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A lesson learned
The Frosty Saga
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It's a what?
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This...is CNN
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Posted by: mindful webworker - artisanally intelligent at December 05, 2025 10:00 PM (pv4q5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:01 PM (vL0rw)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 05, 2025 10:01 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Half Dozen at December 05, 2025 10:02 PM (EYvpB)
True story.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:02 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 10:02 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 05, 2025 10:02 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2025 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Sandy at December 05, 2025 10:04 PM (JkO4W)
The lesson tonight is: Daughters are horrible. Have boys.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:04 PM (1lXzG)
Another reason to prefer the sequel [which brought in Abraham Lincoln trauma]
Posted by: gKWVE at December 05, 2025 10:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 05, 2025 10:05 PM (YoT4f)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:06 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 05, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:07 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2025 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
what about the rest of us? especially those from Canada ?
Posted by: runner at December 05, 2025 10:07 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 10:09 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Soothsayer
It was my privilege to have five sons before I was blessed with a 14 year old daughter by marriage.
Even though I had, by that time, numerous aunts, sisters, and female cousins, I quickly learned I knew absolutely nothing about daughters.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at December 05, 2025 10:10 PM (31p00)
Posted by: Van Halen at December 05, 2025 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 05, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Then there's a 4th kind, me. A protester. No haircut until somebody goes to jail for the VOVID-1984 bullshit. Needless to say, my hair's the longest it's ever been. On the plus side, living in Queens behind enemy lines, like Mona Lisa Vito said, 'I blend'.
Posted by: RickZ at December 05, 2025 10:10 PM (gKDq2)
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Those poor poor bleachers. Won't anybody care for the bleachers?
Was this a fast 1/4 mile dirt track? Looked like a lot of where I grew up. May have dated her granny back in the 70s.
*rednecks are awesome
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:11 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 05, 2025 10:11 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 05, 2025 10:12 PM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:12 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 05, 2025 10:12 PM (syz1S)
Thinks of a Nancy Pelosi joke.
Types.
Deletes.
It wasn't that funny.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 05, 2025 10:13 PM (TR4+2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 05, 2025 10:13 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2025 10:14 PM (rbvCR)
I did not see that one coming. Mind blown.
One difference, sleight of hand if you will, is that the Ottomans did not end slavery. There was a ban on the trade in 1857 but by then, Constantinople/ Istanbul was too weak to enforce any real ban on slavery outside Thrace and west Anatolia. The Kurds were still on it, the Balkans were the Balkans, and Arabia and Africa were like LOL glwt.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 05, 2025 10:14 PM (gKWVE)
My mom's name was Patience
Posted by: Kindltot
Was it Patience or Prudence in Support Your Local Gun Fighter?
*looks at imdb*
Suzanne Pleshette as Patience. I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:17 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Archimedes at December 05, 2025 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2025 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 05, 2025 10:20 PM (xqL5c)
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:21 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: pookysgirl has yet to be arrested at December 05, 2025 10:21 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Tucker Melloncamp at December 05, 2025 10:21 PM (pkeXY)
The girl on The Ghost & Mrs Muir is named Prudence.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:21 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:22 PM (y171U)
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
I was in Istanbul a few weeks ago. I went to the Blue Mosque, which is adjacent to Hagia Sophia. I've always wanted to see the latter, but it's restricted now for non-Muslims. Some friends got inside and took pictures.
The Blue Mosque is much superior.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 05, 2025 10:22 PM (Riz8t)
What's funny is that Joe Biden when he was in his alleged "prime" was such a mean and vicious person that had THAT version of Joe Biden been present tonight he would have denounced them all as a bunch of perverts.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:23 PM (SZI4T)
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Blitzen had a girlfriend named Prudence.
Deer Prudence.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:23 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 05, 2025 10:24 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I donno. Get some wave action going and your off to paradise!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2025 10:24 PM (L/fGl)
Did anybody ever answer Ace's question on the Cafe of "What is this thing?" Seems to me I'd seen a pic of one like it at some time, and read the name, but now I can't recall it. It looks like a relative of the llama and alpaca. Guanaco?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:25 PM (IC093)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:26 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2025 10:26 PM (lUFok)
The girl on The Ghost & Mrs Muir is named Prudence.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Did poobertty hit her hard?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:27 PM (QVmho)
the kids today say "rizz"
it's short for charisma
but they really don't know what "charisma" means
So "rizz" to them is, like, cool.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:27 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:21 PM (1lXzG)
Grew up with the kids TV show and didn't know it was originally a movie made in the late 1940s.
Now it is my top 5 movie favorite. Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney wow, what a beautiful couple. And what a moving story.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:27 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2025 10:27 PM (L/fGl)
356 Last year's concert from the Tabernacle Choir just got broadcast on PBS a week ago and it was quite good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obZDWSUxwVo
Posted by: pkudude99 at December 05, 2025 12:22 PM (ODCB/)
I got sick and missed the final rehearsals for that concert, so I wasn't able to participate. Instead, I got to attend the concert with my little granddaughter. Great memories.
The 2025 Christmas Concert will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this coming week. Our regular broadcast on that Sunday morning will be a much shorter recap of parts of the concert. You can watch that one live at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dqzv8khQmQ
Official video of this concert will be released around December 1 next year.
Posted by: Half Dozen at December 05, 2025 10:28 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:28 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:29 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:23 PM (dyewR)
We saw what you did there.
Posted by: The Beatles at December 05, 2025 10:29 PM (QZzSm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 05, 2025 10:27 PM (L/fGl)
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They used to have a dumbwaiter but he went on disability.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:30 PM (dyewR)
Was it wrong to laugh at the fat lady falling down?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Only of you didn't channel Eddie Murphy's Aunt Bunny routine.
I'm not going to hell, because I was all...
Hep me lord, bommboomboom, oh lord, help me, boomboomboom.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:30 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 05, 2025 10:30 PM (3pxDZ)
RIP Bob, you will definitely be missed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 05, 2025 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 05, 2025 10:31 PM (xqL5c)
There is a small area made up of very south Jersey, a piece of Delaware, and a bit of Maryland that pronounces merry, Mary, and marry individually. And, yes, I do come from that small area and after nearly 60 years in Nebraska I still pronounce each word differently. And one of these days I am going to smack the XO for asking for a "pin" when he actually wants a "pen".
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 05, 2025 10:31 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:31 PM (IC093)
I have to figure out how to give Mrs. F. the slip tomorrow and get over to McD's for a McRib.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Her car has a funneh sound and you need to test drive it. Duh.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:32 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025
***
Cordelia. Also a regular on Angel for part of the series' run.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:34 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I got hungry mid-week, and decided the McD's was the closest place.
Ordered McRib. Determined McRib was not a mobile sandwich. Had forgotten that somewhere along the way.
Posted by: MkY at December 05, 2025 10:36 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025
*
Grew up with the kids TV show and didn't know it was originally a movie made in the late 1940s.
Now it is my top 5 movie favorite. Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney wow, what a beautiful couple. And what a moving story.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025
***
There was a kids' TV show? I know there was a prime-time series with Edward Mulhare as the Captain and Hope Lange as the woman who buys his house, but it only lasted a year. I don't know if it was more comedy or drama with humor like the film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:37 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 05, 2025 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
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May his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:37 PM (IC093)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 05, 2025 10:38 PM (c7Ygk)
It's got to be fake but it's true. Middle finger to EU
From all I could find out, it's real.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 05, 2025 10:39 PM (df/te)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 05, 2025
***
I suggest there is a third type: the man who gets his hair cut on a schedule whether the hair needs it or not. (Yes, that's me. This summer I tried extending the three-week interval to four, and it was too much for me. I'm back to three.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:40 PM (wzUl9)
Ordered McRib. Determined McRib was not a mobile sandwich. Had forgotten that somewhere along the way.
Posted by: MkY at December 05, 2025 10:36 PM (q6tQZ)
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I'll have to go the ghetto but it's worth the risk. They had one at the mall but it closed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:40 PM (IC093)
Pilot Is Asleep.
Passengers Invoking Allah.
Parachute Is Advisable.
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025 10:41 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:42 PM (1lXzG)
Thanks WD!
"Sleep: nature’s way of saying ‘you’re done for today.’”
Good night pals👋💤💤💤
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 05, 2025 10:42 PM (3pxDZ)
What's the TV Show with "picadilly" in the theme song?
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:42 PM (1lXzG)
I'm not going to hell, because I was all...
Hep me lord, bommboomboom, oh lord, help me, boomboomboom.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:30 PM (QVmho)
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I didn't but I will now LOL
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:43 PM (IC093)
British lady, Janet Mills? She's shows up as a Nanny...
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:43 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:44 PM (1lXzG)
That's the show with the "Prudence" girl, not Ghost & Mrs Muir.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:44 PM (1lXzG)
Pilot Is Asleep.
Passengers Invoking Allah.
Parachute Is Advisable.
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025
***
Peeing In Air
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 10:45 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:43 PM (1lXzG)
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Juliet Mills.
Nanny and the Professor.
Which incidentally, would make a fine title for a sitcom about a muslim weapons instructor who lives with a goat,
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (YoT4f)
I had to cut his hair myself until he was about 6 because there was no way he was going to still for a barber.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (IC093)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025
***
Juliet Mills, daughter of John and sister of Hayley. I always thought she was much lovelier than her sister, who got all the attention back then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 10:47 PM (ynpvh)
I like the Egg McMuffin, but the post-McMuffin breath is enough to knock a buzzard off a gut wagon.
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025 10:47 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:47 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
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Joss Whedon reportedly pressured her to sleep with him, as many of the actresses he employed did, but she refused, so he wrote her character in a deliberately humiliating way before killing her off.
Other cast members subsequently denounced him (including Michelle Gellar, who he had the sense never to try to score with), and he's been sidelined.
Never trust "male feminists."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (GALGA)
McDonald’s is best for an Egg McMuffin on the way up to the ski slopes.
Posted by: nur
there's a bunch to work with there but I am going to leave everything as is.
for now
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Wolfus, I called it a kid's TV show because I was a kid when I watched it...no confusion intended.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (y171U)
Apparently Ben Stiller thinks his opinions should carry weight. Which is weird, because he made a living out of being a 100% full time wimp.
Alec Baldwin supports the alleged actor "Paul Dano" as well. Alec is in the habit of shooting people he works with that he doesn't like, so I guess this endorsement is genuine.
What would we do without the Film Actors Guild?
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
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Tough girl, good to see you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:50 PM (IC093)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:50 PM (1lXzG)
it is technically crypto cuisine, it is the bigfoot of foods, yeah it exists but it is probably not really food.
The good news is you cannot say it is artificial
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (SZI4T)
I joined a club, extracurricular
For those who love all things testicular,
We decked all the halls
With pictures of balls
And gave our trucks scrota, vehicular
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025
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Ah. It might have been dumbed down for TV anyway, unlike the subtle humor and character interplay of the film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:49 PM (y171U)
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (IC093)
It had Charles Nelson Reilly in it -- it was a kids & adult kids show.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:43 PM (1lXzG)
Phoebe Figalilly is a silly name.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:53 PM (y171U)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 05, 2025 10:50 PM (IC093)
Real talk: If you think you might like a McRib, go buy a pulled pork sammish from a BBQ place. Only buy the McRib if you are unable to find a BBQ joint in your AOO
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:40 PM (wzUl9)
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It's flat out wrong. I used to get my hair cut to remain in regulation. Now I do it whenever I damn well feel like it.
Being a civilian rocks.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 10:53 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (RdmzP)
Smoked meat is wonderful and proof that God wants us to be happy with Hickory smoke.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (RdmzP)
Depends how one barbecues...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (mT+6a)
Juliet Mills, daughter of John and sister of Hayley. I always thought she was much lovelier than her sister, who got all the attention back then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I concur, ol' chum. Juliet was lovelier than Hayley.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (1lXzG)
Joss Whedon reportedly pressured her to sleep with him, as many of the actresses he employed did, but she refused, so he wrote her character in a deliberately humiliating way before killing her off.
Never trust "male feminists."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)
If I remember correctly, she was also pregnant during filming of Angel, and he told her to have an abortion so she could continue to be "sexy". She refused and that contributed to his disgusting treatment of her.
Posted by: moki at December 05, 2025 10:55 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:55 PM (SZI4T)
It had Charles Nelson Reilly in it -- it was a kids & adult kids show.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:52 PM (1lXzG)
Match Game?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:55 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 10:55 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Helmet #9 at December 05, 2025 10:55 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (jc0TO)
Smoked meat is wonderful and proof that God wants us to be happy with Hickory smoke.
Posted by: Mar
it is great tasting, but unecessary with good meats and definitely not healthy to eat, tough its better than smokinh cigarettes and eating the butts
however if you smoked and bbqed the butts they would taste good
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (RdmzP)
Juliet Mills
Status: Not Mort
turned 81 two weeks ago
Hayley Mills, sister
Status: Not Mort
79.5 yrs of age
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (1lXzG)
Soft & sweet...
Phoebe Figalilly...
is a silly name...
and so many silly things keep happening
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 10:50 PM (1lXzG)
The Addrisi Brothers...love that theme song.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (y171U)
It’s blowing stink out here in the beach! You got wind?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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You know there's a fart joke in there.
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (rdVOm)
It’s blowing stink out here in the beach! You got wind?
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 10:54 PM (mT+6a)
It's very mild and pleasant in Monroe, though very misty and moist. Moist.
I'm bringing a .22 for you try out vs George tomorrow.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (xcxpd)
You cantankerous bastard. How are you?
Posted by: nur
Everything's very good. How have you been, good holiday?
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:57 PM (RdmzP)
Smoked meat is wonderful and proof that God wants us to be happy with Hickory smoke.
Posted by: Mar
it is great tasting, but unecessary with good meats and definitely not healthy to eat, tough its better than smokinh cigarettes and eating the butts
however if you smoked and bbqed the butts they would taste good
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (RdmzP)
I like big butts and I cannot lie!
Posted by: Sir Mixalot at December 05, 2025 10:57 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 10:57 PM (mT+6a)
however if you smoked and bbqed the butts they would taste good
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 10:56 PM (RdmzP)
Well...fair, you don't want to use the best cuts of beef (or pork) with smoked BBQ.
But I dearly love smoke and sauce on meat.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:58 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025
***
Looking it up, I see it was on for two seasons, not just one. Kenneth Mars, our old friend from The Producers ("Der Fuhrer vas an egg-zellent painter!") and Young Frankenstein, was in two episodes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:58 PM (wzUl9)
I joined a club, extracurricular
For those who love all things testicular,
We decked all the halls
With pictures of balls
And gave our trucks scrota, vehicular
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (t/66j)
I'd say that's a Muldoon 7.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 05, 2025 10:58 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Freakwent Flyer at December 05, 2025 10:59 PM (oftw2)
Some day. Some day....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 10:59 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025 10:59 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 10:59 PM (WRA0V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: n
All good. Busy. Too many damn people for Thanksgiving.
It’s really windy tonight. I suspect the power will go out at some point.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Helmet #9 at December 05, 2025
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When your mental image of yourself is "young Robert Vaughn" and your mirror says "Charles Manson follower wannabe," it's time for a haircut.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025
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Juliet Mills, daughter of John and sister of Hayley. I always thought she was much lovelier than her sister, who got all the attention back then.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
I remember seeing Juliet in that movie with Jack Lemmon, Avanti! If I remember, there may have been a little Northern Exposure from Juliet in that movie.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (0CU3H)
Some day. Some day....
Posted by: Mar
If ever youre in a must have need for bucees holler and I will send you a care pkg, it travels nicely
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:01 PM (RdmzP)
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Was it the Monroe golf course that used to have a periscope?
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:01 PM (hBtiT)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 11:01 PM (xcxpd)
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No. I'm sorry, you're mistaken.
The best barbecue on earth is served at the original Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City. You will want to be there for the lunch or early afternoon menu. Its not (or wasn't 5 years ago) in a part of town you'd want to be in after dark.
But...my goodness...the sliced brisket and smoked sausage are out of this world! The smoked sausage is sliced length-wise, rather than into tiny circles. And the fries are perfect. But the barbecue sauce....there aren't words to explain how good it is.
If you don't appreciate barbecue done right, you might as well just go vegan and give up sex too.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Just completed assembling a cheap chinese stainless steel cart. A "food prep" cart, some call it. A work table, other might say.
It's on wheels. I like wheels.
For $85, it's not too bad. Supported me when I jumped on it, and the stainless steel top looks nice. I like stainless steel.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 11:02 PM (1lXzG)
I joined a club, extracurricular
For those who love all things testicular,
We decked all the halls
With pictures of balls
And gave our trucks scrota, vehicular
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 10:51 PM (t/66j)
I'd say that's a Muldoon 7.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 05, 2025 10:58 PM (0CU3H)
On second thought, a Muldoon 8.5. The Truck Nutz is worth 1.5 all by itself.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 05, 2025 11:02 PM (0CU3H)
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Was it the Monroe golf course that used to have a periscope?
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:01 PM (hBtiT)
*checking map*
This is not the golf portion of WA state....
Echo Falls is the nearest golf course. So far as I know, they don't have flooding problems. My FFL is right near the course, so I go by it a lot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 11:03 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Freakwent Flyer at December 05, 2025 10:59 PM (oftw2)
He was available to cover when someone cancelled. Carlin did some that, too.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (pIfcn)
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No. I'm sorry, you're mistaken.
The best barbecue on earth is served at the original Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City. You will want to be there for the lunch or early afternoon menu. Its not (or wasn't 5 years ago) in a part of town you'd want to be in after dark.
But...my goodness...the sliced brisket and smoked sausage are out of this world! The smoked sausage is sliced length-wise, rather than into tiny circles. And the fries are perfect. But the barbecue sauce....there aren't words to explain how good it is.
If you don't appreciate barbecue done right, you might as well just go vegan and give up sex too.
Posted by: Crusader
it is not much more than flavoring, nobody goes to a great steak house and slather's sauce over some great steak, bbq tastes good but its not necessary unless you are trying to convert boots to food
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (RdmzP)
Why thank you, Mr. Harris - you're too kind
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I prefer the Cave Man look. People give you a wide berth in public. Also learn some facial tics.
Posted by: The Missing Link at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:01 PM (RdmzP)
You are very kind. May take you up on that man.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mar
if i did not mean it I would not say it
there's a bucees not too far from where we are
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:05 PM (RdmzP)
Posted by: PabloD at December 05, 2025 11:06 PM (GALGA)
That was the foster kid's name.
She hated it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 05, 2025 11:00 PM (lUFok)
Knew an atheist who's given name was Christian...
Posted by: Sir Mixalot at December 05, 2025 11:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Iowan at December 05, 2025 11:09 PM (Wt5PA)
Just completed assembling a cheap chinese stainless steel cart. A "food prep" cart, some call it. A work table, other might say.
It's on wheels. I like wheels.
For $85, it's not too bad. Supported me when I jumped on it, and the stainless steel top looks nice. I like stainless steel.
Posted by: Soothsayer goes at December 05, 2025 11:02 PM (1lXzG)
Chinese stainless...will rust pretty easily...
Posted by: Sir Mixalot at December 05, 2025 11:09 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Scrota Vehicular were produced behind the Iron Curtain 1947-90. Two-stroke diesel that would run on paint thinner. Smoked like all get out.
Posted by: Leutonians at December 05, 2025 11:10 PM (oftw2)
Since then I just cut a couple of inches off the ponytail when I think it needs it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:04 PM (RdmzP)
Ah, there's your problem...you not supposed to BBQ boots...
Posted by: Sir Mixalot at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (1OIAD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2025 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
Since then I just cut a couple of inches off the ponytail when I think it needs it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (jc0TO)
it's not a terrible look unless you're going bald...then it starts looking like a Chinese queue...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2025 11:12 PM
Announcer: Beer not included. Tax and fees may apply.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (jc0TO)
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*Contents may have settled during shipment*
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:14 PM (1OIAD)
Since then I just cut a couple of inches off the ponytail when I think it needs it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (jc0TO)
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I last saw a barber in 2000.
I got a clipper and use it when required. Which is now entirely up to me.
Haven't shaved since December, 2022, though I do trim things from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM
I've grown a bit of forehead over the years but no balding.
Low-T FTW!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:15 PM (jc0TO)
Suzanne Pleshette as Patience. I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 05, 2025 10:17 PM (QVmho)
And I remember Dub Taylor as Doc Schultz telling her 'have some patience, Patience'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 05, 2025 11:15 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:15 PM (snZF9)
Since then I just cut a couple of inches off the ponytail when I think it needs it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (jc0TO)
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I last saw a barber in 2000.
I got a clipper and use it when required. Which is now entirely up to me.
Haven't shaved since December, 2022, though I do trim things from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)
I remember when my Dad got a Flowbee...he stopped using it after the first time when he realized he had suddenly become even MORE bald afterwards...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:16 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
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I disdained haircuts upon leaving the military, but one day last September, realized I was developing a natural tonsure and buzzed all of it.
Back in the 70s I resolved I would never be one of those guys who was going bald, and grew out the rest.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM
I've grown a bit of forehead over the years but no balding.
Low-T FTW!
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:15 PM (jc0TO)
My hair started to thin a little a few years back. After the wife passed, it quickly thinned...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:17 PM (ynpvh)
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This is where the *types* of barbecue battles begin.
Kansas City barbecue and Texas barbecue are "rub" dependent, and the sauce serves as an accent.
Memphis and Carolina barbecue are sauce-dependent. They both should just give it up, because the rub is the thing, and a great sauce (not that garbage Carolina sauce) just takes it over the top.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
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"Try to take the grant money from my hand, grasshopper."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
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I disdained haircuts upon leaving the military, but one day last September, realized I was developing a natural tonsure and buzzed all of it.
Back in the 70s I resolved I would never be one of those guys who was going bald, and grew out the rest.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:17 PM (ZOv7s)
I've basically decided the same thing. Once a certain threshold is reached, I'm going Yul Brenner.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2025 11:12 PM
Announcer: Beer not included. Tax and fees may apply.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:13 PM (jc0TO)
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*Contents may have settled during shipment*
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:14 PM (1OIAD)
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Well...Hell.
*switches to scotch*
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (2WIwB)
Haven't shaved since December, 2022, though I do trim things from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025
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I sport a "Commander Riker"-style beard (though I grew mine some months before he appeared on the show with his). It just grows that way. I keep it neat with clippers. The facial real estate that doesn't have dark beard gets shaved every day or two with a double-edged safety razor employed with brush and cream/soap.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 11:19 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 05, 2025 11:19 PM (QZzSm)
Posted by: raimondo at December 05, 2025 11:19 PM (aRMT2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 05, 2025 11:20 PM (XWuHt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:20 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: 496 at December 05, 2025 11:14 PM (1OIAD)
Heh!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:20 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 05, 2025 11:19 PM (QZzSm)
Not until longbows, crossbows, .45 and 9mm have their say...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:21 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:21 PM (jc0TO)
Kind of sad, actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:22 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:23 PM (tld9k)
Kind of sad, actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:22 PM (dyewR)
He's also of a mind that we should be dehumanized and put into concentration camps, apparently. Fits with the Leftist ideologies.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (SZI4T)
Kind of sad, actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:22 PM
It's not really him though, is it. I think he's the Mary Cloggistein of AliasSmiths.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
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I've razored it a few times over the years, always in the summer.
About 15 year ago, I was on orders to provide photo support for a military-sponsored youth came and I shaved my head - and so did the other two photographers.
We all showed up, looked at each other and laughed, and everyone at the camp thought we had coordinated it.
Now I just trim it to stubble.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:23 PM (tld9k)
That's soup, dude, not BBQ.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (ynpvh)
Since then I just cut a couple of inches off the ponytail when I think it needs it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:11 PM (jc0TO)
Last time I got anything resembling a haircut was in highschool for the year book pictures. Mom said if I didn't do it years later I would look at the picture and regret it. I look at the picture today and I still regret it. You were wrong mom. Since then its been very slight trims of no more than 1/4 " to remove any dead ends and to keep any layers. Basically, no hair cut since Reagan was president.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
Went the Yul Brenner route years ago. The top was gone, the upper sides brown, and the lower sides white. I looked like I was wearing a friggin' horseshoe on my head. So now its as smooth as a baby's butt, and add a nice tan, it looks OK.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (2WIwB)
She wants to go to "Christmas things." I tell her, not in the city proper. Every time I go there now it's unpleasant and scary. I'm always worried about our getting carjacked or shot, and if not that, I worry that I'm going to hit a bad pothole in the dark.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Auto Hijinks at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: the way I see it at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (KDPiq)
*Slaps joint out of rainmandodo's mouth*
We don't allow that crap indoors, dumbass. Get out!
*Steps on joint*
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (rdVOm)
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Cloggenstein is usually pretty clever. I don't get why some of the Horde hate her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:26 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
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I've razored it a few times over the years, always in the summer.
About 15 year ago, I was on orders to provide photo support for a military-sponsored youth came and I shaved my head - and so did the other two photographers.
We all showed up, looked at each other and laughed, and everyone at the camp thought we had coordinated it.
Now I just trim it to stubble.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)
I've gone clean a few times or more. Shaved it smoooth. The first time I did, a couple of days later, while drying my hair, the towel got stuck like velcro...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:26 PM (ynpvh)
Kind of sad, actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Since starting here he now can write in complete sentences.
Astonishing improvement. He keeps visiting, critical judgement may creep into his mind.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (SZI4T)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (jc0TO)
The had some smoked bbqed turkey for Thanksgiving, it was getting gassed for a day and a half,
the entire time we could smell it and it smelled good, however, I could not help thinking they were going to a bunch of work to infuse something with the same things we pay somebody to remove from our chimney.
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (tld9k)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (jc0TO)
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The whole "When we get power we will kill you all" schtick is self-limiting, because it begs the question: If you will harm us, why would you ever be allowed to gain power?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: NCKate at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:23 PM (ynpvh)
He better bring a lot of fucking guns, or else the left will be fertilizer in those camps.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Auto Hijinks at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (oftw2)
Yeah, the physics is quite unkind. Even if the car isn't mangled, the deceleration of the passengers will be quite larger for the occupants of the smaller car than the larger car...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:28 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 05, 2025 11:28 PM (SnVNy)
Yes, chinese "stainless steel" is quite magnetic, or ferritic, because china sucks at everything they produce. They are an inferior people in every way.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (jc0TO)
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The whole "When we get power we will kill you all" schtick is self-limiting, because it begs the question: If you will harm us, why would you ever be allowed to gain power?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)
Also assumes passive or non-resistance.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (ynpvh)
*Slaps joint out of rainmandodo's mouth*
We don't allow that crap indoors, dumbass. Get out!
*Steps on joint*
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:25 PM (rdVOm)
Yeah, only the good stuff, no horse shit and splinters.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2025 11:30 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:26 PM (ynpvh)
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Pat it dry. You'll give yourself whiplash if you try to move the towel too fast.
Not gonna lie. When it is really, really hot, that is the secret sauce to staying cool. Feel the breeze on that scalp skin!
Because of my thinning hair, I'll probably clip it before spring, but not super-close. The beard will mitigate the heat loss.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:30 PM (ZOv7s)
I was looking a head-on car crash tests from 1972 on Youtube.
Posted by: Auto Hijinks
Heh. That video popped up on my Youtube today, too.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:31 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: raimondo at December 05, 2025 11:31 PM (aRMT2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:32 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
Please greet the Bund for me!
Posted by: Franz Liebkind! at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Exactly!
(and no alfalfa. sheesh)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
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Sincerely, just take a simple test drive by ignoring "barbecue" and instead putting some sort of meat into something as simple as a crock pot. If you leave it in there on low and wait 8 hours to retrieve it, it will *crumble* in tenderness to a simple fork. Smoking does the same thing, but you get to add a "rub" of whatever spices you might want to add.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (Cjcf6)
Wow, that EXACTLY what that little Austrian dictator guy said about the Jews too! Birds of a feather!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Timothy McVeigh at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Exactly!
(and no alfalfa. sheesh)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
Idaho weed, i.e. hemp?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (1lXzG)
Their metallurgy is crap. I see it in the garbage aftermarket harley engine parts that no harley wrench worth his salt would ever use. The shit is comical, they could fuck up tin foil. The real question is do they actually know how to do it and keep it for themselves, and then flood the world with the lesser garbage. I'm pretty sure they could be assholes like that. Especially with all the technology they steal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)
I've quoted him before. There was quite the "White Army in Being" between the world wars and afterwards. It doesn't get a lot of attention in the Western press because they're all pink or red, but it was a thing. A bunch of Finns came to Spain to stop the Reds, but it gets scant attention.
I mean, it's in my book...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:29 PM (1lXzG)
Their metallurgy is crap. I see it in the garbage aftermarket harley engine parts that no harley wrench worth his salt would ever use. The shit is comical, they could fuck up tin foil. The real question is do they actually know how to do it and keep it for themselves, and then flood the world with the lesser garbage. I'm pretty sure they could be assholes like that. Especially with all the technology they steal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)
The proof is in the pudding. We'll see when their warships get into a real war...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:35 PM (ynpvh)
(and no alfalfa. sheesh)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
Idaho weed, i.e. hemp?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (ynpvh)
Shitty Jamaican brown frown.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:36 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at December 05, 2025 11:36 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Naw, hemp is "Kansas Killer" -- the headache maker!
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:36 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:35 PM (ynpvh)
Didn't they actually have problems with the steel in their ships?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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This teeny car is the safest. No. That teeny car is the safest in its class. Head on the safest teeny car into a Chevy 1/2 ton and see who walks away.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (SZI4T)
Intertubes say Rafał Gan-Ganowicz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)
Didn't they have a newly-launched naval vessel sink right at the pier?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bers
We have too, the cunt that was in charge of testing the hy steel we use for subs was passing the quality tests without doing the testing of the steel she was given
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:38 PM (tld9k)
Oh, also we'll make you turn in your guns just by asking, because we're retarded."
Posted by: Current Day leftists at December 05, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:35 PM (ynpvh)
Didn't they actually have problems with the steel in their ships?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (snZF9)
If there is, it would be a Titanic mistake on their part.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:39 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:39 PM (tld9k)
Posted by: Bers
We have too, the cunt that was in charge of testing the hy steel we use for subs was passing the quality tests without doing the testing of the steel she was given
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:38 PM (tld9k)
There were also cases where the bolts, which were supposed to be made with a SPECIFIC strength of steel, were allowed to be used, only to find out later those bolts did not meet spec even though they were marked as meeting spec...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (ynpvh)
Cops were walking around with two bags, one to pick up pieces of the vette the other to pick up pieces of the driver.
Driver of the pickup was walking around dazed holding a cloth to his banged forehead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (SZI4T)
The real question is do they actually know how to do it and keep it for themselves
Posted by: Berserker
I have a theory: the chinese have no idea what they're making and what it's used for, because they are uneducated peasants communist slaves who own nothing.
That's why all their electronics are junk. For instance, they make "jumper cables" out of 10 gauge aluminum wire because they don't know what jumper cables are for -- they just know how to copy stuff and make it as cheap as possible.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (1lXzG)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:39 PM (tld9k)
Cause of death? High speed dirt.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:39 PM (tld9k)
Cause of death? High speed dirt.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (snZF9)
excessive deceleration...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:43 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:37 PM (snZF9)
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China has a bunch of problems. The first is that military service is traditionally regarded as socially undesirable. In the old Confucian system, soldiers weren't even ranked. Bandits in uniforms.
Communism tried to change that, but ChiComs could never make up their minds: are we elite professionals or peasants with guns? So they went back and forth.
Right now it's a racket. The PLA is also a business. The generals expect to get rich. Conformity is the rule, and that goes back thousands of years.
So you have a combination of zero warrior culture, historic and current pressures to cover up problems rather than solve them, and the endemic corruption of Communism.
And yes, I have a book...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:43 PM (tld9k)
The Elvis kid is hereby awarded a full scholarship.
Posted by: the University of Miklos at December 05, 2025 11:44 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:44 PM (tld9k)
Oh, also we'll make you turn in your guns just by asking, because we're retarded."
Posted by: Current Day leftists at December 05, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Well, the first part sorta worked, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:44 PM (ynpvh)
That's why all their electronics are junk. For instance, they make "jumper cables" out of 10 gauge aluminum wire because they don't know what jumper cables are for -- they just know how to copy stuff and make it as cheap as possible.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (1lXzG)
You know, it almost seems like that. Nothing ever seems to be engineered right, it almost always looks like a facsimile, as if they made it from a picture. Kinda like if you sent a picture of a boat back to 1,000,000 BC and see with the primitives come up with.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (ynpvh)
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They've had multiple large bridges fall down in just the last few weeks.
QC is not their strength.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:44 PM (tld9k)
My computer refuses to show that image, says it's a potential security risk...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:45 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miklos, volunteer Elvis Santa at December 05, 2025 11:46 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:47 PM (SZI4T)
it was a picture of christi brinkley having sex with her daughters of a smiley face
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:47 PM (tld9k)
QC is not their strength.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:45 PM (ZOv7s)
I have...stories.
One of my favorites: They had a process in place that all Ethernet cables at the factory had to be inspected, so when bad cables started to get out, they went and checked what went wrong. Sure enough, the cables HAD been inspected, but not being told what to do with failing cables, they were passed along with the passing cables...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: n at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (tld9k)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
QC is not their strength.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:45 PM (ZOv7s)
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Rumor has it their brand new carrier Fujian is a mess. It's got electromagnetic catapults with steam turbine propulsion that probably won't be able to supply the massive electrical requirements while powering the rest of the ship. (This is what nuclear reactors are for.)
But electromagnetic catapults were insisted on by the political bosses, so in they went.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:50 PM (rdVOm)
Surgery is a go for next Thursday 🙏🙏🙏
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (SRRAx)
Well howdy! Mine is Monday after next!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:50 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (dyewR)
Yeah, NOTHING could POSSIBLY
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (dyewR)
Vast banks of lithium batteries down in the bilges, to run the catapults. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:52 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
--
Cargo culture
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 11:52 PM (SZI4T)
Oh, also we'll make you turn in your guns just by asking, because we're retarded."
Posted by: Current Day leftists at December 05, 2025 11:38 PM (ZOv7s)
*applauds*
Yes. That's where we're at.
If you don't believe that's where we're at, review what was "our" response to Covid. We complied. We willingly walked to the train. We stayed away from family because they told us to. We stayed away from church because they told us to. We didn't get our hair cut because they told us to.
The weed shops stayed open, but family gatherings and church was completely *out*.
The left now believes we won't fight.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:52 PM (Cjcf6)
Kind of sad, actually.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:22 PM
It's not really him though, is it. I think he's the Mary Cloggistein of AliasSmiths.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 05, 2025 11:24 PM (jc0TO)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT COULD BE ANYBODY SOCKING HIM WITH A STUPID COMMENT !
Posted by: BEN ROTHESBERGERER at December 05, 2025 11:53 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:54 PM (ynpvh)
I think Trump recently commented that the electromagnetic catapult is inferior to the steam powered catapult. I don’t know why he came to that conclusion but I assume he had conversations with knowledgeable people who have that opinion.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 05, 2025 11:54 PM (KDPiq)
But electromagnetic catapults were insisted on by the political bosses, so in they went.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 05, 2025 11:49 PM (dyewR)
Now we just need them to launch Zumwalt knockoffs because espionage can also be hilarious.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 05, 2025 11:55 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 05, 2025 11:55 PM (6KcYW)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 05, 2025 11:30 PM (cYBz/)
Beef tongue is $9 a lb. It used to be something you got for the dog.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 05, 2025 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: NCKate at December 05, 2025 11:57 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
Ja! You are scum! If you are a good boy, you may lick my boots!
Posted by: Mistress Ilsa, She-Wolf of the ONT at December 05, 2025 11:57 PM (QZzSm)
is excessive deceleration the splats?
I mean, it's ED either way...
Posted by: Piercello at December 05, 2025 11:57 PM (NRGJj)
The left now believes we won't fight.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:52 PM (Cjc
Um, they never have. And it didn’t take the coof.
But where would you? Remember the switch is easy to turn on and hard to turn off.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 05, 2025 11:58 PM (6KcYW)
I don’t know where you live but I didn’t do any of those things you listed.,
Posted by: the way I see it at December 05, 2025 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
(and no alfalfa. sheesh)
Posted by: JQ at December 05, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)
Idaho weed, i.e. hemp?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:34 PM (ynpvh)
Shitty Jamaican brown frown.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2025 11:36 PM (snZF9)
We called it "Kansas Killer" back in the day.
Posted by: a.moron at December 05, 2025 11:58 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: the way I see it at December 05, 2025 11:54 PM (KDPiq)
Well, steam catapults have proven satisfactory for 70 years or more, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Yay. It worked. So glad someone took up the challenge. Well done.
Among tonight's "wandered off to watch" was Pearl Harbor December 5. 1941 with the History Guy. How the ships ended up in Pearl, or not, that fateful Sunday.
Did not yet watch that movie guy, but it's on my TBW list. John Carter and King Arthur, The Sequels that Never Were. Interested in Carter, not so much in Arthur. Maybe that will save me half the 28 minutes.
Enjoyable Friday ONT as always, WeirdDave. Imagine I made a bunch of comments on all the bits. I'll just say, beer girl was a suspenseful video with a happy ending. Bleachers Beluga, also suspenseful. Not so happy, but satisfying funny schadenfreudeally.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Back to lurking and surfing. at December 05, 2025 11:59 PM (pv4q5)
Posted by: Piercello at December 05, 2025 11:57 PM (NRGJj)
Bob Dole has a blue pill for that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 12:00 AM (npFr7)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT COULD BE ANYBODY SOCKING HIM WITH A STUPID COMMENT !
Posted by: BEN ROTHESBERGERER
https://stoatnet.org/raimondo.php
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 12:00 AM (pkeXY)
Memphis and Carolina barbecue are sauce-dependent. They both should just give it up, because the rub is the thing, and a great sauce (not that garbage Carolina sauce) just takes it over the top.
Posted by: Crusader at December 05, 2025 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)
Ah....there's the rub.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:01 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 05, 2025 11:41 PM (ynpvh)
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They've had multiple large bridges fall down in just the last few weeks.
QC is not their strength.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 05, 2025 11:45 PM (ZOv7s)
A dude brought in a set of lifters for his harley engine one day. I looked them over quick and said they're probably chinese junk. You can tell, completely unrefined. Harleys have roller cams, had them since christ was a child. The rollers are held into the lifter body with a steel pin that are staked in. Good lifters have a serious stake, you can tell they were done in a press under 1000s of pounds of pressure. The ones on the chinese pieces of shit had the pins protruding to where the lifters wouldn't even slide into the lifter bores. Its like they copied the lifter, but had no clue what it did, and that it actually had to fit in a bore. I told the dude to throw them out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 12:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 05, 2025 11:55 PM (6KcYW)
Yeah that doomsaying text left out a lot of historic facts. Mainly the USA has had similar periods before only worse.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 06, 2025 12:01 AM (KDPiq)
Yeah, Lithium
The World runs on Oil, but Lithium sure is catching up fast. So much of the Stuff we use every day is powered by lithium batteries and we're screwed without it.
We allowed china to control the World's Lithium, pretty much. Smart.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 12:02 AM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Kindltot
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A year or two ago there was a drought in the mid-west all the way up to Idaho. At the same time governments were regulating water away from ranchers and farmers. There was a big sell off of beef.
Remember when Bidenomics eggs were going through the roof beef was not.
Well that law of supply and demand is back at us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 12:02 AM (SZI4T)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
Oh, come on BC, you're certainly not everything...
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:03 AM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2025 12:05 AM (dIske)
Just love it.
Fun gals.
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 12:05 AM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 12:06 AM (ZdaMQ)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT COULD BE ANYBODY SOCKING HIM WITH A STUPID COMMENT !
Posted by: BEN ROTHESBERGERER
https://stoatnet.org/raimondo.php
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2025 12:00 AM (pkeXY)
O....M...G.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:06 AM (0CU3H)
Posted by: the way I see it at December 05, 2025 11:54 PM (KDPiq)
Doesn't the Ford use EM catapult?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:06 AM (rbvCR)
The World runs on Oil, but Lithium sure is catching up fast. So much of the Stuff we use every day is powered by lithium batteries and we're screwed without it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 12:02 AM (1lXzG)
Oil is a source of energy. Lithium is used to make batteries which can store energy. Lithium is not a source of energy and cannot and will not replace oil.
Posted by: a.moron at December 06, 2025 12:07 AM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2025 12:07 AM (dyewR)
Most often I think of us as a slightly pre-Sulla Rome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 12:10 AM (c7Ygk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2025 12:07 AM (dyewR)
Did they get it to work, finally?
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:06 AM (rbvCR)
Yes. , they replaced the steam catapults.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 06, 2025 12:11 AM (KDPiq)
It's going to be a feature of the entire class.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Thought Trump nixed that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 12:11 AM (SZI4T)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 12:11 AM (W7XSX)
* I have never mud wrestled a pig. There was a girl named Marlene? Doreen? Irene?...I think she fell down some bleachers...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:12 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:13 AM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: PabloD at December 06, 2025 12:14 AM (GALGA)
Posted by: no one at December 06, 2025 12:11 AM (W7XSX)
Yep, about 1,900 years or so.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:14 AM (rbvCR)
Most often I think of us as a slightly pre-Sulla Rome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 12:10 AM (c7Ygk)
As great as the Ottomans may have been, they were begging for mercy after encountering one fat, naked man.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:14 AM (0CU3H)
Hi folks, love you all, sorry for being so worthless and everything.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
You got this, bruh.
Chin up. Chest out. Act like you got, and people will treat you like you got it. It becomes habit, then you start believing it yourself when others treat as such.
You got this shit.
*bro hug*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 06, 2025 12:15 AM (QVmho)
*Goes looking for mop, bucket....grumbling to self the whole way....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT COULD BE ANYBODY SOCKING HIM WITH A STUPID COMMENT !
Posted by: BEN ROTHESBERGERER
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https://stoatnet.org/raimondo.php
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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O....M...G.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
As a service connected disabled veteran with ibs.... i've had less painfull shits than what it took to read that.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 06, 2025 12:19 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 12:19 AM (SZI4T)
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2025 12:06 AM (ZdaMQ)
I'm on the last string of lights, I had to get more since a few strings were dead. That concludes day 1. I think there is about 1400 lights on it. Tomorrow is most of the ornaments, and sunday is the rest of them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Piper
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Christmas trees are like doggos-- every single one is *The Best Ever*
Congratulations on having successfully drinkorated!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
I am thinking "apple sausage" since I still have some apples from the tree.
once I bought a brisket on impulse, and corned it, It turned out very nice.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (rbvCR)
*Goes looking for mop, bucket....grumbling to self the whole way....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:17 AM (QGaXH)
Reminded me of my favorite walks into a bar joke.
A skeleton walks into a bar. The bartender say ‘ what can I get you’
The skeleton replies ‘ I’ll take a beer and a mop’
Posted by: the way I see it at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 05, 2025 11:32 PM (npFr7)
I believe the supremes just decided to hear arguments.
I can go to my in-laws for that!
Saw your post t'other night about space for RV/camper at Stately Peon Manner. Will keep it in mind if ever up that way.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 06, 2025 12:21 AM (3/XaG)
When it works as intended the EC has a few advantages , mainly less wear on the air frames and less maintenance. They need to work out the bugs .
Posted by: the way I see it at December 06, 2025 12:23 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:25 AM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
Oh, come on BC, you're certainly not everything...
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:03 AM (0CU3H)
I'm joking, of course, but I don't want to leave this at that.
I've had a very, very challenging year. I lost my job in August of last year, and I haven't had a steady job since. At my age (29+..), I realized that getting a regular job again was not going to be in the cards for me. That really sucked, because I like working and I don't like having my wife's consulting income as the primary source, but that's reality. A few months ago, I decided to take the bull by the horns and understand that God has given me an opportunity to completely reinvent myself. A few months - and one local election - later, my life is opening up big-time. I've always liked politics, and I now have the freedom to volunteer. That has opened up amazing opportunities for me that I'm just beginning to walk through now.
I don't know what you're going through, but I will tell you that if you keep walking, some very, very interesting things happen.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:26 AM (0CU3H)
Dependence on Electrical Systems: Electrical components, particularly in a saltwater environment, face risks of corrosion and failure, which could compromise operations.
Saltwater Impact: Despite advancements in material science, continuous exposure to saltwater could lead to degradation over time, affecting the long-term viability of electrical system
While EMALS offers several advantages, your concerns emphasize the need for careful consideration of its application in real-world situations, especially where reliability is paramount. ...
_DDG AI
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 12:26 AM (SZI4T)
Posted by: NCKate at December 06, 2025 12:27 AM (uQzkA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
BC - if you are still here - You are most definitely NOT worthless. You are valued.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
- - - - - - - - -
Raise the food dish above the ground (like on a small box) Bending over too far when eating means they swallow more air (which of course comes out the other end)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at December 06, 2025 12:28 AM (aRKFD)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 06, 2025 12:21 AM (3/XaG)
Listen, and understand. Customer service is there, on the phone. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear. It will not provide answers or resolve problems. It will route you to different "desks" in different "units" for "advanced resolution" and go on every hour in every day, and you will be in the call-tree loop of hell until you are dead!
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:30 AM (rbvCR)
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^^^^This!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
https://stoatnet.org/raimondo.php
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Thank you
I used to use this, but lost the link in a computer canoe fire
Another Fine Hogmartin Product, based on an Original Concept by *insert sock here*
Posted by: On Tap is BACK at December 06, 2025 12:31 AM (N7hqt)
"I must not be safe.
safety is the fun-killer.
safety is for children, customers and the help.
I will face safety.
I will permit safety directives to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see its fruits.
Where safety directives have passed, nothing will have been achieved.
Only I will remain."
Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2025 12:34 AM (rbvCR)
I pray for those here and myself that deal with it. I pray for those who toss out prayer requests. I pray for everyone here because I may never meet you, I still believe you are my "friend". I think we get that even if our family and friends do not fully understand. LOL
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:34 AM (Q0yOR)
Most often I think of us as a slightly pre-Sulla Rome.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2025 12:10 AM (c7Ygk)
That's it. Keep saying 'Otto....' - next thing you know a picture of a nekkid fat dude sitting on one's gonna appear...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:34 AM (QGaXH)
It's now 55F outside. Much warmer than the 40 degrees we had at noon, LOL. But it won't be long before temp drops & stays low again.
Can maybe do some yard stuff if it's not pouring rain this weekend.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 06, 2025 12:21 AM (3/XaG)
I've always considered the scariest part of AI to be the decisions that we'll let it make for us.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at December 06, 2025 12:36 AM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
What you do, is buy a busted up one for cheap a few miles down the road.
AOP will either fix it, or let you park it there until it becomes parts.
Posted by: The Wtertched Museum of First Peoples Panhards at December 06, 2025 12:37 AM (N7hqt)
If some of the references seem dated, remember I wrote it 12 years ago.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 06, 2025 12:38 AM (GjvfC)
Posted by: raimondo at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (aRMT2)
Congratulations on having successfully drinkorated!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Not sure I could do mine any better. 1400 lights, probably close to 300 frigging ornaments. There is no more real estate for improvement, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (snZF9)
I agree with all you wrote. Thanks for posting it!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Imagine having the last name Fish...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Azjaeger at December 06, 2025 12:40 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at December 06, 2025 12:41 AM (NZPfR)
FUN FACT
The name "Pamela" was unknown in Hungary until they started showing the TV show Dallas.
The gypsies in particular started naming their girl babies after the character.
Now many Pa-me-lahs in Hungary, none of whom resemble Victoria Principal
Posted by: Friday Fun Fact Miklos at December 06, 2025 12:42 AM (N7hqt)
Miklos....of course....I shoulda known....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:43 AM (QGaXH)
Yes, I lurk but read every single day and night and have for a long time. This place is a home from the crazy out there in the weird wide web.
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:43 AM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: Soothsayer
And the first name Stanley
What has the culture gone to...
Posted by: Miklos is surprised that Duke ever hired him at December 06, 2025 12:43 AM (N7hqt)
I have a total of 375 lights. Includes 100 minis on the tree, 25 C6s around one window, and 50 C9s plus 200 minis across the deck.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
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I'm glad you're here. Nobody is worthless. You're going thru a hard time, and there's nothing fun about that. But you're here. And tomorrow could bring a change to your circumstances.
Because of that, get some sleep and then tomorrow "accidentally" bump into as many people as you can. They might have a suggestion, or a solution. Just smile, even though you might not feel like smiling. Engage in some some small talk. See what happens.
I'm not a great Man of God, but I believe in him. I will pray for you tonight.
I hope your Saturday is amazing!
Posted by: Crusader at December 06, 2025 12:44 AM (Cjcf6)
I pray for those here and myself that deal with it. I pray for those who toss out prayer requests. I pray for everyone here because I may never meet you, I still believe you are my "friend". I think we get that even if our family and friends do not fully understand. LOL
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:34 AM (Q0yOR)
People will touch other's lives and have no clue they did it, no matter who they are. That alone brings value.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 12:45 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
*uncertain whether to read that in a Curley or Moe voice*
Posted by: why Miklos oughtta at December 06, 2025 12:45 AM (N7hqt)
I agree with all you wrote. Thanks for posting it!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm
And I agree with what JQ Johnson wrote about turambar Johbson....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:45 AM (QGaXH)
Imagine having the last name Fish...
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 12:39 AM (1lXzG)
Tell me about it...Abe Vigoda
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:48 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 12:43 AM (Q0yOR)
As you may find upthread, I've been going through this myself. I'm finding myself now in the most interesting period of my life. My relationship with God has never been more real. My wife and son are true partners in my life. I've been going through this in their full view - both good and bad - and I've found that I'm teaching my son more in how I act in adversity than anything that I could tell him. If I have one regret, it's that I wish I had gone through this epiphany two decades ago.
I'm praying right now for your situation, and I approach the Prayer Thread in the same way you do.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 06, 2025 12:49 AM (L5wrM)
I have a total of 375 lights. Includes 100 minis on the tree, 25 C6s around one window, and 50 C9s plus 200 minis across the deck.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
I want it to be seen from space. lol
Seriously, its 7 1/2 feet tall, and 4 1/2 foot wide at the bottom. At the bottom 1 string of lights will only make around 1 lap. I run the lights up and down the branches as I go around. Its a light eater, but I tried doing it with less lights one year and it just didn't look right. It takes around 7 strings of white, and 7 strings of colored lights.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 12:52 AM (snZF9)
Congratulations on having successfully drinkorated!
Posted by: JQ
*drinks*
*sets Best Doggie Ever to tree decorating*
*GOOD DOGGIE!*
*gives Miss Dixie some Bourbon and a treat*
This will be THE BEST EVER
Posted by: Dr. Miklos Pangloss at December 06, 2025 12:53 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 06, 2025 12:58 AM (QGaXH)
>>I want it to be seen from space.
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LOL!!! That oughta do it....
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
For it is written-There is no yard work in winter. Seriously, its written. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 01:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: turambar at December 06, 2025 01:05 AM (Q0yOR)
A most fascinating discussion! Most fascinating! Most fascinating!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I am learn so much from your excellent commentings.
I am also make 11740$ each month as work from home
Posted by: click HERE at December 06, 2025 01:05 AM (N7hqt)
>>I want it to be seen from space.
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LOL!!! That oughta do it....
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
its really not that obscene. Ok, it can throw shadows, but.. its christmas. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 01:05 AM (snZF9)
Holiday colored three layer Jell shots can be done.
But I need some stuff.
Also short on these 2 ounce "souffle cups" as they are called if and when you remember to order
Posted by: Miklos does not do inventory at December 06, 2025 01:09 AM (N7hqt)
tinyurl.com/3hew95bv
White lights are great, when you need basic illumination. Colored lights are for FUN.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 01:11 AM (1lXzG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I *need to* move the riding mower & sweeper to a different area, and cover them with a tarp for winter!
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 01:13 AM (snZF9)
But I need some stuff.
Also short on these 2 ounce "souffle cups" as they are called if and when you remember to order
Posted by: Miklos does not do inventory
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No problemo, Miklos! On the list-- I'll pick 'em up when I go to restaurant supply in the morning.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
But I want pie
Like with Darleen
But that was Natty Daddys
Also, I put bacon bits and peanut butter all over the tree.
Miss Dixie is a happy doggie
Posted by: Miklos already got a Waffle House gift card from Arleen at December 06, 2025 01:15 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 05, 2025 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
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Horse shit. You are welcomed here with people who value you. Whoever put that notion in your head cast it and them out.
Come sit wit us by the fire and be comforted by the care of your brothers and sisters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 06, 2025 01:18 AM (SZI4T)
In Hungary, December 5th is "Saint Miklos Day", when Saint Miklos brings the kiddies their gifts.
They might get, traditionally, an orange or such on Christmas Eve or Day, but mainly they are waiting now for Szent Miklos.
Posted by: Miklos is into the Christmas Spirits at December 06, 2025 01:21 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)
If you aren't Christian, I guess this doesn't apply to you, but those who are, who do you think is closer to Christ's vision for this world: Someone who wants all war to stop, or someone who thinks a little more war might just fix the problems they perceive this world has.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 01:41 AM (/2KcO)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Came back and fired up the generator. Computer room has pretty steady power, lights in main part of basement are flickering badly. One leg of the split 240 has a flaky connection, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 01:46 AM (npFr7)
The Revelation lays it out in detail.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
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"The Revelation of Jesus Christ"
might shed some light on the topic.
Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2025 01:48 AM (vSvIl)
Went to Silverton today, it's such a lovely town, but everything is closed! Too early for ski season, I was told.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 01:48 AM (WeJ8p)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
The Revelation lays it out in detail.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
Yes, I'm well aware there are many who believe they are doing God's work, by forcing war on the planet.
I think that is not God, who is commanding them to be so fully invested on the basis of thinking they are going to bring Christ back to the planet by killing people.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 01:51 AM (lGyAR)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
The funny thing is in *this* house I can go with a super tall tree in this room, but hell no. Yeah I really need to be running another 800 lights. Years ago when I renovated my inlaw's family room I converted it to a full cathedral ceiling with skylights. They thought they would be cute and get a 10 foot tree for a couple years. That didn't last, go figure. When I moved to this house my MIL, the "ham fairy" sees the family room here and says Ooooh you need to do a really tall tree. I said right, how come you don't do that anymore? She looks at me and says "you're still young", lol. It would be cool, but screw that. I have enough ornaments to do it, but I don't need a tree that takes 2500 lights, a ladder, and 5 days to decorate.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 06, 2025 01:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2025 01:55 AM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 01:51 AM (lGyAR)
No one actually thinks that.
This is just an evil smear you have asserted against people who don't share your cowardice fetish.
Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2025 01:57 AM (vSvIl)
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Yeah. My parents did that, too. High ceiling? Great! We'll get a bigger tree!!! The kids can climb the ladder for us!!!
It really *was* grand, when we were done. Mom was the happiest I'd ever seen her, in those days.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah. I don't know what caused the blackout. Strictly local. I suppose I should call it in, but I thought the utility had placed radio transmitters on selected poles to auto-report outages. They put some damned thing, with a cell antenna on it, on a pole down along my hedge line, this summer.
I should go outside and see if I can fix the loose connection on the other side of neutral. If power is restored, I can tell by the yard light coming on at the neighbor's place a mile south; it's very bright. And I did pull the main switch at my pole, so I am not energizing the line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 01:58 AM (npFr7)
This is just an evil smear you have asserted against people who don't share your cowardice fetish.
Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2025 01:57 AM (vSvIl)
Yes they do. You're delusional if you think they don't.
Cowards are those who go on the internet and lie for their masters. Grow some balls, dude.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 02:01 AM (RkrlD)
Cowards are those who go on the internet and lie for their masters. Grow some balls, dude.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 06, 2025 02:01 AM (RkrlD)
You've asserted it. Prove it. Maybe start with me and Mike Huckabee, since you've claimed it's true of us.
I'm sure you're familiar with the rules, the testimony of two witnesses will do.
Posted by: Methos at December 06, 2025 02:06 AM (vSvIl)
The Four Horseman are not coming to give out candy and teddy bears. They each have a defined mission. Jesus Crist has a defined mission.
Bottom line, you have a choice. Jesus Crist or lucifer. Choose wisely.
Posted by: Z, no not him. A different Z at December 06, 2025 02:08 AM (iAcMN)
Sure, there may be a few megalomaniacs who believe they can "bring about" The Return, but who are they and what shall we do about them?
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
youtube.com/watch?v=wQA59IkCF5I
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 05, 2025 10:46 PM (SZI4T)
All this time, I had no idea that the Siouxie & The Banshees version was a Beatles cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6rrTROoZIw
Posted by: SciVo at December 06, 2025 02:09 AM (Sy6m/)
Jesus just called. He said to me, "I'm not coming back until the Buffalo Bills win the Super Bowl."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 02:16 AM (FBdDh)
Posted by: pjungwir at December 06, 2025 02:21 AM (noE7F)
Jesus just called again and said, "Oh, I almost forgot, I'm not returning before they get rid of Daylight Savings. I ain't dealing with that shit."
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2025 02:21 AM (FBdDh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2025 02:22 AM (npFr7)
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