Sea World Open Thread

This is easily one of the most incredible videos I’ve ever seen on the internet.. pic.twitter.com/8jWBw2iqVF
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 23, 2025

Baby dolphin gets the zoomies!🐬🩵 pic.twitter.com/k0PeOsXFGA
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 21, 2025

This post is overstuffed with good vids. Here's an amazing one: A mother whale nurses its baby.

This beautiful video captures a rare moment of a baby Sperm Whale nursing from its mother.

Baby Sperm Whales nurse by nudging their mother's mammary glands, which causes her to eject… pic.twitter.com/9CS6w3GzoG
— PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) November 24, 2025

I never even considered that as a possibility. I guess I should have.

Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:13 PM (lROFx)

2
Happy Black Friday, shoppers!

Posted by: Auspex at November 28, 2025 12:15 PM (Y8DZL)

3 No love for Flipper reruns?

They call him
Flipper, Flipper, Flipper

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2025 12:15 PM (0sNs1)

4 Open Thread!

Watch my new video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq-Jngk5lVI

Like it! Subscribe to the channel! Write comments!

Celebrate Orson Welles the man who mad fun movies, not the god of cinema.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM (GBKbO)

5 I read the content.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM (dK+Kv)

6 Whale boob thread!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM (0RiMX)

7 For those under-29:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6PqrTZsho0

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2025 12:17 PM (0sNs1)

8 I initially thought that first one was going to be a Ludacris cam video.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2025 12:17 PM (3uBP9)

9 Willowed:

Silver spot at $56.32 per oz. That 10 oz bar I bought yesterday for $559 is now worth more than I paid for it. LOL.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 28, 2025 12:17 PM (Da7Vv)

10 Whale boob thread!
Posted by: Cicero

Look. It was closing time, I was wasted and it was dark. What are you gonna do?!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 28, 2025 12:18 PM (cYBz/)

11 >>> Whale boob thread!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM (0RiMX)

What's a whale's cup size? I think it'd be up in the excel column double letters.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2025 12:18 PM (3uBP9)

12 2
Happy Black Friday, shoppers!
Posted by: Auspex at November 28, 2025 12:15 PM (Y8DZL)

My family are insane enough to have gone to the mall a while ago to see "Wicked 2". I gave up trying to fight the wind to move leaves and am now here in a house so quiet I can hear the mice running around in the ceiling.

Think I made the better choice.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 28, 2025 12:18 PM (LxER7)

13 Celebrate Orson Welles the man who mad fun movies, not the god of cinema.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM

Of course not. We all know whom you consider the deity of cinema, M. le R. Scott.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 28, 2025 12:19 PM (0sNs1)

14 They have been declaring it openly since even before 09/11/2001. And all the West has done over the past 2-3 decades is make it easier for Islam to take over Western civilization. Civilizational suicide.

Amy Mek @AmyMek

WARNING: PAY ATTENTION AMERICA

They are not hiding it. They are declaring it openly:

“Islam will enter every country, every city, every village, every home — by hook or by crook. Every house will have a Muslim inside. Islam will honor those who submit and humiliate those who disbelieve.”

Does that sound like “interfaith dialogue”? No. That is a battle plan.

X video: https://bit.ly/48so8nn

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:20 PM (P5BPp)

15 Is Flipper in reruns? I can't say I have ever seen it listed anywhere.
I might look.
I read a book by the dolphin trainer for the show. He was going up and down the coast releasing captive dolphins. Says putting dolphins in tanks it the equivalent of locking a human in a room made of mirrors.

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:20 PM (lROFx)

16 Yeah Ace, fellow mammals share many follies too.

Puffer fish is not a mammal and it shares most of their dna with marxist.

Posted by: thug dolphin at November 28, 2025 12:20 PM (EyfuW)

17 Walrus sucking his own dick

https://youtu.be/Ros73m7xBRA

Posted by: Mark1971 at November 28, 2025 12:20 PM (CNl8/)

18 Afternoon, Ace. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:21 PM (77rzZ)

19 The tuna doesn't taste as good as it used to.

Posted by: Little kid eating dolphin free tuna at November 28, 2025 12:21 PM (pkeXY)

20
When are the denizens of Orca world going to spring "Sea World II -- Shamu's Revenge" on the movie-going public?

"You want blood sport? We'll deliver blood sport to you, in spades, sport!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:21 PM (xG4kz)

21 Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland

What is a color revolution?

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

Here is the truth, lifted from my manuscript.

They do not like boiling a color revolution down to a sequence for a few reasons among which:

1) The people participating tend to be siloed (civic engagement isn't the same as vote tabulation)
2) They depend on the veneer that color revolutions are totally organic

But this is the 7-step sequence which I reverse-engineered.

X: https://bit.ly/4pHHLyJ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:22 PM (P5BPp)

22 Worthy of repost from the tech thread:

Someone blogging about the AI stuff had a very good explanation that seems very accurate.

When you chat with an LLM, and it combines names, dates, and events in a way that there was no source for and is untrue, it is called a hallucination.

When you chat with an LLM, and it combines names, dates, and events in a way that is true... it's still a hallucination. It just got where you wanted. And you accept it as fact.

There's actually not that much difference between the two, except whether you're knowledgeable enough to already know the answer yourself.

Posted by: Another Anon at November 28, 2025 08:27 AM (4h45B)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 28, 2025 12:24 PM (dK+Kv)

23 Buster Keaton also made fun movies. Can I celebrate him too?

youtu.be/imXC0Ryye0k

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:24 PM (rbvCR)

24 Just did a search. Flipper (the TV show) is available on the Roku channel and Pluto.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2025 12:25 PM (pkeXY)

25 Every book I had as a kid about undersea life had the obligatory depiction of a sperm whale fighting a giant squid.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

26 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.
I really hope he gets over this nonsense.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:26 PM (2J/Lj)

27 First video is amazing. Has all the hallmarks of AI slop though.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 28, 2025 12:27 PM (EZl3y)

28
Every book I had as a kid about undersea life had the obligatory depiction of a sperm whale fighting a giant squid.
Posted by: Bulg

Why do I think that is nothing but performance art in a manner similar to the cartoon where a cat and a dog clock in for a day at work, then proceed to commit all sorts of mayhem on each other, and finally clock out, amiably chatting with each other?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:29 PM (xG4kz)

29 Celebrate Orson Welles the man who mad fun movies, not the god of cinema.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:16 PM

I will, at some point this weekend. I haven't seen any of your movie posts, but I do like Welles, so I'm looking forward to what you have to say.

BTW, I'll probably be contacting you in re: videos early next year. Since the new novel will be coming out in the spring, I want to revamp my website and add video commeting on silents to it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:29 PM (ufSfZ)

30 You know, all those sunken drug boats? The drugs will create new sea monsters?

Posted by: thug dolphin at November 28, 2025 12:30 PM (EyfuW)

31 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.
I really hope he gets over this nonsense.

If this is sarcasm, to quote a commenter here, "I don't get it."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:30 PM (ufSfZ)

32 Every book I had as a kid about undersea life had the obligatory depiction of a sperm whale fighting a giant squid.
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

There is a Norwegian movie coming called Kraken. From the trailer it seems to be Jaws meets The Seventh Seal plus Silkwood.

Thank GOD it isn't a remake of Black Crab

youtu.be/EUTatY1-oBI

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:31 PM (rbvCR)

33 28 Heh.

“Mornin’, Sam.”
“Mornin’, Ralph.”

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

34 26 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.
I really hope he gets over this nonsense.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:26 PM (2J/Lj)

Why does he want you to do Math? Has his health taken a turn?

My lil sis had to have her mental issues crop up again, so I get family nonsense right now.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 28, 2025 12:31 PM (tOcjL)

35 You know, all those sunken drug boats? The drugs will create new sea monsters?
Posted by: thug dolphin at November 28, 2025 12:30 PM (EyfuW)

--Cocaine sharks

Posted by: logprof at November 28, 2025 12:31 PM (wT4SO)

36 Imagine the plight of the innocent sperm whale whose wife gives him the third degree every night when he comes home with new suction cup marks all over his body.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:32 PM (0RiMX)

37 29 I will, at some point this weekend. I haven't seen any of your movie posts, but I do like Welles, so I'm looking forward to what you have to say.

BTW, I'll probably be contacting you in re: videos early next year. Since the new novel will be coming out in the spring, I want to revamp my website and add video commeting on silents to it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:29 PM (ufSfZ)

======

Awesome. And I'll try to help as much as I can.

(like and subscribe)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)

38
How many wenches hang out here?

I know of two, the bacon wench and the uppity wench.

Have we others?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:32 PM (xG4kz)

39 24 Just did a search. Flipper (the TV show) is available on the Roku channel and Pluto.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2025 12:25 PM (pkeXY)

Thank you. I'll ask the wife if we have those channels.
Then I'll have her binge watch and ask what she thought.
I really don't watch much TV these days.

Also of note. I have a WKRP turkey drop shirt. At work the only people who even knew what it was about were all over 29. None of the kids got it. So I assigned them some homework.
"Go watch some good TV for once and binge on some WKRP."

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:32 PM (lROFx)

40 "I never even considered that as a possibility. I guess I should have."

Growing by leaps and bounds after the hedgehog video.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (NFX2v)

41
Orson Whales!!!

Amirite?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (iJfKG)

42 Love the baby dolphin "zoomies". The underwater equivalent of "puppy-crazies".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (LxER7)

43 Buster Keaton also made fun movies. Can I celebrate him too?

youtu.be/imXC0Ryye0k
Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:24 PM (rbvCR)

I believe that's from Sherlock Jr.

May I suggest One Week if you haven't seen it? Buster and his new wife try to build a house.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (ufSfZ)

44
“Mornin’, Sam.”
“Mornin’, Ralph.”
Posted by: Bulg

I could not remember their names and I was too lazy to go search for them.

Thanks!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (xG4kz)

45 41
Orson Whales!!!

Amirite?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (iJfKG)

======

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:34 PM (GBKbO)

46 43 I believe that's from Sherlock Jr.

May I suggest One Week if you haven't seen it? Buster and his new wife try to build a house.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (ufSfZ)

=====

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg

It's been one week since you looked at me...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

47 I believe that's from Sherlock Jr.

May I suggest One Week if you haven't seen it? Buster and his new wife try to build a house.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (ufSfZ)

It is Seven Chances, and also has the iconic "running down the hill chased by boulders" scene, and the 'running down the street chased by every unmarried woman in town"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (rbvCR)

48
Baby Whales bumping Mom teats to get milk isn't a surprise

Baby Cows, calves, do it as well.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (iJfKG)

49 If this is sarcasm, to quote a commenter here, "I don't get it."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not really sarcasm. Just goofiness. Hubbymayhem knows I don't do math and I don't like peopling especially talking on a phone. But there he is, suggesting I should do those things.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:36 PM (2J/Lj)

50 And, for anyone interested, Flicker Alley is having their Black Friday sale:

https://flickeralley.com

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:36 PM (ufSfZ)

51 50 And, for anyone interested, Flicker Alley is having their Black Friday sale:

https://flickeralley.com

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Oh, is TODAY Black Friday?

*eyes 250 new Black Friday emails in Inbox*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:39 PM (0RiMX)

52 >>> You know, all those sunken drug boats? The drugs will create new sea monsters?
Posted by: thug dolphin at November 28, 2025 12:30 PM (EyfuW)

Coming to the SyFy channel
. This Spring .
. By the people that brought you .
. Sharknado .
. and .
. Syphilis Sloths .

. comes .

FENTANYL KRAKENS!

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2025 12:39 PM (3uBP9)

53 It is Seven Chances, and also has the iconic "running down the hill chased by boulders" scene, and the 'running down the street chased by every unmarried woman in town"
Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (rbvCR)

Damn, I should have known that!

By the by, for those of you who are Keaton, Lloyd and / or Chaplin fans, John Bengston has a website detailing where each of their shorts and movies were filmed and connecting them to present-day locations. Absolutely fascinating, IMO.

https://silentlocations.com

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:39 PM (ufSfZ)

54
I consigned my tee shirt with the imprinted name tag, "HELLO. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.", to the Goodwill donation pile. Too few folks see the cleverness of it these days.

I will hang on to my "This Year, Instead of Gifts, I'm Giving Everyone My Opinion" tee until it is in tatters. There's no ambiguity in that slogan.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:39 PM (xG4kz)

55 I dunno, that "baby" whale seems way too big to still be nursing. Plus, I see no milk in the water whatsoever, which would be strange given how the process works.

I suspect what we're seeing in the video is something other than what's described.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 28, 2025 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

56 We're gonna need a whole shitload of Methadone.

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:41 PM (lROFx)

57 Is Kona coffee worth the price? Thinking about getting some

Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:41 PM (AOsQT)

58 Baby Whales bumping Mom teats to get milk isn't a surprise

Baby Cows, calves, do it as well.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (iJfKG)

This got me permanently blacklisted at IHOP when I attempted to get cream for my coffee.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:41 PM (npFr7)

59 26 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem

Please see a lawyer.

41 states follow equitable distribution laws for dividing marital property during a divorce. Nine states follow community property laws, where assets acquired during the marriage are divided equally. Alaska and maybe a few others are hybrids, with possible opted-in community property laws.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 28, 2025 12:41 PM (NFX2v)

60 {{{Madamemayhem (uppity wench)}}}
* note the proper hand placement and quick release *

I am absolutely positive you know how to manipulate your husband to see common sense.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 28, 2025 12:42 PM (u82oZ)

61 >>>18 Afternoon, Ace. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

thank you, you as well!

Thanksgivng was a lot of work, so today is just finally a relaxing day.

I'll also get to have the best part of Thanksgiving, the turkey and stuffing leftover sandwiches.

Posted by: ace at November 28, 2025 12:42 PM (1wjle)

62 54
I consigned my tee shirt with the imprinted name tag, "HELLO. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.", to the Goodwill donation pile. Too few folks see the cleverness of it these days.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:39 PM (xG4kz)
----

If it's any comfort, I have a mug down at the office which reads "HELLO. My name is Inigo Montoya. You took my coffee. Prepare to die." It's received several compliments, including from some younger persons.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 28, 2025 12:42 PM (LxER7)

63 55 I dunno, that "baby" whale seems way too big to still be nursing. Plus, I see no milk in the water whatsoever, which would be strange given how the process works.

------------

It's like air-to-air refueling, apparently.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:43 PM (0RiMX)

64 Orson Whales - wasn't he responsible for changing Rita Humpsworth's hair from red to blond?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (Da7Vv)

65 In Kokura, South Island of NZ, you can get dropped in the path of pods of oncoming Dusky dolphins. If you can get/stay down a few feet under (not so simple with a buoyant wet suit, which you need cuz the water is pretty cold), some of them will circle you and eye you for a bit before moving on. The young ones did it the most, of course.

Biologist on the boat said best theory about dolphins jumping/flipping (which the pod was doing as it approached) was that "they do it for fun". She also noted that the randy little sea mammals have sex .... um, a lot. Hilarious young Brit on the boat said "I want to come back as a dolphin!".

Posted by: rhomboid at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (U/Byj)

66 Hubbymayhem knows I don't do math and I don't like peopling
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:36 PM

To be fair, you have been observed peopling at MoMes.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (0sNs1)

67 45 41
Orson Whales!!!

Amirite?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:33 PM (iJfKG)

======

I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:34 PM (GBKbO)

C'mon, man! You're the Movie Guy.

Surely, you remember "The Magnificent Ambergris".

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (iJfKG)

68 The first video is beautiful and incredible. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (NFX2v)

69 64 Orson Whales - wasn't he responsible for changing Rita Humpsworth's hair from red to blond?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 28, 2025 12:44 PM (Da7Vv)

======

In The Lady from Shanghai, cut it short, too.

They were married at the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

70 Is Kona coffee worth the price? Thinking about getting some
Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:41 PM

Kona is Jamaican Blue Mountain grown in Hawai'i.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 28, 2025 12:46 PM (0sNs1)

71 How about The Outlaw Josey Whales. There is iron in his song.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (LxER7)

72
My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (QVmho)

73 Ohhh!!! Now I get it! He's not after a divorce... He's trying to annoy me to the point that I start swearing! Then he can claim that I was swearing AT HIM. Swearing AT Hubbymayhem is a spanking offense. Swearing BECAUSE of Hubbymayhem is not. Hmmmm....

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (2J/Lj)

74 In The Lady from Shanghai, cut it short, too.

They were married at the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:45 PM (GBKbO)

I thought Lorena Bobbitt was from Colombia...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:48 PM (npFr7)

75 I dunno, that "baby" whale seems way too big to still be nursing.

An old joke, from a Bennett Cerf collection I can't put my hands on right now:

A DC social worker was traveling through the hills of Appalachia when, passing through a desolate hollow, she saw a slatternly woman on the porch of a ramshackle cabin, breast-feeding a very large child. Stopping to investigate, she asked how old the child was.

"Ten, I reckon," was the laconic answer.

"Ten?" the shocked woman repeated. "Why, that's much too old! You need to wean him immediately!"

"Ah knows I should," the mother answered, "But ever' time ah tries, he flangs big rocks at me."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:48 PM (ufSfZ)

76 Rita Humpsworth should have given herself a less porno sounding name.

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:48 PM (lROFx)

77 My name is Inigo

That's racist.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 28, 2025 12:48 PM (ASjbI)

78 Thanks, Poindexter

Is Kona coffee worth the price? Thinking about getting some

surely one a youse mooks has had some

Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:49 PM (AOsQT)

79 My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (QVmho)

publius is your go-to guy for that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:49 PM (npFr7)

80 To be fair, you have been observed peopling at MoMes.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Wrongo! Dweeb! I've never been to a MoMe.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:50 PM (2J/Lj)

81 Gaslighting

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 28, 2025 12:50 PM (NFX2v)

82
Is Kona coffee worth the price? Thinking about getting some

surely one a youse mooks has had some
Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:49 PM (AOsQT)

I would buy it and yes it's worth the price but YMMV. I also like peaberry kona coffee.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 28, 2025 12:50 PM (QsMb/)

83

publius is your go-to guy for that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thank you!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (QVmho)

84 CaliGirl

you are a great American
thank you

Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (AOsQT)

85 Celebrate Orson Welles the man who mad fun movies, not the god of cinema.
———

He starred in a radio program called The lives of Harry Lime after a movie by the same name, I guess. It’s pretty good, the writing was good, he was a good actor, although I dislike the phony baloney “Mid Atlantic” accent he affected. Most actresses in the 30s and 40s had it too. He was from Wisconsin, fer cryin’ out loud.

They have a theme song for that, played on an instrument called a Zither, that is pretty cool. Once or maybe twice.

After that, you’re ready to shoot your radio. It seems to go on forever. And ever. And then - one more time! Bang

Posted by: Common Tater at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (eEPa7)

86 My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (QVmho)

*snickers at the socially awkward dorkus*

Posted by: D and D player at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

87 72
My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:47 PM (QVmho)

Weather Rock. Simple and easy to read.

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (lROFx)

88 That blonde bob was not a good look for Rita, IMHO, even with her beautiful face.

It was butterhair.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

89 Thanksgivng was a lot of work, so today is just finally a relaxing day.

I'll also get to have the best part of Thanksgiving, the turkey and stuffing leftover sandwiches.
Posted by: ace at November 28, 2025 12:42 PM (1wjle)

Did you have friends and / or family over, Ace? Thanksgiving here at Stately Poppins Manor was low-key, but I ended up making much more food than I needed, so there are plenty of leftovers.

One thing I do is what I call 'turkey packets.' You take some premade dough, shape it into a square, then put your leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy and such in the middle, fold it all up into a square, brush butter on top and bake until golden brown.

Sort of a turkey Hot Pocket, if you will.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:52 PM (ufSfZ)

90 remember "The Magnificent Ambergris".

The Magnificent Anbesol

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 28, 2025 12:52 PM (ASjbI)

91 He starred in a radio program called The lives of Harry Lime after a movie by the same name, I guess. It’s pretty good, the writing was good, he was a good actor, although I dislike the phony baloney “Mid Atlantic” accent he affected. Most actresses in the 30s and 40s had it too. He was from Wisconsin, fer cryin’ out loud.

They have a theme song for that, played on an instrument called a Zither, that is pretty cool. Once or maybe twice.

The movie was The Third Man.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 28, 2025 12:52 PM (Riz8t)

92 85
He starred in a radio program called The lives of Harry Lime after a movie by the same name, I guess. It’s pretty good, the writing was good, he was a good actor, although I dislike the phony baloney “Mid Atlantic” accent he affected. Most actresses in the 30s and 40s had it too. He was from Wisconsin, fer cryin’ out loud.

They have a theme song for that, played on an instrument called a Zither, that is pretty cool. Once or maybe twice.

After that, you’re ready to shoot your radio. It seems to go on forever. And ever. And then - one more time! Bang

Posted by: Common Tater at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (eEPa7)

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The Third Man, by Carol Reed (and written by Graham Greene) is the movie you're thinking of.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:53 PM (GBKbO)

93 >>> "Ah knows I should," the mother answered, "But ever' time ah tries, he flangs big rocks at me."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:48 PM (ufSfZ)

Or that part in one of the many many uplifting, lighthearted, Steinbeck books, The Grapes of Wrath.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 28, 2025 12:53 PM (3uBP9)

94
He starred in a radio program called The lives of Harry Lime after a movie by the same name, I guess. It’s pretty good, the writing was good, he was a good actor, although I dislike the phony baloney “Mid Atlantic” accent he affected. Most actresses in the 30s and 40s had it too. He was from Wisconsin, fer cryin’ out loud.

They have a theme song for that, played on an instrument called a Zither, that is pretty cool. Once or maybe twice.

The movie to which you refer was "The Third Man". Welles played the bereft of morals Harry Lime in it. The zither piece is the "The Third Man Theme".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:54 PM (xG4kz)

95
I love cold turkey sandwiches. Unfortunately all the turkey was devoured yesterday. I'll buy a turkey breast and cook it, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:55 PM (3ek7K)

96 Sort of a turkey Hot Pocket, if you will.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:52 PM (ufSfZ)

That is bloody brilliant! I love you! Thanks for that idea!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:55 PM (2J/Lj)

97

Weather Rock. Simple and easy to read.
Posted by: Reforger

Damnit. *snickers*

I was halfway into typing that in to search for the brand.
Oh. Oooooohhhhhh.

Very well done.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 12:55 PM (QVmho)

98 I should be working on editing my new novel, but I don't feel like it. A lovely lady has asked me to put together a couple of CDs of Christmas music for her, so that will be my project for today. I might go out for a cocktail or two later, or perhaps not.

Oh, something else for you opera mavens - Fathom Entertainment is hosting an English-language abridged version of The Magic Flute on December 6. Go to fathomentertainment.com for details.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:56 PM (ufSfZ)

99 Nudge a mammary today.

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2025 12:56 PM (i+bC1)

100 Quick!

Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2025 12:56 PM (i+bC1)

101 94
The movie to which you refer was "The Third Man". Welles played the bereft of morals Harry Lime in it. The zither piece is the "The Third Man Theme".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 12:54 PM (xG4kz)

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Welles took the job to fund a few more days/weeks of filming his independently produced Othello.

Took him 3 years to complete filming.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:57 PM (GBKbO)

102 That is bloody brilliant! I love you! Thanks for that idea!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:55 PM (2J/Lj)

You're welcome, dear lady. Depending on the size of the pastry sheet you use, you can generally fit four nice-sized ones into a regular baking pan.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:58 PM (ufSfZ)

103 If I nudge Ace will he feed me or will a shelf fall down? Asking for the squirrels because they're persistent little b*stards.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at November 28, 2025 12:58 PM (bLiG/)

104 Fridge has been iffy, and we had a repair tech come And "fix" it this week. They replaced the fan. But it crashed out yesterday. Because of course it did -- why not on Thanksgiving week? Luckily they guarantee their work and will be back today.

Luckily we have the quintessential trusty garage fridge that will probably outlive us. All the Thanksgiving leftovers are out there. We also put things like the pies wrapped up in heavy duty garbage bags on the porch, aka the "outdoor fridge" since it was almost at freezing last night.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2025 12:58 PM (gWBY1)

105 Can’t stand that damn zither music in The Third Man.

It’s in freaking Vienna, practically classical music’s hometown, and that’s the best they could come up with?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

106 I love cold turkey sandwiches. Unfortunately all the turkey was devoured yesterday. I'll buy a turkey breast and cook it, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons

I make enchiladas with leftover turkey.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 28, 2025 12:59 PM (6TJ5+)

107 Kona is good. Are you really getting Kona, or a blend? Or any Kona at all? It was way overpriced in Hawaii, I doubt it’s worth it anywhere else, due to shipping costs, unless money is no object.

I shopped for a while at a mall in Virginia right outside DC in the early 1990s, probably where all the Beautiful People shopped for their coffee. They had a HUGE coffee selection at one shop. Very good coffees, all roasted to perfection.

The United States Senate cafeteria serves Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, or did at one time. I gulped and bought some of that once. It’s quite good, assuming it was the real deal. A million pounds of it are sold every year or whatever, even though only a fraction of that is actually harvested. It’s not a strong flavored coffee, although very clean. It’s the Filet Mignon of Coffee. Tender, but a little lean. Gimme a Porterhouse.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 28, 2025 12:59 PM (RZn4N)

108
you are a great American
thank you
Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:51 PM (AOsQT)

I'd like a report on which brand you bought and if it was any good.
My favorite coffee ever is peaberry, normally coffee beans are twins and in some small percentage the cherrys have only one bean and they're shaped differently and I really liked that coffee but I've only bought one bag. Peaberry coffee is really expensive.
Kona coffee is one of my favorites and King Harv sells it and peaberry beans too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 28, 2025 12:59 PM (QsMb/)

109 Nudge a mammary today.
Posted by: Eromero at November 28, 2025 12:56 PM (i+bC1)

Slam a Mam!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 01:00 PM (iJfKG)

110 26 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem

Oh no! I'm praying for a good resolution and a restoration of your marriage right now.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 28, 2025 01:00 PM (wCGGz)

111 105 Can’t stand that damn zither music in The Third Man.

It’s in freaking Vienna, practically classical music’s hometown, and that’s the best they could come up with?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

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Reed apparently wanted a conscious break from Viennese waltzes, and just liked the sound of the zither.

I think it fits the film quite well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:00 PM (GBKbO)

112
Mr Aspirin,

That is a great idea. We have lots of the smoked turkey left. I bet that will taste great.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:01 PM (3ek7K)

113 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:57 PM (GBKbO)

TJM, did I ever mention Peter Biskind's My Lunches with Orson? It's a recollection of many meals and get-togethers with Welles by his friend Henry Jaglom. Very interesting, in the way the director looks at his career and Hollywood.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 01:01 PM (ufSfZ)

114 Sea World pro tip: see the painted line? Sit way below it for the best view...

Posted by: man at November 28, 2025 01:01 PM (XuXeR)

115 Orson Welles.

His best acting was The Muppet Movie.

His best work was on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (2J/Lj)

116 The post Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches are the best! Turkey, stuffing, cranberries. The ultimate convo.

Ok I'm hungry... going to dig out the leftovers from the garage fridge!

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (gWBY1)

117 113 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:57 PM (GBKbO)

TJM, did I ever mention Peter Biskind's My Lunches with Orson? It's a recollection of many meals and get-togethers with Welles by his friend Henry Jaglom. Very interesting, in the way the director looks at his career and Hollywood.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 01:01 PM (ufSfZ)

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I don't believe you have, but it sounds interesting. Thanks! I shall look...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (GBKbO)

118
There is an excellent collection of zither pieces and polkas available under the name, "Zither and Jawn Jawnson"

Look it up!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 01:03 PM (xG4kz)

119 "Ultimate combo" not convo, yay typo.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2025 01:03 PM (gWBY1)

120 Afternoon, Horde. Happy Day After Thanksgiving.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 28, 2025 01:03 PM (Wnv9h)

121 Went out yesterday... zero leftovers.

Posted by: man at November 28, 2025 01:03 PM (XuXeR)

122
Sea World pro tip: see the painted line? Sit way below it for the best view...
Posted by: man

Say, great idea! Thanks for that, pardner!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 01:04 PM (xG4kz)

123 115 Orson Welles.

His best acting was The Muppet Movie.

His best work was on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (2J/Lj)

Paul Masson commercial.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 28, 2025 01:05 PM (QsMb/)

124
Reed apparently wanted a conscious break from Viennese waltzes, and just liked the sound of the zither....

Also, Zamfir was busy.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 28, 2025 01:05 PM (iJfKG)

125 Is Kona coffee worth the price? Thinking about getting some

surely one a youse mooks has had some
Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 12:49 PM (AOsQT)

It is nice, but it depends on what you like. I had a GF who would drink nothing but, however she was a very inauthentic person (and I could never figure out why since she was also a very accomplished person)

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 01:05 PM (rbvCR)

126 Paul Masson commercial.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 28, 2025 01:05 PM (QsMb/)

👍

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:06 PM (2J/Lj)

127 I like Sea World even though some might disapprove.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2025 01:06 PM (SXxzC)

128 I don't believe you have, but it sounds interesting. Thanks! I shall look...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (GBKbO)

Waits patiently for a mashup of My Dinner with Andre, and Eating Raoul.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 01:06 PM (npFr7)

129 Another book I read recently was [i}Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA by Will Sloan. It's not a full-length bio, more of a long-form essay and a good look at Wood's career. My only caveat is that Sloan takes Glen or Glenda? and uses that, as well as Wood's angora fetish, to reboot him as a misunderstood LBBT-whatever pioneer.

He did make a point I thought was interesting - that the general failure of Wood was not that he made bad movies (which he did), but rather that the movies he did make were copies of ones he had enjoyed as a child. In that view, while Plan 9 would have been a perfectly acceptable early 1950s schlock SF flick, it's tone was completely out of date by the time it saw release in 1959.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 01:06 PM (ufSfZ)

130 Orson Welles.

His best acting was The Muppet Movie.

His best work was on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (2J/Lj)

Paul Masson commercial.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 28, 2025 01:05 PM

History of the World, Part 1.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 28, 2025 01:07 PM (Wnv9h)

131 Orson Welles showed up in episode of I Love Lucy.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

132 Went out yesterday... zero leftovers.

We did too since neither our house nor the daughter and SIL's has room to seat four adults. I was prepared to tip generously on the idea that anyone working on a holiday really needs the money but alas, the service was poor and the best I could bring myself to do was ~30%.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 28, 2025 01:08 PM (3nLb4)

133 I love cold turkey sandwiches. Unfortunately all the turkey was devoured yesterday. I'll buy a turkey breast and cook it, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons

I make enchiladas with leftover turkey.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

A Spokane store was giving away free turkeys with a $125 purchase. They raised the prices on Thanksgiving related items but not on general staples. My daughter made 5 trips. She said she's well stocked on TP, paper towels, coffee, dog food and quite a few other staples. On her last trip, the checker looked at her and said , " you've been here before ". My daughter's response was a smile and "yep".

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at November 28, 2025 01:08 PM (bLiG/)

134 History of the World, Part 1.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

And 👍 for you also!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:08 PM (2J/Lj)

135 Sort of a turkey Hot Pocket, if you will.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 12:52 PM (ufSfZ)

That is bloody brilliant! I love you! Thanks for that idea!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 12:55 PM (2J/Lj)

Empanada de pavo. Estilo "dia de gracias"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 01:09 PM (rbvCR)

136 Did you know playing the zither is difficult? It's approximately playing three guitars on one instrument.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 28, 2025 01:09 PM (0sNs1)

137 His best work was on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:02 PM (2J/Lj)

I don't know.
I'm kinda partial to Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, maybe a little Touch of Evil if I want to see him play a bad guy and Charlton Heston as a Mexican (wut?).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 01:09 PM (6ydKt)

138 I didn’t know that Welles did a film of Othello.

I kinda liked his version of Macbeth.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

139
Paul Masson commercial.
Posted by: CaliGirl

His ads for Rosebud Frozen Peas in "The Critic".

"Yes. Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness."

https://youtu.be/IH1PJTY9AVA

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 28, 2025 01:11 PM (xG4kz)

140 A little mom and pop diner near us was open yesterday but had to close at 2 pm due to the fact that they ran out of everything. Everything!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:11 PM (2J/Lj)

141
Strong wind today in SW Wyoming. It sounds like rocks are hitting the house.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:11 PM (3ek7K)

142 I'll do some research on the innerneck and see if there's some kind of consensus as to the the best or most popular Kona

Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 01:12 PM (AOsQT)

143 11 >>> Whale boob thread!

+++

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at November 28, 2025 01:12 PM (XQo4F)

144 138 I didn’t know that Welles did a film of Othello.

I kinda liked his version of Macbeth.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

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Oh, so worthwhile.

And then there's Chimes at Midnight which takes lines from five of Shakespeare's histories, The Henriad, and focuses entirely on Sir John Falstaff. My favorite Welles film.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:12 PM (GBKbO)

145 James Woods @RealJamesWoods

Judge Pirro hits a bullseye:

“The 20 million illegal aliens let into this country by the Biden administration, we don’t know who they are until we suffer the consequences.”

Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman

JEANINE PIRRO JUST WENT NUCLEAR:

“You idiots on the Left flew in 160,000 unvetted Afghans and third-world trash, and now a 20-year-old American hero is DEAD because of it!”

“Her blood is on YOUR hands. Every single one of you open-border lunatics!”

No Mercy!

X video: https://bit.ly/48jty3J

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 01:12 PM (P5BPp)

146 My first memory of Orson Welles was watching him narrate some Noastradamus documentary on HBO when I was a kid.

That film scared the crap out of me (predicted a nuclear war in the 90s), but I later went on to find out who Welles was and always liked him since.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (6ydKt)

147 I should get to work. I have about 40 feet of fencing I need to fix.

Posted by: Reforger at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (lROFx)

148 Madamemayhem, why does Hubbymahem want you to do math and peopling?

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

149 > My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?
Posted by: BifBewalski
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I've had two brands; Davis Instruments and Ambient Weather. Currently running the Ambient WS-2000 since 2020. Indoor console, outdoor sensor array, will take add on sensors. Uploads data to console and a couple weather apps like Weather Underground, NWS and Ambient's own cloud. $250 (give or take)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (NwnyJ)

150 Hmm. ITunes isn't working correctly on this computer. I guess I will have to move to a different one.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (ufSfZ)

151 Madamemayhem, why does Hubbymahem want you to do math and peopling?
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

See my 73.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM (2J/Lj)

152 110 26 Hubbymayhem, evidently wants a divorce. He hasn't said it but.... Last night he suggested that I should do math. And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.

Posted by: Madamemayhem

Oh no! I'm praying for a good resolution and a restoration of your marriage right now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 28, 2025 01:00 PM (wCGGz)

Guys. It's a joke. Please return the tits to the calm position.

Posted by: Like a momma whale at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

153 152
Guys. It's a joke. Please return the tits to the calm position.

Posted by: Like a momma whale at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

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Oh, it's a joke.

I get jokes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

154 "Please return the tits to the calm position."

You can DO that?

Posted by: Guys everywhere at November 28, 2025 01:17 PM (XQo4F)

155
See my 73.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Do you make him call you Zoot, too?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 28, 2025 01:17 PM (QVmho)

156 "My vintage 2020 Acurite weather station is failing. Does anyone have a recommendation for another brand they are using or know of that is reliable?"

Regarding weather instrumentation, old school is the best school. Stay away from all the shit introduced in the last ten years.

Make sure that the cups and the wind vane are not shadowed. It's surprising how something so simple to understand is ignored.

Ambient WS-5000 and WS-4000 uses a terrible "ultrasonic" rain gauge that has proven to be highly inaccurate.

Davis has traditionally made good stuff.

The interface is what you really need to understand to meet your personal needs.

I'd recommend the Davis Vantage Vue or the Ambient WS-2000.

Posted by: pawn at November 28, 2025 01:17 PM (sPsWv)

157 The Blade tried people-ing. Sucks. Zero stars. Would not recommend.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 28, 2025 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

158 146 My first memory of Orson Welles was watching him narrate some Noastradamus documentary on HBO when I was a kid.

That film scared the crap out of me (predicted a nuclear war in the 90s), but I later went on to find out who Welles was and always liked him since.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (6ydKt)

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow.

Or not. How did July 1999 turn out? Did the king of terror come from the sky, bringing back to life the King of the Mongols?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 01:17 PM (xqIAL)

159 Please return the tits to the ~~calm~~ cupped position.
Posted by: Like a momma whale at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: Frank Constanza at November 28, 2025 01:18 PM (0sNs1)

160 Do you make him call you Zoot, too?
Posted by: BifBewalski

I don't make the man do anything. He's a man. He's in charge.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:19 PM (2J/Lj)

161 127 I like Sea World even though some might disapprove.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 28, 2025 01:06 PM (SXxzC)

I went to Sea World on a school field trip in San Antonio in 1988, the year it opened.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 01:19 PM (xqIAL)

162 Oh, it's a joke.

I get jokes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:16 PM

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE OFTEN CALLS UPON ME TO EXPLAIN JOKES TO HIM.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at November 28, 2025 01:20 PM (0sNs1)

163 >Guys. It's a joke. Please return the tits to the calm position.
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Upright and locked.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: not found at November 28, 2025 01:20 PM (AOsQT)

164 I've read that Vertigo is now ranked as the best film of all time, and while I love some Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart I don't even think that's Hitchcock's best film much less being better than Citizen Kane which was a true masterpiece and was revolutionary in some of it's sets, cinematography and lighting techniques.

It was ranked as the best ever for so long based on more than just the story and acting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 01:20 PM (6ydKt)

165 153 152
Guys. It's a joke. Please return the tits to the calm position.

Posted by: Like a momma whale at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

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Oh, it's a joke.

I get jokes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 28, 2025 01:20 PM (wCGGz)

166 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 28, 2025 01:21 PM (NcvvS)

167 151 Madamemayhem, why does Hubbymahem want you to do math and peopling?
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

See my 73.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 28, 2025 01:15 PM (2J/Lj)

Sorry, Madam.

Slap a hot iron on him. That'll fix it toot sweet!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 28, 2025 01:22 PM (wCGGz)

168 164 164 I've read that Vertigo is now ranked as the best film of all time, and while I love some Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart I don't even think that's Hitchcock's best film much less being better than Citizen Kane which was a true masterpiece and was revolutionary in some of it's sets, cinematography and lighting techniques.

It was ranked as the best ever for so long based on more than just the story and acting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 01:20 PM (6ydKt)

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The BFI Sight and Sound poll in 2012 said that Vertigo was the best ever, after Citizen Kane had topped every poll the magazine had done since 1952 (it's a once a decade survey).

In 2022, it was Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.

The BFI poll is built by sending out a request to critics to give them a list of Top 10 movies. Critics send back their opinions, and then the BFI takes those results. Mentions on each entry. Most gets top spot, and then down. The top movie never gets mentioned on more than about 25% of all surveys.

So, a single feminist film scholar can completely throw everything in arears by conditioning her students to love some slow feminist movie from 1978.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)

169 Rear Window is much better than Vertigo, IMHO.

Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

170 It's been one week since you looked at me...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at November 28, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)

That song fucking sucks. I’ll probably hear it at work tonight.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 01:24 PM (xqIAL)

171 LAZY LEFTOVERS ... Firmly press some stuffing/dressing onto a pizza baking pan ... Apply a thin layer of mashed potatoes ... Scatter with chunks and bits of turkey ... Drizzle with a little gravy ... Top with a generous amount of shredded mozzarella ... Bake until everything is thoroughly heated ... Remove from oven, cut into wedges, and spoon on cranberry sauce/relish (if desired) ... Might be safer to serve on a plate and eat with a fork and knife (rather than in hand).

Posted by: Kathy at November 28, 2025 01:24 PM (zuKcR)

172 >>> And today he is telling me to "call and talk" to people.

I texted people Thanksgiving greetings last night. Hopefully that covers most of the "call and talk" for me for the holiday.

I do have some family I should call today though.

Posted by: LizLem at November 28, 2025 01:27 PM (gWBY1)

173 not that I'm a Luddite or anything (far from it) but Chateau D'Eez uses all manual weather instumentation:
two different rain gauges on different sides of the house (they rarely read alike)
two thermometers; calibrated by reference to a big old lab-grade mercury thermometer
wind speed by SWAG
humidity can be measured by wet bulb / dry bulb sling psychrometer if I want to go to the trouble.
data logging on a large calendar from the bank

I don't hate digital, or the array of electronic sensors out there, but I like simple, as in direct physical connection with the thing measured, a lot. low maintenance. no batteries. runs on high-school physics, or what used to be high-school physics in the before time ...

& not trying to discourage you, Bif, I hope the weather station users here help you find a good one! I'm just taking advantage of the topic to get out the soapbox and toss in my two cents worth.
(and I see I'm willowed too, lol!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 28, 2025 01:44 PM (Cjt/F)

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