplies are still being sold as well.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2025 11:26 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verb
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I am aiming for the Extra Festive List. They deliver those with a TRex, and the TRex stays in some lucky persons yard.
Posted by: scampydog
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No worries, I won't say a word. Scampywife will be so surprised!!!!!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 13, 2025 11:27 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: n at November 13, 2025 11:27 PM (0yZnG)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 11:27 PM (41CYW)
https://youtu.be/0iFBXjRbVl0
Posted by: tankdemon at November 13, 2025 11:15 PM (9Q3Ac)
Had to listen to that one again - the guitar section is awesome in that version!
And yes Journey of the Sorcerer is awesome, loved that since the first time I heard it. Thing about the title; from the moment I heard it, there was something in the music that made me certain that “The Sorcerer” was a ship, not a person.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 11:28 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2025 11:20 PM (wWuuh)
This is step 3 in the playbook
Didn't happen
Rarely happened and then under extreme situations
It is unimportant that it happened
and the final step
It was a good thing that it was done
so let me be the one:
Posted by: Kindltot - Chemtrais make our country strong and our citizens capable again at November 13, 2025 11:29 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
He wouldn't be the only great drummer to play simple pop stuff to pay the bills.
Same drummer in all three links, Pat Mastelotto:
https://youtu.be/9NDjt4FzFWY
https://youtu.be/pE8vcehzBC0
https://youtu.be/mJt0MNSDgdA
OK, the last one has two drummers (and two bassists and two guitarists.) Pat is in the left speaker, playing in 5/8 time. The legendary Bill Bruford is in the right speaker, playing 7/8 time. Mr. Mister's drummer playing alongside Bruford? Blew my mind.
Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2025 11:29 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2025 11:32 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 11:35 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox
First time I heard Invisible Sun, I couldn't tell it was a Police song. It does *not* sound like a lot of their other music.
I imagine it's the same here for a lot of people who can't believe Eagles recorded such a great instrumental song as "Journey Of The Sorcerer."
Posted by: qdpsteve
Play this for anyone and have them try to guess who it is:
https://youtu.be/4xGRVRS_bFI
Yes, that's the "Faithfully, Any Way You Want It, Don't Stop Believin'" guys, before Steve Perry joined up and led them down the path of Arena Rock and Big Paychecks.
Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:38 PM (jc0TO)
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$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 11:38 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:39 PM (jc0TO)
All of the same general design, I wondered a bit of their origin story as I passed by.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 13, 2025 11:39 PM (sl73Y)
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$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 11:38 PM (dyewR)
Damn Cicero, you beat me to it!
Posted by: Publius Redux at November 13, 2025 11:39 PM (/aZwr)
Toby,
The family member has a scary memory but we don't know if he is just parroting things he has read and doesn't understand what he is talking about.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:40 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)
Don’t take this the wrong way, it’s not meant to be snarky; but welcome to the club.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 13, 2025 11:41 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:39 PM (jc0TO)
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So politics it is then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 11:41 PM (0RiMX)
I know that Journey was a *very* different band pre-Perry. They tried to copy Santana's approach to jazz-rock, IIRC.
It's also interesting to hear what Fleetwood Mac sounded like pre-Buckingham/Nicks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 13, 2025 11:42 PM (Cl3L+)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:42 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:44 PM (jc0TO)
The family member has a lot of anger. It's scary sometimes because he feels he is right about everything.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:46 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Best place for it. The rest is crap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 11:47 PM (VX4XC)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:47 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:47 PM (3ek7K)
Chem trails are for sissies.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Big family dinner at the Summer House, everyone at the table, food laid out and served, fly appears; Auntie pulls out the Flit gun and let him have it, all over the place food included.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 11:50 PM (VX4XC)
We really only have those five albums to judge his work on.
This is also why Sting could not wait to get out of the band because their sound was too limiting for his evolving sensibilities and tastes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 13, 2025 11:51 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 11:52 PM (41CYW)
I'm hoping I can convince the family to have an unconventional Thanksgiving meal. I would love to grill steaks and have a few sides.
Sometimes you need a change.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:54 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Shani at November 13, 2025 11:55 PM (GXAZS)
It's not done.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2025 11:57 PM (VX4XC)
Sometimes you need a change.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:54 PM
We always have turkey and pork. We change up the cuts and the prep from year to year.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 13, 2025 11:57 PM (jc0TO)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday but I'm not looking forward to the shopping and cooking. After almost 50 years of Thanksgiving cooking I want easy.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:59 PM (3ek7K)
Prime rib or a baked king salmon would be preferred. Oh well.
I get to bring potatoes and stuffing and gravy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2025 12:01 AM (mT+6a)
Sometimes you need a change.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Agree! One year, we had chicken-fried pork chops, salad, apple pie and *of course* mashed taters n gravy. It was a welcome change!
Helped that there were only 4 of us that year...a turkey would've been too much and none of us really cared for cranberry sauce, greenbean casserole or dinner rolls.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:03 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:03 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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There are savant's who are not idiots. They are mostly normal people with one mental attribute that's super normal. It can be math, or memory, what ever. Knew a guy of average intelligence who remembered everything. He didn't use it. Didn't think much of it. He counted cards. Thought it was fun to win at Hearts during lunch hour. Couldn't understand why the other guys were too lazy to count 'em.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 12:03 AM (VX4XC)
Posted by: raimondo at November 14, 2025 12:04 AM (HWxdA)
The grandkids would be happy with pizza, lol.
To me it's the being together and being thankful for our blessings.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:05 AM (3ek7K)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday but I'm not looking forward to the shopping and cooking. After almost 50 years of Thanksgiving cooking I want easy.
Posted by: fourseasons
I agree with both of these. I find a lot of people who complain about the work involved with the holidays, are the same people who drive themselves crazy trying to make everything perfect.
IMHO It's not necessary or even possible for everything to be just right every year, and I'd rather just relax with family than be forced (or force anyone else) to do, create and present all the "correct things."
When it comes to Thanksgiving, I have a sister who insists on doing it all anyway, and I'm thankful for her. But at the same time, I tell her every year, don't kill yourself. I wouldn't have any problem if we just went out to eat for Thanksgiving.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 12:05 AM (Cl3L+)
Bar band I often played in the sometime horn section in Baltimore did this. It was awesome, people screamed.
I lived with the bass player and it was my idea and he sold it to the band. Everyone thought it was a monster coupling. People went nuts.
Ahhh..back in the day. I really wanted to sing lead on it but they had to settle for my dancing.
Posted by: pawn at November 14, 2025 12:06 AM (sPsWv)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2025 12:06 AM (Cl3L+)
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Katy Perry hardest hit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2025 10:05 PM (dyewR)
I'm not for it, nor am I agin' it. Simply don't know enough about that band to make a judgement call.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:07 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: mindful webworker - via Ace's time machine that he does not have at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (vBt7m)
I noticed that too. Journalists be stupid.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2025 12:09 AM (+qU29)
Prime rib or a baked king salmon would be preferred. Oh well.
I get to bring potatoes and stuffing and gravy.
Posted by: nur
everybody hates turky, but you do it because
besides there's nothing gravy, dressing, scotch and the promise of dessert does not solve
Posted by: n at November 14, 2025 12:09 AM (+HZqw)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at November 14, 2025 12:09 AM (iNp3L)
HYukon Cornelius Christmas ornament in the scampyhome. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at November 13, 2025 10:13 PM (41CYW)
Another meme or TV? character I never heard of.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:10 AM (npFr7)
A good friend of mine has a mother who is a hoot.
She has always told us to let people eat the desserts first. She says that is what most people anyway.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:11 AM (3ek7K)
Japan says 'hold my sake' and turns anime into reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUuExL8Cac
Posted by: Anna Puma
I didn't realize jet engines came that small
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 14, 2025 12:13 AM (i00+Z)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 12:13 AM (GxM4+)
Arms can get tire but you can figure out ways of propping yourself up so you can relax.
I have a couple but my favorite is a wide Field 6X50 I bought cheap on ebay. It's a freak old Japanese that somehow turned out perfect optically. My son calls it the "Spacewalker"
Posted by: pawn at November 14, 2025 12:13 AM (sPsWv)
Some meats are better tasting than others, regardless of seasonings or prep methods. Subjective, yes, like anything else.
We like the flavor of chicken better but if turkey-lovers show up for the holiday meal, there will be turkey for them!
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
Tom, well, that's odd, lol. Hell, most mornings I have to check my drivers license to see what my name is, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:15 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: pawn at November 14, 2025 12:17 AM (sPsWv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 12:13 AM
My wife remembers every time I was wrong.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 14, 2025 12:17 AM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:17 AM (3ek7K)
Japan says 'hold my sake' and turns anime into reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUuExL8Cac
Posted by: Anna Puma
I didn't realize jet engines came that small
Posted by: FeatherBlade
"What do you wanna do today?"
"I dunno..... go fly around on a Ghibli anime toy with a jet engine right under my nuts."
Posted by: taking over the world sounds safer at November 14, 2025 12:18 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2025 12:13 AM
My wife remembers every time I was wrong.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 14, 2025 12:17 AM (jc0TO)
We live in the same level of hell...LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 14, 2025 12:20 AM (QGaXH)
I don’t have time or money or energy.
But dammit. I’m fucking going big. I’m going to make stuff from scratch. I’m going to stay up late. I’m going to bust my ass for my peeps and enjoy setting a table that I worked hard to make.
Fuck easy. I’m going intensive. And no one but y’all willl know.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 14, 2025 12:21 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:22 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 13, 2025 11:45 PM (3ek7K)
Was his nickname "Empire of Jeff"?
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 14, 2025 12:24 AM (eUQTM)
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Good for you, Nurse! Your fambly will appreciate the effort and you will achieve a wonderful sense of accomplishment. Plus: excellent food!
*cheers*
And then you can collapse into a comfortable heap, while the 'kids' do the dishes... right?
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
Not "Rush" awful, but close!
Every Soundgarden live clip I have seen, they don't sound too good, like a mediocre tribute band of themselves. And although I don't love ALL their stuff, the really good stuff sounds fantastic on the record. Now Alice In Chains, Layne Staley sounds just as powerful as the record...
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 14, 2025 12:27 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:29 AM (3ek7K)
Japan says 'hold my sake' and turns anime into reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUuExL8Cac
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Hoo Ya, how many out of the back of a C-130?
Hope he doesn't break any, you know, China with that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 12:30 AM (VX4XC)
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 14, 2025 12:30 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:31 AM (3ek7K)
Another Nostradamus whiff. He never saw that one coming.
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:35 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
At least Mom had help with prep and cleanup (me!) as the boys never lifted a finger... and I quickly lost enthusiasm for playing hostess under those circumstances.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 14, 2025 12:39 AM (VX4XC)
Whenever I post something goofy without a link, it's a good bet I haven't read the content either
I just admire the power of well-crafted absurd clickbait.Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:40 AM (7imtn)
Canadian boycott of US travel shows no sign of slowing
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 12:41 AM (RuTUS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKpTVOHT25w
This is how music used to be. Puts todays "artists" to shame.
Posted by: pawn at November 14, 2025 12:42 AM (sPsWv)
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
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....and the US would never have noticed, but for the BBC writing that headline. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
JQ,
That's where we are.
Our dishwasher took it's last shit last week so need to buy a new one. I'm not looking forward to hand washing all the Thanksgiving dishes.
We haven't been feeling well enough to drive an hour to the appliance store. Probably couldn't get a new one installed before Thanksgiving anyways.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:44 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 14, 2025 12:46 AM (wWuuh)
Posted by: Azjaeger
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Belting out the chorus!
Posted by: scampydog at November 14, 2025 12:46 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:46 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:47 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: JQ
Red neck 7 course meal: 6 piece chicken bucket and a beer ...
Posted by: Adriane the Luddite Critic . . . at November 14, 2025 12:48 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 12:49 AM (3ek7K)
We've only had a dusting so far. Monday looks interesting.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Last week, pretty heavy for a while. put not enough to hide the grass.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
Their music is arresting. I like Sting's cover of "Windmills of Your Mind" a lot.
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:49 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:50 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: gp
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Great book! Also 'Unknown Quantity' is worth the read. Derb and I exchanged a couple of emails a few years ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
- "Depression is bipartisan," he told independent media co-founder Katie Couric in a podcast interview earlier this week.
"independent media co-founder"?
- "Are you rural? Are your urban?"
and much more
US senator John Fetterman jokes from hospital after fall caused by heartbeat flare-up
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 12:51 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:53 AM (7imtn)
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 12:41 AM (RuTUS)
FWIW, I have never heard anyone here talk about "boycotting" U.S. travel. One thing that does discourage it is the fact that the Canadian dollar is too damned low. Anyone that is "boycotting" is either a Commie or a faggot, and you don't want them anyway.
My .02 worth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:56 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 14, 2025 12:59 AM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:00 AM (3ek7K)
On Yukon Cornelius - Casa Redux back always had/has a number of decorations from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special (Rankin Bass 1964) including a small, stuffed Yukon Cornelius. This was due to two facts: 1) we and the kids loved the show; and 2) we actually were friends with Arthur Rankin Jr. (of Rankin Bass) whom we met while sailing to/from, and then living in, Bermuda (Ca. 1996-2016) we lived there full time from 2010 to the end of 2026. Arthur was a true character, brilliant, a product of Vaudeville and a former Navy man! The world lost a great talent when he passed.
Posted by: Publius Redux at November 14, 2025 01:03 AM (/aZwr)
Urbal. Definitely.
Posted by: gp
More parsley-ish, or more sage-like?
Posted by: mikeski dons his cambric shirt at November 14, 2025 01:05 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 14, 2025 01:05 AM (0nHVk)
The last few times he was invited for a holiday meal, or to just spend the holiday with us... he blew us off. I'd call, ask what's up? He'd be "oh, I overslept" or "oh, so-and-so came by and we got to talking.." or "I forgot"
How.
T. F....
do you "forget" Thanksgiving Day? or Christmas?
Ok, bro. I get it.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 12:47 AM (7imtn)
GP - Prime Obsession is a good read - I always thought Derbyshire got a bum deal getting run out of town like he did.
Also a good read - Euclid's Window
Posted by: Publius Redux at November 14, 2025 01:06 AM (/aZwr)
He ACCEPTED the invitations! Said he'd be there!
And then didn't show up.
Jerk.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:09 AM (3ek7K)
Sage smells pretty darn good, but it goes stale too quickly.
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:09 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:10 AM (3ek7K)
Sorry for the slow response. I’ve got a house full of drunks. Only one of which I’m related to if L&T is accurate in her reporting.
Actually they are all really cool kids (plus or minus 30 years old) with different engineering backgrounds but smart and thoughtful. And loud. We’ve been discussing in no particular order, cars, guns, boats, airplanes, and great battles including the Surinam Straits and Leyte Gulf.
To answer you question no snow so far.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 14, 2025 01:11 AM (foxG0)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:09 AM (7imtn)
Old before its thyme.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 01:11 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 14, 2025 01:11 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:11 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:12 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:13 AM (3ek7K)
No, wait. everydayhealth.com sez "eating extremely large amounts of parsley might pose some risks"
So return to the status quo of General Parsley Anomie And Indifference.
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:15 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Wow. That's... wow.
Bro lives about 1/4 mile from me. I've never asked him to bring anything but his self. Guess it's still just too much trouble.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:16 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mikeski dons his cambric shirt at November 14, 2025 01:05 AM (nhCoE)
Sage-like around here makes everyone think of antelope. That would be out of the thanksgiving box.
Despite the naysayers here I still love a properly prepared Turkey at thanksgiving.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 14, 2025 01:17 AM (foxG0)
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
If a Canadian boycott falls in the forest, does it make a sound?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 14, 2025 01:17 AM (v9vY1)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:17 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 14, 2025 01:11 AM (0nHVk)
I was gonna say, JQ: was alcohol involved.
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 01:18 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:19 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:19 AM (3ek7K)
I love roast turkey, with stuffing, and gravy, and mashed taters, and gravy, and more turkey, and gravy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 01:21 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: m
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Probably. But you'd think he could manage an apology. Nope. Excuses aplenty, but never an apology.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:22 AM (3ek7K)
A bacon cheeseburger.
Homemade bacon cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato and onion.
Don't even need fries with that-- the burger will be enough.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Will report back later on thanksgiving evening.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 14, 2025 01:26 AM (foxG0)
I spend all these years trying to get Windows to work right...only to switch over to Linux where all I'm doing is trying to get Linux to work right.
Windows is evil but intuitive and Linux is non-evil and non-intuitive.
It's the same Devil.
It's like buying a car and being under the fucking hood all day.
Posted by: eleven at November 14, 2025 01:26 AM (fV+MH)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:26 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at November 14, 2025 01:26 AM (9OLXw)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:28 AM (3ek7K)
Parsley has furanocoumarins, the same as the weedy wild parsnip that photosensitizes your skin and causes burns. It also has oxalic acid, just the ticket for good strong kidney stones.
Eat basil and cilantro instead, they warn! I suspected Big Basil had a hand in this.
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:29 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:30 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at November 14, 2025 01:30 AM (9OLXw)
A bacon cheeseburger.
Homemade bacon cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato and onion.
Don't even need fries with that-- the burger will be enough.
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Damn, thats my weak spot. Gotta have the fries though. My vacations are around the world in 80 cheese burgers. Its tradition, get a cheese burger wherever I am. Here, foreign countries, whatever.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 14, 2025 01:30 AM (snZF9)
http://tiny.cc/cg1v001
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 01:33 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 12:41 AM (RuTUS)
FWIW, I have never heard anyone here talk about "boycotting" U.S. travel. One thing that does discourage it is the fact that the Canadian dollar is too damned low. Anyone that is "boycotting" is either a Commie or a faggot, and you don't want them anyway.
My .02 worth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2025 12:56 AM (npFr7)
I take your .02 to be a better source than the bbc's usual!
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 01:35 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at November 14, 2025 01:26 AM (9OLXw)
After 45 years? Those men aren't real, they're made of steel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 14, 2025 01:35 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:36 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 14, 2025 01:36 AM (R5+Wg)
Yummy fat! Dripping with yummy fat... need a bib...
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:37 AM (7imtn)
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JQ, 1/3 lb today for lunch at a hole in the wall watering hole. Bonus: tater tots.
Posted by: scampydog at November 14, 2025 01:39 AM (41CYW)
I really really hate what's happened to "our life."
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 14, 2025 01:40 AM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 14, 2025 01:40 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: scampydog
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Awesome! Mmmm, tater tots...
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker
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They are not men, they are Devo.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:41 AM (XeU6L)
Yummy fat! Dripping with yummy fat... need a bib...
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
I got a take-out gyro, didn't get a bag, 'cause I was gonna eat it while walking, and looked down a little while later and yummy fat all over the jeans, jacket, shoes. Yummy, tho! Eh, they needed washing.
Posted by: m at November 14, 2025 01:41 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Alberta
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Hold it...it's a trick, you folk don't have 1 cent pieces anymore.
Wait...neither do we.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:43 AM (XeU6L)
JQ,
I know it has been rough for you two.
You are amazing because you keep going. You are a strong woman and I admire you.
Blessings for you both.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:43 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: scampydog at November 14, 2025 01:45 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:45 AM (7imtn)
Posted by: gp at November 14, 2025 01:45 AM (7imtn)
http://tiny.cc/cg1v001
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. "
I guess that makes me feel a tad bit better that I'm not the only one.
Posted by: eleven at November 14, 2025 01:46 AM (fV+MH)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 14, 2025 01:46 AM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:46 AM (3ek7K)
Thank you.
Don't know what I'd do, if not for this lil place on the 'web...
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:48 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
If it arrived for ancestors, it really was a time-traveler capsule.
Posted by: mindful webworker - via Ace's time machine that he does not have at November 13, 2025 10:07 PM (vBt7m)
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Good catch! (Ed Norton's character on "The Honeymooners" said, "A pox on you and your ancestors!" They say he flubbed the line and meant "descendants").
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 14, 2025 01:49 AM (Vnnzf)
Posted by: eleven
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The only reason Gates and Jobs are alive today is that I have never been within arm's reach of either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:49 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:49 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:46 AM (3ek7K)
"Penny wise and pound foolish" is still hanging around in America after 250 years.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 14, 2025 01:50 AM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: JQ at November 14, 2025 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons
Much that was was lost ... for none now live who remember it ...
Posted by: Galadriel . . . at November 14, 2025 01:50 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:50 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:51 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc."
I am living in your world.
Posted by: eleven at November 14, 2025 01:51 AM (fV+MH)
"Penny wise and pound foolish" is still hanging around in America after 250 years.
Posted by: Idaho
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In for a penny, in for a pound.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2025 01:52 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 14, 2025 01:52 AM (3ek7K)
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