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Saturday Night "Club ONT" December 6, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Drinks of the Night Playing card drinks return. Wow - into the 4s now!
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 quarts whole milk
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
4 teaspoons white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 cup whipped cream, garnish
In a large saucepan, stir together sugar and flour. Gradually stir in the milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks until smooth. Ladle a small amount of the hot milk into the yolks and quickly whisk in. Pour the tempered yolk mixture back into the hot milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool. In a medium glass or metal bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 4 teaspoons sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. fold whites into eggnog and refrigerate until chilled. Serve garnished with a dollop of whipped cream and a dash of nutmeg.*** The beverage that needs no marketing budget for you to know it exists. The brand is deserving of some Horde slogans and taglines.
What's that - you're not familiar with this combo? We can help!
Club ONT Department of History and Religion
St. Nicholas was a bishop known for his good deeds, especially those that helped children and the needy. He often gave generously and without anyone knowing the gifts were from him. Nicholas was officially recognized as a saint in the 800s, and in the 1200s, Catholics in France began celebrating Bishop Nicholas Day on December 6. Many European countries celebrate the Feast of Sinterklaas - also known as St. Nicholas - starting on the 5th of December, the eve of the day, by sharing candies, chocolate letters, small gifts, and riddles. Children put out their shoes filled with carrots and hay for the saint's horse the evening prior, hoping St. Nicholas will exchange them for small gifts. SourceSt. Nicholas does not operate alone...
In most areas where Krampus is known, the tradition is that St. Nicholas visits children on the night of December 5 (St. Nicholas Eve) or on December 6 (St. Nicholas's Day), leaving presents much like Santa Claus in American tradition. On these visits, St. Nicholas is often accompanied by a Krampus. In his role as St. Nicholas’s companion, Krampus's main duty is to punish or threaten naughty children while the saint rewards good ones. This can be seen as one of the many variations of the "good cop/ bad cop" or "carrot and stick" approach to managing children’s behavior - and Krampus literally wields a stick, or more commonly a bunch of birch twigs, to discipline children. If this isn't sufficient, St. Nicholas's Krampus companion often carries a basket or a sack, into which he is said to stuff naughty children to take them away and punish later at greater length. Source
Club ONT Eye-Pokers The Old State Saloon is at it again (scroll through to see their daily specials). Amusement park of promotions that put liberals on tilt. In September, they ran a follow up on their June Heterosexual Awesomeness Month with the Hetero Fest. Currently, they are offering free beer for a month for anyone who helps ICE identify and deport an illegal from Idaho.
"ALERT: Anyone who helps ICE identify and ultimately deport an illegal from Idaho gets FREE BEER FOR ONE MONTH at Old State Saloon!" When word of the deal spread online, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reacted with a gif of a dinosaur character dropping what appeared to be a beer can while it had a dumbfounded look on its face:
https://t.co/NhEdvnUJ3H pic.twitter.com/moA5zbJXjo
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 29, 2025
A petrol fuel stabilizer is a chemical additive formulated specifically to slow the degradation of gasoline, protect against ethanol-related issues, and keep the fuel system clean during long-term storage. It prevents the two biggest problems in stored gasoline: OxidationHow about diesel? Glad you asked. Similar to the information above, but with the bonus of helping prevent gumming and microbial growth.
Ethanol moisture absorption + phase separation
Without a stabilizer, petrol can become unreliable in 30-60 days.
A diesel fuel stabilizer is a specially formulated chemical additive that slows the degradation of diesel fuel, prevents microbial growth, controls water contamination, improves lubricity, and stabilizes the fuel for long-term storage. Diesel is more complex than petrol, so its stabilizers must address different and more severe degradation mechanisms, especially water contamination and microbial growth.Lubricity? Marking that one to slide into a future sentence.
Did you know that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been using his own custom $2 bills for over 30 years?
— Dr. Lemma (@DoctorLemma) December 4, 2025
He doesn't print the money itself, which would be illegal. Instead, he legally purchases large, uncut sheets of genuine $2 bills directly from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving… pic.twitter.com/9bFbUATZMQ
Top 10ish Comments of the Week
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)I'll have an egg nog with brandy, thanks.
No, no, wait, make it a hot chocolate.
No marshmallows.
Posted by: mindful webworker - don't marsh my mallow at December 06, 2025 10:00 PM (yqA/D)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:00 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:01 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025 10:01 PM (0fIud)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:01 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: GWB
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Milk and cookies finally put Santa on tilt.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:03 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2025 10:03 PM (BW4I7)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:06 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:06 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Dr_No at December 06, 2025 10:07 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:07 PM (TfUTr)
Around the parts I grew up in that was a thing.
Posted by: Case at December 06, 2025 10:08 PM (5Je/N)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:08 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 10:08 PM (DqJmd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:08 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (lUFok)
Krampus IV: Naughty Is Fatal!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (fveCG)
Related - everyone used to carry jumper cables. If you were thinking ahead anyway. Before electronic ignition, before fuel injection, unless you kept your car in a high state of tune a subzero or below zero engine start was an iffy proposition. I haven’t needed a jump start since forever.
But I still carry jumper cables. I must be the last guy, old habits die hard.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (0fIud)
RC was the AMC of Colas.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (DJUFe)
Being an introvert is a good thing, mostly.
Ah, hell, I'll never go. Never mind.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Heh. I think you and I could do a whole ONT on how time has changed taste buds. Like you, script has flipped here on many, many things too.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:10 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 10:10 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:10 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Yes - I'm with you with marshmallow. Also, I used to be able to eat damn near anything no matter how spicey. Blow-the-top-of-your-head-off hot was a favorite. No more. I can barely do crushed red pepper flakes on my pasta these days.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Surgery is scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 11th) at 2:30 pm. Prayers would be appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (GALGA)
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You need to visit Bell Buckle, TN … every year, this li'l town of 430 people hold the 'RC Cola & Moon Pie Festival'. The waitress at the restaurant where my daughter & I had lunch about 3 weeks ago said they get about 100K people over the course of that week. I have NO idea where they park or eat, 'cos we were there in NON-festival time and, even tho' we saw the entire town in 30 minutes or so, there just ain't that much room 'cos it's all built next to each other … but hey, MOON PIES & R-O-C Cola! Win-win every time …
Posted by: Dr_No at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: moki at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025
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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 swore that RC Cola was the best soft drink, and that Skippy Super Chunk peanut butter was the best in that department.
As for the Moon Pie, maybe it was better decades ago. I had a freebie mini-pie the other night, and it was chalky and reminded me of sweetened sawdust.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2025 10:12 PM (93/YK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:12 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 06, 2025 10:12 PM (zZu0s)
Current Wumpus status:
✅️ Hunted
Not Hunted
(I would have been here sooner if I had the cheat codes.)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (KDYdw)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (GALGA)
Now that they have lactose free egg I can drink it again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (kpS4V)
My kids would leave me a beer and some kind of salty snack. They knew who Santa is.
We never had to sit them down and give the The Talk.
My folks didn't either. Kids are not dumb, mostly. Just play along.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025
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I have a set in the Buick. Haven't used 'em in years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: four seasons at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy
Why can't all States be like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon...hell, Red States in general!
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (TfUTr)
Can't stand marshmallow. I liked it as a kid. I also used to like coconut. Don't like it now. Anyone elses food tastes change as the get older?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I came around to admitting that there are things I don't like. My mom always offered me maaaarrrrsshhhmalloooows! as if they were something special, so I thought they were. In reality, I didn't like them. Now I don't eat them, even if they're lying around free or an option for my cocoa.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (isqj7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 06, 2025 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:15 PM (wzUl9)
Great Saturday night jokes! (He knows when to stop... heh)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 06, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:16 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Case at December 06, 2025 10:16 PM (5Je/N)
Yes, we probably but then we'd sound rather like old grouches😉. There was some poor poster On here recently that can't eat nuts or maybe it was raw nuts. Anyone, I could empathize with his pain.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:17 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel
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Shakes algorithm machine. Shakes clerical dep't too.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:17 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn.
Best of everything for you. Prayers and hopes for you and your family.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:17 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Cola Wars at December 06, 2025 10:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 10:17 PM (GALGA)
The really interesting stories are the early days. Hand crank starters, women and children need not apply. It used to be common to drain the oil out and bring it in the house, and reinstall in the morning. Basically either that, or light a fire under the engine, or use charcoal under the pan all night.
Kerosene was often used for antifreeze. It works, but rubber hoses didn’t care for that too much. Alcohol was used too, but it was expensive, and loses potency over time. Glycol coolant/antifreeze aka “permanent” antifreeze was a big deal, as was the electric starter. To say nothing of power steering.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025 10:18 PM (0fIud)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:18 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 10:18 PM (DJUFe)
Krampus IV: Naughty Is Fatal!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
I always thought it was that crazy history group: E Krampus Vitellius.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:18 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2025 10:19 PM (BW4I7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:19 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 06, 2025 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2025 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: moki at December 06, 2025 10:20 PM (wLjpr)
Dino...this you?
Good evening all good and naughty Morons😷!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 06, 2025 10:20 PM (3pxDZ)
First person to mention "grape knee high" gets a nut punch.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 10:20 PM (DJUFe)
Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2025 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 06, 2025 10:21 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (isqj7)
If there are mini-marshmallows hanging around when I make a cup of cocoa, I'll add a few. But only the mini ones. And I won't buy them.
Posted by: RickZ at December 06, 2025 10:21 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Common Tater
Dad used to thank heavens we didn't own anything with a flathead in it.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:21 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Dr_No at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (ayRl+)
I'd drink the RC, but ewww. Not that mushmelon thing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:21 PM (uQesX)
Surgery is scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 11th) at 2:30 pm. Prayers would be appreciated 🙏🙏🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 06, 2025 10:11 PM (SRRAx)
May every damned thing come out all right!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)
If you add the heat from a campfire it becomes magic.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:22 PM (viF8m)
The thing I remember about that band (which made the charts, btw) was that every time I heard something by them I thought to myself, "I could do that. But, I'd have to be really drunk and focused on something else at the time."
They were horrendous, and people paid to see and hear them. For the life of me I don't know why. How am I supposed to make fun of the latest generation's music if at any time they can point to "The Flying Lizards" and blow up my argument?
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2025 10:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:23 PM (6p0Jv)
https://tinyurl.com/2xx6z3tr
Link goes to Headline USA - never heard of the place.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:23 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 06, 2025 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:24 PM (04Glf)
Fires are not good on a ship loaded with TNT.
The resulting blast was the largest man-made explosion ever, until the Trinity nuclear test in 1945.
This song tells the story:
https://youtu.be/T_5PHU7vQu4
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 10:24 PM (KDYdw)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025
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We had one here, a local soft drink called Big Shot. A Coca-Cola wannabe. We also had Rex Root Beer, a competitor to (or maybe a sub-brand of) Barq's. Barq's was a bit tart, Rex was sweeter.
On a road trip to MS in the early '70s, we saw a brand called Sunrise. Someone quipped, "Drink that stuff and you'll never see another sunrise!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Dino...this you?
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 06, 2025 10:20 PM
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Nope. That's Earl Sinclair.
I would never drop a beer.
Posted by: TRex - beer is our friend at December 06, 2025 10:25 PM (ITBpd)
Note that there was no Santa Claus, nor even much Christmas at all, in America (at least in the states originally planted by Protestant Religious Dissenters) before the Germans and such came. The Religious Dissenters were all pretty iconoclastic and didn't do "saints" or feast days, except Easter. It was considered idolatry or pretty adjacent thereto.
The Germans (and the Nordic folks) brought "Santa Klaus" and things like the Christmas tree to America. Americans seemed to actually think that was pretty cool, and made it their own.
I think all except the most Grinchy of Christian denominations now accepts that celebrating Jesus' birth is almost as important as celebrating His death and resurrection. Of course, a lot of Americans (including a lot of Christians) have forgotten that's what is being celebrated at Christmas. (And most have forgotten it's supposed to be celebrated from Christmas to Epiphany, with the 4 weeks leading up to Christmas being Advent, when you are celebrating looking forward to Jesus coming, instead of already here.)
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:25 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:25 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
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Unless you're of Alpine German descent, you wouldn't have. Back in high school, we learned about Krampusnacht and various other folklore that was annihilated in this country when German language newspapers and culture were banned by Woodrow Wilson.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2025 10:19 PM (BW4I7)
Yeah, if you didn't have enough pocket change for Coke, you got RC. Isn't Fanta a German creation?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:26 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:22 PM (viF8m)
Marshmallows toasted on a stick over an open fire are awesome. Bonus points if you get them nice and brown, without setting them on fire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
"Removes water" - and it's a diuretic?!
Sounds like a Moron self-help liquid!
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:27 PM (7RYym)
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:25 PM (ZjL9c)
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Celebrating Christmas was illegal under the Puritans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)
If you add the heat from a campfire it becomes magic.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I usually dig your posts, but no thanks to the graham crackers and marshmallows, sir. To each their own.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:28 PM (6p0Jv)
Enjoy your time in Club ONT, especially if your table is wobbly.
Extra prayers for Teresa!
Posted by: TRex - Das or Der or Die Krampas? at December 06, 2025 10:28 PM (ITBpd)
remember "Za-Rex" the syrup?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 10:28 PM (DJUFe)
Santa Claus kicking some heretic ass.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Probably since a good lithium battery jump kit is the same price as sturdy jumper cables and takes up far less room in the vehicle.
The Bonus is that you don't need someone friendly nearby who has the time and ability to help.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025
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Oddly, I *am* of German stock (Alpine? Not sure) on my father's side. But he never talked about that or much at all about his family. So I see why I wouldn't have heard of Krampus.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 10:30 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
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When we make s'mores, I'd just eat graham crackers and chocolate. Cooking marshmallows added nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2025 10:30 PM (93/YK)
At this exact moment...84 years ago...
the Germans got the okay from FDR & Henry Ford to bomb Pearl Harbor
Posted by: Soothsayer's Wacky WWII ConspiracyTheories at December 06, 2025 10:31 PM (DJUFe)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 10:20 PM (DJUFe)
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Ha! Used to love grape Nehi!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 06, 2025 10:31 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Some Rat
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My man. Off Sprague & Bowdish...I think.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:31 PM (LVaYG)
Proper marshmallow toasting is an art form.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (04Glf)
Especially since according to John's Revelation, our LORD was born on what would be today's calendar equivalent of September 11th, 2BC some where around 6:15 PM Standard Jerusalem Time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (kB9dk)
...and Joe Kennedy
Posted by: Soothsayer's Wacky WWII ConspiracyTheories at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (DJUFe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (lUFok)
Rookie move. Shoulda gone with the double decker moon pie!
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (nB1L/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
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My great-grandparents spoke fluent German, but under cultural pressure, refused to teach it to their children because it was the language of the enemy.
Long about 1943, my grandfather thought: "Gosh, I wished they'd have taught it to me. Would sure be useful guarding all these German PoWs!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)
I am reading a book now for Advent and Christmas which is called "Jesus Listens" with spiritual reflections and Bible quotes. It is by Saran Young who wrote a ton of books ( I haven't read any but this And who died several year ago which also has lovely sweet illustrations mostly of animals in the snow.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (7RYym)
Dang if ain't foggy here, pea soup. Temp is 33F, and RH is 100%. However, it isn't cloudy above, and I can see the Moon, Jupiter, Orion, and Sirius, and a couple three or four other bright ones.
The rain gauge on the weather station tripped .01" due to the fog condensation. That's how foggy it is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Semper Paratus at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:32 PM (a4flb)
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No, it was because they were pricks. Joyless scolds. Even the Dutch couldn't put up with their shit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at December 06, 2025 10:13 PM (ZTJjv)
How do you think the rest of us feel?
But, truly, great comment. We're all expecting big things from you in the future.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 10:34 PM (KDYdw)
Posted by: Herod Died 4 BC at December 06, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
I keep a charged up battery jump device in the car at all times. Also has a useful light built in.
Posted by: Semper Paratus
How often do you have to charge it up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 10:35 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: scampydog
Sounds about right...somewhere in the depths of Sainted Mothers domicile, there is a Pop Shop crate. My family throws NOTHING away.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)
Not everyone is gifted with good taste buds.
I will pray for you.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Semper Paratus at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (oftw2)
me too
Posted by: E knievel at December 06, 2025 10:37 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 10:30 PM
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Gold star. Well done.
Posted by: TRex - working the vanvera rental counter dino at December 06, 2025 10:37 PM (ITBpd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (wzUl9)
I wonder if it didn't come to America with the other Germanic traditions because of the (mostly Calvinist) Protestant bent of much of America? They would definitely look askance at any celebration involving a demon or other representation of evil.
(Oh, how so much has changed.)
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:37 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:38 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 06, 2025 10:39 PM (R86kT)
"RC Cola, the red-headed step-child of Colas."
"Pour yourself a Royal Crown mixed with Crown Royal because if that's what you're drinking there's no one else there to pour it for you."
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)
Proper marshmallow toasting is an art form.
Posted by: JackStraw
Set the marshmallows on fire, they burn out, consume.
That's the way it was, it's the way it will always be.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 10:33 PM (04Glf)
My mom had a sad story she was sent down the road to get Orange but she got Grape.
She was about 6 and her mom was quite upset.
Posted by: E knievel at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: vin at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (cC0M+)
Got your orders, Some Rat & BarelyScaryMary... coming up!
And an extra round -- on me, 'cause late!
Happy Caturday, all!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
The other big treat disappointment of my kidhood was a new flavor of Life Savers. They used to have more than just Pep-O-Mint, Spear-O-Mint, and Wint-O-Green. I was on a (heh) roll, trying them all . . . until I hit Clove. That ended my experiments in candy for a while. I don't recall now what it tasted like, but I know my ten-year-old taste buds Did Not Like It.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (wzUl9)
I suppose that it is the vulgar explanation, but Puritans were committed to the Regulative Principle of Worship and Roman Catholic Tradition, tied to a liturgical calendar and Papal authority was outside explicit commands in Scripture to be part of Worship.
I'm guessing that the Saturnalia tie-in, the Observation of Days (rather than Sabbath) and the usual bacchanalian atmosphere made the 25th of December too pagan for their tastes.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025 10:09 PM (0fIud)
Nope. I carry them, too. Saved my kid's bacon once or twice, as well as mine. (I did learn the hard way that the amount of electricity flowing through a jumper cable can melt thick rubber. Do NOT cross the wires when jumping!)
However, I am considering tossing them for a jumpstart device. Because it can also serve as an emergency device for pumping up your tires and recharging your phone (if your car itself is broke).
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: E knievel at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Radar O'Riley at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (ITBpd)
No matter how hard they try to ruin college football this has been a day of really good games.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Semper Paratus at December 06, 2025
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What are these things called, and where can you buy one?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
Perfection.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (kB9dk)
It used to be that Krampus coming to punish the naughty children was for those parts of Germany where providing a beat-down on your punk-ass nephews was considered a valuable family value.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 10:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 06, 2025 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Or an attack on Gaza with callsign “Torah, Torah, Torah!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 10:42 PM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: Herod Died 4 BC
Why doesn't someone simply check His birth certificate?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:25 PM (ZjL9c)
That's where we get the 12 Days of Christmas.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 10:42 PM (KDYdw)
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JQ, looking like next Saturday for the Club ONT Christmas Party!
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:43 PM (LVaYG)
Perhaps if RC had hit the "Diet RC Cola" with a big ad-spend back in the day, they'd be in a different place.
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 10:43 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2025
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Because, like a certain other public figure, He has it locked away?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:43 PM (wzUl9)
tinyurl.com/5n97kfzw
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 10:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Herod Died 4 BC
Why doesn't someone simply check His birth certificate? It can be shown from the Bible that Christ was born on October 1, 7BC.
Posted by: Herod Died 4 BC
Why doesn't someone simply check His birth certificate?
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Liberals say we can do that for air travel, but not for voting purposes.
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 10:44 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2025 10:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (a4flb)
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They were so obnoxious that literally no one in Europe could put up with them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (TfUTr)
It's the people. It's always the people who screw it up for everyone else.
Also, great hash, though I can't come up with any fun meanings at the moment.
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (ZjL9c)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (6p0Jv)
While running around doing things in Kabul during the fun years, I mentioned to my 'terp that I would like a can of Monster and for $20US he returned with a case of it the next day.
You can't even get it in the US for anywhere near that price.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: E knievel at December 06, 2025 10:46 PM (gbOdA)
"In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus."
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 10:46 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2025 10:46 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 10:44 PM (Cjcf6)
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Liberals think its perfectly fine to restrict your rights to do anything at all without a shot record, but voter ID is discriminatory.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:47 PM (ZOv7s)
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Liberals say we can do that for air travel, but not for voting purposes.
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 10:44 PM (Cjcf6)
Jesus had it easy
All his words were in RED.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2025 10:47 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:16 PM (6p0Jv)
FIFY.
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:47 PM (ZjL9c)
Rome found pretty much anyone who didn't prostrate themselves before the Pope as worthy of torture and death.
I guess that is that culture's idea of "obnoxious". Now the Pope is in love with the death cult Islam.
Maybe if the Puritans sawed off a few heads and killed scores of people in crowds, they wouldn't have been run off.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (a4flb)
Perfection.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM
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Excellent! Enjoy!
Posted by: TRex - just past full moon dino at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (ITBpd)
Posted by: Orson
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It is a root beer beloved by Maine-iacs? No. I have not partook. But I've liked the Maine-iacs I've known.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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You live at the equator? Negative 12 here tonight.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: JackStraw
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I usually dig your posts, but no thanks to the graham crackers and marshmallows, sir. To each their own.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:28 PM (6p0Jv)
My campfire smore recipe includes a schmear of peanut butter. Keeps the Hershey bar in place. To that you add one perfectly toasted marshmallow. Press the top graham cracker on to the assembled ingredients and chase it down with a couple fingers of Jack Daniels..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 06, 2025 10:49 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:49 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Herod Died 4 BC at December 06, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Not sure of the day, but the year seems about right. The monk who determined year zero was off by a few, but he was close, for the time period.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 10:49 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2025 10:50 PM (gbOdA)
(It would, I know, if I made it myself)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: scampydog
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Awesome!!!
I've been decorating the beer garden out back, but only have this "before" pic:
https://tinyurl.com/dexehamt
No worries, I've added colored lights too. Need to keep those big white lights, so our guests can still see where they're going, LOL
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:41 PM (wzUl9)
Booster packs, or something like that. Commonly look like a yellow lunchbox with a pair of booster cable clamps on short leads attached to the ends. Amazon, Harbor Freight, Walmart, and any auto supply store, and big-box stores. They are everywhere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:51 PM (npFr7)
And he probably adjusted it so that leap years were exact multiples of 4, without a vexing offset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2025 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (a4flb)
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They were kicked to the curb by Protestants. Rome had nothing to do with it. The English kicked them out, so they went to the Dutch, who were Calvinists but got tired of their shit and sent them back. The English strongly encouraged them to get on a slow boat to nowhere, which is how they ended up here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:52 PM (ZOv7s)
had a great appreciation for the love of God and nature and what he wrote about his wife is beautiful
I am for tonight . I hate religious arguments here
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:52 PM (lQ+/f)
Perfection.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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Sounds like heaven on a clear night!
I need to build a firepit area in my yard...
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:40 PM (wzUl9)
So, how do you feel about clove cigarettes?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:52 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:16 PM (6p0Jv)
I made Alton Brown's eggnog - a lot of alcohol - delicious!
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025 10:53 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (CDX35)
Very nice.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 10:53 PM (KDYdw)
Wings blown off light planes, trees down across roads, roofs blown off several places in Wasilla, including Settler's Bay Lodge, which is my go-to fancy dinner place, about 10 miles up the road. Closed until further notice.
Walmart lost some roof too. I don't go there, so no loss.
Ruby paced all night, miserable since it sounds like Armageddon out there when it is over 20 mph. She DOES NOT LIKE. I didn't really notice, but then, I sleep through earthquakes.
So far we are intact and have power, but I have a fire in the wood stove just in case.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 10:53 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Do those have the booze already in them.
I saw an old lady driving one of the grocery store scooters tap into one right out of the cooler... Glug glug glug ..
... and scooter on down the aisle.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 06, 2025 10:53 PM (/lPRQ)
I have no idea why Mick Fleetwood was wearing his laundry on his head.
https://tinyurl.com/3yn4ze4c
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 10:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 06, 2025 10:54 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 06, 2025 10:54 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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Jack Daniel's is the only thing that would make s'mores tasty.
I've never made them. Would rather skip the preliminaries. Graham Crackers and marshmallows take up pack weight.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (6p0Jv)
Santa Claus kicking some heretic ass.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (ZjL9c)
I'm five states over now and they still cost the same as the other colas.
Posted by: Case at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (5Je/N)
All the theories about the birthdate of Jesus are quite interesting. Also just what the Star of Bethlehem could've been. There are theories there. There was a striking, very close conjunction of Jupiter and Venus near Regulus in June of 2BC. That led to one theory of Jesus birth as in spring of 2BC. But that would have been in the western sky at sunset, not in the east.
There are some others and if interested, it's fascinating. But none of them can account for all the properties ascribed to the Star.
Herod's death is widely considered to be 4BC, but that is disputed, could've been as late as 1BC.
Anyway, the consensus is 6 - 4BC.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (lQ+/f)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 06, 2025 10:54 PM (VCgbV)
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You're not supposed to add them until Epiphany. Set them on the other side of the room and have them creep towards the Nativity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025
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You charge them at home via USB, I guess? Is there any risk of them starting a fire in your car when not in use?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/2rmbd9xf
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (CDX35)
Why were you wearing women's clothes?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (npFr7)
That is a stretch. Herod's death plus a few years. It was Josephus who noted that Herod died shortly after a lunar eclipse before Passover. So those who like Josephus' reckoning in March/April BCE.
It is my expert opinion that anyone using BCE is a liar and can't be trusted with any theological or biblical historical questions because their motives are to foster distrust of Scripture rather than to pursue Truth.
But since no one's salvation is contingent on the exact date, I really don't care what people want to believe.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 10:57 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 06, 2025 10:54 PM (VCgbV)
Next you’ll tell me that there wasn’t any snow on the ground. Killjoy.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 10:57 PM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (CDX35)
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Lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:58 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025
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So, how do you feel about clove cigarettes?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025
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I dated a hot girl in the Eighties (she looked like the young Janet Jackson) who smoked 'em now and then. Does that count?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
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When we make s'mores, I'd just eat graham crackers and chocolate. Cooking marshmallows added nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)
I want to make Christmas s'mores with Gingerbread Peeps. Don't you think that would be cool?
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 10:59 PM (W7XSX)
https://tinyurl.com/53hb7uhs
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (lQ+/f)
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Streaming series pitch: Outlander but instead of going to Scotland, she goes to New England and is romanced by Jonathan Edwards-type dude. Use actual letters and quotes to make the Christians swoon. Gold, Jerry, pure gold!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Look it up.
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025
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No shortage of affordable houses? I guess Blackrock wasn't buying up everything in sight yet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
I guess that is that culture's idea of "obnoxious". Now the Pope is in love with the death cult Islam.
Maybe if the Puritans sawed off a few heads and killed scores of people in crowds, they wouldn't have been run off.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 10:48 PM (a4flb)
Rome had nothing whatsoever to do with the Puritans. England had been Protestant for years before they showed up.
The Puritans were buzz-kills. No dancing, no booze, no colors, no music, no nothing.
Catholics, on the other hand, brew beer, have plenty of music and art, believe that God is the author of beauty and deserves the best, and party at the drop of a hat.
The Popes come and go, and some of them are quite worthy of a trip to hell. They do stupid stuff, but none of that is particularly Catholic. The only thing the Pope can do infallibly is speak ex-Cathedra, which means he speaks of doctrine and is guided by God to speak the truth AT THAT MOMENT. That hasn't happened since 1950. Otherwise, he is just as much an idiot as any other person.
YMMV.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (6Bc88)
Wasn't the practical aspect of the gift of gold part of the plan to underwrite the family's escape to Egypt because of Herod's desire to kill all the male infants in that area?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (a4flb)
I want to make Christmas s'mores with Gingerbread Peeps. Don't you think that would be cool?
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025
The sugar just burns. We tried it with snowmen.
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:01 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper
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You missed some Moon Pie blasphemy in the comments.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:02 PM (LVaYG)
"Removes water" - and it's a diuretic?!
Sounds like a Moron self-help liquid!
Posted by: GWB at December 06, 2025 10:27 PM (ZjL9c)
Try looking into Nattokinase instead
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)
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Our Christmas tradition is bourbon balls. We use Maker's Mark.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
I think mostly they have their own on-board charger. Many probably have a USB port so you can charge cellphone. Some may have an inverter built in, so you can get 120 volts AC out of them (for a while). Jacks of all trades; depends on how fancy you want. I'm a car guy, and I don't own one. Have several sets of good (heavy copper) jumper cables. And usually one or more spare batteries to jump with.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 11:03 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Good Times Janet Jackson, Diff-rent Strokes Janet Jackson or Nasty Janet Jackson? Asking for lurkers, I'm guessing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:03 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Tom Servo
And that drummer-boy nonsense!! I call bs!!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2025 11:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
Did she always Ham it up?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 11:04 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Do we need to get HR involved?
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 11:04 PM (KDYdw)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 11:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 10:55 PM (W7XSX)
I had a couple of homeschool kids in my RE classes for First Communion prep. At Christmas, one of the little dudes pointed at a yard decoration and said, full of indignation, "Who IS that WOMAN!!"
Hilarious.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Joseph was a carpenter, he probably built his own.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (KDYdw)
Posted by: Piper
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Disco is a *slave driver!* Didja see the mess of tangled lights he threw on the bar for me, the other night? UGH! Good thing I'd already bought some new ones out of Petty Cash and put them up already...
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper
For you folks in SEC land, is the Championship game like a double time day?
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Politically they were associated with Oliver Cromwell, and they despised the Church of England for cultural as well as doctrinal reasons. So when the Monarchy was restored and the CofE was given back its primacy in Great Britain, they fell very out of favor.
Their problem with the rest of Europe was that they had taken a very anti-monarchial position, and no monarchy (all of Europe except the Dutch at the time) was going to let them in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 11:06 PM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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Good Times Janet Jackson, Diff-rent Strokes Janet Jackson or Nasty Janet Jackson? Asking for lurkers, I'm guessing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025
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Circa 1987, so whichever one that was.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:06 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (6p0Jv)
For you folks in SEC land, is the Championship game like a double time day?
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:05
Triple and a 1/2 - holiday pay. Also, GO DAWGS!
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (CDX35)
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Lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 10:58 PM (6p0Jv)
My sister's kids were born on December 7 and September 11. We call them the disaster kids.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (pkeXY)
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Played by the same actor who was St. Peter in "Quo Vadis."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Common Tater at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (xtYJY)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (KDYdw)
I wonder how readily available lumber was in Bethlehem in those days? I'd have figured adobe to be the most common building material?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 06, 2025 11:08 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Semper Paratus
How often do you have to charge it up?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Wire it in to the cars electrical system to keep it charged. Then take it the next step so if your battery died it will already be wired in and will sense automatically to give you a jump.
It will be just carrying a spare battery in case you need a jump but less work...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 06, 2025 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
What happens here, *stays* here!
It'll be back in place, on top of the cash register, in the morning.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:09 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025
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Joseph was a carpenter, he probably built his own.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025
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Ah. Buy some land and you're good to start. No need to deal with RealtorNazareth dot com.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (pkeXY)
Catholic tradition means we mark the lintel over the front door with chalk with B+M+C and the year. Balthasar, Melchoir, and Caspar, as if they visit for Epiphany and bless the house. It's a cute tradition but a nice reminder.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:09 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 11:05 PM (GALGA)
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They are wonderful, and make great gifts. Pack up a half-dozen and people will thank you...a couple of days after they get them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)
If the Club ONT Christmas party is next week, I'll bring some trays of Christmas cookies. Let me know if you have any favorites I should include...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 06, 2025 11:10 PM (ITBpd)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
Wasn't the practical aspect of the gift of gold part of the plan to underwrite the family's escape to Egypt because of Herod's desire to kill all the male infants in that area?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Actually it was all the male children 2 and under.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 06, 2025 11:10 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025
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Cedars from Lebanon, perhaps? In that case, Jesus grew up in a really great-smelling house!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:10 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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That was Control album Janet.
"Miss Jackson if you're nasty."
Fun times
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:10 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: zombie Louis XVI at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
Oh, how thoughtful! ALL cookies are good cookies, thank you!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (rdVOm)
Just finished a three day fast. Never done it before. Feel great.
Posted by: Sam Adams at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (X+xvk)
The Puritans were buzz-kills. No dancing, no booze, no colors, no music, no nothing.
Anglicans have a "via media" identity, somewhere between Rome and Reformed. They liked the episcopal structure, the liturgy and sacraments but didn't consider Papal Authority and Holy Tradition to be equal to Scripture. (there was also the Justification by Faith thing too)
Anglicans, like Rome, liked to torture and persecute non conformists (because that is what Christ would do). England was really getting to suck in general and I think that with news of the New World a Covenant Vision materialized and they felt called to create a "city upon a hill".
That vision turned into the United States, so I believe it was of Divine intervention that the Puritans were driven out, leaving the demonic spirits behind in Europe long enough to establish a foothold and foundation for a God fearing society - something impossible to do in Europe then, now and in the future.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
I think mostly they have their own on-board charger. Many probably have a USB port so you can charge cellphone. Some may have an inverter built in, so you can get 120 volts AC out of them (for a while). Jacks of all trades; depends on how fancy you want. I'm a car guy, and I don't own one. Have several sets of good (heavy copper) jumper cables. And usually one or more spare batteries to jump with.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I had the "Cat" version...really handy if you have various battery dependent equipment around the place. Lasted about 6 years before it stopped taking a charge.
(had 12dc,120ac out, usb, light)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 11:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 11:07 PM (npFr7)
You are probably correct.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 06, 2025 11:12 PM (KDYdw)
Wasn't the practical aspect of the gift of gold part of the plan to underwrite the family's escape to Egypt because of Herod's desire to kill all the male infants in that area?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
God's provision. Yes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:12 PM (DqJmd)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Wacky WWII ConspiracyTheories at December 06, 2025 11:13 PM (OsagP)
What happens here, *stays* here!
It'll be back in place, on top of the cash register, in the morning.
Posted by: JQ
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The world is their urinal, JQ. It is the way of the world.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:13 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:13 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Piper
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Disco is a *slave driver!* Didja see the mess of tangled lights he threw on the bar for me, the other night? UGH! Good thing I'd already bought some new ones out of Petty Cash and put them up already...
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:0
Did he complain they were white and not colored lights?
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:14 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (a4flb)
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Catholicism was banned in Protestant countries. It went both ways.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Christ is a Libra?
Posted by: Case at December 06, 2025 11:14 PM (5Je/N)
No, it was because they were pricks. Joyless scolds. Even the Dutch couldn't put up with their shit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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They believed that married couple should have sex often.
That it was righteous and healthy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:15 PM (04Glf)
That historic fact I mentioned yesterday is 100% true.
The Colonists started the tradition of candles in the windows so's the neighbors didn't think they were Papists!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:15 PM (OsagP)
Given that the area was two thousand years closer to The Flood and subsequent Ice Age that covered Europe and definitely providing a very different climate in Palestine, there is also evidence that the Dead Sea was once connected to the Mediterranean Sea which would have further altered the climate and make far more sense to the Hebrews at the time of the Exodus to enter in to a land "flowing with milk and honey".
It isn't the desert wilderness that we see today.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:15 PM (a4flb)
Somebody (LOL, wasn't me but I know who did it) pledged $100-- a small fortune in 1983-- for them to play Flying Lizards' Money for AN HOUR.
Yes, they did it. LMAO.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
Book Thread too! Woo-hoo!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (DqJmd)
Well, I think 100% true. My details might be a bit off on account I caught some senility from being around You People.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (OsagP)
Posted by: JQ
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Did you turn in the receipt? That damned accounting department, they've been on my ass again.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:11 PM (a4flb)
So, your opinion is that both Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism is of "demonic spirits?" And yet, from whence came the Bible, the Trinity, and the rest of the trappings of Protestantism? Is it all demonic? Just asking, since you seem to think this is the case.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)
You are not supposed to fill it to the brim.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (rbvCR)
Good night pals.
Many prayers to TiFW🙏
"I’ll sleep when I’m rich… or right now, because I’m tired.”
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (3pxDZ)
For "joyless scolds," those Puritans sure did fornicate a lot. Like, all the time, a lot.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (OsagP)
That it was righteous and healthy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:15 PM (04Glf)
That is the Catholic position as well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (QMAsf)
And I don't believe for a minute it was always "missionary."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:18 PM (OsagP)
I've seen enough to know this kid has the brains and talent to be a good NFL QB. And also the Jets will never draft him.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 11:18 PM (viF8m)
No, it was because they were pricks. Joyless scolds. Even the Dutch couldn't put up with their shit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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They believed that married couple should have sex often.
That it was righteous and healthy.
Posted by: Braenyard
And when they got to the New World, they had many many children. But sure, the Pilgrims hated sex. Whatever.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:18 PM (DqJmd)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 11:18 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: scampydog
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I think that goes back to the dragon you requested....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 06, 2025 11:19 PM (ITBpd)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (rbvCR)
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If I did that, I would be incapable of typing. Or conscious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Doof
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*Adds to agenda item to the Monday D's meeting*
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:19 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:19 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: Piper
No, because I put colored lights over the Main Bar and the fireplace area.
There are no pictures available of those areas, because photos just can't capture the ambience ya know?
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:19 PM (rdVOm)
And here I thought it was a concept borrowed from France to act as street lighting.
There is an interesting history of street lighting and candles in the windows were local ordinances due to the darkness and crime that took place without lighting. (circa 1667 Paris and London sometime late 1600s)
The wealthy didn't like the hassle of messing with candles through the night and such helped advance the technology of gas lighting.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (a4flb)
The issue with vegetation around the eastern Med is that a lot of it was chopped down. They didn't have oil or natural gas electricity then. No vegetation then led to erosion, making difficult for new growth.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (gKWVE)
Not to mention some of those so-called Puritans were marrying teenagers.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (OsagP)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:01 PM (Wmg4n)
^^Oh no! The dream dies...
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (OsagP)
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I forget I'm dealing with Morons, who think the *only* joy is fornication.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (OsagP)
They did their courting in bed. Called it bundling.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 06, 2025 11:21 PM (uQesX)
Somebody (LOL, wasn't me but I know who did it) pledged $100-- a small fortune in 1983-- for them to play Flying Lizards' Money for AN HOUR.
Yes, they did it. LMAO.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:16 PM (rdVOm)
Epic! I'd buy that person a beverage or 3.
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
In the late 80s early 90s, the Ford fuel injection was scary. If a GM wouldn't catch and it flooded, if you held the pedal to the floor it would clear. Not with the Fords. You had one shot and then the only way to fix it was plug replacement. Whenever it got really cold the dealer lot would fill up with cars and we had gravy work all day
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 06, 2025 11:21 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Case at December 06, 2025 11:14 PM (5Je/N)
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The people who like me seem to be Libras. I don't believe in that astrological crap. And if I'm socially awkward, ok. But I pray Jesus thinks I'm loveable .
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:21 PM (6p0Jv)
Our Christmas tradition is bourbon balls. We use Maker's Mark.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Hmmm might have to consider.
Posted by: Iris at December 06, 2025 11:21 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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Heh. The dragon, it resides on the dresser. Just biding its time.
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:22 PM (LVaYG)
We know there's other joys in life.
Right, fellows?
There's....ah...um...you know, other stuff. Plenty of stuff.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (OsagP)
Dang it, some areas need a little more illumination. Safety reasons. **Liability** reasons!
So I put white lights AS WELL AS colored ones.
We're inclusive here at The Club. *sniff*
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (6p0Jv)
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I have the Dewalt one and like it. I charge it 1x/month and have used every feature on it except the alternator-check.
Posted by: 496 at December 06, 2025 11:24 PM (7MeQV)
Posted by: Doof
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His first name is Alex, active duty sailor at the time. He moonlighted as a punk-rock DJ at the base clubs. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 06, 2025 11:25 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 11:25 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 11:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (zdLoL)
Dang it, some areas need a little more illumination. Safety reasons. **Liability** reasons!
So I put white lights AS WELL AS colored ones.
We're inclusive here at The Club. *sniff*
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Put the white lights in the ladies room then. Keep that boring stuff where I don't have to see it!
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: scampydog at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (DqJmd)
Just today I started my log splitter without adding gas, no stabilizer, after about a year, started right up. But it did get non-ethanol fuel.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (vbXSk)
What a disappointment. All the Catholics did, the whole program, was talk about how and why the Protestants were wrong and they were right. What a put off it is to hear.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2025 11:20 PM (gKWVE)
I watched a fascinating program a few years back about Alexander’s incursion deep into Asia, and it made the surprising claim was that it was made easier because Alexander’s army could ride on ships most of the way. They backed the theory up with evidence that the Caspian Sea was at least a third larger than we've ever seen in modern times, and that many rivers that have been dry for a millennia were deep flowing rivers in Alexander’s time, not to mention dozens of lakes that are now dry.
They made a very good case that all of Central Asia was far, far wetter than we see today.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 11:27 PM (c7Ygk)
European religions are similar in nature to Islam and other socio-culture-religions, where participation in the religion is mandatory otherwise a person is ostracized and is harmed in various ways.
So there is far more likely a chance of a person in the cultural religion to not be regenerated and thus live as carnal creatures. This is why a Mafioso can gun down some competitor in the street on the way to Mass and there not be a conflict.
Protestant faiths subscribe to the Doctrines of Grace, all of the Elect is regenerated and takes on a spirit made alive. This is not true in State Religions. Though you can have truly saved people like Thomas Aquinas while you have Popes that are burning in Hell.
So yes, demons love infiltrating State Religions and boy howdy is there a lot of evidence to the depraved wicked ness that was State Religion sanctioned.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:28 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:28 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:28 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:28 PM (6p0Jv)
Ball State
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:29 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:30 PM (04Glf)
Dang it, some areas need a little more illumination. Safety reasons. **Liability** reasons!
So I put white lights AS WELL AS colored ones.
We're inclusive here at The Club. *sniff*
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Tell me you put up more than four light? More than five?
THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 06, 2025 11:30 PM (S/Y4j)
First time for Hoosiers to win Big 10 since 1945?, if I heard that right. hard to believe.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2025 11:31 PM (vbXSk)
We know there's other joys in life.
Right, fellows?
There's....ah...um...you know, other stuff. Plenty of stuff.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (OsagP)
Like model trains?
Posted by: guy with a model train stuck in his rectum at December 06, 2025 11:31 PM (MIvVV)
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Yes it is. Kirk could have just run circles around him until he weakened.
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 11:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I believe it for the Aral Sea. Central Asia got very, very good at retaining water for the Silk Road cities. Especially during the Islamic era.
All that water going to feed crops wasn't flowing into the big lakes. The Aral, the Urmia, the Van are all drying out now. Probably then too.
Caspian on the other hand I dunno. There weren't major cities around that one.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2025 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
Dang it, some areas need a little more illumination. Safety reasons. **Liability** reasons!
So I put white lights AS WELL AS colored ones.
We're inclusive here at The Club. *sniff*
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)
Put the white lights in the ladies room then. Keep that boring stuff where I don't have to see it!
Posted by: Doof
Kids! We all like our Club ONT to be George Bailys Martinis, let's not bicker and turn it into Nicks version....
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:33 PM (TfUTr)
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(cough)
Hydrophilic refers to its good solubility in water (due to polar nature), while hygroscopic describes its tendency to attract and hold water vapor from the atmosphere, essentially "self-contaminating" by becoming diluted over time if exposed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2025 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 06, 2025 11:34 PM (CHHv1)
Like model trains?
Posted by: guy with a model train stuck in his rectum
Yeah, I guess.
And ham radios.
Mowing the lawn.
Changing the oil in the car.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:34 PM (OsagP)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:23 PM (OsagP)
Like model trains?
Posted by: guy with a model train stuck in his rectum
HO, HO, HO.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:35 PM (TfUTr)
But not during Alexander's time.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2025 11:35 PM (gKWVE)
I'll unplug the white ones, but they're too mixed up with the colored strings to remove.
Besides, they help me at clean-up time. Can you at least grant that?
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:33 PM
I had to throw a record I painted at him earlier. He is out of control.
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:36 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:36 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 06, 2025 11:17 PM (OsagP)
They did their courting in bed. Called it bundling.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Engaged meant joined at the hips.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 06, 2025 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 11:37 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: zombie Louis XVI at December 06, 2025 11:37 PM (npFr7)
I'll unplug the white ones, but they're too mixed up with the colored strings to remove.
Besides, they help me at clean-up time. Can you at least grant that?
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Acceptable option. As long as they are far outnumbered by the colorful ones!
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:38 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:39 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:19
I don’t think it’s the ambience so much as it’s a little blinding. 😂
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:40 PM (OoFl2)
https://youtu.be/uRo426va26I
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:39 PM (rdVOm)
Love it - thanks!
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:42 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: javems at December 06, 2025 11:42 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025
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With the "winter" dampness here, it might be a good idea if I put 1/4 to 1/2 ethanol gas in my tank along with the E0.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:42 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:36 PM (Wmg4n)
I probably deserved it
Posted by: Doof at December 06, 2025 11:43 PM (QMAsf)
Wait until you introduce Eastern Orthodox doctrines. In the general realm of "Christianity" you have the wild west of Evangelicals on one side, and Eastern Orthodox on the other, with Rome closer to the Orthodox and Reformed between Rome and Evangelicals.
The Soteriology, doctrines of Justification, Sanctification, Eschatology and what it means to be in the Church are wildly different, with Evangelicals with the Prescient Election views (aka Free Will), Rome and EO looking at variations of synergism; Evangelicals see heaven in purely materialistic terms while EO sees afterlife in terms of Theosis.
There will always be discord because the underlying theological templates, the syncretization of cultures and hermeneutics are wildly different.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:44 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025
Till it evaporates....then all that water in suspension...isn't.
Which is why I don't use wd40.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:45 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 11:46 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 11:46 PM (04Glf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:46 PM (DqJmd)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2025 11:47 PM (DqJmd)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 06, 2025 11:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:47 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Department of Schicklegruber Studies at December 06, 2025 11:48 PM (MIvVV)
Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2025 11:26 PM (vbXSk)
I had to fire up my ancient Coleman generator last night, because power went out. Took the fuel cap off, and there was some nasty-smelling gas at the bottom of the tank. Filled it brim-full with fresh gas, and it started, briefly, on the second pull of the starting rope ( the kind you wrap around the cup, not a recoil). Third pull, no go. Fourth pull, I gave a little shot of go juice in the carb, and it started, and stayed running, and ran well, until the carb screws rattled loose and it began sucking air. Re-tightened them, it started again one one pull, and ran fine for an hour.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 11:48 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 11:50 PM (pkeXY)
https://youtu.be/0aQndRqi3jE
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025
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Wasn't Vanity involved with Prince at one point? I've never been a fan of his music (though he was a good songwriter), but his taste in girlfriends was impeccable.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Some Rat
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Something between disco and motown.. electronic dance? I don't know.. but it sounded good at the time, LOL.
Isn't it a bit early for Christmas tunes? Don't want to get burned-out on them YET.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: javems at December 06, 2025 11:42 PM (8I4hW)
IBC Cream Soda is the best!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 11:52 PM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: Wolfus
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Yes, I believe she was. (RIP, Vanity and Prince)
Prince definitely had good taste.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 11:53 PM (rdVOm)
Thanks, very interesting and I'm now going to be reading that geological history of that. Fascinating.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2025 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
The big red drink that'll tickle you pink
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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I moved to TX 30 years ago. I love this place. Tried a Big Red. Once. I just couldn't.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 06, 2025 11:54 PM (6p0Jv)
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Yes it is. Kirk could have just run circles around him until he weakened.
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025
***
Maybe. But Kirk had no idea how much stamina a Gorn had, or how much water he needed. The planetoid did not not look temperate and didn't seem to have surface water. He himself could have died of thirst before the Gorn did.
I love stories where the hero uses a trick, esp. a fact of nature or science, to defeat his enemy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 06, 2025 11:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JQ
Heh, day after Thanksgiving a couple radio station here start playing Christmas music. My radio does not leave those stations till they stop.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 11:54 PM (TfUTr)
If it was anyone else I would say that they broke the rule of emergency generators, and that they should be the most reliable engines around and should be run frequently to ensure proper function.
There there is you, which could unearth a contraption buried since the early Roman era, in the dark and cold figure out how it works, quickly fashion makeshift parts to replace the original parts that failed, and get it running continuously.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:55 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 11:58 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2025 11:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mot at December 06, 2025 11:59 PM (fIPNY)
Posted by: illiniwek at December 06, 2025 11:59 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 12:02 AM (6p0Jv)
Caspian on the other hand I dunno. There weren't major cities around that one.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2025 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
One haunting image especially stayed in my mind; a picture of the ruins of what was once large city, now just extensive piles of rubble and brick, on land in the edge of a 200’ high cliff. Nothing green anywhere, just rubble and dust to the horizon in any direction.
Yet there was no cliff when the city was built; it was built on the banks of a large deep lake, where the spice road came through, and traders could water their camels and rest in luxury.
The past, it was a different place.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 07, 2025 12:03 AM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: illiniwek
I put fuel shut offs on all the yard equipment. Run 'em dry at shut down. It definitely helps.
Posted by: Some Rat at December 07, 2025 12:03 AM (TfUTr)
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We did this as well, but using Latin, Christus mansionem benedicat, which is translated as “Christ, bless this house (mansion)”. And we would write it like: 20 + C+M+B + 25.
This is a nice site that details this custom: https://tinyurl.com/582zmev4
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:04 AM (La8zG)
Yet there was no cliff when the city was built; it was built on the banks of a large deep lake, where the spice road came through, and traders could water their camels and rest in luxury.
The past, it was a different place.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Midnight at the Oasis
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 12:05 AM (pkeXY)
There there is you, which could unearth a contraption buried since the early Roman era, in the dark and cold figure out how it works, quickly fashion makeshift parts to replace the original parts that failed, and get it running continuously.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 06, 2025 11:55 PM (a4flb)
You are right, I neglected it. Bad Peon, no donut! But it was stored indoors, in a shop with radiant floor heating. So I had a toasty warm place to work on it, and ample light from an LED hand lantern that kicks out like a hundred-watt light bulb. So I got it going inside, nice and warm, then dragged the running generator two yards out onto the apron after raising the bay door. Once it was running steady, I pulled the pole switch, disconnecting my buildings from the utility line, and kicked in the breaker for the welding outlet that the generator was plugged into. And lights came on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 12:05 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Speaking of: Recently someone posted a clip of a Toyota Land Cruiser that was wrecked then washed out to sea, rolling in the surf was cleaned up and started. Then they really started abusing it. Last scene it was placed atop a building to be demolished, blew up the building, retrieved the Toy and ... yes they got it running. End of clip they set it alight.
clip 2
Oxygen bottles (full) in the back of a Ford Explorer? Shot the bottles w/ 50cal tracers setting off the bottles which blew up and went alight along with the Ford. After they put the fire out, yep, it started.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:06 AM (04Glf)
Did the same thing last year, without running it until carb empty.. no fuel cut-off (I need to remedy that).. but started up no problem this Spring.
Non-ethanol gasoline. No 'sta-bil' or other additive. Of course, it's only parked for about 3 months. First mow will usually be ~mid-March.
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:10 AM (rdVOm)
And now, some Sydney Sweeney:
https://is.gd/klTpQd
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Favorite Sweeney is her burning down that gotcha' interviewer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:11 AM (04Glf)
You can't keep pouring in gas station gas and not expect your Carb to gum up on things you use infrequently.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 07, 2025 12:13 AM (OsagP)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2025 12:13 AM (viF8m)
And with a bonus homoerotic subtext to banging the same ho as another dude!
Posted by: SciVo at December 07, 2025 12:14 AM (Sy6m/)
I plan to service the generator. Replace carb and manifold mounting screws, and Loctite them in. Maybe rig a brace to the bottom of the intake elbow to give carb added support. Change oil. Take end bell off generator, and try to find why one leg of the split 240 is flaky. I suspect a bad solder joint on one of the panel fuses.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 12:16 AM (npFr7)
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Sorry to hear this. I think it is always more beneficial to talk about truths than to bash other ideologies.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:16 AM (La8zG)
I saw "Chickanic" (youtube channel) say it was better to leave a heavy oil mix in the carb for longer term storage. Keeps it oiled or something. idk ... dry has worked over the last 8 years or so for me.
Posted by: illiniwek at December 07, 2025 12:17 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:18 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 12:18 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 07, 2025 12:19 AM (OsagP)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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You should come around more often. And for the season there's been a lot of decorating going on.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:22 AM (04Glf)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:24 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at December 07, 2025 12:24 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: Archer at December 07, 2025 12:24 AM (YGRGv)
Ford CEO Jim Farley Says Fuel Economy Standards Were 'Totally Out Of Touch'
Farley said during an appearance on Fox News. "We are forced to sell EVs and other vehicles...we're not going back to gas guzzlers, we have a lot of EVs and a lot of hybrids at Ford. But now customers get a chance to buy what they want, not what we force on them."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 12:25 AM (pkeXY)
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Thanks Braenyard. How have you been?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:26 AM (La8zG)
Here's the shot, oxygen bottle blowing up the Ford.
youtu.be/2tX06z2h3YY?t=793
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:31 AM (04Glf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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It's on my playlist now! Thanks!
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Our small engine repair guy told us to never use ethanol in small engines. I've read boat motor mfrs void warranties if you use ethanol gas.
I don't use it for anything but vehicles.
Posted by: MkY at December 07, 2025 12:34 AM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
Heh, day after Thanksgiving a couple radio station here start playing Christmas music. My radio does not leave those stations till they stop.
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I think I've mentioned before that after Thanksgiving I start listening to Handel's Messiah. I came across this song today, featuring a singer from Trinidad. Beautiful voice! And she is pleased with her performance, beautiful smile at the end.
https://tinyurl.com/296dvahb
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:35 AM (La8zG)
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That sounds confused.
Customers can buy what they want as long as it's tiny engines or EVs and hybrids. Farley's the same guy that pushed the Lightening isn't he?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:35 AM (04Glf)
Is it just me, or was anyone else disappointed to realize the "TopPop" and similar shows are fake? They are not live performances. They are like music videos, adding a new visual on top of the separately recorded and mixed production audio. But they don't present themselves that way. What a gyp!
Posted by: SciVo at December 07, 2025 12:35 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:36 AM (04Glf)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at December 07, 2025 12:24 AM (tRYqg)
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TX here. I don't want a f'kin prize. I want the illegals and cartel gone. I am tired of the trash and the crime. It looks like a Mexican trailer park here. No bueno.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 12:36 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Norrin Radd
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It's an Idaho bar what's sponsoring it. That's why.
Tell your local Colorado establishments to Get With The Program!!!
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
1. CEO Farley never said a peep before. Craven.
2. Ford is "out of touch" with the stupid trucks they build.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 07, 2025 12:41 AM (+J1QL)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
So, I guess the same thing could happen here, but, well...
I trust in the Lord.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy at December 07, 2025 12:43 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing History at December 07, 2025 12:45 AM (+J1QL)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:48 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:50 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 12:50 AM (rdVOm)
Sep 28, 2010
Jeremy Clarkson puts Toyota's claim that their Hilux pick-up is virtually indestructible to the ultimate test. Top Gear series 3,
youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:52 AM (04Glf)
Ha. But will lithium enable logical thinking?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 12:53 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 12:54 AM (04Glf)
Waylon will have a word.
.https://tinyurl.com/yeyr6nhm
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 12:55 AM (6p0Jv)
Farley said during an appearance on Fox News. "We are forced to sell EVs and other vehicles...we're not going back to gas guzzlers, we have a lot of EVs and a lot of hybrids at Ford. But now customers get a chance to buy what they want, not what we force on them."
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Where was his courage when it counted? He should be fired for admitting he folded when he should have made a stand.
When I was a kid, CEOs were portrayed as macho money lovers. That's actually the type you want in charge of your profit-seeking enterprise. This guy is just one of dozens of top-50 CEOs that weren't concerned enough about their company's profitability.
Posted by: Crusader at December 07, 2025 12:57 AM (Cjcf6)
Online mags are saying that Toyota can't build a $20K HiLux in the US.
What about affordability?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 12:58 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:01 AM (La8zG)
Done tole ya'll people
Hope all dem kids is happy
Posted by: Miklos is Magyar for Nicholas at December 07, 2025 01:04 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 07, 2025 01:04 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 59 year-old awkward guy
Why can't all States be like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon...hell, Red States in general!
Posted by: Some Rat at December 06, 2025 10:14 PM (TfUTr)
They all sound so wonderful - but right now in deep deep blue Southern California it's 55 F outside.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 07, 2025 01:05 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard
maybe, with some changes to the National Firearms Act
Posted by: Miklos will pay extra the twin Ma Deuce model at December 07, 2025 01:06 AM (N7hqt)
What about affordability?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2025 12:58 AM (pkeXY)
412 If I was in the market for a truck, I would want that Toyota.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:01 AM (La8zG)
I want six hard points in the bed as standard, not an option.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 07, 2025 01:07 AM (/lPRQ)
Hey, the big ClubONT Christmas Party is *next* Saturday night... Will you be making those 3-layer Jello Shots for us?
I think I've got all the supplies-- check the storage room & let me know if you need anything else, ok?
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Archer at December 07, 2025 01:09 AM (YGRGv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 01:10 AM (6p0Jv)
*slides Chivas/rocks down the bar*
Doof chewed me out for having some white lights, but phooey-- told him it helps me see during cleanup-- there's plenty of colored lights anyhow... *shrug*
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing
"Lithium is used to treat mania that is part of bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness). It is also used on a daily basis to reduce the frequency and severity of manic episodes. Manic-depressive patients experience severe mood changes, ranging from an excited or manic state (eg, unusual anger or irritability or a false sense of well-being) to depression or sadness."
Posted by: Blue haired pierced communists demand MOAR LITHIUM at December 07, 2025 01:10 AM (N7hqt)
*intercepts*
*replaces with Old Crow*
*let's see if she notices the improvement*
Posted by: Guy at bar stool 6 at December 07, 2025 01:12 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:14 AM (La8zG)
Heh. Col. Klink is on tonight's episode of Lost in Space on MeTV. He's a galactic cop.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 07, 2025 01:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at December 07, 2025 01:14 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ
https://tinyurl.com/yhc4bp2z
Posted by: Miklos has the inflatable pool and Coomercail quantity Jello ready for the ladies at December 07, 2025 01:16 AM (N7hqt)
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Hey, now... don't EVER mess with a lady's drink!
*side eye* Never seen you here before, friend. You got references?
*hands Debby a fresh Chivas/rocks*
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 07, 2025 01:17 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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If you're willing to share, please post in the Food Thread tomorrow!
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
I want six hard points in the bed as standard, not an option.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Scrolling from the bottom up it looked as if you were going a bit kinky.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 01:18 AM (04Glf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 01:21 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Miklos
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I picked up a whole case! Oh, they're by the door, not with the other plastic cups... my bad.
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:22 AM (rdVOm)
*side eye* Never seen you here before, friend. You got references?
*hands Debby a fresh Chivas/rocks*
Posted by: JQ
Hey look, Miss - we serve hard drinks in here for ladies who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you a Bacardi 151 with Kahlua and cream for a convincer?
Posted by: Surly bartender Miklos, who was supposed to have the night off at December 07, 2025 01:22 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
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Well well well... wth you doin' *sitting at the bar* and intercepting a drink I served? Get yer butt back here & I'll gladly clock out for the duration.
Yeah, I'd *love* to have that 151 with k&c right about now, thanks!
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
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I don't know if I will be around tomorrow, so I asked grok and got the following recipe. It looks similar to the one I have used in the past.
https://tinyurl.com/yjc9396m
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:31 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:33 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: JQ
I worked at place in new Orleans that was even open during Prohibition.
Nick's Night Train Bar
Mixology was both an art and a condition of employment.
I created a few, and that was one.
Alas, Nick's 1918-katrina
Posted by: Nostalgically less-Surly bartender Miklos at December 07, 2025 01:35 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:37 AM (La8zG)
JQ and Miklos behind the bar together next Saturday night, I think the Christmas party is off to a good start. What can I do or bring to assist in the celebration?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 07, 2025 01:38 AM (0nHVk)
Roll, roll
Roll out the dough
The dough must be roll-ed
Roll out the dough!
Posted by: Obscure Polka lyrics at December 07, 2025 01:38 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Surly bartender Miklos, who was supposed to have the night off at December 07, 2025 01:22QAM (N7hqt)
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There was a blue drink with a rubber ducky . It was delicious. Not JQ's fault.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 01:40 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Another inflatable pool, more Jell-o, lip balm, and many tiny umbrellas.
And a few dozen cotton bar mop towels
maybe more cheap Chinese strings of party lights
a fire extinguisher
Posted by: Event organizer Trainee Miklos at December 07, 2025 01:43 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 01:48 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 01:49 AM (04Glf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Just come on in! Be ready to *jump in* at any time, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
I could create a drink with a ducky of whatever ever color in it.
The cute little ducky would be edible, or after a while slurpable, and would have about the same alcohol content as the drink on which it would happily float.
Posted by: Miklos would need a one day advance notice, with color of duck specified at December 07, 2025 01:51 AM (N7hqt)
Check these out! Think Doof will let me put them up? They're not exactly *white* lights...
https://tinyurl.com/y3ennu5x
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
youtube.com/shorts/taqsGyQqDXw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 07, 2025 01:49 AM (04Glf)
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So that's how the perverts got infected with monkeybox?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 07, 2025 01:53 AM (EYUUI)
Posted by: Miklos
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Soaked Gummy Ducks!
*whispers* Don't eat more than one, friends...
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
And good night, for realz.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 07, 2025 01:55 AM (6p0Jv)
Sweet dreams Horde, I am sleepy.
JQ, I think that Doof will allow those lights.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 07, 2025 01:58 AM (0nHVk)
https://tinyurl.com/y3ennu5x
Posted by: JQ a
This reminds me of Christmas in Munich, merrily going from one Gluhwein to the next....
Posted by: Mulled Miklos at December 07, 2025 02:01 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 07, 2025 02:01 AM (La8zG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 02:03 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 02:06 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Kelly's Blue Book at December 07, 2025 02:09 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
You may say peace, peace
But there is no piece!
Oh wait
I have most of a chocolate cream pie
Posted by: late Nite Miklos misread that as Tom Paine demanding freedom and pie at December 07, 2025 02:13 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 02:16 AM (JkO4W)
https://tinyurl.com/2hvph9vr
Any combo of rum & pineapple, plus other goodies, is a winner with the Ladies.
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 07, 2025 02:23 AM (EYUUI)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Rum and Coca Cola
Both Mother and daughter
Working for the Yankee dollar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAmrUEnc1g
Posted by: Miklos stipulates that he is NOT a Yankee at December 07, 2025 02:27 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos likes her old hillbilly stuff the best at December 07, 2025 02:30 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2025 02:33 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 07, 2025 02:38 AM (w6S0H)
Posted by: Miklos dons protective eyewear at December 07, 2025 02:39 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Miklos is an unabashed honkey at December 07, 2025 02:42 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
One suspects there may have been accordions involved
Posted by: Zydeklos at December 07, 2025 02:44 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: clownkin at December 07, 2025 02:46 AM (fkNqv)
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rules
pics Posted by: Miklos dons protective eyewear
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No. Just... no.
Nobody wants to see *that* TYVM
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:46 AM (rdVOm)
Before I get canned for putting up all those white lights...
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 02:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 07, 2025 02:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: behold at December 07, 2025 02:56 AM (fkNqv)
Posted by: behold
>This is a unruly, bawdry forum, somebody has to step up on occasion.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 07, 2025 03:00 AM (w6S0H)
>This is a unruly, bawdry forum, somebody has to step up on occasion.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 07, 2025 03:00 AM (w6S0H)
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The appropriate sound effect will be a
SPROOOOIIIINNNNG!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 07, 2025 03:03 AM (JkO4W)
I'm making the damned cookies.
Everybody wants them. Even I want them. But they are a one time a year sort of thing.
They keep well in the freezer, so I guess that's the path we are taking.
No little cookies, no Christmas.
Not sure Jesus agrees with that assessment, but then, He's never had them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 07, 2025 03:27 AM (6Bc88)
I usually leave a g'night music link; instead, here's one to the movie. (Since it's way too late for the movie thread.)
Jules (2023) 👽
https://youtu.be/-CfqCY9V4DQ
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - surprising simple and nice at December 07, 2025 03:29 AM (yqA/D)
Of course, mostly nobody lives in Yakutat, but still, that's a good sized earthquake.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 07, 2025 03:30 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 07, 2025 03:43 AM (DqJmd)
Posted by: tcn in AK
>I tried to sleep thru the Northridge earthquake, but the ceiling buckling and the toilet expelling water caught my attention.
This kind of event reminds you that you are mortal and just along for the ride.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 07, 2025 03:44 AM (w6S0H)
I was in San Leandro during the '89 Loma Prieta 'quake.
Posted by: JQ at December 07, 2025 03:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos best geographic troll prank ever at December 07, 2025 03:56 AM (N7hqt)
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)