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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - December 21, 2025 [Doof]
The Winter Solstice is upon us
The 21st Day of the 12th Month Warmest wishes to my friends who celebrate!
Click for greatness
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel Canadian hockey player Patrick Dovigi spent $435,000 on one tank of fuel to move Bill Gates’ former superyacht
Canadian billionaire and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender, Patrick Dovigi, has officially put Bill Gates’ once-hyped superyacht through its paces. The 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht, named Breakthrough, recently sailed from Europe to Miami after a massive refuelling stop in Gibraltar. It was the longest trip that the Canadian hockey player had taken on the yacht, and the fuel he needed to take the trip came with an eye-watering price tag. That single fuel bill reportedly came in at a staggering $435,000.Video segment at the link. Go ahead and check it out - you'll totally feel like Bill Gates and the guy who bought his big ass boat are everyday folks like you and me.
The man, surnamed Li, had been working as an engineer for a company in Jiangsu Province for over a decade when he was let go because of his frequent and long bathroom visits during work hours. The case was recently reported by the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions after the engineer took his former employer to court over his termination. In its defense, the unnamed company submitted surveillance footage showing Li taking14 extremely long bathroom breaks, the longest of which lasted four hours, in a 30-day period between April and May 2024. Its lawyers also presented evidence that management had contacted Li via chat app when noticing his disappearance, but received no replies, mentioning that his position required him to always be available during work hours.Check out the story at the link to see how everything came out. ----- In case you are unfamiliar with the "four hour" bit I was paraphrasing above
John Pinette - Some foods shouldn’t be all you can eat (1995) pic.twitter.com/GckJWuFNZg
— History Defined (@historydefined) December 6, 2025
Peter Paul was acquired by Hershey in 1988. If you're interested, here is a detailed history of the company ----- On the subject of vintage TV and videos, particularly at Christmastime.
Oh my gosh !! I remember most of these toys! I loved my Chrissy doll the most of all of them! Do you have a favorite? 🤩 pic.twitter.com/SBYOcaqPhR
— Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@KathleenWinche3) December 16, 2025
Christmas shopping at the mall in the 1980s
— Cigarette Nostalgia (@CigsMake) December 16, 2025
The world you grew up in no longer exists pic.twitter.com/IYfOBJT5cf
Ladurée at The St. Regis For a dose of decadent Parisian indulgence, French patisserie Ladurée teamed up with The St. Regis hotels in New York and Washington, D.C. The 12-foot trees shimmer with sumptuous velvet bows, oversized macarons, dried florals, and colorful baubles, topped by a grand peacock-blue bow. It’s a feast for the senses, aligning with fashion's ongoing love for food-inspired motifs (think Moschino's playful collections). This collab’s vibe is glittery, gold-toned whimsy.
David Laport at Riggs Dutch couture darling David Laport dazzles at Riggs Washington D.C. with "Golden Origins"—an 18-foot celestial masterpiece of hand-sculpted gold pleats nodding to the hotel's banking heritage. It’s vibe is bold, architectural, and sensorially explosive.
Urs Fischer at The Connaught Spheres filled with AI-generated human faces glow via LED lights on this outdoor marvel. Symbolizing global togetherness, a take that blends tech with fashion's boundary-pushing narratives (think Balenciaga's digital innovations). This vibe is ethereal avant-garde.
John Derian x The Green Vase at The Dewberry In Charleston at my beloved Dewberry, John Derian joins forces with Livia Cetti of The Green Vase for a celebration of pure American style and artistry. The central tree stands tall in a miniature mossy forest of smaller evergreens and faux bois, while paper garlands bloom with delicate dewberry flowers, paperwhites, and amaryllis, handcrafted petals so lifelike you can almost feel their velvety softness and catch a faint, fresh floral whisper. The vibe is layered, collected elegance with a whimsical decoupage charm. Utterly divine.
My own tree? It’s a full-on spectacle: floor-to-ceiling Fraser fir dripping in layers of ribbon, chinoiserie ornaments, velvet bows, polished metals and just enough sparkle for an aesthetic of nostalgic elegance. Tell me about your tree and if you went with a fancy vibe, traditional aesthetic, or something completely different! ------ Thanks, Piper!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 21, 2025 10:00 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 21, 2025 10:01 PM (dIJjD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:02 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at December 21, 2025 10:03 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Text on a gift bag for a bourbon bottle:
[_] Naughty
[_] Nice
[X] I Tried!
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nhCoE)
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel
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PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
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Saving the planet.
.
Bill Gates just announced he’s spending $1.2B on ‘Polio Vaccines’.
HHS RFK Jr. on the Bill Gates ‘Polio Vaccines’…
“The only Polio you see in Africa…is the Bill Gates Polio…from his ‘vaccines’…”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:06 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:07 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (vSvIl)
Best I can do is a recent video:
https://youtu.be/Du2vB480sf0
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Case at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (S/Y4j)
The jerk would never consider something conventional to spend his billions on, like having a super-hot girlfriend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:09 PM (nWPIJ)
All those trees are beautiful.
The best Christmas trees are the ones that we have that are decorated with things our kids and grandkids made and ornaments we have collected over the years.
It's wonderful to look at the tree and remember when someone made the ornaments, remembering places we traveled.
We love the memories with our mixed up ornaments.
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:09 PM (3ek7K)
They missed one point, from the new movies:
"Oh, and how'd the rebels get the plans for the base? They were smuggled out in a droid. Part of a two-droid team. Guess who built the other droid in that team when he was a kid on Tatooine?"
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:10 PM (nhCoE)
“The only Polio you see in Africa…is the Bill Gates Polio…from his ‘vaccines’…”
Posted by: Braenyard
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Whoa. I'm hopelessly out of date I guess, but what happened to the Salk vaccine?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December
It is very, very real. Amazing, isn’t it?
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
I wouldn’t trust you civilians with my nuc’s
Posted by: zombie Hyman Rickover at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
I haven't looked yet, but since it took place in Red China, I'd say it's likely the employee was put in a gulag and is now providing a kidney, a lung, his liver and various other parts of his body to Party insiders.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (KDPiq)
That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:13 PM (gUzGm)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (y171U)
Shopping at the mall at Christmas was wonderful.
Most people were happy and it was a wonderful time.
We've lost so much with online shopping.
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (3ek7K)
Girl. Show him your tits. He will fall in love with you. It's biological. So many of these Hallmark Christmas stories would already have come to a happy ending if the ladies just...
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:15 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: four seasons at December 21
This is your perfect tree and I love how the warmth of those memories can be felt just reading your words.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:15 PM (Wmg4n)
https://youtu.be/tCQUUIFDlr8
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (0vB2I)
[_] Naughty
[_] Nice
[X] I Tried!
Posted by: mikeski
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I have the coffee mug! Bought it for hubby a couple years ago... He was always saying "...but I *tried*..."
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (rdVOm)
Great photo up top. So glad the days will now get longer.
Fantastic job by Piper on fashionable trees. Lovely!
John Pinette was an American treasure. Thank God for ewe toob!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 21, 2025 10:16 PM (kB9dk)
First tree fails the test of "can you tell there's a tree inside it, or might it just be a conical pile of ornaments?"
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (nhCoE)
A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.
Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
FBI Director Kash Patel
@FBIDirectorKash
Youhuang Xiang, a post-doctoral researcher and J-1 visa holder from China was charged with smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the U.S. and making false statements about it.
This is yet another example of a researcher from China - given the privilege to work at a U.S. university - who then allegedly chose to take part in a scheme to circumvent U.S. laws and receive biological materials hidden in a package originating from China.
https://t.ly/FR76S
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:13 PM (gUzGm)
Just read the spoilers for Sweeney's The Housemaid .
A chick power revenge flick. Might as well had been a straight to Lifetime movie.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (KDPiq)
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel
---------
PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
There's a radio show in Sarasota devoted to investment advice. Host told a story about how he hired a guy to bring his 50-ish foot boat from California to Cabo, or thereabouts. The guy told him what the fuel requirement would be. Apparently, most marinas are cash-only, so he gave the guy something like sixteen grand in a suitcase to cover it. No big deal. Well, the bank closed his account not long afterwards, and he had a hell of a time finding another bank to take his business. The struggle is real, I guess...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December
Are you on X at all? There are a few pictures there before I put the velvet hand tied bows on it.
Doof has seen pictures. He was polite. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 21, 2025 10:11 PM (n7rxJ)
Salk vaccine is no longer used, not for many years, but I forget what replaced it. i think the Salk vaccine had some unhealthy side effects.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (y171U)
Maybe my hens will start laying again 🐓...
I think they are democrats. Free food and stuff with no production....🤔
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (dIJjD)
You know what we didn't have in the 1980s?
Go to Detroit. Listen to the music.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (EXyHK)
Best I can do is a recent video:
https://youtu.be/Du2vB480sf0
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (lUFok)
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Not gonna lie... I was kinda expecting a This Is Spinal Tap clip.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (Zz0t1)
A stressed-out big-city career woman (who hates Christmas because work) gets stranded in a quaint, snow-dusted small town, bumps into a flannel-wearing widower/handyman/baker/prince-in-disguise who loves Christmas, they bicker then bake cookies, almost kiss during a tree-lighting festival, have a dumb misunderstanding, reconcile with hot cocoa, and she dumps her boring fiancé to stay forever because small towns fix everything.
Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,
Oh my gosh this is genius! I cannot believe this has never been done!
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (Wmg4n)
A couple of decades ago when we had a big house I would have three trees.
One was all angels, one with all santa ornaments and the main one was all our collected ornaments.
It was fun but we don't have all that room now.
Do what makes you happy.
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (3ek7K)
The jerk would never consider something conventional to spend his billions on, like having a super-hot girlfriend.
Posted by: Cicero
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You know how some guys will say "ain't enough whisky" about a fugly girl?
Well, take a look at Mr. Gates, and hear me saying "ain't enough money"
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (rdVOm)
...and put their videos together for the musical theme.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (gUzGm)
Shopping at the mall at Christmas was wonderful.
Most people were happy and it was a wonderful time.
We've lost so much with online shopping.
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:14 PM (3ek7K)
That picture hit me hard. The mall of my childhood was torn down 15-20 years ago. The mall nearest me know is slated for renovation for the land but no plan approved yet (fenced up for a year.)
Posted by: Iris at December 21, 2025 10:19 PM (bOJ2I)
Evenink wear comes with a big ass flashlight.
The best part of that commercial.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December
Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)
I wouldn’t trust you civilians with my nuc’s
Posted by: zombie Hyman Rickover
Is it because I put salt on my eggs?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (pkeXY)
Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,
My wife has been watching that movie every day for the last 2 weeks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:21 PM (6ydKt)
Youhuang Xiang, a post-doctoral researcher and J-1 visa holder from China was charged with smuggling Escherichia coli (E. coli) into the U.S. and making false statements about it.
This is yet another example of a researcher from China - given the privilege to work at a U.S. university - who then allegedly chose to take part in a scheme to circumvent U.S. laws and receive biological materials hidden in a package originating from China.
Block all muslham countries. Block China. Deport what's here.
America is GREAT again within 3 months.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Every person stepping off the plane was carrying E coli into the US - it's the principal bacterium in the human colon. So, unless this was a super-duper E. coli that Xiang was smuggling in, there was no need to smuggle it - it's already here.
Posted by: Nemo at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (4RPgu)
Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
Make the guy a crazed coke fiend cop, played by Nick Cage. Have Werner Herzog direct it. Throw in some GrizzlyCam, WolverineCam, and WolfCam. Add some bewbs.
"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-Hallmark Village"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (0vB2I)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (lUFok)
Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)
What is THAT a euphemism for?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (Zz0t1)
I'm with four seasons at #20 on Christmas trees. Hodge podge of memories ornaments. Those foo-foo trees are pretty and I respect the artistry of them, but they're not for me.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Methos at December 21, 2025 10:08 PM (vSvIl)
I don't even want to guess at what supergay dudes can leap in a single bound.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gUzGm)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
Been done to death.
Posted by: Hallmark Christmas Movies at December 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:23 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: TRex - charlie brown christmas tree dino at December
Ummm….I have seen your tree and it’s the polar opposite of Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Piper
***********
Ah, for the record that's my tree...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (gUzGm)
https://youtu.be/hqIrzkPDtrk
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (3ek7K)
Where do I pick up my check?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
No check. That story is public domain now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (krt76)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 21, 2025 10:25 PM (fd80v)
************
and immediately I am with my Daddy trying to do his last minute shopping....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21, 2025 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (6ydKt)
https://youtu.be/hqIrzkPDtrk
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (Zz0t1)
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)
Ladurée at The St. Regis
David Laport at Riggs
Urs Fischer at The Connaught
John Derian x The Green Vase at The Dewberry
All those look like AI-generated pictures to me.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (O7YUW)
lol. She looked old. I would take her in a hearbeat. Funny how an old superstar can get old and look quite ordinary.
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (W7XSX)
___________________________________
Well, there are two topics that don't belong anywhere near each other (surveillance footage, bathroom)
Posted by: Orson at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 21, 2025 10:24 PM (krt76)
*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Frankie at December 21, 2025 10:27 PM (medbw)
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)
Bad thing for me was, good lookin' was never there when I came back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Unless you hate food jokes. Then you're on your own.
Posted by: Another Anon at December 21, 2025 10:28 PM (4h45B)
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (Epuwl)
Oh my gosh !! I remember most of these toys!
I (and my younger bros) had the play-doh noodle-extruder thing, Battleship, Simon, and Lite-Brite. And slinkys and Tonka trucks, but not those particular ones.
Neighbor kids had the Don't Break The Ice game.
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)
No, I wasn't paying.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Joyenz at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (2F0/Y)
I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (W7XSX)
Next up, funeral procession wear!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:18 PM (Wmg4n)
It is very nice, just not my style. I probably just have no Christmas couth. I'm OK with that.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (QMAsf)
That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM (v23vE)
Yep. Not just the shopping of course but the vibe. It had a life to it, buzzing with not just consumerism but a sense of optimism and enjoyment. It was a wholesome social hub for teenagers, a place to develop your interpersonal skills, navigate current culture and trends, and scope out chicks with your buddies. A true piece of Americana. Instagram and Discord have taken the place of hanging out with friends in real life. Recession and mail order and COVID have devastated brick and mortar retail stores. Inflation has made even the food court and a movie an expensive proposition rather than a cheap outing for broke high school kids. It's a tremendous loss.
Posted by: They have taken so much from us at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM (TbWk/)
I don't think Ace is reading this thread.
I do want to wish him the Merriest Christmas and a wonderful year.
We are so blessed we have this place and Ace and the Cobloggers.
There is no other place on the internet like Ace of Spades.
Thank you all who contribute to make this place the absolute best!!
Posted by: four seasons at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (3ek7K)
I (and my younger bros) had the play-doh noodle-extruder thing, Battleship, Simon, and Lite-Brite. And slinkys and Tonka trucks, but not those particular ones.
I had those as well.
Then I had that wacky thing that you could put the cube in the top and it super heated it where it expanded into a monster, then you could put it back in the crank thing and crush it back to a cube.
That's where we figured out burning spit smelled terrible.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Doof
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You read my mind! I love a crazy, mixed-up bunch of ornaments too.
Department-store Christmas trees are great-- in a department store.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Step 1 - buy a 119-meter hydrogen hybrid megayacht for $650 million or thereabouts
Step 2 - spend $435K on one tank of fuel
---------
PRO TIP: Nuclear power. Refuel once, sail forever.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
***
*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
Pinette was hysterical. The story about him skating in Ottawa was a riot. The last time I saw him he was on Rogan and looked unbelievably skinny. Got heavy again and died. Too young
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (MoRvC)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at December 21, 2025 10:12 PM
I know, right?
*Gen X fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (Wnv9h)
Used it until it broke.
It was magic to a kid to hear their voice on the radio.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
*fist bump*
And grabbing a slice of great pizza afterwards
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: no one at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:30 PM
Very nice!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
I miss arcades - real arcades with a jukebox, a couple of pool tables, a bunch of pinball machines, and stand-up cabinet video games. Defender, Berserk, Galaga, Missile Command, Mr. Do!, Asteroids Deluxe, Venture, Pac-Man, Space Ace, and a bunch of others. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
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Showbiz Pizza was our go-to for video games. Cheap pizza, animatronic floor show, and video games as far as the eye can see.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Don Black at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)
Life or death in the big city.
I heard about the shooting at the Dallas mall today.
Posted by: Case at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM (G1OIb)
Our parents knocked us into next week enough times that we're younger than our age.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Hunter/Garcia Goodness at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 21, 2025 10:29 PM (O7YUW)
My dad worked for a company that designed the monitor chassis for the stand up games. On occasion, he'd get to bring one or two home for a month or so.
I had Gorf, Scramble or Frenzy at the house for a time. Talk about being 8 or 9 years old and experiencing heavy amounts of sleep depravation.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
***
*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
Old joke:
How do you tell the submariners in a Soviet Sailors' Retirement Home?
.
.
.
They glow in the dark.
Posted by: RickZ at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)
*glows in dark*
Damn!
Fail to tighten one wrong bolt...
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
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Yeah, tell us about it, comradeski!
Posted by: The Russian Navy at December 21, 2025 10:35 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 21
And it is really stunning.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (OoFl2)
I did a serious double-take when they opened up a Chuck-E-Cheese down the road a few months ago. I thought that chain was dead and buried.
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (Epuwl)
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)
In an arcade, or a mall? You must mean "passable" pizza.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Might be an op though at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:34 PM
Showbiz?
I'll just leave this here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2uzCYPcE3I
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Department-store Christmas trees are great-- in a department store.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
*pats chair seat*
Come hang out with me in steerage
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (QMAsf)
That 80s mall commercial hit harder than it had any right to.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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Heh! Me too. I mostly recall that the really nice malls, like those in that video, was no where near my little part of Pennslytucky. Boardman Mall was ok, in Ohio, if you didn't mind the occasional Mafia hit or car bomb (I seem to recall them described as a Youngstown tune up).
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (sAmhv)
That was my favorite thing in the world for a few years of my young life.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Not allowed anymore at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: msmanners at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (yv+EB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Tempest was one of my favorites. Also Q-bert.
Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21,
Oh my gosh this is genius! I cannot believe this has never been done!
Posted by: Piper
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Paging Paul Newman.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:38
That would be so cute in a kitchen.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:40 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Penguin/Greenland Alliance at December 21, 2025 10:41 PM (oftw2)
Come hang out with me in steerage
Posted by: Doof
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Sweet deal! Be right there...
*grabs bottle of Wild Turkey*
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Somewhere in an unopened box of stuff is a six sided cookie cutter that was my mom's.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
The best part of that commercial.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Svimwear...wife and I were at a Kmart, summer of 2000 I think it was, employee gets on the intercom asking for assistance in svimwear. Damned if she didn't sound like the Soviet chick in that commercial. I can see the wife struggling to hold it together, so I help by intoning, "ees next"...
I had to practically carry her out of there, tears streaming down her face, her hand and mine over her mouth until we made it to the parking lot where we both exploded into gales of laughter...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Doof
There was a band named after that game. They, uh, didn't behave well.
Alice Glass is still around though.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (sDWtc)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Haha, I have one of those!
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:36 PM (uQesX)
The pizza joint in our mall was really good. There is still a mall where I live now - it's barely hanging on. My favorite pizza place in my town -- in the mall. Old school pizzeria style pizza.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Don't remember that one. Q-bert was crazy difficult because of the angles. I just never could keep from jumping off the edge.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Frederik X at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:42 PM (nbLIj)
What a fantastic memory.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:45 PM (Zz0t1)
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Sales of Danish butter cookies have cratered, and it's bringing down the entire economy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: PabloD at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (Epuwl)
Trump just blew the so-called “experts” out of the water by rattling off how hard drug prices are crashing.
Look at this
Blood thinner: $750 → $16
HIV meds: $1,500 → $217
Hep B treatment: $1,400 → $413
Hep C drugs: $25,000 → $2,500
That’s not a tweak. That’s a demolition.
Of course, the fake news won’t touch it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:37 PM (Zz0t1)
Tempest was one of my favorites. Also Q-bert.
Another that I loved was one I don't hear too many people talk about. Quirky game called Crystal Castles.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
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I remember Crystal Castles. Basically had a track ball instead of a joystick.
Back in the 80s, there was a gameshow called Starcade that had contestants competing playing video games. The only episode of it I remember had a kid whose favorite game was Crystal Castles. It was one of the games contestants could choose. The kid avoided it until the final round, and the kid kicked his oppenent's ass.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (OGOaV)
Ornaments are nothing special. There’s a bunch of kid made ones, those are my favorites. It’s not pretty or symmetric or color coordinated. And it has colored lights.
But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.
Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Of course, the fake news won’t touch it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)
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Biden and his handpicked team of top-tier economic experts laid the groundwork for this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (trsuh)
My favorite glasses came from Dairy Queen-- they look etched (but it's decal) with a pinecone/pine needles design. Festive!
And then there were the Rodney & Rhonda Reindeer stuffies. Also, Toy Story figures...
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Galaga and Ms Pac Man were my go-to games, but I loved Tempest too.
Qix annoyed me. I liked it, but once it got to the levels where the Qix split in half, so you could get a bonus for drawing a line between them, I'd work so hard at that that I'd draw myself into a corner.
Then the more-complex later-80s games..... I spent way too much on Gauntlet 2 and Rampage. That 'add another quarter to continue' thing was murder on the wallet.
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (nhCoE)
But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.
Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)
You asked for it...........
https://youtu.be/31A6RjOxE74
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (1JTFF)
Ornaments are nothing special. There’s a bunch of kid made ones, those are my favorites. It’s not pretty or symmetric or color coordinated. And it has colored lights.
But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.
Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)
This is awesome and your tree should be exactly what makes you happy. I think I am going to buy a fake tree for next year. They are easier to decorate, the lights are symmetrical, they don’t come with surprise critters. Has that ever really happened to anyone? Seems plausible.
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:51 PM (2GVsD)
And which one had the big monster head at the end that you had to fight? It would laugh at you while you shot at it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:52 PM (trsuh)
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (QMAsf)
If it was a real place with outside locations, not just malls like Sbarro and that other one I can't think of, then that's different. In my area the best places were never in the mall.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
I suspect about 50 meters per gallon.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (trsuh)
Tom Homan@HomanNews . 9h
UH-OH
President Trump just referenced Title 18, Chapter 115, Section 2387, drawing attention to serious federal statutes—and directly addressed Commander Kirk Lippold (U.S. Navy).
The law is clear. Violations carry severe criminal penalties.
Trump’s message was unmistakable:
“Follow the law. Do your duty.”
The allegation is explosive—claims of sedition involving Sen. Mark Kelly are now being openly discussed.
This is no longer political chatter.
This is legal scrutiny.
And when the law is invoked at this level, accountability—not rhetoric—comes next.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)
"I can't hear the TV."
"Because you took your hearing aids out!"
"huh?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (Zz0t1)
Kids wouldnt know what to do if they ever saw something like that up here in Seattle. So sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 21, 2025 10:44 PM (V362x)
Mama Mars is glaring at you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (uQesX)
And when the law is invoked at this level, accountability—not rhetoric—comes next.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (1JTFF)
In before the 'nothing will happen' guy........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (trsuh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Piper
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Dad used to cut our trees from a friend's property. We never had surprise critters, but maybe because Dad would hose them off in the yard & let drip-dry in the detached garage before bringing into our house?
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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The only thing better than an archade is an archade located inside an amusement park.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:55 PM (1JTFF)
I don't mind window rattling south winds if snow follows. This woke me at 3am. My husband said our primroses have blooms today, which made me sad.
In the South we always got a cedar tree from our farm. In fact, my most favorite photo of our sons is bringing the tree (or trying to) near my father's lake. I keep intending to paint it for Christmas cards. I keep intending to do a lot of things.They are wicked to decorate due to sharp little needles, but we did.
My current tree is a fake but realistic 10' one with antique ornaments, ornaments collected since our '78 engagement, sterling snowflakes, crystal snowflakes (do you see a trend of what I want for Christmas yet?).
This year I added antique chandelier crystals for sparkle and pretend icicles (that I don't have hanging off the house, either...sometimes gigantic). I am getting more for next year as I like the effect (from etsy).
Love you all. Please send snow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (WONhk)
I will need to check it out sometime........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)
But it’s just me now, so I do what I like.
Merrry Christmas everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)
I'd say your ornaments are VERY special! They bring Christmas magic to you. I can stare at various ornaments on my tree and be transported back in time. Some of my favorite ornaments have left my house and now hang on my son's tree. They share space with ones from his girlfriend's life and are making new Christmas magic and memories for them. It's wonderful.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:57 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 10:57 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Piper at December 21, 2025 10:54 PM (Wmg4n)
Thanks, and good night!
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)
Kids wouldnt know what to do if they ever saw something like that up here in Seattle. So sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (IhIKR)
Northpark
Posted by: We all shot J.R. at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (RNPmW)
I will need to check it out sometime........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)
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We've got one up here in MN. $15 all you can play. Food and drink extra (and their food is meh). Lots of old school games.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (OGOaV)
I'd hate to be a kid nowadays. WAY to much pressure with social media and all the bullshit. No wonder all the kids are on pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 10:58 PM (KDPiq)
What was that 3-D tank game?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum
The 3-D one with the green wireframe
Battlezone.
I still think of that game every time I see a Cybertruck.
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Had that, it was the Strange Change - Lost World made by Mattel. Create 'Em, Crush 'Em, Create 'Em!
Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (y171U)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 10:53 PM (uQesX)
Definitely not the chain places like Sbarro. Think Perry's from Fast Times.
I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)
Islam in Thirteen Easy Verses
https://tinyurl.com/48y6mrp4
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:59 PM (1JTFF)
Know islham, no peace.
No islham, know peace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:01 PM (Zz0t1)
I had somebody ask me if I needed hearing aids today because I didn't respond when she was trying to get my attention. Would have probably worked better if she had used the right name.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 21, 2025 11:01 PM (lUFok)
I will need to check it out sometime........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 10:56 PM (Zz0t1)
Don't go! It's horrible!
Posted by: It's not Pleasure Island at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)
Had that, it was the Strange Change - Lost World made by Mattel. Create 'Em, Crush 'Em, Create 'Em!
Posted by: Joemarine at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (y171U)
That was it!!! Crazy toy for a kid, but in the era of Safety Third! it was perfect.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 10:48 PM (IhIKR)
My sinus issues always got worse,too, with real spruce trees.I read about pollen and/or mold as well. We'd get one for the foyer that was 16' tall, and every year I'm snorting in videos. So now we have a fake one in the LR instead and sinus infection free for the holidays now.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas. I'm trying, but without our usual snow my normal joy is a bit muted...but present with our grandkids we see every week. We are blessed and have a new surprise girl this year for her first Christmas dazzle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:02 PM (WONhk)
It's going to be 79 degrees on Christmas Day in N TX.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (Zz0t1)
They had to call a man to come get it out, on a Sunday.
She sent us a video- he reached inside the tree, grabbed the squirrel and tossed it out the open front door.
We felt guilty about laughing- but it was funny.
Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)
That game was stupid hard and stupid expensive. Never got into it for those reasons.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:03 PM (2GVsD)
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Never got into that one, mainly because I always died within the first 10 seconds.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (OGOaV)
History shows that women will always defect to the enemy if they feel their own men cannot or will not protect them
@HJB_News__
Up to 100,000 converts to Islam are living in the UK, with white women leading the growing number of people embracing the Muslim faith.
The number of converts to Islam have risen from around 60,000 in 2001 to up to 90,000 to 100,000 in 2024, according to estimates in a report for the Faith Matters organisation.
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The British government gives UK women the choice between their colon stretched for simultaneous penetration and gang rape or become a Muslim.
youtube.com/watch?v=8hr3Stnk8_k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (QMAsf)
I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)
(gulp)
Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: We all shot J.R
Yes!
I also remember going to the Galleria in Houston. Holy crap. That was big.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (IhIKR)
If the Danes hadn't breed out existence their Viking heritage they could solve this in the old fashioned way by invading and looting England. Leaving that task to a bunch of Muzzies allowed to take over England without much of fight is a continental embarrassment.
This got me thinking about famous Danes over the centuries so I asked Microsoft Co-Pilot to name notable Danish strippers. Co-Pilot yelled at me for asking an inappropriate question and then list out a few Copenhagen strip clubs.
Western civilization is doomed.
Posted by: Zombie Harald Bluetooth Gormsson at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (nWPIJ)
The person who headed up the MN Somali fraud was a white woman who was dating a Somali.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Puddleglum
The 3-D one with the green wireframe tanks everything?
Battlezone.
I still think of that game every time I see a Cybertruck.
Posted by: mikeski
Battlezone! Yes, that's the one.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (E0Kkk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)
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My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:04 PM (2GVsD)
Finally made it out of that church!
Posted by: Mississippi Squirrel at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (uQesX)
Blood thinner: $750 → $16
HIV meds: $1,500 → $217
Hep B treatment: $1,400 → $413
Hep C drugs: $25,000 → $2,500
That’s not a tweak. That’s a demolition.
Of course, the fake news won’t touch it
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 10:47 PM (1JTFF)
Now ban them from advertising prescription drugs to the general public. No different than advertising cigarettes to kids. They aren't legally able to decide for themselves, then you shouldn't be targeting them with ads.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
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A sterling example of how the wondrous tapestry of diversity makes us all better human beings, or something.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:08 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)
Doesn't hold up when you become over 29 and conservative. Except for Phoebe Cates's boobs.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Cousin Dale at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (Q+gd/)
I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)
(gulp)
Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)
If you do ever watch it, it probably won't hit you in the same manner it would have if you watched it back in the 80s. One of my favorites and I can quote it all day. Couldn't imagine seeing it for the first time at this age though.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
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How's the sushi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (XeU6L)
Sheesh! A store and gas station. Lucky!
My little town had only the mayor's kid with a lemonade stand and a five gallon gas can.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (3ek7K)
Were they coffee colored?
Posted by: Babs at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (uQesX)
This got me thinking about famous Danes over the centuries so I asked Microsoft Co-Pilot to name notable Danish strippers. Co-Pilot yelled at me for asking an inappropriate question and then list out a few Copenhagen strip clubs.
Western civilization is doomed.
Posted by: Zombie Harald Bluetooth Gormsson at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (HTCU3)
Denmark used to have this gag thing you could order from certain dive bars called what loosely translated to "dirty beer."
It's where a nasty old broad would climb up onto the bar, insert the tap handle in her vag and pour you a beer.
You can't find one now. They're supposedly the happiest people on earth, but they only really just exist. They've bred any toughness and strength out by being such a strict socialist nation, they don't know anything else and think life is just grand.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (Zz0t1)
The most awkward, sad, and uncomfortable Christmas background story ever - Gremlins.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (E0Kkk)
Sales of Danish butter cookies have cratered, and it's bringing down the entire economy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 10:46 PM (nWPIJ)
Because all the dang tins were really full of sewing notions!!!!
Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
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How's the sushi?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (nWPIJ)
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Yeah, no amount of small town charm would get me to try that. I will say, though, that the pizza was pretty good!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:11 PM (77rzZ)
My sister and her family live in a very small town. They order pizza from the gas station up the road.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:07 PM (OGOaV)
Hunt Brothers Pizza. It's pretty bland on the other side of cardboard crust. 3 out of 10.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:09 PM (KDPiq)
I have seen that part. Golly, what a doll.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (KDPiq)
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Definitely true. I caught it on TV a few months ago and was surprised at how dark it was. The subplot with Judge Reinhold's younger sister getting knocked up by the creep who hung around the high school was pretty tragic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (IhIKR)
Youngest D, who was about three, and I were at Swiss Colony- what happened to them?- buying gift boxes.
The Mall Santa comes in and asks the clerk if he can use their restroom.
S's little eyes were like saucers- SANTA goes to the POTTY?
Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (f+FmA)
How's the reading going?
(debating whether to use a credit card to pay an editor)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (uQesX)
They'd smell so good. Each had its own character-- "turn the bare spot to the wall!" or "the branches won't hold up those heavy ones" -- so the ornament choices would vary from year to year.
Had to water frequently. Stoopid tree stands never had a large enough reservoir, so a quart or two, 3-4 times a day at first. Let it go dry *one time* and tree would turn to a crisp within days. Sad.
After removal? UGH!!! Would be vacuuming up the dropped needles for months.
Artificial trees have improved MUCH over the years. I'd still rather put on the lights myself, though. Pre-lit is *too perfect* ya know?
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)
My little town had only the mayor's kid with a lemonade stand and a five gallon gas can.
Was the gas can for the lemonade?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (E0Kkk)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:12 PM (KDPiq)
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I miss the days when Pizza Hut was a sit-down restaurant.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)
Doesn't hold up when you become over 29 and conservative. Except for Phoebe Cates's boobs.
Posted by: Opinion fact
Yeah, that's about all I remember about FTaRH.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (sAmhv)
Older guy taking her virginity in a dug out. Turning into a slut and banging the ticket guy resulting in a no big deal abortion. Keep in mind these were 15 year old kids.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (KDPiq)
I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:00 PM (QMAsf)
(gulp)
Another "classic movie" I haven't seen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (uQesX)
If you do ever watch it, it probably won't hit you in the same manner it would have if you watched it back in the 80s. One of my favorites and I can quote it all day. Couldn't imagine seeing it for the first time at this age though.
Posted by: Doof
Watched Fast Times a year or two ago. Nostalgia during mall scenes was about all I got out of it.
Stranger Things mall scenes were more realistic for the set time.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Wasn't that the one that was like Blue Lagoon, only she was naked 3/4 of the time?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That game was stupid hard and stupid expensive. Never got into it for those reasons.
Posted by: Sponge
Dragon's Lair, and Space Ace, were the Avatar of video games.
100% visual woo-woo, 0% story/gameplay.
A Japanese visual novel where you made choices by moving the joystick at exactly the right time.
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:17 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Rex B at December 21, 2025 11:17 PM (C9oTe)
Yeah, that's about all I remember about FTaRH.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (sAmhv)
"Listen mister! You can shut up or I'm gonna kick 100% or your ass!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:10 PM (Zz0t1)
From what I’ve seen it appears that Danish men and women try to have exactly the same pageboy haircuts and all wear the same clothes. No wonder they’re depressed, they’re all boring each other to death.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (trsuh)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Wasn't that the one that was like Blue Lagoon, only she was naked 3/4 of the time?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Zz0t1)
correct
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Q+gd/)
The south wind is going to drive me to the guestroom, that has foam toddler rails on the sides of the queen mattress. I reckon I won't be falling out of bed but can escape the wind. My husband is on his own tonight. It rattles the walls in our SE facing upstairs bedroom as well as the windows.
For Doof,my music man, or anyone who likes Kansas and the theme of the south wind. Plus I really love Steve Walsh in gym shorts. My runnin' bf/husband used to wear them.
Rock on, Morons! Keeps you young!
https://tinyurl.com/5e7r7dvm
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: sal at December 21, 2025 11:15 PM (f+FmA)
Online only now, I think. You can still find pop up Hickory Farms stores. Both same company now.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (uQesX)
But don’t forget the great pinball tables the came out then too. My kingdom for a working Black Knight.
If you grew up in Denver, Celebrity Sports Center was the greatest place in the world to blow a roll of quarters. Owned by Disney at one point.
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (JsnfW)
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Q+gd/)
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I'll see your movie and raise you Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)
Carson City has one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (OGOaV)
Jennifer Connelly AND Virginia Madsen in The Hot Spot.
Posted by: davidt at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Or the edited for TV version - "I'm gonna kick 100% of your FACE!"
They also changed "You DICK!" to "You NERD!"
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:20 PM (KDPiq)
If you came off the rink onto the carpet and hit skate first into the coin door of a video game, you could rattle a couple of credits in. Of course, it made a loud noise and attracted attention to the area by bouncers if the music wasn't loud enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at
Merry Christmas nurse 😊
My tree is a small old artificial tree of my grandma's. It has small wooden ornaments; sled, snowman, etc that came with it. I've added handmade ornaments of angels nestled in seashells.
I also have a nativity set that my grandparents bought for their first Christmas together in 1945. I don't know if the tree is that old
These are treasures to me.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (igoLh)
Posted by: Penguin/Greenland Alliance
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Global warming has created so much pain for Penguins and trouble for Russian sea traffic that the increase in thick ice necessitated dispatch of all four nuclear ice breakers to open up sea lanes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (Zz0t1)
1980s life hack!
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (QMAsf)
Or the edited for TV version - "I'm gonna kick 100% of your FACE!"
They also changed "You DICK!" to "You NERD!"
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
It's why I really hate watching movies on TV.
"Maverick. You are still dangerous. But you can be my wingman any time!"
"*poor dub* No way. You can be mine."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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It looks like this weekend was the last of the decent weather for a while. We used it to move the boat to its new temporary slip yesterday since they're starting the demolition of our longtime home section of the docks in January.
I now have a close-up view of the bridge. Whatever.
and December 28 is the deadline for
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (igoLh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence
All You Can Eat crispy greasy crust with barely there toppings!
Dropped some serious lunkers after after eating there
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Moved the little star lights into the hall & put larger twinkle stars in the breakfast nook window. The little stars didn't have enough little.
Repairing the light + colored glass stars & will hang them next. All the paper stars need re-glued edges, so ...
And AA batteries. Need more batteries.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)
Lovely to see you, my dear. I’m sorry I haven’t checked in on you. Are you well?
Peace be with you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (IhIKR)
Never saw the movie, or read his stuff.
But the unheated pool at NAS Miramar that was our final home pool for water polo senior year was key in defeating Clairemont's team, which was much better than we were. Aside from a friend who's been a teacher there for decades, thus endeth my connection to Clairemont High.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)
2 of my all time favorites.
I should start a YT channel to compete with TJM. He does videos about highfalutin directors; I'd do ones about cheesy 80s movies.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)
I think there's still a Spencer's in OKC and maybe Houston. Dairy Queen bought Orange Julius, but I don't know if they're still selling them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Well, the solstice (sol-stice, sun-still) clocked in for me at ~34.75N degrees latitude at 09:45:25 of daylight. This is 4 seconds longer than the year I was born. The Erf's axial tilt, currently on a decreasing leg of that Milankovich cycle has decreased that much since 1967.
Well, this is the shortest day of the year (for those in the Northern hemisphere), tomorrow will be the longest. What? Today is the shortest in terms of daylight, sunrise to sunset times. However, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, reaches a maximum tomorrow, the 2nd at just under 30 seconds longer than 24 hours. Due to earth's tilt and eccentricity, with perihelion close to the winter solstice, the true sun's longitudinal speed is the greatest tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Teddy Duchamp at December 21, 2025 11:27 PM (HTCU3)
"Maverick. You are still dangerous. But you can be my wingman any time!"
"*poor dub* No way. You can be mine."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (Zz0t1)
Platoon. Charlie Sheen (I think - might have been someone else) spraying machine gun fire yelling "Dance, motherfucker!" -- edited to "Dance, maggot-farmer!"
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
Flash Gordon needs to be on there too!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (trsuh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Dad's mother lived in a tiny town up in north Idaho. "Unincorporated" said the sign. Population 104(? or so). Freight train would come through twice a week-- didn't stop on Saturday nights but would just blow the horn and rumble on through.
The General Store was a short walk from her house, and about a dozen yards from the tracks. Sucked for the stock clerk when deliveries came on a rainy day, because nothing was paved 'in town'. There were 2 pumps $$$ out front of the store. Dad gassed up at grandma's-- she had her own pump by the driveway.
Creek ran past grandma's back yard. She'd set out lines in the morning, so we'd have pan-fried tiny trout for lunch. Game Warden? Nah, bro... never came around.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
And then the music stores with thousands of LPs in waist high rack / bins you'd flip through... and the cut-outs for like two bucks each.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Teddy Duchamp at December 21, 2025 11:27 PM (HTCU3)
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Fredericks of Hollywood? They always seemed more risque than Victoria's Secret.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:31 PM (KDPiq)
Well, this is the shortest day of the year (for those in the Northern hemisphere), tomorrow will be the longest. What? Today is the shortest in terms of daylight, sunrise to sunset times. However, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, reaches a maximum tomorrow, the 2nd at just under 30 seconds longer than 24 hours. Due to earth's tilt and eccentricity, with perihelion close to the winter solstice, the true sun's longitudinal speed is the greatest tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.
Posted by: publius
You had me at let's go drinking until I our eyes fall out.
Posted by: Paul Blart at December 21, 2025 11:31 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:22 PM (IhIKR)
2 of my all time favorites.
I should start a YT channel to compete with TJM. He does videos about highfalutin directors; I'd do ones about cheesy 80s movies.
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:25 PM (QMAsf)
Hackers... so bad it's good...
Remember, Spandex, it's a privilege, not a right.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:32 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
We had plans for a bonfire, but it didn't happen. Maybe we need to bang pots and pans like my grandma would recommend at New Years.
Side note, I asked grok to tell me the story of the Brennan Town musicians. The crow, who was crowing with all his might was trying to bring in a pleasant day so Our Lady would be able to dry the Christ Child's clothes.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (igoLh)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: We all shot J.R
Yes!
I also remember going to the Galleria in Houston. Holy crap. That was big.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 21, 2025 11:05 PM (IhIKR)
When I first moved to Dallas in the early 90s, Northpark had a billboard along 35 featuring Linda Evangelista, then at the height of her supermodel career. Northpark had another one with a big supermodel too. It might have been Naomi Campbell. I can't remember.
Posted by: We all shot J.R. at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (RNPmW)
Watching on YouTube a German army band playing some Wagner. I recognize the song and my mind ups the tempo and I instantly visualize the scenes from What's Opera Doc.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:28 PM (trsuh)
SNL grew up in Phoenix playing hockey. He was pretty good too.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 21, 2025 11:24 PM (trsuh)
Spencer's was great. We had that and another store called world imports. There were 5 places that mattered. Spencers, world imports, the record store, and 2 arcades. The other stores were just places parents went to.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:30 PM (OGOaV)
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I don't believe Frederick's of Hollywood ever sought the corset and garter business of ugly hairy gay male trolls like Victoria's Secret does.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)
I don't believe Frederick's of Hollywood ever sought the corset and garter business of ugly hairy gay male trolls like Victoria's Secret does.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)
Or 14 year old girls wearing short shorts with "unwrap me" on the ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 21, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)
Carson City has one.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:19 PM (uQesX)
So does Winslow Ariz. Ate there on a Road trip with me boy a couple years ago.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:33 PM (2GVsD)
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I attribute my appreciation for classical music to childhood cartoons.
Same with dropping anvils on people from several floors up.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (KsL+3)
Here's a cool time lapse from a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, showing a complete cycle of seasons from Sept. 2010 to Sept 2011. Each frame is shot at the same solar time each day, and you can see the terminator rock back and forth over the tropical year.
You can easily how the length of the day changes as the terminator angle changes.
https://is.gd/FXqq1P
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Has a Victoria's Secret. They still stock for petite women. S, XS...
Unlike Wally's which starts at magnum and up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (nWPIJ)
Well now we know Victoria's (aka Vic's) secret.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: moki at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:38 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)
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I ate at a sit down Pizza Hut in Marrakech once. IIRC, it was in a mall.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:39 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: We all shot J.R
Love Field. You could roller skate the entire concourse, all carpeted, with an ice skating rink and movie theater. Great place to meet girls when you were 12 yes old
Posted by: Fen at December 21, 2025 11:39 PM (Q4Rn4)
Same with dropping anvils on people from several floors up.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Tiny Toons "Anvil Chorus" may be one of the most violent cartoons made for kids. Virtually every beat a anvil comes down and crushes little Daffy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:40 PM (77rzZ)
One lump or two?
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 21, 2025 11:41 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (HTCU3)
Sorry guys. Not all of us are so top-heavy!
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 21, 2025 11:29 PM (U/Byj)
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Ask her if she's enjoying the big slip rent increases.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched
We had a tragic death in the family, so I am spending some time in MT. In the big picture, all is well.
Peace be with you.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (igoLh)
We had a tragic death in the family, so I am spending some time in MT. In the big picture, all is well.
Peace be with you.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:43 PM (igoLh)
Most sincere condolences for your loss.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 21, 2025 11:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 21, 2025 11:34 PM (snZF9)
My local one had a good old fashioned sit down BAR in it.
On one occasion I went shopping for MY Birthday present with Mom and the Wifey (now X)... after 20 minutes buying me a pocket watch (couldn't wear a wrist when working on electronics)... I suddenly found myself holding not one, but TWO purses and a Pile of clothes while the Women disappeared into a changing room... After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.
They later decided to 'punish me' with the silent treatment... Dad opined it had made it a much more pleasant evening.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 21, 2025 11:44 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Not the girls' fault! You're talking Levi's vs. "designer" brands. And the damned designers f'd up sizes, so the girls could all claim to be 2-3 sizes smaller than they really were.
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/2v6eryyf
The official title is "80's Terminator Rip offs That Are Actually Worth W" but the thumbnail title is "Terminator, with Boobs."
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (94u4m)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JQ at December 21, 2025 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
I've hit the slows. I have two new stories I'm working on, but not sure which way to take them. Couple of short story ideas, but....
If we ever get the Trump Two grand, I'll probably pay the dev editor and see if I'm good enough to try to sell something.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 21, 2025 11:48 PM (wVcYX)
On one occasion I went shopping for MY Birthday present with Mom and the Wifey (now X)... after 20 minutes buying me a pocket watch (couldn't wear a wrist when working on electronics)... I suddenly found myself holding not one, but TWO purses and a Pile of clothes while the Women disappeared into a changing room... After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.
They later decided to 'punish me' with the silent treatment... Dad opined it had made it a much more pleasant evening.
Posted by: Romeo13
Always thought Ala Moana shopping center should have a bunch of small bars strung down the middle of it for the menfolk to sit, drink, wait, outside virtually every store.
That mall should still be going strong. Lot of high end Gucci type stores.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I..... the..... how? They're androgynously shapeless black-and white puppy people.
On second thought, I don't wanna know how. Too much SAN loss.
I'll just assume "animaniacs" was shorthand for "Hello Nurse."
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (nhCoE)
Creek ran past grandma's back yard. She'd set out lines in the morning, so we'd have pan-fried tiny trout for lunch. Game Warden? Nah, bro... never came around
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Beautiful image, great memory!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (igoLh)
I stuck to malls that spelled Town as Towne. They never had a Nordstrom or a Macy's; instead they had odd ball chains that went under years ago. Mostly likely because they were money laundering schemes for cocaine dealers. If you go to those today the open shops are run by illegal immigrants selling stuff they found at a garage sale.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Prayers.
Posted by: mikeski at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (2GVsD)
@SA_Defensa . h
@business reports that a 3rd oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:50 PM (1JTFF)
#oott bloomberg.com
https://tinyurl.com/5n77vx7
Rough crew to sign on to that rust bucket.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Braenyard
That was probably the false flag one that tried to run for it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/y9u45pah
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:52 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (94u4m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 21, 2025 11:42 PM (CHHv1)
Also the anniversary of the death of General Patton.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge
Thank you Sponge, Bulg, and JQ. The Horde is good people.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:53 PM (igoLh)
TLDR - Russia ain't going to invade western Europe because we will kick their ass. Like last time...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tonypete
Baby boom without the baby, but you did well.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (2GVsD)
Prayers up for you and yours.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:57 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Bulg at December 21, 2025 11:49 PM (77rzZ)
Hey! You got us!
Posted by: Diogenes at December 21, 2025 11:57 PM (2WIwB)
I will be moving back to MT within the next year or so. I don't have family in AK and it is time to be close to family.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (igoLh)
[hungarianconservative.com, . political director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, ]
...For the first time, EU countries have extended a war loan to a non-EU state that is at war, explicitly to help it win that war.
...
This logic does not lead to peace, but to a deepening of the war. The conflict has entered an entirely new and dangerous phase, and the risk today is greater than ever.
...
If Hungary had a Brussels-aligned government, we would already find ourselves among the countries providing war loans, chasing an Ukrainian military victory. And then would come war taxes, austerity measures, conscription—and who knows what else.
I do not want such a future for Hungary. Next spring, the country will face a major decision
https://tinyurl.com/2fvj6fxb
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (1JTFF)
Posted by: GWB at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (Cphwz)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Am sorry for your family's loss.
Grief shared is grief divided.
Joy shared is joy multiplied.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:00 AM (wVcYX)
Merry Christmas, All.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (nWPIJ)
TLDR - Russia ain't going to invade western Europe because we will kick their ass. Like last time...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 21, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Whole thing is silly IMO. Russia does not have the population to exploit the resources they already have... why would they want to put themselves in a position where they have to occupy Europe...
When the better play is to just sell to the EU.
Now, conversely, it is entirely in the EUs interest to start a war with Russia, and take the Resources Russia has in abundance, that the EU now needs.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (mP0Kj)
Wait. That came out all wrong.
Posted by: GWB at December 22, 2025 12:01 AM (Cphwz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 12:02 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:03 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Let me be the first to say: "Welcome home."
Hope you can find some joy this Christmas, in spite of the recent horrible event.
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Wait a minute! I have a list of naughty girls. I've been going about this all wrong!
Posted by: Mid Life Crises Santa at December 22, 2025 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 22, 2025 12:04 AM (2GVsD)
Now, conversely, it is entirely in the EUs interest to start a war with Russia, and take the Resources Russia has in abundance, that the EU now needs.
Posted by: Romeo13
Obviously.
Then some asshole blew up the main gas line....
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:05 AM (/lPRQ)
After about 10 minutes, I got the attendant to put the clothes and purses outside the dressing room, and told the attendant I could be found in the bar.
Posted by: Romeo13
This is the way. Smash has NEVER done that to me. In return, Ive never drug her through a junque yard or a scrap yard just browsing for something interesting to tinker with.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 12:05 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Wait a minute! I have a list of naughty girls. I've been going about this all wrong!
Posted by: Mid Life Crises Santa
And here I thought you married Mrs Claus because she was at the top of the "naughty" list.
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 21, 2025 11:51 PM (1JTFF)
I think the crews to those ghost tankers, like tramp freighters, are mostly Philippinos or Indonesians working for very low wages. The Captain and 4 or 5 officers will be the only ones who actually know anything.
Which makes them extremely easy to capture.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (trsuh)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (77rzZ)
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Hungary is under good leadership right now. Prayers that it continues.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Romeo13
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That's what they want but Russia has something western Europe doesn't have - tough people.
Skinny Russian women are tougher than European men.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 12:07 AM (1JTFF)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:09 AM (77rzZ)
oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.
When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)
Grief shared is grief divided.
Joy shared is joy multiplied.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Yes. (And I love how your nic is reflected in these words) 😊
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (77rzZ)
I am just going to take it easy here, and hit the road for AZ on Friday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:11 AM (npFr7)
Joy shared is joy multiplied.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Now ... is this math or philosophy?
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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You have to ask Publius that question.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (1JTFF)
oil tanker, the Bella 1 (IMO: 9230880), has been boarded by U.S. forces off the coast of #Venezuela.
When are they going to board 3I/Atlas?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)
I'll admit, I've got really mixed feelings about using the US Navy for economic warfare.
It was bad enough when I was boarding Merchant ships looking for embargoed Arms in the Persian Gulf... at least we had some cover form the UN on that...
This is 'you stole from an American company' and we're going to us the US military to do something about it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:13 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Happy Trails !!!
Hope you can get off the road by New Year's Eve.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 22, 2025 12:10 AM (pkeXY)
Thats what I'm curious about. Probably end up being like the pleasure barge in the 5th element.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (snZF9)
tomorrow -- thus is takes the longest for the earth to rotate enough to catch back up with it.
Posted by: publius
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You had me at let's go drinking until I our eyes fall out.
Posted by: Paul Blart
This whole post made me divide by zero and bkue screeen of death. I began reading, skipped down to whom posted, and didn't see publius. Thought off nasty dead sock. Then upon rereading, saw the mall cop commenting on publius' post.
*duh*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Bulg
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*hugs you back*
Don't you start cryin' on me, though... darn it...
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg
Prayers for you, too.
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 12:15 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:12 AM (3ZUWJ)
Yes.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:15 AM (wVcYX)
Let me be the first to say: "Welcome home."
Hope you can find some joy this Christmas, in spite of the recent horrible event.
----
Thanks, I may make it over to Spokane while I am here. IIRC, you're in that area? Maybe we could get a coffee. Mark Andrew Edwards has my phone number.
I see my role as support to those more affected as they put their lives back together.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (77rzZ)
3I/ATLAS is moving at ~130,000 mph. Going to need some fast boats to catch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg
Ruling accepted.
Speaking of. I bought a 'modern translation' of Marcus Aurilius (sp?) a few years back & I can't find it. Was thinking it would be time to start a read.
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:17 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
What if they slingshot around the moon, like Armageddon?
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (wVcYX)
What part of MT? Might be closer?
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
Thats pretty frigging quick. Thats almost twice the speed of the earth as it orbits around the sun. Must have a hemi. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 22, 2025 12:19 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Freezing your balls off in winter, and in the dark just after 4:00, was always fun. Especially on a clear windy night.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 22, 2025 12:18 AM (nljXp)
Our local Mall now is pretty empty... no problems getting close parking at all.
Hell, even the Movie Theatre that shared a parking lot with them closed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:20 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Bulg
Prayers for you, too.
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Agreed, and for all the Horde, especially at this time of year and especially those who are dealing with loss
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:21 AM (igoLh)
ANdrew McCarthy (the astrophotographer, not the NRO cuck) got this pretty nice shot of 3I/ATLAS during closest earth approach on the 19th:
https://is.gd/EhK1KF
He's technically an amateur and that's from his backyard in AZ. His image processing acumen is far from amateur.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:22 AM (w6EFb)
Like there is no end to the dicking around you could do.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:22 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:23 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Not much closer, but do-able after winter is over!
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Did you notice that all the mega-yachts pictured in that story all basically looked the same? Kind of like elongated layer cakes? Ugly as sin, they are.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:25 AM (npFr7)
Speaking of. I bought a 'modern translation' of Marcus Aurilius (sp?) a few years back & I can't find it. Was thinking it would be time to start a read.
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A wise man, definitely worth reading. MA is a favorite of one of my nephews.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (igoLh)
I hope and pray for better times to come for all of us.
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 21, 2025 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Did you notice that all the mega-yachts pictured in that story all basically looked the same? Kind of like elongated layer cakes? Ugly as sin, they are.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Might be all from the same architect and shipyard
Small market.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg
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AMEN!
Good night, Bulg. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at December 22, 2025 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
Indeed. Faith, Hope, and Love.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 22, 2025 12:27 AM (wVcYX)
>>He's technically an amateur and that's from his backyard in AZ. His image processing acumen is far from amateur.
The only thing that really seperates a professional from an amateur is if they are getting paid to do the work.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (3ek7K)
Here's it's orbit info page from InTheSky:
https://is.gd/bNZnLk
Click on the solar system viewer for a full screen where you can shift the view angle around and play the orbit. It came in like a bat out of hell, "hyperbolic excess velocity" of around 60 km/s. That's so fast the sun barely bends it's trajectory. Eccentricity is thus 6.1 (0 for a circle, 1 is a parabola exactly, and >1 is a hyperbola).
This the fastest thing they've ever discovered. Others have probably come in through the centuries, but only now do we have the instruments to detect tiny little interstellar interlopers cruising through.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:29 AM (w6EFb)
Thanks for your kindness. If I missed thanking anyone, I apologize and thank you now.
Good night
Peace
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 22, 2025 12:29 AM (igoLh)
Posted by: JQ at December 22, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
This the fastest thing they've ever discovered. Others have probably come in through the centuries, but only now do we have the instruments to detect tiny little interstellar interlopers cruising through.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
So... Aliens?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 22, 2025 12:31 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:25 AM (npFr7)
US Navy Burke class destroyers... $4 a gallon for fuel... about 1,000 gallons per hour at low cruise speeds if memory serves.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 22, 2025 12:32 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Doof at December 21, 2025 11:23 PM (QMAsf)
I remember a Pong game aboard one of the B.C. Ferries boats that plied the route between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale. You could glitch it into giving free games by quickly unplugging and replugging the power cord a few times.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (npFr7)
We need AL GORE NOW to save us before we all DIE !!!
Posted by: Jackson at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (J9q9v)
Launching some from earth with a short notice time to catch something like 3I/ATLAS is impossible with current rockets. You'd need something far better. Not an Epstein Drive, but something far more efficient and higher thrust than we've got now.
They do have proposals to preposition some spacecraft, probably around the orbit of Mars or better and just lay in wait for the next interstellar object to come through. There, with enough detection lead time, you could maneuver the craft to be close enough for a good flyby. Not station keeping, just close enough to get some pictures and measurements as it whips by.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 12:39 AM (w6EFb)
Many of them look like proper ships.
Don't believe everything you see on the internet.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 12:41 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Jerry Saves at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (3Qk1t)
I will be moving back to MT within the next year or so. I don't have family in AK and it is time to be close to family.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 21, 2025 11:59 PM (igoLh)
Late to the thread, AK, but condolences from me, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 22, 2025 12:50 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot
Well, if Santa Clause can save us from the Martians ...
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:53 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 12:53 AM (viF8m)
Yes, they are ugly. If I was wealthy I would want a unique looking ship.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 22, 2025 12:28 AM (3ek7K)
One of the reasons to own a super-yacht is bragging rights. How can you brag on a yacht that looks like every other billionaires yacht?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (npFr7)
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoHnmUihGY
Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at December 22, 2025 12:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: raimondo at December 22, 2025 12:59 AM (BZcY0)
Do you bugger little boys, like your idol Ernst Rohm?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:04 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: raimondo
Surely you mean Festivus, since all you do is show up once a night to air an imaginary grievance.
Posted by: mikeski at December 22, 2025 01:13 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: raimondo at December 22, 2025 01:14 AM (BZcY0)
Because they have to go into the ocean.
Were do you guys live where these ocean going yachts don't look similar?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:17 AM (viF8m)
Were do you guys live where these ocean going yachts don't look similar?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 22, 2025 01:17 AM (viF8m)
Having a superstructure that looks like an Italian wedding cake makes them seaworthy? I did not know that. I remember John Wayne's yacht, the Grey Goose. It looked like a ship is supposed to look.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 22, 2025 01:22 AM (npFr7)
Speaking of astrophotographers, I just saw that newly sworn in NASA director Isaaman has just hired on John Kraus as "Special communications assistant".
Kraus is just about the best rocket launch photographer there is.
And Andrew McCarthy got credentialed to be on site, up and close, for the Artemis II launch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 22, 2025 01:24 AM (w6EFb)
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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)