Sunday Overnight Open Thread - November 23, 2025 [Doof]

Be thankful!

Thanksgiving week is upon us. Are you thankful for the Sunday night ONT? If so, please tell us why! If not, please tell us what you ARE thankful for!

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This Contest Should Have Been Publicized More

Seems like something many of us could be good at!

Man Wins ‘Lying Flat’ Contest by Laying on a Mattress for 33 Hours Straight

On November 15, 240 gathered at a shopping center in Baotou City, China’s Inner Mongolia province, to take part in an unusual competition inspired by the ‘lying flat’ movement. “Lying flat” is a popular internet slang term in mainland China that describes a lifestyle of giving up on the rat race of reaching societal expectations and instead relaxing and choosing to maintain a minimum standard of living.
The rules of the competition were fairly straightforward: contestants needed to lay flat on a mattress, and while they were allowed to roll around on the mattress, read books, eat, or use their smartphones, they were not allowed to get up from the mattress or even use the restroom. The last person to remain lying flat would be declared the winner.
Although there was no time limit for the contest, over the first 24 hours, 186 competitors had been eliminated. Those who remained on their mattresses agreed to stricter rules being gradually introduced, and after 30 hours, only a handful of people remained in the competition.
At the 33-hour and 9-minute mark, only 3 contestants remained in the lying flat contest. Two minutes later, one was eliminated. The remaining 2 contestants lasted for over 20 minutes, and finally, at 33 hours and 35 minutes, one of them gave up, and the other was pronounced the winner.

Do you think you could have lasted longer?

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Buc-ee's Is Brilliant

Did you know Buc-ee's business model is essentially based on our bladder? pic.twitter.com/URlF2amMCA
— Sovey (@SoveyX) November 19, 2025

Great business model. Honestly, would you change anything about Buc-ee's if you could?

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What's That On Your Face?

You don't want to know!

A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask” is gaining traction on social media, drawing both curiosity and concern from experts. The practice, also referred to as “menstrual masking,” involves individuals applying their own menstrual blood to their face in hopes of achieving clearer, more radiant skin.
Supporters of the blood mask trend claim that menstrual blood contains regenerative components such as stem cells, cytokines, and proteins. These elements are believed to promote collagen production, reduce wrinkles, and accelerate healing. A study published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) found that menstrual fluid-derived plasma may aid in tissue repair and wound healing more effectively than standard blood plasma.

Check out the whole thing. If you dare!

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Fashion Segment (Without Piper)

Piper has the night off. You're stuck with me instead. How hard can this fashion stuff be? I mean, take a look at these retro Hordelings reading extremely relevant periodicals.

I suppose I'll allow Piper back next week!

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DJ Doof - Random 70s Stuff Edition

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 11-23-2025

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by construction crew tryouts

If Construction Workers had tryouts. 😂 pic.twitter.com/22Zv4q71mH
— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) November 20, 2025

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1 Hello!

Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at November 23, 2025 10:07 PM (zdlGs)

2 It ain’t over yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:07 PM (caxhV)

3 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 23, 2025 10:07 PM (w3u3d)

4 my friend, hello.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 23, 2025 10:07 PM (0CU3H)

5 She’s Going to Learn’: 9-Year-Old Texas Girl Flies Through Car Window After Woman Ordered Her to Move Vehicle, Video Shows

A 25-year-old Texas woman is behind bars after authorities say she ordered a 9-year-old girl to drive her car, which crashed and landed the young child in the hospital with serious injuries.

Home surveillance video footage caught the car swiftly skidding down a street in reverse with the driver’s side door open. Police say the child was flung out of the car when it suddenly crashed into a neighbor’s car.

https://is.gd/5LsqWr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 23, 2025 10:08 PM (L/fGl)

6 Happy first ONT of the new week!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 23, 2025 10:08 PM (97NWC)

7 Sorry I'm late, somebody forgot to wax the banister.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:08 PM (xgJL3)

8 Hey everybody! Hey ONT! Hey Doof!

Doof, you are a man after my own heart. Not only do you have great taste in music, you're a Peanuts/Snoopy/Schulz fan as well. Love the top pic!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:08 PM (xqw19)

9
And we're off. ONT!!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

10 Nooded

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:10 PM (xgJL3)

11 Did you know Buc-ee's business model is essentially based on our bladder?

Buc'ee's makes you get out of bed and use the toilet every 45 minutes all night long??

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:10 PM (xqw19)

12 har

Posted by: MkY at November 23, 2025 10:10 PM (q6tQZ)

13 A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask” is gaining traction on social media, drawing both curiosity and concern from experts. The practice, also referred to as “menstrual masking,” involves individuals applying their own menstrual blood to their face in hopes of achieving clearer, more radiant skin.

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I can't imagine why they burned those witches at Salem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 23, 2025 10:11 PM (L/fGl)

14 Just put in my grocery order for tomorrow
going with the Stouffer Roast Turkey frozen dinner for the turkey day feast

Posted by: Don Black at November 23, 2025 10:11 PM (AOsQT)

15 Li'l Abner had a job as a mattress tester.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2025 10:12 PM (pkeXY)

16 Honestly, would you change anything about Buc-ee's if you could?

Never heard of it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:13 PM (uQesX)

17 As an over the road truck driver, I would definitely love to be able to park at Buc-Ees, but I can understand the reasoning against it.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:13 PM (xgJL3)

18 Good evening good people.

I am thankful for many things: The Oxford Comma, John Napier and his work with logarithms, my childhood dog - Snowball, my family, you good folks, a comfortable retirement, and the many blessings God has visited upon me.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:13 PM (cYBz/)

19 Very thankful for the ONT, Doof. Thank you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 23, 2025 10:13 PM (CHHv1)

20 Check out the whole thing. If you dare!

There's always someone.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (uQesX)

21 Hey everybody! Hey ONT! Hey Doof!

Doof, you are a man after my own heart. Not only do you have great taste in music, you're a Peanuts/Snoopy/Schulz fan as well. Love the top pic!
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:08 PM (xqw19)

You say that now, but wait until December hits and it's a full month of an artist. Mis Hum used to do Zappa month. Last year I did Rush month. What will it be this year???

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

22 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great reading material in the fashion section!

Posted by: TRex - Buc-ee consultant dino at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

23 Of all the ONTs I’ve seen, this is definitely one of them. I mean that! It comes from the heart!!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (ZTJjv)

24 Piper is definitely missed.

Hey, is that the issue with the Hunt the Wumpus chest codes?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (xgJL3)

25
I don't know how Doof finds the time to do the ONT.

Pickleball has to take up a lot of time.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

26 Anybody ever notice how much Handle With Care by the Traveling Wilburys sounds like Shambala by Three Dog Night?

Posted by: davidt at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (Q+gd/)

27 As an over the road truck driver, I would definitely love to be able to park at Buc-Ees, but I can understand the reasoning against it.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:13 PM (xgJL3)

The Wumpus is not at Buc-ee's. Keep hunting elsewhere!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

28 My wife and I will go to our local Buc-ee's simply to watch the customers. It's quite a show. Not like the floor show at Waffle House - it's different. But still, very entertaining.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

29 Doof, I'm sure you'll choose wisely!

(pickTheWhopickTheWhopickTheWho)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:16 PM (xqw19)

30 Love the music tonight. And the construction video, heh. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at November 23, 2025 10:16 PM (41CYW)

31 A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask”

Is Gwyneth Paltrow giving ladies advice again?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2025 10:16 PM (0Htd1)

32 You say that now, but wait until December hits and it's a full month of an artist. Mis Hum used to do Zappa month. Last year I did Rush month. What will it be this year???
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Frank, Dean, and Sammy.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (uQesX)

33 Evening, Doof,and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (npFr7)

34 26 Anybody ever notice how much Handle With Care by the Traveling Wilburys sounds like Shambala by Three Dog Night?

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No.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (JkO4W)

35 Piper is definitely missed.

Hey, is that the issue with the Hunt the Wumpus chest codes?
Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (xgJL3)

I don't know but the 80s lady reading Compute! is kinda hawt!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

36 Orange: also good choices.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (xqw19)

37 California City Bans Pickleball Over Noise Complaints

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Damn senile delinquents!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 23, 2025 10:18 PM (L/fGl)

38 Also, A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask” , this kind of stupid shit is why there is misogyny. You'll never see men putting bodily fluids on their faces to have nicer skin.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2025 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

39 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great reading material in the fashion section!
Posted by: TRex - Buc-ee consultant dino at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

Had the chance to bring back the Asian chicks, but noooooo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)

40 Thanks for the Sunday ONT, Doof!

Your offering was swell and all, but I would definitely have Piper back for the fashion portion of the ONT.

I am thankful for Ace, the Cobs and the AoSHQ Community!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 23, 2025 10:18 PM (kB9dk)

41 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:19 PM (lUFok)

42 >>>A 25-year-old Texas woman is behind bars after authorities say she ordered a 9-year-old girl to drive her car, which crashed and landed the young child in the hospital with serious injuries
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That woman belongs behind bars no doubt. But an important unasked question is, why hadn't the parents taught their daughter how to drive?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:19 PM (caxhV)

43 You say that now, but wait until December hits and it's a full month of an artist. Mis Hum used to do Zappa month. Last year I did Rush month. What will it be this year???
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Why am I expecting Doof Does Disco in December, starting with Disco Doof, er, Disco Duck?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 23, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)

44 The Wumpus is not at Buc-ee's. Keep hunting elsewhere!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

This joke has been running a lot longer than I expected it to. Maybe catching the alumnus will be my New Year's resolution.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:20 PM (xgJL3)

45
California City Bans Pickleball Over Noise Complaints
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Damn senile delinquents!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

They'll have to do a dance number. Smoking cigarettes and snapping their fingers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 23, 2025 10:20 PM (pkeXY)

46 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great reading material in the fashion section!
Posted by: TRex - Buc-ee consultant dino at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

Was really hoping for a good photo of someone reading Bowhunter Quarterly. They had a "crossbow vs longbow" edition once, but it must have been memory-holed.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

47 Sadly those 70's shirts aren't an exaggeration. They were really that bad. I owned some. I guess you needed loud shirts to balance out the bell bottoms and platform shoes.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (0Htd1)

48 We should all use our thinking caps, come up with a brilliant plan, fan out all over the web, and convince these Hollywood starlets that the way to REALLY make their skin beautiful?:

"Just dunk your face in sidewalk dog poop for hours at a time, every chance you get!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (xqw19)

49 All rights to tonight's ONT reserved by Doof Enterprises, LLC. Yes, that's real. Sorta. OK, maybe not.

You can make it real. It's cheap enough to do.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (lUFok)

50 Whatever AI monstrosity created the pic of the hot babe looking at Compute! magazine was a little iffy on what a PC actually looked like.

The one in the back cover has a keyboard with only two rows of keys.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (JkO4W)

51 Also, A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask” , this kind of stupid shit is why there is misogyny. You'll never see men putting bodily fluids on their faces to have nicer skin.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 23, 2025 10:18 PM (0Htd1)

Types.

Deletes.

Hope everyone is having a lovely time.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (8QVSJ)

52 Sweet Lord.
I'm sitting here listening to the family discuss Stranger Things (and who the hell is Verna). WTF???
I'd rather have a democrat come to thanksgiving.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (y3bZw)

53 >>>and the many blessings God has visited upon me.
Posted by: Tonypete
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So, you haven't figured out how to run that extension cord in your cabinet yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (caxhV)

54 I mostly like Three Dog Night but that is one dumb song.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (3nLb4)

55 Orange: also good choices.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:17 PM (xqw19)

You could also add Andy Williams. The Sunny station seems to be featuring him quite a bit this year.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:22 PM (uQesX)

56 Credit for four visible fingers though.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:22 PM (JkO4W)

57 46 Was really hoping for a good photo of someone reading Bowhunter Quarterly. They had a "crossbow vs longbow" edition once, but it must have been memory-holed.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:20 PM
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Probably filed away with the back issues of Modern Salamander.

Posted by: TRex - short arms can't use a longbow at November 23, 2025 10:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

58 Do you think you could have lasted longer?
I would have been gone after the first hour, after not being able to get up and go to the restroom.

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:23 PM (X3V0C)

59 Oddbob: Three Dog Night were talented, but IMHO they're way to tied to their era, i.e. late 60s/early 70s.

When I hear their music I can all but smell the Aqua Velva.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:23 PM (xqw19)

60 Are there 75 cashiers at Buc-ee's or am I wasting my time when I'm trying to be efficient?

Posted by: NCKate at November 23, 2025 10:23 PM (uQzkA)

61 I'm thankful for the ONT and am here for the music and insanity.

Thankful for everyone and everything in my life, which has been a fun ride.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 23, 2025 10:23 PM (WONhk)

62 Trying to render out a dead PC power supply. I don't know what Chy-nah Inc, used for solder, but my little iron will scarcely melt it, and it refreezes in half a second. No plastic stage like normal 60/40 solder. I'm thinking maybe a torch to the board is the answer. Single-sided board, thankfully.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:24 PM (npFr7)

63 The AI did a passable job on the 'technical' bookreadin' covers, but it still failed the 'fingers & text' test … all in all, tho', not bad.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 23, 2025 10:24 PM (ayRl+)

64 That picture of the young lady reading the magazine reminded me of how ridiculous the football shoulder pads look actually was. Couldn't even pull it off in a Nagel painting.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:25 PM (xgJL3)

65 Probably filed away with the back issues of Modern Salamander.

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Popular Fission

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:25 PM (JkO4W)

66 AOP, knowing China it's the most toxic metal compound they could possibly find.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:25 PM (xqw19)

67 Whatever AI monstrosity created the pic of the hot babe looking at Compute! magazine was a little iffy on what a PC actually looked like.

The one in the back cover has a keyboard with only two rows of keys.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (JkO4W)

I was more concerned about her man hands.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:25 PM (uQesX)

68 I'm glad shoulder pads aren't a thing anymore. I don't need help looking like a linebacker.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 10:26 PM (ys6FW)

69 Always thought that 70s styles were a cargo cult trying to be the 60s.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:26 PM (caxhV)

70
Are there 75 cashiers at Buc-ee's or am I wasting my time when I'm trying to be efficient?
Posted by: NCKate

There are 75 toilet stalls, all clean. Maybe six cashiers though.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 23, 2025 10:26 PM (QVmho)

71 I'm sure the majority of NFL fans are not happy with this, at at the week 12 mark the NE Patriots have the best record in the NFL. This was predicted by exactly nobody.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 23, 2025 10:26 PM (sl73Y)

72 You say that now, but wait until December hits and it's a full month of an artist. Mis Hum used to do Zappa month. Last year I did Rush month. What will it be this year???
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

* * * *
OMG! You're doing a month-long tribute to the one, the only ... Barry Manilow!!!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 23, 2025 10:26 PM (kB9dk)

73 Yes Doof, I am thankful for the AoSHQ ONT thread!

Love the bellbottom slacks on the Three Dog Night singers, the group ruled top 40 radio in the early-mid 70s'.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 10:27 PM (y171U)

74 Do you think you could have lasted longer?

What is something the wife never asks me for $1000, Alex?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:27 PM (uQesX)

75 64 That picture of the young lady reading the magazine reminded me of how ridiculous the football shoulder pads look actually was.

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Gotta say it works for me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:27 PM (JkO4W)

76 You know... there's a big difference between stem cells in blood plasma being INSIDE the body/veins, and putting it on the OUTSIDE of your skin. I don't think stem cells are going to do much regenerating sitting on the outside of a layer of dead skin cells (the epidermis) where there's no nourishment and such.

This sounds like something the Chinese would believe. So, did it come over TikTok?

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:27 PM (X3V0C)

77 So, you haven't figured out how to run that extension cord in your cabinet yet.

Posted by: Braenyard

Heh. I think I have a solution that is code compliant. Not sure though so I'm gonna keep asking around. My other option is to send my wife into Lowes with a plastic old work box and a metal extension ring and have her ask some white haired dude in the electrical aisle.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:28 PM (cYBz/)

78 Trying to render out a dead PC power supply. I don't know what Chy-nah Inc, used for solder, but my little iron will scarcely melt it, and it refreezes in half a second. No plastic stage like normal 60/40 solder. I'm thinking maybe a torch to the board is the answer. Single-sided board, thankfully.

Hakko solder removal tools. Best investment I ever made for electronics work.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:28 PM (lUFok)

79 California City Bans Pickleball Over Noise Complaints

"We need to celebrate diversity! How about a Midnight Basketball program for disadvantaged youths? Maybe stage some cockfights and bring in some mariachi groups too!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 23, 2025 10:29 PM (8QVSJ)

80 Whatever AI monstrosity created the pic of the hot babe looking at Compute! magazine was a little iffy on what a PC actually looked like.

The one in the back cover has a keyboard with only two rows of keys.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:21 PM (JkO4W)

I was more concerned about her man hands.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:25 PM (uQesX)

She kinda looks like Stepfanie Kramer from the show Hunter

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

81 Both of those magazine pics are obviously AI. At least, it's obvious if you try to read the covers. I will say I'm surprised they got the right number of fingers on all 4 hands, though.

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:29 PM (X3V0C)

82 I don't know how Doof finds the time to do the ONT.

Pickleball has to take up a lot of time.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

That and the noise violation arrest for playing pickleball. (CA Only).

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM (gKDq2)

83 Are there 75 cashiers at Buc-ee's or am I wasting my time when I'm trying to be efficient?
Posted by: NCKate

6 to 8 but they know their shit - they can check out a riotous mob in a hurry.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

84 A decade ago, I think here, I predicted that women would at one time put anything on their faces and used the example of bat guano and snails (not what is above). I do read of Korean snail products that I would not try. I don't believe Korean snails have been...oh, hell no.

There is micro-needling I have read about and nope to that.

I will consent to laser stuff on my face (NOT the CO2 burner laser). That's it. No fillers or fake items in me, thanks.

I have a coupon for a butt lift with silicon from tires in a garage in FL. Not really, but those I am interested in, but most of the wommen die.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM (WONhk)

85 What will it be this year???

Eastern European prog rock bands that only do lyrics in their native tounge?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM (lUFok)

86 If it were up to me, December would be full of the Muppets.

Here's a preview:

https://youtu.be/VnT7pT6zCcA

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM (xgJL3)

87 6 to 8 but they know their shit - they can check out a riotous mob in a hurry.

Posted by: Tonypete

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They are pleasant and efficient.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 10:31 PM (ys6FW)

88 >>>Heh. I think I have a solution that is code compliant.

Two alternatives:
1. Don't ask, don't tell.
2. Ace Hardware.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:31 PM (caxhV)

89 I was some place today and heard Sinatra doing "Sleigh Ride." Imagine being The Chairman of the Board and still having to do schmaltzy Christmas music.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:31 PM (3nLb4)

90 Anyone else think the lead singer of Three Dog Night looks a bit like Andy Travis (WKRP in Cincinnati) in that video?

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:32 PM (X3V0C)

91 The ladies, if they want the hot rejuvenating substance on their face, the Paolo, he can help.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 23, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)

92 Anyone else think the lead singer of Three Dog Night looks a bit like Andy Travis (WKRP in Cincinnati) in that video?
Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:32 PM (X3V0C)

And the guy to his left (in the red, white, and blue shirt) looks a bit like Herb Tarlwk?

Posted by: GWB at November 23, 2025 10:33 PM (X3V0C)

93 86 If it were up to me, December would be full of the Muppets.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:30 PM
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Beaker is awesome.

Posted by: TRex - play it again! at November 23, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

94 Oddbob: there's a great story about how Sinatra was *pissed* doing the now-famous song, "That's Life."

Frank had an appointment and was itching to go, but his producer said the original take wasn't great. He didn't mouth off but Frank literally stormed back into the studio for the second, nailed it, and was out the door three seconds after tape stopped rolling.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (xqw19)

95 Love the bellbottom slacks on the Three Dog Night singers, the group ruled top 40 radio in the early-mid 70s'.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 10:27 PM (y171U)

Three Dog Night still not in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Tells you what a wanker honor induction into that Hall is.

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)

96 looks a bit like Andy Travis (WKRP in Cincinnati) in that video?
Posted by: GWB

Did that role effectively kill Gary Sandy's career?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

97
ChristyBlinky,

Great to read you!

I'm thankful for many things and you are one.

I love your stories and your opinions on stuff.

You add so much to AOS.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

98
>>they were not allowed to get up from the mattress or even use the restroom

===============

Okay, this wasn't a posture contest. It was a bladder contest.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (RfDQK)

99 Three Dog Night still not in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Tells you what a wanker honor induction into that Hall is.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)

Iron Maiden has entered the chat

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

100 89 I was some place today and heard Sinatra doing "Sleigh Ride." Imagine being The Chairman of the Board and still having to do schmaltzy Christmas music.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:31 PM (3nLb4)

"Having to," or "Getting to?" There is nothing more fun to perform than schmaltzy Chritmas music (except zydeco.)

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (xgJL3)

101 Hi friends, sorry about the fashion section tonight, and thank you, Doof, for trying to cover. Your segment was great. 👍 And HIPPA compliant.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

102
And good evening!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (RfDQK)

103 Did that role effectively kill Gary Sandy's career?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

Did he have a career? Don't remember seeing him anywhere else.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)

104
91 The ladies, if they want the hot rejuvenating substance on their face, the Paolo, he can help.
Posted by: The Paolo at November 23, 2025 10:32 PM (JkO4W)

There's probably an antibiotic for that, Paolo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 23, 2025 10:36 PM (WONhk)

105 89 I was some place today and heard Sinatra doing "Sleigh Ride." Imagine being The Chairman of the Board and still having to do schmaltzy Christmas music.
Posted by: Oddbob
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He knew where the money was.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (caxhV)

106 Did that role effectively kill Gary Sandy's career?

Did any of them other than Hesseman go on to much more? I mean besides Gordon Jump's guest appearance in A Very Special Episode of whatever that Gary Coleman show as called (yeah, it'll come to me as soon as I click Send).

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (3nLb4)

107 Hakko solder removal tools. Best investment I ever made for electronics work.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:28 PM (lUFok)

Looked them up. Yikes! Not cheap. At. All. I could probably make something. I have several vacuum pumps on hand. Make a hollow tip with a tube nipple to fit a hundred-watt soldering iron. Silicone tubing to a little drop-out jar. Regular tubing to large vacuum reservoir; solenoid valve in that line, controlled by a foot switch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (npFr7)

108 The Night Chicago Died was one of the lamest hits of the 70s. The lyrics make no sense.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (0RiMX)

109 A controversial skincare trend known as the “blood mask” is gaining traction on social media, drawing both curiosity and concern from experts. The practice, also referred to as “menstrual masking,” involves individuals applying their own menstrual blood to their face in hopes of achieving clearer, more radiant skin.

I saw Menstrual Mask open for Blood Root Mother at The Myth in 2012.

https://youtu.be/Da8PZIsdPFc

Posted by: mikeski at November 23, 2025 10:38 PM (nhCoE)

110 What will it be this year???
Posted by: Doof

My favorite Christmas album is the Jethro Tull Christmas. By I don't see how you could make a month out of it.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 23, 2025 10:38 PM (sl73Y)

111 One of the not-always-so-fun things about the Season is getting to yet again hear, over and over again on the radio, Burl Ives'* super-unctuous 1965 recording of "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas."

*Burl was one of the McCarthy HUAC witnesses. Saved his skin by tattling on others.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:38 PM (xqw19)

112 Okay, this wasn't a posture contest. It was a bladder contest.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Heh! "You won't give us bathroom breaks? That's fine, but be prepared to burn that mattress at the end of the contest."

Posted by: Some Rat at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (TfUTr)

113 110 What will it be this year???
Posted by: Doof

My Christmas themed workout playlists?

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (OoFl2)

114 Diff'rent Strokes?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)

115 Hi friends, sorry about the fashion section tonight, and thank you, Doof, for trying to cover. Your segment was great. 👍 And HIPPA compliant.
Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

I know my lanes. Fashion isn't one of them!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

116 The Night Chicago Died was one of the lamest hits of the 70s. The lyrics make no sense.

Yeah. Go figger how something like that could be a hit.

Posted by: Disco Duck at November 23, 2025 10:40 PM (3nLb4)

117 That is one pretty woman.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 10:40 PM (viF8m)

118 *Burl was one of the McCarthy HUAC witnesses. Saved his skin by tattling on others.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:38 PM (xqw19)

Was watching one of those Brit reaction videos. Don't remember who, but mentioned the McCarthy era using the same "McCarthy bad" as all the commies do. I don't blame the reactor because they weren't here, but McCarthy was right. As the Russian files later proved.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:41 PM (uQesX)

119 The 80s lady reading Compute! magazine looks a bit like Susanna Hoffs.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:41 PM (xqw19)

120 Did any of them other than Hesseman go on to much more? I mean besides Gordon Jump's guest appearance in A Very Special Episode of whatever that Gary Coleman show as called (yeah, it'll come to me as soon as I click Send).
Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (3nLb4)

Loni Anderson. Tim Reid (Venus Flytrap) also had a a bunc of other gigs

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (xgJL3)

121 The Night Chicago Died was one of the lamest hits of the 70s. The lyrics make no sense.
Posted by: Cicero

You're Having my Baby - is even worse. Sort of made sense but wow - real trash.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)

122
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (3ek7K)

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! We are having son, DIL and grands and THAT's IT! I am so happy I don't have to be dragged out to a mental institution like last year. A niece's dinner with my husband's wacko sisters and niece's in-laws. It was like Dante's Inferno for me.

Her drunk BIL got a huge crush or something and clung to me like lint. Super creepy dude and about 30yrs younger. I can tell you with certainty what happens when those tusk holes in ears "heal." The earlobes curl up on themselves in a hideous manner. He accented this with huge fake zirconia studs and I could not focus on whatever socialist crap came out of his mouth.

I literally wanted to run home like Forest Gump and informed my husband and sons that I was done. No more. I was so tense afterwards I felt like I'd had a root canal vs going to a dinner party.

I will stay home and starve before this again. Hallelujah! They listened and are over it, too.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (WONhk)

123 Looked them up. Yikes! Not cheap. At. All. I could probably make something. I have several vacuum pumps on hand. Make a hollow tip with a tube nipple to fit a hundred-watt soldering iron. Silicone tubing to a little drop-out jar. Regular tubing to large vacuum reservoir; solenoid valve in that line, controlled by a foot switch.

Sounds kind of like a solder re-work station I used in the Army back in the 1980's.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (lUFok)

124 119 The 80s lady reading Compute! magazine looks a bit like Susanna Hoffs.

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Yeah. Exactly.

Mmmm. Susanna Hoffs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (0RiMX)

125 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

126 Orange, yup.

And in my mind, Burl singing Christmas tunes doesn't make sense. I always wanna ask him "aren't you the guy who supported Soviet communism? What you wanna celebrate Christmas for? Thought you were atheists. Do you think Karl Marx is gonna come down the chimney?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (xqw19)

127 Three Dog Night still not in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Tells you what a wanker honor induction into that Hall is.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)
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Iron Maiden has entered the chat
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

No offense to Iron Maiden, but they never had the Top 40 airplay which made Three Dog Night's music evocative of my grade/high school/early college days. They had a ton of hits, some pretty damn good. Still laugh at 'Mama Told Me (Not to Come)'.

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (gKDq2)

128
A couple of years ago we stopped at a Buckees in Tennessee. We were driving cross country and thought we would stop to check it out.

There were no gas pumps available and inside the store you could barely get in the door.

It looks like a cool place. We'll try again someday.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (3ek7K)

129 You're Having my Baby - is even worse. Sort of made sense but wow - real trash.

---------

I will see your Having My Baby and raise you one Afternoon Delight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (0RiMX)

130 I'm thankful for my first-ever Top-10ish Comment of the Week in last nights ONT.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (RwaBf)

131 Great music pics, Doof

Of course you know Edison Lighthouse frontman Tony Burrows had an amazing career singing on 70's hits for bands that were considered one-hit wonders. In addition to "Love Grows", he also provided lead vocals for the Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand" and "Gimme Dat Thing", by the Pipkins, a very unlikely top 10 hit. I think I still have the 45 of that one...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (nbLIj)

132 124 119 The 80s lady reading Compute! magazine looks a bit like Susanna Hoffs.

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Yeah. Exactly.

Mmmm. Susanna Hoffs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (0RiMX)
125 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!

Posted by: Doof

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The Bangles?

Posted by: Adolescent Morons at November 23, 2025 10:45 PM (ys6FW)

133 Loni Anderson. Tim Reid (Venus Flytrap) also had a a bunc of other gigs

I kind of recall Loni Anderson just mostly being Loni Anderson. Don't recall seeing Reid in anything post-WKRP. Which is too bad, he had comic chops.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:45 PM (3nLb4)

134 125 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

What can I get for a promise to be prompt?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:45 PM (xgJL3)

135 The one thing I would change at Buc-ee’s is I would put a stop to people who gas up and then leave their car at the pump while they shop. That car should go to a shredder. And the owner banned for life from Buc-ee’s

Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 23, 2025 10:45 PM (mjr0F)

136 Hakko is good stuff.

ROHS solder is a completely different animal.

Melting point is around 30 C higher and it flows like toothpaste.

Looks like crap when it's cool.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 10:46 PM (sPsWv)

137 I know my lanes.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

Duck pin, candle pin, ten pin?

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:46 PM (gKDq2)

138 We used to sing that song as "Nothing Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 23, 2025 10:46 PM (3/XaG)

139 And in my mind, Burl singing Christmas tunes doesn't make sense. I always wanna ask him "aren't you the guy who supported Soviet communism? What you wanna celebrate Christmas for? Thought you were atheists. Do you think Karl Marx is gonna come down the chimney?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (xqw19)

Well, he had the beard for it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:47 PM (uQesX)

140 Sounds kind of like a solder re-work station I used in the Army back in the 1980's.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:42 PM (lUFok)

My father actually made one for me when I was a kid messing with radios. Fit on a pencil iron, brass tip with a bore through it, short piece of brass tube with discs silver-soldered onto it as cooling fins, and a rubber squeeze bulb. Squeeze the bulb, apply the tip to the work, and when the solder melts, release the bulb. It was pretty effective. But that was with real solder.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:47 PM (npFr7)

141 There were no gas pumps available and inside the store you could barely get in the door.

Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded. What really pisses me off are the idiots who leave their cars parked at the pumps while they go browse fudge and beaver print pajamas.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:48 PM (3nLb4)

142 Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (nbLIj)

Did you get my email reply?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:48 PM (uQesX)

143 You're Having my Baby - is even worse. Sort of made sense but wow - real trash.

---------

I will see your Having My Baby and raise you one Afternoon Delight.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:44 PM (0RiMX)

As long as Papa don't preach and you're keeping the baby, it's good.

Ish.

Posted by: Methos, drinking and conspiracizing at November 23, 2025 10:48 PM (vSvIl)

144 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

Raphael. No no, Edouard Manet.

How much of a bribe?

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (gKDq2)

145 The one thing I would change at Buc-ee’s is I would put a stop to people who gas up and then leave their car at the pump while they shop. That car should go to a shredder. And the owner banned for life from Buc-ee’s
Posted by: RetSgtRN

Oh yeah!! It's a real issue at our local one - the parking spots themselves fill up and stay filled up during the weekends and the only places left are in front of the pumps. Well, there and in front of the EV chargers.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (cYBz/)

146 I know my lanes.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

Duck pin, candle pin, ten pin?
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:46 PM (gKDq2)

I grew up in northeast Baltimore. Duckpin for sure, Hon!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

147 125 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

I have a few I'd shout at you, but no bribes as I share a credit card and my husband would ask me about this Doof guy. He already has his hands full dealing with me every day, and I don't want to burden him.

Should I try for someone I like and rather obscure on my phone list, or yell Lynyrd Synyrd because I am a redneck?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (WONhk)

148 My father worked for NASA and helped design space suits for Gemini, Mercury and Apollo. In the 70's he worked at Moffit Field/NASA, and conducted several 'Bed Rest Studies' which involved 2 weeks flat on your back. He studied both sexes (the looks he got in Macy's ordering 3 dozen bra's and panties...) These were folks mainly from the Navy, but other services were involved. Several survived the ordeal over two weeks, so 36 hours? Pfft!

Posted by: Tracknar at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (J6fin)

149 Had a carpenter working for me in NYC who had a Venezuelan girlfriend. She kept a jar in the fridge with his semen in it. She used it for facials, claiming wonderful benefits similar to the blood mask nuts.

Posted by: The World Is Sick And Getting Sicker at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)

150 I wish I could stop at a Buc-ees, but I don't think they will come as far north as Nebraska.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 23, 2025 10:50 PM (DK5Sh)

151 No offense to Iron Maiden, but they never had the Top 40 airplay which made Three Dog Night's music evocative of my grade/high school/early college days. They had a ton of hits, some pretty damn good. Still laugh at 'Mama Told Me (Not to Come)'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (gKDq2)

Written by Randy Newman. Three Dog Night had the good business sense to record songs by some top songwriters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:50 PM (npFr7)

152 But that was with real solder.

Like some said above, the ROHS stuff is pretty much crap. In addition to being brittle and finicky, it tends to grow zinc whiskers. Which can lead to all sorts of interesting problems. Most of which are fatal to the equipment it happens in.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 10:50 PM (lUFok)

153 She used it for facials, claiming wonderful benefits similar to the blood mask nuts.
Posted by: The World Is Sick And Getting Sicker

And I thought the old girlfriend that collected different types of cockroaches was weird!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:51 PM (cYBz/)

154 133 Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:45 PM (3nLb4)

Reid had a role on Simon and Simon, starred in a short lived sitcom called Frank's Place, then did Sister Sister for five years.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 10:51 PM (xgJL3)

155 Had a carpenter working for me in NYC who had a Venezuelan girlfriend. She kept a jar in the fridge with his semen in it. She used it for facials, claiming wonderful benefits similar to the blood mask nuts.

I bet he convinced her that "gullible" wasn't in the dictionary too.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23, 2025 10:51 PM (3nLb4)

156
Trying to render out a dead PC power supply. I don't know what Chy-nah Inc, used for solder, but my little iron will scarcely melt it, and it refreezes in half a second. No plastic stage like normal 60/40 solder. I'm thinking maybe a torch to the board is the answer. Single-sided board, thankfully.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Does the board have any type of native heat disipation built into it?

I use a HAKO brand soldering station, good stuff. Dial-able heat.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 23, 2025 10:53 PM (QVmho)

157
People have worse problems. We've had a week. Dishwasher took it's last shit, the coffeepot died and the vacuum also took a shit.

The vacuum didn't die from overuse, lol. The coffeemaker did, lol.

We can cope with the Dishwasher dying. The coffeemaker, no, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 10:53 PM (3ek7K)

158 103 Did that role effectively kill Gary Sandy's career?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

Did he have a career? Don't remember seeing him anywhere else.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)

Story is he hit Jan Smithers like a screen door in a tornado. No follow up needed...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (nbLIj)

159 I grew up in northeast Baltimore. Duckpin for sure, Hon!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

Had duck pin lanes near me in Norfolk. I bowled high school league ten pin but I bowled duck pins for fun. Getting a strike was quite an accomplishment. I also loved the 'no clearing the deadwood'. Trying to make a big split using deadwood. A fun night out; drinking was involved after a certain age.

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (gKDq2)

160 Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded

Posted by: Oddbob at November 23

This is the best sentence ever.

The one by me door dashes. This also makes me laugh.

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (Wmg4n)

161 I'm not above being bribed for December artist of the month!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

But what can anyone offer you that would be greater than your own integrity and honor? Mere money cannot compensate you as much as your soul, entire as it is, however poor it keeps you.
No, I will not give you the trash that fills my wallets and home in the hope that it would influence you, I am in awe of your standfastness and rectitude. My salute, sir.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

162 What will it be this year???

Eastern European prog rock bands that only do lyrics in their native tounge?
Posted by: Blanco Basura

Unlikely, since I'm not a CoB.

https://youtu.be/66ZlDU8ftBA

Posted by: mikeski at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (nhCoE)

163 When I was a wee lad, back in the days of 45's, I wandered into a record store in a loft and some wannabe hipster suggested I buy the new record by Three Dog Night. I think I picked up Neil Diamond instead. Not a bad choice, but I kinda missed on those guys.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (MZ+PY)

164 Loni Andersen teamed up with Lynda Carter in a series titled "Partners In Crime" (1984), trying to make them into a more glamorous Cagney and Lacey. The show flopped.

Posted by: One Year Wonders at November 23, 2025 10:55 PM (oftw2)

165 Here's Gary Sandy's info on IMDB. Looks like he's kept busy.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762466/

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:55 PM (xqw19)

166 I know my lanes.

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

https://tinyurl.com/mry762tu

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:55 PM (uQesX)

167 >>The one thing I would change at Buc-ee’s is I would put a stop to people who gas up and then leave their car at the pump while they shop. That car should go to a shredder. And the owner banned for life from Buc-ee’s

We have one gas station/convenience store in my town. And every single day it's where all the tradesmen stop at at noon to fill up their trucks and other assorted tools and then go buy lunch. While their rigs and trailers block the pumps.

I've contemplated much more severe penalties.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 10:56 PM (viF8m)

168 Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 10:48 PM (uQesX)

Emailed received, and thank you!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 10:56 PM (nbLIj)

169 We can cope with the Dishwasher dying. The coffeemaker, no, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons

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I have 2 backup coffeemakers in the cabinet and some instant in case of apocalypse.

Posted by: Adolescent Morons at November 23, 2025 10:58 PM (ys6FW)

170 ROHS solder is a completely different animal.

Melting point is around 30 C higher and it flows like toothpaste.

Looks like crap when it's cool.
Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 10:46 PM (sPsWv)

Read up on it. All based upon the superstitious belief that lead solder on a circuit board inside a metal box can somehow keel you. When I go to yard sales, I snag all the solder I can find.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 10:58 PM (npFr7)

171 "I've contemplated much more severe penalties."

Roofing nails. Deposited on your way out.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 10:59 PM (sPsWv)

172 But what can anyone offer you that would be greater than your own integrity and honor? Mere money cannot compensate you as much as your soul, entire as it is, however poor it keeps you.
No, I will not give you the trash that fills my wallets and home in the hope that it would influence you, I am in awe of your standfastness and rectitude. My salute, sir.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

Wow - thank you!

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

173 Patches was a number one hit and won a Grammy. Wouldn't say it was the best song in the world.

Posted by: Then A Strong Rain Came And Washed All The Crops Away at November 23, 2025 11:00 PM (oftw2)

174 Evenin’, All. Happy Sunday night.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

175
People have worse problems. We've had a week. Dishwasher took it's last shit, the coffeepot died and the vacuum also took a shit.
The vacuum didn't die from overuse, lol. The coffeemaker did, lol.
We can cope with the Dishwasher dying. The coffeemaker, no, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons

/sarc
What ever will you do without sammiches?
\sarc

*ducks, weaves, and low crawls away from the 'ettes fire*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 23, 2025 11:00 PM (QVmho)

176 Here's Gary Sandy's info on IMDB. Looks like he's kept busy.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0762466/
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 10:55 PM (xqw19)

1 episode, 1 episode, 1 episode.... He did better in soaps it looks like. Never a major star.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:00 PM (uQesX)

177 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 23, 2025 11:01 PM (sAmhv)

178 95 Three Dog Night still not in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Tells you what a wanker honor induction into that Hall is.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)

Yup, and the rock bands Boston and Foreigner are also still not in the R&R HOF.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 11:01 PM (y171U)

179 Loni Anderson. I remember her being very popular in the 80s. Maybe it was being married to Burt Reynolds.That was a thing.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:01 PM (ys6FW)

180 Story is he hit Jan Smithers like a screen door in a tornado. No follow up needed...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (nbLIj)

He didn't end up with her, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)

181 Does the board have any type of native heat disipation built into it?

I use a HAKO brand soldering station, good stuff. Dial-able heat.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 23, 2025 10:53 PM (QVmho)

There are heat sinks on some of the solid-state devices. I don't want to save the board. Save some of the components that populate it, and render some of the toroid transformers out for their copper content. I'm going to try the torch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (npFr7)

182
Bif, lol. We've been eating sandwiches but is a pia to wash the knife.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (3ek7K)

183 The R&R HOF isn't about rock 'n roll. It's about Jann Wenner's ego.

There are some leftist boomers who are way, WAY overdue for their date with the Reaper.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (xqw19)

184 178 95 Three Dog Night still not in the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. Tells you what a wanker honor induction into that Hall is.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:34 PM (gKDq2)

Yup, and the rock bands Boston and Foreigner are also still not in the R&R HOF.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 11:01 PM (y171U)

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just a private club, it doesn't mean a damn thing.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (xcxpd)

185 >>Roofing nails. Deposited on your way out.

I've thinking which ring of hell they should be deported to.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 11:04 PM (viF8m)

186 Good evening morons ותודה דיסקו!

Shambala is one of my favorite songs. Eschatological lyrics and a great lick.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2025 11:04 PM (A0sqA)

187 I am in awe of your standfastness and rectitude. My salute, sir.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 23, 2025 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

Wow - thank you!
Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2025 11

Yeah, so I am not above bribing you. I will work on the wishlist tomorrow and blackmail..I mean send the bribe tomorrow. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at November 23, 2025 11:04 PM (OoFl2)

188 There are some leftist boomers who are way, WAY overdue for their date with the Reaper.

Oddly enough they act like they fear him, despite BOC's advice.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 11:05 PM (lUFok)

189 Blanco, I seriously wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the people I'm thinking of, have themselves cryogenically frozen.

These people are so elitist they think they shouldn't have to die like everyone else, and that they can outsmart death.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:06 PM (xqw19)

190
I've absorbed enough tequila. The surviving brain cells have taken up a defensive position as Darwin chuckles evilly in observation.

Y'all be nice to each other. Lurke ya tomorrow.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 23, 2025 11:07 PM (QVmho)

191 These people are so elitist they think they shouldn't have to die like everyone else, and that they can outsmart death.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:06 PM (xqw19)

Who do those people think they are, Captain Kirk?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:07 PM (uQesX)

192 Rohs was originally something from Europe that was adopted by the EU that said it had to be used in products sold in the EU.

Concern was about buried waste contaminating ground water.

Germany and Sweden were the main drivers.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 11:07 PM (sPsWv)

193 Germany and Sweden were the main drivers.

Considering what they've done on immigration maybe we shouldn't be following their example.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 23, 2025 11:09 PM (lUFok)

194 I finished Frankenstein today. Wow, what a story.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:09 PM (77rzZ)

195 Bulg: the book or one of the movies?

Orange: Do you mean Shatner? He seems to be at peace with the fact he won't be around much longer.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:10 PM (xqw19)

196 He didn't end up with her, though.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)

You made me look it up. Holy crap, James Brolin? Mr. Barbara Streisand??

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 11:10 PM (nbLIj)

197 108 The Night Chicago Died was one of the lamest hits of the 70s. The lyrics make no sense.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 10:37 PM (0RiMX)

St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1929, in Chicago.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 11:10 PM (y171U)

198 I finished Frankenstein today. Wow, what a story.
Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:09 PM (77rzZ)

There used to be a hot dog place where I grew up called Frank 'n Stein.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (uQesX)

199 China would be very happy to go back to leaded solder.

Much easier to use in mass production.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (sPsWv)

200 I shopped two grocery stores this evening. Zero people in front of me at checkout and parked right up front.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (pIfcn)

201 Orange, LOL.
Yesterday I was passing through Pico Rivera and passed a restaurant called Steak 'n Stein. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (xqw19)

202 Qdp, the novel. Got it for my birthday. I had requested it after seeing a new adaptation on stage in DC last summer.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:12 PM (77rzZ)

203 The one thing I would change at Buc-ee’s is I would put a stop to people who gas up and then leave their car at the pump while they shop. That car should go to a shredder. And the owner banned for life from Buc-ee’s
Posted by: RetSgtRN

We stopped at the one in Johnstown CO. Fooking assholes in the next stall not only hogged the pump, they opened their tailgate and had a fucking picnic lunch.

I fooking hate people sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 23, 2025 11:12 PM (0aYVJ)

204 Bulg, good choice. :-)
I have it in my (giant) reading queue as well.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:13 PM (xqw19)

205 Orange: Do you mean Shatner? He seems to be at peace with the fact he won't be around much longer.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:10 PM (xqw19)

Yeah. I was referencing Kirk's claim in one of the movies that he always cheated death.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:13 PM (uQesX)

206 200 I shopped two grocery stores this evening. Zero people in front of me at checkout and parked right up front.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

----
I took one look at the grocery store parking lot today and drove on by. It was a madhouse.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:13 PM (ys6FW)

207 Foggy as hell here tonight.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (bss/y)

208 No offense to Iron Maiden, but they never had the Top 40 airplay which made Three Dog Night's music evocative of my grade/high school/early college days. They had a ton of hits, some pretty damn good. Still laugh at 'Mama Told Me (Not to Come)'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 10:43 PM (gKDq2)

Thats why iron maiden *IS* iron maiden. Metal is best when it's in the underground, when it gets into the light shitty things happen to it. Hair metal anyone?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (snZF9)

209 Not to pick nits, QDP, but McCarthy was a senator, and HUAC = House un-American Activities Committee

Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (FstDi)

210 Looked them up. Yikes! Not cheap. At. All. I could probably make something. I have several vacuum pumps on hand. Make a hollow tip with a tube nipple to fit a hundred-watt soldering iron. Silicone tubing to a little drop-out jar. Regular tubing to large vacuum reservoir; solenoid valve in that line, controlled by a foot switch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--------

I wonder how many yards of Solder Wick I have been through over the years. Have used a spring-loaded solder sucker just as often.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (XeU6L)

211 This looks like the kind of place that most people here would enjoy.

https://tinyurl.com/2rxk4dvc

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (xqw19)

212 193 Germany and Sweden were the main drivers.

Considering what they've done on immigration maybe we shouldn't be following their example.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
---------

At what have Germany or Sweden been preimmenint at in the last 75 years?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 11:15 PM (caxhV)

213 You made me look it up. Holy crap, James Brolin? Mr. Barbara Streisand??
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 11:10 PM (nbLIj)

But he didn't end up with her either. Maybe it's her?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:15 PM (uQesX)

214 Slash Buzz, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:15 PM (xqw19)

215 >>I shopped two grocery stores this evening. Zero people in front of me at checkout and parked right up front.

DHS posted a couple of traffic maps of Charlotte on X the other day. One was before they went, the other after.

I think people will be very surprised by how different this country starts to look and how much less it costs in the not too distant future.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 11:15 PM (viF8m)

216 Qdp, beware. It’s not for the faint of heart. And the questions it raises are heavy.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:16 PM (77rzZ)

217 There used to be a hot dog place where I grew up called Frank 'n Stein.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (uQesX)

Chicago? 'Cause that 'Chicago dog' is a Frankenstein. It doesn't know what it wants to be. A salad, a 3-course meal, a hot dog?

Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 11:16 PM (gKDq2)

218 There used to be a hot dog place where I grew up called Frank 'n Stein.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (uQesX)

Tampa/St Pete early 90's? I've been there!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

219 I got a grandma that’s been lying flat in a nursing home for 12 years.

Posted by: KasperHauserinSydney at November 23, 2025 11:18 PM (1f+mC)

220 >>Posted by: Slash Buzz

Coffee soon?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 11:18 PM (viF8m)

221
Very few people at the grocery store today. Tomorrow will be a shit show.

We just have few more items to buy. We bought all the Thanksgiving food today.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 11:19 PM (3ek7K)

222 You know what's funny?

I watched a couple of pretty good football games today, but I am no longer certain who won each game. I think the Cowboys beat the Iggles. And the Lions won against another team. I think the Seabirds won as well.

I like watching the game. it's fun. But I truly have no allegiance to any team. Hell, I am not certain I can remember who won the last Sooper Bowl. And the only sports apparel I currently own is a Winnipeg Jets ball cap. Which I bought ironically.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 23, 2025 11:19 PM (0aYVJ)

223 Do you mean Shatner? He seems to be at peace with the fact he won't be around much longer.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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As we speak, am watching a vintage Columbo, Shatner is the murderer. Apparently, he appeared in several.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:19 PM (XeU6L)

224 Thats why iron maiden *IS* iron maiden. Metal is best when it's in the underground, when it gets into the light shitty things happen to it. Hair metal anyone?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2025 11:14 PM (snZF9)

Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (bss/y)

225 There used to be a hot dog place where I grew up called Frank 'n Stein.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:11 PM (uQesX)

Chicago? 'Cause that 'Chicago dog' is a Frankenstein. It doesn't know what it wants to be. A salad, a 3-course meal, a hot dog?
Posted by: RickZ at November 23, 2025 11:16 PM (gKDq2)

Tampa/St Pete early 90's? I've been there!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 23, 2025 11:17 PM (nbLIj)

No, the Big Valley. We lived next door to the Barkley's.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (uQesX)

226 Mike, I know he worked like crazy in the 70s. Was trying to build some kind of nest egg I think. Trek didn't last long enough to support him for very long, and it wasn't considered a legendary show yet.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (xqw19)

227 I need triple sec for my cranberry sauce. Hoping there will not be gridlock at the liquor store.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (ys6FW)

228 Did Shatner’s character smirk people to death?

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:22 PM (77rzZ)

229 Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (bss/y)

About the same area as Gdansk.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:23 PM (uQesX)

230 Bad 70s music:

Seasons in the sun
Chevy van
Run Joey run

Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 23, 2025 11:23 PM (FstDi)

231 As we speak, am watching a vintage Columbo, Shatner is the murderer. Apparently, he appeared in several.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,

Dahlink, it vas Alf Monroe vit ze hammer

Posted by: Lisa Douglas at November 23, 2025 11:24 PM (N7hqt)

232 Mike, I know he worked like crazy in the 70s. Was trying to build some kind of nest egg I think. Trek didn't last long enough to support him for very long, and it wasn't considered a legendary show yet.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (xqw19)

It was his divorce that forced him to do anything offered.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:24 PM (uQesX)

233 230 Billy, Don’t Be a Hero

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:24 PM (77rzZ)

234 You can't pay me to go the grocery store when it's crowded. I used to have the bakery schedule down. Bagels come out around 2AM, then it's rolls and croissants and doughnuts last about 5.

Now everything's closed by midnight.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 23, 2025 11:24 PM (pIfcn)

235 ScaryMary: you've been good this year. Splurge at Total Wine. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:25 PM (xqw19)

236 230 The Pina Colada Song

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:25 PM (ys6FW)

237 Orange, oof! Didn't know about that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:25 PM (xqw19)

238 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 23, 2025 11:26 PM (0RiMX)

239 Did Shatner’s character smirk people to death?
Posted by: Bulg
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Heh. Don't know how he didthe deed, but he is sporting an absurdly small/faint moustache.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

240 One Tin Soldier

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:27 PM (77rzZ)

241 Great 70's music.

Apologies to CBD, it's long.

We had so much fun.

https://tinyurl.com/ewvf7nxz

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 11:27 PM (viF8m)

242 I thought the song Shambala came from the book/movie "Lost Horizon". A fictional paradise in the Himalayan mountains.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 23, 2025 11:27 PM (y171U)

243 Orange, oof! Didn't know about that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:25 PM (xqw19)

It's in his book, Star Trek Memories. Pretty interesting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:27 PM (uQesX)

244 Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (bss/y)

Honestly? For me personally? The pay no mind list. I can't deal with those jim morrison style vocals, so I never really listened to them. They could be good, but I wouldn't know.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2025 11:28 PM (snZF9)

245 The Pina Colada Song
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

*makes a gallon of daquiris*

*for the Ladies*

Posted by: Genial late Nite bartender at November 23, 2025 11:28 PM (N7hqt)

246 kind of miss the Meijer being open 24hrs. Grocery shopping at 2 or 3 am was the best

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (+I6Y/)

247 The Pina Colada Song

That song is so gay it should be called penis colada

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)

248 "Lying Flat" is the ultimate socialist lifestyle.

This is a widespread social phenomenon in China that we are now seeing manifest in the recent "concerns" about the crisis among young American men.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (9ipOP)

249 242 Yeah, some Buddhist place.

Buddhism has a far better rep in the West than it deserves. I mean, it’s better than Islam, or the Hinduism from which it emerged, but it’s still pretty barbaric.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (77rzZ)

250 Honestly? For me personally? The pay no mind list. I can't deal with those jim morrison style vocals, so I never really listened to them. They could be good, but I wouldn't know.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 23, 2025 11:28 PM (snZF9)

Huh. I am not into the heavy metal. I just wondered considering they seem to be popular and had also seemed to break into 'mainstream' whatever that means.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (bss/y)

251 246 kind of miss the Meijer being open 24hrs. Grocery shopping at 2 or 3 am was the best
Posted by: a dude in MI at November 23, 2025 11:31 PM (+I6Y/)

Add self checkout and you pretty much could go 0-0 on human contact.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:32 PM (bss/y)

252 Orange, oof! Didn't know about that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:25 PM (xqw19)

It's in his book, Star Trek Memories. Pretty interesting.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

If you immediately know things like that-

Geek

Supergeek

maybe Ultrageek

Posted by: Live it. learn it. love it. at November 23, 2025 11:32 PM (N7hqt)

253 241 We have to apologize to CBD? What the heck for?

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:33 PM (77rzZ)

254 Ubergeek

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:34 PM (77rzZ)

255 My husband turns into Marie kondo when he packs his suitcase. It's excruciating to watch. It takes me five minutes to pack mine.

Posted by: NCKate at November 23, 2025 11:34 PM (uQzkA)

256 BUNCHA JELLO SHOTS GETTIN WARM OVER HERE

Posted by: Disgruntled Genial late Nite bartender at November 23, 2025 11:35 PM (N7hqt)

257 224
Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (bss/y)

Danzig got his start in the music biz after he and a couple of friends read an article about punk music. Without ever actually hearing any punk, they decided to form a punk band, The Misfits.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 11:35 PM (xgJL3)

258 230 Bad 70s music:

Seasons in the sun
Chevy van
Run Joey run
Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 23, 2025 11:23 PM (FstDi)

The Captain and Tenille have entered the chat.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2025 11:36 PM (xgJL3)

259 I always overpack. Ya can’t have too much underwear when ya travel.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

260 >>We have to apologize to CBD? What the heck for?

Because despite his terrible taste in music he's my friend.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 23, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)

261 NCKate, your husband turns it into a game of Tetris?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:37 PM (xqw19)

262 Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Poland

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:37 PM (XeU6L)

263 Looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with hubby, at the nursing home.

What a relief-- I don't need to cook or dress fancy or deal with any other relatives!

Stepson is dining with hub's XW & family. He'll call in the afternoon, so it'll be fun yapping with him.

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

264 We have to apologize to CBD? What the heck for?
Posted by: Bulg

CBD owes me an apology and...one dollar and sixty nine cents.

Posted by: CBD offered for my books of Greenbax \stamps at November 23, 2025 11:38 PM (N7hqt)

265 Everything has to be rolled into little bundles.

Posted by: NCKate at November 23, 2025 11:38 PM (uQzkA)

266 258 I’ve always liked Muskrat Love.

Come at me for that, and I’ll blast you with Carmen.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:38 PM (77rzZ)

267 Great 70s music that still rigs true:

https://tinyurl.com/32m5cv4m

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 11:39 PM (sPsWv)

268 BUNCHA JELLO SHOTS GETTIN WARM OVER HERE

Posted by: Disgruntled Genial late Nite bartender

--
*takes a Jello shot*
*takes another*
I don't like wasting food.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:39 PM (ys6FW)

269 Bulg, Eric Carmen (who was a Trump supporter btw) or Bizet's Carmen? :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:39 PM (xqw19)

270 Oooo! Jello shots!

Thank you, Miklos!

*downs 2*

Yummy!

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:39 PM (rdVOm)

271 Wish I could show my music collection to y'all sometimes. Very eclectic. Stuff you all would love, stuff that would make you all think I'm insane.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:41 PM (xqw19)

272 Ok, so honest question: where would you put Danzig?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Poland
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Gdansk you and yo Momma too

Posted by: Easily offended Coach Mike Mikoszczyczski, of basketball fame at November 23, 2025 11:41 PM (N7hqt)

273 Daquiri would be nice, too, Miklos... Thanks again!

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:41 PM (rdVOm)

274 It's in his book, Star Trek Memories. Pretty interesting.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

If you immediately know things like that-

Geek

Supergeek

maybe Ultrageek
Posted by: Live it. learn it. love it. at November 23, 2025 11:32 PM (N7hqt)

I have Shat's Star Trek Movie Memories AND... Mindmeld with Shatner and Nimoy discussing their history with Star Trek.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 11:42 PM (uQesX)

275 265 Everything has to be rolled into little bundles.

Posted by: NCKate

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I do this too. My OCD won't let me not make things fit ever so.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:42 PM (ys6FW)

276 269 Qdp, Bizet’s slutty Gypsy, of course. Especially as portrayed by the wonderful Julia Migenes-Johnson. Yum.

Bizet’s score is sublime.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:42 PM (77rzZ)

277 Between Charlie Berens and the Ohh You Betcha guy, I feel like my Upper Midwest comedy needs are almost covered. Pookette has introduced me to Matt Falk, and while he's Canadian, he's basically straight north of us so I feel like he essentially grew up in the Upper Midwest.

Posted by: pookysgirl has watched boys in her class take the metal pole challenge at November 23, 2025 11:42 PM (Wt5PA)

278 I'm glad shoulder pads aren't a thing anymore. I don't need help looking like a linebacker.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Yes, but puffy sleeves and shoulder ruffles are IN!! It's hard to find stuff without that isn't dated or atrocious without. I just went to the Christmas Affair holiday bazaar in Austin. It's put on by the Junior league, so think bougie boutique stuff, 200 vendors worth. All the clothes were puffy or ruffled.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 23, 2025 11:43 PM (VCgbV)

279 Hey, Pookysgirl.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:44 PM (77rzZ)

280 Daquiri would be nice, too, Miklos... Thanks again!
Posted by: JQ

Serve yo sef, miss

Posted by: Ja"Quan, the Man takin a smoke out back at November 23, 2025 11:45 PM (N7hqt)

281 Jalapeno Margaritas are my favorite. The local place makes them spicy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:45 PM (ys6FW)

282 The practice, also referred to as “menstrual masking,

Modern pop culture is obsessed with Menstruation.

And I think its simple and stupid as to why.

Feminists dislike anything traditional culture has to say about women, and one obvious thing traditional culture says is people should keep bodily functions to themselves. Since Menstruation is a woman's specific bodily function then it must instead be celebrated. It isn't dirty its...almost a religious rite!

Posted by: 18-1 at November 23, 2025 11:46 PM (sKqQm)

283 All the clothes were puffy or ruffled.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 23, 2025 11:43 PM (VCgbV)

Tell me more...

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at November 23, 2025 11:47 PM (8QVSJ)

284 Jalapeno Margaritas are my favorite. The local place makes them spicy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
------

I bookmarked a recipe you posted, long ago... very good!

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

285 227 I need triple sec for my cranberry sauce. Hoping there will not be gridlock at the liquor store.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:21 PM (ys6FW)

Just use orange juice with a pinch of nutmeg.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 23, 2025 11:47 PM (6Bc88)

286 Evening all,

Have you guys seen that the Shamwow guy is wanting to run for Congress?

https://tinyurl.com/shamwvince

Posted by: Joyenz at November 23, 2025 11:48 PM (2F0/Y)

287 I need triple sec for my cranberry sauce. Hoping there will not be gridlock at the liquor store.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Just use orange juice with a pinch of nutmeg.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK
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Or Grand Marnier, if you have some.

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

288 Work permitting, the best time to grocery shop is 4:20PM, it's tween time and the stores are half empty. Five O'Clock and you're out of luck.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 11:49 PM (UamXc)

289 Yes, but puffy sleeves and shoulder ruffles are IN!! It's hard to find stuff without that isn't dated or atrocious without. I just went to the Christmas Affair holiday bazaar in Austin. It's put on by the Junior league, so think bougie boutique stuff, 200 vendors worth. All the clothes were puffy or ruffled.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended

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The ruffles and such are pretty on some ladies. But not me. Sad trombone.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:50 PM (ys6FW)

290 Shopping later after 7 or so usually gives an empty store but they'll be out of a lot of things I find...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 23, 2025 11:50 PM (sKqQm)

291 I have attained the age where I understand why women are willing to try unusual things on their skin, and, in theory, I would probably give the menstrual blood a try, were I still producing any....

But the stench alone would keep me from doing it for real. Ain't no way.

Christy, the snail mucosin is no big deal, but I didn't notice any improvement.

A good grade of castor oil, with a few drops of frankincense oil is my go to.

I exfoliate with of Korean retinal once or twice a week, and on those days I add a drop of a niacinimide/bee propolis oil to the castor/frankincense oil.Beauty of Joseon is my favorite K-Beauty company. Very inexpensive but effective, once I found what works for me.
But the castor oil is the main thing I'll never be without. So many good uses for it!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 23, 2025 11:50 PM (Vvh2V)

292 Ruffles? We talking potato chips?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 23, 2025 11:50 PM (sKqQm)

293 Between Charlie Berens and the Ohh You Betcha guy, I feel like my Upper Midwest comedy needs are almost covered. Pookette has introduced me to Matt Falk, and while he's Canadian, he's basically straight north of us so I feel like he essentially grew up in the Upper Midwest.
Posted by: pookysgirl

Charlie Behrens makes me want to do a beer tour of Wisconsin.

Posted by: Miklos is open to New Experiences at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (N7hqt)

294 The worst has happened, as I commented in the overnight yesterday, my wife's cousins daughter, all of 34 years old, complained of debilitating back pain, she went to the hospital 9 days ago, what was thought to be back pain was cancer riven organs, she died today shortly after 9am.

That's how quickly one can go once the edge is crossed.

Just horrible, I feel bad for her mother, she has suffered a lot of loss the past couple of years.

The ironic thing is that last three times I've seen the family was at wakes and funerals.

This is going to be the fourth sans their daughter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (XV/Pl)

295 The ruffles and such are pretty on some ladies. But not me. Sad trombone.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:50 PM (ys6FW)

Those kinds of flourishes are for women with no boobs.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (6Bc88)

296 Anybody here from NC ? Western NC ?? Are you missing a kitty cat ?? I think I know what happened to it...

Posted by: runner at November 23, 2025 11:52 PM (g47mK)

297 --
*takes a Jello shot*
*takes another*
I don't like wasting food.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Me either.
Hey, pretty good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 23, 2025 11:52 PM (UamXc)

298 Very sorry, Thomas Bender. Sending prayers.

Posted by: scampydog at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (41CYW)

299 Charlie Behrens makes me want to do a beer tour of Wisconsin.
Posted by: Miklos is open to New Experiences at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (N7hqt)

You can buy Spotted Cow at the airport.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (6Bc88)

300 I think the American Indians confined menstruating women to a isolated tent.

Mensural blood was considered strong medicine and not for the good.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (sPsWv)

301 This is going to be the fourth sans their daughter.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (XV/Pl)

Crushing. My condolences. And prayers.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (6Bc88)

302 Or Grand Marnier, if you have some.
Posted by: JQ

Is that like *checks* Valu-Rite Marnier with "added flavoring"?

Posted by: Thrifty Miklos with Champagne Dreams at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (N7hqt)

303 Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM
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Horrible! Prayers up for all of you.

Posted by: JQ at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (rdVOm)

304 Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

I am of the same mindset, but I bring my older undies, and throw them away very night. If I run out, it's fun to buy new ones, especially in Paris.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (Vvh2V)

305 Those kinds of flourishes are for women with no boobs.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK

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True, that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (ys6FW)

306
You are on vacation. Let it all hang out, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (3ek7K)

307 Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (XV/Pl

I will add all of you to our prayer circles, especially her parents.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (Vvh2V)

308 Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 23, 2025 11:51 PM (XV/Pl)

That's so sad. Condolences to you and the family.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (2F0/Y)

309 Thomas, prayers.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (xqw19)

310 You ever notice how prosperous the Minchkins seem to be when they welcome Dorothy to Oz? The Wicked Witch of the East seems like must’ve been pretty benevolent, to me.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:55 PM (77rzZ)

311 Mensural blood was considered strong medicine and not for the good.
Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 11:53 PM (sPsWv)

That was the excuse given. It was mostly their stench and bad moods that brought it on.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 23, 2025 11:56 PM (Vvh2V)

312 Thomas Bender, condolences.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:57 PM (ys6FW)

313 Anybody here from NC ? Western NC ?? Are you missing a kitty cat ?? I think I know what happened to it...
Posted by: runner
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Yes, yes, and, no.

Though I confess to missing Mike Hammer's Cat .

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:58 PM (XeU6L)

314 Prayer up, Thomas Bender.

Posted by: Bulg at November 23, 2025 11:58 PM (77rzZ)

315 Candace is going nutty pants squared tonight. Well all weekend really.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 11:58 PM (/ZNPI)

316 Yes, yes, and, no.

Though I confess to missing Mike Hammer's Cat .
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 23, 2025 11:58 PM (XeU6L)

but that was a while ago..right ??

Posted by: runner at November 23, 2025 11:58 PM (g47mK)

317 What would I change about Buc-Ees? NOT IN MY BACKYARD! Put that sh*t in Pueblo, not on Monument Hill!

Posted by: Nancy@7000ft at November 23, 2025 11:59 PM (wYaAc)

318 I bookmarked a recipe you posted, long ago... very good!

Posted by: JQ

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Glad you liked it!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 23, 2025 11:59 PM (ys6FW)

319
You never stop missing them.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 24, 2025 12:00 AM (3ek7K)

320 Thomas Bender - My thoughts and prayers will be with the family.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2025 12:00 AM (XeU6L)

321 Thank you for the condolences, it’s just so sad, she’s was not married but had boyfriends, she was just living her life, not a party girl but a nice social girl always talking with her girlfriends and going places with her family.

She will be missed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 24, 2025 12:01 AM (XV/Pl)

322 Ruffles are for little girls, or prom/wedding dresses, within reason.

A grown ass woman with a bust larger than mosquito bites should avoid them, at least blouses with them.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 24, 2025 12:01 AM (Vvh2V)

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