Monday Overnight Open Thread (11/24/25) Live From NY Edition

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The Quote of The Day

‘It was quite a shock, very fast and unexpected. We have been targeted because we chose to live a different kind of life.’ Nathan Trevallion

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Just wait until Sharia law takes over.

State pulls X-rated East Harlem club's liquor license after Gothamist investigation
State officials have rescinded an East Harlem club's liquor license after a Gothamist investigation revealed the venue was operating as a de facto adult establishment despite city prohibitions.
The decision effectively closes Bodega Paradise and marks a victory for community members who spent months fighting what they saw as the Adams administration’s indifference to their concerns about the venue's X-rated activities.
The club opened in May after owner Alex Meskouris told Manhattan's Community Board 11 that the business would operate as a breakfast spot and sports bar, making no mention of adult entertainment.

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The ONT Musical Interlude & TSA Disgust Emporium

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Believe it or not, once upon a time I was young. Never, and I mean Never would I have ever thought of doing this "Dark Joke".

A teenage wood shop apprentice in Turkey died after his co-workers inserted a high-pressure air hose up his rectum as a horrific “prank” — the latest incident in which the power tool has killed a young man by exploding his intestines.
The dark “joke” turned deadly Friday when Habip Aksoy and a friend allegedly overpowered Muhammed Kendirci, 15, and tied his hands at the woodworking center in Sanliurfa, according to local outlet Milliyet.
They allegedly forcibly removed his pants and shoved an air compressor tube into his anus — causing severe internal organ damage.

3rd World Shithole Problems.

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Go big or Go Genius Award Winner!

When you leave your car with a valet, you expect it to be safe, but that wasn't the case for a man who came to Cleveland for a medical procedure.
A 19-year-old Cleveland Clinic valet worker is being charged with aggravated speed, reckless operation, failure to show proof of financial responsibility and receiving stolen property after taking a Mercedes-Benz for a joyride while on the clock.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:43 PM

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1 Yay, early ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 24, 2025 09:44 PM (lUFok)

2 Hello

Posted by: French Jeton at November 24, 2025 09:44 PM (j0T5y)

3 Good evening Mis Hum!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 24, 2025 09:47 PM (AQh0C)

4 Mis Hum! Good to see you around these parts!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 24, 2025 09:48 PM (v23vE)

5 Hello to all you good commenters & lurkers

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 24, 2025 09:49 PM (DpaA8)

6 Howdy Mis Hum and thanks for semi unretiring.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2025 09:49 PM (QMAsf)

7 6 Howdy Mis Hum and thanks for semi unretiring.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2025 09:49 PM (QMAsf)
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What Doof said

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2025 09:51 PM (osUDQ)

8 Yikes!

Posted by: Brewingfrog at November 24, 2025 09:52 PM (lVMtv)

9 Just wait until Sharia law takes over.

State pulls X-rated East Harlem club's liquor license after Gothamist investigation
State officials have rescinded an East Harlem club's liquor license after a Gothamist investigation revealed the venue was operating as a de facto adult establishment despite city prohibitions...

They will have to offer "marriage by the hour"* and goats.

*It is a thing.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 24, 2025 09:52 PM (Z5FYL)

10 A teenage wood shop apprentice in Turkey died after his co-workers inserted a high-pressure air hose up his rectum as a horrific “prank” — the latest incident in which the power tool has killed a young man by exploding his intestines.
The dark “joke” turned deadly Friday when Habip Aksoy and a friend allegedly overpowered Muhammed Kendirci, 15, and tied his hands at the woodworking center in Sanliurfa, according to local outlet Milliyet.

They allegedly forcibly removed his pants and shoved an air compressor tube into his anus — causing severe internal organ damage.

That's a whole lot of words only to avoid saying the obvious: he was fatally sexually assaulted.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (CzMNg)

11 The club opened in May after owner Alex Meskouris told Manhattan's Community Board 11 that the business would operate as a breakfast spot and sports bar, making no mention of adult entertainment.

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To be fair, they did feature a Bring Your Own Sausage brunch special.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (dyewR)

12 Yo MisHum. Tundra; frozen yet or not so much?

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (//dg8)

13 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum!

Hope all is well on the frozen tundra.

Posted by: TRex - where are my Compute! magazine back issues? at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (cCn4/)

14 Foist!

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (bbqkM)

15 A 19-year-old Cleveland Clinic valet worker is being charged with aggravated speed, reckless operation, failure to show proof of financial responsibility and receiving stolen property after taking a Mercedes-Benz for a joyride while on the clock.

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Any decent valet would know you only do that with the Ferraris and Lambos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 09:55 PM (dyewR)

16 ‘Some Kind Of Pasta.’

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2025 09:56 PM (LHPAg)

17 Yes. Yes it is.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a temporal anomoly at November 24, 2025 09:56 PM (LaTF/)

18 Wow. Thank you MisHum.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 09:58 PM (ys6FW)

19 Whoa!! Premature EjONTus!!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2025 09:58 PM (cYBz/)

20 OH YEAH~~~
Chic-chica-chacaaah~

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 24, 2025 09:59 PM (mlg/3)

21 American English French Toast, made in China.

Sounds delish.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 24, 2025 09:59 PM (syz1S)

22 19 Whoa!! Premature EjONTus!!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2025 09:58 PM
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Does that mean the Horde is not "good people" this evening?

Posted by: TRex - lawful order dino at November 24, 2025 10:00 PM (cCn4/)

23 Hey MisHum!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (22p5n)

24 Hmm. It's called English French Toast, it's designated American, there's a Spanish flag, it has a picture of pizza and it's made in China.

So Peruvian?

I give up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (dyewR)

25 ‘This one time in shop…’

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (LHPAg)

26 Obviously, the Chinese/American/English/French toast needs some maple syrup!!

Nice to see you hanging around, Mis Hum!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (47diA)

27 In a world where promptness is priceless, one commenter faces an endless barrage of unlikely obstacless that prevent his arriving at the AoSHQ ONT on time. What catastrophic events must one man overcome in order to arrive at the hub of witicism and merriment?

Coming soon to a theater near you, tankdemon in...

SORRY I'M LATE

(An Alan Smithee film.)

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (U8Hts)

28 Dracula's Parrot should replace the donkey for the Democrats as their party symbol.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:02 PM (+k/kq)

29 Good evening morons y gracias mh por el ont.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 10:02 PM (A0sqA)

30 A 19-year-old Cleveland Clinic valet worker is being charged with aggravated speed, reckless operation, failure to show proof of financial responsibility and receiving stolen property after taking a Mercedes-Benz for a joyride while on the clock.

Ferris Bueller?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:03 PM (+k/kq)

31 The club opened in May after owner Alex Meskouris told Manhattan's Community Board 11 that the business would operate as a breakfast spot and sports bar, making no mention of adult entertainment.
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No Coke, Pepsi!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2025 10:04 PM (A0sqA)

32 I wonder how French EnglishToast would come out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 24, 2025 10:04 PM (ngbZu)

33 Nobody's organs are safe from my giant hose!

Posted by: Secretary Pete at November 24, 2025 10:05 PM (R86kT)

34 QotD: Dad living off grid ‘shocked’ kids were taken away after he fed them poisonous mushrooms

Read the article twice, and there was no mention of the mushrooms. Kids seem to have been hauled off because they were what we called "unschooled" and the family used an outhouse. Horrors!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Good thing they didn't have a pet squirrel and racoon to be killed. at November 24, 2025 10:06 PM (LaTF/)

35 There was a movie made about that valet driver. Ferris Bueller.

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 24, 2025 10:06 PM (imVp/)

36 Coming soon to a theater near you, tankdemon in...

SORRY I'M LATE

(An Alan Smithee film.)

Posted by: tankdemon

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Movies anymore seem lame and gay. The movie of your nightly excuses would be entertaining.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:06 PM (ys6FW)

37
'English French Toast"
The "Chef's Kiss" is the flag of Spain.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 24, 2025 10:07 PM (OgWfa)

38 The dark “joke” turned deadly Friday when Habip Aksoy and a friend allegedly overpowered Muhammed Kendirci, 15, and tied his hands at the woodworking center in Sanliurfa, according to local outlet Milliyet.

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We definitely need Muslims here. They're so smart and awesome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 10:07 PM (BI5O2)

39 Basil Fawlty could have built a whole skit with Manuel over that English French Toast pizza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (+k/kq)

40 Heh...I don't want to start any conspiracy theories, but I pulled up the website on that "Paradise Bodega" and on the site it advertises itself as a pizza place.

OH NO....PIZZAGATE in E. HARLEM!!!

Posted by: Orson at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (dIske)

41 Thanks for the charming story of cultural enrichment—but at least Kendirci’s family was paid just compensation of an oud, two goat and one child bride.

Posted by: General Pork Chop at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (59NIp)

42 27 Coming soon to a theater near you, tankdemon in...

SORRY I'M LATE

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM
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Open: tankdemon finds the ONT prompt access cheat codes in Compute! magazine while Hunting for the Wumpus
Tankdemon: "Oh."
Fade to black.
Fin.
Applause.

Posted by: TRex - producer/director/writer dino at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

43 12 Yo MisHum. Tundra; frozen yet or not so much?
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 24, 2025 09:54 PM (//dg

It's not frozen yet
And by Turkey Day we are supposed to have up to 18" of the white stuff

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (DpaA8)

44 26 Obviously, the Chinese/American/English/French toast needs some maple syrup!!

Nice to see you hanging around, Mis Hum!
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (47diA)

Make that Canadian maple syrup.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at November 24, 2025 10:09 PM (FMtrg)

45 My son works security at the Ryman Theater.

I should hit him up for some tickets. For a show I'd actually like. Which they have, like, once every 4 years. Or so.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2025 10:09 PM (NwnyJ)

46 36 Coming soon to a theater near you, tankdemon in...

SORRY I'M LATE

(An Alan Smithee film.)

Posted by: tankdemon

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Movies anymore seem lame and gay. The movie of your nightly excuses would be entertaining.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:06 PM (ys6FW)

Would be?
They are!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM (DpaA8)

47 We definitely need Muslims here. They're so smart and awesome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

They didn't do that when Sanliurfa was still called "Edessa". Just sayin'

Posted by: gKWVE at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

48 Thanks for another dandy Monday Night ONT, Mis Hum!

Live from New York! It's Monday Night ONT!

Lovely photo of a forest up top. There's something about it that I just can't put my finger on...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM (kB9dk)

49 There was a movie made about that valet driver. Ferris Bueller.
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 24, 2025 10:06 PM (imVp/)

Lemme help...

http://tiny.cc/gfkv001

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM (nbLIj)

50 Open: tankdemon finds the ONT prompt access cheat codes in Compute! magazine while Hunting for the Wumpus
Tankdemon: "Oh."
Fade to black.
Fin.
Applause.
Posted by: TRex - producer/director/writer dino at November 24, 2025 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

Well, that was a bit anticlimactic.

Still beats the Stsr Wars sequels.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:11 PM (U8Hts)

51 *grumbles*

Thanks alot Fightertown Decals, I now have to rummage through about twenty different shades of gray to find one that will match this decal of yours.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:11 PM (+k/kq)

52 You can't make this up.

https://tinyurl.com/6x9dn2au

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:11 PM (glfD5)

53 Ferris Bueller?

See my post at #30

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:11 PM (+k/kq)

54 Would be?
They are!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

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Yes sir!
I look forward to tandemon's excuses. He is creative.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:12 PM (ys6FW)

55 He's Back! Nice to see you again, MisHum!

Posted by: Pete Seria at November 24, 2025 10:12 PM (nmecE)

56 Re Turkish joke

Wtf?!

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

57 54 Yes sir!
I look forward to tandemon's excuses. He is creative.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:12 PM (ys6FW)

Thank you.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:13 PM (U8Hts)

58 Note: if your joke involves taking off their pants and shoving somwthing up their ass, you are both gay and retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:14 PM (zZu0s)

59 Father loses kids. Adult venue closed. Kid blown up (literally). This is not the cheeriest ONT I ever read.

I enjoyed the mystery music.

More fun: kid helps with prepping the turkey
https://youtu.be/gkAvpPpzDZg

Posted by: mindful webworker - is it a boy or a girl turkey? at November 24, 2025 10:14 PM (LaTF/)

60 The Spanish American English French Toast is labeled in Japanese, too! And don’t forget: P I Z Z A.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 24, 2025 10:16 PM (f5j/P)

61 55 He's Back! Nice to see you again, MisHum!
Posted by: Pete Seria at November 24, 2025 10:12 PM (nmecE)

Hey Pete

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 24, 2025 10:16 PM (DpaA8)

62 52 You can't make this up.

https://tinyurl.com/6x9dn2au

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:11 PM (glfD5)

Actual lol. That was awesome.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:16 PM (U8Hts)

63 Thanks for the ONT, MisHum. Always a great up top pic, love the woods.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

64 Oh, yeah: and.. valet worker is being charged with aggravated speed, reckless operation, failure to show proof of financial responsibility and receiving stolen property

One of the more humorous scenes in Ferris Bueller.

Posted by: mindful webworker - relax. i'm a professional at November 24, 2025 10:17 PM (LaTF/)

65 Lemme help...

http://tiny.cc/gfkv001
Posted by: Joe Kidd

Yep. That’s the one.

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 24, 2025 10:18 PM (imVp/)

66 27/No question Tankdemon, you are an American classic

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 24, 2025 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

67 American English French Toast, made in China, flag of Spain....

And Japanese label.

Nuked too much? or not enough?

Posted by: JQ at November 24, 2025 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

68 Aww.. Nemo @60 beat me to it...

Posted by: JQ at November 24, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)

69 Children raised outside of the ubiquitous state's control?
For 99.99999% of humanities existence is no longer allowed.
They will eat processed chicken cubes and sterilized vegetables until a BMI of 50 is achieved.
Probably put unfortified butter without state approved corn syrup with brown coloring on pancakes AND waffles.
To the Tower with the lot of them!

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 24, 2025 10:19 PM (6mk7C)

70 And it just looks like white bread. Maybe French toast flavor or pizza?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

71 Ferris Bueller?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I knew I should've checked to see if someone had already made the comment!

Posted by: mindful webworker - Horde mind - it's real and it's spectacular at November 24, 2025 10:20 PM (LaTF/)

72 48 Lovely photo of a forest up top. There's something about it that I just can't put my finger on...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM (kB9dk)

Looks like El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 24, 2025 10:21 PM (y171U)

73 If you want to ask if Japan was nuked too much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbcEs48-v6g

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:22 PM (+k/kq)

74 Any decent valet would know you only do that with the Ferraris and Lambos.
Posted by: Cicero
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That's in Chicago. In Cleveland, you take what you can get. Although, maybe it was an AMG model???

Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2025 10:22 PM (QCk9o)

75 Hello MisHum/UM...hope your current location provides warmth and satisfaction...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 24, 2025 10:22 PM (cCn4/)

76 Shooting high pressure air up a teenagers butt is just as stupid as eating mushrooms that you found in the woods. Good lord people are dumb. It all makes me want to stay away from people.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

77 66 27/No question Tankdemon, you are an American classic
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 24, 2025 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

Thank you. (Yes, American. My account is not based in Bangladesh.)

Posted by: tankdemon at November 24, 2025 10:23 PM (U8Hts)

78 The Spanish American English French Toast is labeled in Japanese, too! And don’t forget: P I Z Z A.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 24, 2025 10:16 PM (f5j/P)

Oops. They forgot the Germans! They will invade China to right this slight!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)

79 I could make myself feel better by saying that at least the aforementioned dummies weren't Americans. But we have dummies who've let a gazillions barbarians from that shithole Somali take over some of our communities.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (0Htd1)

80 You can at least say the mushrooms are an honest mistake. I doubt he wanted to poison his kids.

Those kids intended to shove that hose up the other kids ass. That is not really an accidental type of thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

81 It all makes me want to stay away from people.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:23 PM (0Htd1)

Should be okay as long as you're not in any Moslem cities.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (gKWVE)

82 German?

It needs Jaeger sauce.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (+k/kq)

83 Ferris Bueller?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Horde mind. You at 30. Me at 35

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (imVp/)

84 Is there any possibility that Trump could deport Ilhan Omar, and maybe even her brother/husband?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:25 PM (0Htd1)

85 Mushrooms from inna woods can be tasty and nutritious if you know what to look for.
Too many people don't know what to look for (or are looking for hallucinogens)

Posted by: gKWVE at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM (gKWVE)

86 I'm thinking about making a Costco run tomorrow while I run other errands. I think I'll cruise through the parking lot, and if I can't find a spot I'll give up. Nothing I really need there for a few days, anyway.

I bought a sad looking pumpkin pie at Wal-Mart today, just in case the Costco trip falls through. I wonder if it was made in China.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM (8QVSJ)

87 Hello to all you good commenters & lurkers
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 24, 2025 09:49 PM (DpaA

(snif)

I get here late and get left out of MisHum's greeting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM (uQesX)

88 We have in the US idiots who ate Tide Pods and took the cinnamon challenge. Plus the idiots who do the 2am 'let's bash some stranger's door!'

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM (+k/kq)

89 Hi MisHum and everyone! Another crazy day down. I completely reorganized my linen closet. Everything in the right bin, towels folded and stacked neatly, sheets in their baskets, extra blankets in their baskets on the top shelf. Now I want to lock it so no one can get in it but me. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2025 10:27 PM (OoFl2)

90 Everything made in China should have a mandatory label saying "CHY-NA" and a picture of Mao

Posted by: Trumpian Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at November 24, 2025 10:27 PM (N7hqt)

91 Too late Piper, you missed Soup taking a nap in there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:28 PM (+k/kq)

92 The Spanish American English French Toast is labeled in Japanese, too! And don’t forget: P I Z Z A.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Misspelled Japanese. The first word is I-gi-ri-su? It should be イングリッシュ, I-n-gu-ri-(glottal stop)-shu.

They (or their AI) got the transliterated katakana for "French" and "Toast" right, though.

Posted by: mikeski-san at November 24, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

93 Is there any possibility that Trump could deport Ilhan Omar, and maybe even her brother/husband?
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Last I heard/read, the brother is living in London.

Posted by: clarence at November 24, 2025 10:30 PM (GE9Fw)

94 Shooting high pressure air up a teenagers butt is just as stupid as eating mushrooms that you found in the woods. Good lord people are dumb. It all makes me want to stay away from people.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:23 PM (0Htd1

It's not a prank - thats just typical whitewashing.

Forcibly sodomizing someone to death with a foreign object isn't so uncommon among the wonderful, oh-so-special Muslims (see Qaddafi).

90% chance this kid was gay (or the killers at least thought so), and this is just the local authorities' excuse for a slap-on-the-wrist. Boys bein' boys.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 24, 2025 10:30 PM (BI5O2)

95 Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:22 PM (+k/kq)

I've been seeing a youtube ad for some retro-ish game with a web address annapuma-something or otherdot com. Does that have anything to do with you?

Posted by: Methos at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (vSvIl)

96 I bought a sad looking pumpkin pie at Wal-Mart today, just in case the Costco trip falls through. I wonder if it was made in China.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

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I am making a pumpkin pie. Never made one before. The Chicom version may be preferable.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (ys6FW)

97 47 We definitely need Muslims here. They're so smart and awesome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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If I didn't know you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (+Omlu)

98 91 Too late Piper, you missed Soup taking a nap in there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10

He won’t go in the bathroom! He is goofy with his self imposed forbidden zones. Though he has stuck his head through the door when the cats were in there, but his paws do not cross the threshold.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (OoFl2)

99 The pizza photo on the package - pepperoni and jalapeno

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (+k/kq)

100 Methos, ara?

Someone owes me money!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:32 PM (+k/kq)

101 Walmart used to sell fruitcake every season. Not so the last two.
Soak it in a whiskey towel for a couple of weeks. I miss it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:32 PM (+Omlu)

102 Wal Mart is already selling eggnog.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:33 PM (+k/kq)

103 Nice musical choices MisHum, in that same vein, JJ Cale:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3jnryt

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at November 24, 2025 10:33 PM (y7zkd)

104 We have in the US idiots who ate Tide Pods and took the cinnamon challenge. Plus the idiots who do the 2am 'let's bash some stranger's door!'
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM (+k/kq)

You forgot us. We're disappointed.

Posted by: Bath Salts at November 24, 2025 10:33 PM (8QVSJ)

105 MisHum!

Awesome to see you, sir!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

106 Hmm. It's called English French Toast, it's designated American, there's a Spanish flag, it has a picture of pizza and it's made in China.

So Peruvian?

I give up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:01 PM (dyewR)

I see Korean and I don't know what other languages.

Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 10:33 PM (gKDq2)

107 Sounds like Soup amuses you to no end Piper.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:34 PM (+k/kq)

108 86 I'm thinking about making a Costco run tomorrow while I run other errands.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 24, 2025 10:26 PM
***
Costco two days before Thanksgiving?

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me"

Posted by: TRex - old testament dino at November 24, 2025 10:34 PM (cCn4/)

109 Hi MisHum and everyone! Another crazy day down. I completely reorganized my linen closet. Everything in the right bin, towels folded and stacked neatly, sheets in their baskets, extra blankets in their baskets on the top shelf. Now I want to lock it so no one can get in it but me. 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2025 10:27 PM (OoFl2)

Wait til I get to it.

Posted by: Supercat at November 24, 2025 10:34 PM (uQesX)

110 My son works security at the Ryman Theater.

I should hit him up for some tickets. For a show I'd actually like. Which they have, like, once every 4 years. Or so.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2025 10:09 PM (NwnyJ)

Well, odds are pretty good you will never see Levon Helm there again. RIP, Levon.

Two stellar music selections tonight, MisHum!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 10:34 PM (npFr7)

111 The pizza photo on the package - pepperoni and jalapeno
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (+k/kq)

There are worse combos. Helpful hint: Anything with pineapple.

Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)

112 Misspelled Japanese. The first word is I-gi-ri-su? It should be イングリッシュ, I-n-gu-ri-(glottal stop)-shu.

They (or their AI) got the transliterated katakana for "French" and "Toast" right, though.
Posted by: mikeski-san at November 24, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

I spent a few hours watching a guy ask Japanese people about Japanese words, and they didn't know most of them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2025 10:35 PM (uQesX)

113 And it just looks like white bread. Maybe French toast flavor or pizza?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

I think it is Texas toast. Or TexMex toast.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 10:36 PM (rbvCR)

114 Bath salt zombies?

Thought all of you had eaten your faces off by now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:36 PM (+k/kq)

115 107 Sounds like Soup amuses you to no end Piper.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025

He is truly the sweetest soul. He sat on a cat today to get the cat to move so he could have prime cuddle spots. The only Shiba Inu trait he really has is zero recall. Otherwise he is not aloof, he is not serious, he is dramatic- so 2 traits!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2025 10:36 PM (OoFl2)

116 a breakfast spot and sports bar, making no mention of adult entertainment.

WTH? He told you it was a sport bar.

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2025 10:37 PM (UsBev)

117 Misspelled Japanese. The first word is I-gi-ri-su? It should be イングリッシュ, I-n-gu-ri-(glottal stop)-shu.

They (or their AI) got the transliterated katakana for "French" and "Toast" right, though.

Posted by: mikeski-san at November 24, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

Igirisu is UK in Japanese

Posted by: Sjg at November 24, 2025 10:37 PM (aqZN1)

118 It’s bed time! Night, y’all.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2025 10:37 PM (OoFl2)

119 Advances in artificial physique from Boston Dynamics

youtu.be/3QRtVZRblmg

Posted by: mindful webworker - subsidiary of SkyNet at November 24, 2025 10:37 PM (LaTF/)

120 Oops. They forgot the Germans! They will invade China to right this slight!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)

Ah, yes. Tedeschi brand Pizza-schnitzels. Coming to a Legation near you!

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

121 Take care Piper and give Soup a scritch for me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:38 PM (+k/kq)

122 Methos, ara?

Someone owes me money!!!
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:32 PM (+k/kq)

Yeah, I found it on Steam under new releases. The game is called Morsels and is published by "Annapuma Interactive."

Posted by: Methos at November 24, 2025 10:38 PM (vSvIl)

123 to be honest, the Germans mostly took the Taku forts, but expanded trading through the thirties until the Japanese complained

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 10:38 PM (rbvCR)

124 Walmart used to sell fruitcake every season. Not so the last two.
Soak it in a whiskey towel for a couple of weeks. I miss it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:32 PM (+Omlu)

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My MaMaw made wonderful fruitcake. It was like a poundcake with fruit. It was wonderful. I made it once and it was good, but it made so much. We don't eat that much cake.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:38 PM (ys6FW)

125 I am making a pumpkin pie. Never made one before. The Chicom version may be preferable.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (ys6FW)

They're easy enough to do. Buy the sugar pumpkin from your favorite store and look under the label. Instructions printed on the back side. Tip: prebake your crust for about five minutes before putting in pumpkin puree. Put foil over the crust edges if they start getting brown too soon.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)

126 Interesting to read that the devil is in the details regarding the President Trump Executive Order regarding the Muslim Brotherhood:

Why This EO Falls Short: Untouched Hubs and Global Reach

Your point about the EO's narrow scope is well-substantiated by the document itself and broader context. The MB, founded in 1928 in Egypt, operates as a decentralized transnational network with ideological, financial, and political arms spanning over 70 countries. Its "operational hubs" -- Qatar, Turkey, and Syria-linked networks -- remain unmentioned & unaffected. These are the MB's most resilient & influential elements, often shielded by host governments for geopolitical reasons (e.g., Qatar's role as a U.S. military base host, Turkey's NATO status).

Impact of the Gaps: These hubs enable the MB's "grand jihad" strategy, as outlined in the 1991 "Explanatory Memorandum" (unsealed in the Holy Land Foundation trial). They sustain the very activities you list -- U.S. financing (e.g., $100M+ to MB-linked U.S. nonprofits since 2010, per ISGAP reports), election influence (e.g., via voter mobilization in swing states), Hamas funding ($1.8B total since 2012)...

Grok: https://bit.ly/4rl7heF

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 24, 2025 10:39 PM (P5BPp)

127 Oops. They forgot the Germans! They will invade China to right this slight!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

They actually didn't.

ドイツ風

doitsu-fuu

"German-style."

Posted by: mikeski-san at November 24, 2025 10:39 PM (nhCoE)

128 Sure its not Annapurna Interactive? The totes woke 'game developer' that had its devs walk out?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:40 PM (+k/kq)

129 Should be okay as long as you're not in any Moslem cities.
Posted by: gKWVE

We have quite a few immigrants in my neighborhood, but they are more Asians, and a few from Africa. I don't think there are any Muslims.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (0Htd1)

130 Well, the spaghetti won't make itself. Better get after it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (npFr7)

131 90 Everything made in China should have a mandatory label saying "CHY-NA" and a picture of Mao

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I still have a cigarette lighter around here somewhere with Mao's murderous mug on the front. It plays The Dawn Is Red when you flip open the lid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (dyewR)

132 Do not play Morsels, Kotaku likes it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (+k/kq)

133 They're easy enough to do. Buy the sugar pumpkin from your favorite store and look under the label. Instructions printed on the back side. Tip: prebake your crust for about five minutes before putting in pumpkin puree. Put foil over the crust edges if they start getting brown too soon.

Posted by: OrangeEnt

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Thank you! I am a good cook but don't bake much. Baking is a different world.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (ys6FW)

134 Kotakubis still around?!

Who knew?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 10:42 PM (zZu0s)

135 I am making a pumpkin pie. Never made one before. The Chicom version may be preferable.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:31 PM (ys6FW)

Butternut squash makes a superior pie, IMO. Same other ingredients. You'll thank me...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)

136 Thank you! I am a good cook but don't bake much. Baking is a different world.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (ys6FW)

Get premade crusts unless you want to make your own. But it's easier with premade.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2025 10:43 PM (uQesX)

137 Aetius

Apparently but all its content by now maybe AI generated by Elbonians.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:44 PM (+k/kq)

138 Sure its not Annapurna Interactive? The totes woke 'game developer' that had its devs walk out?
-
Ah, you're correct.

Posted by: Methos at November 24, 2025 10:44 PM (vSvIl)

139 I am making a pumpkin pie. Never made one before. The Chicom version may be preferable.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Coconut Creme Pie here

As a total virgin at this, I have confidence in the recipe.

My Aunt wrote down what she learnt from Grandma.

Forensics indicate this piece of paper with Valuable Information dates from c. 1953.

Posted by: Miklos faces culinary challenges fearlessly at November 24, 2025 10:44 PM (N7hqt)

140 Butternut squash makes a superior pie, IMO. Same other ingredients. You'll thank me...

Posted by: Joe Kidd

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I have some carnival squash. Would those work?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (ys6FW)

141 *looks at time*

Fifteen minutes until I win the Powerball. Nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (+k/kq)

142 85 Mushrooms from inna woods can be tasty and nutritious if you know what to look for.
Too many people don't know what to look for (or are looking for hallucinogens)
Posted by: gKWVE

Someone I knew years ago would go out in the spring looking for morels. A store near me occasionally has them, but they are usually $60 to $100 per pound. They're lightweight so a couple of times I've splurged on a handful of them. For a little more than $10 they're a treat.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

143 Lovely photo of a forest up top. There's something about it that I just can't put my finger on...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 24, 2025 10:10 PM

Looks like El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Posted by: Joemarine
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There's only a glimpse, but I was thinking "Dawn Wall", too.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (QCk9o)

144 Igirisu is UK in Japanese
Posted by: Sjg

So it is. TIL.....

So call it an incorrectly-chosen word and not a misspelling. Or the English line is wrong, and it should say "British French Toast."

Posted by: mikeski-kun at November 24, 2025 10:46 PM (nhCoE)

145 If it is El Capitan? Where is Kirk?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:46 PM (+k/kq)

146 From that package…does that mean Queen Letizia is our ruler?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 24, 2025 10:47 PM (6KcYW)

147 It plays The Dawn Is Red when you flip open the lid.
Posted by: Cicero

You sexy running dog devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRsdXSqQjPE

Posted by: Red Guard Miklos, proletarian soul man at November 24, 2025 10:47 PM (N7hqt)

148 Plus the idiots who do the 2am 'let's bash some stranger's door!'
Posted by: Anna Puma

I'm not familiar with that one. Did they get shot?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:47 PM (0Htd1)

149 Butternut squash makes a superior pie, IMO. Same other ingredients. You'll thank me...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)

sweet-meat winter squash make a really good pie, unfortunately they are usually fairly large. I grew two this year and the large one is the size of a small child.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 10:47 PM (rbvCR)

150 Leon's rendition of Corine Corina, well, it's not...

youtu.be/ReKSGlNfskw at all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (+Omlu)

151 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Jammie Booker, a man pretending to be a woman, just won the title of “World’s Strongest Woman” at the World’s Strongest Woman competition in Arlington, Texas.

Andrea Thompson, the female runner-up, had her title stolen by a man.

KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS

X video: https://bit.ly/4aaPT63

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (P5BPp)

152 Sure its not Annapurna Interactive? The totes woke 'game developer' that had its devs walk out?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Seriously, who would make a spelling mistake like that?

Posted by: James Corney at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (nhCoE)

153 I still have a cigarette lighter around here somewhere with Mao's murderous mug on the front. It plays The Dawn Is Red when you flip open the lid.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:41 PM (dyewR)

I thought that was “The East Is Red”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (6KcYW)

154 Jimmy Cliff
July 30, 1944 – November 24, 2025

Rolling Stones, You Can't Always Get What You Want

Jimmy Cliff says hold my Red Stripe
You Can Get It If You Try
https://youtu.be/U7dBMYUyRAQ

Bonus cut
https://youtu.be/MrHxhQPOO2c

mindful webbit
https://bit.ly/clee-searly

Posted by: mindful webworker - cliff cliff pass that spliff at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (LaTF/)

155 Last I heard/read, the brother is living in London.
Posted by: clarence

Better welfare?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (0Htd1)

156 130 Well, the spaghetti won't make itself. Better get after it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Nice! I had smoked salmon fettuccini. Boil pasta. Heat pesto and Alfredo sauce. Mix in a chunk of smoked salmon. Lots of pepper. Add some park if you want.

Yum!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (mT+6a)

157 I thought that was “The East Is Red”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 24, 2025 10:48 PM (6KcYW)

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Probably. It's in Chinese.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:49 PM (dyewR)

158 Nerdy Girl

In Texas, a 17 year old and buds did just that. Just before graduating high school. He graduated to a cemetery plot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:50 PM (+k/kq)

159 131 90 Everything made in China should have a mandatory label saying "CHY-NA" and a picture of Mao

It is on a blank page that the most beautiful poems are written.

Posted by: Mao at November 24, 2025 10:50 PM (6KcYW)

160 141 *looks at time*

Fifteen minutes until I win the Powerball. Nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (+k/kq)

Luck to you

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 24, 2025 10:50 PM (xcxpd)

161 making a pumpkin pie. "

Did that today...
1. Drive to Costco
2. Buy giant tasty pumpkin pie for less than cost for me to bake it.
3. Eat.

Posted by: man at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (XuXeR)

162 Arigato Mark-san!

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (+k/kq)

163 Get premade crusts unless you want to make your own. But it's easier with premade.

Posted by: OrangeEnt

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Pre-made crusts at the ready. I used to do homemade when I had a food processor. They were flaky and good. But more trouble than I want to take. I am cooking the whole meal. If someone gripes about the pie crust, it won't go well for them.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (ys6FW)

164
I wonder how French EnglishToast would come out.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I like French bread pizzas.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (pkeXY)

165 Forensics indicate this piece of paper with Valuable Information dates from c. 1953.
Posted by: Miklos faces culinary challenges fearlessly at November 24, 2025 10:44 PM (N7hqt)

A lot of granma recipes are a list of ingredients and maybe some baking times.
If you have never made one before I suggest you plan to make one tomorrow and the one for real for Thanksgiving. Also look up recipes online with the same-ish ingredients and see if there is any special handling your beloved ancestor forgot to write down because "after all, I do this all the time, that is how you make these sorts of pies!" which might be important.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

166 Probably. It's in Chinese.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 10:49 PM (dyewR)

One of my favorite things I read about regarding the Cultural Revolution was the time the PRC PM had to intervene to prevent the Red Guards from changing the meaning of traffic signals so that red would mean “go”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 24, 2025 10:52 PM (6KcYW)

167 I bought a sad looking pumpkin pie at Wal-Mart today, just in case the Costco trip falls through. I wonder if it was made in China.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I'm going to take my life into my hands and venture to the store tomorrow. I won't get a pumpkin pie though, blech. I'm thinking a pecan pie. The store I'm going to has pies in their bakery department that are like homemade.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:53 PM (0Htd1)

168 Hi Horde! Happy Thanksgiving week!

Posted by: Iris at November 24, 2025 10:53 PM (bOJ2I)

169 I have some carnival squash. Would those work?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:45 PM (ys6FW)

Yes. Any winter squash would work

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2025 10:53 PM (nbLIj)

170 147 It plays The Dawn Is Red when you flip open the lid.
Posted by: Cicero

You sexy running dog devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRsdXSqQjPE
Posted by: Red Guard Miklos, proletarian soul man at November 24, 2025 10:47 PM (N7hqt)

Surpass Britain and catch up with America.

Posted by: Mao at November 24, 2025 10:54 PM (6KcYW)

171 For Thanksgiving dinner with the kids and grandkids, I am going to make an hor d'oeuvres that one of my aunts made for her annual Christmas night get together: A bit of anchovy on a slice of hard boiled egg on a Ritz cracker. I remember eating as many as I could get away with as a kid. OTOH, we all know how rosy the past can look on occasion. Wish me luck.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 24, 2025 10:54 PM (DK5Sh)

172 Well let me meander. I am hoping the gray I need is light ghost gray.

Ciao

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2025 10:54 PM (+k/kq)

173 Did that today...
1. Drive to Costco
2. Buy giant tasty pumpkin pie for less than cost for me to bake it.
3. Eat.
Posted by: man at November 24, 2025 10:51 PM (XuXeR)

I bought 3 Costco pumpkin pies last Friday and put them in the freezer. They stay fresh for weeks that way. I'll take one out Wednesday to thaw in time for Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 24, 2025 10:55 PM (0714D)

174
youtu.be/ReKSGlNfskw at all.

Posted by: Braenyard

I am pleased that I am old enough and lived in the right place to have heard and seen Big Joe Turner perform.

Posted by: Former Nawlinsian Miklos who might not be 29 at November 24, 2025 10:55 PM (N7hqt)

175 102 Wal Mart is already selling eggnog.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Ooh, I have a bottle of rum in the kitchen.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 10:55 PM (0Htd1)

176 I miss Thanksgiving. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 24, 2025 10:55 PM (6KcYW)

177 Yes. Any winter squash would work

Posted by: Joe Kidd

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Thanks. I bought them for decor, but am glad to use them 😊

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 10:55 PM (ys6FW)

178 Local HEB has big pie display/counter at the front door, and one is greeted by the scents of warm pies (they keep a couple on a warming tray, the scallywags) as you struggle to recall what else you came there for...

Posted by: man at November 24, 2025 10:56 PM (XuXeR)

179 EBT of TikTok @EBTofTikTok

Woman shows off the different holiday items that are EBT eligible from Walmart.

X video: https://bit.ly/4pvc0Zw

EBT needs a major DOGE review. I would guess at least 50% of the things that are EBT eligible need to be removed from being EBT eligible.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 24, 2025 10:56 PM (P5BPp)

180 I bought 3 Costco pumpkin pies last Friday and put them in the freezer."

That's a good sized freezer...

Posted by: man at November 24, 2025 10:57 PM (XuXeR)

181 Ooh, I have a bottle of rum in the kitchen.
Posted by: nerdygirl

I had one too

About noon

Posted by: Miklos makes minimal, if any apologies at November 24, 2025 10:58 PM (N7hqt)

182
I bought a sad looking pumpkin pie at Wal-Mart today, just in case the Costco trip falls through. I wonder if it was made in China.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I buy miniature pumpkin pies at Wal Mart.
They're pretty good if not stale. They are 84 cents. They were 50 cents before Covid.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2025 10:58 PM (pkeXY)

183 I would guess at least 50% of the things that are EBT eligible need to be removed from being EBT eligible."

We'll see.

/Coca-Cola and Walmart

Posted by: man at November 24, 2025 10:59 PM (XuXeR)

184 I buy miniature pumpkin pies at Wal Mart.
They're pretty good if not stale. They are 84 cents. They were 50 cents before Covid.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Sorry to tell you this

They are not made from actual miniature pumpkins

Posted by: Miklos kindly requests the messenger not to be shot at November 24, 2025 11:00 PM (N7hqt)

185 Local HEB has big pie display/counter at the front door, and one is greeted by the scents of warm pies (they keep a couple on a warming tray, the scallywags) as you struggle to recall what else you came there for...

Posted by: man

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Ditto. I had a list and kept walking. But they looked good.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:01 PM (ys6FW)

186
They make "tiny wood stoves." I did not know that. Some people, who live full-time in their campers/RVs, put them inside.

Anyway, they're really cute.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:02 PM (z2RVL)

187 Walmart has a good selection of miniatures. It's fun. Too bad they don't do fruitcake anymore.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:02 PM (+Omlu)

188 >>>I am pleased that I am old enough and lived in the right place to have heard and seen Big Joe Turner perform.
Posted by: Former Nawlinsian Miklos
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Awesome.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:02 PM (+Omlu)

189 Walmart has a good selection of miniatures. It's fun. Too bad they don't do fruitcake anymore.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:02 PM (+Omlu)

If they did, they'd have to put UPC codes on some of their customers. I wonder if it would be a unit price, or a price per pound....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 24, 2025 11:04 PM (S/Y4j)

190 Evening all!

Posted by: Joyenz at November 24, 2025 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

191 We didn't eat pumpkin pie where I grew up. It was sweet potato pie. That was good pie.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:05 PM (ys6FW)

192 Everything you wanted to know about Costco pumpkin pie

https://youtu.be/nT6kLF7XgeA

13 minutes.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 24, 2025 11:05 PM (8QVSJ)

193 I think the world could use some Frank Zappa right about now.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 24, 2025 11:05 PM (CHHv1)

194 I saw something that you don't see every day: a highway snowplow, ass end in the ditch, stuck real good. They had traffic cones out, and a pickup from the highway service company was also there. Guess they were waiting on a big rig tow truck. Road conditions were not bad at all. My guess he was trying to clear an approach, and miscalculated.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

195 I see Korean and I don't know what other languages.
Posted by: RickZ

Even AI cannot crack the linguistic Mystery of Magyar

Posted by: Moderately Magyar Miklos at November 24, 2025 11:07 PM (N7hqt)

196 186
They make "tiny wood stoves."
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Wooden stove don't last too long but they put out a lot of heat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:07 PM (+Omlu)

197
moar tiny stoves...

Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:08 PM (z2RVL)

198 Pie?
https://www.justpiestyler.com/
Pie.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2025 11:09 PM (ULPxl)

199 AOP, I didn't realize snowplows were allowed to get stuck in the Great White North. There are no snowplows of any sort here, so no judgement. We just stay home when it is too cold.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:10 PM (ys6FW)

200 Awesome.
Posted by: Braenyard

I also saw the Isley Brothers when two of the original three were still alive.

Posted by: Miklos twists and shouts at November 24, 2025 11:11 PM (N7hqt)

201 Anna Puma, sadly kids do stupid things, especially after graduation.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 11:12 PM (0Htd1)

202 Arizona your two Senators are IDIOTS !!!

What is wrong with you ???

That Kelly Guy is a Buffoon and the other Senator is a Jerk Wad ...

Posted by: ZeeK Jones at November 24, 2025 11:13 PM (J9q9v)

203 I saw something that you don't see every day: a highway snowplow, ass end in the ditch, stuck real good. They had traffic cones out, and a pickup from the highway service company was also there. Guess they were waiting on a big rig tow truck. Road conditions were not bad at all. My guess he was trying to clear an approach, and miscalculated.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

See, I was trying to drift the truck around the corner.

Then I'd post it to my Instagram, and say "check out this snow drift!"

And, well, yeah.

Posted by: the Gen Z plow driver at November 24, 2025 11:13 PM (nhCoE)

204 AOP, I didn't realize snowplows were allowed to get stuck in the Great White North. There are no snowplows of any sort here, so no judgement. We just stay home when it is too cold.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:10 PM (ys6FW)

They are basically a tandem-axle gravel truck, fitted with a big plow blade on the front. I made a road trip to Drumheller today, and must have met at least six of them. We had a 2-3 inch dump of snow last night. Paved roads were mostly clear and wet; it was not a difficult drive at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:14 PM (npFr7)

205 Oops. They forgot the Germans! They will invade China to right this slight!

Germans will get right to it once the platoon gets back from vacation, and the tank and plane are fixed

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 24, 2025 11:15 PM (3/XaG)

206 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:08 PM (z2RVL)

When she stands next to the stove, the top of it is above her head. How does she cook like that?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:17 PM (wVcYX)

207 We had a 2-3 inch dump of snow last night. Paved roads were mostly clear and wet; it was not a difficult drive at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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That would be a fine day to stay home in central TX. People lose it when there is snow. Or ice.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

208 Even AI cannot crack the linguistic Mystery of Magyar

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Uralic pricks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 11:18 PM (dyewR)

209 Just went outside for a moment...f*cking bear has been in the garbage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:19 PM (XeU6L)

210 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:08 PM (z2RVL)

Her husband is going to be spending a lot of time processing firewood into small enough chunks to fit in the tiny stove. Then there's the time needed for sharpening the splitting axe and the saw. . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (wVcYX)

211 I remember being camped on a mineral job in late Fall, and we had a tin "prospector stove" about the size of one of those "tiny stoves" to keep a 4-man tent warm. It would roar like a rocket for about a half hour until the wood ran out, and then it just quit, like shutting off a light. You could hear it quit, it was that abrupt. And once it did, you basically had to start from Square One to relight it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (npFr7)

212 209 Just went outside for a moment...f*cking bear has been in the garbage.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:19 PM (XeU6L)

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Indians. What are ya gonna do?

*shrugs*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (dyewR)

213 EBT of TikTok @EBTofTikTok
Woman shows off the different holiday items that are EBT eligible from Walmart.....
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

I had to stop at :30. The idea of a low income woman with kids to feed throwing her money away on stupid crap like that is criminal. If that woman is sincere, and isn't deliberately doing this as a way to enrage people, then she is a retard.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (0Htd1)

214 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07

Posted by: Soothsayer
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You can pretty much forget hot coffee in the morning.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:21 PM (XeU6L)

215 While everyone is worrying about illegals, legal Indians (via H1B) are colonizing the US.

They already own tech and not just low level H1Bs. They’re the CEOs of most big name tech companies. Consulting is becoming Indian dominated, Deloitte’s CEO is Indian. They’re also are slowly taking over education and making steady inroads in government. MTG’s BFF in Congress is Ro Khona. Trump celebrated Diwali, a presidential first.

While a few thousand low skill, low wage illegals a month get deported with big fanfare, 5K new Indians in high wage high skill industries are replacing them.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 24, 2025 11:21 PM (HW6XE)

216 My guess he was trying to clear an approach, and miscalculated.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I did not know that illegals can get snow plow driver licenses in Canadia.

Posted by: Miklos learns a lot here at November 24, 2025 11:22 PM (N7hqt)

217
When she stands next to the stove, the top of it is above her head. How does she cook like that?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Stands on a stool, maybe? I dunno.

But they kept calling a hearth a "herth" instead of saying "harth."

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:22 PM (z2RVL)

218 Her husband is going to be spending a lot of time processing firewood into small enough chunks to fit in the tiny stove. Then there's the time needed for sharpening the splitting axe and the saw. . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (wVcYX)

It's also taking up a lot of valuable and scarce counter space, and the wood storage also takes up interior space. You could buy a lot of propane for what that stove cost, I'll betcha.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:22 PM (npFr7)

219 Uralic pricks.
Posted by: Cicero

Careful baratom.

Hungarians built the first atom bombs.

Hell, my uncle has one half finished in his garage. Hobby project, up on blocks.

Posted by: Miklos Szilard Teller von Neumann at November 24, 2025 11:24 PM (N7hqt)

220 When I was young, the standard 'stove' for small marine craft was an alcohol stove.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

221
You can pretty much forget hot coffee in the morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Her husband is going to be spending a lot of time processing firewood into small enough chunks to fit in the tiny stove. Then there's the time needed for sharpening the splitting axe and the saw. . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (wVcYX)
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It's also taking up a lot of valuable and scarce counter space, and the wood storage also takes up interior space. You could buy a lot of propane for what that stove cost, I'll betcha.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

hahahaha, and I thought I was cynical...

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:26 PM (z2RVL)

222
Hell, my uncle has one half finished in his garage. Hobby project, up on blocks.
Posted by: Miklos
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Sounds like my '78 Olds Cutlass Calais.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

223 I see the mindless bot is back.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 11:26 PM (rbvCR)

224 Hell, my uncle has one half finished in his garage. Hobby project, up on blocks.

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Next Fourth of July should be a hoot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 11:27 PM (dyewR)

225 When I was young, the standard 'stove' for small marine craft was an alcohol stove.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

DA!

Posted by: Russian sailors, mildly inebriated at November 24, 2025 11:27 PM (N7hqt)

226 Indians. What are ya gonna do?

*shrugs*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (dyewR)

It took me a minute to get that, now the more I think about it the more I laugh - ROFL!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 24, 2025 11:27 PM (ngbZu)

227 That would be a fine day to stay home in central TX. People lose it when there is snow. Or ice.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

Do you even have snow in texas?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 24, 2025 11:28 PM (snZF9)

228 I'm pretty sure woodstove girl is kneeling next to the stove.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 24, 2025 11:28 PM (8QVSJ)

229 You can pretty much forget hot coffee in the morning.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:21 PM (XeU6L)

I was reading a transcribed diary and letters of a Union soldier. In one of the letters his father sent him his father apologizes for finishing the letter in pencil, since the ink in the inkwell had frozen on the mantlepiece overnight.

She could easily have a small alcohol stove for cooking, which I would suggest since those will cook a pot of coffee pretty quickly

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 11:29 PM (rbvCR)

230 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:08 PM (z2RVL)

Comment from that YT:

@Jacob2infinity
2 weeks ago
This is for decorators purposes only as soon as you focus on value to time ratio this stove becomes a mistake

@Meghanandmatt
2 weeks ago
This thing is awesome and you're just jealous you don't have one

Narrator: MeghanandMatt are idiots.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:29 PM (wVcYX)

231
lol

I guess they are a couple of dummies.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:30 PM (z2RVL)

232 I see the mindless bot is back.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 11:26 PM (rbvCR)

You're going to have to be more specific.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:31 PM (npFr7)

233 I had to stop at :30. The idea of a low income woman with kids to feed throwing her money away on stupid crap like that is criminal. If that woman is sincere, and isn't deliberately doing this as a way to enrage people, then she is a retard.

Posted by: nerdygirl

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I volunteered with a local foodbank for years. It wore me out. A relative few were poor because of current circumstances. Most were there because of generational poverty or poor life choices. So many people are just broken and cannot be helped.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:31 PM (ys6FW)

234 Sounds like my '78 Olds Cutlass Calais.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The late 60s-70s Cutlass convertibles were da bomb

Posted by: Miklos wants one at November 24, 2025 11:31 PM (N7hqt)

235 I knew a kid who died age 17 spilling wood alcohol while filling a stove. Burned to death. Beer and pot were contributing factors.

Posted by: RIP Rickie at November 24, 2025 11:32 PM (zmYmM)

236 I also saw the Isley Brothers when two of the original three were still alive.
Posted by: Miklos twists and shouts

I once saw the Isley Brothers at an outdoor concert. It think they were the originals because they were pretty old. Anyway, when they did "Shout" and "Twist and Shout" everyone was on their feet. It's the kind of music you want to see live.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 24, 2025 11:32 PM (0Htd1)

237 Islam is totally better than the west...of course we are the horde so....

"Hey sailor!"

//Mayor Pete

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:33 PM (MUJd1)

238 The kid in Turkey what blew up real good? That was murder, no prank.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:33 PM (npFr7)

239 My wife's kid has asked us for a wood stove for the house, since she is concerned about power failures. Last time the power went out it was for three days and they spent that time under blankets with the dogs in one of the bedrooms.
She wants one that she can cook on, but I think I will see if she will accept one of the kerosene cook stoves as well.
A lot of places have used those for day-to-day cooking.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

240
hahaha, some times Youtube is a goldmine!

A comment from a different "tiny stove" video:

Chimney fires are amazing!! Sounds like a run away freight train, Chug, chug, chug!!! I rented a shitty log shack out of town and it had a shitty log shack wood stove with a chimney plugged with creosote. I climbed up on the roof and took the cap off, and I couldn't have dropped a ping-pong ball down the chimney and the landlord said he just had it cleaned, he lies about everything. So I didn't what my dad did once. I lit the stove, opened the flew all the way and shoved a air mattress inflator in the door and let her burn out. I went outside at night and it was snowing and the top two feet of the stove pipe was cherry red and blasting six foot flames into the sky like a pulse jet, flaming ashes landing on the snow covered roof. Awesome!

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:34 PM (z2RVL)

241 But they kept calling a hearth a "herth" instead of saying "harth."
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:22 PM (z2RVL)

Hearth is pronounced just like hearse. Amirite?

Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 11:34 PM (gKDq2)

242 Do you even have snow in texas?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

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Very little, thank goodness. Give me 100 degrees, dude. That I can do.

There was the Snowpocalypse of 2021, when the whole state froze. We are preppers so managed. It wasn't a fun time for people.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:35 PM (ys6FW)

243 She could easily have a small alcohol stove for cooking, which I would suggest since those will cook a pot of coffee pretty quickly
Posted by: Kindltot

I have a couple of alcohol camp stoves made from repurposed beer cans.

Not a pot maybe, but a cup at a time certainly.

Posted by: Miklos the Izod Prepper at November 24, 2025 11:35 PM (N7hqt)

244 I volunteered with a local foodbank for years. It wore me out. A relative few were poor because of current circumstances. Most were there because of generational poverty or poor life choices. So many people are just broken and cannot be helped.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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While we tend to be cynical about welfare bums, I have learned from working with a local charity that there are those whom fate has simply crushed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

245 Do you burn Bonsai trees in the mini-stoves?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 24, 2025 11:36 PM (pkeXY)

246 Hearth is pronounced just like hearse. Amirite?
Posted by: RickZ

Hith and Herth

Posted by: Miklos with affected lisp at November 24, 2025 11:36 PM (N7hqt)

247 But they kept calling a hearth a "herth" instead of saying "harth."
Posted by: Soothsayer

Well, it's herth, not hith.

Posted by: mikethki at November 24, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)

248 Hordemind is spooky.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)

249 Hestia was the Olympic goddess of the hirth.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2025 11:37 PM (dyewR)

250
You say herth?

We say harth.

Like heart, but with a lisp.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (z2RVL)

251 Hearth is pronounced just like hearse. Amirite?
Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 11:34 PM (gKDq2)

I have never heard other than "harth", rhymes with Vader's title.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (npFr7)

252 Do you burn Bonsai trees in the mini-stoves?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Probably.

But must light them with small birthday candles.

Posted by: Proportional Miklos at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (N7hqt)

253 Do you even have snow in texas?
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Years ago, on a busiess trip to Texas, we were in Houston for two weeks. On Saturday morning, it started snowing. We were staying in a Holiday Inn looking over the Interstate. The exit was sloped up and cars would be coming off the highway to a stop sign. The cars would be sliding through the stop and then one got hit and stopped sideways and that started a pileup.

Posted by: clarence at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (GE9Fw)

254 Hordemind is spooky.
Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2025 11:37 PM (nhCoE)

It is one of the charms of this joint.

Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)

255 197 moar tiny stoves...
Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:
https://is.gd/24Oa07
Posted by: Soothsayer
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The vibes is right.
What's not right is that one can no longer purchase a furnace for the travel trailer that does not require a fan or fans that are usually 12v.

Furnace in my old travel trailer was convection circulation. No fan, no electricity required. Have no idea why they were discontinued.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (+Omlu)

256 210 Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:20 PM (wVcYX)

She would be better served making a radiant candle or a rocket stove with blower....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQ3e1is4F4

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (MUJd1)

257 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:

https://is.gd/24Oa07
Posted by: Soothsayer

Meghan is cute.

But wow, the level of hipster in 20 seconds of that video has me jonesing for avocado toast.

Posted by: mikeski at November 24, 2025 11:39 PM (nhCoE)

258 251 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:38 PM (npFr7)

Harth like Darth not hearth like Earth....

Ohio baby....open hearth country

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:39 PM (MUJd1)

259 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:
\\

There is a saying about "more money than sense"

An Airstream ain't cheap.

Posted by: Miklos so observes at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (N7hqt)

260 You know, somebody ought to manufacture and sell tiny coal stoves for RV's cabins, and trailers. Fit them with an automatic stoker, and a 12 volt computer fan for for forced-air combustion. Rig them to burn pea-size coal. You could sell the coal in those square 5-gallon carboys.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (npFr7)

261 While we tend to be cynical about welfare bums, I have learned from working with a local charity that there are those whom fate has simply crushed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

___

It is sad. It's easy to be angry at the Tiktok rage bait. Up close, when you get to know the people, it just makes you so sad. I got to a point I just couldn't volunteer anymore.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (ys6FW)

262 Hearth is pronounced just like hearse. Amirite?
Posted by: RickZ at November 24, 2025 11:34 PM (gKDq2)

Yeah. Her-th.

But har-th sounds more old timey.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 24, 2025 11:43 PM (zZu0s)

263
If you have a gas or oil furnace, the best way to get heat is power your furnace directly using a small generator.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:43 PM (z2RVL)

264 259 Posted by: Miklos so observes at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (N7hqt)

Gramps and Gran had a nice airstream we used to go back and forth to Alberta....was a wonderful trailer...

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:44 PM (MUJd1)

265 260 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (npFr7)

Eh maybe, I think this guy is either a genius or a nut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDTyOAOxfjw

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:45 PM (MUJd1)

266 There was the Snowpocalypse of 2021, when the whole state froze. We are preppers so managed. It wasn't a fun time for people.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:35 PM (ys6FW)

We live in the middle of town, and our power and water was off for 7 days straight through that! Fortunately we had a couple of nat gas room heaters, a gas fireplace and a gas stove so with some jugs of water we could keep the place warm and stay there even without other utilities.

I remember laughing at some young neighbors fretting about how their refrigerator was off, their food was gonna spoil. Hello, it’s 25 degrees outside with a foot of ice and snow on the ground, you can’t figure out how to keep your food cold?

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 24, 2025 11:45 PM (ngbZu)

267
I don't know what a wood stove costs to buy & install, but little inverter generators are, like, $300, right now.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:45 PM (z2RVL)

268 Not a pot maybe, but a cup at a time certainly.
Posted by: Miklos the Izod Prepper at November 24, 2025 11:35 PM (N7hqt)

Those Swedish army stoves that run on alcohol are pretty neat for a pot of coffee, I used to use them making coffee in the back yard, when I wasn't using one of the Svea 123 gasoline stoves, or the propane stove. The propane single burner stove flames up a saucepan of coffee in good time, it is too big for the Moka pot.
I haven't had the nerve to run the Aida kerosene pressure stove since I got it at a flea market and it really does look like a brass landmine.

I have a thing about multifuel, though I haven't gotten into butane.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2025 11:46 PM (rbvCR)

269 If you have a gas or oil furnace, the best way to get heat is power your furnace directly using a small generator.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:43 PM (z2RVL)

My hydronic heating system here at Peon Manor burns gas, and its only electric consumption is a few watts for the thermostat and burner valve, and about 60 watts for the circulating pump.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:46 PM (npFr7)

270 Here's a couple of dummies who installed a tiny stove inside their Airstream:
\\

There is a saying about "more money than sense"

An Airstream ain't cheap.
Posted by: Miklos so observes at November 24, 2025 11:42 PM (N7hqt)

They are saving on operating costs by parking it in the lee of someone's big home. Just an upscale version of Cousin Eddie and his tenement on wheels RV.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:47 PM (wVcYX)

271
My hydronic heating system here at Peon Manor burns gas, and its only electric consumption is a few watts for the thermostat and burner valve, and about 60 watts for the circulating pump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Right. And without power, you got nothing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:48 PM (z2RVL)

272 I see a slice of bread and it's like WTF? It's bread.

Your marketing, your mindset, - it frightens me.

I'll be over here, polishing and reloading my revolver.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at November 24, 2025 11:48 PM (WFC1M)

273 I remember laughing at some young neighbors fretting about how their refrigerator was off, their food was gonna spoil. Hello, it’s 25 degrees outside with a foot of ice and snow on the ground, you can’t figure out how to keep your food cold?

Posted by: Tom Servo
___

That week truly made me aware that some people don't have common sense to survive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:49 PM (ys6FW)

274 I have a thing about multifuel, though I haven't gotten into butane.
Posted by: Kindltot

HUH

OW

Posted by: Miklos notes that James Brown was originally billed as "Butane James and the Famous Flames" at November 24, 2025 11:49 PM (N7hqt)

275 Since 3AM here thunderbolt and lightening.

Very, very frightening me!

Start the day.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2025 11:50 PM (UzN9/)

276 Right. And without power, you got nothing.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:48 PM (z2RVL)

I have 4 functional generators, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:50 PM (npFr7)

277 273 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:49 PM (ys6FW)

Western civ is dying because our lives are too easy, people cannot think their way out of a paper bag so to speak if they are below 30 unless they were raised to do so.

Take the sven energy challenge and as sub 30 somethings where energy or groceries come from.

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:51 PM (MUJd1)

278
Hello, it’s 25 degrees outside with a foot of ice and snow on the ground, you can’t figure out how to keep your food cold?

Posted by: Tom Servo

Remember that scene in JAWS?

Quint looked at Hooper and said, "Cage goes in the water? You go in the water?....

shark's in the water."

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:51 PM (z2RVL)

279
You put food outside?

You go outside to get food?

Animal's outside.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:52 PM (z2RVL)

280 I have 4 functional generators, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I...I have an alternator...you looked at it...once

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at November 24, 2025 11:53 PM (N7hqt)

281 And without power, you got nothing.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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That's why I want my little convection furnace.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 24, 2025 11:53 PM (+Omlu)

282 Eh maybe, I think this guy is either a genius or a nut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDTyOAOxfjw
Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:45 PM (MUJd1)

I'll go with "self-deluded". That coffee-warmer candle is what, maybe one ounce of paraffin wax? Which is petroleum. And it might burn 4 hours. The BTU per hour will be minuscule.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:53 PM (npFr7)

283 I...I have an alternator...you looked at it...once
Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at November 24, 2025 11:53 PM (N7hqt)

Not an alternator, a generator.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:54 PM (npFr7)

284 This is going to be hard to describe, but I made a coffee water heater using a mini Radio Shack butane torch. This:
https://shorturl.at/mIEJ8

The torch slips onto a bracket, and blows into a 1/2" copper tube, which is sharpened at the other end. The tube has copper crosspieces soldered to collect heat. The sharpened end , with a few twists, cuts a nice water-tight hole through both sides of a 10 oz. styrofoam cup. Boils 10 oz. of water in about 5-10 minutes. Instant coffee in a second cup finishes the job.

Have I mentioned that I travel *really* light while motorcyle campng? The torch, tube, and small zip lock bag of coffee, all fit in the cup.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:55 PM (XeU6L)

285 Not an alternator, a generator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

YOU REMEMBER!!!!

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at November 24, 2025 11:56 PM (N7hqt)

286
And that's Another way to get Power in an Emergency:

Use your Car's Alternator.

All you need is an Inverter.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:56 PM (z2RVL)

287 In MeghanandMatt's tiny wood stove in the Airstream video, I didn't catch any reference to fire extinguishers, tiny sand buckets, tiny water buckets, tiny fire blankets, or carbon monoxide sensors/alarms.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:57 PM (wVcYX)

288 Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:51 PM (MUJd1)

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It is sad. I know people who can't cook and think that's funny. I think they are the first to go if TSHTF.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:57 PM (ys6FW)

289 After all I have read in the last week, I am pretty sure Trump became a Republican the moment he realized what the Dems and Epstein were doing.

All of the pictures of Trump with Epstein that the left are claiming is proof that they were BFFs were taken at DNC fundraisers, back when Trump was one of the biggest DNC donors. Trump hosted a lot of DNC fundraisers at his properties.

Something happened around 2012-14 and all of the sudden Trump is starting to cut ties with the dems

Trump said back around 2015 "you guys need to look into this Epstein guy". He was suggesting this to the FBI and the media.

Recently released emails prove that dems colluded with Epstein to take Trump down and failed. They also prove that Epstein absolutely hated Trump.

Deep state dems arrest Epstein to try and take some of the heat off and they decided ultimatley to kill Epstein to shut him up.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 24, 2025 11:58 PM (kDHiw)

290 282 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 24, 2025 11:53 PM (npFr7)

His veggie oil lamp works, I have used a similar getup in Montana.... I think if/when I build the cabin I intend to die in it will have a nice in ground rocket stove mason heat sing under the wood with the place built around the exhaust....we'll do it Deadwood style.

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:58 PM (MUJd1)

291 Use your Car's Alternator.

All you need is an Inverter.
Posted by: Soothsayer

I read that as "cat's alternator"

Sorry

Posted by: Miklos thinks a dog will warm bed nore than 11 cats at November 24, 2025 11:59 PM (N7hqt)

292 287 Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2025 11:57 PM (wVcYX)

Fire, like Muzzies, Furries, and crimmigrants are always safe and we should be welcoming....

//Cute Asian Looking Gal near an Airstream Bonfire

Posted by: sven at November 24, 2025 11:59 PM (MUJd1)

293
Sure, use Toonce's alternator.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2025 11:59 PM (z2RVL)

294 Posted by: Miklos notes that James Brown was originally billed as "Butane James and the Famous Flames" at November 24, 2025 11:49 PM (N7hqt)

This makes me smile. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 25, 2025 12:00 AM (wVcYX)

295 289 Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 24, 2025 11:58 PM (kDHiw)

Trump was clean, and how do I know he was clean?

There is no way Hillary, and Joe AND Kamala would not have had it leaked ala Joe the Plumber by helpful rogue agents from Cincy if there was a there there.

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2025 12:01 AM (MUJd1)

296
That week truly made me aware that some people don't have common sense to survive.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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In the aftermath of The Storm here, I figured that half the people in my neighbood would have been dead in three weeks, if left to their own resources.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 12:01 AM (XeU6L)

297 When Hurricane Helene hit, my AO was without power for about two weeks, depending where you lived. I had generators, and a land-line phone (never went out) so I was fine, but if I had not gotten a refuel (propane) about halfway through that time, I would have been SOL. If I hadn’t had the land-line phone, I wouldn’t have been able to order the refill: the cell phone towers were out! Multiple backups is a thing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 25, 2025 12:01 AM (APZWP)

298 @289

>>Deep state dems arrest Epstein to try and take some of the heat off and they decided ultimatley to kill Epstein to shut him up.

There are a lot of wild and fascinating data points from being hired by Bill Barr's dad to being murdered in a prison run by Bill Barr to the Epstein Saga, Hollywood could easily do a Spotlight style movie on Epstein.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 25, 2025 12:01 AM (XV/Pl)

299 284 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 11:55 PM (XeU6L)

Yes that is neo Hobo tech from the GD.....

I am very serious, I have been experimenting hard with off-grid applications up to and including Jackerys, and AGM solar batteries and passive water filtration...

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2025 12:05 AM (MUJd1)

300 I remember laughing at some young neighbors fretting about how their refrigerator was off, their food was gonna spoil. Hello, it’s 25 degrees outside with a foot of ice and snow on the ground, you can’t figure out how to keep your food cold?

Posted by: Tom Servo
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That week truly made me aware that some people don't have common sense to survive.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 24, 2025 11:49 PM (ys6FW)

In college, before my roomie and I got a fridge at Christmas, once November hit, we'd hand six-pack cans of beer in mesh laundry bags out our 4th story window. In the mountains? In the winter? Instant cold beer.

Some people are born dumb and some people work really, really hard at being dumb.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 12:05 AM (gKDq2)

301 In the aftermath of The Storm here, I figured that half the people in my neighbood would have been dead in three weeks, if left to their own resources.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

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I encourage people to keep some emergency food laid by just in case. Of course that doesn't help if you don't have a plan for water or fuel. My idea is a failure to plan is a plan to fail
I forget who made the quote famous

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 25, 2025 12:07 AM (ys6FW)

302 Multiple backups is a thing.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I believe in multiple extra redundant spare supplemental additional extra spare redundant capacity.

Posted by: Miklos to the x power at November 25, 2025 12:07 AM (N7hqt)

303 In college, before my roomie and I got a fridge at Christmas, once November hit, we'd hand six-pack cans of beer in mesh laundry bags out our 4th story window. In the mountains? In the winter? Instant cold beer.

Some people are born dumb and some people work really, really hard at being dumb.
Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 12:05 AM (gKDq2)

(climbs to fifth floor with fishing line and treble hook)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)

304 When Hurricane Helene hit, my AO was without power for about two weeks, depending where you lived.
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No water, power, cell, telephone. One full month. No groceries, or gasoline for a couple of weeks. It was an interesting experience. The entire county pitch-black. Many roads impassable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (XeU6L)

305 My #300: hand s/b hang.

Stubby fingers. Never could be a pianist.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (gKDq2)

306 302 Posted by: Miklos to the x power at November 25, 2025 12:07 AM (N7hqt)

"Be prepared"....like a combination of Batman and the Professor from Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2025 12:09 AM (MUJd1)

307 (climbs to fifth floor with fishing line and treble hook)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)

Luckily, to foil your rather excellent plan, the 4th floor was the top floor.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 12:10 AM (gKDq2)

308 In college, before my roomie and I got a fridge at Christmas, once November hit, we'd hand six-pack cans of beer in mesh laundry bags out our 4th story window. In the mountains? In the winter? Instant cold beer.

Some people are born dumb and some people work really, really hard at being dumb.
Posted by: RickZ

Every room at the dorms where I lived in Hungary had plastic bags dangling outside each and every window.

In Winter, the Great Outdoors is one giant walk-in freezer.

Which is also why pig killing is done when it is reliably cold.

Posted by: Miklosian memories at November 25, 2025 12:12 AM (N7hqt)

309 304 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (XeU6L)

Hurricane Laura rocked the US 171 corridor pretty well knocked out power for a month, and water for two weeks.

Folks covered down as best they could and I used an inverter and jump box to safe harbor our phones when they came back up after 10 days.

We ran to Shreveport every other day to get fuel for locals for their gennies.

Part of why I now have 400 watts of 12v solar and 1600 amp hours of battery to charge.

Posted by: sven at November 25, 2025 12:12 AM (MUJd1)

310 307 (climbs to fifth floor with fishing line and treble hook)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 12:08 AM (npFr7)

Luckily, to foil your rather excellent plan, the 4th floor was the top floor.

Posted by: RickZ at November 25, 2025 12:10 AM

Beer party on the roof!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 25, 2025 12:13 AM (HlyYF)

311 Off-grid?

1. co-generation. Get a Diesel genset, say 10-25 kW. Put a suitable radiator inside your house, and run insulated hoses to the Diesel engine. Let the waste heat rejected by the engine keep your house warm.

2. Outdoor wood-burning boiler, to supply hot water to radiators inside house. Fire safety, and no smoke inside house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2025 12:13 AM (npFr7)

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